The Brussels Post, 1978-09-27, Page 11county are under regular
inspection and can h be
Monitored but the booths at
the fairs 'sometimes operate
with no inspection.
"Most,Jarge outbreaks of
food poisoning occur ' at
events like this," ,he told
council.
Goderich township deputy
reeve Grant Stirling didn't
dispute the need fort hte
health unit to inspect
facilities at events like fairs
but questioned some recom-
mendations arising from
those inspections.
Mr. Stirling said a health
inspector came to a fish fry
being staged recently in the
village of Bayfield by the
Lions Club and demanded
that the Lions doing volunte-
er work .for the event wear
hair ,nets when working with
the food.
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Huron County Council /
ratified an 18 month agree-
men twith employees in its
public health unit giving staff,
there a four percent increase
effective July 1, 1978 and a
6.5 percent increase effective
January 1, 1979.
Council accepted the re-
commendation of its ne-
gotiating committee for
salaries . for public health
inspectors, secretarial and
derical workers and the
county dental assistant.
The increase brings the
darting wage for public
health inspectors to $13,260,
an increase of $510, and the
wage of an inspector with
five years service to $16,640,
an increase of $640. Those
wages are effective as of ruly
1:1978.
Inspectors will be making
$14,118 to start in 1979 and
after five years experience
will be making $17,706 a
year.
A senior secretary-steno
and secretary bookkeeper
will be making $8,606 to start
January 1, 1979 and after
four years will be making a
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"The health inspector said
we needed eight Johnny On
the Sports and we only had
two washrooms in the,arena
when it was open and they
weren't busy," said Mr.
Stirling. "I guess the rest
were going to the bush,"
Mr. Stirling said he was
not saying the ...health in-
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just pointing out that per-
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THE BRUSSELS POST, SEPTEMBER 27. 1974 11
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County to hire fourth inspector
Huron County, council
agreed to spend $13,000 in
salary. for a public health
inspector to ease the work,
load of three inspectors that
the Huron County medical
officer of 'health indicated
were sharing the duties of
that fourth person,
Dr. Brian Lynch, MOH for
Huron, told council that the
public health protection '
division of the health unit
had increased its workload
over 200 percent since losing
a health inspector recently
and that to stay abreast of
the work a fourth inspector
was needed,
Dr. Lynch told council that
the sudden increase of work
was not due to a 'sudden
growth in Huron County but
was due to the health unit
doing a better and more
complete job of inspecting
public facilities in the county.
He said the workload had
increased from 2,000 cases a
year to 6,700 since the
number of inspectors were
reduced to three and that the
work was being handled by
three regular inspectors and
a student.
Dr. Lynch said that the
workload was increased by
efforts to do a better, job of
inspecting premises in the
ocunty. He said much ofthe
work was already there but •
for a number of reasons was
not done properly. He said
the health unit was much
more effective because of the
added work but added that
the effectiveness was being
jeopardized by the stretching
of manpower.
Te MOH explained to
council that the health unit's
reasons for inspecting puplic
premises such as re-
staurants, dairies, public
swimming pools and other
food and water supplying
facilities was to ensure that
the u tmost is being done to
protect the public. He said
it was not being done to be a
thorn in the side of woners of
the premises but was being
done as a preventive
measure.
Dr. Lynch cited the Inter-
national Plowing Match as an
example explaining that im-
proper' inspection of food
booths at the match could
result in tremendous pro-
blems for the health unit,
match organizers and the
medical services in the'
Wingham area. He pointed
out that if food poisonin gwas
not discovered at the match
and only 10 percent of the
people there became ill that
would be 5,000 to 10,000
cases of poisoning to be
handled in a very short
period of time.
The MOH said health
protection was a "funny
business" adding that he
found it much different front
general practice as a doctor.
He said rather than dealing
with specific problems he is
now "Keeping an eye on
things where there may wtiot
be anything wrong but if
things do go wrong there
coudl be tremendous
probletns",
Dr. Lynch said public
celebrations and events' like
fall fairs were a particular
problem for the health in-
spectors. He said the food
booths at fall fairs are set tip
out of the blue and the health
unit does not have the,ataff to
properly inspect the booths.
He said restaurants in the
"Most of the tons don't
need a hair net the y 'need
hair," said Mr.
The deputy ' reeve added
that a health inspector came
• to the site of the Bayfield Fall
Fair and instructed fair
organizers to provide eight.
Johnny on the 'Spots for
fairgoers. Mr. Stirling said
the portable toilets were, to
replace facilities in the Bay-
field Arena that had beew
max iniu m $ I 0,920.
A secreatary-steno and.
Berk. technician will get
$8,112 to start to a maximum
$10, 426 after four years and
a clerk-tyist and dental as--
sistant vvt:Vbe making 7,670
to start to a maximum $9,958
-after four years.
Added responsibilities and.
qualifications employee's
have will be worth $442 a
year under .ht January 1
contract. A senior helath
inspector, an employee with
a plumbing inspection
certificate', pmplyees iwth a
bachelor of cience Degree
or a related equivalent will
be receiving $442 a year.
Staff with an environment
health administrator
certificate will be receiving
$260 a, year.,
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County Council okays
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