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May we say that it was no easy task to compile this list of 583 names at this late date, but we have endeavored to make it as error proof as we possibly could; and we wish to thank everyone who in any way assisted us in getting our vast amount of data and information.
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It has been a pleasure for us to assist our town in commemorat- ing for posterity the list of Andover Boys who served in the World War.
Respectfully submitted,
STAFFORD A. LINDSAY, Chairman HOWELL F. SHEPARD HAROLD S. CATES CLIFFORD W. DUNNELLS J. EVERETT COLLINS ROBERT V. DEYERMOND HERBERT P. CARTER
The names appearing on the tablet follow :
IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED AND IN PROUD MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR, 1914-1918
Abbot, George E.
Biotta, Camille E.
Campbell, John Carey, Ralph
Abbot, John R.
Birdsall, Clarence H.
Abbott, Allen F.
Black, Robert T. N.
Carfartoras, Nicholas
Abbott, George A.
Bland, James H.
Cargill, Robert W.
Abbott, Lester F.
Blomquist, Bror G.
Carmichael, George B.
Abbott, Lucy B.
Boice, Merton S.
Carmichael, Leslie R. Carrie, Frank L. Carroll, William J.
Abbott, Paul J. *Aitken, John T. Allen, Norman T.
Boland, Stephen A.
Carter, Herbert P.
Allicon, William F.
Borneman, Robert A.
Carter, James R.
Anderson, Jane N.
Bowman, Charles W.
*Carter, Thomas E.
Anderson, Robert W.
Bowman, Roy L.
Cashan, Peter J. Cashan, William F.
Anderson, William
Boynton, Kellogg
Angus, William G.
Bradish, Andrew J.
Cates, Harold S. Cates, Howard L.
Antony, Stelleanos Armour, Claude Armour, James Arsenault, Joseph H.
Broadhurst, Walter J. Brooks, Alden Brown, John F.
*Cavan, James Cawson, William
Auchterlonie, Alexander Auchterlonie, John C. Bacon, Edward L.
Buchan, Charles E.
Cheever, Brooks
Bailey, Henry B.
Buchan, William A.
Cheever, Frederick E.
Bailey, William H.
Buckley, Lionel F.
Cheever, George L.
Cheever, Herbert F.
Cheever, Lyman F.
Bushnell, Robert T.
Cheever, Philip S.
Batchelder, William
Buss, James H.
Cheney, Paul M.
Batchelor, James P.
Byrne, John J.
Byrne, Michael J.
Cairnie, Henry Calder, William D. Caldwell, James
Churchill, Marlborough Clarke, Henry B.
Clemons, Robert S. Coates, Alfred
Coates, Arthur H.
Coates, James E.
Beaulieu, Edgar J. Beaulieu, Joseph Bell, Howard W. Bernard, George
Callahan, Edward Cameron, Donald K. Campbell, David
Chaltas, Nicholas
Brown, Sharon O.
Charlton, Percy A.
Bryant, Grace W.
Chase, Abbott
*Baker, John H. Barnard, Foster C. Barrett, John J.
Burnett, Arthur L.
Burnett, William L.
Cheyne, George C. Chiras, George E. Christie, Robert B.
Batchelor, William S. Battles, Joseph P. Battles, Richard O. Beaudoin, Emil
Brennan, John J.
Boland, Henry J.
Borneman, Mirle E.
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Cohan, Michael J. Colbath, Ernest F. Colbath, Harry W. Colbath, John A. Cole, Arthur W. Coleman, John P. Collins, George M. Collins, J. Everett Conkey, Howard N. Connolly, James F. Conroy, Augustine E. Conroy, Raymond S. Converse, John K. Craik, George W.
Donovan, Richard Dove, Percival
Dowd, Dominick J.
Dowd, John P. Downs, Edward
Doyle, Charles I.
Doyle, Frank K. Driscoll, Leo P.
Dudley, Alexander J.
Duffen, Harold R.
Gordon, William A. R.
Gough, William E.
Graves, Henry S.
Gray, Claremont I.
Gray, Pearl Greelish, James A.
Green, Ernest
Green, Ernest W.
Cronin, J. Joseph
Cronin, William J.
Cronin, William P.
Cummings, Arthur H.
Cunningham, Frank A.
Cunningham, Thomas A. Curran, Maurice J. Jr.
Curtis, Albert E.
Cussen, Michael J.
Dailly, Thomas J.
Daley, Edward F.
English, Charles P.
Hardy, Frank K.
Daley, Joseph J.
Daley, Timothy F.
Daly, Frederick J.
*Daly, Michael J.
Fairweather, James D.
Hart, John P.
Daniels, Roy A.
Farrell, Edmund
Hart, Warren E.
Hartigan, Daniel A.
Hartigan, John J.
Hayes, Bartlett H.
Davies, Helen
Fettes, James
Davies, Marjorie
Davies, Thomas
Fitzgerald, Daniel A.
Fleming, Edward H.
Henderson, John M. Henderson, William J.
Hibbert, James Hibbert, James W.
Dea, Thomas P.
Defazio, Charles Defazio, Ralph
Foster, William P.
Fraize, Joseph W. Jr. French, Edward V. Fresnada, Anthony M. Frotten, Amos Fuess, Claude M.
Gallant, John L.
Gallant, William J. Garside, Thomas H. Gates, Albert L. *Geagan, John J. Geagan, Patrick F. Gibson, Alexander Gibson, George S. Gill, Thomas
Gillen, James B.
Gillespie, David D. Gillespie, John
Gillis, William J. Goldsmith, Clarence
Goldstein, Charles Gordon, David S. Gordon, James W. Gordon, William
Duffy, Edward S.
Dugan, James
Dugan, John L.
Dugan, Peter J. Jr.
Duncan, James
Dunnells, Clifford W.
Dunnells, Howard W.
Dyke, Freeman H.
Earley, Herbert W.
Eastwood, Clarence B.
Eastwood, Fred A.
Eastwood, George L.
Eaton, Thaxter
Edington, Stuart
Eldred, Edward T.
Eldred, George F.
Eldred, John H.
English, Raymond W.
Erving, John M.
Fairbrother, Charles R.
Hart, Daniel J.
Darling, Arthur B. Davenport, Benjamin J. Davies, George C.
*Feeney, J. Warren Fettes, Charles J.
Finno, John
Hayward, Harry W. Henault, Charles Henderson, George C.
Davis, Edward B.
Davis, Elmer E.
Fleming, John J.
Fleming, William A.
Forsythe, Alexander
Forsythe, William J. Foster, Kenneth C.
Higgins, Loring A. Higgins, William B. Hill, Edward J. Hilton, Herman J. Hilton, James H.
·Hilton, Kenneth Hilton, Luther B. Holden, William
Holt, Herbert W. Hudgins, Walter W. Hughes, Frank C. Hulme, Frederick R. Hulme, Lillian H. Humphreys, Irving Z.
Humphreys, Russell G. Hutcheson, Douglas W. Hutcheson, Robert
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Greenhow, William H.
Greenwood, Charles H. Grout, John W. Grout, Walter T.
Haddon, William
Haigh, Willlam H.
Hall, Albert L. Hamilton, Andrew P.
Hammond, Wilbur S.
Hardy, Roy E. Hart, Cornelius J.
Farrell, Henry W.
Dea, Henry Dea, Robert
Dempsie, James Jr. Devlin, Edward J.
Deyermond, Robert V. Deyermond, William Dick, James Dimlich, Herbert C.
Dodge, Edward S. Dodge, H. Holbrook Doherty, John P. S. Doherty, Peter Dole, Charles M. Dole, Percy J.
Donovan, John Donovan, Michael J.
Greene, Francis H.
*Croall, David C. S. Crockett, Francis F. Cronin, Cornelius J.
Ingram, Elbert C. . Ingram, George E. Jenkins, Arthur K. Jewett, Frederick C. Jewett, William S. Jr. Johnson, Albert H. Johnson, Albion O. Johnson, Arthur K. Johnson, Gustav Jones, Sewell A. Judge, George H. Kasabian, Sooren A.
Keefe, George H.
Keefe, Walter L.
Keene, James T.
Keith, John B.
Malone, Arthur T. Malonson, Richard E. Manning, Benjamin Manning, William A. Mannion, Michael J. Markey, Francis P. Marshall, Clifford E. Massey, William G. Matthews, Medwin Maxwell, Patrick V. McCabe, Bernard L. McCarthy, Frank G. McCarthy, Joseph McCarthy, Joseph J. McCarthy, Olin B.
Nicoll, Claude F.
Nicoll, Frank L. Nicoll, George Nicoll, Harry Nicoll, James K.
Nicoll, John P.
Nicoll, William B. Nuckley, Frank J.
Nunn, Charles G. O'Connell, Charles H. O'Connell, Clarence E.
O'Connell, Edward D.
O'Connell, Walter J. O'Connor, Richard W.
O'Hare, Charles J. O'Neill, John J. *O'Neill, Patrick J.
O'Sullivan, Timothy J.Jr. Otis, Everett H.
Paine, Lewis S. Pariseau, Cyril E.
Parker, Carl R.
Parker, Thomas J.
Partridge, Edward R.
Partridge, Ralph H.
Perkins, Lyman G.
*Pert, William Peterson, Philip S.
Petty, Frank R.
Phelps, Henry
Lawson, Walter S.
Leary, Arthur J.
LeBlanc, Murray J. Levi, Joseph N.
Lewis, Arthur R.
Lewis, Edwin F. 2nd
Lewis, Ernest M. Lindsay, Carl N.
Moody, Dwight L.
Quinn, Joseph A.
Quinn, Peter D.
Rae, John M.
*Rae, William Ralph, Blanchard E.
Ralph, Lindsay H.
Ramsden, John W.
Reed, Albert K.
Reed, Austin M.
Remmes, Joseph T.
Renny, William P. Resvich, Peter Richardson, George O.
Richardson, Olin L.
Riley, William J. Robinson, Harry A.
Rodger, Harry A. Rogers, Thomas J. Roggemann, Edward W.
Ronan, John F. Rose, Herbert A.
Ross, Charles Ross, John C.
Keith, Joseph Jr. Kennelly, Daniel J.
Kenney, Benjamin
Keuhner, David A.
Keuhner, Frederick J.
McCurdy, Sidney M.
McDermitt, William G.
McDonald, Bernard L.
McDonald, James A.
McEvoy, Joseph P.
McGinley, Michael
McGrath, Michael J.
McMeekin, James
Mears, Elmer B.
Platt, John H.
*Platt, Thomas W. Jr.
Poland, James Porter, Henry F.
Porter, John C.
Quill, John J.
Lindsay, C. Douglas Lindsay, Lewis P. Livingston, Clinton R.
Livingston, Harold S.
Lord, Charles H.
Moore, John
Moorehead, Ludwig K. Moorehead, Singleton P.
Morrill, Byron S.
Morrill, Marjorie
Morrill, Stanwood A.
*Morrison, Phillips G. Morrissey, Walter J. Morse, Chester E. Muise, Lewis W.
Lundgren, Henry J. Lyle, Herbert H. Lynch, William J. *Lyons, Alexander J. MacDonald, David MacDonald, Floyd B. MacGuire, Wilfred Mackenzie, George MacLeish, John
MacLeish, Norman K. Maconochie, George Madden, Timothy A.
McCarthy, William I. McCarthy, William J. McCollum, Frederick W.
McCraw, Ernest
McCurdy, Allan M.
Kidder, Alfred V. Killacky, George I. Kimball, Charles C.
Kock, Fred W. Jr.
Kydd, Wendell H.
Kyle, Thomas J.
Larkin, Eldred W. McKee, Alfred H. Larkin, Harold E. McKee, Andrew B. Lawson, Edward R. 2nd Mclaughlin, Alexander
Mears, Lewis N.
Miller, Joseph A.
Miller, Robert
Mitchell, Arthur C. Mitchell, George Y.
Moody, Samuel B.
Moody, Wilfred
Moore, Hugh
Moore, James A.
Low, James Low, William Lowd, Harry S. Lowe, Philip R. Lumenello, James
Murnane, Cornelius *Murphy, John J. Myatt, John E. Myatt, William J. Myerscough, Joseph Napier, George C. Ness, Alexander M. Nichols, Edward R.
Phipps, Carl D.
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Rowell, Horace E. Saunders, George H. Schultz, Joseph C. Schultz, William F. Scott, George L. Scott, George W. Scott, John W.
Stanley, Lydia
Welch, James F.
Stark, Harold B.
Welch, William H.
Stevens, George K.
Wells, Harold F.
Stewart, Alexander W.
Wheatley, John
Stewart, John J.
Whitcomb, Carl I.
Stewart, Joseph T.
White, Donald J.
White, Harold
Scott, William S.
Stickney, Walter E. Stone, Van Zandt
White, James F.
Seldon, James K.
Stork, William B.
Whitman, Gordon E.
Seldon, Katherine E. Sellars, William D.
Strout, Walter E.
Whittemore, Helen A.
Sharp, Albert R.
Sullivan, John J.
Whitten, Howard G.
Sharp, Daniel J. C.
Symonds, George F.
Wight, Ira E. Jr.
Shattuck, Charles E.
Symonds, John W.
Wilcox, George W.
Shattuck, James P.
Taylor, Thomas D.
Wilcox, Gilbert M.
Shattuck, Ralph
Thomas, Walter F.
Wilcox, Warren E.
Sherry, Charles W.
Thompson, Charles D.
Thomson, Philip W.
Wild, Herbert T. Wilkins, Harold S. Willette, Fred J. Wilson, Chambers
Shorten, Henry J.
Towle, Gerald
Wilson, Frederick C.
Shorten, Walter R.
Trow, Henry J.
Wilson, Pearl E.
*Simpson, George W.
Trumbull, Samuel B.
Wilson, Raymond S.
Simpson, William H. Sirois, Fred J.
Tucker, Robert S. Tyer, Henry G.
Wood, Cornelius A. Wood, William M. Jr.
Skea, William C.
Tyler, Archibald L.
Smith, Frank L.
Valentine, James B. G.
Woodburn, Grace A.
Smith, Courtney A.
Valpey, Frank D. R.
Woodbury, Albert H.
Smith, Horace H.
Vandewalle, Edward
Wright, Raymond E.
Smith, Norman
Vannett, Edward
Wright, Willis G.
Sparks, James
*Waetjen, Alexander H. Wainwright, Stuart F. Waldie, David
York, Leonard T. York, Richard C.
Spinney, Julia B.
York, Walter R.
Stack, John J.
Wallworth, Thomas
*Young, Charles A.
Stack, Robert A.
Walsh, George D.
Young, Joseph
Stackpole, Markham W.
Ward, Paul A.
Zecchini, Francis
Stafford, Philip H.
Stafford, Robert W.
Watson, Morrill W. Webster, Guy E.
Zullas, Michael P.
*Died in Service
Strout, John W.
Whitney, Harry E.
Shevlin, John J.
Shorten, Christopher E.
Tobin, Ernest
Shorten, Herbert E.
Trautmann, Walter
Tucker, Patrick J.
Winters, John F.
Winters, Robert J.
Skea, Charles
Spencer, Wesley G.
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Board of Retirement Report
To the Board of Selectmen Andover, Massachusetts
GENTLEMEN :
The Board of Retirement pursuant to Sections 26 to 31 in- clusive of Chapter 32 of the General Laws consists of: Mary Collins, Town Accountant, by virtue of her office, Edmond E. Hammond appointed by the Board of Selectmen and George H. Winslow, a contributing member whose place on the board will be open for election by the members this year.
At present there are ninety-six (96) contributing members and five (5) members over the age limit of seventy (70) who are not contributing and will retire during 1939.
There are four retired members receiving monthly payments on pension.
This board have invested $17100.48 during 1938 which makes a total investment to date $19010.17.
The amount required to add to the fund by town appropria- tion this year 1939 is $11374.00.
Respectfully submitted
MARY COLLINS, Chairman GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Secretary EDMOND E. HAMMOND
Board of Retirement
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Board of Public Welfare
The Board of Public Welfare submits the following report for the year 1938:
Business during the first half of 1938 was practically at a stand- still and this brought a greatly increased number to our depart- ment. People who had gone through the previous depression now found they had little to fall back on and conditions were very black for the first six months. At the end of June we had spent almost as much as for the entire year of 1937. In the middle of June the mills began to pick up and the number of cases dropped from 105 in June to 44 in October. It is hard to estimate how long the mills will keep running but at the start of 1939 the outlook is more promising than a year ago.
Old Age Assistance is still increasing at a rate of approximately 12 per cent per year. At the first of 1938 we had 147 cases on our rolls, and during the year we received 58 applications of which 40 were approved. There were 23 cases closed by death or removal which leaves 164 cases as of December 31, 1938. This figure is made up of 91 women and 73 men.
Soldiers' Relief has also shown an increase this year due to unemployment and sickness among veterans. We have aided 28 veterans and their families during the year.
Under Aid to Dependent Children, 17 families have been aided during the year, four of which were new cases and one a re-opened case.
Periodic visits have been made as required by statute and re- ports made showing the progress, needs and moral conditions of the family.
Six boys have been sent to various C.C.C. camps during the year.
The W.P.A. sewing project is still in operation at the Town Hall with five women sewing and one supervisor.
During the year the commodities received amounted to $13,- 844.71 in value, $6964.41 for food and $6880.30 for clothing.
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We expended for sewing materials $832.63, $180.00 our share of commissary rent, and for equipment, maintenance and repairs $554.98.
The following W.P.A. projects have been in progress:
Work Project
Av. no. of
No. Location
Description Men
9826
15250
Farm to Market Gravelling and Widening
80
17812
*19122 Town
Reconstruction (Stump Re- moval) Etc. 130
15843
Burnham Road
Installation of 39" drain 40
*17156
Town
Emergency (Hurricane) 130
12988
Town
Water Main Installations
40
17273 Town
Engineering Survey
10
+16600 Town
Cutting Back Corners
40
*Completed
+Suspended
The above W.P.A. projects were under the supervision of the Board of Public Works.
The following W.P.A. projects were in operation during the year under the supervision of George R. Abbott, Moth Superin- tendent and Tree Warden.
Work Project No. Location Description
Av. No. of Men
13317 In woods off Woburn St., South Main St. and on roadsides Moth control 20
15012 On roadsides and in woods off South Main St. Moth control 26
15367 On roadsides and in woods off the
By-pass and at Foster's Pond Moth control 30
NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION
15267 Carmel Woods
Cutting underbrush 8
16197 Carmel Woods
Cutting underbrush
5
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We wish at this time to thank all private citizens who have cooperated with our board and who have given so generously of their time, as well as all the churches and various charitable organizations.
Respectfully submitted,
HOWELL F. SHEPARD, Chairman J. EVERETT COLLINS ROY E. HARDY
Board of Public Welfare
ARTHUR W. COLE, Welfare Agent EDITH P. SELLARS, Clerk
Aid to Dependent Children
ANDOVER TOWN INFIRMARY
Number of Inmates January 1, 1938
10
Number admitted during the year
14
Number discharged
12
Number of deaths
2
Number between 1 and 10 years of age
6
Number between 20 and 30 years of age
3
Number between 30 and 40 years of age
2
Number between 50 and 60 years of age
3
Number between 60 and 70 years of age
2
Number between 70 and 80 years of age
3
Number between 80 and 90 years of age
5
Number of Inmates January 1, 1939 10
The Convalescent Home has had a very good year, with pa- tients and physicians reporting complete satisfaction. This private section of our fine Town Home has been a great help to many town people.
Twenty-two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty-five cents ($2237.55) have been turned over to the town-a gain of seven hundred dollars ($700) over last year.
BERTHA W. THORNTON, Matron
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Fire Department
January 1, 1939
To the Board of Selectmen,
Town of Andover
GENTLEMEN :
I herewith submit the report of the Fire Department from January 1, 1938 to January 1, 1939.
During this time the department has answered 123 bell, 111 still and 5 false alarms.
We have laid 9500 feet 21/2 inch hose, 2050 feet 11/2 inch hose and 3500 feet 1 inch hose.
Value of buildings and contents where fires have occurred $383,750.00 ; loss on same $27,135.00 mostly covered by insurance.
The department consists of one truck, year 1912; one combina- tion hose, chemical and pump, year 1914; one combination hose, booster and pump, year 1928; one combination hose, booster and pump, year 1937; one ladder truck, year 1923; one forest fire truck, year 1923; one ambulance year 1926; one ambulance, year 1937; 8550 feet 21/2 inch hose, 1800 feet; 11/2 inch hose and 2000 feet 1 inch hose.
During this time the ambulance has answered 390 calls to take sick or injured persons to hospitals or homes, covering 6500 miles.
CHARLES F. EMERSON, Chief Fire Dept.
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Police Department
To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Andover:
GENTLEMEN :
I herewith submit the report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1938.
MISCELLANEOUS COMPLAINTS RECEIVED AND INVESTIGATED
Complaints received and investigated
676
Automobile accidents, minor
66
Automobile accidents, fatal
1
Ambulance calls covered by Police
18
Summons served for out of town Police
12
Automobiles stolen in Andover
4
Automobiles reported stolen out of town
27
Automobiles recovered for out of town Police
4
Bicycles stolen
16
Bicycles recovered
10
Breaks in camps and dwelling houses
43
Doors found open and secured
68
Lost children returned to parents
7
Dogs killed by automobiles taken care of by Police
18
Telephone and Telegraph poles down and guarded
14
Street lights reported out to Lawrence Gas Company
178
Fires covered by Police
34
Dogs lost 7; returned to owners
50
Persons notified for out of town Police
18
DISPOSITION OF CASES
Number of arrests
319
Manslaughter
2
Operating motor vehicle to endanger life
24
Assault
10
Breaking and entering
12
Breaking glass
0
Larceny
13
156
Larceny of automobiles
5
Adultery
0
Disturbing the peace
3
Delinquency
9
Operating motor vehicle while intoxicated
43
Drunkenness
88
False alarm of fire
4
Motor Vehicle laws violation (minor)
101
Neglect of family (non support)
5
Vagrants
1
Profane language
1
Bastardy
2
Illegitimacy
2
Unregistered autos
4
Uninsured autos
2
Burning without a permit
1
Collecting Garbage, no license
1
Violation of Milk Laws
1
Violation of Health Laws
1
Returned to Industrial School
6
Sentenced to Lyman School
1
Arrests for Out-of-Town Police
6
Collecting Junk without license
1
Accosting Persons
1
Default Warrants
2
Receiving stolen property
1
On File
17
Sentenced to Bridgewater
2
Suspended to Bridgewater
0
Committed to County Jail
21
Committed to State Hospital for Insane
4
Held for Grand Jury
11
Released by Probation Officer
48
Placed on Probation
25
Dismissed
6
Suspended Sentence to House of Correction
8
Continued Cases now pending
3
Appealed to Superior Court
12
Fines Paid in District Court-167
$2885.00
Fines Paid in Superior Court-6
390.00
157
Some Defendants charged with two charges but counted, as one arrest.
Suicides reported and investigated by Police
3
Cattle lost and returned to owners
35
Hens killed by dogs
73
Dead bodies cared for
3
Lights put in dangerous places
14
Live wires down and guarded
26
Tramps put up for the night
20
Runaway boys returned to parents
3
Dwelling houses inspected while owners away
43
Persons bitten by dogs
14
Hens stolen
383
Animal Inspector and Board of Health notified of dog bites
12
Mad dogs killed by Police
4
Fires investigated
2
Property reported stolen
$2011.40
Property recovered, some for out of town Police
3705.75
POLICE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT
3 Harley Davidson Motorcycles
1 1936 Plymouth Coach
1 1937 Plymouth Sedan
3 Police Radios
1 Bullet Proof Vests
1 Camera
2 Gas Guns
2 Gas Clubs
12 Gas Shells
14 Revolvers
1 22-Cal. Target Pistol
2 Riot Guns
12 Riot Clubs
In connection with the safety activities of the officers of the Town of Andover, you may be interested to know that the number of fatal accidents have been reduced from five in 1937 to one in 1938, also the number of minor accidents have been reduced from 148 in 1937 to 66 in 1938.
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As a result of the vigilance of the officers on traffic over 2,000 operators of motor vehicles were reported to the registrar of motor vehicles for violation of the Motor Vehicle Law. Each police officer has worked hard to try and make our streets safe for our citizens, and is planning with the cooperation of all our citi- zens of the Town to make a better record for the coming year 1939.
I want to take this opportunity to thank the Board of Select- men, Judge Chandler, Judge Hargedon, and the Safety Commit- tee for the kind cooperation throughout the year.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. DANE, Chief of Police
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Board of Health Nurse and Agent
To the Board of Health:
As Board of Health Nurse and Agent it is again my pleasant duty to submit the following annual report to the Board of Health and townspeople of Andover.
1938
1937
1936
Septic Sore Throat
0
34
0
Dog Bite
58
52
46
Tuberculosis
3
6
4
Scarlet Fever
60
34
11
Chicken Pox
28
83
5
Whooping Cough
4
10
39
Diphtheria
0
0
0
Measles
6
83
44
Mumps
22
41
51
Anterio Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
Epidemic Cerebro Spinal Meningitis
0
0
1
Gonorrhea
10
3
1
Syphilis
1
6
4
German Measles
1
1
5
Lobar Pneumonia
3
6
6
Malaria
0
0
0
Undulant Fever
0
0
0
Typhoid Fever
0
1
0
Other forms of eye infections reportable
1
0
0
197
360
217
DEATH FROM CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
1938
1937
1936
Scarlet Fever
0
0
0
Diphtheria
0
0
0
Measles
0
0
0
Lobar Pneumonia
2
1
3
Tuberculosis
0
1
2
2
2
5
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Improvement in methods and effectiveness is markedly shown in the public health service of to-day. To begin with, we may take the young child. Today the preschool child comes under the supervision of the Board of Health, through the baby clinic. Well over one hundred babies were born to Andover citizens during the course of 1938 and I should like to request all the mothers of these babies to avail themselves of the opportunity to have their babies inoculated against diphtheria at any time after they attain the age of six months.
Perhaps the people of Andover were surprised and a little fearful when they read the number of Scarlet Fever cases reported to the Board of Health during the year 1938, which showed an increase. But to the public health worker in the field of communi- cable diseases, it is not necessarily surprising. During the year 1938 Scarlet Fever was very prevalent in a widespread area and this means that there was a greater contact area. Of course one of the pitiful aspects of the situation is that in mild cases the sufferer is often unaware that he or she has Scarlet Fever and does not feel ill enough to call a doctor. Thus when a person has a con- tagious disease and is not properly isolated, there is sure to be an increase of sickness. Where it was known that a person had been exposed, many cultures from the throat and nose were taken for diagnostic purposes. From these cultures it was interesting to note how many of these cases showed hemolytic streptococci infection, but with only one of the many cultures proving to be Scarlet Fever. This particular case was found in the home of the patient after a rash had appeared. I think the general opinion of diagnosing Scarlet Fever is still by clinical signs such as tempera- ture, nausea, sore throat, rash and red tongue. Should any of these signs appear, my advice is to isolate the sick person and call your family doctor.
There has been a slight increase in the number of dog bites re- ported to the Board of Health. May I say now that the Board of Health is ever trying to develop and use new methods to curb and prevent disease. For example, Rabies is a disease that spreads easily and it is very costly and sometimes very deadly where the human being is concerned. About three years ago this disease was given much time and thought by your Board of Health and soon after a clinic was started with the idea of having all dogs inocu- lated against Rabies. Our records show that with the passing of
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each year more and more owners of dogs have taken an interest in this clinic, which is free and given each year. If the public is interested in economy and protection in town affairs, it is the duty of the citizen to take advantage of the opportunities offered. Now all dogs by law must be licensed and from this record of the owners of licensed dogs, a card was sent to each dog owner by the Board of Health stating the time and place when this preventive clinic would do its work. This year the Laboratory of the State Department of Health notified the Andover Board of Health that it had four cases of Rabies in dogs. In checking up our rec- ords in connection with these cases we found that no one of these dogs suffering from Rabies had been inoculated at our clinic and that one of the dogs had not even been licensed. For your own protection, the protection of your fellow townspeople, and for the protection of your canine friends, let me urge all dog owners to see that they are properly treated, even though there is as yet no law compelling this treatment to be given. The State Department of Health reccomends a prophylactic treatment for all humans that have been bitten about the head, neck and face. If at the end of one week, the dog shows no sign of Rabies, the treatment may be discontinued. All inoculations are free to the people of Andover, but in cases where the dog is unlicensed the Town of Andover cannot be reimbursed for such treatment.
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