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that the participation of country
groups in suggesting interested
persons was desirable.
Initially the District Health
Council will be appointed by the
Minister of Health, he explained.
Once the council is established,
the by-laws will make provisions
for future appointments to the
body.
Dr. Mills said the council would
establish priorities and should
determine the health needs of the
district andmatch those needs to
the resources available.
The formation of such a
council, he suggested, could help
provide comprehensive planning
on an area basis rather than on
facility or individual program
basis. The needs of the Huron -
Perth area could be outlined
more effectively to the Ministry
of Health through the council
which would have the support of
people in . this area. It is also
hoped that it could reduce the
duplication of facilities and
services through more effective
planning.
Dr. Mills stressed to the
meeting that he was merely
trying to present the idea to the
people of Huron and did not want
the Federation members to feel
that he was or was not trying to
sell the idea.
He pointed out that certain
problems could be expected with
the new council. With district
planning there could be a ten-
dency todownplay the identity of
the patient, the professional and
the individual institution.
Inadequate or over zealous
Stephen proposes
erosion control
Stephen township council will
be asking the Ausable-Bayfield
Conservation Authority for cost
estimates on proposed erosion
control at the Kingsmere gully,
north of Grand Bend.
A recent report by Golder
Associates was presented to
council and a number of adjacent
owners at a recent meeting at the
site but costs were not included.
Clerk Wilmer Wein said the
report suggested parallel drains
along the ditch from 10 to 15 feet
deep in an attempt to take away
subsurface water.
Drain inspector Lorne Dietrich
was instructed to hire a con-
tractor to repair the Ratz
municipal drain.
The report of the Smith -Carroll
municipal drain in the area of lots
10 and 20, Concession 6 and 7 was
provisionally adopted.
Special meetings are planned
two hear reports on two other
municipal drains. The Regier-
Pickering drain will be con-
sidered on September 16 and the
Lewis -Regan drain will be read
on September 21.
Permission was given to
Eugene Webber to add five more
homes to his mobile home park at
part of lot 5, North Boundary
Concession. Victor Hartman was
appointed to replace Jack Ford
as a township fence viewer.
Stephen has agreed to par-
ticipate with the town of Exeter
and the townships of Hay and
Usborne in a South Huron
Recreation Association providing
the other municipalities agree.
Council also suggested that
Grand Bend be also invited to
participate.
A petition from residents of -the
hamlet of Greenway for the in-
stallation of street lights was
forwarded to the township of
McGillivray for comments as
several of the signatures were
from McGillivray residents.
The tender of Jim Hayter Chev
Olds Limited of Goderich was
accepted for the purchase of a
1977 three-quarter ton pickup
truck. The Goderich firm's bid of
$5,109.25 was the lowest of seven
received.
Perth Health council proposed
planning could result in a loss of
facilities and professional ser-
vices for some communities. Dr.
Mills also suggested that if there
is an excess of political
manoeuvering, the District
Health Council could be reduced
to a rubber stamp, administrative
process contributing little to
efficiency or effectiveness, but
adding to cost.
It was also suggested that the
voluntary co-operation necessary
between groups in health care
and Social Services with different
points of view may be difficult to
achieve. •
In preparing a brief, Dr. Mills
asked that the Federation con-
sider five basic questions. "Do
you support the establishment of
a District Health Council? What
should the membership be?
Suggest a few names for mem-
bership'? What do you think the
function of a District Health
Coupcil should be? List any other
ideas and views that you would
wish the Steering Committee to
consider."
Some members of the
Federation felt that in question of
establishment of the council
there was really no choice. If
Huron was not agreeable now it
would be shoved on the •area in
any case sooner or later.
Bearing this in mind the group
felt it would be better to take the
opportunity to become involved
in planning now. Otherwise the
council might be run by the
Ministry of Health with little or
no local say.
A NOTHING BUT SMOKING'RUBBLE remains of the cottage of of Drysdale. Damage was estimated at $25,000 but the cause of
Dr. J. Blakeney located in the Blue Haven subdivision just north the blaze is unknown. Photo by McKinley
Huron Centre youth for off the ground
This suggest $20,000 per annum
for the director, $72,000 per an-
num for six child care workers,
$18,000 per annum for two
sect etar"ies, $13,000 per annum to
cover mileage, $8,000 to cover
benefits, $35,000 yearly for
psychological and diagnostic
services, $3,000 yearly for rent,
$9,000 per annum for office ex-
penses and overhead and $10,000
yearly for a consulting
psychiatrisl. This brings the total
of $185,000 the sum earmarked by
the Province for operation of
such a unit in Huron County.
With the election of a board of
directors on September 1, the
new Huron Centre for Children
and Youth is off the ground. Work
has been underway by a steering
committee over the past four
months though and. persons at-
tending the public meeting in
Clinton September 1 received
copies of a paper entitled, "A
Proposal for Mental Health
Services for Children and
Adolescents in Huron County."
This paper outlines some of the
problems the new unit will at-
tempt to deal with and explains
the proposed methods of
operation.
The service will provide
resourcing for all children in the
area between the ages of infancy
and 19. At the present time there
are approximately 15,000
children of school age resident
within the county so that the
groups target population would
include all of those plus children
who are now pre-schoolers.
The paper calls for assessment
and resourcing to children and
families in the home and school
settings as well as crisis in-
tervention. This would be ac-
complished through the
mechanism of a mobile mental
health team composed of
representatives of various
disciplines operating out of a
centrally based location within
the county.
There are at present, within the
county, a number of people with
both the knowledge of the area
and experience and training in
the provision of mental health
services for children. The new
group would like to involve some
of these people in the new ser-
vice.
The staffing proposal calls for a
director of an as yet unspecified
discipline, a consulting
psychiatrist for one session per
week, a full time psychologist,
front line workers (probably
from the disciplines of child care
work and public health) and
special education teachers who
would hopefully be funded
through the . Ministry of
Education.
Initially, the program will
require office space located at
Decline in birth rate
lowers enrolment
Declining birth rates will result school enrolmentwill peak at
in Ontario's school population 611,198 next year and then
decreasing by more than 200,0000 decline.
in the next 10 years. The enrolment decline at the
The latest Ministry enrolment elementary school level will be
projections, released last week felt both in the public and
by Education Minister Thomas separate schools. The projections
Wells, indicate that elementary indicate that in the public schools
school enrolment will drop by the enrolment will drop by 76,474,
105,000 during the next 10 from the 1975 total of 961,625 to
years. The elementary school 885,151. In the separate schools
population will drop from the the enrolment will drop by 29,175,
1,389.478 of last year to a low from the total of 427,853 of last
of 1,253,321 in 1981 and rise to year to 398,678 in 1985.
1,283,829 in 1985. Mr. Wells said the projections
secondary school enrolment will have been sent to school board
decrease by 106,000 from the 1975 officials across the province to
total of 605,160 to a projected assist them in their long range
499,138 in 1985. The secondary planning.
various centres within the
county. This question is being
examined with an, eye to using
already existing space under the
auspices of the Huron County
Health Unit and under the
auspices of the Separate School
System which has space located
in the former Queen Elizabeth
School in Goderich. Some of this
space would be used as a central
office for the director and
secretarial support services for
the program.
A tentative budget for the
service has been put forward.
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