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the geo irgctown herald wednesday etonfaa april 9th 1941 moh report in detail as presented to council s below sppeaia the complete report of dr c v wluutns medical officer hmhb for georgetown on nealtn oopdttloua in ooargntovra during imc te report nu presented to the ooun- 9 b dr william at last weeks oouncll meeting and gives informa tive data on the various bealtq activ ities which coma wltnln his scope dr mujans who has been for jean agitating for a sewer system baa deemed it inadvisable to consider ttus during che war he does how ever advocate a municipal garbage disposal sybtem and believes that this can be achieved at alow ooav- deferring to the epidemic of mumps rhicn started last september the re port stresses the importance of re porting cases 36 cases had occurred by the end of the year btnoe tnat time 91 new cases are reported the report touches matey other joints an municipal health and tfmuld he read carefully by all dueens to the sthnjrmftn and members local board of health of the municipality of georgetown gentlemen i beg to submit herewith my an nual report upon the health and sani tary condition of the municipality for the year ending december 31st 1m0 statistical statements our population as shown by the assessors returns is 3482 according to the records of the division regis trar there occurred during the year 12 births of which none were still births deaths from all causes num bered 35 there occurred no deaths under 1 year and no maternal deathti willk1e chats with chairman maj general the hon a d mc- the limit the canadian war services rae cjb national chairman of the fund campaign for 5500000 war services fund cam- the dynamic personalty who canadian there wert death undtheareof piea ohat wendell wlllkle who i history last yearwhen he polled more anere were aeias unoer wie age w came pa to can w launch than 23000000 votes as republican the drive for 5500000 candidate for the presidency of the unl- in a supercharged address delivered ted states who burled political dif- at maple leaf gardens on march 24 terences after the election and called wendell wlllkie whose advocacy of for a united front to smash totalitar- allout aid to britain has won him the innism and who then flew to eng- tltle of ambassador at large for land to see the battle of britain at democracy told canada that it must first hand came especially to canada so that every struggling man in to officially launch the united wai britain takes new cheer and twery services drive on behalf of the dom- naxi leader gets a chill back up to inlons fighting men i years information regarding georgetown births and deaths occurring outelde of the municipality is not available so the above figures do not reflect the true local situation child and ma frnal mortality has been exception ally low heart disease particularly thoes of advancing years and cancer account for a large percentage of deaths pneumonia and epidemic meningitis now have a very low mor tallty on account of new and effective treatment financial statement revenue total revenue received by the local board of health was expenditures the total spent during the year was 40000 1j amount paid for salaries was as follows medical officer of health 20000 public health nurse mhf and sanitary inspector 200joo other salaries nil total salaries 400 00 2 total amount spent on treatment and control of communicable diseases was nil of which nu was for hoepttallzauon snmnsrr of pragrcas in the local health programme in this section i wish to apeak of the work aocompllshed during the year in general terms only as more de tailed accounts of specific projects and problems follow in the course of the report under the statutes certain duties are required of the local board of health and i shall deal with them means first 1 a sanitation due to inadequate means of waste tff the sanitary condition of the municipality cannot be classed as good domestic and atctory waste is being cared for in most cases as well as noaaable under wasting conditions but leave much to be desired little more can be done to improve th situation until a sewer system is installed it is considered inadvisable to undertake such a pro ject during the war so residents may be forced to bear certain unpleasant situations the privies and garbage dump in our park do not give visitors a good im pression of town sanitation the de velopment of a municipal garbage col lection service with some modern method of disposal will correct the lat ter at a low cost the sanitary conditions of both schools are good the public school is to be congratulated upon its new and effective lighting system except for minor adjustments in jome of the plants dairies butter fac tories and slaughter bouse are in a smallpox 0 0 tuberculosis 1 0 typhoid fever 0 0 tjndulant fever 0 0 whooping cough 3 0 2 prevention the yearly unmuni zation programme has been carried out by your medical officer of health and public school nurse with the co operation of the public school board principal and staff this consists of giving toxoid for the prevention of diphtheria and vaccination against smallpox a diphtheria after school as sembles in the fall consent forms are sent to the parents of children who have entered our school for the first time parents who wish to have their preschooj children treated are wel come to the clinic the treatment consists of 3 inoculations with an in terval of 3 weeks between each in oculation those children who have been treated in infancy are with the parents consent given 1 small rein forcing dose when they enter grade 1 recent research has demonstrated that there is tn some children a slight loss of their immunity during those years it is cared for by this 96 of children inoculated b licencing of boarded houses no 0 control of ocmnumloable dis- eaoea tn general the local board of health dealt with outbreaks of dis- saee to the number of 1 tjhtu sep tember the municipality had been fncticany free from such diseases at tttat time mumps appeared and la sub present although in a mud form qbtoe the period of quarantine is 16 avayt a great deal of school time has been lost the first case waa brought to georgetown by a visitor from to ronto and reporting was mtfrrto tike exeat majority of parent have ajw been careful to notify the pres- sinj of i ihsraan tn their fifaw it is the few who hide its pree- nc and adow children to mix with ettwrs in churches picture shows akatmg rink etc prosecution will jobow those respo for such poor i abas now pnjueed to review local iwamu oom in detail itjpboid fever pouonrelrua in such clinics are rendered to diphtheria no child should be denied this protection b smallpox in february consent cards are sent to parents for vaccin ation of their children against small pox and a clinc similar to that of toxoid is held for this purpose the response has been each year increas ingly gratifying in this country so little has been seen or heard of small pox that there seems to be little fear r rt the possibility of such an epi demic is not at all remote there is no disease more serious or loathesome uian smallpox and prevention is a simple procedure parents who deny their children such protection are derelict in their duty both toxoid inoculations and imiup vaccina tions are administered to these child ren free of charge 3 extent of immunisation program the records of the local board of health show for diphtheria 24 immunised and m certificates granted 15 reinforcing doses smallpox 27 successful vaccinations and 27 certificates granted 1 unsuc cessful vaccination note scarlet fever and whooping cough immunisation is not carried out as a public heakh procedure in ge as your mndtaal ocqcer of health la not convinced that they are satisfactory except tn private prac tice as a result of the current program and the work of farmer years it ia that ss of he public school children are tiw to dip htheria and 73 to smaupnx it is to be noted that kiaiwinl llisi or children should be oonsnenced at about 0 months of age maternal and child hygiene no instruction m preoaal infant and pre sch care la given tn georgetown except by private pnyalotans tuberculosa contro to a few town at regular tntatiala to 1 any ni oases the wt u in the fortunate position of i account of our praxfenlty to asoatorkv any suspected caees an east ttere or d and trsatojbbtlftttxal sary as noted id the stsnsttre of coinmunlcabfte dleeases g to very free of this disease at ynmait when cases do ooaur every effort to made to bare all oontaets eaanvned in order to ensure that they ate free of the disease it is astonishing bow frequently such contacts axe loatne to undergo an examination fearing that they will be found to be affected halton county has one of the low est morbidity and mortality rates in ontario this can be accounted for by the comparatively high standard of living the more general use of safe milk and the proximity of sanatoria with facilities for early bgrvfrnln and treatment the cost of treament of those unable to pay is no longer borne by the municipality legislation has made sanatorium treatment obligatory when persons with open tuberculosis are considered a menace to othsrs- vd control any cases which have occurred in 1940 have been under the care of private physicians cancer control ne report health of the school child the lo cal board of health is vitally inter ested in the health of the school children as reported every public school child has been given the op portunity of being immunised against diphtheria and smallpox ah child ren are erarmned for gross eyesight defects dental defects and weights by the school nurse and parents inform ed of any trouble found any child found unwell ia sent home by the school nurse suggesting in appropri ate cases that the family physician be consulted m this way children suf fering from consnunlowble diseases skin rashes colds etc win receive proper care and will not be a menace to other school children in the cases of malnourished child ren the daughters of the empire have generously provided extra milk at recess for those who cannot afford pour pints dally have been given to 8 children escl year parents of children suf fering from ear nose and toroat de fects e diseased tonsils and ade noids deafness etc are aol have their children looked after by the family physician if this cannot be afforded they are sent to the hospital for sick children toronto after receiving their parents consent the womens institute and local council of women tiave for some years contributed to the expense of snch treatment the hospital for sick children has consented to look after these children for several years for a small fee in 1s40 the bon temps also made a donation five children s tonsils and adenoids were removed and one child baa been at tending the deaf dental hyglenem 1939 the lions club made a splendid effort to care for this feature every public school child was given a co dental ex amination by dentists eferents were notified of defects wnere attention could not be afforded tbls dab as sumed the entire cost it ia regretted that this work was not continued hi 1940 toxoid 3 ellnles held under aua- kces board of health number of george residents attended sb womens oouncll of t by s bon temps at- tne work of sebool nurse has beam ofced after very entolenttj by mtoa b awuabmu the salary of the sebool noras uwoywedhyuiflsixiool board and la mended st 4b sonool two days per tntat la only a fraction of the tboso closely saaoetated with school children win appreciate the etrtra time spent for then welfare the sanitary t looked after by dt- learmonth public water supplies total nam- have you 8een overlooked lets make it a whirlwind finish the boys rely on the folks back home thousands of firms and individuals ia all parts of canada have respond ed magnificently to this sixin one appeal but there are other thousands equally ready to help you may be one who has still to be heard from this is an appeal to every cana dian who has been overlooked we wish for every canadian at home an opportunity to support our men in uniform the fund is now well on the way to its objective that objective definitely can be reached probably exceeded for the sake of the bots lets finish it with a bang that will raise resounding cheers from coast to c im kow you can help 1 von have not yet been called on i i uar services worker and if ou have not yet sent in your sub scription make up your mind now whit ou are going to do and do it today fill in tht coupoo bilim and mail it to your frovin aai headquarters jt the address shown if you know of some friends who have also been overlooked get them to do the same the form is self explanatory simply check on the left in the appropriate place and if you enclose a remittance make it payable to canadian war services fund an official receipt will be sent you by return mail every dollar does its job remember all monies contributed to the canadian war services fund will be divided in accordance with governmentapproved budgets amongst the six organizations em braced m this campaign a non profit corporation with let ters patent from the dominion government rs your guarantee that every dollar that you subscribe will be properly applied to provide com fort cheer recreation and needed personal services to our fighting forces services not provided in any other way your contribution ts urgently needed sltpmamotexilvel mail this coupon todayi- provincial headquarters canadian war services fund provototal hkadquabtsrs oanadzak war- bbkvidbb ford room 101 100 bat st toronto out cheque as my cootribntkm to yoor fonda harnsc send me ia duplicate omdsl pledge card providiag for instalment pevmeats which i undertake to ooaaelaw sod rantra snbscrioing all told the sum oi name mr mr or miss i cbsqae q enclosed ia moqt orderv for i postal note j street address citr town village or telephone if yoa save cm the only national appeal for our men in uniform canadian war services fund tteedt 5 500 000 bar o a mpla of piauo supply aent for mmlmrtnn in 1m0 11 number of lafeoratorj reporta tower tban oreda iftere was wter during ma hamriln me jane from ana ts om to the ontario da- r tbe deteetinn ably or aakael orlds but hxr praa- enoe i miln ttat potutaob by bn- a person he a typhoid oerrasr ou atbisuon rsaabt dsnaop snmuse the iu is ropphrt by so many streaaali is praoucady swrt to fix anr one as oooastonmoy bates pot luted carry sort bylssr ho ms was passed in inn amended tn ins reatiauln- tton is rrarajiu ther is l sp z 100 of total supply is itotsi aaerssjs dsft eonsumptlon 1100 quarts per osnue dairy wawjrnnptton 0m ptnta num ber of producers 18 amk xtsspeottanvlsub made to pro- duoera 43 distributors of pssteurlssd null n total m samples taken ud der 40 tbere ware no mfecttons as- aodatad with tbe rniat supply on year wish to au me to the work at public hearth in our durlni the year x have the h to be tour oh savant 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