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1921
1921 Totals $14,240.00
EXPENDITURES
General Administration
$1,778.25
$1,849.46
Salary of Board
$870.00
$870.00
Salary of Clerk.
653.42
758.00
Telephone ..
62.44
62.51
Stationery and Postage.
80.62
28.26
96.63
92.00
Transportation and use of car. Sundries
15.14
38.69
Other Expenses
$1,674.28
$1,685.99
Plumbing Inspection.
850.00
850.00
Vacation Plumbing Inspector.
25.00
25.00
Sanitary Inspection ...
250.00
250.00
Burial of Dead Animals
57.75
77.25
Dumps and Dump Signs
34.00
24.42
Medicine .
27.09
15.14
Office Supplies.
102.94
26.56
Transportation and use of car.
95.54
102.42
Ads and Reports .
116.75
62.25
Inspection of Slaughtering and Food ..
98.00
92.00
Inspection of Household Garbage Storage
128.00
Sundries.
17.21
32.95
Quarantine and Contagious Disease Hospital.
1,180.00
1,585.43
Maintenance of patients at Hos- pitals
835.06
1,203.00
Reimbursement of Other Cities ..
90.00
90.00
Transportation and use of car. Outside Aid.
254.94
1,815.08
1,850.00
Inspection of School Children.
450.00
450.00
Inspection of Milk.
100.00
100.00
Inspection of Animals and Slaughtering . .
165.08
200.00
Public Health Nurse
700.00
700.00
Milk Analyses.
400.00
400.00
Refuse and Garbage Disposal.
5,226.62
5,760.0
Outside Aid
1.85
37.03
Board and Supplies in Hospitals
321.94
625.00
Sputum Cups.
15.75
Transportation and use of car ....
90.00
Total Expenditures.
$11,998.02
$13,498.66
Revenues of Board of Health.
$515.63
$507.64
Licenses .. .
$49.00
Reimbursements
466.63
$58.00 449.64
767.78
Tuberculosis
323.79
292.43
Inspection. . .
Total Appropriations
Table II
CASES AND DEATHS OF DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH BY MONTHS
This table includes all cases (with their deaths) irrespective of whether cases were transported into the city from elsewhere or were contracted outside of the city; also all deaths of Melrose cases dying in hospitals out of town."
Tuberculosis
Diphtheria
Scarlet
Fever
Fever
Measles.
Whooping" Cough 8 (=)
15 0
35'00
Ophthalmia
Poliomyelitis
Pulmonary
and Miliary
Meningeal
Other
Forms
Totals for Months
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
January .
8
February .
3
2
1
.
15
1
March .
2
. .
21
3
April.
4
.
·
12
2
June.
7
1
.
6
2
July . .
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September . .
51.
3
October. . ..
12
1
4
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.
18
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November. .
13
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December ..
11
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&16
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35
2
Totals ....
69
3
43
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6
1
29
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19
13
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3
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17
*One case and resultant death of Encephalitis Lethargica (Sleeping Sickness).
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6
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May.
2
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August. . .
3
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13
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1
1
1
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14
1
1:
124646
:3
120 .5.
Smallpox
Neonatorum
Months
353'
Typhoid
.
1
Table III
CASES AND DEATHS OF CERTAIN DISEASES EACH YEAR FOR TEN YEARS
This table includes all cases (with their deaths) irrespective of whether cases were transported into the city from elsewhere or were . contracted outside of the city; also all deaths of Melrose cases dying out of town.
Tuberculosis
Diphtheria
Scarlet
Fever
Typhoid
Measles
Whooping
Smallpox
Ophthalmia
Poliomyelitis
Pulmonary
and
Miliary
Meningeal
Other
Forms
¥1.81
Years
19071912.
Cases
„Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
"Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Death
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
1912.
18
1
17
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9
1
381
1
194
1
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4
3
22
13
1
2
1913
17
2
71
7
2
46
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2
29
1
1915.
41
1
62
2
15
.
1
14
1
11
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1916.
14
1
=
4
42
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.
290
2
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.
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1917 .
85
1918
24
2
20
1
3
1
50
10
2
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1919
13
3
48
3
3
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4
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1920
32
2
42
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3
43
9
1
29
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19
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1921.
69
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4
367
1
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4
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12
9
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11
65
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9
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2
1
2
23
10
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16
12
2
15
13
1
3
1
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17
3
22
12
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10
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16
18
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15
11
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1914
86
3
69
3
31.
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7
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6
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15
10
2
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476
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2-3
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Fever
Cough
Neonatorum
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1
16
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4
3
5
Table IV INFANT MORTALITY (Not including Stillbirths)
AGES
YEAR 1921
Total under 1 yr.
Under 1 day
1-2 days
2-3 days
3 days to 1 week
1-2 weeks
2-3 weeks
3 wks. to 1 mo.
1-2 mos.
2-3 mos.
-
- 3-6 mos.
6-9 mos.
mos.
January . .
3
.. 1
February .
March.
2
April .
1
1
May .
3
2
June .
1
1
July . .
3
1
2
August . .
September
3
1
2
.
October. .
1
1
November .
2
1
1
December.
2
1
1
Male .
6
1
1
·
1
2
3
2
White. .
20
5
4
2
3
3
2
2
Colored.
1
1
.
·
.
1
1
2
Female.
15
4
3
9-12
1
1
2
1
Table V
INFANT MORTALITY
AGES
YEAR 1921
Class
Cause of Death
No.
Total
under 1 year
Under
1 day
1 to 2
days
2 to 3
days
3 days to 1 week
1 to 2
weeks
2 to 3
weeks
3 weeks to
1 month
months
2 to 3
months
3 to 6
6 to 9
months
9 to 12
months
64
Cerebral Hemorrhage . ...
M
F
1
78
Acute Endocarditis
F.
1
M
F
1
1
1
1
91
Bronchopneumonia
F
2
1
1
104
Diarrhoea and en- teritis.
M
·
F
2
M
F
1
1
150-2 Congenital malfor- mations of heart. . 151 Congenital debility, icterus and sclerema ; premature birth ....
M
2
1
1
F
4
3
M
F
1
M
1
1
152-1 Injuries at birth . . . .
F
1
1
152-2
Other causes peculiar
M
F
1
1
168
to early infancy . . Absorption of delete-
rious gases, conflagra- tion excepted . ..
M F
1
1
1
·
89 Acute Bronchitis . ..
M
2
2
1
151-2 Congenital debility .
1
M
1
1
months
3.31
Table VI CONTAGIOUS DISEASES Age and Sex
DISEASES
Under 5 *
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65-74
75 and over
Totals
Anterior Poliomyelitis. . . .
F.
1 5
17
3
9
4
19
2 0
11:
5
M
8
19
5
1
F
5
12
4
1
M̧
1
2
1
1
1
14
3
9
2
15
Measles
F
8
7.
5
1
F
2
5
5'
1
M
2
of Ophthalmia Neonatorum ..
·1
7
....
M
2
1
5
Pneumonia, Lobar ..
F+
7
6
25
.
.
MA
1
Sleeping Sickness .
M
7
6
M
1
21
9
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)
1
M.
2
F
3
M
3
Typhoid Fever.
F M
1
V." Whooping Cough
·
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ILSVEL KOKLYTILA
.
1
2
Chicken-pox !!!!. Fr
36
Diphtheria ...
5
German Measles.
2
19
6
6
13
Mumps.vous.v.
. 2
1
1.5
18
VENHO VLONLINE
6
11
Scarlet Fever. (Encephalitis Lethargica)
F
7
Suppurative Conjunc": . tivitis .
6
10
2
14 Tuberculosis (other forms)
2
1
1
31
· 3
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CITY OF MELROSE gaidmal fo yalevant do fogo A
INFANT MORTALITY
2
Year
Births
. Deaths.of Children under 1 Year
431
Rate of Mortality of Children l'under 1 year per 1,000 of Kken Children Born m. 12 rodmoM
1915
393
26
1916
384
22
1917
339
23
p.d .66.10 1 Tdper bulletins de 56170, to mainto? sk G 67.841 komme Gel . 05.11 / 10 336mm
1918
430
28
1919
405
21
1920
390
22
56.41 / 1o 1Min
1921
465
21
52.76
1
There were 11 stillbirths during the year 1921:1 21 3afin:5
eisminA lo sorasgant lo 110028
ESTIMATED POPULATION APRIL 1, 1921 -18,679 1 .
3 Apparent death rate aper,
1916 19171, 1918 6161 1920 ¥192I
1,000 population 12.13 15.35 16:00 11.88 12,82 11.67 Corrected death rate, per
1,000 population 12,70 15.29 17.00 12.05 12:46 12.43
NOTE .- The corrected death rate is found by eliminating the records of all non- residents dying in Melrose and adding the records of all Melrose residents dying elsewhere, as shown by the records of the City Clerk.
Report of Inspector of Plumbing
Number of applications received . 259
Number of permits granted. 259
Number of sinks installed . 149
Number of wash trays installed .
93
Number of water closets installed .
174
Number of bath tubs installed .
123
Number of wash bowls installed
139
Number of shower baths installed
2
Number of urinals installed.
2
Number of pressure boilers installed.
64
Number of pantry sinks installed
1
Number of floor drains installed
3
Number of traps replaced
49
Number of lead bends replaced.
4
Number of washing machines installed
3
Number of refrigerators connected.
1
Number of soil pipes and vents renewed.
1
Number of old buildings connected with sewer 11
Number of old buildings connected with cesspools.
1
Number of new buildings connected with sewer . 40
Number of new buildings connected with cesspools
21
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW J. BURNETT,
Plumbing Inspector
Report of Inspector of Animals
To the Board of Health, City of Melrose,-
Gentlemen :- I wish at this time to submit my report as Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering for the year 1921. During the early part of the year a tour of inspection, covering every place where cattle were kept, were made and the condition of both live stock and premises reported. Suggestions for betterment of conditions in many cases were offered and upon further investigation found to have been carried out satisfactorily.
Cattle showing evidence of contagious or infectious disease were dis- posed of; two cases of rabies were destroyed and one treated by the Lederle Anti-rabic method, which case up to the present time is in perfect condition. Several suspicious cases were reported from time to time, but upon careful investigation were proven to be free from any symptoms to cause alarm.
Very truly yours, C. H. PLAYDON, M. D. V. Inspector of Animals
Report of Inspector of Milk
Board of Health, Melrose, Mass.,
Gentlemen :- My report as Inspector of Milk for your Board during the year 1921 is as follows:
During the year 230 samples of milk were taken from the various dealers. These samples were all analyzed chemically and bacteriologically. The appended tables give in a concise way the results of the year's work. Those dealers having a number of less than 12 samples are beginners in the milk business and consequently have not had the regular number of samples taken.
On the whole the results are very gratifying, the majority of samples coming under the arbitrarily chosen limit of 20-50,000 bacteria per c.c. Table No. 11 shows this grouping clearly. The reader should bear in mind that a low bacterial count indicates cleanliness and freshness of the product; while a high fat and total solid content means high food value. The best milk for general use is one having a low count and high percentage of fats and total solids. For purposes of comparison, the tables show the State Law requirements of fats and total solids.
Respectfully,
H. E. BERGER, JR.
Milk Inspector
TABLE No. I
No. 2
*MEDIAN NUMBER OF BACTERIA PER C. C. FOR EACH DEALER AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AVERAGE 1921
| PERCENTAGE OF SAMPLES WITHIN CERTAIN LIMITS
DEALER
Median Number Bacteria Per C. C.
No. of. Samples
1
Excel-
V. Good 10,000
Good 20,000 to 50,000
Fair 50,000 to 100,000
Poor 10,000 to 300,000
Antunes, G. E.
63,000
2
3.65
12.53
Bloss, W. C ..
80,000-
12
3.552
12.00
8.33
8.33
100,000 66.66
16.66
Bucci, Alexander.
10,000
2
$3.67
12.43
50.00
50.00
Cefalo, James.
24,000€
4
=3.5
11. 58
50.00
.
50.00
Forbes Bros. .
29,000z
1.24
3.75
12.10
12.5 >
16.66
45.80
25.00
Goldsmith, G. B ..
38,000
=12
=3.65
12.24
16.66
8.33 €
41.66
16.66
16.66
Hood, H. P. & Son
14,500
24.
53.55
12.69
42.00
17.00
26.00
8.00
4 .
Howard, Mrs. E. J.
8,000-
$12
C5.35
13.95
58.33
25.00
41.66
Kiley, R. J ..
47,000
-12
=3.5 3
مشبسون
3.65
12.21
$8.33
50.00
41.66
Manning, J. S .. .
21,000
~12
3.9
12.51
33.33
16.66 €
50.00
Munn, T. J. & Son
36,000
12
=3.7
12.28
16.66
8.33
41.66
33.33
Penney, H. J ..
41,000
12-
$3.55
11:86
8.33
8.335
50.00
33.33
Quinn, M. J ..
28,000
12
$3.65
12.24
8.33
58.33
33.33
Roulston, R ..
42,000
,12
4.1
12.61
16.66
8.33
33.33
25.00
16.66
Spear, C. W ..
60,000
12
$3.65-
512.18
8.33
16.66
58.33
16.66
Spratt, Mrs. Abbic.
16,000
12
4.0
12.73
41.66
25.00
16.66
16.66
Fallon, Mrs. C. F. .
38,000
2
4.15.
13.39
50.00
50.00
Turner Centre.
26,000
-12
3.85
12.49
25.00
16.66
41.66
16.66
White, James ..
47,500
3.25
11.56
Whiting, D. & Sons
26,000
:12
$3.7
: 12.23
33.33
8.33
50.00
8.33
%
lent
Fats
Solids
under 10,000
to 20,000
Witte pot
2
100.00
Lord, C. G .. .
44,000
¥12
12.03
Lane, Frank.
3,000
12.91
-
*Median-the middle term selected after the counts have been arranged
in the order of their magnitude. State law requires 3.35 12.00.
.
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Report of Public Health Nursing Service
INFANT WELFARE
un.In the past year this work has been carried on as formerly. "As it is not possible tovisit every home where there is a new born baby, Visits are made where advice and help in the care of the baby seems most needed. Follow up calls are matte as long as the nurse can be of assistance to the mother, Help and instruction' in the care of infected eyes are given and usually several calls are necessary in these cases." Books obtained from the Health Department on infant care are given the mothers; diet lists are also provided for children of one year; eighteen months and two years. I have frequent requests for diet lists for older children, which can also
SCHOOL NURSING
The work of the School Nurse has been carried on as in former years, under the direction of the Board of Health and in co-operation with the School Department. Each school is visited in so far as is possible, twice a week, and class room inspection and examination of pupils carried on, Children requiring a diagnosis are referred to the School Physician or sent to the office of the Board of Health for examination and treatment. Cases of children who have a regular family physician are requested to consult such physician .. Calls are made in the homes to investigate absences from school unless it is known that the children are having medical atten- tion. In this way valuable information is obtained which often prevents serious illness and the spread of a contagious disease ... In the past year very few children have been excluded from school on account of theicon- tagious skin diseases of which the most rrevalent are impetigo, ringworm,! and scabies.
Pupils in all grades are showing better care of the teeth .[.After exami- nation a notice is sent to the parents when necessary, that there ares cavities, or other defects that require attention, In this way, the six, year molars, which many mothers have not learned are the first permanent teeth, are preserved .. The Page Dental Clinic at the Melrose Hospital has done much valuable work for the school children in the past few years; may we hope that in the near future this work may be extended so that every child, at the proper time may have the care needed what they This year shows a large number of operations for the removal of tonsils and adenoids, but there are still a great many children in the schools who would enjoy better health and show less susceptibility 19 disease if this operation were performed. When advisable, children are taken to the Eye and Ear Infirmary of the Massachusetts General Hospital for examination and treatment, All of our schools new bave
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scales and the children are weighed and measured monthly; schoolroom charts are kept and individual gain or loss carefully checked. There are nutrition clinics in all the schools where milk and cookies are served at a reasonable price,-those who cannot pay, but need the food, receiving it free of charge; so by the co-operation of the principals the Summer Health School work is continued throughout the school year. Talks have been given the children on the value of milk, and pamphlets obtained from the Department of Agriculture distributed in the homes, which have helped materially in the work. The health and attendance of the pupils have been good since the opening of the schools in September, until just before the Christmas recess when there was an outbreak of measles and mumps in two sections of the city.
During the year I have met with hearty co-operation on the part of teachers, parents, and children; my indebtedness is acknowledged to them all.
SUMMER HEALTH AND PLAY SCHOOL
The second session of the Summer Health and Play School was held during the summer of 1921 for a period of six weeks. The School Board generously permitted the use of the High School lunch-room for preparing and serving the meals; a room in the Sewall School and the playground. This location was ideal, furnishing plenty of space with shade for play and rest. Play apparatus, loaned by the Park Commission was set up and much enjoyed. The central location gave the public a better opportunity to become acquainted with the work that was being done and a large number of prominent citizens and representatives from various organiza- tions visited the school, among them the Rotary Club, who attended in a body. As a result of this visit the children enjoyed an auto trip to the beach and also a weekly treat to ice cream at the Club's expense.
The children who attended the school were selected by the principals and the School Nurse after careful study. They were all below the normal health standard, many lacking proper food and care at home. As many of the mothers are obliged to be at work during the day, the children are left mainly to their own devices, resulting in irregular meals, improper feeding and exhaustion, and many times in serious illness.
The school opened July 5th with an enrollment of 47 pupils; 32 girls and 15 boys ranging in age from six to twelve years. The average daily attendance was 40, though the number could easily have been brought to 60 had equipment and funds been available.
The children were examined on entering and closing and were under nursing inspection and supervision daily. Each child was weighed and measured on entering and weekly thereafter during the school session. The gain was watched with interest both by the teachers and pupils and on closing a notice was sent to the parents stating the child's improvement and urging that the work be continued in the home. The attendance was
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remarkable; children who were obliged to be absent, finding ready sub- stitutes so that the full quota was assured for every session.
School assembled at nine o'clock in the Sewall building and the program for the day opened with flag salute, roll call and songs, after which came games, reading, story-telling, etc., in which the teachers supervised or took part. A lunch of milk and cookies was provided at ten o'clock, dinner at twelve, milk again at three p.m., after which the children were dismissed for the day. After the noon-day meal there was an hour for rest or sleep; cots being set up in the shade outdoors and each child given a blanket if needed. This is considered an important part of the health program as most children do not get a proper amount of rest during the day. The boys and girls were taught to wash before meals and clean their teeth afterwards; toothbrushes being provided them free of charge. On cool days walks were taken to the park at Ell Pond.
The menu from week to week was about the same, the noon-day meal consisting of a hot, nourishing dish, sandwiches and pudding or ice cream. On the closing day a number of prizes were awarded for attendance and good behavior. All of the children gained in weight and appeared to have been benefited by their attendance in the school.
In closing I will briefly touch upon the object of the Summer Health and Play School. It provides special hygienic care for delicate children found in the schoolroom inspection. It emphasizes the need of supervised outdoor play during the summer vacation and provides a safe, temporary place for children left alone at home and who need care. It demonstrates to the city the value of a general health program, the school serving as an index to this, and standing before the people as a contribution to the welfare of the children of the community.
Respectfully submitted,
MYRTLE S. MERIAM, R. N.
Public Health Nurse
Report of City Physician
To the Honorable Mayor and. Board of Aldermen: d 11: 1 0 > 13! Visits made for the Charity. Department:
Fre;To, patients in their homes ........... . 234: Office calls. ........... 108 2.742 2000,
Visits made for the Health Department: {
... To patients in their homes.
To patients at the hospital . ,.47 Visits of inspection and consultation 121
Office treatment for pupils of the public schools. 57
Visits for the Police Department 11
Vaccinations. 59
Respectfully submitted,
CLARENCE P. HOLDEN, M. D. City Physician
Report of City Solicitor
m
Hon. Angier L. Goodwin, Mayor, City Hall, Melrose, MassT Dear Sir :-
T. I beg leave to submit herewith annual report of the Law Department for the year 1921
No suits have been brought against the city during the past year and the only cases now pending are those of Charles S. Boyce and John Brooks, which were brought in. 1909 and which have never been pressed for trial.
A few minor claims for damages were made during the year which, after investigation and under authority of the Committee on Legal and Legislative Matters, have been settled for comparatively small amounts and relcases obtained,
The growth of the city's business seems to be reflected in the number of. opinions required, new: ordinances drafted, orders drawn and confer- ences held on general legal matters which go to make up the routine work of this office.
Hearings have been held by the Trustees of the Eastern Massachu- setts Street Railway Company in an attempt to obtain better street car service and hearings are now in progress before the Public Utilities Com- mission looking toward a reduction in the price of both gas and electricity.
As a preliminary step toward more adequate school facilities, the city has acquired during the past year two parcels of land, one adjoining the Whittier School! on Eleventh Street and the "Keating Stables", so called, which will eventually be used as a playground in connection with the Lincoln School. Options have also been obtained on all the land required for the erection of the proposed addition to the Warren School and the new school building contemplated for the Southeast District.
TTIO Respectfully submitted, O
CHARLES H. GILMORE
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Report of Overseers of the Poor
PARTIAL SUPPORT
Individuals aided 247
Adults
94
Children .
153
Having settlement in Melrose.
128
Having settlement elsewhere in the State.
52
Having no known settlement.
67
Families Aided.
73
Having settlement in Melrose
46
Having settlement elsewhere in State
11
Having no known settlement
16
FULL SUPPORT
Supported in private families. 2
Children boarded by the State .
8
At Massachusetts Hospital School
2
Supported at Malden City Home
1
Supported at State Infirmary
6
Cases discharged
1
Deaths.
1
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Appropriation $1,250.00 $1,250.00
Salaries of the Board.
1,050.00
Expended.
165.88
Excess and Deficiency
34.12 $1,250.00
OUTSIDE RELIEF BY CITY
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Transfer from Mothers' Aid .
600.00 $5,600.00
Expended.
$5,595.00
Excess and Deficiency
5.00 $5,600.00
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
RELIEF BY OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS Appropriation
$4,500.00
Reimbursements from Individuals.
145.15
10.00
12.86 $4,668.01
Expended
$4,601.30
Excess and Deficiency
66.71 $4,668.01
MOTHERS' AID
Appropriation
$5,500.00
Less transfer to Outside Relief
600.00 $4,900.00
Expended .
4,107.33
Excess and Deficiency
792.67 $4,900.00
RECEIPTS
Reimbursements from individuals.
$30.00
Reimbursements from Commonwealth .
3,428.38
Reimbursements from Other Cities and Towns
475.83 $3,934.21
ELEANOR BROWN TOOTHAKER FUND
Jan. 1, 1921
$1,434.20
Interest 1920
61.47
Interest 1921
57.37 $1,553.04
Expended
24.84 $1,528.20
COMMUNUTY CIVICS CLASS, MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL
Liberty Bond
$50.00
Balance from 1920.
4.99
Interest received 1921
2.12
$57.11
THE A. C. MARIE CURRIER FUND
Balance from 1920
$1,395.81
From the Trustees.
2,000.00 $3,395.81
Expended
$1,257.72 $2,138.09
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CITY OF MELROSE
At Christmas 1921, dinners were given to 118 families. The clothing for the children of the worthy poor consisted of the following :- 178 pairs boots; 88 pairs stockings; 62 pairs rubbers; 7 pairs boots repaired; 6 pairs underwear; 12 waists; 12 dresses; 12 rompers; 4 pairs pants.
There has been a decrease in cost and cases under the Mothers' Aid Act, through a variety of causes. Becoming self-supporting; age limit of children, marriage and removals account for the most of it, but some others, by their own acts, rendered themselves ineligible under this law and reverted to Temporary Aid.
It has been the purpose of this Board to consider the giver of aid, the tax-payer, as well as the receiver, and while it has been our aim to aid the worthy and prevent suffering, an effort has been made to investigate as fully as possible all requests for assistance, and to oblige those able to work, to support themselves to the fullest extent. To discriminate between the worthy and unworthy who apply for aid, and to successfully prevent the increase of pauperism, is, indeed, a perplexing problem which can be solved only by constant watchfulness, experience and an intimate knowledge of all conditions, on the part of the officials of the Charity Department.
The houseing problem is a big factor in this city, especially among the poor, as rents have been increased in every instance.
The members of the Board invite the co-operation of all citizens who are willing to contribute money, food, clothing, or furniture for families in need, and especially in aid of families, who, in time of sickness or misfortune, may, by private relief, be prevented from becoming public charges.
We would express our appreciation for the work and services rendered by the City Physician in co-operation with this Board. The Melrose Hospital has also rendered valuable service to our outside poor during the past year.
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