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Home My WebLink AboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-10-10, Page 3Medical Officers Are Ialyd Worked Or Solite Ate,. Through Ignor- ance and Lack of Sympa- thetic Assistance -- "County Health Unit's" Needed By DR, GORDON BATES (General Secretary, Canadian Social Hygiene Council,) Much has been said, recently, about the total inadeeivacy, of the public bet: th servlca of ,Caria's rural areas, All over rural Canada, people are dy-, .jug unnecessarily --dying years ahead "'of their time of ilseasos which could be prevented, Large Titles with their competent, well -staled health- dep'al1, ,reents have so reduced death -rates that there ar•e many diseases, a!moet un- known in those cities, which still run- tinge to take as heavy toll in rural 'Parts as they did fifty years agog Typhoid fever, far example, is virtual- ly unknown in fever,. 11e city of Toronto, bat all dyer the Canadian countryside and iu lbs smaller urban centres, it takes its annual toll of lives.. Ofcourse, the remedy for this is in- creased expenditure on health in those vast, neglected areas, " dounty Health Units", small, full-time, efficient public, health departments, similar to those of big cities, should replace the present system of part-time, underpaid, unsup ported county medical health officers. Many responsible organizations have • recently passed resolutions favoring this reform, Up to the time' of writ- ing the most recent were the United Farmers of Alberta and the United Pare:oma W n of Alberta, wherever these county health units have been or- ganized—notably in Quebec —they have succeeded beyond the wildest. dreams, in saving life and preventing sickness, Death -rates have been ham- mered down, and the untold economic waste of unnecessary sickness and premature death has been etriking- ly reduced, , But this article, which has become very much like a condemnation of a system, started out to be a defense of an individual—or rather, a group of individuate, I refer to the pree- sent county medical officers of health. Much has been said of the inadequacy of the present system; little has been said of the tremendous difficulties confronting the many conscientious, intelligent county Medical Officers off Health who are striving, against over- whelming odds, to protect, people who in many cases are indifferent to pro- tection, against diseases which they frequently look upon as inevitable, "Too many people, even in this 20th century A.D. are ,startlingly—I was going to say maliciously Ignorant, and saturated with prejudices regarding sanitation and social hyg:ene", writes Senator Dr. Gustave Lacasse, Medical Officer of Health, Tecumseh and East ,Sandwich, in the current issue of the current issue of the Canadian Public I'Iealth Journal. "For instance, haven't you often 'heard something lilts this from an interested neighbor? "These quarantine laws are nonsense. I never catch anything anyway," or, "You say it's whooping cough, measles, !flevre rouge', well, he is bound to have it any way and he might just as well have it now and be done with it", and , again, after death has stiffened those poor little limbs and deposited its icy kiss on those purple lips: "The doc- tor ,says it was too late for that serum to take effect , .. , Ouah! three shots are no gcod anyway. You know there is always something left in the system after that, Mrs. So-and-so's baby was even killed by it last year. Be cheerful my dear friend, that is one more little angel in heaven—and you have enough kids left anyway",—and So on, and 50 on -.indefinitely.' • Anyone who has had much to do with nubile health realizes only too well that the Senator's summing-up of the public attitude towards health and sickness is all too true of all too, large a section of the public. But be has, furthermore, some scathing things to say about a small minority in the medfcal,profession. "Sometimes," Dr. Lacasse continues, !'opposition (to the medical health de- -partment) also come from " the other `doctor", and that Is most unfortunate. The Director of the City Department of Health of Montreal, Dr--, 5, Boucher, gave out ;,a statement to the press sometime ago 7n whichhe says: "Too many doctors, (in Montreal) fail to re- port, contagious diseases as required by provincial laws and city ordin- ances. This non-compliance 18 In' some cases prompted by eoneldera- -tions of pecuniary interest and fear of being dismissed by the family con- cerned." In spite of the fact that this declaration created quite a stir among some members of the Quebec medical fraternity i maintain that it stamps out also some Ontario physi- cians under their true colors." Truly the lot of the county Medical Officer of I•Iealth is a hard and thank- less one, and the average citizen should remember that he is, in most OM!, striving t0 do hit best with, totally inadequate machinery, and in the face of lack of support, and even resistance, of which that average citizen baslittle cognizance, "`•. $ill—What mattes you think ancient buildings are of so much better con- struction than the modern homes?' 'Jim—Well, for one thing they've last- ed longer„ First Farmer—how's ,Your son. get- ting along in the elty? Second Farm- er—Oh,'.just fined He's already on •tho pool committee of his CIO, Is your daughter enjoying life? TT is just in her "teen 1 age" that a girl should be getting the most fun out of life I—Yet so often it happens that girls of sixteen - to -twenty have outgrown their strength —are quickly tired, pale, nervous, generally run- down and unhappy I These aro sure signs of anaemia, a condition that results from thin, worn-out, undernourished blood. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have corrected this in thousands of girls. Here is the actual experience of Mrs. Ben Nicholas of Brieau, Ont. "My daughter was in a run-down state. She was easily red and did not wish ish to associate with others, As this was unnatural, I began giving her Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and they soon made a strong healthy girl of her. Now she is as happy a girl as one would wish to see." Start your daughter on this proven treatment now by buying Dr. Williams' Pink Pills at your druggist's or any dealer in medicine or by mail, SO cents, postpaid, from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, 1-31 PIMP' .ar. , '"A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN E4 COUNTRIES" Secret Passage In Fleet Street London. -Antiquarians are trying to solve the mystery of a curious cel- lar and secret passage which has just been unearthed by the demolition of an old building at the corner of Hang- ing Sword Alley and Whitefriars Street, off' Fleet Street. Five small arches in a brick wall lead to the cellar, which has a low vaulted brick roof with it span of about 10 feet, and is reached by walk- ing down some 20 feet of low passage. Until recently the premises above the cellar,were occupied by a firm of builders. "We knew of the existence of the cellar, but there was no access to it," a member of the firm told a reporter. "It is supposed to have been occu- pied at one time by a clerk who aug- mented- his income at night by body snatching and used the cellar as a temporary_. mortuary. There was a burial ground near by, so that the cellar would have, been a convenient headquarters. "Until quite recently parties of Americans used to be conducted round the premises, and in addition to .being told this story, they were shown a stain on the stairs said to have been made by the blood of a murdered mans" Such stories are quite possible in the light of the history of "Alsatlo," as the district around Whitefrairs-was called in the seventeenth and eigh- teenth centuries, when it was the privileged eanetuary of a notorious gang of cut-throats. Another suggestion is that the cel lar was part of the Whitefriars mon- astery, which existed near the spot. Gabble Gertie "A minor prospecting for oil o discovers rich carbon deposits. • Kill that corn with Mlnard'e Liniment mine yesterday." Owl Laffs About the Oniy thing we know of to 00 with our modern young peopio is to lot them grow up, Is, any feeling liner than that which camas from doing a hard job particu- larly well? You may be aero. Your secret sins will one clay become public gossip, Drell flattery can be irritating when an instalment collector and a bond salesman call at the same time. "What, was ;genii's surname?" "Sark, of course, Haven't you over heard of Noah Sark?" "It le my guess that some of these women who have bought dresses on the instalment plan ought to go bak RIO get a few more instalments be- fore wearia' 'em in public," "How old arra you, my little map?" "1 dont know. Mother was twenty- six wentysix when ,I was born, but now she's only twenty-four." She used to rise at half past eight, To get the milk, but then, Her daughter brings it in with her now, As she is gettin' in. Farmer Jenkins made hie way into the village poet'ofnee, which also was the general store. "Anything for me?" he inquired of the postmaster. The other raked over a few parcels and letters, but Round nothing, "Don't see nothing," he said, "Did You expect something?" "Yes, answered the farmer. "I was expecting a card from Aunt Jenny, teilin me when she's comin :" 'Hannah," called the postmaster to his wife, "seen a card from Mr. Jen- kins Aunt Jenny?" "Yes," came the ,prompt reply. "She's coming down Tuesday." Rube stood looking at the "A.D." on the corner stone of an old building, Finally he muttered to himself that he guessed it must mean "All Done," • Short dresses make men more Petite. You seldom see a men get on a street oar ahead of one. Meet the Wifel She's a nice little wife, she's the spice of my lila, A sweet little treat and a 'wonder to woo, Capriciously pretty, deliciously It-ly, And skittishly willing to bill and to cool My pert little getter, no flirt or go- getter Can dirtily hoax her or coax her away, Deceive me? no, neverl She'll cleave to me over, Just pleasingly squeezing, and teasing to stay! So singing and sunny, no stinging for money, The bliss of .my mischievous kiss is her fee, She never acts funny, my sweet sunny honey, Her measure of pleasures 1s treasur- ing me. She never gets snooty when I pet a beauty, It's odd, but she's broad as the deuce in her view, She follows suggestions without any questions, I feel that she's really too good to be true! Forever careeesive, and never distres- sive, I. mean she's serene as a queen 011 a throne, She's a Bear and a Wow, such a fair little Frau— By gad, it's too bad that she isn't my ,own! A man was told by his dootor that if he laughed fifteen minutes every day before meals his condition would improve. • One day, in a restaurant, while hav- ing his laugh, a man at the opposite table walked over and said angrily: "What are you laughing at?" "Why, I'm laughing for my liver," he replied. "Well, then," saidthe other, "I gneiss I had better start laughing also. I or- dered mine half an hour ago." A Fine Old Scot onstarlt daily testing and blending of the world's choicest teas give Red Rose Tea its inimitable flavor and never -varying goodness. Every package guaranteed, 04 Donald Fraser, ninety -year old Canadian Soot of Victoria, would not pass up the opportunity of seeing brither Scots in action and was a picturesque figure at the Banff Highland Gatheringrecently held at the famous resort in the Rockies. Mr. Fraser's father came out to Canada 120 years ago, but be himself has never been to Scotland. He is typically Scottish in accent and appearance and pians to visit the homeland some day, WHEN BABY IS WELL MOT 'ER IS HAPPY The happy mother is the one whose baby is well—it the laughing, gurg- ling baby who -always brings joy to the home. When baby is fit everyone i nthe home suffers—not only through worry over 'the little one but through loss of sleep—no one can rest with a sick baby in the 'home. Thousands of mothers are happy mothers because they have found the way to keep their little ones well—or if sickness does come on suddenly, as it usually does with littel ones, they have found the way to speediiy bring the baby back 'to health again. Mrs. George /tech, Lindberg, Alta., is one of these moth- ers and she write as followe:—"I am the happy mother of a seventeen - month -old baby gill, Baby is healthy and strong and sleeps well at night. I give her no other medicine 'tut Baby's Own Tablets and she just loves them. I am never without the Tablets in the house." • Baby's Own Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative which regulate the bowels; sweeten the stomach and thus drive out conbtipatbon and indi- gestion and make the cutting of teeth easy. They are sold by medicine deal- ers or by mail at 26 cents a box from Tho Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Valuable Education Windsor Border Cities Star (Ind.): Soholal•shipe for grocers' apprentices in England will be granted by the Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce, It is rather a unique idea; but there are distinct possibilities in the plan, possibilities that will re- dound to the benefit of both Canada and the Motherland. Those boys will be brought to this country, where they will spend two weeks on a tour de- signed to better fit them for their life work. Still greater than this, they will learn at first hand how the people over here live,and they will g o back and tell -the' people of their native l land. This will be a valuable contri• � bution to the better understanding and sympathy that are so ranch needed. w j Browne: "Do you happen to know anybody who has got a car for sale?" ten Smith: "Yee; i should think Jenkins Ihas." "What makes you think Jen- kins has one for sale?" "I sold him Gabby Gertie "To or -r -r 18 human, especially 1f you've forgotten 'your alibi." A Personal Matter:—In one of the Lancashire towns the candidate for Parliamentary honors was addressing a rather large meeting. An unruly member of the audlenoe, after asking a number of ridiculous questions and causing considerable annoyance, asked, "Do you really' think all wo- men should have a vote?" "Certain- ly," replied the candidate. "You think idiots are able to vote, then?" "Don't answer him,' roared the crowd. "Yes" replied the candidate. "I think I will answer ]rim, because he appears to bo personally interested" Stop Colds with Mlnard's Liniment. n &Ins, Cooker replied; I was, and am. But I was the only coal -range owner in the neighborhood, And ev= cry day one of the neighbors brought in a kettle of something that must boil a long time and asked me to coon it for her as I had so much room on top of my stove. Besides, it kept her electric bill down, I didn't mind letting them use the spade, but every day one of those nine woman cooked Cabbage." This is the Merger Age Toronto Telegram (Ltd, • Cons.): That the Beauharnois power project should become part of a Quebec light, heat and power merger is only natural. For this is the merger age, Big busi- ness is reaching out and killing com- petition by aosorphion. So much so that one authority fears that we are in danger of becoming a nation of salary drawers rather than a people who Iive by individual enterprise, If Canada is to become a nation of sal- ary drawers, their savings will go in- to the banks and be used for creating yet more mergers, Of course, any merger of power and utility com- panies must be largely confined to territories east of the Ottawa River so long as public ownership survives in Ontario and the West, But how long will public ownership survive if the savings of the West creep into banks to add more power to the mor- germakers who dwell in the East? Letting the Cat Out of the Bag The expression "letting the cat out of the bag" 1s of nautial origin, When punishment by the use of the cat -o'• nine -tails was abolished, the "cat" was placed in a canvas bag and its use became an infraction of the law, Hence the meaning that when the 'cat" was taken from the bag trouble would ensue, The Chinese are remarkable for the witty aphorisms with which they adorn their conversation very aptly. I-Iere are a few collected by Dean Inge:—"A maker of idols is never an idolater." "No neeCle is sharp at both ends." "Be who rides on a tiger can never dismount" "When a neighbor is in your fruit orchard, in- attention is the 'truest form of polite- ness." "Do not remove a fly from you' friend's forehead with a hatchet" "Free sitters grumble most at a play," "Everyone pushes a falling fence." "One dog barks at nothing and the rest bark at him." "You can't clap your hands with one palm." "I am quite convinced that my ar- guments are correct," said an earnest man. "Well," replied his friend, "it's a good start. You've got one man converted, anyhow!" Yesterday, Mrs. ' Looker traded in her coal range .on an electric stove. Astonished friends gasped, "We thought you were a rooter for the old-fashioned coal range." Peanuts are used in the nlanufacs tare of several varieties of wood stains. " i good fa. RED ROSE ORANGE PEKOE is 'extra good.' Grandmother • Remembers I see it now as in those early days, the house commodious and comfort- able, set in the midst of a lawn of shrubbery, rioting in al the grandeur of its native freedom. And through a grape arbor is the view of my mother's garden—old-fashioned, use- ful, and beautiful—wit ha wall[ run- ning through the center dividing the well -kept beds of healthy vegetables from the vivid colors of the fragrant flowers on the other side, No weeds were allowed to thrive there, and when we as children walked along those garden paths unconsciously the harmony there displayed entered our hearts, The home was built at the edge of a grove which sheltered it ,.on two sides aant was a veritable forest of en- chantment to us as children giving us a wonderful playground where our childish imagination could revel un- cheoked. We made companions of the birds and squirrels, grew to know as no city child ever can the time of leafage and blossoming of the trees.' Wild fruits and nuts were there in abundance and in the springtime the. fragrance of the grove rivaled my I mothers' garden. Our playhouse was built under the wide -spreading branch- es of the big hawthorn tree, Could . any playhouse have a more alluring setting with the grove for a back- ground an dos our outlook the meadow with its bloom of wild flowers and a road which curves and winds on its way to the house. The road was bor- dered by a luxuriant growth of wild roses and hazel, and crossed by a clear little brook beautiful in the sunshine ever luring our little bare feet to wade 1n its shallow depths. What wonders that home held for us, so near to na- ture's heart, so far from temptation. As children we learned willing obedience and respect for our elders and I cannot conceive of anyone grow- ing up in that environment being other than law abiding.—From Manuscript Notes of Elizabeth Stanfield. A Huge Casting With regard to the enterprise 01 the Canadian Pacific Railway for emigra- tion, the latest and most efficient equipment is evidently to be a fea- ture, the Morning Post Montreal cor- respondent writes:— "The largest and most powerful type of locomotive ever built in the Empire is being put into service by the Canadian Pacific Railway. "The now engines will be used to haul fast freight and passenger trains through the Rocky Mountains ,and each of them will be able to do the work 01 two or more lighter locomo- tives, "Each engine and tender measures over all 293 feet and .weighs 760,000 lbs., 73 times heavier than Stephen - son's Rocket locomotive. The cylind- ers are 868,4 inches in diameter and the stroke is 32 inches, Their cylin- ders and underframes are cast in one solid piece, weighing 67,000 lbs. 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