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

  • Winnipeg (Man.). Health Department.
Date:
[1961]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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 hhs grown to the Size and finish of a first-class city of approximately 253,000 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 Services 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 25 square miles - land 24.27 square miles (15,723 acres), and water .73 square miles (469 acres). The density of the population is 16.3 persons per acre of land. For statistical purposes the population for 1961 is 256,733, a small increase from 256,591 in 1960, as determined by the Assessment Commissioner. In 1961 the natural increase (live births less deaths) was 3,539.