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Western Hands Are Sure : [pre-mix sound elements]

Item number (ISN):

148474

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1946 ?

Item number (ISN):

148474

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CRAWLEY FILMS LIMITED

Accession:

1983-0373

Media:

Film

Production date:

1946 ?

Production company:

Crawley Films Limited

Sponsor:

United Church of Canada

Description:

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Outlines the development of medicine in Western Canada, specifically Lamont, Alberta, from the early to the mid 1900's. The narrative concentrates on the story of Dr. A. E. Archer originally of Manitoba who moved with his wife Jessie Valens, a nursing graduate with special training as an anaesthetist, from Star, Northwest Territorities to Lamont when the Canadian National Railway moved West in 1907.~The hardships of serving the community under adverse medical conditions are outlined including examples of Dr. Archer and Jessie Valens travelling dirt roads to operate on patients at their homes. The nearest hospital to the community was in Edmonton and the closest doctor 35 miles away, these circumstances led to the building of a local hospital.~Registered in the name of the Methodist Church, who were to be responsible for its operation, the hospital opened in September of 1912 with 12 beds. Dr. Archer entered into partnership with three doctors over the next 10 years, Dr. W. T. Rush, Dr. Morley A. R. Young and Dr. J. A. Alton. The hospital had expanded to 45 beds by 1917 with 40% of the operational costs being covered by local money. At the time of this production the capacity had reached 75 beds with the hospital providing its own water supply, power plant, laundry, X-ray room and laboratory. Considered a grade A hospital by the American Hospital Association and recognized as one of Canada's few small hospitals providing adequate internship experience by the Council of the Dominion Medical Association, the hospital opened a training school for nurses in 1914.~Lamont became one of the first hospitals in Canada to open training schools to Canadian born Orientals. Amongst the more successful graduates of the school were; Vera Boyd - superintendent of the nurses training school of the general hospital in Ruttem, India, decorated by the government of India; Noreen Lum - superintendent of a Chinese hospital in Hong Kong with 200 beds; Aida Sandell - organized and supervised a United Church training school in Korea and later returned to superintend the maternity ward at Lamont.~During this period the community's attitude towards illness and medical care in Lamont had transformed from one of fatalism to a greater concern for the prevention of illness. Children could receive treatment at the hospital that their parents could not have afforded at city rates, increasing the favourable attitude towards public health in the community.~Dr. Archer was elected president of the Canadian Medical Association for the year 1942-1943. During this time the hospital was flourishing with more patients visiting the hospital than ever. A vaccination program with school districts was initiated with the expenses of the patients being charged to the municipalities. One community arranged payment to the hospital to cover all of their region's patients. In 1938 these arrangements were superceded by the establishment of a Department of Public Health Unit of Alberta with Lamont as the administrative centre. Half of the expenses for the unit were paid by the municipal district, the other half by the provincial government. The staff, consisting of a doctor, three nurses, a dentist and clerical staff, would run clinics, visit schools and supervise public health instruction. Free dental work was provided to all children up to age 14.~In 1944 the unit instructed 25 rural teachers in a public health course. In a later program the unit organized tuberculosis tests for cattle covering an area of 850 square miles.. <33mn 57s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Dated from Kodak stock edge code.~2. Narration and brief music segments only.~3. The narrator refers to Star as being in "what was then Northwest Territories". This is likely Star, Alberta presently (1989).~4. Some extra takes of the narration are at the tail of reel 4.

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Vault ISN:

136685

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-0161/001
8330-0161/002
8330-0161/003
8330-0161/004

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

1.1%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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open

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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