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WHAT SERVICE HAS BEEN GIVEN ?
With the close of the war it has been interesting to note the quick change in the reading tastes of the public. Where previously books dealing with different phases of the war and war-time occupations were in demand, now this type of book has given way to a demand for material on problems of the peace, peace-time jobs, and home building. In a comparison of the number of books circulated in each class of non-fiction, the 700's or Fine Arts group occupies top place next to periodicals. This group covers a wide variety of subjects, such as Flower Gardening, Painting and Art, Furniture design and Collecting, Interior Decoration, Music, Dancing, Games and Sports of all kinds. Braintree is definitely Antique Conscious. We have had calls for books on collecting almost everything from buttons to music boxes, and the Hobbies and Antiques Magazines are among the most pop- ular to which we subscribe.
One of the services which we have taken most pleasure in giving is that of finding material for the returned veterans. They are coming
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to the library constantly for help, and we feel that this is one of the most important phases of our work. One young man on signing a card told us that he had lived in the town for eight years and never before had had a library card. If war can have any compensations, per- haps one is that of making many of our young men and women more aware of LIBRARY SERVICES. It is for us to continue to give them the library service which they have had in the camps throughout the country. Their most frequent request has been for catalogs of all types of schools and colleges, and for information on occupations.
In answering requests for all kinds of material, some of which we did not own, we have called upon the resources of neighboring libraries. We have borrowed thirty-nine books from Weymouth, Quincy, Attle- boro, Boston and the State Division of Public Libraries. We are also proud of the fact that we have been able to lend books to our much larger neighbor, Quincy.
A new form of service has occupied the time of the library staff to a considerable extent this year. That is Tello-Test. We have looked up the answers to 197 different Tello-Test questions, and have given telephone enquirers the answers to these questions 3800 times at the main library alone. At times, the telephone has been quite annoying as when it rings eight times in five minutes. But we consider this service introduces the Reference Work of the library to many ad- ditional persons, and also gives the staff practice and experience in that work.
Another new service is that of taking books to the Franklin Street Rest Home for the use of the patients. The collection of Twenty-five volumes is changed every four or five weeks, and both the nurses and patients are most appreciative. The head nurse told us "This is wonderful. I had no idea that you could do anything like this."
Members of the staff arranged a series of attractive book exhibits at the Philergian Book Fair Tea in March.
The Highlands Branch Library rooms were again used for the Well Child Clinic in June.
WHO GIVES THIS SERVICE ?
Library users may have been met at the desk by many new faces during the year, for the shortage of librarians has continued to be critical, this making it necessary to use part time temporary help to fill in at various times.
In the fall Miss Miriam Edson, Librarian of the East Braintree Branch for many years, left to attend the School of Library Science at the University of Chicago. In October, Miss Mary Hope Coburn who had been a general assistant at the Main Library left to be married. Mrs. Arnold Cocroft has now been made librarian of the East Braintree Branch.
"Today a library worker must know her trade, if the kind of service which people are asking is to be given; must know how to dispense the information contained in books. The Library has become a great educational force comparable with the school system." In June, the Trustees realizing the truth of this quotation adopted a definite set of standards in order to attract qualified personnel to the Library Staff. This was put into effect after the Special Town Meeting in June. A Simmons College graduate experienced in public library work and employed in the Detroit Library, and a resident of Wellesley was then
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engaged, but after a few days with us she developed a sudden illness and resigned to undergo a serious operation.
Now, with the start of 1946, Miss Ellen Fitch of Waterville, Maine, has been appointed Assistant Librarian, and will have charge of Cir- culation and Reference work at the Main Library, as well as acting as Readers' Adviser. Miss Fitch is a graduate of Colby College, and Simmons College Library School. She has been an assistant in the Waterville Public Library, and for the last four years Assistant Branch Librarian in various branch libraries of the New York Public Library.
Our staff now includes:
Miss Ellen Fitch, Assistant Librarian.
Miss Dorothy Dingwell, Children's Librarian.
Miss Dingwell is a graduate of Wheaton College, and began her duties in September.
Mrs. Gertrude Bates, Braintree Branch Librarian.
Mrs. Bates has been on the staff for eight years. She is a graduate of the Pierce Secretarial School, and does much valuable clerical and statistical work aside from her branch duties.
Mrs. Arnold Cocroft, East Braintree Branch Librarian.
Mrs. Cocroft has been on the staff of the library for five years. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Providence Public Library Training Class. Her splendid displays and attractive posters have attracted well earned comment.
Miss Margaret Ellis, Braintree Highlands Branch Librarian. Miss Ellis has been on the staff of the library for sixteen years, and she has taken various courses throughout this time. Under her guidance the Braintree Highlands Branch has grown from a small beginning in 1938 to have a permanent place in that section of the town. Beginning this last Novem- ber the branch is now open three days a week instead of two.
Mrs. Thomas Talbot, Part-time assistant at the Main Library.
HOW WELL HAS THIS SERVICE BEEN GIVEN ?
From time to time the staff receives comments from borrowers which help to show whether we are giving the service which is wanted. The remark of the gentleman quoted at the beginning of this report shows one satisfied customer. One woman was heard to remark when signing a reserve post card for a new book, "The library is one place where a penny goes a long way. Think of all the work this means for you, and all the good we get in the books." Another remark was "In this day of rationing it's wonderful to be able to come to one place and be able to get all you want of something."
We realize however, that we do make mistakes, which is not to be wondered at under the working conditions existing at the main building. This is evidenced by the remark of a woman very careful . in returning her books. Through an error she had received notices three different times for magazines which were supposed to be overdue. "What am I going to do with you people ? Will I have to bring a witness every time I return a magazine?" We apologize for the mistakes which have been made, and appreciate the patience of the public when service has not been as efficient as it should have been.
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Although the service which we have given has been appreciated there are many additional types of service which we should be giving, but owing to lack of facilities and space we are not able.
There should be meeting rooms for discussion groups and com- mittee meetings, and for exhibiting the work of our many talented Braintree people. When the Trustees meet at the library, the public must be denied the use of the reading room. More space and more comfortable chairs are needed for reading. Despite the tremendous increased use since the room was built seventy years ago, there are still nine chairs available.
In spite of the many difficulties which have hindered us, we feel that 1945 has been a successful year, and we are grateful to the people of Braintree who have helped in any way to make it so.
The year 1946 starts with a bright outlook:
We have Preliminary Plans for a New Building and the Prospect of its Realization is Nearer.
We have a Loyal Public.
We have an Understanding Board of Trustees.
We have an Enthusiastic Staff.
Respectfully submitted,
MIRIAM HALL, Librarian.
January 12, 1946.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1945
Receipts
Cash on deposit, January 1, 1945 $3,925.55
Income from Foundation Fund. 225.40
Income from Caleb Stetson Fund. 47.50
Income from Rachel R. Thayer Fund. 2.58
Income from Nathaniel H. Hunt Trust 620.85
$ 4,821.88
Expenditures
Purchase of Books $1,442.55
Cash on Deposit, December 31, 1945. 3,379.33
$ 4,821.88
TRUST FUNDS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1945
Foundation Fund
Deposit Abington Savings Bank
$ 1,000.00
Deposit Braintree Savings Bank 5,500.00
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
JOHN W. HARDING, Town Treasurer.
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1946 JURY LIST
Abell, George L., 23 Franklin Street Akins, Christopher C., 75 Bickford Road Aldrich, W. Malcolm, 36 Bellevue Road Alexander, William, 5 Belmont Street Andrews, Ralph J., 36 Factory Hill Anderson, Elmer A., 26 B. V. French Street Anderson, Gustave W., 46 Arborway Drive Andrews, Harrison B., 1 Kew Road Armstrong, Joseph W., 305 Hancock Street Atkinson, Courtenay, 21 Azel Road Ayer, Benjamin, 257 Tremont Street
Bailey, Joseph G., 20 Union Street Baker, Albert L., 38 Staten Road
Retired
Bean, George A., 116 Hobart Street
Merchant Machinist
Blewett, Howard B., 188 Hollingsworth Avenue
Dept. Manager
Benham, William G., 16 Spruce Street Bennett, Charles M., 33 Cochato Road Benson, Frank L., 7 Wilson Avenue Beverage, Charles T., 43 Fountain Street
Retired Clerk Salesman Electrician
Bowker, George E., 45 Sagamore Street
Draftsman
Clerk Salesman
Shoe Cutter Welder
Investigator Salesman
Bookkeeper
Electrician
Insurance Agent Pumper Clerk
Ship Worker
Superintendent Clerk Insurance
Commercial Artist Mechanic Shoe Worker Insurance Salesman Insurance
Farmer
Merchant
Foreman
Messenger Merchant
Musician Ship Worker Cashier Draftsman Ship Worker Salesman
Telephone Employee Draftsman Pipefitter Clerk
Landscape Gardener
Bradley, George L., 26 Judson Street Brock, Walter M., 36 Charles Street Brown, H. Burton, 23 Willow Street Brown, Henry B., Jr., 300 Hayward Street Brown, Edward D., 15 Mt. Vernon Street Buchnam, Carroll S., 384 Commercial Street Burns, William J., 98 Stetson Street Byam, Raymond E., 3 Smith Terrace
Cameron, James B., 135 Commercial Street Campbell, Frank J., 30 Harbor Villa Avenue Cannon, John E., 98 Beechwood Road Carlozzi, Frank., 26 Randall Street Christie, Donald F., 201 Middle Street Clay, Richard J., 120 Elmlawn Road Cleaves, Eugene T., 21 Ash Street Collier, Fred A., 24 Holmes Street Corliss, Guy L., 7 Pleasant Street Constantino, Domenic, 37 St. Michael Road Crandall, Albert L., 48 Oak Street Crawford, Herbert C., 589 Washington Street Cummings, Charles R., 9 Talbot Road
Daily, Chester W., 467 Granite Street Dalton, Patrick L., 1074 Washington Street Dalton, Thomas J. F., 46 Elliot Street Davis, Wilbur, 76 Newton Avenue DeCoste, Harold J., 29 Norton Street
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DeCoste, Jerry H., 7 Holmes Street DeGiso, Alphonse, 548 Pond Street Delaney, John J., 301 Franklin Street Demarest, Clarence, 68 Sherbrooke Avenue Derrah, Andrew J., 106 Parkside Avenue Diekmeyer, Frank H., 98 Edgemont Road Dolan, James W., 1 Wynot Road Donald, William M., 1430 Washington Street Donovan, George F., 87 Prospect Street Dow, Alva M., 46 Lemoyne Street Drollett, Robert A., 686 West Street Dugan, William F., 78 Cedercliff Road Dyer, Carlton H., 237 Pond Street
Earle, Lloyd A., 51 Staten Road Eason, Claude M., 8 Primrose Street Elliott, Walter C., 101 Prospect Street Eisenhauer, Clarence C., 26 Georganna Street Ellis, Chester O., 117 Adams Street
Clerk Jeweler Auditor Decorator Florist
Clerk
Salesman
Salesman
Manager
Salesman
Insurance Clerk Salesman
Broker Salesman Book Maker Painter Electric Crane Operator
Hall, Drew B., 156 River Street Hallett, Frank H., 28 Spruce Street Hallett, Milton B., 231 Pearl Street Halpin, James P., 34 Brow Avenue Hamilton, Charles G., 1870 Washington Street Harvey, Walter T., 335 Middle Street Hobbs, Byron L., 19 Wilkins Road Horsman, Orra P. K., 21 Wilmarth Road Hull, Ralph O., 81 Walnut Street
Treasurer Clerk
Gardener
Shoe Worker Manager
Machinist
Chauffeur
Salesman
Printer
Imlay, John W., 45 Morrison Road Ingham, John L., 69 Factory Hill Inkley, Frederick, 19 Frederick Road Ireland, J. William, 34 Mt. Vernon Avenue
Jennings, Paul S., 15 Azel Road Johnson, Bert C., 599 Liberty Street
Salesman
Engineer
Salesman
Salesman
Salesman
Shoeworker
Farnsworth, Richard W., 30 Perry Road Farrand, Harold C., 42 Jersey Avenue Fitts, Walter M., 255 Middle Street Fogg, Theodore E., 276 Quincy Avenue Foss, Carroll P., 32 Windemere Circle
Galbraith, Bayard L., 15 Jefferson Street Gallagher, John P., 31 Peach Street Getchell, Albert, 652 Washington Street Gillies, Charles W., 28 Burroughs Road Grant, Earl R., 34 Brewster Avenue Griffiths, Herbert R., 11 Vine Street Gurney, James P., 36 Bowditch Street Gustafson, Otto, 96 Cabot Avenue
Shoe Worker Machinist Clerk Salesman Sales Manager Accountant Adjuster Carpenter Salesman Retired Superintendent Telephone Employee Painter
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Johnson, Christian, 36 Central Avenue Jordan, Charles G., 111 Liberty Street Joyce, Harry J., 75 Brow Avenue
Kane, Harry J., 10 Devon Road Keefe, Bernard W., 80 Hawthorn Road Kelley, Martin J., 135 Liberty Street Kellogg, Earl R., 14 Faulkner Place Kenyon, Oris A., 126 Middle Street
Lambert, A. Ernest, 12 Haven Road Lane, J. Frank, 67 Central Avenue LeSage, Eugene P., 81 Pond Street Levangie, Wilfred C., 647 Granite Street Lindsay, Harry W., 26 Frederick Road Lingley, Kenneth R., 52 Wildwood Avenue
Sales Manager Clerk Meat Cutter Mechanic Clerk Salesman
Manager Construction News Agent Iron Const. Carpenter
Grocer Machinist Farmer Book Worker Welder
Retired Salesman
Merchant Credit Man Accountant Clerk
Clerk Manager
Boat Builder
Salesman
Insurance
Insurance Agent
Engineer
Engineer
Salesman
Insurance
Iron Worker Clerk
Rae, Russell B., 42 Franklin Street Rafuse, Murray G., 10 Abbott Street Reardon Timothy J., 16 Middle Street Reed, Bert H., 111 Monatiquot Avenue
Salesman Salesman Clerk
Manager Clerk Clerk
Railroad Employee Salesman
MacBay, Judson H., 27 Arthur Street Macleod, Alexander, 52 Sterling Street Mahar, James T., 289 Middle Street Makepeace, Carl G., 30 Faulkner Place Maloney, Daniel A., 31 Bowditch Street Mantia, Salvatore, 4 Hilliard Court Matthews, Henry, 7 Wellington Street McCusker, Harry J., 674 Commercial Street McGrann, Frank R., 845 Washington Street McVay, Paul D., 18 Cape Cod Lane Moorhead, George K., 16 West Street Mulcahy, Joseph W., 111 Hollingsworth Avenue
Napier, William N., 21 Shepard Road Nason, Walter C., 6 Oak Street
Needham, Howard E., 19 Miller Street Norris, Harold E., 130 Franklin Street
Oakley, Arthur G., 73 Trefton Drive O'Brien, Walter J., 36 Watson Road O'Connell, Patrick J., 93 Newton Avenue Ogden, Leroy P., 214 Jefferson Street Oxton, Ernest W., 154 Beechwood Road
Packard, David, 53 Nelson Street Page, Newman, 42 Trefton Drive Palmer, Edward C., 135 Hawthorn Road Parent, Homer J., 35 Jersey Avenue
Phipps, Irvin R., 15 Staten Road Powers, John J., 31 Lisle Street Prouty, Donald, 16 Wildwood Avenue
Broker Salesman Salesman Agent
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Rhoades, Robert C., 115 Brewster Avenue Roberts, Charles H., 931 Washington Street Rook, Samuel, 1543 Liberty Street
Saunders, Howard M., 2 Phillips Street Schraut, Max W., 35 Washington Street Smiley, Harrison T., 40 Franklin Street Smith, William E., 15 Glenrose Avenue Spiess, Fred A., 34 Jersey Avenue Stackhouse, Herbert F., 69 President Road Starkey, James H., 38 Brow Avenue Stone, George W., 5 Atherton Street Sullivan, Edward J., Jr., 64 Bickford Road Sullivan, Joseph W., 1027 Washington Street
Manufacturer Salesman Ship Worker
Shoe Worker Baker Druggist Operator Sales Manager Painter Meter Man Salesman
Taber, Seward W., 130 Hawthorn Road Talbot, Thomas S., 18 West Street
Tanner, Linton J., 31 Staten Road Turner, Merton A., 10 Weston Court
Van Zandt, Albert H., 186 Peach Street Vining, Robert M., 28 Willard Street
Walsh, George J., 5 Wellington Street Waters, Foster B., 53 Holmes Street Welch, George J., 105 Tremont Street Wood, Harris E., 144 Brewster Avenue Wynot, Edgar S., 382 Commercial Street
Young, Ira R., 50 Waldron Road
Zanghi, Joseph, 17 Rose Avenue
Dealer Salesman Clerk Manager
Salesman Timekeeper
Bleacher Insurance Shoe Worker Clerk Machinist Mechanical Engineer
Barber
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Annual Report
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
OF THE
Town of Braintree
FROM
December 31, 1944, to December 31, 1945
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ยท
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 1945.
We are pleased to report that the cases of contagious diseases reported to this department this year were at an all-time low. We were fortunate in having only one case of infantile paralysis reported in Braintree in 1945, whereas some of the neighboring Towns were not so fortunate. We have fewer cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis at the Norfolk County Hospital than at any time heretofore. The de- crease in the Tuberculosis cases and the communicable diseases we feel are due in part to the valuable services rendered to the Board of Health by the Visiting Nurses through their Tuberculosis and Com- municable work and calls. Then too, Mr. Thwing, Health Director in the Public Schools, through his cooperation with this department aids in the added control of the contagious diseases in the schools.
Over four hundred children were immunized against Diphtheria in 1945, either by their own physician or at the clinics held in the Abra- ham Lincoln, Hollis and the Noah Torrey Schools.
The annual Diphtheria Clinics will be held again as usual this Spring with one change to be noted. Instead of the Hollis School being used for the Braintree district, this clinic will be held in the Visiting Nurses' new quarters at 648 Washington Street. There are still too many cases of Diphtheria being reported in this State every year and we cannot afford to deny the children the protection they should have. There are too many children especially in the susceptible age groups- six months to five years of age-who have not been protected against the oft fatal disease of Diphtheria. NO CHILD NEED HAVE DIPH- THERIA. Do not neglect to take your children to your physician or bring them to the clinics which will be held in the schools listed or at the Visiting Nurses' Office.
We thank Mr. Fisher, Superintendent of the Public Schools, for his valuable supervision of the School Dental Clinics. His detailed report is included in this report. The funds appropriated and expend- ed for this work are, in our opinion, well invested. First, from an educational point of view and secondly, for the corrective work ac- complished. We wish a more extensive program could be undertaken.
The ban on swimming at Sunset Lake which was effected late in the season of 1944 was extended into the summer of 1945. This action was taken because analysis of the water indicated pollution and therefore it was unfit for bathing. Treatment of the water in the bathing area was carried out by the Water Department and the Sewer Department extended their lines to this vicinity. Based on improved water conditions following treatment and anticipated new toilet facilities being erected before another bathing season arrived, the ban was lifted. We believe it essential that the citizens of this Town appropriate sufficient funds for the erection and maintenance of suitable toilet facilities if bathing at this area is to be permitted.
Three hundred and sixty-nine complaints of all sorts were re- ceived during the year. All were investigated and corrections made where possible.
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Various stores, restaurants, soda fountains drinking establish- ments and dairy farms were periodically inspected and correction of undesirable conditions secured. Milk delivered in the Town was closely watched as indicated by our milk inspector's report which will be found elsewhere in this volume. No food-borne epidemics oc- curred in the Town during the year.
RECOMMENDATIONS
We recommend the citizens of the Town vote a substantial appropriation to the Sewer Department for the extension of the Public Sewer System to several sections of the Town where low areas present serious problems in connection with cesspool operation and disposal.
We recommend a postwar project to clean up our brooks to give proper flow from swamp lands to help abate mosquito nuisance.
Whereas the material pumped from cesspools is no longer per- mitted to be disposed of in an indiscriminate manner, we believe and therefore recommend a wash shed be built and maintained for the proper disposal of this material into the Public sewer.
HEALTH AND SANITATION RECAPITULATION-1945
Appro- priation Transfers
$ 6,500.00
Contagious Diseases
Payments $ 4,760.00 200.00
Balance $1,739.95
200.00
Diphtheria Clinic
6,724.98
Garbage Collection
6,724.98
800.00
$50.00
Plumbing Inspection
834.90
15.10
250.00
Animal Inspection
250.00
200.00
Milk Testing
188.00
12.00
50.00
Vital Statistics
50.00
2,700.00
Dental Clinic
2,679.73
20.27
480.00
T.B. Prevention
480.00
500.00
Communicable Disease Control
500.00
50.00
Rabie Clinic
50.00
350.00
Slaughtering Inspection
350.00
Meat and Provision Inspection
50.00
Dump Lease
44.10
5.90
345.00
Board Salaries
345.00
2,200.00
Health Officer Salary
2,200.00
400.00
Auto Expense
400.00
300.00
General Expense
252.28
47.72
$22,099.98
$20,259.04
$1,890.94
50.00
$22,149.98 -
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Board of Health Cash Receipts from Permits and Licenses:
Plumbing Permits $ 294.00
Cesspool Permits
8.00
Transportation Permits
18.00
Milk Pasteurization
10.00
Milk Licenses (Store)
32.00
Milk Licenses (Dealers)
10.50
Oleomargerine Licenses
8.00
Undertakers Licenses
3.00
Spring Water Bottling
10.00
Slaughter House License
1.00
Wood Alcohol License
18.00
Dental Clinic Receipts
654.25
Overnight Camp License
.50
Received from
State Department of Public Welfare. $ 279.00
State Department of Public Health,
T.B. Subsidy
1,863.58
Norfolk County, Dog Cases Refund.
118.00
Other Towns
456.00
Individuals
$2,766.58
Net Cost to the Town for the Health Department
$5,729.77 $16,420.21
Respectfully submitted, H. IRVING CHARNOCK, JOHN J. ATKINSON, DEANE R. WALKER,
FREDERICK C. JOHNSON, Health Officer.
Report on Communicable Diseases
To the Board of Health
Town Hall
South Braintree, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit the annual report of the communicable disease and health supervision work carried on by the Braintree Visiting Nurse Association for the year ending December 31, 1945.
Three hundred fifty-six (356) visits made to patients with com- municable diseases to give nursing care and instruction in carrying out the quarantine requirements. The nurses assisted at four Diph- theria Clinics held in the schools.
In our health supervision work we have endeavored to visit all new born babies, to instruct the mother in their care and to urge early immunization against communicable diseases.
I wish to express my appreciation to the Board of Health mem- bers and Mr. Johnson for their co-operation during the year.
Respectfully submitted, CATHERINE L. MURPHY, R.N. Supervisor, Braintree Visiting Nurse Assoc.
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$1,072.25
50.00
Report of the Communicable Disease
Infantile Paralysis
1
Chickenpox
45
Dog Bites
111
Dysentary (Bacillary)
4
Meningitis (Meningococcal)
2
German Measles
1
Lobar Pneumonia
6
Measles
28
Mumps
51
Scarlet Fever
37
*Pulmonary Tuberculosis
65 1
Whooping Cough
37
Gonorrhea
6
Syphilis
9
404
*Out of sixty-five Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases reported only eight were new Braintree cases. The others were reported by the Norfolk County Hospital to us as of other cities and towns in Norfolk County.
Report of the Braintree Visiting Nurses Association
To the Board of Health
Town Hall
South Braintree, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The Braintree Visiting Nurse Association hereby submits its annual report of the Tuberculosis work for the year ending December 31, 1945.
The nurses have made 291 home visits to tuberculosis patients and their families, giving nursing care and teaching health. Great effort was made to have all contacts of tuberculosis patients x-rayed at the Norfolk County Hospital.
Ninety-nine (99) patients were taken to the Norfolk County Hos- pital for x-rays and examination. Three (3) patients to the Lakeville Sanitorium for treatment.
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