Annual report of the Medical Health Officer / City of Winnipeg.

  • Winnipeg (Man.). Health Department.
Date:
[1967]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Health Officer / City of Winnipeg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2 HISTORY From a Hudson's Bay Company trading post (Fort Garry) in 1870, with a population of 215, Winnipeg has grown to the site and finish of a first-class city of approximately 252,000 people. When the City was incorporated in 1873 there was a population of 1,869. The present Health Department may be said to date from 1900 when the late Dr. A.J. Douglas was appointed the first full-time Health Officer. From 1881 to 1900 Winnipeg had a series of part-time Medical Health Officers. In 1941 amalgamation with the School Medical Services occurred and the services increased and extended to all child-caring institutions in the City without distinction. This applies to Medical, Dental and Nursing Services. The Child Health Service Board was set up to help the Department in a consultative manner, meetings being held at the call of the Chairman. This Board was replaced in 1955 by a monthly meeting of the administrative officers of the School Board and the Health Department. The Department has now several Branches to carry out the provisions of the Public Health Act of Manitoba, the Health By-law of the City and a number of other City By-laws. AREA AND POPULATION The City covers a total area of 31 square miles -- land 30.27 square miles (19,196 acres), and water .73 square miles (469 acres). The density of the population is 13.1 persons per acre of land. For statistical purposes the population for 1967 is 251,995, a decrease of 1,902 from 253,897 in 1966 as determined by the Assessment Commissioner. In 1967 the natural increase (live births less deaths) was 1,963.