Annual report of the Department of Public Health, Province of Alberta.

  • Alberta. Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1953]
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Credit: Annual report of the Department of Public Health, Province of Alberta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of children under 16 from theatres and public gatherings from the middle of August to the middle of September. The Board also ordered that the opening of schools throughout the province be delayed until September 14th, 1953. During the year a number of cases of persons who were suffer¬ ing from tuberculosis in an infectious form and who were refusing treatment were drawn to the attention of the Board. After proper investigation of the cases, the Board issued thirty Orders covering the removal of such persons to hospitals and sanatoria for treatment under the provisions of the Communicable Disease Regulations. Following up the recommendations made in the report on the pollution of the Bow River made in 1952, the Board during 1953 issued instructions to the City of Calgary and the Town of High River requiring them to provide primary treatment for their sewage. The North Saskatchewan River also received attention particularly in reference to the effect of wastes being deposited in this river by industries in the greater Edmonton area. A number of other matters related to public health were on the agenda of the meetings of the Board and received attention. Throughout the year, the Board gave its guidance and assistance to the various Divisions of the Department and co-related their activities into an overall programme designed to improve the health of the citizens of the province. Legislation Passed During the Year Cancer Remedy Act Repeal Act (Chapter 14). This Act repeals The Cancer Remedy Act, being chapter 188 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1952. This Act was obsolete and is therefore, repealed. This Act came into force on March 31st, 1953. Alberta Health Insurance Act Repeal Act (Chapter 50). This Act repeals The Alberta Health Insurance Act, being chapter 204 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942. This Act was replaced by The Alberta Health Insurance Act, 1946, and was to have been repealed thereby but the later Act did not come into force. The earlier Act was not in a form that could be implemented and it is therefore repealed. This Act came into force on March 31st, 1953. Alberta Health Insurance Act, 1946, Repeal Act (Chapter 51). This Act repeals The Alberta Health Insurance Act, 1946, being chapter 3 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1946. This Act was enacted in 1946 and was to come into force upon proclamation. It has never been proclaimed and it is not in a form that could be implemented, and it is therefore repealed. This Act came into force on March 31st, 1953. Health Unit Act Amendment Act (Chapter 52). This Act amends The Health Unit Act, being chapter 38 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1951. In certain more isolated areas within health units, municipal nurses are presently employed under the provisions of The Nursing Service Act. In other isolated areas within health units, it appears desirable to employ the services of municipal nurses in addition to