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Many citizens who assemble at the annual town meet- ing and assist in making the appropriation for sustaining the Library, do not realize the actual need that exists for an institution of this kind and what a want it is supplying. Of the 8,000 inhabitants of the town, 2,645, or nearly one- third of the entire population, take books from the Library, and when we consider that few people living in South At- tleboro, Hebronville or Dodgeville are included in this number, the demand for reading made by the residents of the center of the town is astonishing and gratifying. 24,213 books were placed in circulation last year. To meet this growing interest the Trustees have endeavored to improve and enlarge upon the method of conducting the Library. Visits have been made to other libraries and experienced librarians have been consulted. Miss Mattocks, a resident of Norton and a talented student at the School for Libra- rians in Albany, N. Y., kindly met the Trustees and offered valuable suggestions. Many of these have already been acted upon and the new year will find still others in vogue.
Children whose parents agree to become responsible for the safe return of books loaned, are now allowed to take
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Juvenile books from the Library on special cards of their ow11. Following the example of other libraries, the books are now placed in circulation without the paper covers formerly used. We feel sure that the uncovered book with its attractive binding will be more highly appreciated and consequently more carefully handled.
A new catalogue has been issued during the year. We hope it is the last one that will ever be issued in this form. It is expensive and is only complete for the year in which it is published. The system of a card catalogue used in every large library is much more satisfactory, and would have been adopted but for the larger outlay of time and money required in its preparation.
In the not very distant future we hope to have the entrance to the library room changed and the cases so ar- ranged that the public can have free access to the books on the shelves and make their own selections. Experi- enced advisors have told us that a library is only half a library with no reading and consulting room annexed. Acting on this suggestion we have arranged for the new year to so change our reception room that it may be used for a reading room as well, and magazines and daily papers will be placed there. We have also made arrangements to have the Library opened every week day between the hours of 3 and 9 P. M. Such changes of course mean additional expense, but we believe that the benefits sure to follow will be so apparent that the public will sustain us in our action.
The fire in the block in which the Library is situated damaged the books to a considerable extent, and we were able to collect $250 from the insurance companies to cover this loss.
160 new books were added during the year by pur- chase, and the following gentlemen to whom our thanks
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are due have contributed volumes : Earl Richards, H. O. Moore, Charles Phillips, M. O. Wheaton, A. B. Folsom and Major E. S. Horton.
A financial statement showing the receipts and ex- penditures for the past year is as follows :
Receipts.
Annual appropriation,
$1,000 00
Insurance money for fire loss,
250 00
$1,250 00
Expenditures.
Rent,
$300 00
Librarian's salary,
150 00
Gas,
37 26
Insurance,
25 00
New books,
239 83
New catalogues,
402 17
Printing,
40 60
Re-binding books,
29 30
Labor,
14 00
Supplies,
IO 50
Part payment, subscriptions for papers,
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$1,250 00
We recommend that the town appropriates the sum of $1,500 for the support of the Library for the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted,
E. S. HORTON, President,
A. W. STURDY,
M. E. ROWE,
C. H. WHEELER,
C. L. WATSON,
HELEN W. METCALF,
ALICE M. WALES,
ELIZABETH J. WILMARTH,
C. S. HOLDEN, Secretary.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Superintendent of Streets
OF THE
TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH,
MASS.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
To the Selectmen of Attleboro :
I commenced work on the highway Mar. 20th, four weeks earlier than the year previous, consequently they were in better shape to be repaired.
The first work to be done was to repair School street as it was impassable in the Spring of the year. From Pine to Hazel Streets there had been no gravel put on the road. Any one familiar with the land adjoining can judge the condition of the road bed. I put in a large quantity of stone which was near by, the gift of Mr. Bullock. I bedded them into the mud and covered them with gravel which Mr. Bullock also furnished without cost.
Below are given the names of streets where there has been considerable gravel used : School, Pleasant, Union, Pine, Pearl, Forest, County, Peck, Bank, Park, Highland, Mechanics, Hodges, South Main, North Mair, Maple, Hazel and West. The largest quantity used on any one street was on Pleasant street where it was needed very much, and by looking after it, it will be some time before there will have to be any very great amount of work done. Keeping a road in order is as important as putting it in order.
South Main street from Mr. N. B. Lamb's .nearly to South Main street crossing is in very fair condition, and ought to be extended to Park Square this year.
North Main street has been repaired as far as John Bates' with the exception of a short piece from Mr. Mc- Clatchey's to Holden street, which ought to be repaired
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this year. The road is worn out and needs side ditches and rounding up with gravel.
There was a large quantity of gravel used outside last year. There ought to be this year. There have been a number of jobs done where it has taken considerable gravel. The same amount ought to make quite a showing in some other direction this year. A portion of Ridge Hill road is in bad shape and should be repaired soon.
There will have to be something done in the South part of the town this year. There are one or two hills that are in bad shape. It was an impossibility to do justice to all needed repairs. I believe in fixing where it needs it most and doing it in a thorough manner. Mr. H. A. Smith took charge of the South part of the town ; he told me he had used 3,715 loads of gravel. There have been 11,000 loads of gravel put on the highway.
It is as essential to look after the hills as any part of the highway. I found a number of hills badly washed be- cause of not having side gutters, where if these had been it would have saved considerable unnecessary expense.
The question of good roads is being agitated more and inore every year; the people begin to realize the benefits to be derived from good roads. There will have to be something used other than gravel to give satisfaction as long as narrow wheels are used for heavy teaming; they are a road destroyer; wide tires would be a road maker. Every road becomes smooth by the use of a roller; a wide tire would serve the purpose.
If farmers and teamsters would have wide tires, say 8 inches, the wider the better, we would have good gravel roads, and not until then. I do not know who it would benefit more than the teamsters, they could draw a greater load with less team and save time. I think it would be one of the best investments they could make. Two-thirds
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the amount of money would keep the roads in better shape. Wide tires would save the town hundreds of dollars, be- sides having comparatively good roads.
Last Spring I met on Pleasant Street a four horse teain loaded with seasoned Chestnut; they had to keep stopping for the horses to rest. Two horses could have drawn the same load with less exertion over a smooth gravel road. Roads, when being repaired, want to be left as smooth as possible by keeping the ruts and centre of the road filled in so the water will run off as soon as it strikes it.
When we have a good under-drainage and side ditches and wide tires I think we would see a decided change in the roads.
I believe in using stone on the road where possible, as it makes a solid foundation and good drainage. I have noticed where stone has been used the road drys up very quickly. There is a great difference in gravel, some will pack very readily, some will take longer, but makes a good road after it becomes firm, in fact, it makes a better road than gravel that packs more readily. The more loose the gravel the more porous the road. It does not hold the water and consequently makes a dryer road.
I know some three years ago there was gravel put on County Street by Mr. John Streeter. I think it was nearly a year before it became firm, but it makes a good road. The gravel used on North Main Street as far as the railroad crossing, came from Mr. Watson's pit at Me- chanics. I consider it very good for road purposes, it runs very even, packs quite quickly, makes a dry road and wears well.
The road from the crossing to Mr. Phillip Brady's had gravel from Miss Sarah Nerney's pit. It makes a good road. From Mr. Brady's to Mr. Sheffield's put on gravel as far as angle in the road just beyond the place.
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Gravel put on South Main Street was taken from the town bank which is made up of most everything, course and fine gravel, hard pan, sand, sub-soil, etc. If it is prop- erly mixed it makes a good road as long as it remains smooth so the water will run off quickly; as soon as the water is allowed to stand on it it will become muddy and soon wear out. It was hard work to have every load come as you would like to have it. You can imagine what kind of a road you would have to dump a load of hard pan, next load sand and so on. The wagon might be on terra firma, hard telling where the horse would be.
The last job I did was on Railroad Avenue, which has been one of the worst places in town for years. It has been a very hard place to draw a load besides being very un- sightly. The portion repaired belongs to the Railroad Company, of which fact I presume the greater portion of our townsmen are not aware. Probably that is one rea- son it has not been fixed. I do not consider it any excuse to have such an eyesore right in the heart of the town sim- ply because it belongs to the Railroad Company. I think it is safe to say three-fourths of the freight from the freight house is carted that way, besides thousands of tons of coal. It was fixed for the benefit of the public, though some thought the Railroad Company ought to have repaired it. It was immaterial to them; they had no use for it and I hope they will not for some time to come. I consider it a very important thoroughfare.
There are probably forty or forty-five passenger trains running through here every day. Strangers on entering the village usually take in the sights and almost the first thing that strikes their eye is "Mud Lake;" it would natu- rally give them a very bad impression of the town ; it was a bad advertisement. It was fixed in a favorable time with little expense. We buried a number of loads of stone
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out of sight, Mr. Pierce and myself and Mr. Annis with town team did the greater part of the work. If the Railroad Company would fill in where teams back up to the freight house I think it would be appreciated very much. It is in extremely bad shape.
S. D. BUSHEE.
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
OF THE
TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH,
MASS.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH-1895.
In closing its work for the year and rendering an ac- count of its services, the Board deems it not improper to recall some of the circumstances attending its election and the efforts made at that time to discredit its work and un- dervalue its services to the public. A little coterie of dis- gruntled spirits, for reasons of their own, succeeded in de- feating the usual appropriation for its services, on the plea that the Board was more "ornamental than useful."
Either this statement was wholly false and known to be so, or it was and always has been wholly true. If the latter, why did one of these same individuals secure the services of a person to advocate an increase in the appro- priation for the Board of Health no longer ago than 1893, at which time he was himself one of its members ?
Again, if the "ornamental" theory is correct, why is it that such a grand scheme of economy-the withholding the appropriation of $100 00, did not earlier work its way through and into the incrusted mentality of the person who made himself so prominent in its advocacy ?
Why, if this magnificent scheme originated with him alone, did he, as a member of the committee of fifteen in 1893, advocate and vote for an increase in the appropriation for the Board of Health.
The fact is, those who fathered and fostered this action had been in positions to know that the work of the Board of Health is always of great importance, often arduous and sometimes attended with danger and, when it may be
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added that the champion of this spasm of economy had himself held public office and was compensated therefor, at least, fully up to the value of the service he rendered, it is clear that the object to be attained was not altogether the public good, nor in the line of a commendable economy. The compensation usually voted was, of course, insignifi- cant and the withholding of the same a matter of indiffer- ence to the Board; but the spirit which was manifested throughout the proceedings was, to say the least, far from commendable, the statements made far from the truth, and against such a spirit and such statements, in justice to ourselves and our successors, we utter this protest.
Organization.
The Board organized April Ist, electing Charles S. Holden, Chairman, and Edwin E. Hale, Secretary.
Plumbing.
The first subject to come before the Board was plumb- ing. J. W. Gifford and Herbert L. Perry, with Chas S. Holden, who by virtue of his office as Chairman of the Board of Health, constitutes the third member, were ap- pointed a Board of Examiners of plumbers.
The Board found itself at the outset governed by an elaborate system of rules and regulations, prepared by its predecessors, relative to plumbing, and as far as possible and expedient we have carried out these regulations.
Early in the year it was brought to the notice of the Board that considerable plumbing was being done by out of town parties in a very imperfect manner and that in some cases no traps at all were used.
The report of the Board of Health for 1894 furnished us with the information that negotiations were in progress
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to secure the services of ant out of town man as inspector of plumbing. The present Board, recognizing the wisdom of such an appointment, met May 20, in joint session with the Board of Examiners of plumbers. Mr. Eli Wardell of Taunton, an inspector of plumbing, licensed by the State, was present, and told of the work done in other towns of like population with our own. He also signified his wil- lingness to do the work for this town at a salary of $300 and car fare from Taunton to Attleboro.
After carefully considering the matter and in view of the fact that the town was at that time liable to a fine of fifty dollars per month unless such inspector be appointed, the Board voted to appoint Mr. Wardell as inspector of plumbing for one year. The Selectmen were asked to concur with our Board, and appointed May 23, on which date they would meet the Board of Health and discuss the matter. The facts were clearly set before them both by the Board and by Mr. J. W. Gifford from the standpoint of a practical plumber.
Their refusal to concur with us in the matter made it impossible to proceed further.
Strange to say the Chairman of the Board of Health in 1894 was the very man, who as Chairman of the Board of Selectmen this year, vetoed the vote of the Board of Health to employ such an inspector.
Is it possible that the exigencies of the case were so much greater a few months ago ?
The Board wishes to call the attention of the citizens to a few facts in this relation and bases its opinion upon the fact that, without such an inspector, there is nothing to prevent a plumber from doing any kind of cheap and im- perfect work, and secondly, upon the statement of a practi- cal plumber in this town, who, some two years ago, dis- covered and repaired an opening directly into the sewer,
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communicating with a sleeping room in which a child con- tracted diphtheria and, together with four other persons, who are supposed to have contracted the disease from this child, died.
It is needless to add that if this theory is correct, an inspection of the work done in this case would have saved at least five lives.
In the opinion of the Board the expenditure of the three hundred dollars necessary to procure the services of a competent man would be more than overbalanced by the added security to our people.
Nuisances.
Not the least, among the duties of the Board of Health, in importance, is the subject of nuisances. Recognizing this fact, the present Board early in the year published a notice in the Daily Sun, inviting all citizens who knew of any nuisance or any condition which they deemed a nuis- ance or a menace to the public health to notify the Board in writing.
Owing, doubtless, to this fact it is safe to say that there have been more cases of this nature reported during the past year than in any preceeding year in the history of the town. The Board has made a special effort to remedy an evil which we believe has in the past been the cause of much infectious illness in our town.
We have not only made an effort to respond immedi- ately to these calls, but in all cases when possible and necessary the full Board has visited the place and decided at once upon a remedy. We are glad to say, that in every case, with one exception, we have found a hearty co-opera- tion on the part of the citizens of the town. In one case
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we were obliged to serve notice through an officer. The result was very satisfactory and the nuisance effectually abated.
We would recommend and request all citizens at any and all times, if they know of anything of an objectionable nature which comes properly under the province of the Board of Health, to at once notify the Secretary in writing and we feel sure they will receive the best efforts of the Board to abate any nuisance. Owners of property are apt to feel that the Board of Health is inclined to cause them unnecessary expense. Nothing could be further from their intent. The best interests of the town are the best in- terests of each individual and a hearty co-operation on the part of the citizens will result in the greatest good to all.
Tuberculosis.
By reference to the report of the Inspector of Cattle it will be seen that of the animals killed during the past year in town for beef purposes, twelve have been found to be afflicted with tuberculosis.
Some of these animals, apparently healthy, have been used as milk producers and thus they have been sowing the seed of tuberculosis in the human body. The necessity of thoroughly eradicating this disease from cows used in the dairy is apparent to all thinking persons, and appeals particularly to us as members of the Board of Health.
We wish it was possible to require every milk pro- ducer to have his herd examined by an agent of the State Board of Health, with such tests as they deem necessary, before he is allowed to dispose of a single quart of milk, and we urge our representative in the legislature to favor
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such legislation as will assist the Cattle Commissioners in their efforts to stamp out the disease.
Contagious Diseases.
There have been very few cases of contagious disease during the' past year, twenty-eight cases only being re- ported. Nineteen less than in 1894.
A rigid quarantine of all persons suffering from any disease of a contagious nature has been maintained, and persons caring for these patients have been quarantined also. The rules of the Board prohibiting from school any children having sore throats or a rash of any kind may have had something to do with the reduction of the num- ber of these cases.
Full printed directions for fumigation of houses after contagious disease, a copy of which is hereto annexed, have been in all cases sent to the family, with instructions that they must be followed to the letter, as soon as the patient recovers, and in all cases after death from such disease. The Board wishes to emphasize the necessity of carrying out these directions. The mere burning of sul- phur is not a safeguard and any one depending upon it need not be surprised to find a fresh outbreak after all danger is supposed by them past. A comparison of the contagious diseases as against last year is here shown:
1894.
1895.
Diphtheria,
16
Diphtheria, 6
Scarlet Fever,
IO
Scarlet Fever, I2
Measles,
2
Measles, 3
Typhoid Fever,
19
Typhoid Fever, 7
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Deaths.
There occurred one hundred and-thirty-two deaths in town during the past year, or about sixteen to one thousand of the population, a per cent of about 1.6.
Of these deaths those from contagious disease were as follows: Diphtheria, 2; Typhoid Fever, 3.
C. S. HOLDEN, Chairman, C. E. BLISS,
Board of Health,
E. E. HALE, Secretaty, Town of Attleboro.
Deaths During 1895. Cause, Date, Age, Sex.
January.
February.
March ..
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Still Born.
Under 1 year
I to 5 years.
5 to 10.
10 to 20.
20 to 30.
[ 30 to 40.
40 to 50.
50 to 60.
60 to 70.
Over 70.
Male.
Female.
Totals.
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2
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3
I
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2
I
I
I
I
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3
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
..... Heart Disease ..
9H
I
I
I
4
I
5
I
2
3
2
3
4
. Gall Stones ..
I
I
I
I
I
. Eclampsia ...
I
I
I
2
I
I
I
I
I
2
I
..... Brights Disease .. . ..... Injury to Head .... Dislocation of Vertebrae ... Convulsions.
I
I
3
3
2
5
I
I
I
I
... Pleuro-pneumonia ...
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2
2
2
2
I
I
I
... Old Age
7
2
5
7
2
I
I
2
I
I
I
I
3
I
I
2
3
5
I
I
3
2
I
I
2
Apoplexy .... ... Peritonitis ...
H
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I
2
I
3
I
I
I
. Typhoid Fever .... ... Diabetis ..
I
I
2
2
I
... Cardiac Paralysis ...
I
I
.. Abscess of Liver. ...
H
I
I
I
I
.. General Paresis .... . Senile Debility ....
I
I
I
I
.Tubercular Meningitis.
I
1
· .. Inanition ...
I
I
I
1
..... . Erysipelas ....
..
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I
I
I.
I
I
I
I
I
... Pneumonia. .
I
I
2
7
3
II
.. Pulmonary Phthisis ..
5
7
8
15
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I
Embolismn. ..
I
I
I
... Spinal Meningitis .... ... Still Born.
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2
3
5
5
I
I
I
I
I
I
3
I
4
2
2
2
. Meningitis. ...
1
2
I
7
5
6
I
I
I
..
... Arsenic Poisoning ...
1
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
... Cholera Infantum ... . Marasmus ..
4
4
3
2
5
. Gangrene . ..
2
. Drowning ..
I
8
2
I
I
I
I
I
.. Cerebral Softening ..
I
I
DISEASE CAUSING DEATH.
. Anaemia. ..
..
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I
I
I
... Curvature of Spine ...
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I
I
I
I
2
3
. . Paresis ..
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I
. Hypertrophy of Liver. ... Accident ..
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1
I
I
I
1
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I
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I
I
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I
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I
I
2
I
E
I
I
I
I
... Typhoid Malaria ....
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I
I
1
I
I
2
I
I
I
I
I
E
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
1
I
. Slomatitis .
I
I
I
I
I
II
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17
IO
I2
5
8
I6
14
14
6
9
TOTALS.
5
1 23
7
I
9
| 14
9
8
13
IO
33
72
60
132
.
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I
I
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. Progressive Paralysis. .... Empyema.
Cerebro Spin'l Sclerosis ...... Renal Calculi. .... Shock fol'ing Operation
.... Chronic Malaria .... Nephritis.
Shock and Hemorrhage .Tuberculosis ....
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.... Cancer of Liver .... Exhaustion after Shock
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... Acute Melancholia ... . Bronchial Pneumonia. .. Hepatitis.
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.. Gastritis.
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.
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.. Carcinoma.
HH
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... Diphtheria.
Totals
.
Measles
Typhoid Fever
Scarlet Fever
.
3
N
I
January.
1
1
March.
3
3
·
April.
I
1
May.
7
I
5
1
June.
July.
3
N
1
August.
+
1
3
September.
1
1
3
1
2
N
1
H
December.
28
3
7
I2
6
DISEASE.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
October.
November.
Totals.
Diphtheria
February.
Totals
Typhoid Fever
Measles
Scarlet Fever
Diphtheria
.
·
.
DISEASE.
5
H
N
N
Dodgeville.
a
4
N
South Attleboro.
I 1
H
Hope street.
3
3
Union street.
1
1
Falmouth street.
H
1
Prospect street.
1
1
Dunham street.
N
N
Pleasant street.
1
1
Holman street.
1
1
Sanford street.
1
H
Railroad avenue.
N
H
I
Park street.
1
1
South Main street.
1
1
Mechanic street.
1
1
Bank street.
28
7
3
I2
6
Totals.
LOCALITY,
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OFFICE OF
BOARD OF HEALTH.
ATTLEBORO, MASS., July 1, 1895.
Rules for Disinfection.
As soon as a case of contagious disease is present in a household the patient must be placed in a room as far from the living rooms of the family as possible, and no person other than the physician and nurse must enter it.
All unnecessary articles, both of furniture and orna- ment, should be removed from the room as soon as the dis- ease is discovered, in order that the articles requiring dis- infection shall be as few as possible.
Any parent or friend acting as nurse must change his or her clothing before associating with other people; the hands and the face with the hair must be disinfected by bathing in *Bichloride of Mercury Solution, (I part to 3,000).
Over the doorway of the sick room a sheet constantly kept moistened with a solution of Bichloride of Mercury (I part to 2,000) must be kept in place.
After the recovery or death of the patient all the arti- cles in the sick room must be destroyed, or disinfected by one of the following methods:
BOILING. All articles that can be boiled should be subjected to this process for at least half an hour.
The carpet or rugs must, in every instance, be re- moved from the floor and taken to some isolated field, away from all houses, and be thoroughly beaten, the surfaces thoroughly swept and then carefully wiped over with a cloth wet in the Bichloride of Mercury Solution.
The mattress and pillows must be taken with the car- pet, thoroughly beaten, brushed and wiped over with the same solution.
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The floors, walls, ceilings, window casings, and door frames, and all furniture, must also be wiped over with this solution.
The sick room must be vacated and thoroughly aired for at least forty-eight hours.
The cards of warning on the outside of houses must not be removed until permission is given by a member of the Board of Health.
*Tablets for preparing the Bichloride of Mercury Solution can be obtained at the drug stores for a small sum. As it is poisonous when taken internally, bottles containing the solution should be marked and cared for.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE, MILK AND PROVISIONS, OF THE TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH,
MASS.
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF CATTLE, MILK AND PROVISIONS.
To the Selectmen of Attleboro:
GENTLEMEN: I herewith present a report of the du- ties which I have performed as inspector of milk, provis- ions and cattle during the past year.
I have issued twenty-four milk licenses at fifty cents each, amounting to twelve dollars, which has been paid into the town treasury.
The first of every month I have inspected the milk on Sale by these twenty-four dealers, making a total of two hundred and eighty-eight tests for the year. Not one test has shown the milk below the standard required by the State.
I have physically examined five hundred and eighty- seven cattle, and of that number have condemned thirty- one as being infected with the contagious disease known as Tuburculosis or Consumption, and witnessed a post mortem and burial of each.
June 20th, 1894, an act was passed by the Legislature compelling me to be present at the slaughter of all cows and calves in all parts of the town, which greatly increased my duties.
An act has been passed in January, 1896, compelling me to be present at the slaughter of all swine in all parts of the town, which will add still more to my duties of 1895, mak- ing the inspections at slaughtering more than double. These inspections are not confined wholly to the slaughter
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houses, but to any individual who chooses to kill at any place and any time he may name, the inspector has to be present at the post mortem. During the year I have wit- nessed the slaughtering of forty-two calves, twenty-one cows, eight oxen and six bulls, and of the above named, have caused condemned and buried before me twelve. The act relating to the duties of the Inspector is Section 51 of Chapter 491 of the Acts of 1894.
DR. T. L. SWIFT, D. V. S.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
The auditors elected at the March meeting of 1895, respectfully report that they have examined the books and reports of the various officers of the Town, namely, Treas- urer, Sinking Fund Commissioners, Water Commissioners and Registrar, Overseers of Poor, Tax Collectors, School Committee and Public Library, and find that their reports and books agree, and that the books are neatly and cor- rectly kept.
Respectfully submitted,
ORVILLE P. RICHARDSON, M. O. WHEATON, Auditors. BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY,
INDEX.
Apparatus, (Fire Department ) 85
Appropriations -
Armory - 18
24, 25
Armory, Expense of 31
Assessors, Report -
67
Auditors, Report
-
127
Board of Health 109 -
Bonds -
44. 52
-
Bridges - 12
Clearing Ten Mile River 30
Contagious Diseases, (Board of Health) II4
Court Fees -
30
Current and Incidentals, (Selectmen ) 25
Deaths, (Board of Health) 115
Election Expenses -
-
31
Enforcement of Liquor Law 31
Expenditures - - 49,55
Fire Alarm, (Engineers) 86
Fire Department, (Selectmen) - 21, 28
Fire Department, (Engineers) 83
Fires - 87
Force of the Department, (Engineers) -
83
Grade Crossings
20
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Guide Boards I7
Hebronville Crossing 19
Highways - IO
Highways and Bridges 28
Horses, (Fire Department) -
86
Houses, (Fire Department )
87
Inspector of Cattle, Milk and Provisions
125
Interest, (Treasurer)
50
Jury List
37
Licenses, (Treasurer)
43
Lockup 30
Military Aid - 33
Miscellaneous, (Treasurer) - 45, 52, 55
Notes, (Treasurer) - - 44, 49
Nuisances, (Board of Health) II2
Organization, (Board of Health) IIO
Overseers of the Poor - 1 77
Outstanding Bonds and Notes - 53, 56
Permanent Improvements, (Fire Department ) 87
Plumbing IIO
Police Service 30
Receipts - - 43, 55
Recapitulation, (Treasurer) 57
Recommendations and Suggestions, (Selectmen) 22
Recommendations, (Fire Department ) - 90 Record of 200th Anniversary 32
Roll of Fire Department
83
Rules for Disinfection - I 20
Salaries of Town Officers 34
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Salaries of Fire Department 85
Selectmen's Report 9
Selectmen's Account 27
Sewerage
19
Sidewalks - 18, 19
Sinking Fund Commissioners 61
Soldiers' Burial
- 34
State Aid 32
Street Lighting - 18, 29
Surveying and Plans - 29
Table of Board of Health
116-17-18-19
Tables of Receipts and Expenditures, (Treasurer) -
54.
Tax Collectors' Report
73
Thacher Brook Drain - 20, 29
Town Officers 3
Tuberculosis -
113
Water Department, (Treasurer) - 55
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