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Special Officers
William Balfour, Jr. Mark Folan James McDonough Gerard T. Chisholm George A. Smith
Francis T. Riley William T. Mullane Francis Mingles John Makie
Arrests for Following Offences
Accosting women
1 Loaded revolver
1
Assault
28
Manslaughter
1
Assault with knife
3
Milk Law violation
1
Attempt to commit larceny
2
Narcotic Law violation
3
A. W. O. L. from Militia
1
Neglect of family
20
Breaking and entering and lar. 30
Perjury
1
Collecting junk, no license
1
Runaways
3
Conspiracy
2
Receiving stolen property
1
Cruelty to animals
1 Rape
2
Disturbing the peace
13
Stealing ride on train
1
Default
2
Setting fires in the open
1
Disorderly house
1
Suspicious persons
6
Drunkenness
157
Sodomy
1
Electricity work, no license
2
Trespass
1
Escape
3
Unlawful app. of team
2
Exposure of person
1
Violation of automobile law
54
Injury to property
2
Violation of liquor law
15
Indecent pictures
1 Violation of Lord's Day
5
Insane
11 Violation of Immigration law
1
Larceny
33 Violation of Probation
12
Lewdness
5 Violation of Town By-Law
1
INSPECTING BUSINESS HAZARDS
MOTOR EQUIPMENT OF NORWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT
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POLICE PATROL
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Disposition of Cases as Follows
Appealed
5 Delivered to Capt. of Co. G 1
Committed to House of Cor. 30 Delivered to parents 9
Committed to State Farm 7 Discharged
16
Committed to Lyman School
3 Fined
99
Committed to Shirley School 4 Filed
52
Committed to Psyc. Hospital 2 Held for Grand Jury
3
Committed to Foxboro Hosp.
8 Probated and Susp. sentences
91
Committed to Medfield Hosp.
3 Nol prossed
3
Delivered to other Departs.
26 Released
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SIX YEARS OF MOTOR VEHICLE DEATHS
35000
32500
30000
27500
25000
32,500
31,215
22500
27.966
23,509
21,926
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26 27 28 29 30
OUR GREATEST KILLER
Miscellaneous Duties Performed
Accidents reported and investigated 186
Automobile accidents in which people were injured 145
Complaints investigated by police 670
Dead bodies cared for 4
Delivered to Public Welfare 3
25,851
220
Deaths as result of automobile accidents
2
Defective drains reported
2
Defective sewers reported
2
Disturbances suppressed without arrest
78
Insane persons taken care of
11
Liquor raids
17
Lost children restored to parents
17
Lodgers at lockup
37
Missing persons reported
19
Sick and injured persons assisted
38
Vacant houses reported and cared for
36
Ambulance calls
98
Value of property stolen in town
$4570.00
Value of property recovered
$3620.00
Value of property recovered for other towns
$5200.00
Total number of arrests for year 1930
433
Males
417
Females
16
Arrests for other Police Departments
26
Total amount of fines
$2845.00
Total amount of liquor fines
$1000.00
Total amount of fines paid in Superior Court
$ 250.00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. SULLIVAN,
Chief of Police.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
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Mr. C. A. Bingham, Town Manager, Norwood, Massachusetts
Sir :-
Report of the Norwood Fire Department for the year ending December 31st, 1930, is submitted hereon. This report shows number and kinds of alarms received and responded to, the amount of water pumped, chemi- cals used, hose stretched, value of property at risk and the fire loss.
Alarms were responded to as follows:
From Fire Alarm Street Boxes
67
Boxes sent out from headquarters
19
Still Alarms 188
Squad Calls
76
Out of Town Calls
2
Total 352
These alarms were for fires as follows:
Automobile fires
10
Business building fires
9
Chimney fires 5
Dwelling House fires 25
4
False Alarms
25
Mercantile Building fires
Garage fires
2
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Miscellaneous fires Tenement House fires Unnecessary Alarms Woods, Grass, Brush, etc.
58
7
22
185
Total
352
The number of alarms received each month during the year follows:
January 12 February 6 March
71 April
73
May 25
June
10
July
16
August 12
September 38 October 53
November 18 December 18
At these various fires, the Department used approximately 750,765 gals. of water, 75 gallons of soda and acid mixture and 27} gallons of foam; 47,100 feet of 2 inch hose, 7,400 feet of 12 inch hose, and 17,450 feet of 2} inch hose; and raised 885 feet of ladders.
No new apparatus was added to the equipment during the year; the personnel of both the Paid and the Call Departments was not increased but it is up to the standard of the average department in the State.
Hose
There is in service, 5500 feet of 2} inch hose, Cotton Rubber Lined, which is classified as 4000 feet good, 1500 feet poor; more 2} inch hose should be purchased so that a sufficient amount would be on hand at all times to make a complete change if necessary on three pieces of apparatus. Enough 12 inch hose to answer the needs for the coming year is on hand; the 2 inch Chemical hose was given a severe test during the fall and while there is 1200 feet of it on hand about 400 feet is classed as poor; more of this should be purchased.
Inspections
Numerous inspections of buildings, cellars, factories, stores, tenements, rear yards, etc., were inspected and hazards removed; in no case was it necessary to issue a second order for the correction of a fire hazard which existed when inspections were made.
Remarks
The men of the paid department have been doing traffic duty at the crossing of Nahatan Street and Washington Street; two men are sent with the Police Ambulance when it responds to an accident or sick call; false alarms were just as numerous during 1930 as during 1929; this is a costly item and deprives the residents of the Town of the proper protection which a Fire Department affords. I am still of the opinion that a new house should be located in the lower section of Town and a ladder placed in service there.
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Fire Loss
The figures given here are approximate; as usual the largest loss comes from one or two fires.
Value of Buildings and Contents $769,400.00 Loss on Buildings and Contents 152,034.58
a slight increase over the fire loss of 1929, during which year the big loss was occasioned by two large fires.
In conclusion, I wish to extend my thanks to the Town Manager, the members of the Town Government, the various departments and the heads of each department, the Press and the citizens of the Town, for the aid given me during the year just passed. The work of the Department members is to be commended; their proficiency and attention to duty was in a great measure, the means of keeping the fire loss down; on but one occasion (the Civic Association Fire) was it necessary to send out a second alarm and a call for assistance from a neighboring town.
Respectfully,
JOHN J. HANNIGAN, Chief.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CEMETERY DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1930
Mr. C. A. Bingham,
General Manager,
The department has done the usual kind of work, namely: interments, maintenance, construction, foundations and private work.
Have made 127 interments and 4 removals.
Sold 19 Lots and 30 single graves. Graded and seeded 1154 square yards of land and have put in 100 markers for single graves, laid 560 feet of 2" water pipe and also made some small lots of 4, 6 and 8 graves in Section No. 35.
Owing to the unemployment situation there was $2000 extra money appropriated for the department and with the regular men and 50 extra men have cleared the brush, trees and stone from 1950 square yards of land at a depth of 5 feet.
The Main Avenues, St. Catherine, St. Mary, St. Martin, St. Cecelia, St. James, St. Paul and Holy Cross Avenues, have been dressed with sand and asphalt binder which makes all the Avenues in good condition and will not need anything done to them for the year 1931.
Would recommend for the year 1931 that some of the 4-foot walks be dressed over with crushed stone and binding which will keep them cleaner. There are two short avenues that should be dressed over with gravel or crushed stone and binding. Will need loam for part of the section that was dug over in 1930.
There should be a section of land prepared in the Catholic part this year.
For the Old Parish Cemetery would recommend that the front and back avenues be dressed over the same as the other avenue and that an iron fence be put around the whole Cemetery.
Would recommend that the department get the same appropriation this year as it did in 1930.
GEORGE A. SMITH,
Superintendent.
REQUIRES SKILL TO TEST
JENNEY CASOLINE
THE LATEST GASOLENE PUMP
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Town Manager, “:
For the Selectmen of Norwood:
The following Scales, Weights and Measures were tested and sealed, or condemned, during the year 1930:
Sealed
Condemned
Platform Scales, over 5000 lbs.
18
1
Platform Scales, under 5000 lbs.
70
1
Spring Scales, over 100 lbs.
12
1
Spring Scales, under 100 lbs.
33
2
Computing Scales
61
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Counter Scales
47
-
Counter Scales, over 100
6
Personal Weighing Scales
5
Prescription Scales
5
Apothecary Weights
60
Avoirdupois Weights
378
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Metric Weights
40
Gasoline Pumps
55
Kerosene Pumps
10
Quality Stops
300
School Scales
12
Yard Measures
245
Liquid Measures
504
Leather Measures
8
-
Cloth Measures
6
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The following inspections were made:
Number of each Tested
Found Correct
Found Under- Weight
Found Over- Weight
Bread
80
72
S
Butter
365
91
274
Flour
85
74
2
9
Fruit and Vegetable
65
58
7
Dry Commodities
60
50
10
Confectionary
-45
43
2
Sugar
75
72
3
Meat and Provisions
80
80
Coke in bags
26
22
4
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Number of each Tested
Found Correct
Found Under- Weight
Found Over- Weight
Coal in bags
20
16
4
Coal in transit
40
32
4
4
Kindling Wood in bags Grain and Food
30
28
2
Hay
12
12
Ice
70
58
12
Dry Goods
12
10
2
Marking Bread
18
18
Marking Food Packages
3S
32
Milk Jars
40
40
Ice Cream Containers
36
36
Paper and Fibre Cartons
18
18
Wholesale Milk Cans
30
30
Ice Scales
14
14
Peddlers Scales
26
26
Peddlers Licenses
25
There has been a considerable amount of reweighing of articles this past year, more so than in other years, especially butter. Some of this is undoubtedly due to the automatic machinery which is now being used by some of the larger concerns in cutting and weighing. This coming year should show a big improvement in this respect owing to the perfecting of the machinery used.
When I first became Sealer of Weights and Measures in Norwood the gasoline filling stations were equipped with one gallon pumps. Later the five gallon pumps were installed. The photograph (page 227) will show the latest type of filling station which is now operating here in Norwood. In each of the cabinets there are six dials which replace the hoses used in the older type of pump. These dials are operated by electricity and will pump five gallons of gas in sixty seconds.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY M. KING,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR
To the Town Manager,
For the Selectmen of Norwood.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the following as the annual report of the Inspector of Buildings of the Town of Norwood for the year 1930:
No. Permits Issued
Estimated Value $190,800.00 36,700.00
Single Dwellings
44
Double Dwellings
5
Alterations and Additions (including houses and garages)
155
113,602.00
New Garages
57
17,100.00
Sheds
25
4,755.00
New Stores
3
40,000.00
Storage House
1
40,000.00
New School
1
110,000.00
Addition to Light Plant
1
11,000.00
New Greenhouse
1
1,200.00
New Gasoline Station
1
6,000.00
Minor additions (without extra cost)
13
Total
307
$571,157.00
Number of Inspections made
1316
Number of Inspections made in 1930 on 1929 jobs
217
Total number of Inspections
1533
During the year 1930 I have not issued as many permits as the previous year although the estimated value of the buildings is a trifle more than last year, due to more single dwellings, new stores, storage house being built and an addition to the Light Plant. The new East School was also built during the past year which I found during my tours of inspections was not what I called a fire proof building and although the State Depart- ment was inclined to think that fire stops were not needed throughout the building, these were added between each room from the ceiling to the roof.
The Building Inspector in behalf of the Building Code Committee of which he is a member, wishes to state that although the Committee has been working on the new code all year with great many changes, it is now ready to go to the press and will be ready for publication about the latter part of March, 1931.
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The Building Inspection Department of the Town of Norwood wishes to be of help to the home builders, owners and architects as well as to enforce the laws and invites all that wish to build or buy in Norwood, to consult with the Department where advice or information will be gladly given.
Respectfully submitted,
F. M. DOUGLASS, Building Inspector.
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FORESTRY DEPARTMENT REPORT
Mr. C. A. Bingham,
General Manager.
During the year 1930 we removed 27 Shade Trees the most of them removed on account of new developments.
New shade trees (144) were purchased and planted which are essential to the attractiveness of the Town. Beside tree removals and planting we removed much dead wood and trimmed as far as funds would permit, of low limbs obscuring the electric lights.
Sprayed over 3000 street shade trees and most of the trees on private property.
Painted the gypsy moth egg clusters found on private property. There is a decrease of the gypsy moth this year in most sections of the Town, but still a good many egg clusters are to be found scattered generally throughout the Town. We compare very favorably with the cleanest of the Towns but of course means continued careful search for egg clusters.
We still seem to be clear of Brown Tail Moths though they are numerous in some sections of the state yet, especially near the New Hampshire line.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER H. METCALF.
Note: Mr. Metcalf passed from our midst on February eighth.
ONE OF THE FORESTRY DEPARTMENTS SPRAYERS
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PLAYGROUND REPORT 1930
To the Town Manager,
The Playground opened June 30, 1930, with a staff of twelve directors operating five grounds. From the beginning the attendance was larger than previous seasons. A roll call showed over fourteen hundred regular playground participants.
At mid-season the Annual Parents' Night was held. This activity is planned to bring the Neighborhood together to see and participate in the wholesome recreation, the Playgrounds are endeavoring to further in Norwood. Hundreds of visitors were seen at the different grounds. The new Elliot Park was opened officially to the Balch Neighborhood by games, dancing, parade and other activities on Parents' Night.
YOUNG AMERICA
A unique feature of the work was the building of a Miniature Golf Course on the Civic Lawn. Several boys were taken to see one already set up, and the idea grew. Then came the practice. Sheathing was taken from the ruined walls of Everett Hall old lockers bent into tricky hazards, ventilators became "jumps," platforms obstacles for banking shots-in fact to see the course is necessary to appreciate the ingenuity of the young artisans. At the closing of the season, the course had been finished ten days and over a thousand of rounds have been played.
Handwork among the girls has taken the form of costuming for pagean- try, although embroidery and basketry still are popular. The boys have found boats to be worth hours of labor and have held two regattas at
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Willett Pond to determine their winners. the Pond, gallantly tacking in the wind. Airplanes also were featured. At the meet held in the Armory the winning plane stayed forty-five seconds in the air, for a new record in this activity among the boys.
The little boats sailed across
The final demonstration was a Tercentenary Program of Recreation, written by the children and carried out by them. It began with a parade, followed by dancing, games, and races. The activities of the periods of 1630, 1775, 1850, 1900, 1930 were taken from the recreation stand point and made a very pretty pageant, which culminated in a view of our present day work along these lines.
MORE HEALTHY THAN MUD-PIES
It has always been the policy of the Norwood Playgrounds to make the Summers Activity the product of the children's own ideas and work. Each year it has progressed and certainly Norwood is now well on the road to a year-round program.
In closing, I wish to acknowledge the work of the Recreation Advisory Board in its assistance in furthering the work, without which progress could not take place.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPHINE A. COGAN, Supervisor.
Note :- Receipts from Recreation Activities during 1930 season were $730.
NORWOOD PLAYGROUNDS
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INSURING FUTURE HEALTH
A WINNING EVENT
TWO THOUSAND IN ATTENDANCE
ANNUAL FIELD DAY
MUNICIPAL MINIATURE GOLF
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BUILT ENTIRELY BY PLAYGROUND BOYS
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PURCHASING DIVISION
Mr. C. A. Bingham,
Town Manager,
Norwood, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit a report of the activities of the Purchasing Depart- ment for year ending December 31, 1930.
The work of the Department continues steadily throughout the year whether or not business in the industrial world is active as requisitions from all municipal departments are constantly on the way to the pur- chasing departments. Orders are placed promptly after receipt of requi- sitions and complete indexes of both are kept up-to-date so that data on dates, business firms, material, prices and dates of payment is readily found.
An outline of the work covered by the department is shown in the chart on the opposite page. The trade discounts for 1930 were $300.05 greater than those of 1929 and the cash discounts for prompt payment were $291.05 greater, the total of both being $591.10 over last year's saving. (Total for 1930 was $3430.25 or nearly twice the cost of the office.)
We take this opportunity to acknowledge the loyal co-operation of all departments as that is what makes possible the efficient accomplishment of the daily work in the department.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN F. HOOD,
Secretary to Manager in Charge of Purchases.
INVENTORIES (January 1, 1931)
Department
Items
Net Value
Public Works
318
$ 29,771.01
Fire
119
47,529.10
Electric Light
159
7,492.47
Fire and Police Telephone System
36
36,573.59
Traffic Signal System
7
8,430.65
Weights and Measures
31
400.00
Engineers
43
1,872.60
Cemetery
63
1,143.64
Forestry
17
1,590.50
Police
65
5,167.05
858
$139,970.61
(Note: Does not include Furniture in Municipal Building insured at $12,000.00.)
Perpetual Stock Cards are kept in Public Works and Electric Depart- ments and on them daily entries are made of all stock given out.
DEPARTMENTS BUYING THROUGH PURCHASING AGENT AND RESULTS OBTAINED 1930
7 FIRE ALARM
10
PARKS
PLAYGROUNDS CEMETERY FORESTRY
26 FIRE DEP'T
5 POLICE
42
LIBRARY
BUILDING INSPECTOR BOARD OF SURVEY SEALER
PUBLIC WORKS
ASSESSORS
12
302
26
HEALTH WELFARE
LIGHT 210
727 REQUISITIONS RECEIVED
PURCHASING AGENT
934 ORDERS ISSUED
139 WRITTEN QUOT ATIONS RECEIVED
3464 INVOICES PAID
268 DIFFERENT FIRMS
$362,850.44 TOTAL AMOUNT
$1412.06 SAVED BY EXTRA TRADE DISCOUNT
$2018.19 SAVED BY CASH DISCOUNT
# 3430.25 TOTAL SAVINGS
TOWN OF NORWOOD. MASS.
CLERK &ACCOUNTANT ELECTION®ISTR'ION GENERAL GOV'T SELECTMEN
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REPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
To the Citizens of Norwood:
The Board of Health submits the following as their report for the year 1930.
Following the annual election, the Board of Health met and organized with Harold L. Alden as Chairman, William P. Nickerson being the new member of the Board. John A. Shannon was appointed Inspector of Plumbing, Dr. James J. Mulvehill Inspector of Milk and Agent, and Clarissa G. Maier, Clerk and Agent.
The following table shows the reportable diseases for the year 1930:
Chicken Pox
Mumps
Diphtheria
Scarlet Fever
German
Measles
Measles
Typhoid Fever
Tuberculosis
Cerebro
Meningitis Spinal
Infantile
Paralysis Lobar
Influenza
Whooping Cough
Total
1919
14
41
9
2
19
-
1 16
500
602
1920
5
29
48
5
9
3
37
85
135
1921
8
10
64
1 29
6
20
146
1922
34
17
142
8
19
24
1
238
1923
36
24
23
10
1 20
41
206
1925
56
138
224
13
17
448
1926
13
75
27
2
11
9
137
1927
6
25
4
1
9
2
7
8
1
250
1929
9
4
3
18
3
5
2
16
32
2
11
114
1930
14
6
5
9
2
4
12
13
2
23
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45
141
Tetanus 1, Pink Eye 1, Dog Bite 4.
This shows the greatest number of Whooping Cough, Lobar Pneumonia and Chicken Pox cases .. There were also 12 cases of Typhoid throughout the year.
The various activities of the Board have been carried on in the usual way, and reports from Dr. Curtin at the Dental Clinic, Dr. Mulvehill Milk Inspector, and Miss Katherine Kingman, Public Health nurse follow:
Dr. Curtin reports that the same policy which has proven successful in the past two years was followed and results are commencing to show in the condition of the mouths of the school children. The pupils of the first six grades are examined once a year and notices sent to the parents
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13
217
2
10
1
24
111
1924
31
102
11
62
1928
4
Pneumonia
243
if any dental defects are found. The first three grades are taken care of by the Clinic together with any emergency work from other grades. Sev- eral Board of Relief patients from the higher grades are taken care of by the Clinic also. The figures for the year 1930 are as follows:
No. examined in Grades I, II, III 692
No. examined in Grades IV, V and VI
832
No. examined in Special Classes 40
Total 1,564
No. of completed cases Jan. 1, 1930 to Dec. 31, 1930
604
No. needing dental work at time of examination 264
Total
868
No. of incomplete cases at Clinic on Dec. 31, 1930 111
Dr. Mulvehill, Inspector of Milk submits the following report:
During the year 1930, one hundred and eighty-nine samples of milk were examined for fat and solid content and for number of bacteria per cc. and cleanliness and keeping quality.
Eighty-seven dairies supplying milk to Norwood were inspected and in most of these places the results of examination of milk from their herd was explained to them, with, in some cases, suggestions for improving the quality of the milk.
All of these dairy owners expressed a willingness to do everything pos- sible to help improve the quality of their product.
The Public Health Nurse, Miss Katherine Kingman, submits the fol- lowing report:
148 patients attended the clinic.
74 were new patients, 49 being children, and 25 adults.
74 were old patients.
339 follow-up visits were made by the nurse to clinic patients.
10 sputum tests were found positive.
4 sputum tests were found negative.
14 patients were found having tuberculosis.
12 patients were sent to a sanitorium.
The clinic was held 35 days during the year.
Of the 14 new cases the patients came from Walpole, Dedham, West- wood, Medfield and Norwood. There were 43 contacts examined.
It is the idea of the Board of Health to have all persons who have come in contact with Tuberculosis to come to the clinic, which is held every Thursday afternoon at 5.30 to be examined, to be assured there are no other cases in the family. An early examination means everything, and may possibly prevent the spreading of the disease.
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For inspection of plumbing, Mr. John Shannon reports that he has made 180 inspections for the year.
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD L. ALDEN, CHARLES L. LYNCH, W. P. NICKERSON.
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
January 16, 1931.
The Board of Public Welfare submits its report for the year 1930:
The year has been difficult in many ways, and only those familiar with welfare work realize the fast increasing duties to accomplish the best results. There are those citizens who, no doubt, believe that where the Board has furnished orders for Food, Fuel, or made a Cash Allowance, its duties are over. When an applicant applies for aid a complete family history is taken and recorded. The place of settlement is determined to the best of our knowledge. If settlement is decided to be in some other place than Norwood, a notice is sent to the Welfare Board of that locality, and if there is no settlement, the State is notified. Dates are so conflicting at times, that much work is required frequently, before the actual settle- ment is ascertained. Notices are constantly received from Welfare Boards of other places, and these all require investigation.
There are many other duties of the Welfare officers. The sick and in- firm without a settlement are transferred to the State Hospital in Tewks- bury; abandoned and neglected children committed to the custody of the State; crippled children sent to the Hospital School in Canton; Cancer cases provided for at Pondville; children boarded in private families; family tangles straightened out, when possible; placing responsibility of supporting aged parents or parent on children who had not accepted their responsibility. In other words, the Board has had problems touching the lives of some 118 cases this year, numbering 140 adults and 283 children. Assistance was given for the following reasons: Unemployment of wage earner 34, Old Age of wage earner 13, Sickness 17, Desertion of wage earner 10, Husband in jail 8, Widows 16, Children in institutions or private families 14, Other 6.
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