Edmonton, Sept. 7 (CP)
Canada is second to no country in control of polio, Dr. H. E. Van; Riper, medical director of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, New York, said, today.
"Nowhere in the world has greater progress toward control of paralytic poliomyelitis been made than in Canada," he told the annual convention of the Canadian Public Health Association.
"We in the United States have. much to learn from you."
Dr. Van Riper outlined three reasons for Canadian leadership: The attitude of responsible top officials in national and provincial health departments; excellent advance plans made for the national vaccination program; and Canada's "insistence on the high and thorough safety standard."
"All of your vaccine produced at Connaught Laboratories in Toronto was double-checked for safety, both by the laboratory and at the National Health Department in Ottawa," he said, "In the United States the vaccine was only tested at the source of manufacture."
Dr. Van Riper said the most vital contribution of Canadian research was made by L. N. Far- job determine his mental health and morale.
Half the workers who seek ad- vice about health problems have no physical cause for their com- plaints, he said. Fundamental to industrial peace was the opportunity for workers to acquire skills and this was the most important factor in mental health in a competitive society.
Workers respond to the "fundamental stimuli" of love, protection, rejection and recognition, Dr. Cruikshank said. They like to be recognized and to develop skills appropriate to their individual capacity.