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i vi a Ara ay THAR] LIN TR 14--PORT PERRY STAR, THURS., DEC. 12th, 1963 5 < 3 | 0% 7 hw 24 £NR : 3 oy pm 31 Health Units In Ontario Give Essential Aid To Public If you live in a county served by a Health Unit, you will no doubt be familiar with much of the work and general program- mes carried out. If you do not, you will I am sure, be interested to know what Health Units can offer to your area. In any event, the following general brief description of these units and some of their programmes may better acquaint you with public health services already in operation in a large part of Ontario. Although Health Units are relatively mew, they have in- creased steadily in the past few years to the point where there are now 37 in operation in our province. Although 829% of our people are receiving the bene- fits of full-time health services municipalities, and provides a (either through local health units or local health depart- ments), nine counties are stil] without these services. You may ask, firstly, what is a Health Unit? What can it do? And how can it help me? A Health Unit is an organi- zation of public health people to oversee and direct all public health matters for a group of more efficient and sustained! i community health programme | ' than is otherwise possible, This group of municipalities may be | medical personnel, sanitarians, nurses, clerical staff, and in some places, veterinarians and dentists, The main services rendered by Health Unit per- sonnel revolve around sanita- tion, public health nursing, and preventive medical , programs. In the field of sanitation, such services as inspection of eating establishments, dairies, water supplies, sewage disposal sys- tems, schools, swimming pools, investigation of complaints, ete., are routine- ly carried out, to name only a | counties, districts, or groups of few. townships. Nursing includes such ser- The Health Unit functions vices as school health service, under a local Board of Health pre-natal clinics, high which, in turn, represents all of | consultation programmes, child the participating municipalities. | health clinics, mental health The staff consists basically of clinics, as well as problems con- It's a great féeling; getting: your week's sho subdivisions, school ! cerning the aged and chronic- ally ill, and social welfare. Some of the preventive medi- cal services which are carried on in most Health Units are routine immunization school children, immunization of the pre-school children at our child health centres, and | also in many areas in recent years, immunization to adults; T.B. prevention programmes in the schools, special groups and routine chest clinics; communi- cable disease control, and phy- sical examination in certain grades, depending on local pro- grammes, The Health Unit staff also, of course, work very closely with other allied agencies in the community on common problems. This, as we indicated earlier, is only a cursory outline of some of the functions carried out by the Health Unit person- nel. Public approval of Health Units has been widespread, and the development of these units is 'increasing every year. To es- tablish a Health Unit, the de- Presto. You. did it all at OC. pping done all at once, all at Oshawa Shopping Centre! OC'is titne'saviig and convenient one-stop shopping for you. You'll find everything your family needs at OC's 54 interesting, well-laid-out shops (including a major department store). There's quality bargains. Enjoy OC's free parking, mall. Make it a habit. It's a good one; "the interesting place to shop" goods and specially-priced fashion selection, service trades, and covered HOW TO GET THERE. FROM HIGHWAY 401 EASTBOUND -- Eit'at Thickson Road, take North or South Side Road east to Stevensoh'RON) then north '¢ FROM HIGHWAY 401" WESTBOUND - Exit at Park Roa; norfh on Park Road to Elthgrove Avenue, wast on Elmgrove. © north oi' Stevenson' Rodd. of the! ' sire and initiative' must come | from the citizens from the area | concerned. But once their de- | sire is made known, your Ont. | ario Department of Health will | do everything in its power to help you make it a reality. 'Redshaw Reeve Uxbridge Twp. Last year's deputy-reeve of shaw eliminated reeve R. N. Hogg in a two-way contest for the position of reeve in that township on Monday. For deputy-reeve Robert L. Nesbitt was elected over his opponent a member of council for the last two years, Donald Jackson. Mr. Nesbitt has several years. of experience as coun- cillor as well as deputy-reeve previously to being defeated a couple of years ago, also by Mr. Redshaw. Of the four candidates nom- inated for office two of the pre- sent members, C. E. Forsyth and A. Knight were re-elected. The third member will be T. R. : Akerman, a relatively new res- {ident of the Township. In Uxbridge, all members of | couneil were returned 'by ac- i clamation. The following members for 11964 -- Mayor Nellie Kydd; | reeve, W. H. Gould; deputy- reeve, Stuart Ball; and council members Howard Young, Bert Simpson, Arnold Tipper, C. W. Steward. Acclamation also returned reeve Francis Hockley, deputy- reeve Chesley Oldham. and councillors Norman Lyons, El- wood Walker, and Robert Tim- bers in Scott Township. * = Personalized "Just for You" stationery and thank-you" cards add that extra touch of warmth to your :orrespondence. Your name * and address or initials are' printed ih white or Eolonred : qua ng p n beautiful Al Totoro. The impression is dignified, and oh so charming; - ~ yet the cost is very low. Choose your personalized stationery, dinner napkins, cocktail napkins, coasters, matches and playing cards from the many available styles you'll see in the personalized "Just for You" sample book. P.S, They make wonderful gifts for family and friends too, PHONE: 985.7383 (Port Perry Star Uxbridge Township, Alvin Red- ~ | 4 Ay ' oh] Ae