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1,000 00
Deposit Quincy Savings Bank
1,000.00
Deposit Weymouth Savings Bank
2,520.91
* 11,020.91
CALEB STETSON FUND:
Deposit Braintree Savings Bank
1,500.00
Deposit Quincy Savings Bank .... 1,000.00
2,500.00
RACHEL R. THAYER FUND:
Deposit Home Savings Bank, Boston .. . & 1725.50
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
December 31, 1941
To the Honorable Board of Public Welfare,
Town Hall,
South Braintree, Massachusetts :
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith the report of the Welfare Department for the year ending December 31, 1941.
At the first of the year conditions were such that the downward trend of Relief due to Private Employment for Defense Work made it quite im- possible to decide on a proper appropriation.
In May the Town adopted the Food Stamp Plan, which has turned out to be very beneficial, both for those eligible to receive same as well as the merchants.
In June the reducing of W.P.A. rolls affected the Department some- what, especially the closing down of the Sewing Project.
As the year waned further, reductions in the case load and expenses were very gratifying and the Department was able to turn back to the Town a substantial amount.
The comparison figures for 1940 and 1941 are as follows:
Focd
1940 $27,040.05 16,158.61
1941 $14,337.87
Ren :
11,212.94
Fuel
5,736.64
3,395.76
Light
1,162.79
756.01
Doctors
4,705.60
2,732.30
Hospital
4,833.68
2,469.38
Pharmacies
1,967.63
1,181.17
Shoes
1,633.97
739.94
Clothing
469 26
258.20
All Others
905.70
1,684.13
Cash
8,173.16
6,680.00
Board and Care
3,075.50
2,600.50
Institutions
2,602.67
2,218.55
Cities and Towns
9,644.18
6,620 24
Total
$88,109.44
$56,886.99
Discounts
$ 700.59
288.59
Refunds
74.50
240.37
Collections from the State and Outside Cities and Towns amounted to $16,382.00 which was turned in to the E. and D. Fund.
My sincere thanks for the cooperation received from all other De- partments during the year.
Respectfully yours,
FREDERICK D. LAWLEY,
Administrator
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REPORT OF THE
W. P. A. OFFICE
January 29th, 1942.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Braintree, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I present herein as W.P.A. Co-ordinator, the annual report for 1941.
During the year there were 107 applications and employment ratio averaged 100 persons monthly.
Street Construction: The Highway Department under the direc- tion of Superintendent Wentworth and with W.P.A. assistance con- structed 5,330 lin. ft. of roadways, 3,310 ft. of sidewalks and 835 ft. of drains. A complete summary of these operations are entailed in the report of the Highway Department.
Household Aid Unit: This unit composed of women render valuable service in the home where there is sickness. In so doing, the head of the family may continue his regular employment without interruption.
N.Y.A. Upwards of 35 girls have been employed under our super- vision during the year. These girls are trained in general office work and subsequently placed in private employment.
Surplus Commodities: This disbursing agency serviced 19,655 needy persons with clothing and foodstuffs during the year. In addition we also disbursed 94,466 quarts of milk at a cost of .06 per quart to the consumer.
The Government's contribution was as follows: Food, $23,836.76; Clothing, $12,215.35.
] wish to express to the Board of Selectmen my appreciation of their co-operation throughout the year.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. SHORTLE. Co-ordinator.
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REPORT OF THE OLD AGE ASSISTANCE SUPERVISOR
For the year 1941
At the beginning of the year 1941, there were 348 cases on the Old Age Assistance payroll. At the beginning of the year 1942, there were 324 re- cipients-a decrease of 24 cases. In every year previous to 1941 there was an increase of from 20 to 40 cases at the end of the year.
During 1941, the decreasing tendency in cases reached a low point September 1st, when there were 320 recipients. I believe that the end of 1942 will show an increase over the 324 cass on the payroll on January 1. 1942, due to men being thrown out of work in many businesses affected by priorities.
The decline in cases during 1941 was due primarily to better employ- ment conditions, particularly at Fore River. Sons who were unable to pro- vide for parents are now able to take care of them. Increased employment and larger earnings have also been responsible for a reduced number of new applications for assistance.
Published figures indicate that the number of Old Age Assistance cases in the State was about 3% larger at the end of 1940 than it was a vear previous. In view of this fact it is interesting to know that in Brain- tree there are over 9% less cases. In other words, we have a record of 12% better than the State average.
The Old Age Assistance figures for the year 1941, are given herewith, and indicate a saving to the Town of $9,9568.00 out of the amount appro- priated last March. This saving was predominately due to the decrease in cases during the year, which could not have been predicted in view of the substantial increase in the number of cases in each year preceding.
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Year
Cases Jan. 1 Appropriated Expended
Saving's
1938
262 $72,500
$67,193
$5,307 Unexpended
1940
321
#78.079
69,753
8,326 Unexpended
1941
348
77,000
67,432
9,568 Unexpended
* Includes $5,306.96 Tax title money carried over from 1938 by the State Auditors, The Town appropriation was $78,000.
IIncludes $4,379 75 in Federal funds carried over from 1939 by State Auditors. The Town appropriation was $73,700.
The cost of Old Age Assistance will increase to a very considerable extent in 1942, as a result of the liberalization of the Old Age Assistance law by the Legislature in November, 1941, whereby the minimum pay- ments for single recipients and married couples living alone were raised from $30 to $40 monthly for one person and $32.50 each for man and wife, subject in both cases to deductions for any income or additional assistance being received. These increased benefits become effective on May 1, 1942.
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On account of rising rents and costs of food and clothing the maxi- mum amounts allowed by State budgets have been raised, and this, too, will add to Old Age costs. Furthermore, a good many recipients will have their monthly payments raised to $36.00, $38.00, and $40 00. The Fed- eral Government pays half of the expenses up to $40.00 a month only and if those in this particular group have medical services and medicines which bring their monthly payments above $40.00, no Federal reimburse- ments will be granted on the amounts in excess of that figure. The State and Town will be obliged to share this added expense in the ratio of two and one-an additional reason why the Town appropriation must be larger. The Town, in addition to its own increased appropriation, is obliged to appropriate for the increase in the State's share (which the State pays back seven or eight months later.)
After careful consideration of all the facts and consultation with State authorities, I am of the opinion that the amount to be appropriated by the Town should be not less than $85,000. After the State has reimbursed us for its share of the assistance, the Town's share will have amounted to less than $30,000.
To help the towns and cities meet this increased cost, one-third of the amounts collected on the five percent State tax on meals of $1 00 or over, will be returned to the cities and towns in such a way that the money can be used by the Old Age Deptrtment and not go into the Ex- cess and Deficiency Fund. This tax went into effect January 1, 1942. How- ever, we do not believe that any of the money collected through this par- ticular tax in 1942, will be available until some time in 1943. The increased Old Age benefits are also being financed by adding three percent to the total of everybody's State income tax bill.
The old people of Massachusetts are being well provided for-more liberally than in any other State in the Union, and far more liberally than in ninety percent of the States. In Braintree we aim to give them all the help they need within the scope of the Old Age law and State rules. We assist them in many ways not required of us. Old Age Assistance is a boon to those who, through no fault of their own, find themselves in need in their later years. It enables them to pay their own way without fear of the future or of being a burden to anyone.
With sincere appréciation of the cooperation of the members of the Bureau of Old Age Assistance and other Town departments, this report is
Respectfully submitted
ALBERT L. RICE Supervisor of Old Age Assistance.
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Annual Report
OF THE
Board of Health
OF THE
Town of Braintree
FROM
DECEMBER 31, 1940 to DECEMBER 31, 1941
REPORT OF THE BRAINTREE BOARD OF HEALTH
Braintree, Mass., January 7, 1942.
To the Citizens of the Town of Braintree:
The Board of Health hereby submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1941.
The general health of the Town of Braintree this year was favor- able as a subsequent report will show. Measles and whooping cough were a little above the average the first of the year, while mumps showed an increase the latter part of the year. We thank the citizens for the prompt reporting of all contagious diseases providing they did not have a doctor, thus enabling us to take protective measures of con- trol as soon as possible.
Over three hundred children were immunized against diphtheria either at the Diphtheria Clinics held in the schools or were treated by their own family physicians, a report of which cases were forwarded to this department by the physicians to complete our records. We thank the doctors for their co-operation on our diphtheria preventive program.
Another clinic will be held in the spring of 1942. We wish to caution the parents not to neglect this protection for their children against diphtheria. There are still many children in Braintree suscep- tible to diphtheria and the disease can happen here in our unimmunized group. Have your children protected by your own physician or bring them to the clinic next spring.
The dental clinics were conducted as heretofore in the primary grades of the grammar schools under the able management of Mr. Fisher, Superintendent of the Schools. Mr. Fisher is to be compli- mented for this valuable service to the community. Mr. Fisher's report will be included in the Board of Health report.
Our Tuberculosis preventive work was ably undertaken by the Visiting Nurses' Association, many calls being made and a number of contacts taken to the Norfolk County Hospital for examination. Through this service we feel cases of tuberculosis receive early detection and many avoid having this disease.
The Board of Health does not unqualifiedly recommend that all dogs be inoculated against rabies each year. When, however, the cir- cumstances arise such as the occurrance of rabies in this town or in the neighboring towns adjacent to it, some measures of control are neces- sary in order to limit the spread of the disease. Although it was not necessary for a clinic this year, we feel $50.00 should be available each vear for any emergency which may arise.
Due to many complaints received on account of the offensive odor from pig manure which material some of the farmers have been in the habit of using, it became necessary to pass the following regula- tion this year:
"No person or persons shall transport, place, pile, spread, plow in or otherwise use pig manure in or upon any way or land in the Town of Braintree without first obtaining a permit from the Braintree Board of Health in writing, this regulation effective April 16th, 1941."
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In one case we found it necessary to resort to the Quincy Court to stop this nuisance.
We appreciate the additional sewers which were constructed this summer, thus relieving several areas of the cesspool nuisances which have occurred there, all of which tends toward a healthier town. We hope the citizens who have had their houses connected to the sewers will complete the final connection without too much delay.
We are pleased to report the new site of the public dump has proven to be satisfactory in every respect. A public dump, however, cannot be maintained without the expenditure of some money other- wise it would become a public nuisance and source of danger to the community. We wish to take this opportunity to thank the Water, Highway and the Welfare departments for their co-operation. The Water Department in allowing the use of its bulldozer when we needed it. The Highway Department for whatever fill they were able and have given for coverage which is very essential. Lastly the Welfare De- partment for the initial work in cleaning out the brush for the develop- ment of the dump.
Stores, restaurants, dairy farms and milk have been regularly in- spected as subsequent reports will show.
Birth and death records known as Vital Statistics have been as usual ably kept by Mr. Ernest Woodsum, the Town Clerk, who acts as the Board of Health Agent, on these records.
We wish to thank the Braintree Public Library for adding to their growing Health Library two books, namely "Plague on Us" by Geddes Smith and "Communical Disease Control" by Addison. Both of these books are very instructive and interesting and easily understood by the average laymen, books every one should read to make for a healthier community.
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Appropriation Transfers
For® 1941
Payments Balances 300.00
300.00
Salary of Board
Salary of Health Officer
1,900.00
Meat & Provisions & Milk Insp.
1,900.00
720.00
Salary of Keeper of Dump
582.00
138.00
40.80
Lease of Dump
40.80
150.00
150.00
Maintenance of Dump
300.00
8,000.00
Contagious Diseases
7,993.52
6.48
4,025.00
Collection of Garbage
4,025.00
725 00
General Expenses
723.84
1.16
200.00
Animal Inspection
200.00
75.00
Slaphhtering Inspection
75.00
1,500.00
400.0
Inspection of Plumbing
1,897.50
2.50
225.00
Diphtheria Clinic
223.49
1.51
2,500.00
Dental Clinic
2,499.10
.90
50 00
Rabies Clinic
50.00
100.00
Milk Testing
100.00
480.00
Tuberculosis Prevention
480.00
50.00
Vital Statistics
50,00
$21,040.80
$550.00
$11,390.25
$200.55
550.00
200.55
$21,590.80
$21,590 80
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Board of Health Cash Receipts from Permits and Licenses 1941:
Plumbing Permits
1,087.00
Cesspool Permits
165.00
Offal Transportation Permits 12.00
Milk Pasteurization License
10.00
Milk Dealers Licenses
13.50
Milk Store Licenses
39.50
Oleomargarine Licenses
5 50
Undertakers Licenses
5.00
Slaughtering Licenses
1.00
Alcohol Licenses
31.00
Ice Cream Mfg. Licenses
10.00
Spring Water Licenses
20 00
Dental Clinic
724.25
Massage License
1.00
Overnight Camps
.50
$ 2,125.25 $ 2,125.25
Received from:
State Department from T. B. Subsidy
S 2,232.86
State Department of Public Welfare
596.28
Norfolk County Dog Bite Claims
117.05
Individuals
98 80
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
68.00
City of Brockton
269.10
City of Boston
23.29
Town of Weymouth
160.00
$ 3,565.38 $
3,565 38
Total Receipts
$
5,690.63
Balance from Appropriations
8
200.55
$ 5,891.18
Total Appropriations
$ 21,590.80
$ 5,891.18
Net Cost of Health Department 1941
$ 15,699.72
Respectfully submitted,
DEAN R. WALKER, Chairman JOHN J. ATKINSON. Clerk DWIGHT A. CHANDLER
FREDERICK C. JOHNSON, Health Officer
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REPORT OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Seven hundred and three cases of notifiable diseases were reported to the Board of Health by physicians, parents and some reports delayed reports by means of school certificates.
Bacillary Dysentery
1
Anterior Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis)
1
Chicken Pox 48
Dog Bites 113
Meningitis
German Measles
5
Pink Eye
1
Lobar Pneumonia
14
Measles
94
Mumps
160
Scarlet Fever
11
*Pulmonary Tuberculosis
121
Tuberculosis, other forms
1
Whooping Cough
102
Gonorrhea
10
Syphilis
16
Tetanus
1
Total
703
*Out of 121 Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases reported as listed above only nine were actually new Braintree cases, others from other cities and towns in the county.
Respectfully submitted
FREDERICK C. JOHNSON,
Health Officer.
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REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR
January, 1941.
To the Board of Health of the Town of Braintree:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Milk Inspector for the Town of Brain- tree for the year 1941.
Milk licenses issued to stores and restaurants 79
Milk licenses issued to milk dealers .
27
Oleomargarine licenses issued to stores
11
Pasteurization licenses issued
1
Ice Cream Manufacturing licenses issued
2
One hundred samples of milk were seized and analyzed at Steel's Dairy Service Laboratory in East Bridgewater. I find as a whole the milk delivered in Braintree this year was very satisfactory. Include a grading for the dealers as follows:
James Mattie
Pasteurized
Good Good
Ashland Farms Dairy
Blue Hill View Farm
...
Passable
United Farmers .. ..
Good
Woodworth Milk and Cream Co.
..
..
Satisfactory
H. P. Hood & Sons Co.
Good
Whitings Milk Co.
Good
White Brothers
Satisfactory
Ridder Farms, Inc.
Good
Lantery Brothers
Good
H.R. White
Passable
Sherrick Brothers
Unsatisfactory
1. George English
Good
Bellows Falls Co.
Good
E. M. Dwyer
Good
Shawsheen Dairy, Inc.
Good
Kramer's Dairy
..
Good
Herlihey Brothers
Good
Charles J. McIntyre
Satisfactory
A. R. Parker Co.
Good
Curtis Farms
Good
Cedar Tree Farm
Satisfactory
Somerset Farms Corp.
Satisfactory
*M. L. Sullivan
Raw
Unsatisfactory
6.
..
The above dealers are graded on their average standard plate count for bacteria for the year 1941, as I am principally concerned about the milk's cleanliness for the protection of the public. These samples are all taken from regular family milk, as the bulk of milk consumed i .- family milk, not Grade A or Certified.
For the grading:
GOOD denotes pasteurized milk with a standard plate count for bacteria under 10,000.
SATISFACTORY denotes pasteurized milk with a standard plate count for bacteria 10,000 to 25,000.
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PASSABLE denotes pasteurized milk with a standard plate count for bacteria 25,000 to 40,000.
Pasteurized family milk should not have a standard plate count over 40,000. The lower the count the cleaner the milk.
No milk bourne disease or epidemic occurred in Braintree this vear.
With a larger appropriation I shall be able to sample on a larger scale, taking in Grade A as well as Certified milk.
*M L. Sullivan now only delivering pasteurized milk in Braintree and last testing of his pasteurized milk was good.
Individual reports may be obtained at Health Office in the Town Hall.
Respectfully submitted
FREDERICK JOHNSON,
Milk Inspector.
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REPORT OF DENTAL CLINIC
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC AS
CONDUCTED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH UNDER THE DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
January 12, 1942.
Braintree Board of Health :
Dear Sirs:
During the school year of 1940-1941 the Dental Clinic operated in all of the schools. However, work was not completed in the Abrahan Lincoln School which was the last one visited in that school year.
The Dental Clinic Budget of $2,500.00 allows out of the 180 to 183 school days in the school year, for 150 to 155 days for salaries for dental clinic work, the balance being required for the purchase of supplies, for repairs to equipment and the cost of moving equipment. The more supplies required the smaller is the number of days for clinic work.
feel that an increase in the appropriation from $2,500.00 to $2,800.00 is desirable and necessary if work is to be completed in all the schools in a school year. Such an appropriation would make it pos- sible to work 170 to 175 days during the year instead of 154 as was the case in 1941.
A detailed statement of operations and expenditures with receipts. accompanies this report.
Respectfully submitted,
C. EDWARD FISHER,
Superintendent of Schools
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SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC REPORT JANUARY-DECEMBER, 1941
Exp. Prof. Service
Hours
Dates of Work
Receipts
No. of Cleanings
No. of Fillings
No. of Extractions
Total Operations
School
Name
Total Hours
771
$ 462.60
232.50
75
1/28-2/17
76.00
58
228
18
304
Hollis
294.50
95
2/18-3/24
89.00
83
252
21
356
Penniman
372.00
120
3/25-5/5
105.75
50
305
68
423
Perkins
341.00
110
5/6-6/5
101.50
51
317
38
406
Watson
496.00
160
6/6-/19
9/29-10/30
151.00
72
447
85
604
Lincoln
359.60
116
10/31-12/8
114.00
61
335
60
456
Watson
62.00
20
12 /9-12/12
17.25
7
55
7
69
Perkins
$2,390.10
771
$724.25
414
2154
329
2897
85.75
Supplies
21.00
Moving Equipment
2.25
Repairs
$2,499.10
Amount Expended in 1941
.90
Balance to Town December, 1941
$2.500.00 Amount of Appropriation
Amount
232.50
75
1/6-1/27/41
$ 69.75
32
215
32
279
Torrey
E. C. Plummer Dr. Copeland Dr. Veale
399
997.50
372
930.00
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$2,390.10
$1.774.85 Net Cost to the Town of Braintree for the School Dental Clinic for 1941.
REPORT OF MEAT AND PROVISION INSPECTION
To the Board of Health of the Town of Braintree:
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my annual report of inspection of markets, bak- eries, restaurants, lunch rooms and provision stores.
During the year 1941 I made one hundred and twenty-three inspec- tions of establishments where food was sold.
No meats, food, or provisions condemned and no food bourne epi- demics occurred.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK C. JOHNSON, Meat and Provision Inspector
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Board of Health of the Town of Braintree:
I herewith submit my annual report for the Town of Braintree for the year 1941 of animals inspected and stamped.
1941
Swine
Jan.
38
Feb.
12
March
3
Nov.
7
Dec.
94
Total
154
Dec. one animal condemned.
Respectfully submitted
CHARLES W. MATTHEWS, Inspector of Slaughtering
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REPORT OF TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION WORK
To the Board of Health of the Town of Braintree:
Gentleman:
The Braintree Visiting Nurses submit the Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 1941. .
Follow Up visits made to patients at home-234.
Trips made to Norfolk County Hospital with patients for X-ray and reexamination-52.
Following the reclassification of our tubercular patients by the State Department several inactive cases were removed from our list permitting more concentrated work to be done on our active cases.
Through the sale of Christmas seals, six children were sent to the Norfolk County Preventorium camp last summer. This fund also provided milk for needy patients and their children.
The proper clothing for admission to the hospital was furnished to pa- tients unable to provide such items. Clothing was also purchased for child- ren of hospitalized patients needing this service.
We wish to extend our appreciation and thanks to the board and to Mr. Johnson, the health officer, for their cooperation throughout the year.
Respectfully submitted,
T. JANE FOGARTY, R.N. CATHERINE L. MURPHY, R.N.
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1
REPORT OF INSPECTION OF PLUMBING
January 13, 1942.
To the Honorable Board of Health,
Town of Braintree, Massachusettes:
Gentlemen :
We wish to report that there were 1833 plumbing fixtures installed from January 1, 1941, to December 31, 1941, at an approximate valuation of $127,999.00.
There were 104 Sewer Connections made and tested.
Respectfully submitted,
C. W. SULLIVAN, ARTHUR F. SULLIVAN, ISRAEL P. WESTON,
Plumbing Inspectors
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
The following is the report of the Animal Inspector of the Town of Braintrec.
Cows
149
Bulls
2
Young Cattle
6
Goats
19
Swine
936
Horses
30
Ponics
4
Dogs Quarantined
117
Dog Bite Cases investigated
117
Dogs Releases
117
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES W. MATTHEWS
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REPORT OF THE TOWN INFIRMARY
January 28, 1942
Mr. Frederick D. Lawley,
Welfare Administrator,
South Braintree, Mass.
Dear Sir .:
I submit, herewith, my report on the Town Infirmary from Janu- ary 1, 1941, to December 31, 1941.
IMPROVEMENTS
Remodeled large Living Room, also laid new oak floor, changed plumbing system, put in two new radiators, changed lighting, new lights, new wall board all around room, papered and calcimined ceiling.
Papered and calcimined ceiling in office.
Papared and calcimined ceiling in Reception Room.
Very truly yours, PATRICK DONAHUE, Supt.
BRAINTREE INFIRMARY
Groceries
1940 $2,007.38
1941 $1,905.25
Milk
402.51
345.02
Gas and Light
260.16
258.52
Fuel
306.86
391.52
Doctors
24064
29.00
Pharmacy
157.10
155.53
Telephone
73.60
77.70
Tobacco
106.46
57.23
Newspapers
99.26
82.68
Gasoline
...
Garden
152 36
103.37
All Others
187.16
159.99
Labor
3.75
House Equipment
1,076.40
264.76
Up Keep
520.23
Totals
$5,073.64
$4,534.82
Discounts
$ 72.63
$ 86.62
184.02
Shoes and Clothing
...
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN
To the Citizens of the Town of Braintree, I hereby submit my report:
During the year 1941 we were able to take care of many of the broken limbs and dead trees. The original appropriation of three hundred dollars (300.00) was supplemented by transfers of further funds in the amount of seven hundred forty-one dollars and fifty cents ($741.50) from the re- serve funds by the Finance Committee, making a total of one thousand forty-one dollars and forty-seven cents ($1,041.47), all of which was ex- pended with the exception of three cents.
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