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HEALTH CAMP
The public health work of a community may be said to prosper to its fullest extent when there exists in that community, undeniable evi- dence of a hearty co-operation between its official and non-official social and health agencies.
The successful outcome of the efforts that have been directed toward the establishment and maintenance of the Attleboro Health Camp furnishes a satisfactory demonstration of what can be accom- plished by the work of several agencies working in co-operative har- mony. No one will deny that of all health activities put into practice in the present day, and demanding public support and encouragement for their continuance, there is none which has a greater appeal than the matter of conserving the health and well being of the children, who are soon to become our future citizens,-the fathers and mothers of the next generation.
Many excellent health camps are now being maintained through- out the state, and while they differ materially in many respects as to methods of routine and management, their attempts to minister to the needs of undernourished children and to build up the resistance of those found to be in need of such care, have many ideas in common. It is perhaps unfortunate that there has been no attempt thus far to standardize the work of health camps in the different places where they have been established. Such a standardization especially in reference to proper building construction, adequate diets, and a uniform method of selection of the children to be cared for in these camps, would be of great advantage to all concerned, in respect both to efficiency and economy.
Every community has its own problems to solve in the matter of disease prevention in "s child population. Even the smaller places
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through school medical inspection are now discovering the mal-nourish- ed children who are in need of extra attention and care. Few con- munities are fortunate enough to have at their disposal funds with which the resistance of all these children may be improved. Appro- priations for this purpose should be spent wisely if the maximum in results is to be obtained. The selection of the proper types of chil- dren for treatment, the rejection of those who may be better cared for in other ways than in a health camp, the holding to a straight course and the adoption of a firm policy to do the greatest good for the great- est number,-all this calls for an exercise of the best judgment and pa- tience of those engaged in preventing tuberculosis.
1925 HEALTH CAMP
The Attleboro Tuberculosis Society with its officers and Board of Directors assumed entire charge of the camp maintenance. Funds for maintenance of this camp were furnished through the Community Chest. The President of the Tuberculosis Society was in charge of the purchase of food and supplies. Its finance committee approved bills for the necessary expenditures of maintenance.
The Lions Club built and equipped the camp, in 1924, built another dormitory for this year's camp, and furnished the necessary material for caring for ten additional boys this year. The Lions Club holds the title to all buildings and equipment, by a written agreement signed by officers of both organizations which grants the use of the camp to the Attleboro Tuberculosis Society so long as it may care to use such property and maintain it as a childrens' health camp. Physicians and dentists, members of the Lions Club, have given freely of their time each year in correcting tonsil and teeth defects among the camp children.
The Attleboro Health Department was in close co-operation with the two non-official agencies mentioned above. This department was instrumental in starting the first camp, and still retains an active in- terest in the conduct of its affairs. The nurse employed by the de- partment did a great deal of the preparatory work for the 1925 camp, such as obtaining lists of names of undernourished children, making home visits, and reporting on home conditions, arranging appointments with camp candidates for examinations in the clinic and for correction of defects. She also has attended to the follow-up work during the year. Camp candidates were examined and selected at the clinic main- tained by the Health Department.
The selection of suitable children for admission to the camp, a matter of vital importance in camp work, began early in January and a large number of children, supposedly in need of treatment, was ex- amined in the clinic. These children were largely referred by the schools, by the Associated Charities, and by individuals. A list of undernourished children discovered in the State Clinic held in the schools in June, while received somewhat late for our purpose, proved of great advantage in going over the final work of selection. An ex- amination was made of each candidate found to be ten percent or more underweight. In this examination, the correct age, height, and weight, as well as the pounds and percent underweight were recorded. The record also showed the child's posture, chest development and ex- pansion, nutrition, physical signs in the chest, the condition of the teeth, throat, and mentality with a special column for defects present and cor- rected. Many of the children were previously found to be immune to diphtheria and smallpox, and the reaction to the tuberculin test was recorded. An x-ray report of the chest was obtained in nearly all the children finally chosen. Practically every child admitted to the camp was free to gain; a few were rejected because of their parents' refusal
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to have remediable defects corrected. £ Twelve of the forty children selected had tonsils and adenoids removed by a local physician and teeth defects in many of the children were corrected by two local den- tist, all of whom did their work effectively and gratuitously.
A report of weights and gains made in the 1925 Health Camp is contained in the report of the camp supervisor.
The work of tuberculosis prevention has in a sense just begun in that the various measures are now directed toward the protection of the physical well being of infants and children. It' is well to bear in mind that the health camp cannot and should not attempt to accomplish everything. It is only one of the cogs,-though an important one in a fairly sizable wheel of an intensive program to eradicate tuberculosis.
CONCLUSION
In concluding this annual report, I desire to express sincere appre- ciation of the efforts of all those who assisted in any way in the general program of disease prevention. The press has rendered valuable service in publicity and educational work. The Attleboro Sun has conducted a weekly health column and has published articles sent in by this depart- ment. This service has been a very effective means we believe of keep- ing the subject of health before the public.
The physicians of the city have been prompt in calling our atten- tion to contagious cases, and their thoughtfulness in this respect has facilitated our plans for controlling the spread of the communicable diseases. The activities of the Tuberculosis Society, the District Nurs- ing and Public Health Association, the Associated Charities, and other non-official agencies have seemed to us most commendable, and we have been glad to render assistance and encouragement to them at every op- portunity.
We acknowledge also our indebtedness to other city departments, particularly the school, charity and public works departments for their timely suggestions in reference to our work.
We believe that it may be truly said that the future of public health work in a community of our size is practically without limit. The little that has been done simply serves to demonstrate that more must be ac- complished. We are assured that seventy-five per cent. of the financial dependence of a community is due to illness, much of it unnecessary ill- ness. Is it not economy then to reduce in so far as possible, all sickness ? We have to deal with communicable disease, many of which are known to be preventable. We witness from year to year a rapid increase in the desire of the citizenship as a whole to prevent unnecessary disease. Up to the end of the last century, police methods in public health work held full sway; disease prevention meant simply the wielding of official force, and the exercise of official authority in which work there was little to interest the average citizen. Now all this has changed. Health is now universally regarded as an important concern of each individual, and of each family.
Our own city with its private health agencies and its community chest offers an excellent illustration of the average opportunity given to all who wish to play a part in the betterment of community health.
In former reports, attention has been called to the necessity and im- portance of the periodic physical examination of adults. It is hoped that an increasing number of our citizens will come to a realization of the ad- visability of undergoing a health examination at least once annually. The total of the results of such individual efforts toward health conservation
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will mean the prevention of much unnecessary illness, and a furtherance of general public health usefulness.
Finally, to quote from that eminent health worker, the late Eugene R. Kelley, former Commissioner of Health of Massachusetts, "But what- ever the machinery of health departments, the aim of medicine no less than health administration must be increasingly the recognition of dis- ease at its inception, that is, prevention and cure at the curable stage."
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM O. HEWITT, Health Officer.
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EXPENDITURES
Salaries
Health officer
$1,000.00
Nurse
1,500.00
Milk inspector
734.37
Inspection of slaughtering
600.00
Inspector of animals
300.00
Attending physician at tuberculosis clinic
50.00
Garbage collector
1,500.00
Caretaker of dump
728.00
Clerk
474.40
$6,886.77
General Expenses
Incidentals
Printing
$ 54.30
Stationery and postage
81.43
General expense
162.28
$ 298.01
Automobilė
New car
$ 442.00
Cost of maintenance
404.07
Dump
Supplies
$ 65.50
Building new road
40,11 $ 105.61
Plumbing inspection
Arthur B. Read $ 190.00
J. M. Seagraves
48.00
Physicians' fees
Diphtheria cases $ 18.00
5.00
$ 23.00
Laboratory
Rent and light
$ 153.23
Supplies
148.96
$ 302.19
Tuberculosis and diphtheria prevention clinics
Printing
$ 68.30
Advertising
51.55
Supplies
104.01
Rent
25.00
248.86
Fees to other cities and towns
Fall River-Scarlet fever $ 64.00
Fall River-Diphtheria
34.00
Providence-Diphtheria
12.00
$ 110.00
State Sanatoria
Westfield
$ 327.00
Bristol County Tuberculosis Hosp.
8,535.80
$8,862.80
Care at Home
Supplies for tuberculosis patients
$ 194.22
Total expended
$18,115.53
$
238.00
Suspected smallpox
$ 846.07
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
State subsidy on patients at Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospi- tal, on cases settled in Attleboro $3,978.53
State reimbursement on State cases, cases not settled in Attle-
boro, nor any city or town in Massachusetts, and cared for at the Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital 314.82
Reimbursement from Town of Norton, for case cared for at Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital, and having settle- ment in Town of Norton 501.80
License fees collected, 1925 132.50
Total
$4,927.65
WILLIAM O. HEWITT,
Health Officer.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Estimated Appropriations for 1926
Health officer
$ 1,000.00
Laboratory maintenance
200.00
Dental
2,000.00
Clerk
520.00
Inspector of milk
750.00
Care of dump
800 00
Garbage collection
1,600.00
Inspector of slaughtering
600.00
Inspector of animals
300.00
Inspector of plumbing
300.00
Nursing and care at home
200.00
State Sanatoria
9,000.00
Fees to other cities and towns
500.00
Physicians' fees
50 00
Rent and light
180.00
Incidentals
300.00
Health Department Nurse
1,500.00
Automobile
400.00
Tuberculosis and diphtheria prevention clinics
300.00
Health show
250 00
Total
$20,750.00
WILLIAM O. HEWITT,
Health Officer.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Appointment of a full time milk and sanitary inspector.
2. The establishment of local ordinances requiring municipal pas- teurization of milk and cream, and the tuberculin testing of all cows furnishing Attleboro's milk supply.
3. Chlorination of the municipal water supply.
4. The establishment of a properly supervised dental clinic.
5. An appropriation for the health show in 1926.
WILLIAM O. HEWITT,
Health Officer.
CORRECTED DEATH RATE
Year
Population
Number of Deaths
Death Rate
1916
18,730
249
13.3
1917
18,980
244
12.9
1918
19,230
303
15.8
1919
19,480
256
13.1
1920
19,731
258
13.1
1921
19,909
205
10.3
1922
20,087
209
10.5
1923
20,265
263
13.0
1924
20,443
254
12.4
1925
20,623
261
12.7
DEATH RATE
The city's death rate for 1925 based on the population of 20,623 was 12.7 per one thousand inhabitants.
The infant mortality rate based on 544 live births during the year was 68.
DEATHS BY MONTHS
Number of Deaths
Still Births
Months
January
35
2
February
25
1
March
31
2
April
17
0
May
25
1
June
11
1
July
16
1
August
18
1
September
13
0
October
18
2
November
23
0
December
29
0
Totals
261
11
SATTLEBORO HEALTH CAMP
ATTLEBORO HEALTH CAMP 1925.
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CAUSES OF DEATHS, 1925
Months
January
February
March
April
May
Tune
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
Accidental, burns
1
1
Accidental, drowning
1
1
Accidental, electricity
1
1
Alcoholism
1
1
1
3
Angina Pectoris
1
1
Aortitis
1
1
Appendicitis
1
1
2
Arterio-sclerosis
1111111
1
8
Atelectasis
1
1
Autointoxication
1
1
Birth injury
1
1
Brain tumor
1
1
Bronchitis, acute
1
1
Bullet Wound
1
1
Cancer
2 4 4 1 5
111
3
2 2
26
Carbuncle
1
1
Cerebral embolism
1
1
Cerebral Hemorrhage
1
112221
1
3
3
17
Cholecystitis
1
1
Cholelithiasis
1
1
Cirrhosis of liver
1
1
Congenital heart disease
1
1
Convulsions
1
1
Cystitis, chronic
1
1
Diabetes mellitus
1
1
1
3
Embolism
1
1 1
Encephalitis
1
1
2
Endocarditis, acute, septic
2
1
1
4
Enterocolitis
1
1
Enteritis
2
2
Epilepsy
1
1
Exposure
1
1
Fracture of skull
1
1
Fracture of spine
1
1
Gastritis, acute
1
1
Hemorrhage of new born
1
1
Heart disease
22613
1
2
1 2 1 1 3
24
Homicide
1
Inanition
1
1
1
1
Gangrene of leg
General paralysis
1
1
2
Empyema
1
1
1
Endocarditis, chronic
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CAUSES OF DEATHS, 1925 (Con.)
Months
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Totals
Influenza
1
1
2
Intestinal obstruction
1
1
2
Intracranial hemorrhage
1
1
Malignant lymphoma
1
1
Meningitis
1
1
2
Myocarditis, acute
1
1
Myocarditis, chronic
2
1
51211
2
1
16
Nephritis, acute
4
1
1
1
1
2
10
Paralysis agitans
1
1
1
Peritonitis
1
1
1
3
Pernicious anaemia
1
1
1
3
Pleurisy
1
1
1
1
2
8
Pneumonia, lobar
2
3 2 1
1
1
1
11
Poisoning, carbon monoxide
1
Premature birth
1
1
1
2 1
3
1
10
Puerperal septicaemia
1
1
1
Pulmonary embolism
1
1
2
Pulmonary oedema
Purpura rheumatica
1
1
Scarlet fever
1
1
Senile dementia
1
1
Septicaemia
1
1
2
Surgical shock
1
1
1
Syphilis
1
1
Tuberculosis of intestines
1
1
1
Tuberculosis pulmonary
3
36124 5
2 3 1
4
38
Tuberculosis of spine
1
1
Typhoid fever
1
1
Unknown
1
2
2
Vomiting of pregnancy
1
1
Still births
2 12
1111 2
11
Totals
272
.
1
1
1
1
Rectum malperforans
1
1
Poisoning, wood alcohol
1
1
Pulmonary abscess
1
1
Nehritis, chronic
1
Patulous foramen ovale
1
Pneumonia, broncho
3
1
Tabes dorsalis
1
Tubercular peritonitis
1
Uraemia
75
DEATHS BY AGES AND MONTHS
Number of
Deaths
Female
Male
Under 1 year
1-2 years
2-3 years
3-4 years
4-5 years
5-10 years
10-15 years
15-20 years
20-30 years
30-40 years
40-50 years
50-60 years
60-70 years
70-80 years
Over 80 years
ANNUAL REPORT
35
16
19
9
0
0
00
0
0
0
1 0
1 0
6
4
6
1
3
4
January
25
13
12
3
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
4
4
3
5
5
3
March
17
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
5
6
6
6
1
April
25
17
8
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
1
1
1
May
=
4
7
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
2
0
0
4
2
1
2
June
16
7
9
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
2 0
3
1 2
1 2
1
2
2
0
August
13
co
10
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
4
2
3
September
00.
10
00
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0 0
0 0 3
2
4
2
3
3
C
October
23
15
8
7
1
0
0
0
1
0
November
29
17
12
5
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
4
5
5
3
December
261
135
126
37
3
1
0
0
5
5
9
13
23
24
30
43
44
24
-
1
3
3
3
Julv
00
12
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
0
6
7
2
February
31
12
19
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
5
2
Totals
Still births excluded.
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ANNUAL REPORT
INFANT MORTALITY
Totals
Male
Female
Under 1 day
1 day
1-2 days
2-3 days
3 days to 1 wk.
1-2 weeks
2-3 weeks
3 weeks-1 mo.
1-2 mos.
2-3 mos.
3-6 mos.
6-9 mos.
9-12 mos.
January
9
4
5
1
1
2
1 1 2
February
3
2
1
2
1
1
March
1
1
1
1
April
3
1
2 1
1
1
June
1
1
1
July
2
2
2
August
2
2
1
September
2
2
1
1
October
2
1
1
1
1
November
7
2
5
1
1
2 1
1
1
December
5
2 3 2
1
1
1
Totals
37 16 21 8 2 1
5 5 4 1
2 3 4 2
Atelectasis
1
1
Bronchitis
1
1
Birth injury
1
1
Bronchial pneu-
moni
1
5
2112
Cerebral haemorr- hage
2 2 2
1
1
Congenital heart disease
1
1
Convulsions
1
1
Enteritis
1
1
1
1
Enterocolitis
1
1
Haemorrhage of new borne
1
1
Inanition
1
1
Intracranial haem- orrhage
1
1
Meningitis, acute
1
1
Patulous foramen ovale
1
1
Premature birth
5
5
4
1 3
Rectum malper- forans
1
1
Syphilis
1
1
Tuberculosis of in- testines
1
1
1
Unknown
1
Infant Mortality Rate
68
May
77
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES REPORTED 1925 DEATHS FROM CONTAGIOUS DISEASES 1925
Cerebro-spinal
Meningitis
Trachoma
Encephalitis
Lethargica
Poliomylitis
Other forms of
Tuberculosis
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Diphtheria
Scarlet
Fever
Typhoid
Fever
Chicken
Pox
Whooping
Cough
Measles
Mumps
Ophthalmia
Influenza
Lobar
Pneumonia
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Cases Deaths
Cases Deaths
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
NON
1
March
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
00
June July
00
August
September
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 1
0 1 0
0 2
2 0 0 16 3 69 38
0
00
000
00
00
00
00
0 0
0 1
5 5
3 3
0
6
1
0
2
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1 0
0
0
0
0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0
0
0
0
4
0118 02044 0
0
3 1 A 0050
0 0
0 0
C a
0
October November
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0 0
1
0
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
A
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 1
9 6
2
0 0 1 0 1
0 0 0 4 0 15
0 1
0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0
0 1
0 0 0
2 - 5 5
0 0 0 0
0 2
0 3 1 33
0 17 0 0 ) 32
) 12
0 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 20
December Totals
00
00000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 10
2
1
0
0
0
2
1
4
0
0
0
000
00
000
00
ON
00
000
OH
1 0 1
4
January
February
6 0
2
1
April
May
0 2
4
1
0
1
0
5 4
0 0 0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0
0
0 0
0 1 0 100 0 0 0 1 1
2 2 18 11
2
1
00
12
0
0
0
29
0
00
0 0
0
0
1
0
0
0 0
0
0
11
0 0 0 0
3 7 0 40 1 6
2 1 5
0
A
N 1 0 0 1
0 0 0 2 00
Deaths
ANNUAL REPORT
0 7
0
78
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Nuisances Investigated and Followed Up
Unsanitary premises
20
Privy vaults
8
Cesspools
15
Dumping or rubbish
17
Keeping of swine
2
Unsanitary plumbing
6
Smoke nuisance
1
Sewage dumped on land
4
Slaughtering of fowl
3
Referred to Public Works Department
1
Referred to Police Department
2
Unjustifiable cause for complaint
2
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REPORT OF CAMP SUPERVISOR
Dr. William O. Hewitt, Director
August 22, 1925. Attleboro Health Camp
Attleboro, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir :- Please consider this my report as Camp Supervisor for the season of 1925 :
Attendance
Camp opened July 6th with a capacity attendance of forty boys (an increase of 30% over 1924) and a staff of four paid workers. The ages ranged from seven to fifteen years-the average age was eleven years. No child was admitted who was less than 10% under weight and the weights ranged from ten to twenty per cent. under normal. With the exception of a few with dental defects, the boys were free to gain. Health Instruction
While a gain in weight is desirable, the boys were made to feel that gain alone was not the primary objective of the camp. They were led to realize that the daily observance of proper habits of cleanliness, right eating, rest and cheerful thinking is the thing that counts and that only by the continuance of these health habits may they expect to continue or retain any improvement or gain made at camp. Posters, talks, stories and games all helped to instill this idea into their young minds.
The routine was rigid and, therefore, at times rather strenuous for boys who were active and perhaps before had known little home control. It required a conscientious effort on the part of each member of the staff to have the boys realize the importance of a special program for their particular type. That some grasped the idea was well shown by our young toastmaster, who, on the closing night of camp, said, "We are here for our health-not for our wealth."
Gains
The gain in weight did not equal that of last year yet the results obtained were satisfactory and I think will compare favorably with those of other health camps. Every boy in camp showed a gain. The highest individual gain was 141/2 pounds for the six weeks, the lowest was 31/4 pounds and the average gain 63/4 pounds. The aggregate gain was 26814 pounds. Our weekly records show the rate of gain to be :
1st week 85 lbs. Average for week 2.1
1bs.
2nd week. 331/2 lbs. Average for 2 weeks 2.97 1bs.
3rd week. 401/2 lbs. Average for 3 weeks 3.98 lbs.
4th week. 5114 lbs. Average for 4 weeks 5.26 lbs. 5th week 243/4 lbs. Average for 5 weeks 5.88 lbs. 6th week 3314 lbs. Average for 6 weeks. 6.71 lbs.
Sixteen boys gained in height varying from 14 to 34 inches during their stay at camp.
Camp Routine
The camp routine as worked out previous to the opening of camp was followed very closely with two exceptions. With your permission, bedtime was changed from 8:30 to 8 p. m. and supper from 6:30 to 6 p. m. The rest periods were the most difficult part of the program to enforce, especially that of an hour and a half following the noon meal. The boys soon learned, however, that the only safe way to avoid trouble and a subsequent extension of the period was to sleep. And some of them slept throughout the whole period-others slept part of the period each day. The mid-morning and mid-afternoon lunch of crackers and
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milk continued popular all through the season, in fact, there was never any difficulty in getting the youngsters to drink milk. The daily con- sumption of milk was seventy-nine quarts. With the increased attend- ance this year, it seemed advisable to discontinue the cafeteria style used in 1924. So the boys were seated 10 at a table and the entire staff was kept busy serving. The menu, curtailed a bit, from last year, was ample and of excellent quality.
Contrary to what might be expected with boys so young, we had very little home sickness. No boy left or was discharged from camp during the season. Two of the boys who were sick could have been sent home but instead were cared for at the improvised first aid room in the supervisor's house and were shortly able again to "carry on" in camp activities.
Recreation
Recreation included ring quoits, swings, volley-ball, baseball and other games, hikes, etc. Much interest was shown in the making of boats and of bows and arrows and in the construction of telephones. Checkers proved an enjoyable pastime to keep the boys amused and quiet. The books donated to the camp were highly appreciated and in constant use. Through the kindness of Mr. Holt the boys were able to go swimming several times, also to enjoy two picnics, one to Nip- pinicket, where, through the generosity of the Lions Club, they enjoyed rides in boats and on the merry-go-round and were treated to ice cream and wholesome candy ; the other to Lake Shore Health Camp at Sharon Heights, where the chief feature was a ball game between the two camps. Attleboro won 10 to 2.
Parents' Day
This was held on the afternoon of Wednesday. August 12th. Nine- teen mothers attended. Miss Wilson, of the State Department of Health, spoke a few words to them concerning the objects of camp life and suggested means by which the parents could further the good work so well begun by six weeks of such training.
I am conscious that it has been a privilege to be associated in this work with a group of people capable of the close co-operation which has existed between the two organizations that maintain the Attleboro Health Camp. I want also to thank you personally for your loyal sup- nort throughout the season. At your request I am adding a few sugges- tions-the outgrowth of our experience at the camp this summer.
Respectfully yours,
(Signed)
MABEL M. BROWN, R. N. Camp Supervisor.
ATTLEBORO HEALTH CAMP
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REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR
William O. Hewitt, M. D.
34 Sanford Street,
Attleboro, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir :
Submitted herewith is my report dating from January 1 to August 22, 1925 :
Inspections :
Dairy
88
Bakery
64
Restaurants
31
Nuisances
94
Municipal dump
6
Laboratory :
Candy
3
Milk
238
Cream
36
Ice Cream
12
Oleomargarine
16
Vinegar
4
Water
4
Licenses, etc.
Milk licenses 119
17
Oleomargarine Reg.
14
Bottling
2
Hearings for revocation of license
1
Respectfully Submitted, WILLIAM P. LYONS, Inspector of Milk and Agent.
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