Black and white photograph of J. W. S. McCullough, M.D.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine.
Dates
1892
Date Remarks
Noted on item
Material
paper: brown, tan
ink: brown, gold
Inscriptions
Printed on front: "C. 1892 J. W. S. McCullough // Dixon Cor. King & Yonge Sts. // TORONTO"; on back: "ELECTRIC LIGHT PHOTO GALLERY // Highest Award at Roronto, Kingston and Hamilton // S. J. Dixon // MEMBER OF THE // Photographers Association of America // All Photos made with the New Process // No Change of Expression. The exposure is but // One Second // GALLERY // Cor, King and Yonge Sts. // TORONTO // Not connected with any other Gellery of the // same name"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G UHN Assorted Binder D pg. 4 a
Length
16.1 cm
Width
10.6 cm
Depth
0.1 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Edges show wear; minor surface grime; minor foxing on photograph; card has minor curve
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Other
Reference Comments
Canadian Public Health Journal, Vol. 27, 1936 and Constant Vigilance, in press
Dr. John W. S. McCullough was key in shaping the progress of public health in Ontario and nationally. As the long-serving chief provincial health officer in Ontario, he strengthened provincial public health education and infrastructures and contributed to the provision of essential biological products at prices within reach of everyone in Canada.
Dr. John W. S. McCullough promoted public education and set up traveling public health exhibits in a train car that stopped at railway stations around the province, promoting vaccination, venereal disease control and other public health issues. Dr. McCullough pressed for more comprehensive public health legislation, more transparent and efficient local health boards, a comprehensive revision of Ontario’s Public Health Act in 1912 and a stronger Vaccination Act.
He developed a set of regulations in 1917 for the Provincial Board of Health to control venereal diseases and beginning in 1918, was given a platform in the Public Health Journal to “contribute a few pages of material each month of particular interest to the Medical Officers of Health.”
In 1923, the Ontario Provincial Board of Health began free insulin distribution through the province’s eight public health laboratories for qualified diabetic cases, a program expedited by Dr. McCullough’s friendship with Frederick Banting, who grew up with him in Alliston, Ontario.
One of the charter members of the Canadian Public Health Association, Dr. McCullough served as President in 1913 and as a member of the Executive Committee for many years. In 1923, J. W. S. McCullough initiated a campaign to advance pubic health in North America, starting with the establishment of competent health departments with an efficient organization overseen by a full-time health officer.
In 1924, he focused on promoting the concept of full-time health units at the district or county level, which he saw as “the greatest public health need in Canada.” Dr. John W. S. McCullough was awarded CPHA’s Honorary Life Membership in 1936, five years before his death in 1941.