Health Visits Curb Decline in Cross Border Care
Canada restricts medical travel to the United States after talks with the Canadian Medical Association. The Foreign Exchange Control Board will grant exceptions only in rare cases as patients apply through their banks, with doctors reporting confidential medical details to Ottawa.
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United States
Canadian Medical Association
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Financial Post
Dominion
Canada
Ue Ss
F. E
Ottawa
Ontario amends sanitarium law for infectious TB patients
Dr. Brink, director of tuberculosis prevention, told the Ontario Health Officers' Association Conference in Toronto that infectious TB patients who refuse precautions may be committed to a sanitarium by magistrate order. The amendment to the Sanatoria for Consumptives Act, effective June 30, allows medical health officers to act with provincial approval, provides for patient segregation, and permits recommittal if a patient leaves against the superintendent's advice.
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Do. G. ©. Brink
Ontario Department of Health
Ontario Health Officers’ Association
Toronto
Brink
Eggs For Britain Prices Set In Canada Shipment
Agriculture officials announced Britain will pay 25 cents a dozen for grade A eggs and 23.4 cents for grade B eggs under a Canada order for 5,400,000 dozen. Eggs will be shipped to Britain before Oct 31 and stored in Canada at Britain’s expense. Total Canadian egg sales to the British Food Ministry reach 510,000 cases this year, with 356,000 cases in 1940.
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Britain
Canada
British Food Ministry
Saving Ontario s Natural Resources
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters explains the water table as the underground lake that feeds springs and streams. Precipitation is the sole source of water, with surface runoff causing floods and dry spells. Vegetation slows runoff, and trees are essential to hold and sink water for sustained supply.
Idleness Cited as Major Fatigue Cause by Boston Doctor
Dr. David B. Dill of Boston says unnecessary immobilization drives fatigue, ranking with work and sport as a main fatigue source. He explained this view in Hygeia magazine noting idleness as a principal factor.
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David B. Dill
Boston
Dill
Hygeia
Health
Ontario H Men in cabinet shifts named Hepburn Heenan Hipel Horton
Four men connected to cabinet and departmental changes this week share the initial H Hipel Heenan Horton and Hepburn. The notices appear in St. Thomas Times-Journal with the Montreal Star remarking on picnic pests.
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Ontario
H—Hipel
Heenan
Horton
Hepburn
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Canadians Warned Of Traffic Death Toll This Year
The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph reports that 1300 healthy Canadians will die in traffic accidents over the coming year, equating Canada’s yearly toll to wiping out an entire town. Judge Wearing of London Ontario condemns noisy wedding parades as an outrageous racket and urges police action to curb them.
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Canada
Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph
Judge Wearing
London
Ont
Conference on Wheat Planned
A Washington announced international wheat conference is planned within weeks. Representatives from Canada Australia Argentina and the United States along with Britain are invited. The aim is to seek agreement among the four big exporters to limit production amid war disruptions and a large surplus.
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United States
State Department
Washington
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Britain
London
Europe
Common Foods For Vitamins Keep This List
Betty Barclay recalls grandparents who ate rough foods and drew vitamins from fruit berries nuts and milk. The piece questions modern need for vitamin pills and lists sources of vitamins A B C and G while asking if readers were told to seek more of these vitamins.
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Betty Barclay
Vitamin rich foods and Bordeaux spray guidance for potato crops
A reader’s tip sheet lists vitamin rich foods for deficiency and cites Bordeaux spray as protection against pests and late blight. It notes timing for flea beetle spray at four to six inches tall and that arsenate and Bordeaux mix deter leafhoppers and potato pests, with Bulletin 390 offering commercial potato production guidance from Ontario’s Department of Agriculture.
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Cassin
Ont. Dept. of Agriculture
Ontario
Keep Potatoes Well Sprayed Advice Cuts Losses In Ontario
Ontario potato industry lost about 1.2 million dollars last year due to inconsistent spraying. J T Cassin notes average yield dropped to 77 bushels per acre from a ten year average of 98. Growers using proper arsenate sprays yielded 150 to 200 bushels per acre.
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Ontario
J.T. Cassin
Ont. Dept. of Agriculture
Toronto
Cassin
Ontario Considers Mail Service for Summonses
Deputy Attorney General C. L. Snyder says the Summary Convictions Act was amended to allow summonses by mail in Highway Traffic Act cases. The change has not yet covered municipal by laws but may be tested before extending the procedure to by laws.
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C. L. Snyder
Snyder
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