Report of the City Health Department / City of Winnipeg.

  • Winnipeg (Man.). Health Department.
Date:
[1938]
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Credit: Report of the City Health Department / City of Winnipeg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    By-law 15055 amends section 84 of By-law 10634 by stating, “No person shall have or conduct a second hand shop in a dwelling house, apartment block or other residential premises.” Outside Closets—There are 267 such closets in use, being one more thart at December 31st, 1937. There were seven closets removed during the year but eight were added. Educational Work—Every year the Department is asked to supply speakers on health topics and during the past year several members of the staff fulfilled this duty. For the improvement and education of our own staff, the following course of lectures was arranged for the winter season 1938-39: 1938 Nov. 26—Opening Address—Dr. A. J. Douglas, Medical Officer of Health, Winnipeg. Dec. 3—The Public Health Act of Manitoba—Mr. Jules Preudhomme, K.C., City Solicitor, Winnipeg. Dec. 10—Developments in Control of Infectious Diseases—Mr. W. J. T. Watt, Chief Inspector, Division of Communicable Diseases, Health Department, Winnipeg. 1939 Jan. 7—Tapeworm in Fish—Prof. R. A. Wardle, Manitoba University, De¬ partment of Zoology. Jan. 14—Dairy Control and Pasteurization—Dr. M. S. Lougheed, Bacter¬ iologist, Health Department, Winnipeg. Jan. 21—Diseases of Animals in Relation to Man—Dr. R. H. Lay, District Veterinary Inspector, Department of Agriculture. Jan. 28—Food-borne Infections—Prof. Norman James, Department of Bac¬ teriology, University of Manitoba. Feb. 4—Juvenile Delinquency in Relation to Slums—Judge F. A. E. Ham¬ ilton, Juvenile Court, Winnipeg. Feb. 11—The New Housing Schemes—Mr. A. Officer, Chief Inspector, Divis¬ ion of Sanitation and Housing, City Health Department, Winnipeg. Feb. 18—Food Analysis—Mr. H. A. Watson, Analyst, Dominion Food and Drug Laboratory. Feb. 25—Vitamins—Dr. M. J. Omerod, Dept, of Pathology, Manitoba Medical College. Mosquito Prevention—A mosquito prevention campaign was conducted, as in previous years, in this city and its surroundings by Doctor H. M. Speechly and his associates, who are again entitled to the gratitude of our citizens for the effort put forth.