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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-09-06, Page 53Your hen NTS RESERVED as total staff of 34 the County Health Unit is 11 operation. Although health officials do not out of the Health Unit's our offices at theCourt h much of tration and decision is done there and a Dumber of the staff use rt House as a centre for etivities. Huron County Health underhdirectionD►'f Officerof Health Mills who works under ard of 'tyof o$OHealth canthi r edre in all organized meaning almost all of 'ons pf Ontario with the an of the far north the Province handles matters directly:- and boards are in turn able to the Provincial ent rd of Health is made lected representatives in a (members of Huron y Council)„and a ntative appointed by the to look after its in - The Provincial represen- in Huron is John y and the other board rs are G.G. Ginn, Roy n R. Gibson and C. Hor- ning of Health Unit ac - is shared equally by the and the County on the of an approved budget. 1972 however the 'financed, in addition to. nal 56 of costs, ad - 1 expenditures above eyond the approved totalling $8,000. • dministrate the Health e Board of Health hires .cal Officer of Health, ust-be a doctor,' qualified due- in _the Province of and- who must also eceived his diploma- in Health.ftpm the School_ ene at the University of o. The course represents years regular study. M.O.H. is responsible for tration of 'the Health well as any medical which must be dealt JACK' .1 ''° PLUMBER BBB it .8 w1iVEiEN `NU] BUILD { THAT I DREAM HOUSE i NEW ---FINE � PLUMBING < WE CAN DO I `G MR YOU 1.X4 TU.... . r. "rhe Health Unit then operates under authority stem- ming from the Public Health Act of Ontario. It also works in • connection with various other Provincial, and County agencies as well as Federal organizations on occasion. ' Below the upper tier of general administration, ac- tivities of the unit fall into two major divisions. Inspection and Nursing. In addition there are also clerical workers. Chief Public Health Inspec- tor Jin\ McCaul explains the division this way. "In the inspection field we deal "with people about things,” he says. In nursing the unit deals with people about people." "Inspectors are involved with environmental health," he adds, "the nursing staff work with personal health." Under Mr. McCaul are Senior Inspector Jack MacKin- non and Staff- Inspector Joe Ruprarn, Peter Pui and Klaus Seeger, as, well as student, in- spectors Don Hullah and Phil Paquette who are working with the 'unit during the summer months. The inspectors work under "Guidelines for Public Health Inspection Services" as laid down • by the Public Health Division of the Ontario Depart- ment of Health. Mr. McCall admits however that the staff just can not han- dle the number of inspections in each field recommended by the guidelines. "We just don't have that much stuff." The guidelines, and 'the in- spectors who follow them, have four major objectives according to the Department of Public Health. Even the Department of. Health admits in their in-_ troduction to the' guidelines that the purpose of the guidelines "is to summarize for local boards of health, public health" inspection ,services needed and "recommended" to assist in, the maintenance and improvement of community health." The introduction also notes that "A major part of the com-- MUn'itiy' `"h'ea'ItH " 'prot'ection program of the medical officer of health is carried out , by public health inspectors." "Their services have im- proved health and well being and reduced the spread of in- fection. These. continue to be their major roles; however, public health inspectors must be flexible and adapt their ser- vices to changing demands and needs." First on the guideline list is the matter of "Demand Ser- vices." This Mr. McCaul explains really . covers complaints and questions directed through. the health office in a wide ffoittrie#4 MBING H variety of areas. These include EA ING matters from complaints, public health nuisances and t;524.7861 ,matters of non=compliance to prosecution preparations, pest control and dog bites. SS KIN6STON 3T. an IDB elp you? n Monday, September 1 Oth, neof our representatives r, W,J• Reynolds ill be at The Bedford Hotel, Goderich from 1-4 p.m. TELEPHONE: , 524-7337 `1-'ny businesses including Agriculture • Manufacturing Tourism • Construction rofessiondi Services 'Transportation • Wholesale Ind Retail Trades, 'Thhtained loans from IDU to ac nacre I.tncf, }nqs. and machinery. to uncrp:,se working to start a ncvv )r Other purposes nr'ed financing tot a hu :res,- ,,: of,'1)"'" l "e linable to obtain It elSPwhet crri 'gat" terms and I tion t►c�rhat� I[7L3 you firVfIOINIitigjgIjj, T 117 York Stet, Landon, bnterilo NSA 1112 h is their usiness GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, BEPTEMp111[ 4, 1673-1 PAttl *A;'.' by Ron Shaw Health inspection for the, County of Huron is carried out un- der the direction of Huron County Medica.. Officer of Health Dr. Frank Mills by this staff. Left to right are Jim McCaul, Chief Public Health Inspector; Don Hullah a summer student "Food Control" is item num- ber two under which the Health Inspectors keep tabs on eating establishments, bakeries and all food distribution establish- ments. Number three deals with "Drinking Water Systems" which calls for inspections of institutional supplies (schools), lirivate supplies where necessary, municipal water sup- plies and recently the water .supplies made available to ships . at Goderich Harbor, although that was an inspec- tion carried ,. out or behalf of .Federal Government authorities. Health Inspectors must also deal with communicable diseases, recreation -al sanitation facilities, hospitals, schools and institutions, and provide a public education program on health problems. As many people are aware a great deal of the inspector's time recently has been taken up by inspections of sewage disposal systems. The'Chief Inspector explains that the Province was to take over matters dealing with sewage disposal some time ago but has yet to finally make the move. "Although sooner or later they will take full respon- sibility," Mr. McCaul predicts. Many of the sewage disposal problems that have plagued the County Health Unit have in- volved destroyed systems along the lake shore due to high water levels. The nursing branch of the Health Unit's activities is un- der the direction of Public Health Nursing Supervisor Mrs. Gurpal Thind. Mrs. Thind oversees the ac- tivities of Senior Public Health Nurse Mabel Dixon, Public Health Nurses Mary Ellen Cunningham,. Mrs. Lorna Douglas, Mrs. Joanne Jasper, Mrs. June Martene, Mrs. Janet Reid, Mrs. Marlene Robertson, Mrs. Owen Scott and Mrs. Helen West. Also on the nursing staff are Dental Nurse Mrs. `Elizabeth Belling, Dental Technician Mrs. Barbara Dougherty, Vision Tester Mrs. Faye Krieger, Registered Nurse Mrs. .Phyllis McConnell and Registered Nurse - and Audiometrist Mrs. Shirley Steepe. Mrs. Elizabeth Cardno ad- ministers .the Home Care program with the help of Rosemarie Boyce R.N. Each Public Health Nurse, plans, co-ordinates,' executes and. evaluates her program within the confines of her .district in the Health Unit. These districts being townships, or parts of townships and towns. These programs are various and expanded periodically. At present they include, pre -natal classes, school health services, ,,follow up home ,Gare patients, home visits to pre -natal, post natal and other health problems, G erich .Psychiatric Hospital discrge conferences and follow ups of these patients; well , baby clinics and SO, Ott. Health Clinics are held on a regular basis, four times each month, for adults in Wingham, Exeter, Brussels and when needed in Seaforth. Child care clinics are held twice each month in Exeter and once per month in Wingham, Goderich, Clinton and Seaforth. Public Health Nurses visit all the public and high schools in Huron one or two mornings each week, according to arrangements made with the individual principal. Separate Schools are also visited by the nurses but not so often. Public Health - Nurses also conduct the pre-school clinics for all Huron County Schools and hold hearing and, eye tests in all the -schools. Mrs. Thind indicates that she would like to see an adolescents' clinic begun as a sort of "extension" to the school services. "We would also like to °con- tribute more in coming years to the health education in school through a co-operative effort with the Board of Education, - Osborne & Helen Falkiner _would_ __like . to - take -this --- opportunity ...- TO THANK THEIR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS for their paltronage and many acts, of kind- ness shown then during their 14 years 'of business at Carlow Store. They would also like at this time to solicit-"'` your busilness for their successors Avard -and Betty Miller. no longer with the unit; Jack MacKinnon, Senior Public Health Inspector; Klaus Seeger, Staff Health Inspector; John Orr, Staff Health Inspector; Phil Paquette, summer student; and Joe Baldeo, Staff Health Inspector. (staff photo) she notes. An expanded health clinic program may be in the works if a survey to be undertaken in the near future indicates a need for such service in smaller 'population - centres such as Vanastra and Huron Park, "We would like to stress," Mrs. Thind said, "that adult clinics are not just for older people, although we do serve -a large number of such cases." The biggest problem facing the Nursing division of the Huron Health Unit for the moment seems to be the accep- tance of the Home Care Prcigrftn. In addition to the head office " at the Court House in Goderich the Health Unit 'maintains of: !ices in Brussels at the Medical and Dental hospital, Seaforth at the hospital and in Wingham. In addition to those staff members employed directly in the health services of the unit there are a number of secretaries as well. - Mr's. Sylvia Harman is secretary in building and plum- bing division 'at Goderich, Mrs. Ruth Jackson serves as secretary in both Clinton and Brussels. -Mrs. Aileen MacGregor is a secretary at Clinton as well, Seaforth secretary is Mrs. Mary Margaret Maloney, Mrs. Marilyn, Morley is another Goderich secretary, Karen Rae works as secretary at Wingham, Mrs. Carol Reid is secretary to the Medical officer of Health, Mrs. Laurine` Sawyer is secretary in the Home Care, unit and Mrs. Alice Wildfong serves as secretary 'in Exeter. MEMBERS WANTED The Goderich laketowa Band Welcomes brass, raed and percussion players for rehearsals- of new music In September. Adult and teenage beginners are also welcome at this time. Monday 7 P.M., GDCI, Music Room SUN LIFE a progressive company in a progressive industry GORDON T. WESTLAKE . 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