DR. HENRY HOROWICZSource: Canadian Journal of Public Health / Revue Canadienne de Sante'e Publique, Vol. 57, No.5 (MAY 1966), p. 233Published by: Canadian Public Health AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41984781 .

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May 1966 EDITORIAL SECTION 233

comments to the Commission respecting the report, little or no consideration is being given to the logical proposition that the only way in which the cost of treating illness and accident can be reduced is to prevent it. Either governments do not believe that a significant proportion of illness and accident can be prevented or they have not yet been sufficiently per- suaded that this is a fact.

Assuming that the latter situation exists, it is apparent that "someone", somehow, is going to have to do the persuading. The first step in such a process is to collect the facts. What, specifically, are the nature and extent of preventable illness and acci- dent? How can such preventable illness and accident be prevented? The experience of

the Canadian people with illness and acci- dent is recorded in medical and hospital records. However, it is not collected and compiled on a regional or national basis and, therefore, it is not analyzed to identify the preventable. At a time when medical treatment is rapidly increasing in sophis- tication, there is every reason to believe that the same development could occur in methods of prevention.

There remains one important question, namely, who should undertake the task of identifying the preventable and designing effective programs to prevent preventable illness and accident? There are several possibilities but suffice it to say that this is no time for the Canadian Public Health Association to be looking over its shoulder!

DR. HENRY HOROWICZ

AT the time of going to press, the Journal has received news of the

sudden and untimely death of Dr. Henry Horowicz. His many friends from coast to coast will certainly feel that they have suf- fered a grievous personal loss. Known to so many simply and affectionately as Henry, his cheerfulness and ever-present optimism will be sorely missed.

The Canadian Public Health Association has lost a valued member and friend whose presence and contribution to meetings, sessions of Council and many committees, always added significantly to our delibera- tions. Dr. Horowicz believed in the aims and purposes of the Association and he did not hesitate to support the position of the Association whenever occasion arose. As one involved mainly in the administra- tive aspects of public health, he advocated

and did all in his power to promote the best in administrative practice. To many senior administrators in public health he will perhaps be remembered best for his rare ability to find an acceptable answer to the most controversial problems. So fre- quently, when discussions ground to a halt and there seemed to be no answer to the difficulty being faced, Henry would rise and, in his quiet and unassuming manner, point the way toward the solution.

Henry Horowicz will be greatly missed throughout Canada and, more particularly, he will be sorely missed in the Department of National Health and Welfare. It seems that now we can only be deeply grateful that we have been privileged to have had him as a friend and colleague.

To his family we extend our deepest sympathy.

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