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Burial expenses
83.00
Clothing
65.41
Other cities and
towns 382.12
Total for Soldiers' Relief 10,690.37
Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits $95,191.06
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Schools and Libraries
General Expenses :
Salary of Super- intendent $3,900.00
Clerical hire
1,963.40
School physicians 1,000.00
Truant officer
1,450.00
School Nurse
1,500.00
Printing, stationery
and postage 537.28
Telephones
185.45
Traveling expenses
of nurse
270.25
Insurance prem-
iums
535.66
Advertising 43.50
Police duty (reg- istration) 15.00
Special clerical
for nurse 23.00
Trucking supplies 195.76
Janitor service (office) 49.54
Janitor's supplies 4.00
Miscellaneous 4.30
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Teachers' Salaries: High
44,840.56
Elementary
104,576.59
Physical Director 2,000.00
Text Books and Supplies:
High School :
Text and Refer-
ence books
2,067.34
All other
997.30
Elementary Schools :
Text and Refer-
erence books 2,259.05
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All other 1,257.72
Tuition :
Trade Schools 1,764.89
Transportation
5,192.52
Janitor Services :
High School
1,892.20
Ele'tary Schools
8,035.00
Fuel, Light and Water:
High School
1,803.71
Ele'tary Schools 7,758.81
Maintenance of Build- ings and Grounds :
High School :
Repairs
565.73
Janitor's supplies 12.88
Elementary Schools :
Repairs
2,869.24
Janitors' sup-
plies
2,028.45
All other
422.19
Furniture and Fur-
nishings :
High School 39.62
Ele'ntary Schools 1,422.45
Office
56.13
Rent of Superin- tendent's office and
Committee rooms 600.00
Other Expenses :
Diplomas and 1
Graduation Exercises 134.90
Repairing and Re- binding books 748.90
Boiler Inspection 60.00
Watchmen
24.00
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Engineering Serv-
ices
48.00
Sundries 4.93
Total for Schools 205,160.25
Town Library :
Salaries and Wages:
Librarian
$1,290.00
Assist. Librarian 936.00
Clerks 1,144.90
Expenses :
Books $822.16
Periodicals 66.50
Binding Books 336.59
Light
44.27
Repairs
64.67
Stationery, print-
ing and postage 69.15
Mass. Library Art Club dues 1.00
Library Art Club assessment 6.00
Tape and other
mending supplies 46.83
Sundries 6.55
Total for Library
4,834.62
Total for Schools and Library
$209,994.877
Recreation and Unclassified
Parks:
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Salary of clerk $70.00
Labor 1,792.20
Raising flag 78.00
Telephone
21.38
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Stationery, printing
and postage
19.05
Equipment
193.04
Loam
8.45
Trees and shrubs
27.65
Gas and oil
14.48
Seed
8.75
Keys
.75
Insurance premium
138.38
Plumbing
25.73
Light and water
33.22
Flowers
43.50
Trucking
2.89
Freight
5.99
Nitrate of soda
9.00
Calcium chloride
11.25
Lime
2.18
Janitor's supplies
4.09
Harrowing
3.00
Total for Parks
2,512.98
Playgrounds :
Instructors
$1,097.95
Labor
114.00
Apparatus
56.97
Sand
12.00
Trucking
10.50
Table rental
1.50
Printing
3.75
Keys
.25
First aid kits
3.00
Total for Playgrounds 1,299.92
Total for Parks and Playgrounds
$3,812.90
Unclassified
Damage to Persons and Property $994.74
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Memorial Day : 1
Grand Army of the
Republic $150.00
American Legion 150.00
Spanish War Veterans 50.00
Total for Memorial Day Armistice Day :
350.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars 150.00
Printing Town Reports 1,104.55
Flowage Rights, Clark 'Heirs 69.00
Execution of Judgment (Park)
58.40
Workmen's Compensation Insur- ance Premium 1,004.57
Rebates on 3.2 Beer and Wine Licenses 1,983.28
Worcester County T. B. Hospital Construction 8,025.00
County Aid to Agriculture
50.00
Purchase of Tools, Materials
and Trucking :
Trucking $4,649.36
Equipment hire 495.85
Tools and ma-
terials
19,148.81
Total for Tools, Materials and Trucking 24,294.02
Petty Cash :
A. O. Caswell
$100.00
M. L. Brittle 25.00
E. Blake 5.00
Total for Petty Cash 130.00
State Tax 23,100.00
County Tax
21,533.00
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Old Age Assistance 63.00
State Parks and Reservations
164.81
Hospital care : Veterans of Civil War
255.00
Auditing Municipal Accounts 160.04
Dog Licenses to County
1,665.00
Total for Unclassified $85,154.41
Cemeteries
North Purchase Cemetery : Labor
$52.50
Vernon Grove Cemetery :
Salary of Secretary of Trustees
300.00
Perpetual Care, Pine Grove Cemetery
69.13
Labor
2,193.50
Loam
189.75
Shrubs, etc.
63.50
Markers
3.90
Tools
267.49
Grates and Frames
37.30
Ground Canvas
44.20
Layout of roads
3.00
Repairs
54.67
Total for Cemeteries $3,278.94
Interest and Maturing Debt
Interest :
Anticipation of
Revenue $8,553.72
Chapter 307, Emerg'y Finance Loan 3,422.22
East Main St. Con- struction 137.50
Main St. Constru'on 681.80
Sewers, 1906 840.00
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Stacy School 240.00
Sewers, 1922
1,700.00
Tax Title Loan
1,580.32
Total for Interest 17,155.56
Municipal Indebtedness :
Anticipation of Revenue $304,500.00
Chapter 307, Emergency Finance Loan 20,000.00
Main St. Constr'n. 14,357.41
Sewer Construction, 1906 7,000.00
Sewer Construction,
1922 2,000.00
East Main St. Con- struction
3,000.00
Stacy School
3,000.00
Tax Title Loan
9,010.70 ยท
Total for Municipal Indebt- edness 362,868.11
Total for Interest and Maturing Debt $380,023.67
Trust Funds
Cemetery Perpetual Care
700.00
Refunds and Transfers
Refunds :
Taxes
$10.38
Motor Vehicle Ex-
cise Tax, 1933
47.16
Motor Vehicle Ex-
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.... cise Tax, 1934 405.58 Overpayment of Interest :
Tax Titles
64.95
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Auto Licenses 10.00
Total for Refunds 538.07
Transfers :
Installing drain on Walnut St. to Highways $500.00
Construction of side- 1
walls on Charles
River to purchase
of tools and ma- terials, E.R.A. 500.00
Public Welfare to
Cedar St. Con-
struction
3,000.00
Soldiers' Relief to
purchase of tools
and materials 5,000.00
Town Parks to Ex-
ecution of Judg- ment 58.40
Reserve Fund to:
Selectmen
250.00
Treasurer
100.00
Election and Reg- istrations 600.00
Town Hall
232.46
Memorial Hall
25.00
Police Dept.
600.00
Fire-Incidentals
980.10
Brush Fires
62.00
Dog Officer
50.15
Sealer of Weights
and Measures
39.50
Health
687.04
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Inspector of Ani-
mals 50.00
Sewer Mainten'ce 850.00
Town Parks 273.75
Vernon Grove Cem- etery 200.00
Total for Transfers
14,058.40
Total for Refunds and Transfers
14,596.47
Total for Expenditures
$1,007,006.58
Cash Deficit, December 31, 1934
2,626.57
Grand Total
$1,004,380.01
RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES
1933 Balance
1934 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
Accounts
1934 Expend- itures
1935 Balance Estimates 1934
General Government
$106.88
$106.88
Moderator
$ 80.00
$26.88
$100.00
1,500.00
250.00
1,750.00
Selectmen
1,635.64
114.36
1,500.00
50.00
50.00
Finance Commission-Secret'ry
50.00
50.00
2,275.00
2,275.00
Accountant
2,183.41
91.59
2,400.00
2,000.00
109.00
2,109.00
Treasurer
2,104.86
4.14
2,000.00
217.00
217.00
Treasurer's Bond
217.00
222.50
5,000.00
5,000.00
Tax Collector
4,505.74
494.26
5,000.00
435.00
435.00
Tax Collector's Bond
435.00
445.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
Assessors
3,999.41
.59
4,200.00
100.00
100.00
Publishing Poll Lists
100.00
200.00
75.00
75.00
Certification of Notes
50.00
25.00
75.00
1,100.00
1,100.00
Town Solicitor
1.100.00
1,200.00
1,550.00
1,550.00
Town Clerk
1,271.19
278.81
1,700.00
2,700.00
600.00
3,300.00
3,252.23
47.77
2,700.00
2,500.00
232.46
2,732.46
Town Hall
2,724.85
7.61
2,800.00
76.59
76.59
Town Hall Unpaid Bills, 1933
76.59
1,000.00
25.00
1,025.00
Memorial Hall
1,021.72
3.28
1,100.00
Town Hall Insurance
2,300.00
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Protection to Persons and Property
21.861.39
728.35
22,589.74
Police
22,570.11
19.63
23,000.00
1,388.61
1,388.61
Police-New Equipment
1,380.35
8.26
75.00
75.00
Court Fees
22.19
52.81
75.00
600.00
600.00
487.61
112.39
600.00
18,435.00
18,435.00
Maintenance of Traffic Signals Fire Dept,-Pay of Members
18,435.00
18,435.00
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Election, Registration and Town Meetings
RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES-Continued
1933 Balance
1934 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
Accounts
1934 Expend- itures
1934
1935 Balance Estimates
3,250.00
980.10
4,230.10
Fire Dept .- Incidentals
4,229.60
.50
3,500.00
386.04
386.04
Fire Dept .- Unpaid Bills, 1933
383.19
2.85
350.00
350.00
Fire Dept .- Repairs to Fire Alarm System
349.00
1.00
350.00
2.000.00
2,000.00
Fire Dept .- New Truck
2,000.00
800.00
800.00
Fire Dept .- New Hose
798.52
1.48
800.00
350.00
62.00
412.00
Fire Dept .- Brush Fires
411.25
.75
350.00
12,120.00
12,120.00
Hydrant Service
12,120.00
12,120.00
300.00
300.00
Rifle Practice
154.25
145.75
300.00
400.00
400.00
Inspector of Wires
400.00
400.00
85.00
85.00
Inspector of Wires-Unpaid Bill, 1933
85.00
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600.00
39:50
639.50
Sealer of W'ghts and Measures
639.50
670.00
100.00
100.00
Gypsy Moth Suppression
100.00
100.00
700.00
700.00
Care of Trees
700.00
700.00
150.00
150.00
Removal of Tree, 308 Main St.
150.00
225.00
50.15
275.15
Dog Officer
275.15
300.00
Fire Dept .- Unpaid Bills, 1934 Health and Sanitation
82.00
15,600.00
687.04
16,287.04
Health-General
16,272.51
14.53
20,000.00
350.00
50.00
40.0.00
Insector of Animals
398.50
1.50
350.00
300.00
300.00
Plumbing Inspector-Unpaid Bill, 1933
Dental Clinic
1,370.16
129.84
1,500.00
1,50,0.00 5,398.12
5,398.12
Worcester County Hospital District
5,398.12
6601.75
1.
.
300.00
1,500.00
RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES-Continued'
1933 Balance
1934 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
Accounts
1934 Expend- itures
1934 Balance
1935 Estimates
8,025.00
8,025.00
Worcester County Hospital Construction
8,025.00
9,704.25
7,300.00
850.00
8,150.00
Sewer Maintenance
8,150.00
8,000.00
Health-Unpaid Bills, 1934
500.00
Sewer Construction
Highways
20,500.00
500.00
21,000.0:0
Highways-General
20,858.89
141.11
20,500.00
3,041.08
3,041.08
Highways-Unpaid Bills, 1933
3,041.08
5,000.00
5,000.00
Highways-New Equipment
4,998.00
2.00
3,500.00
42.60
3,542.60
Highways-Oiling Streets
3,542.60
3,500.00
5,000.00 18,000.00
23,000.00
Highways-Rebuild'g Cedar St.
20,567.81
2,432.19
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1,000.00
2,000.00
3,000.00
Chapter 90-Maintenance
2,410.78
589.22
1,500.00 20,000.00
$500.00
500.00
Construction of Sidewalls on Charles River
500.00
10.40
10.40
Rebuilding West St.
10.40
500.00
500.00
Install'g drain pipe, Walnut St.
500.00
16,608.00
16,008.00
Street Lighting
16,608.00
16,608.00
Highways-New Equipment and Repairs
5,000.00
Sidewalks
1,000.00
90,000.00
337.25
90,337.25
Public Welfare
85,940.69
4,396.56 100.000.00
850.00
850.00
State Aid
670.00
180.00
850.0'0
1,200.00
1,200.00
Military Aid
890.00
310.00
1,200.00
18,000.00
35.25
18,035.25
Soldiers' Relief
15,690.00
2,344.88
18,000.00
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20,000.00
20,000.00
Snow Removal
20,000.00
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Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
IF RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES-Continued
1933 Balance
1934 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
Accounts
1934 Expend- itures
1934 Balance
1935 Estimates
Public Welfare-New Equip't Schools and Library
1,000.00
204,700.00
86.73
204,786.73
Schools
203,786.31
.42 212,000.00
4:00.00
400.00
Schools-Installing Sanitary Toilets, Fountain St.
373.94
26.06
3,500.00
1,339.67
4,839.67
Library
4,834.62
5.05
4,000.00
2,300.00
273.75
2,573.75
Town Parks
2,571.38
2.37
2,500.00
58.40
58.40
Town Parks, Execution of Judgment
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1,300.00
1,300.00
Playgrounds
1,299.92
.08
400.00 1,350.00
1,104.55
1,1'04.55
Printing Town Reports
1,104.55
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,004.57
495.43
1,500.00
1.000.00
1,000.00
Damage to Persons and Prop'y
994.74
5.26
1,000.00
934.38
25,000.00
5,770.36
31,704.74
Purchase of tools, materials
24,294.02
7,410.72
25,000.00
and trucking
69.00
69.00
Flowage Rights-Clark Heirs
69.00
69.00
100.00
150.00
Memorial Day-G. A. R
150.00
150.00
150 00
150.00
Memorial Day-Amer'n Legion
150.00
150.00
50.00
50.00
Memorial Day-Spanish W. V.
50.00
59.00
150.00
150.00
Armistice Day-V. F. W.
150.00
150.00
50.00
50.00
Worc. Cty. Extension Service
50.00
50.00
1,983.28
1,983.28
Rebates for Licenses
1,983,28
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Workmen's Compensation and Public Liability
58.40
Town Parks, Sidewalks .
and Dog Tax
Recreation and Unclassified
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NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD December 31, 1934
Year
Sewer Bonds
Stacy School Construction
Due 1935
Emergency Fin- ance Loan
Total Matur- ity by Years
1935
$9,000.00
$3,000.00
$2,000.00
$59,131.10
$20,000.00
$93,131.10
1936
9,000.00
20,000.00
29,000.00
1937
2,000.00
20,000.00
22,000.00
1938
2,000.00
20,000.00
22,000.00
1939-1952
2,000.00 yearly
28,000.00
Totals
$50,000.00
$3,000.00
$2,000.00
$59,131.10
$80,000.00
$194,131.10
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1933 Balance
1934 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
Accounts
1934 Expend- itures
1934 Balance
1935 Estimates
Cemeteries
1,750.00
1,407.31
3,157.31
Vernon Grove Cemetery
3,157.31
2,200.00
218.13
1,072.28
1,290.41
Vernon Grove Inc. Trust Funds
1,276.44
13.97
50.00
2.50
52.50
No. Purchase Cemetery
52.50
50.00
30.60
30.60
No. Purchase Inc. Trust Funds
2.50
28.10
Interest and Maturing Debt
20.000.00 49,357.41
20,000.00
Interest
17,155.56
2,844.44
49,357.41
Maturing Debt
49,357.41
18,500.00 34,000.00
RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES-Continued
East Main St. Tax Title Loan
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SALARIES AND WAGES OF EMPLOYEES OF MILFORD
Position
Salary
General Government
Moderator
$80.00
Selectmen
250.00
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Clerk of Selectmen
500.00
Secretary of Finance Commission
50.00
Accountant
2,000.00
Treasurer
1,500.00
Tax Collector
3,500.00
Assessors (two members)
1,000.00
Assessors' Clerk
1,500.00
Town Solicitor
250.00
Town Solicitor, legal fees for special work-1934
850.00
Town Clerk
500.00
Town Clerk, recording fees (mar-
riages, deaths and births-1934)
601.50
Registrars of Voters 150.00
Clerk of Registrars 175.00
Janitor of Town Hall
1,200.00 -
Janitor of Memorial Hall
600.00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department :
Chief
2,400.00
Patrolmen, per hour
.631/2
Fire Department:
Engineers (3)
675.00
Superint'nt of Fire Alarm System 300.00
Permanent Men (6), each per week 30.00 Clerk 150.00
Firemen, Call Men 150.00
Tree Warden, per week, while working 28.00 Dog Officer 75.00
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Health
Members
100.00
Clerk
250.00
Sanitary Inspector
300.00
Plumbing Inspector, union wages for actual time taken
600.00
Nurse
1,080.00
Doctor
600.00
Dentist
975.00
Inspector of Animals
300.00
Inspector of Meats
1,356.00
Sanitation
Sewer Department:
Commissioners (two members)
200.00
Chairman of the Board
250.00
Superintendent
1,600.00
Clerk
200.00
Highways
Superintendent
2,000.00
Foreman, per week
35.00
Drivers, per hour
.662/3
Welfare
Overseers (two members) 150.00
Chairman of the Board 250.00
Almoner
1,500.00
Superintendent of Town Farm
1,500.00
Clerk, per week
15.00
School Department
For School Department Salaries see
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School Department Report
Cemetery Department
Clerk of Trustees 300.00
All Other
Common Labor in all Departments, per hour .50
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Report of the Board of Health.
To the Citizens of the Town of Milford :
The Board of Health herewith presents its annual report, together with the reports of its various ap- pointees, for the year ending December 31, 1934.
The Board of Health, for the year 1934, consisted of James Cervone, Chairman; Arthur J. Chambers, Secretary, and Clifton Tyler. Mr. Chambers resigned on June 30, 1934, and at a joint meeting of the Select- men and the Board of Health, held August 22, 1934, Mr. John Adams was elected to fill the vacancy. Clif- ton Tyler was appointed Secretary.
The appointments of the Board of Health were as follows: Meat and Provision Inspectors: Dr. Benja- min F. Hartman, Jeremiah Macchi; Sanitary Inspec- tor, Francis McDonough; Plumbing Inspector, John E. Higgiston; Nurse, Mrs. Anna McKenna ; Physician, Dr. Francis H. Lally; Dentist, William J. Clancy.
Chadwick Clinic
A Chadwick Clinic, conducted by the State Depart- ment of Public Health, under date of May 9, 1934, on request of the local Board of Health, Superintendent of Public Schools, and the Superintendents of both Parochial Schools, was held for all School Children in the Town of Milford, Massachusetts.
The Board of Health and School Boards of each town make formal application for the Clinic.
The Board of Health feel that this is one of the surest roads to health education.
No. of children tested in all schools of Milford 2,715
No. of children reactors 859
No. of children X-Rayed 964
No of children referred for physical examination 205
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No. of children examined 175
No. of children diagnosed Tuberculosis 1
No. of children diagnosed Bronchiectasis 1
No. of children diagnosed Pulmonary Suspects 3
No. of children diagnosed Hilum Tuberculosis 28
No. of children diagnosed Suspects 23
No. of children classified as Contacts Negative 81
Tuberculosis should be considered one of the seri- ous diseases of children. It causes the death of more boys and girls under fifteen years of age than whoop- ing cough, measles, scarlet fever or diphtheria, and cripples and maims many others. Many children are infected, and mild disease develops with symptoms and signs so slight that the condition is unrecognized until perhaps years have passed. We find that more than half of the cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in adolescence have had a preceding childhood type of disease. The insidious prodromal stage has passed unnoticed and with it the most favorable time for treatment.
The Chadwick Clinic is entirely a Diagnostic Clinic. After our test and X-Ray make diagnosis possible, the report is sent to the child's family and they are in- structed to go at once to their family doctor for treat- ment. All our findings are available to the family doctor, and our success depends upon the cooperation of the family doctor. To be sure that the cases we find are going to the doctors as they should, the Fol- low-up Clinic re-examines the children each year and re-X-Rays are taken to check upon progress or lack of progress in each child. This is absolutely necessary for physical signs and appearance of the tuberculosis child are often extremely misleading, and develop- ment can only be told by the re-X-Ray pictures. Doc- tors who visit Westfield Sanatorium or the North Read- ing Sanatorium and see the fine-looking boys and girls , there wonder if these children can be diseased, but when we get out X-Rays and histories and charts there
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is no further question. We are saving many lives to- day that, ten years ago, would have gone into ad- vanced pulmonary tuberculosis before infection was over suspected. The main Clinic and the Follow-up group often hunt out the family doctor and report cases that need immediate attention or special care directly to him, where the child's family gives us his- name as their family doctor. In all cases where X-Rays shows unusual markings, a chest examination is given by a Clinic doctor. All parents are urged to have a careful, complete physical examination of their children by their own doctor at least twice a year.
We believe these should be thorough, a urine test. made, a record of the examination kept for a refer- ence. These examinations should be taken seriously, charged for adequately, and kept through High School. The speed of our autos has greatly increased. and we "check up" on our machines to be safe in traffic. The life of the modern child has a speed in- crease in the last few years greater than our machines and we should "play safe" with our children.
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TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CONTAGIOUS AND REPORTABLE DISEASES, REPORTED EACH MONTH FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEM- BER 21, 1934.
January
February
Creo|March
OHON | April
CNCC June
- O. CC | July
ANCO| September
CNCO | October
November
December
Total
Chicken-Pox
Diphtheria
Dog Bite
1 0 CHON
0 CCOO
0
0
2
(anti-rabic vaccine)
0
3
1
0
17
Measles
1
3 48
U
0
U
U
U
0
0
0
0
Scarlet Fever
15
13
3
1
3
1
0
0
2 0
1
47
Tuberculosis
2
0
4
0
3 27
1
3
1
1
1 43
Whooping Cough
0
0
0
0
+
1
8
1
5
1
2
0
28
Septic Throat
0
0
1
0
U
0
01
U
0
0
1
Bacillary Dysentery
.41
U
0
0
0
0 0
0 CCC
U
0
0
0
1
Typhoid Fever
0
0
0
U
0
0
0
0
1
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7
3 251
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0
0
75
1
0
12
Lobar Pneumonia
5
2
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0
0
0
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22
Dog Bite
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Diphtheria, or membranous croup, for centuries has been a menace to the child. This past year is the first in the history of the State that the number of cases has ever been below 1000. The explanation is that parents are having their children protected against this disease, and science moves on today with a better agent, called "Toxoid for Diphtheria". Diphtheria will not be eliminated until parents learn that the baby in the family needs immunization as much as the school child, and it is the wish of your local Board of Health that parents will take advantage of this clinic for the prevention of this disease.
Quarantine in cases of communicable disease is a
-
0
0 ON 2
German Measles
2
Mumps
0
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measure for public and private protection. It is used to help prevent the spread of disease from those who are sick or who have been in close contact with the sick. As the average citizen is deriving the benefit from its application to others, so it is his duty to play his part when called upon to observe quarantine in his own home, and for Physicians and Parents to report contagious diseases to the Board of Health.
The law reads as follows :
A householder who knows that a person in his fam- ily or house is sick of smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, whooping cough, measles, or any other infec- tious or contagious disease, declared by the depart- ment dangerous to the public health, shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Board of Health of the town where he dwells.
If a physician knows that a person who he visits is infected with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or any other disease, declared by the department dan- gerous to the public health, he shall immediately give written notice thereof, over his own signature, to the Board of Health of the town.
Every reasonable attempt is made to make the peri- od of restraint as short as possible, consistent with the public good. The length, type and strictness of the quarantine are accordingly made to suit the peculiar- ities of the disease. Unwillingness to co-operate with your local Board of Health in such matters is either ignorance of the law or complete lack of public spirit for better community health.
The following reports of the various appointees show in detail the work of the department.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES CERVONE, JOHN F. ADAMS, CLIFTON TYLER, Board of Health.
80
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING.
The following permits were issued for the Install- ment of Plumbing for the year 1934, and after being inspected, the work was approved:
Water Closets
58
Sinks and Combinations
59
Bath Tubs 43
Lavatories -
53
Pressure-Boilers
12
Urinals
3
Floor Drains
3
Wash Trays
3
Sewer Connections
5
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN E. HIGGISTON, Inspector of Plumbing.
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Milford, January 2, 1935 To the Honorable Board of Health : Gentlemen :
Following you will find a report on Animals Slaugh- tered in my presence and inspected by me during the year 1934:
Cattle
Calves
Hogs
Sheep
January
176
167
383
February
143
151
210
March
158
245
148
3
April
157
216
126
May
172
278
178
June
168
282
152
2
July
162
265
165
August
203
295
124
14
September
167
306
84
9
81
October
163
234
193
2
November
213
266
153
December
205
203
145
Total
2,092
2,908
2,061
31
Respectfully submitted,
JEREMIAH MACCHI, Slaughtering Inspector.
HEALTH INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1934
To the Board of Health:
The following is the list of contagious diseases plac- arded :
Measles
7.5
Scarlet Fever
46
Complaints
106
Fumigation
81
Garbage
28
Dumps
17
Baker Shops inspected
7
Factories inspected
2
Inspected Charles River (taking
sample for test).
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES F. McDONOUGH,
Inspector.
82
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH NURSE
1 Gentlemen :
Milford, Mass., January 1, 1935 To the Honorable Board of Health :
I hereby submit my report as Board of Health Nurse for the year of 1934.
St. Mary's and Sacred Heart Academy
All children are inspected each morning by their classroom teachers. All exclusions are reported to the nurse. Once each week a general inspection is made by the nurse to encourage formation of desired health habits and to assist in the control of communi- cable disease.
A report of all findings is given to the Superior in charge.
Children excluded are not allowed to return to school without showing a card from their doctor also the Board of Health Physician, if it is a contagious disease.
Assisted Francis H. Lally, M. D., with his examina- tions. The records show that there were 952 children examined.
The following are the findings:
No. of children with teeth defects 250
No. of children having teeth corrections 179
No. of children needing immediate dental care 4
No. of children having nose and throat defects 31
No. of children having nose and throat corrections 29
No. of children showing nutrition defects
40
No. of children showing improvement
11
No. of children having enlarged glands
9
No. of children losing weight 3
No. of children showing no gain in weight 2
No. of children having defective vision 7
No. of children having same corrected 5
No. of children attending Public School Eye Clinic 3
A notice is sent to all parents of children having
1.
83
defects ; they are advised to see their family physician.
Chadwick Clinic
During the month of May, the Chadwick Clinic, under the direction of Howard W. Gill, M. D., from the State Department of Public Health, was held in the school. Five hundred and eighty-eight children were given the Von-Pirquet Skin Test.
No. of children having X-ray 293
No. of children having examinations 45
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