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CASE FOR A HEALTH BOARD.
· DR. KOUH'S RESOLUTION
CARRIED.
At yesterday's meeting of the Sanitary Board, Dr. W. V. M. Kool, pursuant to notice, moved the following resolution:
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1924.
examination of coolies and the work now carried on by the Health Offlour on purely health work of the Port I may mention that that there bas been only one Health Offloer of the Port since March last year, bat there have been others appointed to The nestat him from time to time. work is too important to be. got through in this happy-go-lucky way sad the Medical Staff requíron to "In the opinion of the Board be larger. There ought also to be owing to the steady increase of proper means for the disinfection the population of the Colony and of ships, a quarantine station etc, the health problems presented, and we should not be compelled to there in urgent necessity for oo adopt such primitive methods as the ordinating all ménsures connected use of junks for the segregation of with Fublic Health and the Pre Infectious diseases and the sopara- vention of Disenso, and this Board tion of contacta respectfully recommends that the Next, there is the water supply Govorament be pleased to extend of the Colony. This requires fro the Board's functions
on- quent
examination ablo it to don with all auch unt-fa, bacteriological tors and thus constituto it af standpoint.
A General Board of Health."
examination should be undertaken
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Ho said: Sir, I may say in enpport weekly or more often if neces- of this resolution that it has not eary-I-may say that such exam!- than two emerged just now because of the nation requires more typhold epidemic. It has been in days, usually five days, sometimes my mind for some considerable two weeks and sometimes oven I may may for years. I bad longer. I may mention that the Iand is examined not once a day
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the pleasure of speaking to your water supply of Zurich in Switzer Highest awards at all Exhibitions; over 30 Gold, tolling him that it was my intention but several times a day, every day Silver, and Bronze Medals. at some futura dato to bring the of the week, every mattor forward I think you will month and every month of the remember, Sir, that I mentioned it year, and the waters in Zurich are aurely a little above suspicion. to you in the early part of the year gull, they find it
necessary to after you had assumed the Presi make frequent examinations. dency of this Board, so that it is. In connection with this, drain- not a now thing by any means. age and beverage and the work of A Salf Controll d Dernținar1, the Bullding Authority should be
As the Government in the Legis co-ordinated with this Board. lative Council accepted a motion do not mean to say that they that the Unofficial mombors desired should be taken over by the Board,
Department should
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tropical like to point out that the sconmis the enlargement of the powers of but what I mean is that all mnt-
sioner of Health with its very numerous and 50 tia Sanitary Board and the appoint tore-drainage, severngo
I may mention diseases that we have in our midst. value of such a change would be in. bacteriologist valuable. When the Board is to the 21ment of an expert on Public Health on, should be run in conjunction onerous duties.
Modical catablished and in full going, as head of that Board, I think it is with the opinions of the Officers Incidentally that Dr. Atkinson, who The present'
combined the duties of P. C. M. O. attached
Department has his hands full, for research work must be undertaken opportune that this Board should, of this Board,
Next the food supplies should and Head of the Sanitary Depart- express ita upinion on the matter.
It will be well that the Govern-be more carefully and emelently ment was compelled to retire from in addition to strictly routine whole heartedly into the sumarous in-
present after. At
the the latter na he felt, netivo as he bacteriological work he has to not fectious diseases the population is moat should know that the members looked of this Buard are agreed that the Colonia! Veterinary Surgeon Is the WB unable to undertake the as Medical Officer of the Mortuary, subject to, which we hops will result work apne Medical Offeer for the investiga la messures of prevention · I would conditions ruling the administration solo authority and he is overbur work. Practically the
work. He has the portaining to the headship of this tion of Medico-legal cases, in the like to point out that the prevEN of Public Health should be brought dened with into line with the requirements of assistance of two or three Sani-newly constituted department will course of which he has to spend a tion of disease is really much more certain amount of time in the Law important than the cure of disease- Four Medical Officers. The Health Detary Inspectors who have had some require a whole time officer.
Courts, and as Pathologist to the' that the future of medicine will be a modern city. partment should be given sufficient training for this work, but there
We ought to have also an ad- Government Hospitals, besides pro- the prevention of disasso to know ought to be a larger staff and
how to feed a child so as to avoid. scope and a proper status, and the more frequent examinations for ministrative officer. whose duty paring vaccines, eta bo solf-con adulteration of foods, drugs, otc, shall bo to supervise the adminis
Then there should be an analyst rickats is much more satisfactory. Health Board Constitution. trativo and financial work of the and assistant aanlyst for chemical than to be able to cure it~to know This Board by its constitution was I propose that the Officers of Board under the direction of the work in connection with foods and, what to do to prevent an epidemio empowered to deal with
measures such newly
constituted Board Commissioner. He may be drawn
drugs This work is undertaken is much more satisfactory than to from the Cadet service, in which of scavenging and with measures should be as follows:
of A Commissioner
In fact, if I may Public case he should not be moved at only now and again, but there tabulato the number of cason, the fur plague prevention; these powers are only a small part of what is Health as President of the Board, frequent intervals. It would be should be enough work found to death, and so on
Salur populi est suprema Ten-the required of the Board owing to the who shall have supreme direction well to have a cadet with some koop auch offers in activo employ quote a well-known Latin phrase:
relating to the legal knowledge, or, batter still, ment throughout each week. enormous growth of the Colony, of all matters
There should also be a Colonial welfare of the people in the supreme and thus gradually it assumed fur public health of the Colony, and to have a qualified young solicitor
Oase Veterinary Surgeon and assistant law of a community; and I may end ther powers in its methods of deal whose standing shall be that of for the post-such as is the
The work in this sub-department has by another well-known quotation: or Head of the with Town Clerks in England. ing with Infectious diseases. until a Sanior Cadel
salary of Then I say there should be four ingreased enerously, and for the Sanitas unitatum omnią sanitar.
Dr. Ozorio's, Speech. latterly it directed on two occasions Department with a a campaign of public vaccination £1,200-£1,500. This officer shall Medical Officers of Health-two proper inspection of ment, cattle,
Dr. Ozorio, in seconding the mo+ a small possess a Public Health diploma for the City of Victoria: one for markets etc, in beyond one man's
tion, said he did so not because it during the prevalence of
must have Kowloon, and one for the New capacity..
bo none pox opidemic. But in these matters or qualification, and
Details for the necessary, staff of was proposed by an Unofficial mem It has been handicapped, and has had practical experience for some Territories. This will
Inspectors and other ber but because he agreed that the had to invoke the assistance of years in sanitary work I suggest too many, for If, as is proposed, Sanitary
larged and the public health service Yo 8 Queen a kd. C. Phone C.439% volunteers, and even in the case of that he should have neted as a the public health of the Colony has officers and servants might be left sphere of the Board should be en- Medical Officer of Health in alo be looked after, it will take all
of the Colony coordinated. He was plague the assistance of the Govern large English town or brough, the energies of these officers to well as to undertake
Research Work. ment Bacteriologist for the examina and that his selection shall be do it, a tion of cases of suspected plague, from nominees of the Chief special bits of research
the matter forward for discussion, work. If the matter is considered by the glad that Dr. Koch bad brought another Colony Government it will probably make or the Medical Officer in charge of Medical Officer of the Ministry of Incidentally, in
for the residents of the Colony had made by a further additions or substractions in a way come to imagine, an the the Mortuary (for the axamination Health. In my opinion this suc- the criticism of rats) both inembers of another gested Board should be entirely Public Health authority (Bostock from the Board as it is at present Hon Colonial Becretary wished
a publio Department. Not many years ago separated from the Medical Depart Hill): "There seemed to be an And lastly, Sir, I think
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when the outbreak of corebro-spinal ment; it would be quite out idea that the powers of Medical health research laboratory should, them to bellove, that the exnitation
Other Officers,
would
provement. It was after reading meningitis occurred, the Govern of the queation for the Principal Officers of Health should be re- be orasted in connection with this of the Colony left no room for ine ment had to call in help from the Medical Omeor to assume charge tricted and their authorities kept Department. It is surely necessary.
the hon. gentlemen's speech in This is a growing Colony. -It is United States of America the of it. Besides, thare apparently in check by laymen." Rockefeller Instituto, who kindly seems to be quite enough to
very wealthy. It is spending plenty the papers that he not himself the lent the services of an export. occupy the energles of the P. C. Next I
suggest one of money-I wont say to waste on task of verifying his statemente, and M. O. In his Own Department. bacteriologist and an assistant unproductive matters at present, he had found that that Department The two predecessors of the pre- bacteriologist. These officers will and I think if public health was certainly not fulfilling its famo Now I propose that the powers sent officer had medical charge of have important duties in connec research laboratory wore, attached. tions, as it should. He quite agreed of this Board be extended no as to the Victoria Hospital and lived in tion with the Board; It must be to a Department like this whero we with all Dr. Koch had said," and
Extension of Powere..
have under its control the direction
quarters there. Apparently the noted that a monthly examination
analyst would like to amplify a few of his The Sanitary Board, of public health of this Colony, in duties of the P. C. M. O. now are of the waters occupying two days, have a bacteriologist, sa
a Medical Officer of Health statements addition to the powers already confined to administration purely, will not absorb all their energies, and
As was well known, this entrusted to it. This means that and we must assume
that the They will have to assist in tracing working all the time, it would do by its constitution, had only advisory had been told them from the chair that the following Departments will como Government know he has the source of origin of infectious very much to the proper working of powera
As they know, under its jurisdiction-First, there enough to occupy his time, and so disensie, In preparation of calf all these matters -is-the-port-bealth work, including. I refrain from suggesting that he lymph, of antirable sorum, and Sir, in commending this extension time and again.
Commis undertake Investigation into of the powers of the Board, I would advice was considered by the party, quarantine, disinfection of ships, ahall occupy a post as
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