Annual report / Province of Manitoba, Department of Health and Welfare.

  • Manitoba. Department of Health and Public Welfare.
Date:
[1965]
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Credit: Annual report / Province of Manitoba, Department of Health and Welfare. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (a) Venereal Disease Control (b) Laboratory and X-ray units (3) Salaries and travelling expenses for additional staff for the City of Winnipeg Health Department; (4) Purchase of equipment for use in the homes of poliomyelitis patients who have been discharged from hospital; (5) Payment of one-half of the cost of our purchase of Poliomyelitis vaccine; (6) Payment of staff salaries and the purchase of supplies, etc., to support the following programs: (a) Glaucoma Clinic, Winnipeg General Hospital (b) Poison Control Centre, Children's Hospital (7) Payment of 50% of the cost of salaries, supplies and equipment required for the virus diagnostic services performed by the University of Manitoba's Department of Bacteriology and Immunology; (8) Training of Laboratory and X-ray Technicians, Public Health Inspectors, Health Educators, Nursing Consultants and Dental Hygienists. (9) Payment of the following grants: (a) To the Canadian Public Health Association - $ 500. 00 (b) To the Canadian Council on Hospital Accreditation - $ 2, 000. 00 (10) Employment of Indian and Metis girls to serve as lay dispensers and to assist in a supervised Public Health Program among their own people in Northern Manitoba; (11) To undertake a survey of existing occupational health facilities in Manitoba. Cancer Control Grant: The allotment to Manitoba under this grant was $100, 629. 00. However, the operational costs of the Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation are now the responsibility of The Manitoba Hospital Commission, therefore, the entire Cancer Control allotment was transferred to the General Public Health Grant, and was utilized to expand Health Unit and Laboratory and X-ray Unit Services to additional areas in the Province. Medical Rehabilitation and Crippled Children Grant: Under the terms of this grant Manitoba is required to match dollar for dollar all contributions received from Canada. Our allotment from Canada was used for the following purposes: (1) To assist the Society for Crippled Children and Adults of Manitoba in furthering their program of development of better facilities for the rehabilitation of the physically handicapped; (2) To assist in meeting the operating budget, after deduction of fees paid by students, of the University of Manitoba's School of Medical Rehabilitation; (3) To assist the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society in meeting the costs of medical supervision, planning, and the development of mobile occupational and physiotherapy services in the rural parts of the Province; (4) To defray part of the costs of the Winnipeg General Hospital's Home- Care Program; (5) Training of specialists engaged in the habilitation of babies who are afflicted with congenital anomalies;