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General Control
General Administration Salaries
$1.37
Other General Salaries
.41
Other General Expenses
.53
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries .
90.95
Text Books and Supplies
6.46
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Services
7.75
Fuel .
6.71
Water, Light and Miscellaneous
1.71
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs, Replacement, and Upkeep.
3.68
Auxiliary Agencies
Tuition and Miscellaneous
.78
Total
$120.35
New Equipment
5.10
Total
$125.45
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CITY OF MELROSE
TOTAL COST OF ALL SCHOOLS School Year, 1920-1921
General Control
General Administration Salaries
$4,000.00
Other General Salaries
1,184.55
Other General Expenses
1.530.41
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries
159,781.22
Text Books and Supplies
10,036.90
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Services
14,836.64
Fuel.
15,336.23
Water, Light and Miscellaneous
2,560.78
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs, Replacement, and Upkeep
20,145.33
Auxiliary Agencies
Promotion of Health
860.00
Transportation.
1,100.00
Tuition and Miscellaneous
1,123.30
Total.
$232,495.36
New Equipment.
3,955.22
Total
$236,450.58
AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL OF ALL SCHOOLS Based on average membership (2,917)
General Control
General Administration Salaries
$1.37
Other General Salaries
.41
Other General Expenses
.53
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries .
54.78
Text Books and Supplies
3.44
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SCHOOL REPORT
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Services. 5.09
Fuel.
5.26
Water, Light, and Miscellaneous .
.88
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs, Replacement, and Upkeep
6.90
Auxiliary Agencies
Promotion of Health
.29
Transportation.
.38
Tuition and Miscellaneous.
.39
Total
$79.72
New Equipment
1.36
Total
$81.08
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SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, 1920-1921
By Schools No. I
. SCHOOLS
Number of Different Pupils Enrolled Exclusive of Re-enrollments
Number of Boys
Number of Girls
Average . .. Membership
Average
Attendance
Per Cent ·of Attendance
High School.
647
334
313
608.89
-582.07
95.59
Franklin .
348
176
172
329.79
313.94
4
95.21
Whittier .
214
105
109
197.53
188.05
95.20
Washington
493
243
250
478.38
462.21
96.61 ~
Livermore .
170
87
83
172.75
166.27
96.24
Sewall .
165
89
76
162.20
153.81
94.82
Lincoln . .
333
176
157
306.35
289.53
94.50
Gooch. .
316
169
147
299.45
· 286.79
95.76
Warren . .
191
103
88
178.47
166.82
93.47
Winthrop
158
84
74
.
154.60 .
145.48
94.10
Ripley .. .
24
14
10
29.90
28.02
93.74
Total .. .
3,059
1,580
1,479
2,918.25
2,782.99
95.39
CITY OF MELROSE
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SUMMARY: QF: THE PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, 1920-1921
By Grades, No. 2
T
.
: Number of Different Pupils
Exclusive of Re-enrollments
Number of La Box's
Number of Girls
A verage
Average
GRADES
Enrolled' .
.
.
3
High School.
647
334
313
608.89
582 .. 07
95.
59
Eighth. .
294
140
154
273.25
262.07
95.
90
Sixth.
280
142
138
269, 71
258.72
95.18
Fifth .
300
137
163
291.72
== 279.28
95.73
Fourth.
806
159
147
294-15
282.39
26.00
Third.
300
156
144
296.69
281.65
94.93
Second .
308 -4
109
139
293.15
277,56
94.68
First .
213
162
348.38
324|35
93.10
Total.
3,059
1,580
1,479
2,918.25
2,782.99
95.39
SCHOOL REPORT
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119
242.31
234.90
97
77
Seventh.
249
130
Per Cent of Attendance,
Membership = Attendanc
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CITY OF MELROSE
NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS December 31, 1921
Male
Female
Total
High (Grades IX, X, XI, XII)
10
22
32
Grammar (Grades V, VI, VII, VIII).
0
36
36
Primary (Grades I, II, III, IV)
0
37
37
Supervisors, Music.
0
1
1
Drawing and Sewing.
0
2
2
Manual Training.
2
0
2
Primary.
0
1
1
Physical Education
1
1
2
Americanization
0
1
1
Nurse
0
1
1
-
Total
13
102
115
NUMBER OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES December 31, 1921
Primary, Grade I .
330
Grade II
328
Grade III
318
Grade IV
316
Grammar, Grade V.
295
Grade VI.
292
Grade VII
277
Grade VIII.
257
High,
Freshman Class
235
Sophomore Class
159
Junior Class .
156
Senior Class
98
Post Graduate Class
11
Total
3,072
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SCHOOL REPORT
AVERAGE AGE OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES September, 1921
Primary,
Grade I
6 years 11 months
Grade II
7 years 11 months
Grade III
8 years 4 months
Grade IV
9 years 9 months
Grammar, Grade V
. 10 years 7 months
Grade VI.
.11 years 8 months
Grade VII
12 years
8 months
Grade VIII
13 years
2 months
High,
Freshman Class
. 14 years
7 months
Sophomore Class
.15 years
5 months
Junior Class
.16 years 3 months
Senior Class
17 years 6 months
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CITY OF MELROSE
CLASS OF X1921/
Herbert Edmund Aitken
Elsie Ramsdell Littlefield
Charles Elliott Anderson HIC JAT MI f Myrtle Lillian Littlefield Caroline M. Lord
Phillip W. Ansell'
James Neil Armstrong
Richard M. Loud
Charlotte Redstone Babson
Margaret Lovejoy
Joseph Thomas Barrett
Catherine Agnes Lucey
Welden N. Beard
Marion Charlotte Mace
Allen Hallett Bearse, Jr.
Helen Maguire
Esther Hayward Briggs
George Edward Manser, Jr.
Charles Norton Brown
Albert Marnett
Esther Marión Brown
Cora Wilhelmina Mason
Dorothy E, Buckley
Theo Brown Mathias
Harriet Shepard Burr
George William Maxwell
Kathryn Butters !
James Burton McKie
Alice Bowen Butts
Edward Dennis Mclaughlin
John Ewart Calley
Lena Mendalovitz
Frank Morton Carpenter
Roy Leon Merritt
Margery Carr
Harold Edgar Mosher
Joseph Addison Casey
George Colburn Myrick
Pearl Finch Champlin
Ruth Newhall
Henry @. Churbuck
Charles Rupert Northrup
Charles S. Coburn
Dwight Coburn Otis
Leslie Newell Corthell
Albert Ira Parker
Geraldine Cragin
Lucile May Patten
Lester Prescott Cramb
Lawrence Scribner Philbrick
Carl G. Crocker
Elizabeth Pierce
Lenore R. Davis
Alice Isabel Reed
Clifton Harling Day
Grace Darling Rich
Mary Elizabeth Delaney
Stanley Maynard Ritchie
Doris E. Denley
Albert Edward Robertson
John Henry Desmond
Paul L. Sackett
Herbert Chase Sawtelle, Jr.
Pauline Smith Sawyer
John M. Schofield
Greta Kathleen Ehrenborg
Roscoe Springer Scott
Henry Franklin Sears James George Shaw John Bernard Simonds Marcia Priscilla Smith Margaret D. Sparhawk Marion C. Sparhawk
Gladys Louise Stevens
Albert Perkins Stewart Harold H. Swain
Phyllis Ambler Dow M. Eileen Dunlay Carl H. Ehrenborg
Robert W. Emery H. Elliott Fuller Margery Anna Fulton Victor H. Gabriel Francis M. Garvey Grenville B. Gerrish
George E. Gilbert Archie Gittes Lillian Alfreda Goodnow
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SCHOOL REPORT
Warren A. Greenlaw, Jr.
M. Christine Greenleaf.
Mitchell D. Grossman
Irene Hamilton Tay Albert Lawrence Taylor Rosalie Taylor
Marion Eleanor Gurney
Dorothy Frances Tower Gladys Winifred Tower
Rachel M. Hall (ID) IHT ID 4917AU. Agnes Virginia Troy
Marshall P. Harris
Wilson Turner
Charlotte Kent Hodsdon
Donald Carleton Underwood
Katherine Illsley.
Edward Alexander Wakelin
W. Russell Johnson
Hortense Walcott
James F. Kennedy
Herbert Ashley Weeks, Jr.
Dorothy Elizabeth Knight
Loren James Westhaver
Dorothy E. Landick
John Rollins Wellman
Myles J. Lane
Geraldine Wilder
Dorothy Ellen Leonard
Mildred B. Wilkinson
Ruth Willow Lewis * * ***
Harold Wilson
Grace E. Wright
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Assessors' Report
TAXABLE VALUATION OF THE CITY
Real Estate $19,871,300.00
Personal Estate. 2,606,050.00
$22,477,350.00
Rate of taxation $30.80 per $1,000.00.
Amount Raised on Property and Polls as Followsz
Real Estate
$612,036.04
Personal Estate.
80,266.34
4,661 Polls at $5.00 each.
23,305.00
$715,607.38
State Tax.
$57,174.00
County Tax.
31,197.18
Metropolitan Sewer Tax.
23,477.16
Metropolitan Park Tax
13,576.76
State Highway Tax.
545.34
Charles River Basin.
2,254.37
Fire Prevention.
182.54
Eastern Mass. St. Railway Tax
541.78
City Budget
623,903.04
War Bonus (4,661 polls at $3.00).
13,983.00
Overlay
10,697.21
0
$777,502.38
Less Income Tax
$39,268.00
Less School Fund.
21,400.00
Less Receipts
1,227.00
$61,895.00
$715,607.38
ADDENDUM
Year
Census
Dwell- ings
Polls
Value Buildings
Value Land
Total Val. Real Estate
Value Personal Estate
Total Valua- tion
Rate per $1,000
City Appro- priation
Sewer- age Tax
Park Tax
State Tax
County Tax
Overlay
Total Tax Levy
$237,310.57
1900
1000
12,715
3,237
3,650
$7,582,525
$4,398,150
$11,980,675
$797,690
$12,778,365
$18.00
$199,837.41
$9,431.01
$6,645.00
13,388.55
*11,463.29
248,652.39
12,781
3,248
3,711
7,610,850
5,993,025
13,603,875
1,286,890
14,890,765
16.20
206,635.82
9,727.23
7,473.50
$1,977.83
6,375.00
13,365.88
2,861.15
272,148.26
1902
1002
13,369
3,280
3,931
7,781,400
5,927,575
13,708,975
1,656,505
15,365,480
17.20
237,087.74
10,808.84
5,169.59
10,625.00
13,917.89
3,692.28
281.301,34
1903
1903
13,641
3,312
4,052
7,865,250
5,915,375
13,780,625
1,397,005
15,177,630
1,424,530
15,237,855
17.40
225,003.32
11,744.15
5,696.87
11,625.00
15,716.05
3,627.28
273,412.67
1004
1005
14,559
3,33
4,235
8,020,150
5,845,800
13,865,950
1,463,745
15,329,695
18.00
227,044.58
12,077.04
5,922.31
18,600.00
15,272.57
5,488.01
284,404.51
1905
1006
14,572
3,363
4,235
8,131,450
5,787,100
13,918,550
1,559,330
15,477,880
17.80
229,066.55
12,222.49
6,183.01
16,275.00
16,188.40
1,100.81
283,976.26
1906
1907
14,860
3,382
4,318
8,288,850
5,781,500
14,070,350
1,664,060
15,734,410
17.00
219,753.24
9,264.95
7,183.32
18,000.00 )
15,880.08
6,038.36
276,120.97
1907
1908
15,122
3,393
1,344
8,450,675
5,788,475
14,239,150
1,733,810
15,972,960
18.50
234,100.42
14,397.93
7,868.56
*19.75 }
15,606.50
7,444.60
304,187.76
1908
1909
15,246
3,416
4,438
8,627.425
5,775,725
14,403,150
1,746,675
16,149,825
19.30
250,100.51
13,567.95
8,158.34
20,250.00
17,250.17
11,220.90
320,567.62
1909
1910
15,735
3,447
4,490
8,865,325
5,771,450
14,636,775
1,827,090
16,463,865
19.40
255,567.13
14,834.95
8,494.76
23,760.00
16,478.32
9,224.31
328,378.98
1910
16,118
3,503
4,515
9,164,225
5,757,450
14,921,675
1,975,950
16,897,625
20.40
276,517.13
15,496.52
11,634.39 l
23,760.00 1
15,170.07
7,067.28
353,741.55
1911
1912
16,241
3,564
4,596
9,452,650
5,757,150
15,209,800
2,213,000
17,422,800
20.40
283,731.71
15,804.48
9,412.75 \
27,000.00 l
14,860.33
12,466.03
364,517.12
1912
1913
10,612
3,611
4,620
9,791,425
5,791,425
15,582,625
2,420,900
18,003,525
20.40
289,544.80
17,103.24
10,262.39
32,640.00
16,466.40 }
7,316.90
376,511.91
1913
1914
17,037
3,674
4,685
10,144,550
5,816,700
15,961,250
2,606,080
18,567,330
21.70
316,917.47
17,437.18
10,558.39
35,700.00 }
19,577.92 1
10,154.95
412,281.06
1914
1915
17,096
3,748
4,850
10,494,300
5,823,300
16,317,600
2,623,780
18,941,380
23.70
359,106.29
17,201.57
10,796.50
39,780.00 }
20,682.55
9,236.85
458,610.70
1915
1916
17,317
3,864
4,949
10,957,650
5,891,700
16,849,350
2,795,800
19,645,150
22.00
350,771.03
16,153.54
8,183.80
32,000.00 }
20,650.93
12,008.66
442,091.30
1916
1917
17,275
3,958
5,061
11,326,050
5,916,700
17,242,750
1,530,000
18,772,750
23.40
379,561.18
17,657.22
10,464.99
13,450.00
19,871.65
14,833.40
449,404.35 l
1917
1918
17,353
3,904
5,043
11,519,250
5,912,150
17,431,400
1,644,975
19,076,375
23.40
413,680.07
18,851.06
10,597.62
43,450.00 }
21,532.85
11,719.08
522,252.43
1918
1919
18,114
3,973
5,169
12,203,650
6,048,425
18,252,075
1,951,500
20,203,575
26.20
488,671.38
18,714.38
12,182.89
15,474.00
22,040.33
8,015.26
597,830.22
1919
1920
18,371
3,981
4,585
12,799,450
6,079.350
18,878,800
2,206,600
21,085,400
29.50
569,876.17
19,111.76
12,381.78
57,174.00
23,923.39
9,098.07
708,821.41 }
1920
*2,177.13
+461.53
862.60
63,877. 11 J
1921
18,670
4,010
4,661
13,453,550
6,417,750
19,871,300
2,606,050
22,477,350
30.80
623,903.04
23,447.16
13,576.76 }
31.197.18
10,697.21 }
777,502.38 \
1921
*2,254.37
724.32
13,983.00 }
61,895.00 }
1004
14,021
3,319
4,137
7,945,700
5,867,625
13,813,325
*19.75
*19.51
*4,076.16
*20.00
*1,323.37
$18.75 |
*1,655.79
*20.00 1
1,731.04
67.65
136.46 f
1,621.29
52,40 )
*1,834.04
*200.00
*289.30
1,974.84
200.54
225.67
2,007.80
208.65
205.30
*65,799.25
2,131.59
284.00
286.41
58,158.56 f
13,755.05
57,174.00 } +545.34 5
$11,857.11
$9,540.04
237,107.27
10,561.13
*102.00
24,750.00
*1,502.39
133.25
*38,835.14 |
*Charles River Basin +State Highway. Miscellaneous Estimated Receipts.
Year
18.00
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
Supplemental Assessments.
30,700.00
Street Sprinkling Assessed.
23,585.21
Moth Tax Assessed.
173.13
Number of Residents Assessed
3,227
Number of Non-residents Assessed .
680
Number of Persons Assessed for Poll Tax only
3,084
Number of Horses Assessed.
117
Number of Cows Assessed.
260
Number of Dwellings Assessed
4,010
Valuation of Exempted Property
584,000.00
Houses of Religious Worship.
371,575.00
Literary and Benevolent Institutions .
212,525.00
Respectfully submitted, FRANK R. UPHAM JOSHUA T. NOWELL JOHN C. CROLLY,
Assessors
Report of Inspector of Wires
I respectfully submit the following report of the Wire Department for the year ending December 31, 1921
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FIRE ALARM SYSTEM-Four hundred and ten inspections of box movement's' were made making the necessary, repairs. Forty-one two-pin and twenty-three four-pin arms were replaced with new ones. Ten street boxes have been equipped with key-less doors. The sleet storm of, November 27th was the worst in years, it, completely crippled this system, as all 'street boxes and circuit were put out of commission. On "the afternoon of December 7th all boxes and circuits were working temporarily. Up to January 1st we re-run three and one-half miles of wire and replaced sixty-five cross arms damaged by the storm.
POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM .- Thirty two-pin and twenty-one four-pin arms have been replaced with new ones. Three hundred and five inspections have been made of box movements. Two miles of wire have been run in. The storm of November 27th disabled all but two boxes on the Police Signal System. The wire on this system will all have to be re-run. Up to January 1st we have pulled in three miles of new wire and replaced one hundred and two arms damaged by the storm. The Red Light System was all out of commission, the wire on this system will have to be pulled in new as it was practically ruined as the insulation has been chafed or burnt off in trees.
INSPECTION OF WIRES .- Seventeen hundred and six inspections of old and new work was made issuing Five hundred and ten permits, allowing current to be turned on.
RECOMMENDATIONS .- The purchase of an eight circuit repeater to be installed at Fire Alarm Headquarters. That a Fire Alarm Box be installed on every schoolhouse. That the City Wires be pulled in under- ground on Main Street from Goodyear Avenue to the Wakefield line.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED A. EDWARDS, Wire Inspector
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Report of Inspector of Buildings
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This is the banner year since 1913, 306 permits have been issued, which placed at a fair valuation amounts to $564,195.00 divided as follows:
66 Houses valued at. $326,750.00
120 Garages
73,465.00
30 other buildings valued at
58,935.00
90 Alterations 66 66
104,045.00
306
564,195.00
These figures are $213,385.00 more than those for 1920, and a larger proportion of the work has been actually carried on than in previous years.
Provisions have been made for the housing of 80 more families than there were accommodations for last year.
Because of the various problems this Department has been called upon to consider, this report must deal largely, with seeming needs and recommendations.
The erection of the Flax Block, on Main Street, has shown the need of a nearer fireproof construction on the inside of stores erected in the fire limits.
There should be a masonary wall, or one as good as a brick or cement filled partition, or one covered with wire laths and cement plaster, at certain intervals in a block of stores, the same to extend from a foundation in the cellar, to the roof.
This same block, has also shown the need of establishing street lines for building construction. If, the owner had exercised the right he had of building on the street line, it would have been 2 feet nearer than any building near it, and at least 6 feet nearer than Carter's Block (so called).
An act was accepted by the board some few years ago that gave the City power to do this, but no commission has as yet been appointed to district the city and put it in effect.
There has been some of the best building construction carried on this year that the Department has ever known, and some of the worst, the latter not so much in the strength of the material and the way it was put together, but, the covering of the walls, roofs, and the general design, and things over which the Department has no control, yet it is detrimental to the development of property in the immediate vicinity. Certain Court Decisions have recently been made, which may in a measure help to solve the problem.
There are as usual, those who will start alterations without a permit, and those who have no pride in their work, who do what they are obliged to do, and then only as pressure is brought to bear.
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CITY OF MELROSE
It is the aim of the Department to aid and encourage building develop- ment that is beneficial to the City, but, because of this attitude, some have tried to take advantage of it, and it is evident that some persons will have to be refused the right to build, or placed under bonds to assure compliance with the ordinances.
I wish to thank any and all who by constructive criticism, informa- tion, or in any way have aided in carrying on the work of this Department.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM S. ALLEN, Inspector of Buildings
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CITY OF MELROSE
Report of the Board of Health
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Dr. Clarence P. Holden
William A. Tomer
9 Winthrop Street 8 Greystone Road
Melvin A. Walter
39 Cleveland Street
OTHER OFFICERS
Mrs. Lillian H. Willey, Clerk.
Andrew J. Burnett, Plumbing and Sanitary Inspector.
C. H. Playdon, V. S., Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering.
Kenneth B. Hadley, Inspector of Food Products
Henry E. Berger, Inspector of Milk.
Dr. Albert E. Small, Dr. Edward L. Marr, Dr. Elizabeth Hirst, Dr. Joseph H. Fay, Medical Inspectors of Schools.
Mrs. Myrtle S. Meriam, Public Health Nurse.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Melrose :-
Gentlemen :- The Board of Health respectfully submits herewith its annual report for the year ending December 31st, 1921.
The membership is as follows, to wit,-Clarence P. Holden, M.D., William A. Tomer, and Melvin A. Walter.
General Health .- The general health of the city during the year 1921 as shown by the records of the Board of Health, also as shown by reports of deaths was remarkably good, there being only 207 deaths in the city, which is the lowest number during any one of the past five years.
Diphtheria .- There was a total of 69 cases of diphtheria with 3 deaths, all preventable by early diagnosis and proper treatment. In October, November and December the Board of Health received reports of 36 cases of diphtheria, nearly all in the Highlands district. Twelve of these were mild cases, in some of them the disease being confined to the nose alone, and the report was due to the vigilance of the school physicians, nurses, and teachers. What the discovery and isolation of twleve cases of diphtheria means to the community can hardly be meas- ured in terms of dollars and cents, but it certainly is worth many times the cost of medical inspection of schools in this city.
Typhoid Fever .- There were 6 cases of typhoid fever with 1 death and all cases originated outside of Melrose.
Influenza and pneumonia were responsible for 17 deaths.
Encephalitis Lethargica .- One case of encephalitis lethargica or sleeping sickness, which was fatal, occurred in 1921, but this was not contracted in Melrose.
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Tuberculosis .- Cases on the list Dec. 31, 1920. 33
New cases reported in 1921 16
New cases reported by death only1.10.238X4M 1 New cases reported by removals to Melrose from other places 3
Totalvolt wordterW. P. H 53
Disposition
To the arrested list. 2
Removals . 2
Deaths from tuberculosis. 14
Deaths from other causes
2
Total deaths. 16
Cases on the list Dec. 31, 1921. 29 Cases in hospitals during year 13 Expenditures in 1921. . .$767.78
The activities of the Melrose Anti-Tuberculosis Association has relieved the city of a considerable amount in the care of cases of tubercu- losis.
Summer Health and Play School .- The Board of Health assumed a general supervision of the Work of the Summer Health and Play School, a full report of which will be found in the report of the Public Health Nurse, anul! I momenat)- tre ot awolfol as ai qideredmom 9T
Bacteriology .- The bacteriological examination of milk is done by the Inspector of Milk" whose report follows in detail. Other bacteriological work is sent to the laboratories of the State Department of Health !
Vaccination .- Fifty-nine successful vaccinations have been performed at this office and ninety-four certificates of successful, vaccination have been issued.
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booday soft - MEDICAL, INSPECTION ,OF SCHOOLS to aMedical inspection of schools was inaugurated to assist in the control of contagious disease. «The scope of this work is changing so that to day the most important feature is along the lines of general physical welfare of our school children. . 'tis aicht m afoodfor ho goiforest fasthom lo fa ad &Rather: alarming reports of physical defects of school children have been made public in other cities.i In Melrose we find that by far the; larger number of defects refer to the teeth, throat and nosezaIn all such cases efforts are made to have treatment by their own physicians and dentists, and if this fails,ito secure freestreatmentdiat the Moses Page Dental Clinic at the Melrose Hospital, and operations foratonsils and adenoids.
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We do find, however, that too many children are underweight for their ages or undernourished. To combat this evil, we have the Summer Health and Play School, milk and lunches in the schools at nominal cost, and a constant effort for a more intelligent feeding of children at home,
Monthly weighing of pupils is being carried on in nearly all of the schools and the School Department through the physical directors and teachers, is doing work of great value. Education costs too much for us to neglect to put and keep our children FIT.
GARBAGE
The collection of garbage under the existing contracts was more satisfactory to the Board and we believe to the public than ever before .. With improved service the demands of the public, however, become more exacting, and the Board regrets to say that some householders will not recognize their own responsibilities, viz,"to provide suitable receptacles 10010 and put only drained household food waste into the garbage cans.
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BARBER SHOPS
The barber shops have been inspected, and are rated from a sanitary viewpoint as good, fair, and unclean-7 are rated good; 2 are rated fair; none are rated unclean, w modenicht kommen Iniwould adf
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Dairies are rated as good, fair, and unclean .- 18 were rated good; 8 were rated fair; none were rated unclean. 102 licenses were issued :- 53 to sell milk from stores; 28 to sell milk from wagons; 20 to sell oleo- margerine and 1 to sell ice-cream. i spilrend mathias od promis
For detailed facts as to the milk supply in Melrose, you are referred to the report of the Inspector of Milk.
BAKERY REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION
Inspection of bakeries is now required by law. During the year 10 bakeries have been registered; 2 have been discontinued. Many changes required by law and the regulations of the State Department of Public Health have been complied with. Sixty-five places selling food products inspected; 45 classed as good, 20 classed as fair.
NUISANCES
The following is a list of nuisances abated by order of the Board of Health or its agent, during the year and in parallel column, nuisances abated during the previous year.
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1920
921
Privy nuisance
2
1
Cesspool nuisance
13
3
Premises connected with sewer by order of Board.
1
Hen nuisance
3
1
Dumping nuisance
12
6
Uncleanly premises
7
7
Pig nuisance
2
2
Stagnant water
2
4
Defective plumbing
1
Defective drainage.
3
4
Exposed or offensive garbage
1
1
No water or defective supply
4
1
Collecting garbage without a permit.
10
Other nuisances.
4
3
Complaints investigated and no cause for complaint.
6
11
Dead animals buried.
63
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UNDERTAKERS
The following named undertakers hvae been licensed: Henry W Clark, John H. Gately, Fred T. Churchill, F. Sears Stetson, Albert J Walton, and Harry F. Ferguson.
BOARDING HOUSES FOR INFANTS
The Board has approved the applications of the following named persons to maintain boarding houses for infants :- Mrs. Mary E. Silver, Mrs. Nellie Crosby, Mrs. Dorothy Brown, Mrs. Helen Loeser, and Mrs Marie Mitchell.
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Table I FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1920
1920 Totals $14,700.00
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