Malcolm Ross Bow
Malcolm Ross Bow (13 July 18875 July 1982) was a Canadian medical doctor and public health officer. From 1912 to 1926 Bow served as Chief Medical Officer for Regina, Saskatchewan. From 1927 to 1952 Bow served as deputy minister of health for Alberta. Born in Vernon, Ontario, Bow graduated from Queen's University with a medical degree in 1911. He became the first medical officer of the city of Regina the next year. Bow initiated a number of important public health programs in Regina. He controlled typhoid with a sanitary system of galvanized steel buckets and a specialised " honeywagon" which he helped design. Bow also instituted a child-care program which reduced the city's rate of infant mortality. Bow was also an organizer and player for the Regina Rugby Club, predecessor of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Bow played running back and acted as secretary and treasurer for the league. In 1927 Bow moved to Edmonton to become Alberta's deputy minister of health, a position he would hol ...
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