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As a result of careful observation and investigation, I am
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thoroughly convinced that the present class is, in every way, better prepared to take up the work of the high school than any you have ever promoted. They have shown a greater capacity for study, and an increased ability to con- centrate and sustain attention upon the matter at hand. The gap between the ninth and tenth grades has not seemed to be as great this year as heretofore.
The fourth class teachers all agree with me, I think, in the above statement.
Sincerely yours, WILLIAM C. WHITING, Principal of High School.
The results of the foregoing investigation appear to justify the continuance of the lengthened session for our upper grammar grades.
VI. Vacation Schools. The excellent work that con- tinues to be done for the educational interests of the city during the summer vacations by the Melrose Woman's Club is indicated in the following report which has been kindly placed in my hands by the Chairman of the Educational Committee of the Club.
Melrose, Dec. 30, 1906.
Mr. F. H. Nickerson,
Superintendent of Schools.
Dear Sir :
Yours of the 12th inst. at hand and in reply will say, regarding work carried on by Educational Department of Melrose Woman's Club under name of Vacation Schools,- that the school for the summer of 1906 was opened the 9th of July and continued six weeks under the direction of three paid teachers and a few ladies who gave their assistance. Eight different branches were taught and the permanent enrollment showed 225 pupils.
In addition a considerable number attended for two or three weeks, coming in and dropping out at any time during course.
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The object aimed at for this year, viz :- thorough, ac- curate work, was satisfactory, although, if I may criticize my own efforts, too large a number of branches were undertaken, as I believe a few, thoroughly taught, would bring better results.
General methods of previous years were again used and the branches taught were Cooking, Embroidery, Hand- loom Weaving, Chair Seating, Kindergarten Sloyd, Whit- tling, and the making of Baskets and Hammocks.
Hoping in the future to see this work more closely identified with the Public Schools, I am,
Very respectfully yours,
ETHEL SARGENT FLETCHER, Chairman.
I heartily indorse the wish expressed in the closing state- ment of the above communication and recommend the · thought to the consideration of the Committee.
VII. Truant Officer's Report. The following brief re- port gives a summary of the work of the truant officer for the year.
Melrose, Jan. 1, 1907.
F. H. Nickerson,
Superintendent of Schools.
Dear Sir :
In accordance with your request, I make the following report :
Absences investigated between Sept. 1, 1905 and Dec. 31, 1906 233
Cases of truancy found 35
Children arrested for truancy 8
Children sent away for truancy 7
Of the children arrested, one is on probation, two have been sent to friends out of the City by their parents, one is at the Plummer School at Salem Neck (sent by his parents), two have been sent to the Reform School, and two have been sent to the Middlesex Truant School. Two
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children have been sent to the School for Feeble Minded at Waverley.
I have found great indifference manifested by many of the parents toward the education of their children, espe- cially on the part of the mother, some of whom will keep the older children at home to care for the younger ones. Many mothers are obliged to go out to work by the. day, and in cases of this kind, where young children are left at home, it would seem that the establishment of a Day Nursery would be of great advantage.
There are a large number of children kept out of school at various times, for lack of proper clothing. The parents have not the means to provide for these wants and will not call on the City for help, so allow the children to remain at home.
I have found only three children working without a School Permit and these have been required at once to secure the necessary certificate.
Yours respectfully, CHARLES O. BOYD, Truant Officer.
CONCLUSION.
Much more might easily be written regarding the work of the year but enough has been said, I think, to fulfill the purpose of a report of this kind, which is to enable the citizens to judge intelligently whether or not the admin- istration of the schools is efficient and wisely economical.
In closing permit me to say that I appreciate fully the continued confidence and support of the Committee, the co-operation of the teaching force, and the loyalty of the majority of our citizens to the best educational interests of the City.
Respectfully submitted, FRED H. NICKERSON, Superintendent of Schools.
Feb. II, 1907.
Appendix.
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATING EXERCISES.
CLASS OF 1906.
City Hall, Evening of June Twenty-Sixth at Eight O'Clock.
PROGRAM.
Invocation
REV. HAROLD MARSHALL.
The Rose-Gatherers Von Weber
GIRLS' GLEE CLUB.
Address
Prof. GEORGE H. PALMER, Harvard University.
A Canadian Boat Song
Schnecker
BOYS' GLEE CLUB.
· Award of Prizes Given by The Franklin Fraternity.
To the Spirit of Poesy . Lassen
GIRLS' GLEE CLUB.
Presentation of Diplomas William D. Stewart Chairman of the School Committee.
When All the World is Young
Pflueger
BOYS' GLEE CLUB.
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CLASS OF 1906.
"Haud ye leal."
Allchin, Marion Frances, Baker, Ruth Atwood, Black, Elizabeth, Boutwell, George Ferris, Bowser, Harry Earle, Boyd, Isabelle, Brennan, Marion Eunice, Brittain, Hope Orcutt, Brown, Katharine Warner, Brown, Timothy Francis, Bucknam, Harriet Mildred, Carney, Margaret May, Carter, Margaret Pillsbury, Cassell, Edward Francis, Chandler, Charles Henderson, Cole, Harold Allen, Comey, Henry Cheever, Cram, Charles Arthur, Cunningham, Annie Louise, Damon, Gladys Louise, Ebert, Charles Leonard,
Farnum, Mabel Adelaide, Foster, Julia Kent,
Gerrish, Alice Small,
Gerrish, Helen Warrenton,
Gilkey, George Carlton,
Gould, Marian Bradstreet, Green, Carrie Avis, Hazard, Ruth, Howie, Hattie Lynk,
Jelleson, Harold Bosworth,
Keefe, Gertrude Agnes, Lord, Emily Donnell, Loring, Hazel,
Lucey, Mary Gertrude, Lufkin, Hazel Mae,
Lynch, Mary Irene,
McNally, Louis Keegan, Merrill, Richard Stanley, Mitchell, George Maine, Morrill, Charles William, Morse, Harold VerValen, Mosher, Ira,
Munn, Raymond Clarence, Munyan, Helen Whiton, Morris, Ethel Louise, Pendleton, Alma Louise,
Perkins, Justin,
Perkins, Sophea Rae, Plaskett, Sadie Alice,
Raymond, Ethel Marion, Robbins, Eva Alice, Rowe, Arthur Richards,
Russell, Clara Winifred,
Sargent, Ethel Amelia,
Simpson, Edith Whitcomb,
Smith, Ralph Joseph, Snow, Laude Lamb, Stevens, Marion Winchester,
Stone, Sarah Josephine,
Stone, Zelma Irene, Taylor, Evelyn Mae
Thompson, Ralph Lane,
Vaitses, Gregory Stephen,
Vaughan, Benjamin Roy, Verge, Eucebia Lillis Hardy,
Verge, Walter Cleveland, Warner, George Edmund, Webster, Addie Frances, Wentworth, Ruth Draper, Wheeler, Fortis Day, Williams, Alfred Gray,
CLASS HONORS.
Zelma I. Stone.
Helen W. Munyan.
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HONOR LIST.
Class of 1906. Charles A. Cram, Hazel M. Lufkin, Ethel L. Norris, Evelyn M. Taylor,
Class of 1907.
Dorothy E. Hodgkins, Chester E. Kellogg, Alice M. Scribner, Katharine A. P. Stevens,
Class of 1908.
Edna Baldwin, Esta M. Farwell, Agnes C. Johnson, Elliott A. White,
Class of 1909. Alice E. Ford, Elizabeth Thurston, Laura A. Scott.
MELROSE WOMAN'S CLUB HONORS.
Katharine Warner Brown Julia Kent Foster
MELROSE HIGHLANDS WOMAN'S CLUB HONORS. Ruth Hazard Hattie Lynk Howie
FRANKLIN FRATERNITY PRIZES.
English (Senior Class) Mabel A. Farnum.
English (Junior Class) Amy E. Kirk.
English (Third Class) Marguerite Baker.
English (Fourth Class) Grover C. Loud.
Advanced Geometry Chester E. Kellogg. Arthur H. Whitman.
Ruth A. Baker, Emily D. Lord, Gertrude M. Lucey, Ethel A. Sargent,
Ethel M. Foster, Hazel Holmes, Mildred Jenks, Doris A. Melchert,
Mildred L. Aldrich, Ralph W. Chadbourn, Emily C. Gordon,
Madeline M. Corse, Phebe E. Hogan,
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Advanced Algebra Arthur H. Whitman.
Geometry (Third Class) Emily C. Gordon.
Algebra (Fourth Class) Alice E. Ford.
PUPILS PROMOTED FROM THE NINTH GRADE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, JUNE, 1906.
Franklin School.
*Bernstein, Herman Bouret, Ruth Rand
*Boyd, Priscilla Ethel
*Chisholm, Grace Rachel
*Crawford, Ethel Foster
*Dillaway, Alice Marion
*Drew, Beryl Foster
*Prior, Enid Maude
*Edwards, Herbert
*Provandie, Vivian Beatrice
*Russell, Albert Morse
*Russell, Alma Zetta
*Scott, Earlene Adelaide
*Slocum, Herbert Edward
*Spears, William Hunter Stone, Mary Louise
*Taylor, George Merrill
*Waggett, Frank Gray
*Williams, Muriel Brown
Lincoln School.
Adams, Margaret Ellen
*Atkinson, Gertrude May
*Atwood, Alice Mason
*Barbour, Marion Campbell
*Boyd, Dorothy Endicott
*Brown, William James
*Bunce, Janie Marguerite *Callahan, Annie Theresa
*Clark, Harold Lemuel
*Clark, Henry Willard
*Cloonan, John Francis
*Cloonan, Mary Agnes
*Colby, Mary Ella
*Cole, Edwin Lawrence
*Conway, Sadie Marie
*Cornwell, Ruby Edna
*Craven, Grace May
*Crocker, Gladys May
*Cronin, Katherine
*Dennis, Mildred
*Dike, Donald
*Dwyer, May
*Edelstein, Lillian
*Emery, Adele Kimball
Farmer, Ruby Georgina
*Ford, Helen Wheeler
*Furze, Claud
*Guest, Helen May
*Gwynne, Faith
*Harrington, Marion Adele
*Kelton, Charles Wight
*Leonard, Harrison Fairbanks
*Lyon, Chester
*McMann, Harold
*McMann, Hazel
*Page, Charles Edward
*Page, Margaret Adams
*Price, Thomas Richards
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*Fairfield, Pearl Lurintha
*Fitchett, Frank Edward
*Fling, Mary Dolores
*Fonda, Arthur Williams
*Foster, Ralph Butler Hartford, Harley
*Hopkins, Edith Kempton
*Hunt, Willis Edwin
*Jackson, Katherine Adelaide
*Kehoe, William Joseph
*Kelley, Madeline Kempton, Edna Louise
*Kimball, Thomas Jefferson King, Katherine Agnes
*Lawler, Pearl Rose
*Lipsett, Ethel Ivalie
*Loring, Robert George
*Lowden, James Luther
*Maidrand, Annie Ethel
*Mckinnon, Ronald McNider, Grace Josephine *Mellen, Ella Hallett
*Merriam, Florence Isabelle
*Munroe, Helen Conant Murphy, Joseph Patrick O'Leary, Arthur Bernard Orthman, John Joseph
*Peabody, William Tyler
*Roake, Langley Daniel
*Ryder, Ethel Waterman
*Slade, Harold
*Slade, Lawrence
*Sprague, Harold Hardy
*Stafford, Philip Henry
*Stevens, Frank Herbert Sullivan, Joseph Edward
*Tibbetts, Hazel Fern
*Travis, Ethel
*Ward, Robert Watts, Albert Barter Whitney, John James Whitney, William Daniel Leo
*Whorf, Kenneth Warren
*Wilkinson, Edna May
*Worth, Robert Russell
*Youngcliss, Bessie Rilla
Washington School.
*Aldrich, Henry Ray
*Andrews, Ida Marion
*Atkinson, Mildred
*Burns, Alfred Prescott
*Callahan, Mary
*Casey, Andrew Joseph
*Clement, Louise Marion
*Cobb, Ada Josephine
*Cram, John Frederick
*DeCecca, Mary Dimick, Mildred
*Donovan, James Leo
*Duffee, Elizabeth Alice
*Durocher, Gladys Nathalie
*Estes, Ralph Clark Flanagan, William Joseph
*Ford, Lena Maud
*Gile, Helen
*Glover, Blanche Louise
*Goodwin, Marjorie Sprague
*Goudey, Marion Converse
*Grant, Ernest
*Gratto, Elizabeth Margaret
*Gratto, Lena Forbes Griffin, Louise Marie Haven, Earl
Hawkes, Dora Marion
*Hinchey, Charles Francis
*Holmes, Edna
*Holt, Louise Alice Hunewill, John Waterman
*Hunt, Bertha Taylor Hunter, Robert Alexander Jamieson, Evelina
*Jenkins, Harriet Mabel
*Johnson, Margaret
*Jones, Grace Hildreth
*Kelley, Beatrice Crowell
*Knapp, Edith Belle
*Lakin, Florence May
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*Light, Florence Mildred
*Lord, Raymond
*Lovejoy, Elizabeth Elinore Lucey, John Vincent
*Lux, John William
*Stutsman, ,Harold
*Sullivan, Lester Havelock
*Norcross, Florence Folsom
*Ormsby, Grace Mildred
*Parker, Lois Emma
*Pittaway, Eva
*Wakelin, William
*Robertson, Edna Marion
*Watson, Frank Wallace
*Sargent, Mabel Hope
*White, Bertha Irene
*Simonds, Earl Webster
*Sloane, Gertrude
*Snowden, Alice Jones Snowden, Albert Prevoa
*Stewart, Florence Winifred
*Mahoney, John Joseph McGuiness, Michael
*Swindlehurst, Elizabeth Glover
*Thompson, Virginia Sherman
*Tobey, Howard Stanley
*Waitt, Ronald Edward
*Whittredge, John Alden
* Entered High School, September, 1906, 86 per cent.
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Organization of the School Staff.
December 31, 1906.
Superintendent of Schools,. Fred H. Nickerson, 77 Upham Street. Superintendent's Clerk, Rosetta M. Pendleton, 179 Trenton Street.
Name
CORPS OF TEACHERS. HIGH SCHOOL. Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
William C. Whiting ..
.Principal
. Dartmouth College.
.1899
Alonzo G. Whitman.
. Principal Emeritus
. Bowdoin College.
.1874
George A. Hutchins.
. Sub-master
Bates College.
1901
G. Ross Appler.
. Business Department.
. Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa ...
1905
Orren H. Smith
. English Department.
Tufts College. . .
.1906
Frederick R. Willard.
. English, Science
.Boston University
.1906
Adelma A. Ballou.
. Latin
. Dean Academy. .
. 1887
Harriet C. Fairbanks.
. Algebra, Latin
. Natick High School .1880
Hattie G. Ricker.
. French
.. Lapham Institute. .1884
Christine D. Ross
. Modern Language Dept. .. Partial Course, Elgin Academy, Scotland ... 1904
Lillian A. Bolster
. French, German.
. Partial Course, Harv. & Chicago Univ ..... 1904
Mary J. Bourne. .
. History Department.
. Vassar College and Brown University ..... 1905
Mary W. Kingsley.
. History, English
. Tufts College, Bryn Mawr. .1905
Elizabeth F. Abbe.
. Greek, English.
. Wellesley College.
.1906
Elizabeth Biddlecome
. English, Arithmetic.
. Smith College. .
.1906
Clara A. Snell. . Mathematics
. Bates College .. 1904
Adrienne V. de Mers
.Stenography (substitute) .
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FRANKLIN SCHOOL, COR. FRANKLIN AND MAIN STREETS.
Frank E. Poland.
. Principal
. Castine (Me.) Normal School. .1906
Linnie M. DeMerritt. IX
. New Hampton Institute. .1904
Lydia Page Foss ... . IX
. Colby College, Boston University. .1905
Lillian G. Runnells. . VIII
. Bridgewater Normal School. .1905
Elizabeth G. Saunders.
. VIII .
. Plymouth Normal. .. 1906
Louise G. White. . VII
. Salem Normal School. .1895
Grace L. Pomeroy.
. VII and VI.
. New Haven (Conn.) Normal School. .1905
Annie Dinnie. . VI
. Quincy Training School, .
.1900
Alma J. Guptill. . V
. Girls' High School, Boston. .1884
Evelyn A. Pike. . V
. Newburyport Training School. .1904
WASHINGTON SCHOOL, COR. LEBANON AND LYNDE STREETS.
.Eva R. Crane .. Principal
. Coburn Classical Institute. .1889
Rose D. Lanphear. . IX
Boston University .1903
Clara F. Lord. . IX
. Geo. C. Brackett School, Brooklyn, N. Y ... 1906
Mary G. LaPlante . VII
. Framingham Normal School. .. 1906
Mary E. Coyle. . VI
. Quincy High, Partial Course Normal Arts. . 1906
Etta J. Call. . .
. V
Ellsworth (Kan.) Normal Institute. .1890
Mary L. Loring. . . IV
. Salen Normal School .1897
Mary E. Tupper. . III
. Framingham Normal School. .1892
Clarabel P. Fisher. . II
. Gorham (Me.) Normal School. ... .1905
. Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten ..
.1902
Mary E. Deans. .I .
Helena M. Hocking .. .I
. Miss Wheelock's Kind., Training Class. ... 1904
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LINCOLN SCHOOL, WYOMING AVENUE.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Willis Sikes Fisher.
. Principal
. Massachusetts Agricultural College.
.1906
Edith S. Blake.
.IX
. Bates College
.1903
Grace M. Carpenter. . IX
. Boston University
1905
Mary S. Haley.
. VIII
. Framingham Normal School .. .1901
Marguerite E. Hill.
. VII
. Bridgewater Normal School.
1905
Mary R. Clarke. . VI
. Franklin Academy. .
.1894
Harriet H. Dowe ..
. Mt. Holyoke College
.1894
Harriet A. Saunders.
. IV
. Malden High School.
.1898
Emma M. Thompson
. III
Salem Normal School.
1906
Jeannette A. Doane.
.II
. Templeton High School.
.1895
Grace C. Albee.
. Wellesley College .1898
Grace A. Lynde. I
. Miss Page's Kindergarten Class ... .1897
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D. W. GOOCH SCHOOL, CORNER FOSTER AND FLORENCE STREETS.
Willis Sikes Fisher.
. Principal
. Massachusetts Agricultural College. .1906
Donzelle E. Benson
. VIII
. Partial Course, Radcliffe College. .1906
Harriet W. Buck.
. VII
. Farmington (Me.) Normal School. .1906
Alice H. Long. .
VI
. Boston Normal School .. .1877
Elizabeth Foss V
. Boston Normal School. .1906
Annie P. Long ..
.IV
. Melrose High School. 1894
Minnie F. C. Snow.
. III
. Orono (Me.) High School. 1892
Amelia F. Trowbridge.
. II
. Melrose High School. .1899
Emma L. McCully.
. I
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.. Miss Wheelock's Kind., Training Class. ... 1906 . Miss Symond's Kind., Training Class. 1897
Mabel Price. .I
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HORACE MANN SCHOOL, CORNER GROVE AND MYRTLE STREETS.
Alice M. Swett.
.. Principal
. Plymouth (N. H.) Normal School. .1882
Mary S. Wentworth. . VIII
. Wakefield (N. H.) Academy. .1896
Edith M. Maxwell. VII
. Farmington (Me.) Normal School. .. 1902
Anne M. Coveney.
VI
. Bridgewater Normal School. .1906
A. Louise McCormick. . V
. Wheaton Seminary
.1891
Nellie G. Dempsey . .
. .. V
. Salem Normal School. .1891
Anna W. Atkins.
. III
Provincetown High School .1897
Anastatia G. Riley.
. II .
. Salem Normal School. . 1898
Annie G. Balch. ..
Wakefield High School. .1900
Lillian M. Tufts. .I
. Miss Symond's Kindergarten Class ... . . 1901
MARY A. LIVERMORE SCHOOL, MAIN STREET.
Annie C. Washburn
Principal
. Wellesley College .1900
Bess M. Lynde .
.Principal's Assistant
. Fitchburg Normal School. .1906
Mabel G. Drake.
. VII
. Framingham Normal School. .1905
Lucy E. Shute .. . VI
. Pinkertown Academy .
.1895
Bertha C. Hatch. . V
. Gorham (Me.) Normal School. .1904
JOSEPH WARREN SCHOOL, WARREN STREET.
Alice J. Coffin.
Principal, IV. . Gorham (Me.) Normal School. 1895
Helen L. Patten.
. III
. Salem Normal School. .1903
Ruth M. Knowles ...
.II
. Mt. Holyoke College. . .1894
Margaret E. Grady ..
.1.
. Salem Normal School .1896
G. Rose McConnell .. I
Miss Symond's Kind. Training Class. ... 1903
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REPORT
WINTHROP SCHOOL, CORNER ELEVENTH AND FIRST STREETS.
Name Grade Where Educated
When Elected
Edith S. Dermot. ...
. Principal, V
. Framingham Normal School.
1896
Laura C. Lamprey. .
.IV and III.
. Newburyport Training School .. 1905
Mabel G. Gilbride. . II
. Quincy Training School.
. .1900
Jennie S. Prescott. .I
. Miss Symond's Kind. Training Class ...... 1903
SEWALL SCHOOL, UPHAM STREET.
Etta M. Wilcox.
Principal IV
. Miss Page's Kind. Training School. 1905
Lena D. Marshall.
III
. Salem Normal School. 1900
Mary A. Chisholm.
II
Salem Normal School. . .. 1896
Emma C. French. .I .
Miss Symond's Kind. Training Class. . .... 1902
Maud A. Norton. . .I
. Elliman Kind. Training School, N. Y. City. . 1906
WHITTIER SCHOOL, FRANKLIN STREET.
Frank E. Poland ...
. Principal
1906
Katherine L. Locke.
I
. Newburyport Training School. .1904
Isabella L. Atwood.
I
. Robinson Seminary .1893
Gertrude B. Stewart.
. II
. Melrose High School. .1894
Annie M. Jenness .. . . . III
. Froebel Kindergarten Training School .... 1903
Marion P. Goodwin. .IV
. . Miss Symond's Kind. Training Class ... .1901
RIPLEY SCHOOL, SWAIN'S POND AVENUE.
Dora F. Whittredge
.I, II, III ..
.. 1903
CONVERSE SCHOOL, FELLS.
Nellie W. Riley. .I, II, III. . Salem Normal School. 1903
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Willis S. Carter. Edw. N. Griffin. Aimee C. Ferson C. Ross Appler.
Drawing · Music Manual Training, Sewing Penmanship
JANITORS.
Name and Residence
School
. Livermore and Sewall
Charles J. Critchett, 180 Whitman Avenue.
. High
George E. Fogg, 24 Stevens Place.
. Warren and Whittier
John Hitchins, 6 Waitt Street. .
. Winthrop
Samuel Lear, 931 Main Street. .
. Franklin
F. S. Boardman, 106 Grove Street ..
. Washington
William P. Hunter, 5 Brazil Street.
. Converse
John Thyng, 43 Winthrop Street ...
. Gooch and Horace Mann
Archie B. McIlwraith, 5 Allen Place
. Lincoln
Elmer P. Whittredge, 317 E. Foster Street.
. Ripley
ENGINEER IN HIGH SCHOOL. Charles Brown, 20 Parker Street.
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Annual Report
of the
Board of Health
of the
City of Melrose
for the
Year Ending January 31, 1907
MELROSE THE COPLEY PRESS 1907
Report of the Board of Health
January 1, 1907.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Melrose:
GENTLEMEN :- The Board of Health respectfully sub- mits herewith the annual report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1906.
Membership.
The membership of the board has been the same as in the preceding year, viz .: Clarence P. Holden, M.D., Edmund L. Grundy and Arthur A. Hayden, Esq.
Organization.
The present organization is Clarence ·P. Holden, M.D., Chairman; Miss Grace A. Colby, Clerk; Mr. John T. Barker, Inspector of Plumbing and Sanitary Inspector; Dr. F. P. Sturges, V.S., Inspector of Animals and Food Products; W. S. Briry, Ph.G., Inspector of Milk and Vinegar; Dr. M. J. Dalton and Dr. R. R. Stratton, Medical Inspectors of Schools.
Meetings.
The board has held regular meetings every Tuesday evening and special meetings when the work of the board required the same.
Contagious Diseases.
There has been nothing notable in contagious diseases during the year. There has been an epidemic of whooping cough which has seriously interfered with school work. It is unfortunate that the general feeling exists that whooping
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cough is unavoidable and that every child must sooner or later contract it. It is also unfortunate that there is a general opinion that whooping cough is a mild disease. As a matter of fact, it is a very serious disease in many ways. It continues a long time, causes great distress to the patient and to the family and there are many fatal cases, especially when pneumonia exists as a complication in young children. The board is satisfied that a careful isolation of cases in the early stages would prevent epidemics and that the disease might be controlled as easily as diphtheria is with proper co-operation.
Consumption.
Consumption continues to give us the largest death return of any communicable disease. Physicians are reporting more cases of consumption, though the fact remains that the death return is the first return in many cases. The only work which the board has undertaken in consumption during the year has been to secure a better registration of cases and an effort to secure better protection for the families of consumptives and of the community.
Isolation Hospital.
The contagious hospital continues to give good service to the community in the care of cases that cannot be cared for elsewhere and for some others that cannot safely be cared for in their homes. The hospital was open 161 days during the year, taking care of sixteen patients, thirteen of scarlet fever and three of diphtheria. There were no fatalities during the year.
It is not an easy matter with the present arrangement to maintain safe isolation at the hospital when there are cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever at the same time, but it has been done as heretofore, no case of diphtheria contracting scarlet fever and no case of scarlet fever contracting diphthe-
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ria. Also in no instance has the discharged patient been the means of conveying infection outside the hospital. It is the judgment of the board that the hospital should be enlarged and painted, with other minor repairs, the grounds graded, and the whole made more attractive and safe for patients and more convenient for physicians and nurses.
Five families quarantined with diphtheria were cared for at their homes by the Board of Health.
Rabies and Hydrophobia.
Two persons bitten by dogs, which a subsequent examina- tion proved to have rabies were sent away for treatment, one to the Pasteur Institute in New York and one to the State Hospital.
Medical Inspection of Schools.
Melrose having already established medical inspection of schools, the new law requiring this did not add any new bur- dens to the work of the department. During the year the following cases of communicable disease were discovered in the schools and the pupils excluded. Many of these cases were treated by the Board of Health.
Impetigo contagiosa 9
Impetigo capitis
2
Scabies 9
Pediculosis 18
Offensive discharge from ear I
Conjunctivitis 2
Defective eyes I
Chicken pox I
Mumps 9
Also a large number of children suffering with whooping cough were found to be attending school and were promptly excluded.
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HEALTH REPORT.
Vaccination.
Fifty-two successful vaccinations were performed at the office of the Board of Health and 126 certificates of vaccina- tion issued.
Disinfection.
The board has disinfected with formaldehyde gas for the following diseases, viz.
Premises disinfected for
Tuberculosis 24
Diphtheria
30
Measles
28
Whooping cough
I
Hacks
14
Cerebro-spinal meningitis 3
Scarlet fever 43
Typhoid fever I
Other diseases
4
Schoolrooms
17
Books, number of times
4
Licenses and Permits Issued in 1906.
To hawkers and peddlers 33
To keep swine O
To keep cows 41
To maintain dumps (I revoked) 2
To build cesspools II
To build privy vaults
O
To clean privy vaults 4
To clean cesspools 29
To sell milk from stores 32
To sell milk from wagons
32
For a stable for more than four horses 2
Undertakers licensed :- Albert J. Walton, 369 Franklin street; J. Herbert Bunce, 412 Pleasant street; Robert L. Car-
104
CITY OF MELROSE.
ton, Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Churchill, 437 Main street; John H. Gately, 20 Circuit street; S. W. Harvey, Grove street; Richard Philpot, Dell avenue; Ansel B. Pierce & Son, Emerson street.
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