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Page 18 THE HERALD OITLOOK Saturday January 1989 Whats in and out Be wise immunize By MacKENZlE Ottawa Bureau Thomson Newt Service Sardines and canned stew are definitely out for And so is shortening Jelly powder and the convertible bedsofa Consumers long ago made il known these Items would not be big sellers in the late 1980s Statistic Canada has made it official b dumping them out of the measured basket of goods and services us ed to determine its monthly con sumer price index In place of these products that have fallen from favor the federal agency has been picking up tren- items that todays consumers have pqunced on Minivans and fourwheel drive trucks have rolled onto the scene and Statscans infla tion inspectors have peeled off the price stickers and dropped them into the basket Video rental prices have also been added along with blank audio and video tapes silver flatware crystal and highend glassware Membership rates at selected health and fitness clubs were recently calculated into the index The cost of exercise bikes will soon be tossed in Statistics Canada has also fine- tuned the monthly index of con sumer spending The weights or degree of influence of the three most important components of the index have been adjusted for to reflect changes in consumer habits in recent years Hie hundreds of goods and ser vices tracked by the agency each month are divided into seven basic components Each carries a prescribed weight to reflect the size of the bite it takes from the consumer dollar Housing food and transportation claim an over whelming proportion of the household budget as defined by Statistics Canada In 1989 the agency sees con sumers spending less on food and housing and more on transporta tion reflecting some trends that began to develop as the nation shook off the effects of the last recession The transportation component has been bumped up per cent as a result of increased new car sales over the past few years Auto sales were in a slump in when the weights were last adjusted said Arthur chief of Statistics Canadas consumer prices section Consumers were just coming out of the recession and savings and disposable income were both down The ability of many to buy a new car was limited But by 1986 both the market and consumer confidence had recovered and spending on new vehicles was up sharply explained The fact that consumer spending on transportation has increased is an indication that less is being spent on shelter and food and office has shaved almost two per cent from both of the other major components of the price index The cut in the weight of the hous ing component is attributable to the swing in mortgage lending rates which in were very near the record highs of the reces sion period Many homeowners were locked into longterm high- rate mortgages that strained the household budget By interest rates had moderated and disposable income had increased Rents and mortgages were not the burden they were four years earlier The same income effect has been felt in the food sector said For most of us less and less of our income is required to purchase food necessities Its a clear trend that has been apparent for some time he said But within the food component there are noticeable changes in consumer spending habits said Consumers are now spending more money in restaurants than they did in 1962 and the share of food dollars taken by restaurants is increasing steadily The system of weighting con tents of the basket however has been recognized as one of the ma jor flaws in the index which was once described by the Economic Council of Canada as a com promise between the need for realism and the need for a workable measurement In a critique of the index the council said the weights nail values to measured items over periods of changing spending habits The more the consumer patterns change the more the index drifts from reality the economic ad visory body argued Ridgeway agrees that some changes have occurred in the economy since the agency compil ed the data on which the new revi sions are based New car sales have levelled off and housing prices in parts of the country have risen sharply Those shifts in the economy will likely be apparent in the next readjustments Statistics Canada in 81 cities are already out checking the costs of the new goods and services and assembling the data for the January consumer price index The adjusted index will be released by the agency Feb Be A Coo Cot And Check Out the Savings the Classified Section One miracle of modem medicine is the terrific drop in child disease and mortality In the Canada of the early 1920s dipthena was the First cause of death for children aged 2- 1 4 years since then the rate has dropped from more than cases per Canadians to less than Tuberculosis cases per 100000 Canadians fell from more than 120 in the 1940s to fewer than 20 today In the years to 1950 there were between 100 and 750 cases of measles per 100000 Canadians per year with all the accompanying haz ards for children of pneumonia and encephalitis today fewer than 50 cases per 100000 Canadians are reported each year The incidence of whooping cough has fallen from 150 cases during the second world war to about cases per 100000 Canadians today Polio has been virtually wiped out Tetanus killed on average 40 out of every Canadians a year in the 1920s the last recorded death was in 1974 These staggering achievements are thanks to vaccines Every Canadian baby should be started on a program of immunization as soon as he or she is old since children susceptible to disease in their first two years of life Immunization works by persuading the body to produce antibodies needed to fight a specific infection By giving a weakened form of the germ causing the infection the body is stimulated to produce sufficient antibodies without havingtosuffertiiedisease itself germs then attack the body a second time in a stronger form the body is already protected Canadian doctors recommend a particular schedule for immunization whooping cough tetanus and polio vaccines should be given at 2 4 and 1 months and between and years Measles mumps and rubella are given at 12 months mumps at 1112 years diptheria and tetanus booster shots at 1416 years In addition particular circumstances may prompt your doctor to recommend other vaccines For example rabies has become well- established in Cana dian wildlife the number of rabid animals wild and domestic recorded in 1982inOntariowas30higherthan in If you or your child has been bitten by a rabid animal you should see your doctor for shots immediately If you are travelling to countries outside Europe and North America your physician may recommend im munization for you and your family against particular diseases including smallpox yellow fever cholera and typhoid Consult your doctor in good time as a program of shots can take up to nine weeks 50 UPTON ORES GUELPH ONLY Open concept 3 bdrms 1 300 sq ft plus home Cosy and 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