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Boberl F. Nixon Ontario Liberal Leader After approving a budget of $2.2 billion and passing. more than 140 bills, the Ontario Legislature has prorogued its 1967 session. On the yhole, the five months of sittings were pretty dull. There .were few high points that would mark it in history as one of the outstanding sessions of the past twenty-four years of Conservative government rule. In fact, it will probably only be remembered for its failure to grapple with the most important provincial issue of the day, the relief of the municipal tax burden. There were some worthwhile pieces of legislation, notably amendments in the Mental Health Act and a strengthening of the Air Pollution Act, but there was no effective legislation to provide provincial relief to muni-cpal taxpayers who face substantial increases in mill rates right across the province. We've maintained that, in spite of the fact that the Smith Report on Taxation will hot be made public for several weeks, the major policy decision should have been taken during this session to have the province assume more of the costs of education: and eventually eighty per cent of those costs within four years. The Smith Report, no doubt, will be one of the most im- portant documents prepared for the government, in many years. It will be the forerunner of desperately needed reforms in our system of taxation. But it has been used for too long,, as an excuse for inaction in the 'face of Unrelenting increases ih the costs of educa-ti6n at the docal level. The session also failed to produce any programs which would economize or streamline government operations to make such local tax relief possible; and, despite a spate of announcements a few months ago, it saw Wttle legislation to deal effectively with the current housing crisis in our cities across the province. There was nothing either in the legisation or in the budget to excte the people of Ontario as we enter our second century of Confederation. There was nothing to promise us that we would be living in an exciting, vibrant province in the years ahead. One note of tribute to Far-quhar Oliver, the 63-year old Dean of the Legislature who has decided not to run for office again in the election expected in the fall. During his nearly forty-one years as a . member, Farquhar Oliver (he was the leader of the Liberal Party on three separate occasions) contributed much to the progress of this province. His departing words, "I did what I could with the capacity I had," demonstrates the modesty of this great parliamentarian. All of us in Ontario owe him much. NORTHUMBERLAND-DURHAM HEALTH UNIT REPORT OF MAY, 1967 Communicable Disease Of 343 diseases reported this month, 226 were red measles, 58 mumps, 42 Grman measles, seven chickenpox, four scarlet fever, three infectious hepatitis, two whooping cough and one salmonellosis. Three rabid animals were reported following Laboratory examination; one swine in Cartwright Township, a bovine in Manvers Township and a fox in Brighton Township. No rabies vaccine was dispensed during the month. Tuberculosis At four chest clinics, ninety-six persons received a chest x-ray. One old case was added to the register. There was one death from a disease other than tuberculosis and two cases moved from the district leaving 390 cases on the register at the end of the month. Immunization There were fifteen clinics held at Health Unit offices. At these, fourteen children completed the initial series of Quad vaccine and thirtyeight received the reinforcing dose. Quint vaccine is now being used for infants who are beginning their immunization series. This s Quad vaccne with killed measles virus added and a booster of live at-tenuatetd measles virus will be given later. Twenty-six received their primary smallpox and fifteen received re-vaccination. Nursing Homes Provisional licences were given by the Ontario Depart-nient of Health, Division of Rehabilitation and Chronic Care to eleven nursing homes. Certain requirements will be necessary for compliance with the Regulations undder the Nursing Homes Act 1966. Re-soonsibilitv is vested in the Medical Officer of Health for routine inspection of these nursing homes and to do this two staff members have been designated. Mr. W. W. Ford, Senior Public Health Inspector, will look after the environmental sanitation and Mrs. E. Cumberford, Registered Nurse, is responsible for the supervision of the nursing care and records. A total of 23 visits were made during the month to these nursing homes. Public Health Nursing The nursing staff spent 880 hours in Ma^ in home visiting. In the total of 925 visits, 51 were to infants under two weeks of age, and 195 to infants from two weeks to a year of age. There were 232 preschool children seen and 284 visits on behalf of school children. The infant and preschool age is the period when nurses are able to give the most help to parents who wish to learn about child development, both physical and emo- The umber" of ursig ■' care visits was higher this month; 152 visits whereas the,average is usually a hundred visits. These vivsits are mostly to the older age group. Audiometry • During May, 613 audiometer tests were done and 47 audiograms made. Nineteen new defects were discovered, 10 retests of previous defects were normal: sixteen retests still indicated a loss and awo referrals by physicians indicated normal hearing. Testing was done in the areas of Bowmanville, Brighton and Cobourg this month and included the retarded children's school in Campbellford. Environmental Sanitation The prolonged wet spring resulted in an increase in the number of complaints regarding nuisances. Forty-four investigations were made, twenty of which were respecting defective private sewage disposal installations and eighteen regarding accumulations. Twenty-four inspections were madeof municipal refuse disposa sites, the maintenance and doperation noted and where improvements were nevessary, the municipal representatives were contacted. The provision of such sites by al municipalities is essential to discourage indiscriminate discarding of refuse. The operation and maintenance of them, particularly in the rural municipalities i s difficult. Many of these sites were established in the past without giving sufficient thought to their location in relation to accessibility, available cover-ng material, roadways, watercourses and dwellings. New provincial legislation will require licensing and approval of refuse dsposal sites and operation. Meat Inspection Of 1,112 carcasses :nspected during the month, thirteen of these were condemned; two cattle, four calves, and seven swine. In addition, thirteen portions were condemned. General Remarks Two of the public health nurses, Mrs. Hamilton, Bowmanville office, and Miss Cas--selman, Brighton office, attended a three-dav refresher nourse at University of Toronto. This particular course was on the understanding of the adoescent. Dr. C. M. Horner Miss Flaxman, and Mrs. Cumber-ford attended the meeting at Whitby Hospital on "Care When You Are Old". Two University of Toronto students spent a five week period of field work with the nurses in Brighton and Cobourg. A student from Queen's University spent a three week period of field work with the Port Hope nurses. CRAMAHE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL MEETING Cramahe Council met in the Council Chamber in Castleton, Friday, June 2nd. at 1.30 p.m. Members were all present, Reeve Cochrane in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted. Correspondence was was read and disposed of. Mr. George Johnston and Mr. George Johns addressed Council regarding getting a floor and artificial ice in tho Arena. It was moved by Robt. L. Blyth, seconded by H. S. Oliver, that the Council of the Township of Cramahe agree, along with the Council of the Village of Colborne, to give the Community Centre Board authority to go ahead witli the flooring and artificial ice in the rink on a 50-50 basis. Carried. Mrs. Flossie Welton and Mrs. Dave Dingwall Jr. interviewed Council requesting a ag to be erected on the Town Hall. Request granted. Carried Moved by R. L. Blyth, seconded by H. Bedford, that the Council of the Township of Cramahe accept the tender submitted by George Meikle-john, Warkworth, to install the plumbing and heating system in the Town Hall at an estimated cost of $3,300.00. Carried. Mr. William Everden addressed Council in regard to a boundary line. It was decided to have the said line surveyed. Moved by Oliver, seconded by McComb, that all accounts be paid. Carried. , Orders were then drawn on the Treasurer as; follow: Alex Rutherford, re ambulance, $120.00; K. R. Jones, warble fly inspector, 242.50; Garnet Reycraft, spraying cattle, 500.50; Roy Barrett, two foxes, 8.00; Jas. Wilson, 15 foxes, 60.00; Village of Colborne, re school debentures, 3,497.61; Township of Haldimand, school debentures, 572.-49; J. F. Cochrane, part salary as Reeve, 50.00; Robt. Blvth, part salary as Deputy, 50.00; Harold Bedford, Councillor, 50.00; Alex McComb, Councillor, 50.00; H. S. Oliver, Councillor, 50.00; Bell Telephone, hall, 6.61; Alex Clark, care of hall, 10.00; Beaver- dale Construction, re dump, 91.00; Leslie Rice, expenses re convention, 25.00; Ray Burleigh, care of dump, 15.00; Road accounts, 3,457.82. Council adjourned to meet the first Friday in July at 1.30 p.m. NEW HOME FOR WOLF CUBS The five wolf cubs caught in Cramahe Township on the farm of John Dunk, story and pictures of which appeared in our issue of May 25th, are being given a new home. Last week they were taken to the Department of Lands and Forests at Lindsay and from there taken to Algonquin Park. During their short stay in captivity on the farm they had thrived on the care given them and almost doubled in TRENT LAKES STUDIED BY OWRC Eight lakes in the Trent waterways are under study by the Ontario Water Resources Commission to help determine the potential ot" such lakes as municipal watetr supply sources. The OWRC's Division of Research is attempting to establish possible links between the chemical nutrients in the lakes and the type and quantity of algae which occur in these bodies of water throughout the eyear. Presently a preliminarv study, the program probably will be extended another two years if data collected by early 1968 indicates such a link exists, and that it can be determined using present methods, according to OWRC. Every two weeks water and algae samples are taken from Kushog, Twelve Mile, Gull, Balsam, Sturgeon, Buckhorn Clear and Rice Lakes. Sampling probably will be on a monthly basis after freeze-up. The Trent was chosen for the study because it is one of Ontario's largest river systems, it flows through various geographical areas, and the chemical and biological makeup of the lakes there vary. 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