• Source: Public Health Unit

In Ontario, a Public Health Unit (PHU; French: Bureaux de santé) is a government organization under the supervision of a local board of health. A PHU is under the direction of a Medical Officer of Health (MOH), who is appointed by the supervising board of health. The principle legislation governing PHUs is the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
A Public Health Unit administers health programming such as communicable disease control, food premise inspection, and health education. Funding is provided by both the province and the municipality.




List of PHUs


Algoma Public Health Unit, Sault Ste. Marie
Brant County Health Unit, Brantford
Chatham-Kent Health Unit, Chatham
Durham Region Health Department, Whitby
Eastern Ontario Health Unit, Cornwall
Grey Bruce Health Unit, Owen Sound
Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit, Simcoe
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, Port Hope
Halton Region Health Department, Oakville
Hamilton Public Health Services, Hamilton
Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit, Belleville
Huron Perth District Health Unit, Stratford
Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health, Kingston
Lambton Public Health, Point Edward
Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit, Brockville
Middlesex-London Health Unit, London
Niagara Region Public Health Department, Thorold
North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit, North Bay
Northwestern Health Unit, Kenora
Ottawa Public Health, Ottawa
Peel Public Health, Mississauga
Peterborough Public Health, Peterborough
Porcupine Health Unit, Timmins
Renfrew County and District Health Unit, Pembroke
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, Barrie
Southwestern Public Health, St. Thomas
Sudbury & District Health Unit, Sudbury
Thunder Bay District Health Unit, Thunder Bay
Timiskaming Health Unit, New Liskeard
Toronto Public Health, Toronto
Region of Waterloo, Public Health, Waterloo
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, Guelph
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, Windsor
York Region Public Health Services, Newmarket




History


Health units previously were at the municipal level, meaning that small villages or lowly-populated townships would have their own health programs. As of 1931, Ontario had 944 Medical Officers of Health, of which only 12 were full-time. Advocates for amalgamation included Dr. John Morrow Robb, the provincial Minister of Health from 1930 to 1934. He noted in 1931 that by banding together, municipalities could hire someone full-time.
This sort of call continued for decades, with the Lakeshore Board of Education in 1956 asking the councils of the Town of Mimico, Town of New Toronto, and Village of Long Branch to consider forming one central service. In 1960, the Toronto Board of Health chair called for a Metro-wide board, stating "epidemics don't recognize municipal boundaries. The present chaotic division of health responsibilities is ridiculous." Such moves were opposed as of 1967, with Metro's six mayors claiming that one body couldn't serve two million residents. One chair suggested that a merger would lead to a "lowest common denominator" approach.




References






External links


Government of Ontario webpage
Ministry of Health Public Health Unit locator

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