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Margaret Crimmins
75
Boston, Mass.
28 John Girnis
DEATHS RECORDED IN RANDOLPH IN 1960
Date of Death
Name
Y
M
D
Place of Death
June
3
Albert K. Godfrey
71
3
27
Randolph, Mass.
12
Ida C. (Dunbar) Thayer
79
4
1
Randolph, Mass.
13
Agnes G. (Morrissey) Hetherington
80
--
Brockton, Mass.
15
Galen L. Holmes
60
5
21
Randolph, Mass.
16
Clara A. Rohlfs (Neumann)
94
--
Brockton, Mass.
18
Mary A. Purington (Clark)
82
3
21
Watertown, Mass.
24
Irene Hartford (Hewitt)
66
--
Boston, Mass.
24
John Golden
76
--
-
Randolph, Mass.
28
Anna E. Conlon
89
8
19
Randolph, Mass.
29
Walter Hardy
65
1
21
Brookline, Mass.
30
Elsie Robinson
74
--
-
97
July
7 Ernest C. Swallow
52
9
24
14
Thomas F. McSolla
77
--
-
Aug.
1
Helen Townsend
88
1
9
Brockton, Mass.
5
Carl E. Jensen
66
11
17
Randolph, Mass.
12 Catherine A. Bly
84
--
-
Randolph, Mass.
22
Elvira (Olsen) Arneson
84
8
30
26
Manuel S. Benevides
78
--
--
29
Thomas A. Mulligan
81
2
6
Brockton, Mass. Randolph, Mass.
Sept.
4 Isabelle W. Cowen (Lynch)
77
2
26
Norfolk, Mass. Randolph, Mass.
7 Margaret A. Sullivan (Kane)
72
11
6
9 Edward W. Magnusson
47
4
25
16
Eva (Ferris) Abel
95
8
21
Randolph, Mass. Randolph, Mass. Randolph, Mass.
18 Ida B. Lyons
65
-
--
--
--
Randolph, Mass.
1
Thomas J. Fitzgerald
90
Stoughton, Mass.
Randolph, Mass. Randolph, Mass.
Holbrook, Mass.
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS
Guam
Sept. 19 Arthur J. Cooke, Jr., Ens.
65
1
11
22 Marie Trupasso
76
--
2
26 James Dee
32
2
12
27 Frederick B. Coulson
19
11
21
29
Nancy Lynch
Brockton, Mass.
Oct.
3
Brenda Black (LaRaque)
Randolph, Mass.
3
Mary Desmond Paradis
78
--
6
Elizabeth T. Condon
71
2
16
7
Ethel Sullivan (Fittz)
92
2
17
14
Josephine (Reno) Blankenberg
89
-
--
20
Gerard Paolucci
71
-
--
Randolph, Mass.
20
Francis J. Harkins
67
--
--
Randolph, Mass.
22
Zofia Fedukowski (Jozwicki)
48
--
--
22
George J. Traynor
68
8
21
Randolph, Mass.
Nov.
9
Genevieve M. Conroy
85
6
2
11
Selma A. Nelson
47
--
8
12
Russell Baxter
78
5
20
14
George J. Favreau
96
--
24
20
Nestor Frederickson
75
--
-
21
Alice Rodden (Toomey)
77
1
22
Randolph, Mass.
27 Frank J. Gallagher
80
--
27
Frances L. Crane (Allen)
73
10
22
28
Mary A. (Gavin) Napolitano
91
2
14
Brockton, Mass.
Dec.
15
Eva Bowman
32
1
20
27
Bridget G. Downey (Hagerty)
77
--
-
33
-
-
29
Malachy J. Dinn
27
-
--
Boston, Mass. Holbrook, Mass. Brockton, Mass. Framingham, Mass.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
98
Randolph, Mass.
67
11
29
Brockton, Mass.
Brockton, Mass.
Randolph, Mass.
Braintree, Mass.
Brockton, Mass.
Holbrook, Mass.
28
Ellen F. (Grady) Meaney
76
-
--
Brookline, Mass.
21 Francis H. Gerald
Norwood, Mass. Randolph, Mass. Randolph, Mass.
59
--
62
7
25
Gloucester, Mass. Medfield, Mass.
Randolph, Mass. Dorchester, Mass.
Randolph, Mass.
27
Joseph F. Brewster
Randolph, Mass.
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
REPORTABLE DISEASES
During the year 1960 two hundred thirty eight reports were received by the Board of Health for communicable diseases and other conditions that are reportable in accordance with the General Laws, as follows: Meningitis 2; Chicken pox 29; Dog bite 147; German measles 6; Measles 24; Mumps 16; Scarlet fever 10; Tuberculosis 4.
CLINICAL PROGRAMS
Five poliomyelitis inoculation clinics were held during the year under the sponsorship of the local physicians with the assist- ance and cooperation of the Board of Health. A total of 6356 towns- people were inoculated during the operation of these clinics many of them receiving their initial doses. A great percentage attending the July and August clinics received their fourth or more inocula- tions. Health Department employees, volunteer nurses and cler- ical workers aided at the clinics in their various capacities.
A Diabetes Detection Clinic was held April 4 thru 9 inclusive sponsored by the Junior Ladies' Library Association and the Cor- kin Brothers, who donated the building that houses the Health Cen- ter to the Town. A total of 1548 persons were processed at the clinic, 20 positive cases of diabetes were detected of which 18 were previously unknown. Health Department personnel, a volun- teer nurse, volunteer clerical personnel, members of the Junior Ladies' Library Association and the members of the Board of Health worked at the clinic.
On the four Monday evenings in June a Glaucoma Detection Clinic was held under the sponsorship of the Lions Club of Ran- dolph-Holbrook. Resident physicians from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Hospital performed the tests assisted by the nursing staff of the Health Dept., with preliminary testing done by two local optometrists. The Lions Club, Board of Health members, Health Dept., personnel and volunteer workers assisted in clerical duties. 326 persons were tested, 5 cases of glaucoma were found, 4 of which were previously unknown, and 25 suspicious cases were de - tected.
During the months of October and November the Board of Health, with the assistance of the Tuberculosis Division, Mass. Dept. of Public Health, Norfolk County Tuberculosis and Health Association and the Junior Ladies Library Association members, held a Tuberculosis testing program in the Randolph public schools.
The results of the program are as follows: Grades 1 thru XI were tested; Enrollment 4105; Refused test 563; Absent for test 71; Tested 3571; Positive reactors 20; Negative 3546; Not read 5; Percent tested 87%; Percent positive 1/2 %; Number x-rayed
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(Reactors and their families) 93; Pulmonary Tuberculosis inactive found 2; Other chest conditions found 3. The success of this pro- gram was due in a large measure to the excellent cooperation we received from the School Department personnel and particularly the three school nurses.
In May an Industrial Tuberculosis X-Ray Program was held at Chase and Sons, 88 were x-rayed; 1 tuberculosis inactive and 1 tuberculosis questionably active were found. X-rays were taken by the Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospital personnel.
Influenza vaccine inoculations were given to all town employ- ees who desired them during November and December and 110 employees received the inoculations.
Approximately 300 children in Grade 1 received diphtheria- tetanus and poliomyelitis inoculations in a continuing program in the public schools.
Summaring the various clinics held during the year it should be of interest that because the Board of Health enjoys a good re- lationship with the local physicians, other persons and organiza- tions dedicated to aiding their fellow man we were able to obtain their sponsorship for these undertakings. For this reason the ex- penses borne by the town were minimal yet the clinics as a total sum cost in the thousands of dollars. The townspeople were pro- vided with clinics and services by their Board of Health that other communities were without and did so at a great savings financially. It is also of interest to note that in the tuberculosis testing in the schools the percentage found positive is 1 1/2% below that normally found in the average healthy community. We believe this due in great measure to the continuous program in effect for the past sev- eral years in the interest of preventing tuberculosis, in addition to other communicable diseases, by early detection, treatment, deter - mination of the source, positive action taken in regard to the source and follow-up of all cases.
PREMATURE INFANT PROGRAM
The Board of Health received reports of 21 live premature births during the year. A total of $206.00 was paid for financial aid for two of these cases. The Health Dept. nurses care and parental instructions in these premature cases.
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING PROGRAM
Three registered nurses, Miss Beatrice V. Scannell, Mrs. Janet B. Dimmick and Mrs. Mary P. Bonney, continue to do the public health and vising nurse work for the Town.
This year because of the accelerated health program the nurses spent a considerable number of man-hours above normal duty hours working in the clinics held in the Health Center and high school. At the Diabetic Detection Clinic they tork the blood sam- ples, at the Glaucoma Clinic they placed the anesthetic eye drops in the patient's eyes, at the Polio and Influenza Clinics they set-up for the clinic and assisted the physicians in administering the in- oculations.
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The well-child conference is held once monthly at the Ladies Library Building. The Ladies Library Association do the clerical and preliminary work before the nurses and the physicians takes over. At these clinics the children receive diphtheria-pertussis- tetanus immunizations and poliomyelitis inoculations in addition to general physician examinations.
As in the past, tuberculosis patients, contacts and suspects are followed closely and advised as to care and treatment necessary.
Home visits, including bedside nursing, are still a large part of the activity, and, as each visit is a teaching visit, we continue to stress preventive medicine as well as care.
Visits before and after the birth of a baby are made and in- struction given. These visits include the care and well being of pre-school children as well as the infant. In all cases of prema- turity, which are reported to the Board of Health, a home evaluation visit is made prior to the baby's arrival home in order to assure proper facilities and care for the infant.
More patients are taking advatage of treatment in the Health Center rather than home visits because of the convenience and privacy afforded thereat.
The nursing staff received the full cooperation of our physi- cians and act only on the instructions of the physician in the treat- ment and care of the patient.
The nurses continue to attend classes, conferences and sem- inars in order to keep current with the new techniques and modern trend of medical care and the prevention of disease.
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION
Nuisance complaints of a wide variety were investigated during the year. Malfunctioning sewage disposal systems, insect and rodent problems and illegal dumping were the major causes for complaints.
A great deal of time was spent investigating rubbish collection problems and related complaints.
The program to eliminate buildings that are unfit for human habitation, abandoned or unused buildings and the remains of build- ings was continued with the cooperation of the Fire Chief. It is believed that the returns of this program are already being enjoyed by the townspeople in those areas where eradication of buildings was effected.
With the increase in building in the townit was necessary for the Health Agent to devote many man-hours to the running of per- colation and soil tests prior to approval of building sites.
A new three year contract for the collection and disposal of garbage beginning April 1, 1961 was awarded to the present con- tractor the Ridge Hill Disposal Company by the Town Manager on the recommendation of the Board of Health. The awardee sub- mitted the lowest bid of the four bids received.
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ANIMAL AND SLAUGHTER
Mr. Cornelius J. Crowley, Animal and Slaughter Inspector reports for the year 1960 that there were 147 dogs quarantined; two cows had to be disposed of after discovering they were tuber- culosis reactors. All barns in Randolph were inspected. At the present time there are 58 cows; 24 horses and 2 sheep. Three dogs heads were sent to Wasserman State Laboratory. Three cows were quarantined for tuberculosis. Brucellosis test was given and there were no reactors (this test was made in December 1960.) Four hundred and ten calls were investigated during the year from calls received from the Board of Health. Police Department and the Division of Livestock Disease Control of Massachusetts. There were no cases of encephalitis in the town.
PLUMBING INSPECTIONS
Mr. Thomas O'Riley, Plumbing Inspector, retired in July after twenty-five years as inspector and Mr. John O'Riley was appointed as Plumbing Inspector. One hundred thirty-eight licenses were issued, including 405 toilets, 239 sinks, 375 wash-bowls, 208 bath tubs, 9 shower baths, 128 wash trays, 34 urinals, 147 pressure boilers, 32 washing machines, 2 dishwashers, 7 auto-matic gas heaters, 1 refrigerator connection, 1 laundry tray, 14 floor drains, 10 slop sinks, 15 drinking fountains, 3 roof leaders. 1 auto-matic heater and 3 electric storage tanks. The sum of $1853.00 was collected and turned over to the Town Treasurer.
Mr. O'Riley wishes to advise the townspeople that the plumbing regulations are being brought up to date in conjunction with the Building By Laws Committee.
MILK INSPECTOR
The milk inspection program is performed by Henry Merrill, Milk Inspector.
Milk licenses issued were 41 -- $20.50; Oleo licenses 42 -- $21.00; Pasteurization licenses issued 1 -- $ 10. 00; Vehicle licenses 22 -- $11.00. Total $62.50.
MOSQUITO CONTROL
The following work was performed by the Norfolk County Mosquito Control Project:
Aerial spraying 1705 acres; ground spraying 703 1/2 acres; pre-hatch dusting 12 acres; drainage 1770 feet; clearing of brush 830 feet; culverts cleaned 10; catch basins treated 891.
FOOD SANITATION
Visual inspection of food serving establishments and stores were made throughout the year. It is gratifyingto see the constant improvement in facilities and practices and to receive the coopera- tion of the persons engaged in this type business.
In cooperation with the Mass. Dept. of Public Health arrange - ments are being made to hold courses in food sanitation for the owners and operators of food service establishments in the near future.
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OTHER ACTIVITIES
Robert A. Corey, chairman, and Joseph W. Curran, secretary of the Board of Health completed a course in June in the Adminis- tration of Boards of Health conducted by the Mass. Dept. of Public Health.
Another Glaucoma Clinic is scheduled for early this year under the sponsorship of the Lions Club of Randolph-Holbrook. This fine organization sponsored the previous Glaucoma Clinic and both they and this Board hope that it may become an annual activity.
Plans are also under way for another clinic of the Diabetes Detection type to be co-sponsored by the Junior Ladies Library Association and the Corkin Brothers.
REVENUE PRODUCED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Sewage disposal permits and general licenses-$457.00; Hos- pital subsidies-$606.79; Plumbing licenses-$1853.00; Milk and Dairy Products-$62.50. Total revenue - $2916. 50.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
Turner Free Library
Hours of Service
Monday and Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday 1:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Friday 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
(The Library is closed on Sunday and on all legal holidays)
To the Citizens of Randolph,
In accordance with the provisions of Article III of the By- Laws for the government of the Trustees of the Turner Library, this eighty-fifth annual report is submitted to show the condition of the Trust - the library, the building and the funds - for the calendar year 1960 and to mention such other matters concerning the library as may be of general interest.
The year just past saw a continued increase in townspeople's use of the materials and services of the Turner Library. The highlights and details are well covered in the report of the Librari- an, Mrs. Lucia S. Faulkner, and that report is appended as a part of this record. However, your attention is called particularlyto the circulation figure of virtually 74,000. If we look back no farther than 1957, we find that the number of books and magazines borrowed by patrons for that year was only a little ovee 25,000. Thus, in just three short years, the circulation has tripled. This tremendous increase in business has not only reflected the real need for an up-to-date library service that exists in Randolph, but during the year has brought the Trustees face to face with impor- tant problems concerning the number of employees required on the library staff and concerning the adequacy of certain basic facilities of the library.
With respect to employees, it is clear that as the volume of library business increases (as reflected by circulation figures) so also do the miscellaneous requests for staff assistance and so does all the staff work associated with ordering books, preparing them for public use and keeping them clean and good repair. This has been increasingly apparent at Turner Library during the past several months. Only by the devoted efforts of the entire staff has it been possible to meet this increased work load. The Trustees find also that the Turner Library falls too far below professional standards with respect to the number of library employees pro- vided. Not long ago, a professional library consultant advised that good library service calls for at least one full-time employee (not counting those engaged in building maintenance) for every two thousand of population. With Randolph's population currently es- timated to be in the vicinity of 20,000 persons, the Trustees feel
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that the present library staff - totalling the equivalent of some - thing between six and seven full-time employees - needs to be in- creased. Accordingly, the Trustees have recommended that the salary appropriation be increased sufficiently to permit the em- ployment of at least one additional person as promptly as possible.
Amont the physical facilities required in order to give good grade of library service, two are fundamental: sufficient space and good lighting. With respect to the first of these, the Trustees be- lieve that the second-floor area of approximately 3600 square feet which has served the townspeople for library purposes since the building was presented to the town in 1875, is woefully inadequate today. There often are not enough chairs to accommodate the students and adults using the library in the evening and appropriate space for additional seats is not available. At times the area around the "charge" desk is so crowded with people who are taking out or returning books that passage to and from the main stairway is blocked. The small closed-off area in the northwest corner of the library's main room (where the library's one small washroom is located) serves not only as a place where members of the staff eat their lunch or supper but also as the library's "workroom" - the place where most of the work associated with accessioning new books and repairing old ones is done. This extremely crowded and otherwise unsatisfactory arrangement calls for early correction.
In addition to the shortage of floor space indicated by these and other conditions, the Trustees, both directly and indirectly, have received complaints from townspeople who are unable to make per- sonal use of the Library because of the long flight of stairs that must be climbed to reach the service area. We believe that these complaints are valid and deserving of recognition.
The Trustees have noted also that, as the town grows, and as more and more people become aware of the vital part the Library plays in their and their family's daily life, library business can be expected to increase considerably above that reflected by the 1960 circulation of 74,000 mentioned earlier.
In view of all these factors, the Trustees have voted to ter- minate by mid-1961 the arrangements by which the town's Wel- fare Department has occupied most of the south side of the first floor of the Library building. At the same time it was voted to make a request of the town, by means of a special article in the Town Warrant, for funds to renovate these quarters for library purposes. Tentative plans call for cutting a passageway from the front hallway of the building into what is now the office of the Wel- fare Department and using most of this area for serving the Library's adult patrons. A small room badly needed for the per- sonal use of the Library's employees can be created at the rear. It appears likely that books for all who are of school age - both young adults and juveniles, as well as most of the reference mater- ial, would remain on the second floor. The request for funds for the provision of chairs, tables, shelving and other necessary fur- nishings of the new area are being deferred until 1962 when reno- vations will have been completed and when we will have a better knowledge of requirements for this area.
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The Trustees also recognize that a start must be made to acquire good lighting at the Library. Under present lighting con- ditions, members of the staff as well as patrons of the Library are continually having difficulty in reading the titles of books on the shelves. Students and others at tables often must read in their own shadows. The fine print of reference material is difficult indeed to read under the present lighting and, after a few moments, according to both patrons and members of the staff, eyestrain is noticeable. Postponed from year to year in the past because of more pressing needs, it now appears that the cost of this work can and should be spread over several years beginning with 1961. Accordingly, the Trustees have included an amount for this pur - pose in the regular budge. It is proposed to use this money toward the provision of modern fluorescent lighting for the Ref- erence Room - the room in the northeast corner of the second floor.
In addition to caring for several minor repairs on the Library building during 1960, the Trustees also arranged for construction of a new flight of stairs between the second floor and the first floor. These stairs, running inside the west wall of the building and terminating on the first floor beside the door facing the church on the south side, now serve as an important alternate exit in case of emergency and, later, will provide a means of reaching the small room on the first floor that will be set aside for employees' per - sonal use. Also, the work of placing a new linoleum floor covering in the main room of the Library will be completed soon. In all other ways it appears to the Trustees that the building is in satis- factory repair at this time.
The Town appropriation of $ 25, 195 for necessary salaries and for expenses of operating and maintaining the Library during the past year has spent completely - with the exception of 34 cents. The annual report of the Treasurer of the Library is appended as a part of this report and provides a detailed record of the Library's Trust Funds as well as the Library's income and expenditures for the year. For the coming year the Trustees are urging favorable consideration of an increase in operating funds for the Library in order to care for necessary salary increases, for an additional employee on the Library staff (as mentioned earlier), for additional book purchases and for essential repairs and changes in the build- ing.
In this connection, perhaps townspeople should ask them- selves first whether the Turner Library is deserving of their financial support. If one thinks of the valuable, unique and funda- mentally essential service that a library can bring to a community and if one thinks of the Turner Library's current contribution to Randolph and all of its people in the way of increased hours of ser - vice, greater quantities of good books, the helpful, personal quality of its service and its forward-looking plans for the future, the Trustees feel that the only fair answer as to whether the Library is deserving of support is a definite "yes".
The only question then remaining is whether the appropriation as requested, is needed. On this point the Trustees believe that
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the facts set forth earlier in this report clearly indicate that with a greatly increased work load and with greatly increased needs for library service, the 85-year-old, second-floor quarters have been outgrown and in certain respects outmoded and that steps looking toward early occupancy of a portion of the first floor are not only desirable but necessary at this time.
It is a pleasure indeed for the Trustees once more to record their sincere appreciation of the splendid cooperation of the Library's entire staff. It has been a year of solid accomplishment and Mrs. Faulkner, Librarian, and each of her people deserve much credit for their personal contributions to the continuing success of the Library. The Trustees are grateful also for the very kind assistance of Town Officers and Department Administrators during 1960. We are confident that the year ahead will be another year of real progress toward our Library's service goals.
LAURENCE F. SHURTLEFF President Trustees of the Turner Free Library
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
Turner Free Library
To the Trustees of the Turner Free Library:
1960 has been another good year. There has been a continued strong upswing in circulation of 73,915 books reflected in an in- crease over the previous year of 13,120. This increase has broken down into one of 4,795 for adult books, 2,361 for young adult books and 5,964 for juvenile books. Naturally we hare heartened to see that daily the Library is realizing more and more of its potential.
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