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* February 26 Maladministrati Of Health 8 1 Ch 0 d by Nesbitt 46 in t 99 Remove Present Minister," Suggests Tory, «_ Charging Patronage, Curtailed # Health Services GNORANCE, autocratic methods, inefficient adminis-- tration of hospitals and services, and undisguised f patronage to the detriment of its own efforts were charged to the Ontario Department of Health in the Legis-- lature yesterday by A. Russell Nesbitt, Conservative member for Bracondale. "A Man Named O'Connor." service, and had admitted, according Resuming the debate on the Speech | to Mr. Nesbitt, that "something ought from the Throne, the Toronto mem-- | to be done about it." "My best answer ur mmrked on A comprehensive t/o thifi. said tflhe metnbel' fOl' Br'vcon' review of the administration of the | Gale, "would be to remove the present Hon. Dr. J. A. Faulkner's department | Minisier and appoint somebody who since the Belleville member became | has a progressive attitude along these Minister of Health. ; lines. . L A caustic reference to recent Lib--| Resuming his recital of what he de-- * eral appointments was made by Mr.| SCribed as examples of patronage and Nesbitt when he noted the choice of| MAladministration, Mr. Nesbitt men-- "a man named O'Connor' for a minor | tioned $300 per month being paid a $ office, and commented that. when the | firm of chartered accountants for present Governmen: died, the O'Con-- | Auditing public trustee accounts; the nor family would undoubtedly func-- replacement of Clerk R. R. Burrows at tion as pallbearers. the Orillia Hospital with a man named The Toronto member got one thrust| W€ir, from Belleville, Dr. Faulkner's home when a Government Bencher| "home town"; the replacement of asked him if he preferred the Henry Floyd Green, a truck driver at the Government policies. same hospital, with '"one Bundett, a "I'm making no excuses for past ministerial protege from Belleville"; Governments," Mr. Nesbitt rewrted.!the alleged granting of special house "We're sitting over here for mistakes| ADd furnishing privileges t, Mr. Hol-- we made. I'm endsavoring to show | ton from Belleville, bursar of the On-- ly for the mistakes you make. placement of Dr. W. M. Sseymour as "The present Administration." he dental o.mcer at Orillia with two ap-- charged, "has revealed only a colossal pointees: the replacement of James ignorance on the question of pub"c|l..onc-rgan. payroll.custodlan. with a health. I would like to ask what in-- gb;:a: gppgulr;t,ee, t'he d';';"s"l 0{ terest the present Government is dis-- ' W(;n':)' "::\:a a;.is armm rector nat. playing in this question. What or--| N M DN;_q'» &"n's: 10e aupointivent in /. ganization for the control of commu-- | PM h) "2%, p j CIeapp? In nicable disease in unorganized terri-- place of N. FL Clemenis at n iN-- tory has been set up? Under Dr creased salary; and the dismissal of Ocodfrey and Dr. Robb the Province| PDS George Betlie. a blacksmith, and f had at least the nucleus of such an|the appointment in his place of "a isat} o;x 1+ man named O'Connor." . e An * l Mr. Nesbitt at this point earned a Sees Curtailed Service. thunder of Conservative desk--thump-- No longer, he said, could a little|ing and laughter by commenting: community get the former $400 grant| "These O'Connor appointments are toward a public health nurse. Pree| becoming quite a habit with the pres-- insulin service had been curtailed. | ent Administration. Pirst, it was Sen-- f 'The Provincial dental health admin-- | ator O'Connor, then Judge O'Connor, istration had been torn down. al-- | and now it's Mr. O'Connor. I'm quite though the present Miniser had told | sure that, when the present Govern-- a public hea'th mecting not long ago | ment dies, the duties of pallbearers that Ontario was far behind other | will be ably undertaken by the O'Con-- Provinces and States in public health | nor family."