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"Salisfactory resuits have attended the efforts of the Department of s Hcealth to prevent the spread of com-- & municable disease. The improvement of conditions in industrial plants is -- proving a valuable contribution to the ; physical welfare of the workers. By . means of a dental car, the department qh?_ts brought this essential service ;| within the reach of remote pioneers of Northern Ontario. Arrangements have | been made for a substantial increase in the accommodation for consump-- tives, which was urgently needed. A thorough investigation of the methods of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer was made by the Commis-- | sion appointed for that purpose, and a report is expected at an early date. "Extensions of the King's Highways durmg tne year afforded much em-- ployment and added nearly 200 miles to the system. Payments by the Province to the municipalities for road purposes of nearly $7,000,000' helped materially to lighten the burden of taxation. The law respect-' ing financial responsibility and acci-- dent reporting has been proved by ex-- perience to have a wholesome effect. "Special demands were made upon the Department of Labor, both in finding opportunitiee for employment and in helping to relieve municipali--} ties, of the burden of caring for float-- ing population. Consideration was given to the operation of the Ap-- prenticeship Act, to which certain im-- provements will be proposed. Amend-- ments to the PFactory Act and the Mechanics' Lien Act are in contem-- plation, as well as legislation to make the Industrial Disputes Act of the inion operative in Ontario. "Efforts are being made by the 'Department of Public Welfare to give leadership to local work by the or-- ganization of county units of welfare. 'It is hoped that this movement wil bring about co--operation between so-- cial welfare agencies in each county in the form of a Public Welfare Asso-- ciation. "Improvements in the administration and Giscipline of reformatories and penal institutions has been effected, including a larger measure of segre-- gation of first offenders from habitual criminals. Vocational training and industrial activities were increased in the reformatoriee and _ industrial farms. It is expected that the reor-- ganization of the Board of Parole will result in widening the scope of its ac-- tivities in the direction of re--estab-- lishing discharged prisoners as good citizens. s ; "While the doepression throughout the past year had the effect of cur-- tailing revenue in some directions, it also operated to increase the de-- mands on the Government for assist-- ance. Yet under these abnormal conditions the ordinary revenues have not fallen far short of the amount necessary to meet ordinary expendi-- tures. The high standard of Ontario's financial credit is reflected in the re-- sult of the recent loan.'