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DR. KAISER MAKES 'CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENT (Continued from Page 3) ducing to public health. Most of the money comprises grants to the institution, : uate The government are not spend ing the money in the way parlia- ment intends that it should be spent; the amount spent on public health as such .is absolutely inade- quate to accomplish any results, It might as well be wasted. Look at the national budgets of other countries and you will find that in these places, in order to secure anything like a proper standard of public health, it requires an expen- diture of $2.50 per capita. But what are we doing in Canada? In- stead of spending anything like a reasonable proportion on public health our per capita expenditure amounts to 74 cents. And if we take all the money spent by the Dominion, by the provinces and by the municipalities together, we find that it comes to the magnificent sum of 37% cents per head of popu- lation. We are spending in Can: ada 37% cents per head to accom- plish what other countries are spending $2.50 to do. Can we ever dream of having anything. like sound national health when such a parsimonious 'effort is put forth to that end? Dominion Authority It is commonly said that the Do- iminion government. have no au- thority to act in the matter of puop- lic health in Canada. Medical men who have looked into the constitu- tion know that this is not correct. In 1867 when the British North America Act was passed there was no such thing as public health in the sense that we use that term today. The only reference to pub- . lie health was the matter of quar- antine, and under section 91 of the act this was assigned to the Do- minion government. We know also that matters which are not specific- ally assigned to any province come, unider the British North America Act, within the domain of the Do- minion government, Health officers and students in 'Canada came to tne conclusion some time ago that un- der the constitution matters of pun- lic health should rest with the Do- minion. We say, therefore, that the government have not been spending the money granted by parliament in the way that it should be spent. Under the act ut 1819 it was provided that the gov- rnmept of the Dominion might ublish literature, might dissemin- pte propaganda, and might under- take to educate the people of the country in matters, appertaining to. fone health. Well, they have gnificent sheet known as an ab- stract of current public health lit- f it 4s the intimation that it is sued by this government. But hat has it to say with refervice |ito public health? We find that it icontains extracts from the Journal of Medical Health of the United States.' It tells us how to tackle the plague in India, how to grape ple with cholera in South Africa, as to what should be done in Can- ada. It reminds me of a trip I made some fifteen years ago on the Mississippi. Someone pointed out to me one of the old fashioned boats which had plied on the river long years ago--and what did I find? Theré was so much space taken up by the whistle that there was no room left for the passen- gers, and in the front of the beat there was a magnificent leather cushioned chair for the captain. Well, we have a. chair for the cap- tain to repose in--a captain who draws $15,000 a year but has not been worth ten cents in the ten years he has been guilding the ship in this department. ' Department Condemned Iwant to pay tribute to a gentle. man whom we all respect in this house, the hon. member for Halton (Mr, Anderson), who gave us an ex- cellent discourse the other evening in which he pointed out what could be accompished in the way of scien- tific research, We have also heard a splendid address tonight from my hon. friend (Mr. McGibbon). I am not going to enter into the phase of the subject with which these hon, gentlemen dealt, but I want to say that the Department of Na- tional Health is condemned by every man in Canada who has ever read three lines about publie health. If you want to find ont w.at is being done in this direction you have only to take up the last jour- nal published by those in this coun- try who are studying the question, and every line is a condemnation of what is being done by the goverr- ment. It is pointed out that if the government were alive to the situa. tion it would move forward and do things that are heing done in other countries. Why is it that France, England and the United States, act- ing as federal unit, have all moved forward along really progressive lines? ment has divided the country into sections and over every section there is a full time health officer paid by the federal government. Mr. KING (Kootenay): No. one so, because we have here =n' prature, and blazoned at the head, aud so on. But there is not a word. The United States govern- | B THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1929 ° 'New Magrietic Probe Removes Iron Slivers cles ventor of the tel lifetime, Dr. Bel perfected, and thereby relieved to the doctor's kit. T' (right) a strong electro-magnet enterprises. The humanitarian hone, has been reflected in many auxilia: designed and manufactured a probing instrument similar knowledge of m: w enter largely into telephone construction, has led experimenters to the discovery of this. important adjunet how particles were removed from the eye in the gay '90s; e insets above show, (left) at work on a scrap iron pile. ee A po a -------- Ea A new Magnetic Probe--an electro-n.4gnet of unusual strength; com, cobalt and pl Lak orms an invaluable addition to doctors' a Sioength: for the removal embedded in the skin, muscular tissue or the eye, is the latest development in Bell T: spirit always exemplified by Alexander Graham Bell, t ry products of te much suffering. An in of an of in- hone progress. During es to that recen etic properties, Plan Suggested Mr. KAISER: This is one of the things we ask for. This Dominfon should be divided into health sec- tions, over every one of which should be placed a full time officer paid partly by this government, partly by the province and partly by the municipality, This is ous of the things which the public health people of the Dominion are asking the government to do and it is one of the things that are abso- lutely necessary if we hope to ob- tain satisfactory results. If the minister wishes to know what can really be accomplished let him read what has been done in the province of Quebec, which has been divided For the first time in their history the American Electrochemical So- ciety of the Dominion chemical con- vention held a joint session. At the Mining building of the University of T to they exch d ideas during the week of May 27-30 on new de- velopments in their respective fields. Above are shown: (1) F, W, Hoover, manager, Allied Power and Light Co., of New York City. He is a re- lative of the United States president; (2) Prof. L'Abbe A. Vachon, presi- dent; of the Canadian Chemical As- sociation, a member of the faculty of Laval University, Quebec city, and the outstanding French-Canadian seientist of the day; (3) Prof. H. Hibbert of the faculty of chemistry, McGill University, whose specialty is cellulose chemistry, and (4) N. R. Choudhury, a native of Calcutta, In- dia, recognized as an authority in electro-chemistry and a member of the faculty of Columbia University. --. to the When you The "side- accidents. Keep to the If I wish to be safe on the highway, drive we right side of the road. persistently sW1 You can help prevent accidents keeping to the right side of the GES SAL] + SHFETY COMMON SENSE Highway Safety Committee Hon. Geo. S. Henry, Chairman use the centre of the highway you tie up traffic. Give others plenty of room to pass. pe" makes one of the worst roa by always | province, if been appointed on full time. | New York state half the cost is in the manner I have stated. There full time men are devoting their whole time and all their energies to the work of caring for the puu- lic health. See what they have autiv in relation to infantile mortality and in the matter of saving the lives of women in maternal trou- ble. See what has been done in grappling with epidemics; it is a credit to the province. They lead the way in this regard. And we have done the same in Ontario. I'or fifteen years I served as a member of the provincial board of Ontario and I have travelled throughout the province, so that I think I have the right to stand there and say that I speak wun some authority on this question. Fifteen years ago in Ontario fifty persons out of every one hundred thousand of the population died of typhoid. The provincial govern- ment then grappled with the ques- tion and instituted a thorouga in- vestigaticn. We investigated the water supply of the province aua looked into the situation from every angle. The result is that wo have reduced the death rate in the from this particular cause, from 50 to 3.5 per hundred thousand, Such facts as these are pointed out to the government; ana to find them in the face of all this sitting dumb and motionless is to me a marvel. The people will hold them responsible and get behind those who have progressive ideas with an insistent demand that we advance. People Ahead of Government The last issue of the Canadian Public Health Journal, word by word, line by line, page by page, makes this demand of the govern- ment; yet we see the government of Canada hanging on away at the tail end of the hunt, the people a great distance ahead of them. The medical men of the country. are miles ahead of the department. We find hon, gentlemen sitting quietly by, doing nothing but smoking fifty-cent cigars and drawing $15,- 000 a year. As an immediate swy in the 'direction of progress we demand that the government make a move in the appointment of a council of epidemiologists. Does the minister mean to tell this com- mittee that if we had a council such as this, a few men who studiea nothing but epidemics in Canada, who could move from ome section of the country to another when- ever there was an outbreak of any epidemic, very satisfactory results would not ensue? Two years ago there was a typhoid epidemic in Montreal when five hundred peo- ple were carried to the grave, while some five fhousand were down in the hospitals. This cost between two and three millions. I have no hesitation in saying that if we had had in the Dominion at that time a few men trained in the study of epidemics there would not have been ten deaths in Montreal as a_ result of that outbreak; the epi- demic would have been successful- ly met, But there was not a word spoken, not a voice raised in this house, not a voice raised in Canada against it until it was found that someone was losing five or ten cents a gallon on cream or milk. 'As soon as people began to lose a 'few dollars the cry went up that something should be done. Now this obviously is discreditable; surely the health of the people should be placed before dollars and cents. England's Record In these two particulars we charge the government with dere- liction of duty. They have no cun- ception of the task that confronts them; they do not understand the question with which they are sup- posed to cope. gage a few men who really appre- as I have mentioned, you would see a progressive move made in the matter of public health in Canana. Let me quote something to show what is being done in England in regard to whole time officers. We read that the full time plan is in operation in England, where 351 out of some 1,200 part time officers '| have been replaced by full time of- i] ficials' in combined areas. In the J United" States also, since 1911, over 400 county Health officers have In .'Jborne by the state. This gives you If you were to en- ! ciated the value of such measures | throughout the civilized world wherever the authorities are alive to the importance of public health, wherever they place a proper value on human life, wherever they have an adequate conception as to what public health implies. In these countries public health work is di- vided into two great sections--one, the prevention of disease, and tue other the combating of epidemics. In this regard disease and epidem- ics are fought pretty much as an up to date fire brigade tackles any conflagration. What should we think if we went into a large city and saw a great fire being attacked by volunteer firemen, 'while some- one was paid a salary of $15,000 to look on at the show, occasionally to ring a bell, and once in a while to blow a whistle? Canada Backward I make the charge that Canaua, in the field of public health, is more backward than any other country on the face of the earth; the government are silent, they are dead. I do not hesitate to say that. There should be more activity in the department, In 1919 a council of health was created, and they come together every year, bringing scientific minds to bear upon the health problems that confront the country, Their conclusions they pass on to the Minister of National Health (Mr. King Kootenay). But the minister puts on glasses that will not read, he looks the thing over, and he says, 'Oh, well, the pigeon hole is good enough for this; the Dominion cannot take ac- tion in this matter". I say, the puo- ple of Canada demand that we have some genuine natioanl health work done by this government, and 'done before another year goes by. Now, I will not detain the house longer-- Some hon. MEMBERS: hear, hear. Mr. KAISER: Hon. gentlemen opposite clap their hands, My hon. friend from Saskatoon =~ (Mr. Young) and others know, hawever, that what T am saying is true, I know they do not like to hear me or anyone else refer in these terms to the government, but there are in Canada ten million people who (think pretty much as I do, and I want to tell the minister that the people of the country are démand- ing more and more that real pub- lic health work be done by this gov- ernment. You have never yet seen a city criticized for spending mon- ey to take care of the health of its people. - The people will support any such expenditure, and all I ask is that Canada get in line with oth- and ex. > OK-10129 Foundation of VALUE YING the fine appearance and low peice of our Used Cars is the firm founds- tion of the "OX. that Counts" «+ the used s sure, safe guide to honest value. Before a Used Car can bear the Chevrolet OX. 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