FEBRUARY 1', 1949 fi-‘i

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TUESDAY, m. m and

RCERS llwnns

COMPANY LIMITED WILL eioss ron STOCK-TAKING

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2nd

Reports Progress 3y Commission 0n llealth Planning

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m Harold Shaw and his Health Emmi; Commission have ear- marked 65".. of the Provincial mm from the Department of flgflOllfll Health and Welfare, un- m m, weeks ago, leading the provinces. However, the last re- p" shows that Saskatchewan has moms into first place with 73%. mm its last position of 51%. With only two months to go until the my of the fiscal year. when the "mgipder of this year's grants are automatically cancelled, Nova Bcotia has "encumbered" only 17ft; Que- bec 15s,; Ontario 2.35.5; Manitoba 34".; British Columbia 50%; New sninswick 56%; and Alberta 56%.

The difficulties in spending something over a quarter of a million dollars of public money, wizhin less than s. year and for specific purposes, especially involv- mg dollar-for-dollar “matching' grants by the Provincial Govern- ment, was emphasized by Dr. shew ln an i rview. "Oui- biggest dlfllClllll‘ is finding trained per- loltncl." ho said. “Although we are using the training grants to the full. it will be several years before all of the grants can be judiciously expended with properly trained personnel in the various divisions o! the Department."

Another major difficulty pointed out by the chairman of the Com- mission was the use of the current amount without benefit of the findings of the survey which is piesenrv under way. “it is very important lo mold obligations in future years. bv making premature Dobmiitmenis." he said.

‘The Commission is not recom- mending the expenditure of the grants for the hole reason of spending Fcdcrnl money in the Province, but rather to arrange en orcnnizcd programme of Public Health particularly applicable to the rural communities of the Pro- vince. It is for this reason that more nurses must be found, prqper. ly trained in Public Health and

dlSiflblliEd throughout the rural areas of ilie Province,” declared Dr. Shaun

."l‘he three objectives of the

Illekets Termed The Deformity Cf Ignorance

‘About one Canadian child in ‘nine bears the physical evidence ‘and the psychological unhappiness of deformity due to rickets, Dr. L. B. Pett states in an article - _"Rickets—the Deformity of Ignor- ance" — in a recent issue of Health, Canada's National Health Magazine published by the Health League of Canada.

Dr. Pett. Chief of the Nutrition Division of the Department of Na. iioniil Health and Welfare, also states that 30 children die of ric- kets every year. He emphasizes that this need never happen be- cause rickcts is a preventable dis- ease. Rickets is only possible in a body that lacks Vitamin D, al- though it is associated with the calcium and phosphorus supply, too.

"It is a disease of children, for it yvneaks its havoc during the growing period, leaving in its wake ugly. misshapen legs, deformed chests, badly formed teeth and lflwfi." writes Dr. Pelt. "Many of i-hcse deformities cannot be cured. jChildren who have suffered from ‘irlckets must go through all their lives with defects that may make them more susceptible to pneu- monia, tuberculosis, digestive trou- bles, and. in women, complica- tions in childbirth."

The author states that Vitamin D is the only vitamin which can- not be derived in adequate quan- tities from food, except under spe- cial circumstances. It must be given as n supplement. to the rc- gular dint.

"Yet our Slirvvt‘! ahotv that at least half of Canada's children re- ccive no Vitamin l) as such," he says. “What little tlicy get must be formed in tho skin from the ultra-xioiet rays of the Slli‘.—i1 most unreliable source ln most cases."

Dr. Pelt siatos that this \itr\- min is derived from fish livers and is readily obtainable in a number of forms for as little as a cent a day. He reveals that his depart- ment ls focussing special attention on Vitamin D this year. and has prepared a series of visual teach- ing and publicity aids for distri-

iieallh Planning Commission at the outset were (l) immediate plan- ilml; for the utilization of the FfilP-"fll lzrants in the current 11ml rear: m initiation and fflffliflz out of an extensive Pro- Jvinciel health sirrvey; mg (3)1 ti“ "VEPIQYIMHB on the basis of nr:t“"“‘l Ymdillks. We have the

and second objectives well in hA-ild. but must wall. until the surveys are completed to accom. zgfiv ‘he irhlfd." concluded Dr.

m?‘ AFR OBATIC BOVINE

‘rCgilwsker' Ymkshke- England - fiOdgPd-i A cow broke loose here. m4 * “Mch Dirty. fell down a h ‘vol cliff, escaped mjury by

“mg m 5°" Sand. and swam gfrongly ha" A mile out to sea. Jo niiimnl was later found drown.

‘_ INDIA nan. ray or

opgffllf‘ 591"") employees of the ‘ “it? otllfl of India's railway;

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butlon through provincial depart- ments of hcnlih.

Death Yesterday 0f Mr. E. J. Vessey

The death occurred yesterday afternoon in the P. E. Island Hospital, of E. J. Vessey of York after a lingering illness. He leaves to mourn his wife, formerly Amy West. and four sons, Wendell and Stuart ‘on the home place; Roy, United Church minister at Murray Harbour. and Arnold, employed by Maple Leaf Dairies at Halifax. A brother. Rev. H. R Vesscy in Vancouver also survives.

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with addresses and discussion on Research. The speakers will be Messrs, H. V. D. Laiing, Halifax.

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fro ( "gsdligogell United Church today o'clock {at "twee "nun: n two mu‘ "mfl" Mlfllfell cemetery. i; at the residence of her

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UNDIBITAIII EMBALMII Charlottetown anl North Wiltahlre Phone Ill

F. Homer Zwlcker, Lunen-burg. and F. Murray MacLeod, Port Elgtn. Replies to questions raised will bc made by Dr. S.A. Bentty, director Dominion Fisheries Research Ex- perimental Station, Halifax, Dr_ A. Nadeau, director Dominion Fisheries Station, Grand River, Gaspe. and Dr. E. Hess, Dominion Fish Inspection Laboratory Hali- fax.

On Tlbursday morning the prob- lems of the industry as related to the Dominion Department. of Fish- eries will be discuued at an open session by Mr. Stewart Bates. Deputy Minister of Fisheries. 0t- tawa, with Mt‘. Myrick of this Province presiding

Inspection and marketing will be dealt with on Thursday after- noon, with Mr. W. B. Lee. past president of the Fisheries Goun- cil of Canada, presiding. An ad- dress ooi the subject of canned fish marketing will be made at this session by president Burhoe of the P. E. I, Federation. Other speakers will be Messrs. Ronald G. Smith. Lunenbitrtl. and Fletch- er S. smith, Halifax.

Oonfecrenco luncheons will be presided over by Mr_ W. E. Simp- son, and Dr. L. D. Len. Cooper. Deputy Minister of Trade and In- dustry for Nova Scotia. 'I\he lun- chcon speakers will include Hon. Harold Connolly, N_ S. Minister of Trade and Industry.

‘me conference will close with s reception and banquet tendered by the Province of Nova Scotia. At the latter function Hon. Mr. Connolly will preside, the speak- ers being Premier Mncdonald, Hon. R. W. Mayhew, Federal Min- ister of Fisheries, and Mr. zwlok- u. who will respond on behalf d the Fisheries CotunciL

The Island delegates left. this morning for the conferenee,whlob inosnlses to be one of the moot important of its kind ever held

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THE, The Central Guardian

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RESERVE Tuesday aveing, March 1st, for Charlottetown Baptist Men's Variety Concert.

GLASS-Just received a ear of Bfmsh Elissa. Fennel] d: Chandler Ltd.

NAMJL OMITTED - In the re. cent account of the Ccvehead- Braokley Point Candlelight Service the name of Mrs. Ramsay Auld as director of the program was inad- vertently omltted. Much credit is due Mrs. Auld for the efficient manner in which she arranged and directed the program.

CITY POLICE COURT —~At the Stlpendlory Magistrate's Court yes- ferdfly. a man charged with being drunk and disorderly was senten- ced to 20 duys in jnil, while a drunk and incapable was fined S5 and costs or 10 days. The remand- ed case of a man charged with uttering a forged cheque wag my. ther remanded for one week.

NOT YET REQUIRED _ The new pumping station on the Union Road. which is capable cladding one million gallons daily to the Charlottetown water supply, ie not expected to be in use until April slated Mr. Stanley Mathleson. waterworks superintendent, yester- day. Owing to the mlldness of the season sufficient water has so far been available without having to call on the new system

FUNERAL YESTERDAY — Thc funeral of Robert ll. Willis was held yesterday afternoon" A short service was held at the home of his dauchter, Mrs. Ivan Clo-w, Meadow Bank. followed by service in Kinzslon Uniicd Church. Scr- vives were conducted by Rut. ltf..K.. Charmnn. Nlts Str-wvart. Drake sang vvcv effectively, “The City Foursquare." The pallbearers were Stewart Drake, James Yeo. Frank Boyle, Gcorgp Beers. Malcolm

Mac-Swain, lvinrlovcr Proude. In- irrmcnt Kingston Ccmctcry. GYRO HIPIETING-At ilie rcnu-

lar u-cchly dinner mecllng of the Gyro Club, held nt the Charlotte- town last night, Mrs. Harry Cud- more \vns the guest speaker. Mr. Morton Dew was chairman. Mrs. Cudmore gave a very interesting talk on various phases of accident prevention and first aid. Her talk was illustrated by films, the pro- jector being operated by her son, Paul Cudmore. Swimming and water safety, accidents in the homo and on the hlghwnyls, their cause and prevention, and first aid treat- ment were some of the subjects discussed.

FURTHER DIESEL TRIALS - Further trials of Canadian built dicscl locomotives will be made on the Island division of the Canadian National Railways, it was learned yesterday. It is understood that an improved type will arrive shortly. Rullwnymen and diesel experts arriving at the Charlottetown Ho- tel yesterday were. C. P. Gleeson. Springfield, Penn., M. J. Thomp- son, Rochelle, Ill., N. W. Ferris, Kingston, Ont., G. O. Saunders, Kingston, Ont., J. C. Maier. Buf- falo, N. Y., H. Ducklvortli, Verdun, Que.

DELIGHTFUL FUNCTION — A prettily arranged shower was held on January 14th in honor of Miss

Stanhope by her friends of Stan- hope, Coveliertd and Grand Trac- adie. To music played by Mrs. Don- nld Robisoii. Caroline was led to a prettily decorated chair by Mrs. Walter MacLauchlan. A well-filled basket was carried in by Miss Joyce MncLauchlan and Bliss Luella Mc- Cabe. Presents were opened by Mrs. Bruce Ellis and verses rend by Mrs. Harry Lawson. Caroline warmly thanked her friends for the beauti- fill array of gifts. A delicious luncn was served by the ladies. after which dancing lavas enjoyed for afew hours. music being supplied by Mr. Seymour Birt and son. The guests then departed wishing Caroline every happiness.

::MO0RE Jr McLEOD LTD.- WILI. BE CLOSED MONDAY AND

TUESDAY. JANUARY 3151‘ AND FEBRUARY 1ST FOR STOCK TAKING.

‘ Personals

The condition of His Excellency Bishop Doyle in the Charlottetown Hospital was reported as "satis- factory" lasft night.

Mr_ F. M. Cannon. officer-in- charge. Dominion Entomological Laboratory, Charlottetown, loaves this morning by plane for Freder- ioton, N.B., on official business.

Mr. George J. Ferguson, Murray River, left this morning for Mont- real where be will enter the Queen Mary Veterans’ Hospital for treatment. His father. Mr. M_ E. fibre-union accompanied him to Monoton where he will spend two weeks.

Mrs. G. Claude Smith and Miss Laura Stuart of Charlottetown have left for Halifax where they will visit many friends and relatives. They ere expected to return early in February.

Mrs. George J. Mickey of Stan- ley Bridge is spending the winter months with her daughters of Bos-

Caroline McCabe at her home in -

GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN

Problems At

This being the fifth annual ob- servance of National Health Week, a timely address on welfare sub- jects was given at the Charlotte- town Rotary cluib luncheon yes- terdey by Hon. A..W.. Matheson, Minister of Health and Welfare. The Health Dengue of Canada, Mr.. Matheaon explained, was formed ea an organisation of voi- unteer workers thirty years ago, and since its organization if. has been devoted to a programme of hwlth education, particularly in the field of disease prevention, and to support official departments of Health.

The objectives of the League are to promote community and per- sonal health, and to assist the health authorities activities: "past- eurization of milk; elimination of

communicable diseases; develop- ment of best nutritional habits; elimination of Venereai disease;

detelopment of industrial health: better health legislation.

‘The purpose of Health Wed‘, the Minister said, "is to woken in our people a consciousness of tho value of good health, personal and national and to develop such action as will secure better habits and standards of health hv Der- sonal behaviour and by legisla- tion."

Provincial Expenditure

Mr. Matbeson said it might be of interest to note that the ex-

penditure on health in his de- partment today is about I100.- 000 per year while the ex-

penditure on Welfare is responsible for the balance of the estimate 0f close to a million and a lrulf dol- lars..lt is not. easy to distinguish the dividing line between Health

and Welfare. but his department does keep the two wpilraie f0!‘ accounting and administrative

purposes. As he had already dis- cussed at a. previous Rotary mcet- lng some of the aspects oi’ the Health Programme in force in this Province, he proposed to com- fina his talk today with some cx- ceptions to the welfare work be- ing done.

Ii-cierciice has bcCn made oii nulncrous occasions to the cruwd- ed condition at the Infirmary, i‘- nieriy the old P.E..I_. HospitoL. In this morning's Guardian may be seen a picture of tlic Bench Grove Inn property which has been .\'- qtiii-cd by the Provincial Govciii- merit and will be uscd to relieve this situations The picture shows an impressive looking building from the outside, and he assured the Rotarians that it was wcll fitted up and adapted to the nerds of those coming under the care of his department. Although the building is not completely finished, alrcady there are '26 "people housed 'in the ~bulld- lhg because theyliad to be taken from places in the. country where they had been existing in condi- tions of actual squalor" The cost of looking after people in such institutions is something terrific, he said. He could not give the cost per person per day. but it i5 very much higher than a few years ago..

Relief Grants

In addition to those looked af- tcr by the infirmarles. the Gov- ernment provides relief in the form of monthly Kfflnts up to thirty dollars to the aged and in- firm living in fhc country _wli0 could not qualify for the olrl ace pensi0n.. In the cities and towns these people were looked after by the municipal authorities and the government reimbursed them Ill? to 50 per cent of tho cost. Assistance was also 81W“ i° tuberculosis patients living outside the Provincial Sanatorium. In some cases this aid amounted to g5 high as $60.00 per month hut even this cost is not nearly as 1118b as it would be if these PP°PlE We" admitted to and cared for in the Sanatorium. He mentioned as RH example the case of a younc: man discharged as cured who had to be maintained in Cliarlottstonn at a cost of $40 per month because his parents were dead and the frmily feared to take him back. Mr. Trainer's Appointment

The advance; made by the De- partment, he said, mev be real- lsed when it is notcd that QIII years ago less than eioooo was voted for this work and oven that small amount was not spent. He recalled that at that time the leader of the Opposition, Hon. Dr.. W..J..P. MaclMlllan, hnd sev- erely crlticiud the then Minister for his negligence. and he hoped that now he would not be sub- jected to the same treatment for oven-pending.

Mr.. Mniboson said his depart-

ns far as North Station by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Brown and Mr. and Mrs_ Wm. Bernard. who are spending the winter in Texas. Tlhey were accompanied by Oliver Bernard as far as Saint John.

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merit was fortunate in obtaining the services of Mr. John Tralrior, formerly of the Department of Veteran's Affairs who had been specially trained in Social Welfare work and who would take up his duties March 1st. He spoke highly of the voluntary work done by such groups as the Chlldfth’: Aid Society ai\:l hoped they would con- tinue to functionand even in- crease their membership.

"The tendency of Public Wel- fare bodies to encroach on the field pioneered by volunteer groups", Mr. Matheson said, "has placed the public in ccmpietition with the volunteer social worker. A Government entry into tvpes of Social Services is by the nature of sffme of the problems inevitable but it would be a tragedy if priv- ate initiative were discouraged. Some plan must be worked out so that public and private efforts to prevent disease and f4) lessen the difficulties of the unfortunate will not clash.

“The existence in the community of many men and women who arc prepared to devote. their time to helping ilicir loss fortliilatc iirizii- hours is an asset which the noun- f-Il’ cannot afford i0 lost". Du largo scale. social security and iwifare programs conducted by govern- ment agencies breed a sense of dependence? Dos the individuals vOllCtrli for the affairs or othcir. dislippcar- wlicn ll is sirrsscd that. lhc government is responsible for the relief of all afflictions?

Government Expenditure

"Last week I spoke to a service organization on the macnitudc of our welfare problem. Following my remarks some of the group asked questions which I endeavoured to answer. One speaker not posing a question stated that the Govern- ment was taking too much respon- sibility and spending too much money on the individual. Hc point- ed out that years ago his father would take into his clwn hcmc a neighbour less fortunate and keep lils wants supplied for the WllliCl‘ months. That may be very true fifty years ago but hovw many of us todav including the one who posed the problem would be pre- pared fo do what our parents did scnte years aco?

‘Thinking the pIObIcm over dur- ing the weekend I Wondfrtd if fhc difficulty was not a case of the son not being prepared f’) rc- cept the same responsibility winch

his father undertook. ‘The father rock the poor neighbour l‘l“\ h's have. tho sou chjccted io "--v':"

lanes so that the poor nc chbour might be cared for in an i"siil"- lion. The son did not S11" lhEli‘ if iherr- was no such insiltrtinri that he would take into his olvn home his neighbour. If- he docs not hclp his neighbour. who will? ‘Th’s l= B puzrlinr: problem and an exlrcme- ly imprrtent one.

"We are moving away from the personal touch and our old people who have no private means are fast become n total Governlmvlll responsibility. Can we go back, or must we through our government agencies accept the full biirdcn? You gentlemen should give the question serious ‘oonsidcrationf’ said Mr. Mathesom.

At the conclusion of his address. Col. K..S.. Rogers asked if the Drpnrtment had coiisldored mak- ing some sort of work available to those receiving relief. Mr.. Matheson replied that a rehabil- itation officer had been aippoini- ed and an effort was being made to have those on relief self sup- porting. He also added that he had been reminded by the Attor- ney General It the close of his speech that Mothers Allowances were of great benefit in many needy cases.