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I wish at this time to convey my thanks for the full cooperation from all the different departments and to again state that this depart- ment has been free from any political interference either inside or outside.
Respectfully submitted, SYDNEY WEST, Soldiers' Relief Agent.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
OF THE
Town of Braintree
FROM
December 31, 1943 to December 31, 1944
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Report of the Fire Department
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE YEAR 1944 .
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen :
I respectfully submit to you the annual report of the Fire Department of the fiscal year ending December 31, 1944.
Total number of calls during the year-617 divided as follows:
Box Alarms
Month
Still Alarms
12
January
22
5
February
35
12
March
86
15
April
98
4
May
78
7
June
22
4
July
20
4
August
27
9
September
16
12
October
40
4
November
42
10
December
33
98
Total
519
TOTAL CALLS IN EACH PRECINCT
Precinct
Precinct Two
Precinct Three
Out of Town
January
15
8
9
2
February
19
5
16
0
March
25
40
33
0
April
41
37
34
1
May
48
14
20
0
June
19
3
7
0
July
10
9
5
0
August
16
5
10
0
September
13
6
6
0
October
18
15
18
1
November
13
14
19
0
December
20
13
10
0
Total
257
169
. 187
4
Month
One
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TOTAL CALLS THAT EACH PIECE ANSWERED
Month
Chief's
Car
Engine
No. 1
Engine
No. 2
Engine
No. 3
Engine
No. 4
Aerial
No. 1
Ladder
No. 1
Squad A
Squad B
Squad C
January
31
S
0
S
14
15
0
16
29
Q
February
38
3
0
3
8
6
2
21
27
S
March
SS
11
0
10
17
13
0
44
84
6
April
109
11
2
12
21
16
0
40
85
21
May
80
4
2
3
11
6
1
25
52
23
June
28
9
0
0
10
9
0
15
9
15:
July
22
2
0
3
4
5
0
8
18
3
August
31
4
2
2
5
6
1
15
20
11
September
24
6
0
4
13
11
0
12
21
1
October
48
9
0
6
8
10
0
23
42
3
November
41
7
0
3
S
9
2
21
26
2
December
40
10
0
4
11
15
0
22
35
1
Total
580
84
6
58
130
121
6
262
448
96
Hose Laid (Feet)
Month
(21/2)
(11/2)
Booster Used (Gals)
Ladders Used (Fret)
Engines Pumped Water (Hrs) Mins)
January
2,850
150
1,925
250
2
40
February
6,400
300
2,880
48
14
0
March
4,850
550
8,255
265
18
10
April
6,650
10,200
13,200
113
25
5
May
4,350
4,500
9.635
170
20
0
June
600
1,050
2,455
100
3
10
July
1,250
1,450
55
2
30
August
4,450
500
1,700
30
11
30
September
750
50
2,200
55
3
5
October
2,450
200
4,660
45
6
10
November
500
50
2,095
198
5
15
December
2,600
100
1,775
333
3
40
Total
37,700
17,650
52,230
1,662
115
15
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Grass, woods, dumps, bonfires
Buildings
Refrigerator leaks
Automobiles
Sprinkler and false alarms
Investigations
Accidents
Locked in/out of house
Out-of-town
Calls for inhalator
Oil in street
Calls for drowning
Lost child
Boat fires
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
34
January
26
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
40
February
79
12
1
0
3
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
98
March
95
10
0
3
1
Q
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
113
April
67
10
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0)
82
May
11
7
1
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
29
June
9
7
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
24
July
17
4
3
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
31
August
6
S
0
4
3
1
0
0
0)
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
52
September
35
6
1
2
1
()
0
0
0
2
0
4
0
0
0
1
46
October
20
9
November
15
10
December
617
Total
390
104
15
32
18
20
2
7
3
10
CT
co
1
0
1
43
5
1
0
3
0
0
0
-
.
10
10
4
4
0)
U
0
25
1
Month
Month
Valuation of Buildings
Insurance on Buildings
Damage to Buildings
Ins. Paid 011 Buildings
January
$ 63,200.00
$ 50,700.00
$ 7,704.11
$ 7,704.11
February
48,100.00
38,100.00
1,882.00
1,882.00
March
95,200.00
81,700.00
5,166.85
5,156.85
April
81,400.00
63,325.00
3,306.00
3,306.00
May
28,500.00
18,500.00
480.00
480.00
June
43,800.00
34,300.00
546.00
546.00
July
19,275.00
15,575.00
527.00
427.00
August
29,500.00
22,000.00
2,092.00
2,092.00
September
21,500.00
18,200.00
2,898.00
2,898.00
October
52,900.00
37,400.00
1,150.00
1,150.00
November
22,500.00
19,500.00
1,810.00
1,810.00
December
34,200.00
26,200.00
2,063.20
2,013.20
Total
$540,075.00
$425,500.00
$29,625.16
$29,465.16
BLANKET INSURANCE
December
$350,000.00
$350,000.00
$500.00
$500.00
Month
Valuation of Contents
Insurance on Contents
Damage to Contents
Ins. Paid on Contents
January
$ 11,700.00
$ 8,000.00
$ 4,397.00
$ 3,697.00
February
49,100.00
43,000.00
864.45
864.45
March
41,600.00
32,800.00
8,658.15
8,658.15
April
11,600.00
10,400.00
329.25
329.25
May
19,000.00
17,500.00
1,243.44
1,218.44
June
7,500.00
5,000.00
60.75
10.75
July
5,500.00
4,000.00
100.00
100.00
August
31,500.00
24,500.00
1,435.00
1,435.00
September
8,400.00
6,000.00
1,785.00
1,335.00
October
5,200.00
4.500.00
162.00
162.00
November
4,500.00
3,500.00
310.00
10.00
December
6,000.00
3,000.00
525,00
525.00
Total
$201,600.00
$162,200.00
$19,870.04
$18,345.04
PERMITS GRANTED DURING THE YEAR
Inspected and granted for range oil burners
61
Inspected and granted for heating apparatus burners
32
Granted for use of dynamite
-1
Granted to set fires in open air
184
Total
281
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STATE LAW
A State Law was enacted regulating the passage of Fire Apparatus responding to fires. The law requires the driver of a vehicle to drive to the right hand curb and stop until the apparatus has passed. To remain at a distance of three hundred (300) feet behind the apparatus and restricting the parking of a vehicle within six hundred (600) feet of a fire.
In conclusion : I wish to extend my thanks to the Honorable Board of Selectmen, to the members of the Finance Committee, and to the Police De- partment for their co-operation and interest in the welfare of the Department.
To all others that have volunteered their services or assisted the Depart- ment in any manner.
The officers and members of the Department have my commendation and sincere thanks for the efficient and faithful manner in which they have performed their duties.
Respectfully submitted, FRED A. TENNEY, Chief of Fire Department
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Report of the Fire Alarm Department
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE YEAR 1944
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
I respectfully submit to you the annual report of the Fire Alarm System for the year of 1944.
The Fire Department has the supervision of the installation, repairs, equipment and maintenance of the Fire Alarm Signal System.
WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR
Painted all fire alarm boxes and bands.
Replaced all poor bands on poles.
l'ut new back boards on fire alarm boxes where needed.
Checked all circuits daily and cleared the same of grounds.
Inspected and tested all fire alarm boxes monthly and after every severe storm.
Weekly box test at noon on Saturdays.
Renewed 111 cross arms.
Installed 7 six inch gongs.
Renewed 2,600 feet of line wire.
Renewed 1,120 feet of telephone wire
Replaced 1 old fire alarm box with 1 new fire alarm box of non-interfering succession type.
Installed 2 new fire alarm boxes at new locations.
No. 291 Commercial Street-Penn's Hill No. 315 Lowell Street
In conclusion : I wish to extend my sincere thanks to our Tree Warden for the valuable assistance rendered in allowing us to trim trees through which Fire Alarm wires pass, to the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company and to the Braintree Electric Light Department for their co-opera- tion and assistance rendered.
Respectfully submitted, FRED A. TENNEY,
Superintendent of Fire Alarm.
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Report of the Town Infirmary
To the Honorable Board of Public Welfare.
Town Hall, South Braintree, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
The Town Infirmary still maintained its usual, well governed repu- tation, under the careful supervision of the Superintendent and Matron, although during the year, they were confronted with three or four, emergency cases, that required undo special attention.
The average case load of 13 persons showed a slight increase over that of the previous year which was reflected in the total expenditures. In 2 of these cases, however, Board was collected so that the net ex- penses were within the appropriation.
1944 Appropriation
Refunds
$4,700.00 287.10
Total
$4,987.10
Expenditures . .. . 4,985.29
Unexpended Balance
1.81
Reimbursements from State Cases
936.95
Reimbursements from Cities and Towns Cases
110.00
Both of which go into E. & D. Fund
The special appropriation of $400.00 was spent for repairs to steps and fire escapes, and for furnishing new outside windows.
This year, again, I am requesting an appropriation for painting the Building which I trust will be favorably acted upon at the Town Meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK D. LAWLEY,
Agent.
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Report of the Engineering Department
TOWN OF BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS
January 3, 1945
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith the fifteenth annual report of the Engineering Department, for the year ending December 31, 1944.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Lines and grades have been furnished for the following:
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
Atlas Road, from Cedarcliff Road to Thayer Road
Highland Avenue, from Howard Street
Abbott Street, from Parkside Avenue 300' south
Acorn Street, from Parkside Avenue to Howie Road
Howie Road, from Acorn Circle to Acorn Circle, 500' Acorn Circle
Parkside Drive, from Abbott Street 620' west
GUTTER GRADES
French Avenue, west side, from Washington Park Road 200' north Middle Street Bridge at Monatiquot River, profile for gutter grades and catch basin.
DRAINS
Elmlawn Road and Robert Street
Howard Street at Quincy Line 260'
Profile of drain, Wellington Street and Shaw Street
MISCELLANEOUS
Lines and grades Hollis Field Improvement
Lines and grades Hollis Field Tennis Court
Layout of Football Field, French's Common
Survey of Jefferson Street, 12 stone bounds set Survey of Shepard Road, 6 stone bounds set Survey of Highland Avenue, S. B., 2 stone bounds set Survey of Ellery Street, 1 stone bound set Survey of Atlas Road, 2 stone bounds set
Survey of Parkside Avenue, 2 stone bounds set Quantities survey of Union Street dump
Survey of gravel pit, Liberty Street, for dump purposes
New tracings 20 block plans have been drafted
Lines and grades were given property owners on accepted streets upon request
WATER DEPARTMENT
Survey of old water main from pumping station to West Street and from West Street to Five Corners, and plans of same.
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ASSESSORS
All deeds and sub-divisions have been checked and plotted accord- ingly. Checked house Weymouth and Braintree town line, off Walnut Street. 30 new buildings and additions have been checked and plotted on plans.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
9 pole locations have been staked to be set.
The Engineering Department has received a much appreciated gift of drawing instruments from the Estate of Warren B. Keith. Mr. Keith was Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor of the Town of Braintree in 1902 and 1903.
I wish to express my thanks for the cooperation I have received from the Selectmen and all Town Departments.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN J. DRINKWATER, Town Engineer
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT
OF THE
Town of Braintree
FROM
December 31, 1943 to December 31, 1944
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Report of the Police Department
Braintree, Massachusetts, January 1, 1945
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Town of Braintree,, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit report of the activities of the Police Department with regard to Traffic for the year ending December 31, 1944.
ACCIDENTS:
Minor 77
Serious
67
Fatal
2
CASES PROSECUTED IN COURT:
Male Female
Operating to Endanger
1
0
Operating Under Influence
12
1
Larceny of Automobile
2
0
Violation M. V. Laws
10
1
25
2
VIOLATIONS OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS:
1. Vehicles on Crossings
6
2. Too Close to Hydrant 10
3. Parking Without Lights
4. Wrong side of Street
38
5. Motor Running
1
6. All Night Parking
12
7. Restricted Place
190
8. Defiance Corner Law
6
9. Right Wheel not at Curb 3
10. One Hour Parking Law 10
VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY :
Residents S5
Non-Residents 191
Respectfully,
JOHN J. HEANEY, Chief of Police
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Braintree, Massachusetts, January 1, 1945
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Town of Braintree, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report of the activities of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1944.
ARRESTS
Whole number-277
Male-260
Female-17
No. 1-CRIMES AGAINST PERSON
Male
Female
Total
Assault and Battery
12
4
16
Assault-Dangerous Weapon
1
1
13
4
17
No. 2-CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
Concealing Leased Property
2
2
B&E-Larceny
13
13
Larceny and Attempts
3
3
Larcony of Automobiles
2
2
Malicious Mischief
3
3
Receiving Stolen Goods
1
1
Trespass
1
7
24
1
25
No. 3-CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
Delinquincy
22
22
Dog Law-Violation
1
1
Driving to Endanger
1
1
Driving Under Influence
12
1
13
Drunkenness
144
6
150
Motor Vehicle Laws, Violation
10
1
11
Neglect-Non-Support
15
15
Neglected Child
5
7
Stubborn Child
1
1
Vagrancy
3
3
Probation Violation-Default
6
6
Health Law-Violation
1
1
School Laws-Violation
2
2
2
223
12
235
RECAPITULATION :
No. 1-Crimes Against Person
17
No. 2-Crimes Against Property
25
No. 3-Crimes Against Public Order, Etc.
235
Total
277
117
COMPLAINTS, ETC.
Ambulance Trips
279
Buildings found open
574
Cat complaints
108
Fire Alarms Answered
101
Holes in Streets reported
23
Insane Cases MR
9
FR
1-
MNR
1
FNR
0
Lanterns put out
Lodging Given
21
Messages Delivered
44
FR
27
MNR
12
FNR
6
Stolen Cars-Braintree
15
Stolen Cars-recovered
15
Sudden Deaths MR
7 1
MNR
0
FNR
2
Street Lights reported out
39
Sunday Permits-Labor
37
Wagon trips
31
Miscellaneous
1980
Code : On Missing Persons, Sudden Death, Insane cases:
MR-Male Resident
FR-Female Resident
MNR-Male Non-Resident
FNR-Female Non-Resident
For the year 1945 I have recommend the appointment of three patrolmen. The department at present is undermanned-therefore I am recommending these appointments.
I wish to extend my thanks to the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee and to all who have shown a spirit of cooperation toward my department.
Respectfully,
JOHN J. HEANEY, Chief of Police
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66
Dog complaints
90
Drunk Releases
19
143
Missing Persons MR
FR
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
OF THE
Town of Braintree
FROM
December 31, 1943 to December 31, 1944
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Report of the Board of Health
To the Citizens of the Town of Braintree:
The Board of Health hereby submits its annual report for the year 1944.
In spite of food shortages which were detrimental to a balanced diet, the health record in Braintree was exceptionally good in 1944. Chickenpox was the only disease which showed a marked increase over previous years. Pneumonia and Tuberculosis showed a decrease, and, although there was a large increase of Infantile Paralysis throughout the country, we were for- tunate in having only one case. We can thank the Visiting Nurses, in particular, and Mr. Thwing, Health Director in the Public Schools, for their cooperation in the control of communicable diseases both in the homes and in the schools.
Four hundred children were immunized against Diphtheria in 1944, either at the clinics held in the schools or by their own physicians.
The annual Diphtheria Clinics will be held again this spring. Whereas nost all children's diseases have shown a decrease throughout the State, Diphtheria has shown an alarming increase-over two hundred cases reported in the State in 1944 as compared with a little over one hundred cases in 1943. There are still many children, especially in the most susceptible groups- six months to five years of age-who have not received protection against Diphtheria. No child need have Diphtheria. Do not neglect to take the childen to the clinics or to your family physician. Avoid unnecessary worry. If you value your children, protect them against often fatal Diphtheria.
We thank Mr. Fisher, Superintendent of the Public Schools, for his con- tinued valued supervision of the Dental Clinics in the schools. These Dental Clinics are of great educational value. Many children will go to the Dental Clinic in the school, as they see their classmates go, and this overcomes the fear of a dentist, a fear which once imbedded takes a lifetime to overcome, and so teeth are neglected. The early habit acquired at the school clinic pays big dividends in later life.
We wish to commend the Highway Department for the excellent work they have done in the Town Dump. When burning the dump became a nuisance, they resorted to coverage, and this has proven to be a very effective means of control when properly done.
As a result of the examination of the water at Sunset Lake by the Engineering Department of the State Departments of Health last summer, the Board found it necessary to prohibit bathing in the lake. This examina- tion showed that the water was not suitable for bathing, due to the lack of toilet facilities. Toilet facilities must be provided if bathing is to be permit- ted, and these toilets must beconnected to the sewer to be acceptable.
Due to excessive coal dust from the Williams' yard, under lease to the E. B. Robbie Co. it was necessary to resort to the Quincy Court to try to abate this nuisance. The Court ruled in favor of the coal yard on the plea of the E. B. Robbie Co. that to discontinue unloading coal at this yard would hinder the war efforts. The Robbie Co. was required, however, to wet down the coal, put tarpaulin drops in the rear of the trestle, level the road into the yard, and not overload the trucks, to help control the dust nuisance. It was further agreed that this yard would be discontinued by the Robbie Co. at the termination of the war.
In accordance with action taken at the annual Town Meeting in March 144, on Section 120A, Chapter 94, of the General Laws, the Board voted an additional fee of fifty cents would be charged for each animal slaughtered at
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the slaughter house. This action was taken to defray the salary of the Slaughtering Inspector. Mr. Matthews, the Slaughtering Inspector was ap- pointed Meat and Provision Inspector this year, in conjunction with slaughtering inspection.
Four hundred and twenty-seven complaints of all sorts were received, investigated, and corrections made as far as possible.
Stores, restaurants, drinking establishments, dairy farms, and milk have been regularly inspected, as subsequent reports will show.
Birth and death records, known as "Vital Statistics"' have been, as usual, ably recorded by Mr. Ernest Woodsum, who acts as the Board of Health Special Agent on these reports.
RECOMMENDATION
The Board of Health recommends that a swer wash shed be built and maintained for the disposal of sewage pumped out of cesspools into the public sewer. This shed is needed, as it is becoming increasingly difficult to find suitable places to dump this offal. The Town has never set aside a location for this material, and it has been the custom to dump it in the woods, a method which could become a health menace.
HEALTH AND SANITATION RECAPITULATION-1944
$ 7,000.00
Contagious Diseases
$ 5,840.60
$1,159.35
200.00
Diphtheria Clinic
199.70
.30
6,000.00
Collection of Garbage
5,849.94
150.06
800.00
Inspection of Plumbing
779.00
21.00
250.00
Inspection of Animals
250.00
100.00
Testing of Milk
100.00
50.00
Vital Statistics
50.00
2,500.00
Dental Clinic
2,499.58
.42
480.00
T.B. Prevention
480.00
500.00
Contagious Control
500.00
50.00
Rabies Clinic
50.00
350.00
Inspection of Slaughtering
Meat and Provision
350.00
50.00
Lease of Dump
42.50
7.70
234.00
Keeper of Dump
234.00
300.00
Salaries, Board
300.00
1,900.00
Health Officer
1,900.00
375.00
Transportation
375.00
300.00
General Expense
289.09
10.91
470.40
Extra Compensation
365.10
105.30
$21,909.40
$20,404.36
$1,505.04
Board of Health Cash Receipts from Permits and Licenses
Plumbing Permits
$ 252.00
Cesspool Permits
4.00
Transportation Permits
16.00
Milk Pasteurization License
10.00
Milk License (Dealers)
11.00
Milk License (Stores)
27.00
Oleomargerine License
7.00
Dental Clinic
621.50
Undertakers License
6.00
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Bottling Spring Water Permit Slaughtering License
10.00
1.00
Alcohol License (Wood Alcohol)
20.00
$ 985.50
$ 985.50
Received from
State Department of Public Welfare
$ 157.20
State Department of Public Health, T.B. Subsidy 2,175.69
Dog Bite Refund
48.00
Other Cities or Towns
88.00
Individuals
539.00
$3,007.89
$3,007.89
$5,498.43
Net Cost to the Town for the Health Department 1944-$16,410.97.
Respectfully submitted,
H. IRVING CHARNOCK JOHN J. ATKINSON DEANE R. WALKER
Report on Communicable Diseases
Eight hundred and sixty-eight cases of communicable disease were re- ported to the Braintree Board of Health in 1944, by physicians, parents or by school certificates.
1
Chickenpox
350
Dog Bites
103
Meningities, meningococcal
5
German Measles
11
Lobar Pneumonia
4
Malaria
1
Measles
162
Mumps
77
Scarlet Fever
45
* Pulmonary Tuberculosis
51
Whooping cough
37
Gonorrhea
12
Syphilis
7
Encephalitis
868
Infantile paralysis
.) .
*Out of fifty one Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases reported only five were new Braintree Cases, the others were reported by the Norfolk County Hospital to us as of 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 Brain- trce 1944.
Milk Licenses issued to Store and Restaurants 54
Milk Licenses issued to Milk Dealers 22
Oleomargerine Licenses issued
14
Pasteurization License issucd
1
One hundred samples of milk were seized from milk dealer's trucks ant analyzed at Steele's Service Laboratory, in East Bridgewater. In spite of the alternate day delivery of milk and labor shortages, milk deliverd ,in Braintree in 1944 on the whole was satisfactory. While the bacteria counts ili some cases were above the maximum for pasteurized milk, in no case showed disease carrying bacteria. No milk-borne disease or epidemic occurred in Braintree in 1944. In cases where bacteria counts were found to be high, due notice was given the dealer and improvements noted in the quality of the dealers milk on re-examination.
The following list of dealers are graded according to their average bacteria counts for the year on pasteurized milk.
White Brothers
Good
Penn's Hill Dairy
Good
J. George English
Good
Blue/ Hill View Farm
Good
Whiting Milk Company
Good
Ridder Farm, Inc.
Good
Woodworth Milk and Cream, Speedwell
Good
Warren Blanchard
Fair
Cromptons Dairy
Good
United Farmers
Good
E. M. Dwyer Co.
Fair
H. P. Hood and Sons Co.
Good
Ashland Farm
Fair
Bellows Falls, Brookside Milk
Good
Charles McIntyre
Good
H. R. White
Poor
Kramer's Dairy
Good
Herlihey Brothers
Good
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK C. JOHNSON
Milk Inspector
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Report of the Braintree Visiting Nurses Association
To the Boart of Health of the Town of Braintree Gentlemen :
The Braintree Visiting Nurses Association hereby submits its annual report of the Tuberculosis work for the year ending Decembre 31, 1944.
We have carried out our usual policies in the care and prevention of Tuberculosis.
Follow up visits to patients at home 284
Patients taken to the Norfolk County Hospital for X-ray and examination 88
Patients taken to Lakeville State Sanatorium for X-ray and examination
The Christmas seal money from the Phlergians has enabled us to carry on the library at the Norfolk County Hospital.
Extensive Rehabilitation program. Chest X-ray of expectant mothers. Mass X-ray of Industrial workers.
We wish to express our thanks to the Board of Health members and Mr. Johnson for their help and cooperation during the year.
Respectfully submitted, CATHERINE L. MURPHY, R.N. Supervisor of Nurses
Report of the Dental Clinic
Braintree Board of Health
Dear Sirs:
The School Dental Clinic conducted by the Board of Health under the direction andsupervision of the Superintendent of School performed 2486 operations of which 394 were cleanings, 1846 fillings, and 246 extractions at a net cost to the Town of $1,878.08 during the year 1944. Twenty-five cents is the charge made for cach operation which accounts for receipts amounting to $621.50. The expenditures were $2,410.06 for professional services; $57.87 for supplies and repairs, and $24.00 for six movings of cquip- ment from one building to another which makes a total expenditure of $2,499.58 leaving a balance from the appropriation of $2,500.00 of $.42.
Respectfully submitted, (. EDWARD FISHER Superintendent of Schools
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SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC REPORT JANUARY 1944-DECEMBER 1944
Exp. Prof. Service
Hours
Dates of Wark
Receipts
No. of Cleanings
No. of Fillings
No. of Extractions
Total Operations
School
Name
125
$ 288.77
S1
1/3 - 1/26
$ 71.00
58
200
26
284
Monatiquot Hollis
E. C. Berry
ยท 676
$ 466.48
369.00
1031%
1/27- 3/7
90.00
60
268
32
360
401.07
1121%
3/8 - 4/13
98.00
65
287
40
392
Penniman
Dr. Copeland
180
517.53
352.96
99
4/14- 5/24
85.50
48
241
53
342
Perkins
609.64
171
5/25-11/7
169.25
107
515
55
677
Watson
388 62
109
11/8 -12/15
107.75
56
335
40
431
Lincoln
$2410.06
676
$621.50
394
1846
246
2486
$2410.06
57.87
Supplies
24.00
Moving
7.65
Repairs
$2499.58
Amount expended 1944
.42
Balance to Town December 1944
$2500.00
Amount of Appropriation
$1878.08 Net Cost to the Town of Braintree for the School Dental Clinic for 1944.
Total Hours
Amount
Dr. Veale
496
1426.05
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Report of Meat and Provision Inspections
To the Board of Health of the Town of Braintree
Gentlemen :
We herein submit our annual report of Inspections of Market, Provision Stores and other places where food is served on the premises.
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