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27.96
A.D.C. "118"
23,000.00
A.D.C. "118"-Administration
444.00
Old Age Assistance-Supervisor
1,935.00
Clerk
1,029.60
Clerical Expense
471.90
Office Expense
230.00
Auto Expense-Town Car
150.00
Auto Expense-Supervisor's
240.00
Old Age Assistance
80,000.00
Temporary Aid
52,000.00
14,657.50
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3,000.00
Transfers
Refunds
Total 3,000.00
Expended
Closed to Revenue etc.
Balance Dec. 31 1942
Transfers Out
1.75
7,501.75
7,325.00
176.75
23.97
9,023.97
7,597.32
1,426.65
925.85
925.85
329.49
329.49
300.00
2,326.31
300.00 2,175.04
151.27
3,200.00
3,200.00
2.825.00
2,162.17
662.83
74.00
1.214.00
1,213.65
.35
2,764.62
1,024.84
1,739.78
981.20
1.218.77
1,216.11
2.66
9.000.00
9,000.00
60,936.91
56,095.42
4,841.48
11,620.29
295.91
508.31
393.45
1,290.30
1,275.56
486.83
100.00
435.82
398.98
2,061.95
835.76
1,977.33
697.52
5,620.29
200.00
194.84
5.16 50.00 1,099.71
7,580.00
1,500.00
6,000.00
5.936.68
63.32
8,000.00
7,886.81
113.19
572.04
572.04
1.785.00
1,546.64
238.36
1,430.00
1.430.00
993.60
968.44
25.16
1,643.00
1,555.25
87.75
45.25
517.15
402.13
115.02
763.00
218.28
544.72
223.53
52.223.53
41.474.32
10,749.21
15,700.00
10,700.00
5,000.00
27.96
27.96
357.00
23,357.00
15,204.40
8,152.60
36.99
480.99
156.67
324.32
1.935.00
1.935.00
1,029.60
1,029.60
471.90
370.95
100.95
230.00
229.59
.41
150.00
44.32
105.68
240.00
149.85
90.15
80,000.00
71,395.16
8,604.84
50.00
6.08
7.506.08
6,406.37
7.580.00
2,074.58
925.42
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Balance Jan. 1 1942
Appropria- tions Receipts
Infirmary-Supt. Salary
1,320.00
Matron
330.00
Labor
972.40
Expenses
4,000.00
Soldiers' Relief-Aid to Recipients.
24,000.00
Office Expenses
200.00
Agent
1,677.00
State Aid
800.00
Military Aid
800.00
Auto Expense
240.00
Burials
500.00
SCHOOLS
Salary of Superintendent ..
$ 4,500.00
Deferred Teachers' Salaries
$ 6,654.40
$ 6.347.36
Other Salaries
296,614.00
All Other
46,400.00
Text Books and Supplies.
22,500.00
New High School Addition
5,711.59
2,036.39
New Fence-Jonas Perkins School
470.00
LIBRARIES
Salaries
$ 9,389.50
Janitor Salaries
759.62
Expenses
6,430.00
187.39
RECREATION
Parks & Playgrounds-P. 1-2.
$ 850.00
Parks & Playgrounds-P. 3-4.
250.00
$ 500.00
Parks & Playgrounds-P. 5-6.
750.00
Organized Play
1,200.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Const. & Maint. Toilets Sunset Lake
$ 3,000.00
Lifeguard-Sunset Lake
$ 300.00
Miscl .- General Government
1,000.00
Insurance-Auto Fire & Theft
3,70.00
Employees' Compensation
2,005.00
War Damage
Fire-Buildings and Contents.
3,413.51
Auto Liability
1,500.00
Building
6.00
Steam Boiler Coverage
45.30
Town Reports-Printing & Delivering
1,209.00
Memorial Day
500.00
Legion Bldg. Maintenance
500.00
Maint. T.T. Foreclosure Property
100.00
Reserve Fund
7,500.00
Local Defense Committee
4,000.00
1,660.50
State Guard Reserve Co.
339.59
1942 State Guard Reserve Unit.
1,100.00
Unpaid Bills Prior to 1942.
792.95
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Transfers
Refunds
Total
Expended
Closed to Revenue etc.
Balance Dec. 31 1942
Transfers Out
1,320.00
1,320.00
330.00
330.00
972.40
972.40
4,000.00
3.990.39
29.00
24,029.00
18,195.90
9.61 5,833.10 30.51
.16
200.16
169.65
1,677.00
1,677.00
90.00
890.00
675.00
215.00
800.00
432.00
368.00
240.00
240.00
500.00
500.00
4,500.00
4,500.00
13.001.76
13.001.76
302,888.08
294,290.93
8,597.15
46.489.35
45,788.05
701.30
17.28
22,517.28
22.509.66
7.62
7,747.98
7,747.98
470.00
453.74
16.26
9,389.50
9,359.12
30.38
25.28
784.90
709.10
75.80
6,617.39
6,536.45
80.94
850.00
849.97
.03 86.52
750.00
663.48
20.77
770.77
770.77
1,200.00
1,199.71
.29
3,000.00
3,000.00
300.00
300.00
1,000.00
998.95
1.05
18.54
388.54
191.63
196.91
2,005.00
2,005.00
1,935.67
1,935.67
1,935.67 121.63
3,535.14
3,478.34
56.80
1,500.00
1,427.45
72.55
6.00
6.00
45.30
45.30
1,209.00
1,209.00
500.00
419.63
80.37
500.00
498.03
1.97
100.00
33.04
66.96
7,500.00
7,498.42
1.58
147.25
5,807.75
5,764.69
43.06
250.43
590.02
590.02
1,100.00
1,097.21
2.79
792.95
792.95
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6,274.08 89.35
Balance Jan. 1 1942
Appropria- tions
Receipts
ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES
Water Dept .- Available Surplus
$ 1,538.72
Maintenance
$110,100.00
Electric Light Department
35,683.82
474,301.50
Depreciation Fund
82,068.18
Construction Account
Cemetery-Salary Supt.
300.00
5.87
Labor-Vets' Graves-Lakeside ..
15.00
Interest
22,732.25
Maturing Debt
Premium Reserved
60.89
INCOME FROM TRUST FUNDS
N. H. Hunt.
$ 968.87
Charles Thayer
$ 237.39
428.25
George W. Kelley
.49
4.02
Charles E. French
24.19
48.62
Joseph S. Miller
1.28
2.48
Ann M. Penniman
37.53
10.59
Julia A. Minchin
2.56
2.03
Avis A. Thayer
6.38
10.08
Hannah R. Hollis
1.17
2.03
Charles Hill
2.07
2.03
Colbert School Trust
261.08
531.10
STATE TAX AND ASSESSMENTS
1942 State Tax
Norfolk County Hospital
$ 8,887.86
County Tax, 1941
$ 222.91
County Tax, 1942
Charles River Basin, 1941.
50.87 Dr.
Charles River Basin, 1942
Met. Park Reservation, 1941
171.53
Met. Park Reservation, 1942
Nantasket Beach Maint., 1941
38.57 Dr.
Nantasket Beach Maint., 1942
W. Roxbury-Brookline Parkway
Boulevards, 1941
Boulevards, 1942
Canterbury St. Highway, 1941
.01
Canterbury St. Highway, 1942
Wellington Bridge Maint., 1941
.92
Smoke Inspection Service, 1941
.79
Smoke Inspection Service, 1942
Met. Planning Division, 1941
33.22 Dr.
Sewerage-So. System, 1941
2,018.17
Sewerage-So. System, 1942
Auditing Municipal Accts., 1942
Hospital & Home Care-C. W. Vets, 1942
Boston Edison Co., 1942
19 Dr.
.50
.50
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400.00
Plain St .- Expense
68,600.00
Transfers
Refunds
Total
Expended
Closed to Revenue etc.
Balance Dec. 31 1942
Transfers Out
108,755.93
110,294.65
58.31
110,158.31
103,277.21
509,985.32
454,215.18
55,770.14
81,505.02
163,573.20
163,573.20
35,000.00
35,000.00
35,000.00
400.00
400.00
305.87
305.87
15.00
22.732.25
20.864.23
15.00 1,838.02
60.89
68,600.00 60.89
60.89
908.87
968.87
665.64
277.39
388.25
4.51
4.50
.01
72.81
48.62
24.19
3.76
1.28
2.48
48.12
20.00
28.12
4.59
2.56
2.03
16.46
9.00
7.46
3.20
3.20
4.10
2.03
2.07
792.18
792.18
63,300.00
63,300.00
63,300.00
222.91
26,381.03
26,381.03
26,381.03
50.87 Cr.
2,375.71
2,375.71
2,375.71
171.53
5,522.63
5,522.63
38.57 Cr.
540.76
540.76
540.76
.19 Cr.
.50
1,019.05
1,019.05
1,019.05
.01
.12
.12
.92
.79
284.64
284.64
281.64
33.22 Cr.
2.018.17
13.287.41
13.287.41
13.287.41
1,532.56
1,532.56
1,532.56
120.00
120.00
90.00
30.00
473.26
473.26
473.26
Respectfully submitted,
R. W. MAGLATHLIN, Town Accountant.
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5,522.63
8,887.86
8,887.86
194.65 110,100.00 6,881.10
68,539.11
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Thayer Public Library
OF THE
Town of Braintree
FROM
December 31, '41 to December 31, '42 1
·1610.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY
Braintree, Massachusetts, January 30, 1943.
To the Citizens of Braintree:
In behalf of the Board of Trustees, I submit the following report for the year 1942 in reference to the Thayer Public Library and its three branches.
On January 1, 1942, the Thayer Public Library and its branches had 38,417 books on hand. During the past year we have added 2,677 new books and withdrawn 1,929 old books from circulation. This makes our total collection as of January 1, 1943, 39,165. Each year our library collection has been steadily growing, and each year the problem of the storage of these books has become increasingly acute.
The circulation of our books this past year has been as follows:
Thayer Public Library 70,958.
Braintree Branch 33,152
East Braintree Branch 27,221
Braintree Highlands Branch 18,115
Total 149,446
Last year the total circulation was 150,226, which in comparison with the previous year's circulation indicates a decrease during 1942 of 780. In 1941 the decrease in circulation was 2,500.
In view of the drastic restrictions on the use of automobiles and the large number of our citizens engaged either in the service or in war industry, this slight decrease is really a tribute to the vitality of our library service and compares favorably with decreases in other towns.
The support that the adult and juvenile readers of Braintree High- lands are giving their little branch library is worthy of special commen- dation. Last year the circulation in this branch increased 2,925 over the previous year.
In our total circulation of 149,446 books, 105,332 were adult books; 44,114 were juvenile.
During the past year we had 6,691 registered borrowers, 5,214 adults, and 1,477 juveniles. This is a falling off of 116 from the year before.
On the basis of the recommendation of the Committee on Library Standards, the registered borrowers for a population of 17,300 should number at least 6,920.
Last year the Chairman called attention to the fact that in a number of our Braintree families there is only one library card used by all the reading members of the family.
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The Trustees recommend for the coming year that all the members of the family who avail themselves of our library privileges should have library cards and be numbered among our registered borrowers. If this is done, Braintree will measure up to the recommendations made by the Massachusetts Committee on Library Standards.
Your Chairman, who has had the responsibility of stimulating the Victory Book Campaign throughout the state during the past few months, wishes in this report to express his appreciation for the coop- eration which the library staff and his fellow citizens have so generously given him.
Up to January 1, 1943, 5,315 books have been contributed; these books have been sent to Camp Edwards, the East Boston Navy, Bar- racks, the Coast Artillery, East Braintree, the USO, Buzzards Bay, the South Weymouth Air Base, the Military Unit at Hingham, and the New England Deposit Library at Brighton.
A new Victory Book Campaign is now being undertaken. The armed forces have expanded so rapidly that it has been impossible for the officials of our Army, Navy, and Marine Corps to supply nearly enough books for all the new camps and receiving stations organized within the year. Therefore the officials are asking again "for more books and good books." Authoritative technical books of recent date in the fields of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Navigation, Meteor- ology, Electricity, Radio, and Photography are much in demand; also books that are written in a light vein, amusing anecdotes and group games. Books of mystery and adventure are sure to appeal ..
Please give the Victory Book Campaign your loyal and continued support.
Although the Trustees are not pressing for an immediate appro- priation for a new library, nevertheless they strongly feel that "the idea of an adequate modern library building must be planted in the minds of our citizens now." Certainly the post war period should bring posi- tive and generous action to remedy a library situation that during the past ten years has grown steadily worse.
The Trustees would be derelict in their duty if they failed to stress with ever increasing emphasis the urgent need of a new library build- ing to serve as a community center and to give our citizens and our growing youth adequate library facilities.
Respectfully submitted,
STACY B. SOUTHWORTH, Chairman JOHN W. HARDING
MORRILL R. ALLEN MABEL S. ROGERS CLARA G. WETHERBEE
Trustees of Thayer Public Library
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FUNDS AND ASSETS of the
TRUSTEES OF THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY
DECEMBER 31, 1942
FOUNDATION FUND
$500 U. S. Treasury 31/4 % Note
$ 500.00
Deposit, Abington Savings Bank.
1,000.00
Deposit, Braintree Savings Bank
5,000.00
Deposit, Hingham Inst. for Savings
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
$
172.50
FINANCIAL REPORT
of the
TRUSTEES OF THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1942
RECEIPTS
Cash on deposit, January 1, 1942
$ 3,014.78
Income from Foundation Fund.
241.65
Income from Caleb Stetson Fund ..
50.00
Income from Rachel R. Thayer Fund.
2.58
Income from Nathaniel H. Hunt Trust
968.87
$ 4,277.88
EXPENDITURES
Purchase of Books.
$ 1,162.05
Repairs to Building.
98.25
Rent, Safe Deposit Box
6.00
Treasurer's Surety Bond.
5.00
Cash on Deposit, December 31, 1942.
3,006.58
$ 4,277.88
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Health Department
OF THE
Town of Braintree
FROM
December 31, '41 to December 31, '42
·1010.
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REPORT OF THE BRAINTREE BOARD OF HEALTH
December 31, 1942.
To the Citizens of the Town of Braintree:
The Board of Health hereby submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1942.
*1
The general health of the Town of Braintree in 1942 was good as a subsequent report will show. Mumps was the only reportable disease which showed an incident above the expected average, but in no case was there any epidemic of a contagious disease. This record is due in part to the earnest cooperation which we have received from the School Department and the Visiting Nurses' Association. We also received better reporting from the parents on contagious diseases when they did not have a doctor, for which we are duly thankful.
Over four hundred children, both pre-school and school children, were immunized against diphtheria in 1942, either at the clinics held in the schools, or were treated by their own family physician. We thank the physicians for reporting the children who were given immunization at their offices. Thus we are able to complete our records.
Another clinic will be held in the spring of 1943. We wish to caution the parents not to neglect this protection of their children against this often fatal disease, diphtheria. There are still many chil- dren in Braintree who have not received diphtheria immunization. During this war period, with a constantly increasing population, it is possible some person may bring in diphtheria from an area which has not had as good an immunization program as Braintree. Have your children protected by your own physician or bring them to the clinic next spring. No fee charged at the clinic.
We thank Mr. Fisher, Superintendent of the Braintree Public Schools, for his splendid dental clinics in the primary grades of the grammar schools. The work accomplished at these clinics is of great value to the children and helps keep sickness at a minimum.
The Visiting Nurses' Association continues their valuable services to the town with their tuberculosis follow-up work. Through their services early cases of tuberculosis are detected and those exposed are carefully watched. The Visiting Nurses also have been of great assist- ance on follow-up work on reportable diseases. All contagious diseases are now reported to them and they call and educate the citizens in the control of communical diseases. All this saves the town money. The Nurses' Association is asking for an additional appropriation in 1943 to carry on this valued service. Money spent for prevention pays big dividends, and saves dollars spent for cures.
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Due to the fact rabies was detected in dogs in some of the neigh- boring towns this year we conducted anti-rabic clinics in October. Over two hundred dogs were innoculated. Many more should have been to make protection effective.
A number of houses were connected to the public sewer this year, especially where cesspools were a nuisance. It is hard to understand sometimes why the citizens who have connected with the sewer do not hire a plumber to complete installation. They are spending good money for this service and should derive some benefit thereby.
The Board of Health is doing and stands ready to do all it can in the war effort. We are organized as a part of the Braintree Civilian Defense Program for Health, Sanitation and Social Services.
Two hundred and fifteen nuisance complaints were received during the year, investigated, and corrections made as far in as possible.
Stores, restaurants, dairy farms, and milk have been regularly inspected as the Meat and Provision and Milk Inspectors' report 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 Board of Health Agent on these records.
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
Appropri- ation
Transfers
For 1942
Payments Balance
$
300.00
Salary of Board.
$ 300.00
2,042.50
Salary of Health Officer
2,042.50
Meat & Provision, Milk Insp.
1,029.60
Salary of Dump Keeper.
1,029.60
60.00
Lease of Dump
47.40
12.60
100.00
Maintenance of Dump.
100.00
8,000.00
800.00
Contagious Diseases
8,773.98
26.02
4,500.00
Garbage Contract
4,500.00
725.00
General Expenses
704.56
20.44
200.00
Animal Inspection
200.00
75.00
Slaughtering Inspection
75.00
1,300.00
178.20
Plumbing Inspection
1,478.20
225.00
Diphtheria Clinic
222.75
2.25
2,775.00
Dental Clinic
2,772.92
2.08
50.00
Rabie Clinic
35.50
14.50
100.00
Milk Testing
99.12
.88
480.00
Tuberculosis Prevention
480.00
50.00
Vital Statistics
50.00
$22,012.10
$978.20
$22,911.53
$78.77
978.20
78.77
$22,990.30
$22,990.30
Board of Health Cash Receipts from Permits and Licenses:
Plumbing Permits
$ 726.00
Cesspool Permits
94.00
Offal Transportation
16.00
Milk Pasteurization License
10.00
Milk Dealer's License.
11.00
Milk Store License
30.00
Oleomargarine License
4.00
Undertaker's License
5.00
Massage License
1.00
Slaughtering License
1.00
Wood Alcohol License
26.00
Ice Cream Mfg. License
5.00
Spring Water Bottling License.
20.00
Dental Clinic Fees.
789.00
Overnight Camp Permit
.50
--- $ 1,738.50
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Received from Other Sources:
State Department for T.B. Subsidy
$ 2,540.71
State Welfare Department.
286.80
Norfolk County Dog Fund
120.80
Town of Weymouth
96.00
City of Quincy
14.30
City of Brockton.
302.90
Town of Winthrop
441.60
Individuals
395.20
4,198.31
Total Receipts
$ 5,936.81
Balance from Appropriations.
78.77
$ 6,015.58
Total Appropriation, 1942
$22,990.30
Receipts plus Balance
6,015.58
Net cost of Health Department, 1942.
$16,974.72
Respectfully submitted,
DWIGHT A. CHANDLER, Chairman.
JOHN J. ATKINSON, Clerk.
DEAN R. WALKER.
FREDERICK C. JOHNSON, Health Officer.
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REPORT OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Seven hundred and eighteen cases of notifiable diseases were re- ported to the Braintree Board of Health in 1942, by physicians, parents or by school certificates.
Infantile Paralysis
2
Chickenpox
47
Dog Bites
123
Spinal Meningitis
4
German Measles
31
Lobar Pneumonia
15
Measles
101
Mumps
208
Scarlet Fever
16
Septic Sore Throat.
1
*Pulmonary Tuberculosis
123
Tuberculosis (other forms)
1
Whooping Cough
23
Gonorrhea
10
Syphilis
13
718
*Out of 123 Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases reported, only fifteen were Braintree cases, the others were reported by the Norfolk County Hospital to us from other cities and towns in Norfolk County.
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REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR
To the Board of Health of the Town of Braintree:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Milk Inspector for the Town of Braintree :
Milk Licenses Issued to Stores and Restaurants 60
Milk Licenses Issued to Milk Dealers 24
Oleomargarine Licenses Issued to Stores 8
Pasteurization License Issued 1
Ice Cream License Issued. 1
Ninety-eight samples of milk were seized and analyzed at Steele's Dairy Service Laboratory in East Bridgewater. In spite of the alternate day delivery of milk and labor shortage, the milk delivered in Braintree this year was satisfactory in quality. The bacteria counts, although somewhat higher on an average than pre-war years, contained no disease-carrying bacteria. No milk-borne disease or epidemic occurred in Braintree this year. Some dealers who were licensed gave up their delivery due to war conditions.
I have the following grading of the milk dealers:
Penn's Hill Dairy Good
Ashland Farm Dairy Good
United Farmers Good
Woodworth Milk and Cream Co. Good
H. P. Hood & Sons Co.
Good
Whiting Milk Co.
Good
Blue Hill View Farm
Good
White Brothers
Good
Ridder Farms Inc.
Good
J. George English
Good
Bellows Falls, Brookside Milk
Good
H. R. White Passable
E. M. Dwyer
Good
Kramer's Dairy
Good
Herlihey Brothers
Good
Charles McIntire Good
Somerset Whitings Milk
Good
Crompton's Dairy
Good
Warren Blanchard
Good
Mrs. L. B. Twitchell
Good
George Holbrook
Good
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC
January 12, 1943.
Braintree Board of Health:
Dear Sirs:
The School Dental Clinic conducted by the Board of Health under the direction and supervision of the Superintendent of Schools per- formed 3,156 operations, of which 466 were cleanings, 2,320 fillings and 370 extractions, at a net cost to the town of $1,983.92. Twenty- five cents is the charge made for each operation which accounts for receipts amounting to $789.00. The expenditures were $2,636.96 for professional services, $111.96 for supplies, and $24.00 for moving equipment, which make a total expenditure of $2,772.92, leaving a balance from the appropriation of $2,775.00, of $2.08.
Respectfully submitted,
C. EDWARD FISHER, Superintendent of Schools.
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SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC REPORT JANUARY-DECEMBER, 1942
Exp. Prof. Service
Hours
Dates of Work
Receipts
No. of Cleanings
No. of Fillings
No. of Extractions
Total Operations
School
Name
Total House
Amount
$
378.33
120
1/5-2/5
$114.25
61
338
58
457
Perkins
829
$ 546.96
276.03
87
2/9-3/16
84.25
62
243
32
337
Penniman
E. C. Plummer Dr. Copeland
437
1,092.50
353.54
112
3/17-4/17
104.00
59
322
35
416
Hollis
Dr. Veale
399
997.50
359.74
114
4/21-5/29
105.00
63
327
30
420
Monantiquot Highlands
518.10
165
9/14-10/29
156.00
69
460
95
624
Torrey
251.48
80
11/2-11/25
68.25
49
190
34
273
Monantiquot
189.60
60
11/30-12/15
49.00
41
137
18
196
Hollis
$2,636.96
836
$ 789.00
466 2,320
370
3,156
$2,636.96
111.96
Supplies.
Moving Equipment.
$2,772.92
Amount Expended in 1942.
$1,983.92
2.08
Balance to town, December, 1942.
Net Cost to the Town of Braintree for the School Dental Clinic for 1942.
$2,775.00
Amount of Appropriation.
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310.14
98
6/1-6/26
108.25
62
303
68
433
24.00
REPORT OF TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION WORK
To the Board of Health of the Town of Braintree:
Gentlemen:
The Braintree Visiting Nurses submit the annual report for the year ending December 31, 1942:
Follow-up visits made to patients at home-236.
Patients taken to Norfolk County Hospital for X-ray and re-exam- ination-70.
Through the sale of Christmas seals four children were sent to The Norfolk County Preventorium Camp last summer.
Clothing needed for admission to the hospital was furnished to patients unable to provide for themselves. Milk and clothing were also purchased for children of patients who were in need of this assistance.
New cases have been reported to us through examinations made for military service. Assistance has been given these new patients and their families in securing X-ray and proper treatment.
We wish to extend our oppreciation to the Board and to Mr. Johnson for their cooperation during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
CATHERINE L. MURPHY, R.N. T. JANE FOGERTY, R.N.
REPORT OF MEAT AND PROVISION INSPECTOR
To the Board of Health of the Town of Braintree:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my annual report of inspections of markets, bakeries, restaurants and provision stores in 1942.
During the year I made one hundred and fifteen inspections of establishments where food was sold.
No meats, food, or provisions were condemned and no food-borne epidemics occurred.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK C. JOHNSON, Meat and Provision Inspector.
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REPORT OF SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR
To the Board of Health of the Town of Braintree: Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my annual report of slaughtering inspections: Pigs slaughtered, which I inspected and stamped as O.K .- In January, 1942 41
In February, 1942 15
In March, 1942 7
In November, 1942 32
In December, 1942
140
Total 245
One condemned as unfit for food.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES W. MATTHEWS, Slaughtering Inspector.
REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTION
To the Board of Health of the Town of Braintree: Gentlemen:
We wish to report that there were 1,459 plumbing fixtures installed in the Town of Braintree from January 1, 1942, to December 31, 1942, at an approximate valuation of $94,015.00.
There were 75 sewer connections made and tested. Respectfully submitted,
C. W. SULLIVAN,
ARTHUR F. SULLIVAN,
1
ISREAL P. WESTON, Plumbing Inspectors.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
The following is the report of the Animal Inspector of the Town of Braintree :
INSPECTIONS-
Cows
79
Bulls
1
Young Cattle
10
Goats
35
Swine
810
Horses
22
Ponies
2
Dogs quarantined
119
Dog Bite Cases investigated
122
Dogs released
119
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES W. MATTHEWS, Inspector of Animals
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DOG LICENSES ISSUED JANUARY 1, 1942, TO DECEMBER 31, 1942, INCLUSIVE
1147
733 Males
@
$2.00
$1,466.00
83 Females
@ 5.00
415.00
326 Females (Spayed)
@ 2.00
652.00
2 Kennel
@
25.00
50.00
2 Kennel
@ 50.00
100.00
1 Transfer
@
.25
.25
$2,683.25
Credit by cash paid Town Treasurer
$2,453.80
Fees retained, Chap. 320, Sec. 11, Acts of 1934
229.45
$2,683.25
SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED JANUARY 1, 1942, TO DECEMBER 31, 1942, INCLUSIVE
Total number issued
867
290 Fishing
@ $2.00
$580.00
299 Hunting
@ 2.00
598.00
143 Sporting @ 3.25
464.75
88 Minor & Female Fishing @ 1.25
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