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ANNUAL REPORT
It is evident then that the so called degenerative diseases of man common in later life are increasing as a larger number of people live to the age when cancer and heart disease are most common. The human machine wears out, but much is being done to lengthen its usefulness.
In the face of this world-wide depression encouraging reports of health conditions throughout the country are available. Mortality statistics compiled by the larger insurance companies, which include reports from over one-third of the population of the whole country, assure us that the death rate for the first six months of 1931 was lower than that for the same period of 1928. The health situation is hopeful despite other adverse conditions.
Standards in health work are changing as are standards in other fields. Frequent modifications in policy are essential to keep up with the advancement in the rapidly growing field of public health. We must be ready to apply all of the available measures for the prevention of disease.
The channels into which future efforts in public health should be directed are clearly defined. We need first of all a more complete local organization to furnish those facilities which constitute an effective service. An organization not only of the health department but of the various non-official agencies, and of individuals interested in public health. More attention should be directed to- ward maternal welfare, and toward infants and preschool children. More money must soon be expended locally in making municipal improvements in public health. If spent now with cheaper labor and materials it will do double duty, and it will make our city a more healthful place in which to live.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM O. HEWITT, Health Officer.
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AT DISCHARGE
ON ADMISSION
ANNUAL REPORT
ON ADMISSION
AT DISCHARGE
ATTLEBORO HEALTH CAMP -- 1931
Comparative pictures taken on admission and at discharge show marked improvement in nutrition, facial expression and posture. Total gain-forty boys, six weeks-382 pounds.
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EXPENDITURES, 1931 Salaries
Health Officer
$ 1,000.00
Inspector of Milk
750.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
600.00
Inspector of Animals
300.00
Tuberculosis Nurse.
1,600.00
Care of Dump-Labor
730.34
Garbage Disposal
1,600.00
Clerk .
521.67
$ 7,102.01
State Sanatoria
Westfield.
$ 163.00
Bristol County
3,530.80
Lakeville
76.00
Canton.
284.54
Tewksbury
171.00
Miscellaneous
8.10
4,233.44
General Expenses
Quarantine and Contagious Disease Hospitals
$ 625.46
City of Cambridge.
$ 99.00
Rabies treatments 262.50
Rabies vaccine.
20.54
Providence City Hospital
77.71
City of Fall River
160.71
Transportation
5.00
Nursing and Care at Home
268.00
Aid to Scarlet Fever patients .
$248.00
Aid to Infantile Paralysis patient 20.00
Rent
150.00
Light
4.50
Phone
19.79
Laboratory Maintenance.
73.53
Dump Material
99.00
Automobile Maintenance.
633.02
Tuberculosis and Diphtheria Prevention Clinics .
575.00
Supplies
$151.98
Express .
1.38
Advertising
12.00
Printing.
9.50
House-to-house Canvass
400.14
Fees to Other Cities and Towns.
00.00
Inspection of Plumbing .
200.00
Arthur B. Read $164.00
John W. Bullock. 36.00
337.61
Incidentals .
81.89
Physicians' Fees .
271.00
Necessary Expenses within Massachusetts for securing information to improve department service. 3.80
$ 3,342.16
Total
$14,677.61
Office Supplies
6.5
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ESTIMATED APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1932
Salary of Health Officer
$ 1,000.00
Salary of Inspector of Milk.
2,000.00
Salary of Inspector of Slaughtering.
600.00
Salary of Inspector of Animals
300.00
Salary of Tuberculosis Nurse
1,600.00
Care of Dump-Labor
732.64
Garbage Disposal
1,600.00
Clerk.
732.64
Quarantine and Contagious Disease Hospitals .
500.00
Nursing and Care at Home
275.00
State Sanatoria
3,500.00
Rent.
150.00
Light.
5.00
Phone .
20.00
Laboratory Maintenance
75.00
Care of Dump-Material
50.00
Automobile Maintenance.
250.00
Tuberculosis and Diphtheria Prevention Clinics
500.00
Physicians' Fees
200.00
Fees to Other Cities and Towns
100.00
Inspection of Plumbing
200.00
Office Supplies
100.00
Incidentals .
50.00
Necessary Expenses within Massachusetts for securing information to improve department service
25.00
$14,565.28
WILLIAM O. HEWITT, Health Officer.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS, 1931
State subsidy on patients at Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital on cases settled in Attleboro
$1,172.15
State reimbursement on State cases, cases not settled in Attleboro, nor in any city or town in Massachusetts.
126.45
Reimbursement from Plainville, Mass., for case cared for at Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital, and having settlement in Plainville Reimbursement from North Attleboro, Mass., for transportation of case
227.50
to Tewksbury State Infirmary from Attleboro, case having settlement in North Attleboro
5.00
Reimbursement from family for case cared for at Westfield State Sana- torium
100.00
Reimbursement from Greenfield, Mass., for case cared for in Attleboro, and having settlement in Greenfield. 45.00
Reimbursement from Taunton, Mass., for case cared for in Attleboro, and having settlement in Taunton
18.00
License Fees. 215.50
$1,969.60
Total
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ANNUAL REPORT
CORRECTED DEATH RATES
Year
Population
No. of Deaths Death Rate
1921
19,936
205
10.3
1922
20,141
209
10.3
1923
20,346
263
12.9
1924.
20,551
254
12.3
1925
20,756
261
12.5
1926
20,961
257
12.2
1927
21,166
267
12.6
1928.
21,371
269
12.5
1929
21,576
300
13.9
1930.
21,777
224
10.2
1931
21,982
269
12.2
The city's death rate for 1931 based on the census population of 21,982 was 12.2 per one thousand inhabitants.
DEATHS BY MONTHS, 1931
Deaths
Stillborn
January
27
1
February.
20
2
March
28
3
April
25
1
May
24
3
June
18
1
July
19
2
August
21
2
September
15
1
October
21
4
November
26
2
December
25
1
Total.
269
23
DEATHS BY AGES, 1931
Deaths .
Number of
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. .
January
27
13
14
2
C
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
1
2
1
3
1
February
20
9
11
4
3
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
3
5
5
7
2
March.
28
14
14
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
3
4
3
5 4
4
4
June.
18
12
6
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
1
4
1
4
1
July .
21
12
00
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
4
5
4
August
15
4
=
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
3
6
0
September.
2
12
9
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
1
1
5
2
2
3
November.
26
15
11
3
0
0 0
0 0
0
0
0
3
1
1
1
4
5
5
3
December
25
9
16
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
4
8
3
1
Totals
269
138
131
21
5
0
1
0
1
H
7
19
20
20
44
49
50
28
Stillbirths Excluded
67
.
25
13
12
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
4
1
3
6
5
2
2
3
May
24
11
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
5
4
4
1
1
3
3
4
C
. . 0
. .
. .
. . 0
.
ยท
October .
19
14
5
.
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April. .
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INFANT MORTALITY, 1931
Totals.
Male. .
Female.
Under 1 day.
1-2 days ..
2-3 days.
3 days-1 wk.
1-2 wks.
2-3 wks ..
3-4 wks. .
3 wks .- 1 mo.
1-2 mos ..
2-3 mos ..
3-6 mos.
6-9 mos.
9-12 mos ..
January
2
2 1
1
February
43111
2
March.
1
1
1
April
May
1
1
1
June
1
1
1
July
2
1
1
2
August
2
1
1
1
1
September
2
1
1
1
1
October
1
1
1
November
3
2
1
1
1
1
December
2
1
1
1
1
Totals
21 11 10 7 3 1 1 3
2
1111
Acute Acidosis
1
1
1
Asphyxia.
1
1
1
Birth Injury
1
1
1
Congenital Atelectasis 2
1
1
1
1
Hemiplegia.
1
1
1
Penumonia-Bronchial 3
2
1
1
1
1
Premature Birth 9
4
5 511
2
Pyloric Stenosis. 1
1
1
Status Lymphaticus 1
1
1
Spina Bifida.
1
1
1
Totals
21 11 10 7 3 1 1 3
2
1111
.
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CAUSES OF DEATHS, 1931
January .
February . .
March. .
April. .
May.
June.
July .
August .
September .
October .
November .
December.
Totals. .
...
Accident-Automobile
1
1 2
1 2
2 9
Accident-Fall.
1
1
2
Accident-Railway (Fracture of Skull)
1
1
Accident-Drowning.
1
1
2
Acute Cellulitis
1
1
Alcoholism
1
1
1
3
Angina Pectoris
1
1
Appendicitis
1
Arterio Sclerosis
4
2322 2
Brain Abscess
1
1
Brain Tumor
1
1
Bronchitis-Chronic.
1
1
Cancer
1
21122
3 1 2 5 20
Cardiac Embolism 1
1
2
Cerebral Embolism
2 1
1
1
5
Cerebral Hemorrhage
2
1214 1
1
2 2 16
Cholecystitis
2
2
Chronic Arthritis
1
1
Chronic Cystitis
1
1
Cirrhosis of Liver
2
2
Coronary Thrombosis
1
1
Diabetes Mellitus
2
3
1
1
7
Diverticulitis
1
1
Endocarditis-Chronic.
1
1
1
3
Gastric Ulcer-Perforated.
1
1
Heart Disease-Organic.
2 223311 2 2 1 3
2 24
Hernia-Strangulated.
3 3
Influenza
1 1
Leukaemia
1
1
Lung Abscess
1
1
Myocarditis-Acute
1
1
Myocarditis-Chronic. 1 2 3211111
13
1 15
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CAUSES OF DEATHS-Continued
January .
February .
March.
April. .
May. .
June. .
July.
August.
September
October. .
November .
December.
Totals.
Nasal Infection
1
1
Nephritis-Acute
1
1
2
Nephritis-Chronic.
2 1 1 4 3212
3 4 3 26
Paralysis.
1
1
Peritonitis-General
1
1
2
Pleurisy
1
1
Pneumonia-Bronchial
2
1
1
4
Pneumonia-Lobar 2
4 2
1
1
1
11
Postpartum Hemorrhage.
1
1
Prostatic Obstruction
1
1
1
1
4
Puerperal Toxemia .
1
1
Scarlet Fever
1
1
Septicaemia.
1
1
2
Septic Sore Throat
1
1
Senile Dementia.
2
2
Stillborn
1 23131
2214 2
1 23
Suicide-Illiminating Gas
2
1
3
Suicide-Gun Shot Wound
1
1
Suicide-Hanging.
1
1
Suicide-Poisoning
1
1
2
Surgical Shock
1
1
Tabes Dorsalis
1
1
Thrombosis.
1
1
Tuberculosis-Pulmonary 3
2
5 6
132
3 3 4 32
Uraemia .
1
1
Whooping Cough
1
1
Totals
26 18 30 26 26 18 19 21 14 24 25 24 271
Total number of deaths. 271
Infant mortality
21
Total number of deaths including children under one year
292
Stillbirths excluded 23
Total.
269
ANNUAL REPORT
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES REPORTED, 1931 DEATHS FROM CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, 1931
Undulant Fever
Throat
Septic Sore
Dog Bite
Tetanus
Trichinosis
Anterior Poliomylitis
Measles
Meningitis
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Other Forms Tuberculosis Cerebro-Spinal
Diphtheria
Scarlet Fever
Typhoid Fever
Chicken Pox
Cough
Whooping
Measles
Mumps
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Influenza
Pneumonia
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
0 1
2
January .
February . .
000
0 12 0 0
000
0 5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0 0 10
0 0 14
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0
4
0
0
8 3 2
0040 0 0
0 0
1 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 1
September . . 0
0 0
0 4
0 0
0
0
0
1 0 0
0 000
001 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9
0 0 7 0 1
0 0 0 0 0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0
0
0 2
010 2 0 2 023
0 0
December ..
Totals. . 1 0 1 1 56 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 39 0 0 0 5 0 69 32 8 0 151 1 1 0 26 0 14 1 57 0 6 0 1 0 3 1 12 11
Pulomnary Tuberculosis deaths, non-resident. Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases, non-resident.
.23 62
1
0
2
0
0
4
0
0
0
30 0
0
0
0 1 1
1 1
June. .
0 0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0 0
0 3
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
3 3
00 0
0 0
0
October ...
November 0
02 0
0431 0630 0441
0 1 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 0
0
0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0
July . August .
0
0
0
0 3 0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0 7
5 0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0
0
7
0 0 0 43
10
0
3
0 3 0 15 0
2
0
0
0 0 0
4 4 2 2
March .. April . . .. May. . .
0
0
0
0
7 0
0
0 0
0
0
1
000 0 2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0 3
4 0 1 0 0 7 3 405000 0 1 2 1 023 0 0 0 702 1
2 0 8 5 0 044 0003
0
3
0 6
0 0
0
0
0
0
0 1
0
0
1
0
3 0
0001 0
0010
0 0 0 000
0 4 6 0 0 24 0 0
1 0 0 5
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0
00006
0 0 0010
0
7 0 0
0
0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00000 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0011
71
Lobar
German
2 0 6 0
Deaths
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NUISANCES INVESTIGATED AND FOLLOWED UP
Cesspools. 6
Yard, Unsanitary 2
Complaints Inspected, No Cause Found 2
Defective Plumbing 2 Conditions Unsanitary 9
Privy, Unsanitary
1
Dumping
13
Keeping of Pigs
4
REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR AND AUTHORIZED AGENT
I herewith submit my fourth annual report as Inspector of Milk and Author- ized Agent of the Health Department for the City of Attleboro, from January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1931. I wish to thank you and the members of your de- partment for the cooperation given me during the past year.
I have carried on the same standard of inspection as in preceding years, this being the cooperative method, and have continued to gain the confidence and cooperation of all producers and I feel that they are becoming more keenly interested in their product than in previous years. This may be due to competi- tion or education in this line of work. During the inspection of the farms I find that the majority have applications to the State Department of Agriculture so that their cows might be tuberculin tested. I feel that if this test is carried out properly and regularly, it is one of the greatest steps toward safeguarding our milk supply. I find that there are a number who have made applications as early as January, 1930, and are waiting to have their herds tested.
All suggestions made by me such as care of barns, cleaning of cows before milking, handling of milk after milking, the cleaning of equipment and utensils, various methods of cooling, and care before bottling, have been carried out.
Due to present conditions, the amount of milk sold is below that sold in preceding years, but I would say that the percentage of pasteurized milk has been increased, this proving that the public is demanding that milk be pasteurized for its own protection.
A representative from the State Department of Agriculture, Mr. Arthur Hillman, was in Attleboro for four days in December, making an inspection of the milk produced in this city. The test made was the sediment test which determined the cleanliness, and the reductase test which proved the keeping quality. After making these tests he spent one day in the inspection of dairies.
The inspection of milk for the health camp was carried on as usual to deter- mine the quality. It was found to be of a high quality pasteurized product, the fat content being high and the bacteria count low. The gains in weight have steadily increased and this is a very good recommendation for the use of pasteur- ized milk.
This year we have been faced with an unusual condition, that is the price of milk being sold as low as eight cents a quart. This condition has been harmful to the producers because they seem to be the ones to carry the load, their price being cut to compete with this low price.
As you know, in this city, the producers and dealers have organized. The purpose at present is to stabilize the price of milk to the producer and the con- sumer. Although the price of milk is of no interest to us, I think that the organi- zation will be of great advantage to us in time to come, by that I mean, in educa- tional work, and I feel that any suggestions that we may make will be greatly appreciated and carried out as to the quality of their product.
Only a small amount of sewer extension was put in this year and all houses properly connected.
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All nuisances brought to the attention of the department have been investi- gated and letters have been sent out calling the attention of these matters to the owners, and in all cases requests were complied with.
Restaurants, lunchcarts, markets, wayside stands, have been inspected and any suggestions and requests which have been made were carried out.
The list of laboratory examinations made follows:
MILK
Chemical Analysis.
521
Bacteriological Analysis 380
CREAM
Chemical Analysis. 102
Bacteriological Analysis 93
ICE CREAM
Chemical Analysis. 11
Bacteriological Analysis . 13
VINEGAR
Chemical Analysis 2
WATER
Bacteriological Analysis 7
MILK LICENSES 188
OLEOMARGARINE LICENSES ..
19
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST W. DOYLE, Inspector of Milk and Authorized Health Agent.
MILK AND DAIRY INSPECTION
Number of Milk Wagons Inspected. 225
Number of Lactometer Tests . . 760
Number of Samples of Milk and Cream taken to Laboratory 623
Number of Samples of Ice Cream taken to Laboratory 16
Number of Chemical Analysis Made. 623
Number of Local Milk Dealers Notified to Improve Butter Fat. 40
Number of Local Milk Dealers Notified to Reduce Sediment. 48
Number of Local Milk Dealers Notified to Procure Screens for Doors and Windows. 20
Number of Milk Producers Notified to Improve Butter Fat. 20
Number of Milk Producers Notified to Reduce Sediment 60
Number of Places Inspected where Milk is Sold Retail
200
Number of Places where Milk is Sold by the Glass. 40
Number of Pasteurization Plants Inspected. 110
Number of Drug Stores and Places Selling Ice Cream Inspected. 90
Dairies Inspected. 180
Dairies Notified to Clean Premises 2
Producers Notified to Stop Selling Milk. 0
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REPORT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT NURSE
I herewith submit my annual report as Health Department Nurse for the year ending December 31, 1931.
There is a satisfaction derived from the old saying "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," and after all, that is the objective of this department- prevention of disease.
Diphtheria prevention clinics are held each Saturday during the months of October, November and December. Prior to the opening of the clinics and during the above mentioned months time is given over to a house-to-house canvass throughout the city proper, Hebronville, Dodgeville, and South Attleboro. Extra nurses doing part-time work have been a great aid in carrying on this intensive campaign. The object of this drive is to explain to each mother why children six months of age and over should be protected against diphtheria. It is gratifying to observe the enthusiasm manifested by the parents and to note the comparative ease with which signatures are obtained for the immunizing pro- cedure. Transporation has been provided each Saturday, to and from the clinics, for mothers with babies and small children from all parts of the city.
The result is an absolute minimum of the disease and it is significant that in no instance where a child has been protected against diphtheria has a case developed.
This marks the ninth year of the Attleboro Health Camp for boys. Forty of the most underweight and undernourished boys are selected for enrollment in this camp. Before entering camp, dental defects must be corrected, diseased tonsils and adenoids removed, and the boys are free to gain. The Lions Club provides a year's membership for these boys at the Y. M. C. A. for posture exercises and regular gymnasium work is enjoyed each Saturday morning.
Tuberculosis may always be with us, but it is considered a preventable disease. Regular visits have been made on all tuberculosis cases. The general condition of every tuberculosis patient in this city is known to me. Contact and suspicious cases are under the supervision of the tuberculosis clinic which is held at the Sturdy Memorial Hospital every Wednesday from 4 to 6 P. M. Active cases are hospitalized and patients are followed up closely in their homes when discharged from the hospital. Suspicious cases are X-rayed. Several children with tuberculosis of other forms have been admitted to the State Pre- ventoriums at Lakeville and Westfield.
Houses, in which contagious disease cases were reported, have been pla- carded by me and the mothers instructed in technique to be carried out in the home as a means of preventing the spread of the disease to other members of the family. Such cases are visited on the average of three times a week. Where conditions are such that fair isolation is not warranted, daily visits are made. In specific cases where the proper care of the contagious disease could not be afforded in the home, the patients were taken to the Providence City Hospital.
I wish to acknowledge with appreciation the fine interdepartmental co- operation of the Lions Club, School Physician, School Nurse, District Nurses, Family Welfare Department, Public Welfare Department, Doctor's Club, and the Superintendent of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital.
STATISTICAL REPORT
Number of visits to tuberculosis patients and tuberculosis contacts. 671
Number of pulmonary tuberculosis cases reported for 1931. 7
Number of tuberculosis cases-other forms-reported for 1931 4
Number of deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis during 1931 9
Admitted to State Sanatorium. 1
Admitted to County Sanatorium 9
Number of patients under supervision of tuberculosis clinic. 361
Contagious disease visits 392
Home visits to health camp boys 417
Diphtheria prevention home visits. 340
Respectfully submitted, MARY E. McMAHON, R. N., Health Department Nurse.
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
The following report of work performed by the Inspector of Plumbing during the year 1931 is hereby submitted:
Number of permits for plumbing granted. 101
Number of new buildings. 82
Number of water closets installed. 135
Number of sinks installed . 68
Number of wash trays installed . 30
Number of lavatories installed .
96
Number of bath tubs installed
84
Number of slop sinks installed
6
Number of shower baths installed
30
Number of urinals installed.
6
Number of sewer connections installed
63
Number of work changed by inspector.
57
Number of consultations with owners.
136
Number of inspections in plumbing. 188
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR B. READ, Inspector of Plumbing
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
December 31, 1931
Dear Doctor:
I hereby submit my tenth annual report as Inspector of Animals for the year ending December 31, 1931.
I have inspected the following animals and the conditions under which they are kept on 149 premises are as follows:
Pure Bred
Grade
Cows . . 42 Cows 754
Swine 967
Young cattle . 12 Young cattle. 122
Sheep 24
Bulls 7 Bulls 18
Goats 7
There are 107 cattle in nine herds, accredited under State and Federal supervision for the eradication of Tuberculosis.
I have quarantined eighty-three hogs on account of Hog Cholera, and condemned three cows on physical examination for Tuberculosis.
I have made 120 calls to various sections of the city quarantining animals that had been in contact with rabid dogs or where people had been bitten.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK L. BRIGGS, D. V. M. Inspector of Animals
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING December 31, 1931
Dear Doctor:
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughtering for the year ending December 31, 1931.
Slaughter House and Field Inspection
Carcasses stamped and passed for food. 40
Hogs. 39
Cattle 1
Carcasses condemned as unfit for food, and reasons for same:
2 hogs-Hemorrhagic septicemia 1 hog-Traumatic pyemia 2 hogs-Generalized Tuberculosis
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK L. BRIGGS, D. V. M., Inspector of Slaughtering
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of Building Inspector
December 31, 1931
To His Honor the Mayor and Municipal Council,
Gentlemen :-
Following is the report of the Building Inspector for the year ending Decem- ber 31st, 1931.
A total of 250 permits were issued amounting to $469,380.00 divided as follows:
Garages
67
$ 24,585.00
One family dwellings
39
162,750.00
Two family dwellings
1
7,500.00
Factories
1 9,000.00
Service Stations.
3
900.00
Minor buildings
46
8,184.00
Alterations
85
77,206.00
Lunch Carts.
3
14,955.00
Church
1
160,000.00
Stores
4
4,300.00
250
$469,380.00
During the year I have made 164 Inspections using the Fire Department car covering 538 miles.
During the year this office issued a total of 250 permits amounting to $469,380.00, showing a decrease of 71 permits for 1931 amounting to $67,914.00.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED A. CLARK, Building Inspector.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of Dept. of Public Welfare
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1931
June 8, 1932
To His Honor the Mayor, and the Municipal Council, City of Attleboro, Mass., Gentlemen :-
In compliance with the City Ordinance, the Board of Public Welfare herewith respectfully submit the annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1931.
THE BURDEN OF RELJEF
During the past year, this department has been strained by increasing pressure. Each month showed an increase over the preceeding month. This department, although mastering all the resources at our command, were unable to cope with the most serious unemployment situation that relief agencies have ever had to face.
Hundreds of able-bodied men and women were without employment and many of them and their families had to be cared for. Ever since the first of the year the case load has been growing and relief expenditures mounting from month to month. December, the final month of the fiscal year, shows the number of families under our care to be 120 per cent greater than a year ago, and expendi- tures are increased over 100 per cent.
The load in Attleboro has been growing so fast and heavily that the staff has been overwhelmed with work during the year. For three years the de- partment has been considerably undermanned, and consequently, incapable of carrying out the service program that we feel we should in this socially-minded age, when we are expected to concern ourselves not only with relief giving, but with what is more, that of family rehabilitation.
In June this Board requested additional clerks for the department. No action was taken in our earnest request for a staff needed to cope properly with the situation which the volume of work warranted, resulting from the present business depression. The efficiency of the department operations was greatly effected by the result of lack of foresight and action on the part of the City Council in their failure to provide a force of workers needed in the department to cope properly with the situation. The volume of business, due to the pressure of un- employment, has been so great during the year that the Almoner has been com- pelled to assist in the keeping of records and bookkeeping, so that the visiting and proper investigating of cases has been curtailed. The volume of work caused by the depression calls for a force of workers more than double the present staff.
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