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ttfi thai acton free press wenrtday april 5 1967 s health units annual report lack of staff termed chronic problem stop attempt to change countys nurse committee securing and keeping an ade quate number of qualified workers for the halton county health unit was termed as a chronic problem ly former medical officer of health dr archie bull in his yearend re port on 1966 to halton county council drj3ull who officially re signed on december 31 after 14 and onehalf years of service summarized all health unit work during the last year pointed out the drop in the number of clinics and ithe total attendance figure f whb 4hose reported the previous year was due to the public health nurs es being away from work for an eightweek period following their mass resignation in sep tember- the payment of 29874146 to in the county said at some health unit employees and times it was possible to secure a sufficient number of staff but most of the time our staff s been below base line he indicated no doubt part of the problem is reluctance on the part of elected-representa- tives to spend tax money to pay salaries above those being offered in other areas un doubtedly it is much easier to carry on a good program with adequate staff the annuarreportr which board members accounted for the major portion of the units expenditures in 1966 the fig ure included 15541 for em ployer paid benefits all ex- penditures totalled 35760279 and there ws an estimated surplus of 239416 on the years operations the figures represented a drop of just over s8000 under the 1965 cost of 36592661 the numb of communica- hle diseases reported during the year leaped significantly to 63 42 over the 1965 total of 21 biggest single increase was that of scarlet fever and strep tococcal sore throat there were 36 cases reported in 1966 compared to only seven in 1965 the number of cases of infec tious hepatitis was also on the upswing from 12 to 26 during the year there were 172 childtiealth clinics held and total attendance was 11- 144 the previous year there were 208 clinics with a total at tendance of 13468 in dental care 7305 children were treated and 14950 were examined treatment was com pleted on 8684 children and the number of teeth needing treat ment totalled 22425 it was noted the greatest em phasis has been placed on th treschoorandthe junior gracf es of children the extension of the- testing to include some 3000 children seems to have had very good results the plan is to continue this on a competitive basis between classrooms and schools health nurses visited 11067 families during the year and a summary of the nurses work ing hours shows 16 per ceitt was pent in schools 21 per cent in the office 36 per cent visiting homes three per cent at clinics nine per cent at pre natal classes one per cent oh other activities and 11 per cent travelling a total of 2852 teachernurse conferences were conducted and service was given to 35059 children in 89 elementary schools an additional 1926 high schoor students were ex amined problems of flooding answered by authority a hid by acton reeve her- bert hinton to revise the makeup of the county council committee which will negot iate with the county nurses was thwarted on thursday al- jternoon reeve hinton sponsored a motion at a personnel cum- mil tee meeting designating fine cpunty personnel consult ant r rae and county solici tor william sharpe as the only members of thff negot iating committee at thurs days meeting however the minutes were revised on a rec- orded vote of 257 deputy- reeve alan day of oakvilie and deputy reeve charles menefy of milton supported mr hintons motion reeve hinton opposed the idea of having the warden and the chairman of the per- sonnel committee and board of health on the negotiating- co at the meetings end it was resolved the committee would be made up of the chairmen of the two committees the warden the personnel consult ant unit the county solicitor and one elected officii one of the above named three had help lawyer did you have full and complete command of yourself at the time of the ac cident client wo i wouldn say that my wife was in the hack seat fred a hoffman optometrist 58 st georges sq guelph ont telephone 8242071 an 1mb mint car baked and donated by mrs george young for a duke of devonshire draw is admired by order office manager jessie coles as it sits in the simpsonssears order office proceeds from the draw go to the new centepnlal library staff photo lets play bridge by bill coats many times when playing a contract at bridge an impor- tanteonsideration is to whom the lead can be safely given it is convenient to designate an opponent as a safe and the other as dangerous here is a hand which may illustrate this point the deal er is west and north south are vulnerable north s4c o 3 2 h k o 10 4 3 d 7 5 c i 8 west east s 9 8 4 sa 7 5 h j 8 h a 9 6 5 d o 8 4 3 d 10 9 6 c 7 6 3 2 c k o 4 south sj 10 6 h 7 2 d a k j 2 c a 10 9 5 the bidding west north east soutk pass pass 1h dbk pass pass rdble pass 2 2h pass 2 nt pass 3 nt all pass the mrtdtng is very inter esting south makes a takeout double of easts opening heart bid north with good hearts thinks that one heart can be defeated with a trump lead so lie elects to pass easts redotible is called a rescue redouble it asks part ner to please rescue to ano ther suit when west bids di amonds north shows a good heart suit a good three no trump contract is reached wast leads the heart jack and dummy is spread declar er must be careful not to lose two hearts one spade and two diamonds if east gains the lead too often he can lead dia monds and get two diamonds for the defense west is the safe defender whereas east is dangerous in spite of the nice hearts in dummy declarer should duck the opening heart lead and per mit west to win the trick east cannot afford to play the ace now declarer is safe if wast continues hearts declarer covers and sets up three heart tricks if west switches to spades east must hold up and declarer can es tablish hearts and get to dum my to take them if west leads a club declarer can set up three club tricks and finally if west leads a diamond south should be able to make an overtrick notice what happens if dec larer covers the heart jack on the opening lead east wins and leads a diamond if declarer wins and leads a heart east will win the fourth heart and lead a second dia mond south cannot afford to finesse so he must win when east gets in with the space ace he still has a diamond left to set the contract when you are declarer try to determine who is the safe opponent and who is the dan gerous opponent and if you must lose a trick try to lose it to the safe opponent last weeks winners at the acton bridge club were first ibill wandel and bill coats se cond mary manning and kay campbell jhird jack coats and pat jef fares the credit valley conserva- lion authority has no jurisdic tion to step in with preventa tive measures chairman r k mcmillan told tom hill rep resentative from esquesing township following mr hills inquiries about flooding at glen williams at the last reg ular authority meeting it js up to the reeve to in itiate a plan followed by the emo if the municipality can not handle the emergency he continued mr hill also inquired about the glen williams channel im provement completed last year by the cva- silt has formed an island in the centre of the channel and now the current hits he curve headon field officer s b white is to meet mr hill on the site and bring back a report of any action which could be taken the members passed a reso lution to negotiate the purch ase of the womens institute property at meadow vale fonm- erly used as a library option is to be followed by apprais als and request for depart mental approval the mem- bers agreed that purchase of this property would protect the access to the cvca head quarters immediately across the road r r parker chairman of the flood and pollution con trol advisory board reported that final engineering plans for the orangeville reservoir should be in the hands of the authority by early may if no financing problems arise tend ers for the dams should be out in june the field officer showed the membetsnarawings of the pro- posed new gatehouse for the terra cotta conservation area the entrance to the area will be changed to prevent over crowding and distribute the parking areas away from the main entrance the building would provide a park office and staff quarters away from any way ywi flfsra k the finest welcome 4 to acton is welcome wagon mm fmi st imflml flfc my mttmt at auts m m ta uiitiias attat on otr s mnkm mtt to hr ntiiuffwey nassagaweya township clerk cat mclntyre reports build ing permits with a total value of 114800 were issued during march in the township the figure includes 10 hous es a 1000 renovation and two small sheds to date this year township permits total 392400 tofe phono s34rm5 uw uik n knew ymrt mm to irt kt 1 rmm km ih wt- cvtn waaaa mimim call lawn chairs rewebbed by employees at hope centre chairs 200 chaise lounga 400 for information cau mrs r louttet 8534676 the major crowds in the park following a meeting between cvca and township of toron to it was agreed that the au thority would study the feasi- ucw unit visits school four carloads of unit three of bility of a scheme to relocate church women the channel of the credit river at erindale backfill and rip rap in the authority property at the foot of the high bank would eliminate the landslide problem on the rear lots of credit heights drive temporary remedial meas ures were taken by toronto township in 1963 but evidence of slippage is again showing along this bank above and be low the original slide the information and educa tion advisory board has start ed a program of education in conservation in the schools oft the credit river watershed speakers and colored slides are available to any group in terested floats showing cvca pro jects are being prepared and willbe entered in the town ship of toronto centennial parade on may 22 these floats will be changeable and made available for parades in the valley during the coming year a seminar conducted by the information and education ad visory board was held recently at meadowvale it was decided to hold two more of these to acquaint the members of the various boards with the work and aims of the cvca of members the united visited the gait training school for girls on wednesday evening of last week the unit has regularly adopted a girl at the school the superintendent of the school mr mcdonald spoke to the group and explained how the school is operated they were shown the typing room where they held a short business meeting the home economics room and went to one of the residences where the girls showed them their rooms and served they learned the girls will be presenting a fashion show and some of the unit members hope to return for it the name of the school will be changed april 1 to grandview school 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