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Number of Visits to schools 306
Number of visits to schoolrooms 488
Personal hygiene and health talks to pupils 234
Sanitary inspection in schools 63
Individual instruction in schools
468
Consultation with parents
181
Consultation with pupils
278
Consultation with teachers
96
Consultation with others
86
Pupils sent or taken to school physician 344
Pupils advised to see family physician 191
Investigations 43
First aid 46
Dressings 926
Transported to hospital 14
Absentees visited at home-instruction given 674
Excluded from school for suspected illnesses 432
Excluded from school for impetigo, ringwarm, and pediculosis 137
Pupils taken home by nurse for illness 198
The school physicians, Dr. Arthur Scoboria and Dr. Ernest Latham, assisted by the nurse, completed the physical examinations of high school and grammar school pupils in November. Candidates for ath- letic teams were given thorough physical examinations before the sport season opened. All pupils have been weighed and measured, the under- weights checked, and milk suggested or given to those who could not afford to pay for it.
Number of pupils examined by physicians 2362
Number of pupils examined by dentist 1060
Estimates of dental work sent home 824
Children not needing dental care 236
Defects found-notices sent to parents when necessary :
Teeth 710
Tonsils and adenoids 213
Defective heart 27
Defective eyes 71
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Defective ears 18
Cervical glands
65
Thyroid glands
4 4
Anemia
Acne
18
Poor posture
50 1
Bronchitis
Nasal obstruction
4
Spinal curvature
1
Pediculosis
11
Underweight
49
Corrections :
Glasses 44
Lenses changed
18
Tonsils and adenoids removed 71
Teeth treated 434
Teeth filled-permanent
811
Teeth filled-temporary
506
Teeth extracted-permanent
28
Teeth extracted-temporary
304
Teeth cleaned
734
Dr. Bernard Ritter, has done most commendable dental work in town for the past seven and one-half years that he has been with us. He is to be found in some one of our schools from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. every Wednesday during the school year. The Parent-Teacher Associations in all parts of town give money to pay for necessary dental work for children who cannot afford corrections even at the existing reduced rates.
Our immunization clinics against diphtheria are held every spring and fall. In 1935 for the first time in Chelmsford, diphtheria toxoid was given to children under 12 years and over 6 months of age. This group does not require the Schick test, but we had several pupils and two teachers who received the toxin anti-toxin in October, 1935, and were given the test in May, 1936-all were immune from diphtheria. In October, 1936, we gave the diphtheria toxoid to 26 children over 6 months and under 5 years of age, to 122 under 9 years, to 15 under 14 years, to 4 under twenty years, and to three teachers; all pupils over twelve, and the teachers, received the toxin anti-toxin and will have the Schick test in the spring, 1937. Total receiving toxoid-148; toxin anti- toxin-22. More than ever we urge all mothers who have children over 6 months of age to bring their children in the spring to the clinic which is to be held at the Center town hall. A notice will be in the Courier Citizen a week previous and we always announce the date in the schools. In checking up on my pupils in the fall, I found only 42 in the ele- mentary schools who were not immunized and schicked, as some of these children came from other schools.
There are fourteen rooms having 100% immunization; our State
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health officer says we have one of the best immunized towns in the State. There was only one case of diphtheria in town this year-an adult who had never been immunized or schicked.
In October, Dr. William Martin, formerly connected with the State Department of Public Health, at present the County school clinic doctor, gave the tuberculin test to pupils of the seventh, ninth, and eleventh grades with the approval of the School Department and Board of Health. This insures a child of at least three examinations with X-ray of the chest before graduating from high school. Clinics are held in the school buildings, but no child is examined without a written request from the parents or guardian. We contacted new cases in lower grades, of children whose parents are either confined to a sani- torium or at home.
Report on clinic :
Pupils tested 108
Reacting to test 17
X-rayed 23
Physical examinations 8
Observation cases
6
Observation case re-examined in one year 1
Observation case re-examined in two years 2
We carry over several pupils, mostly underweights, who have been examined by the State in previous years; these are weighed and mea- sured every three months and at the end of the year reports are sent into the State. The children are then examined by the doctor and dis- charged with instruction in regard to diet, and rest, providing they are in good physical condition.
A nurse is not allowed to diagnose a case, therefore a diagnosis must come from a physician; no record attendance is worth the risk of infectious diseases in school! Any child who has a cold, no matter how slight, should remain away from school, be kept in bed for at least two days, and should be seen by the family physician. Nearly all children's diseases, such as measles, whooping cough, scarlet fever, begin with symptoms which suggest a common cold. I have had dif- ficulty in making parents realize that not only the health of their own child, but also that of all the other pupils is at stake when a cold is not treated AT HOME. A certificate from the family physician is needed for re-admittance to school after absences of five days or more. When a contagious disease is found in a school the child is excluded at once, taken home and advised to get a physician immediately. The house is carded after the diagnosis by the doctor, instruction given with regards to care of sick patient, room, bed, linen, dishes, etc. Books belonging to the school or library are fumigated and returned to the same; in a severe case, the books are destroyed. Children who have been exposed to contagion are excluded from school for at least seven days and must continue to live away from home to return to school
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after an examination by the family physician. The school doctors im- mediately examine all pupils in a room where a contagious disease has been found, and exclude any child about whom there is a question. When there is an epidemic in the nearby cities or towns please keep the children away from theaters and large gatherings of any kind; you will find that it will be instrumental in solving our problems. We had a large amount of contagious diseases last year, but this was not limited to our town alone, for the entire State had similar difficulties. One physician remarked that it was a wonder we did not have many more cases, as some of our townspeople visited homes where there were con- tagious diseases. So far as I can see, there is no way to cope with this situation other than by trying to impress upon parents the importance to themselves and the community of helping to curb the spread of disease.
During 1936 free milk, sandwiches, cocoa and soups were served to needy grammar school and high school pupils amounting to $106.30. Hot lunches, soups, cocoa, and sandwiches are served in all schools except East and the Westlands, for in the latter the children can get home to lunch. I know that parents must realize how splendid it is for the pupils to be able to procure hot lunches at a very little cost in most of the schools. The Parent-Teachers Associations in all parts of town also gave money for milk for needy children to drink at recess. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who donated in any way at Thanksgiving and Christmas time through me :- baskets from the Girl Scouts, Police Department, Lions' Club, Unitarian Church ; sums of money from the Thanksgiving Union Service collection, Uni- tarian Church candlelight service, and the Garden Club. The Garden Club, Girl Scouts, and Unitarian Church gave many toys which made many youthful hearts more joyful on Christmas day. Besides the baskets the Police Department gave 50 gallons of oil, shoes, stockings, rubbers, and children's underwear.
In February and March I took a course in school nursing and Public Health nursing which was given at the State House by Professor Baker of Simmons College. I also attended a nurses' institute at the Teachers' College, Fitchburg for two days in November, the lectures being on Public Health nursing and contagious diseases in connection with school children. I always take every opportunity to attend such lectures, for the subject matter proves most helpful and interesting. Miss Martin, our State consultant visited many times during the year.
Again, I wish to thank everyone for the sincere co-operation and kind assistance tendered me during the entire year.
Respectfully submitted, MAE S. LEWIS, R. N., School Nurse.
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FINANCIAL SUMMARY
. An itemized statement of school department expenditures is given in the report of the Town Accountant.
Appropriation for 1936
Expended
Budget Proposed for 1937
Administration
$ 3,950
$ 3,927.20
$ 3,950
Instruction
69,000
68,975.99
71,180
Operation and Maintenance
16,400
16,398.23
16,500
Auxiliary Agencies
11,750
11,748.43
11,750
New Equipment
250
247.75
250
Special
2,000
1,876.52
Total
$103,350
$103,174.12
$103,730
The following amounts were received by the Town as cash or credits on school account :
From State, on teachers' salaries
$15,575.00
From State, tuition of state wards
3,722.06
Tuition from other towns
938.08
Total
$20,235.14
Deducting this amount from the total expenditures of $103,174.12, leaves for the net cost of the schools $82,938.98.
Insurance on buildings, paid by the Selectmen amounted to $989.50. Tuition paid and due Vocational School $ 3,518.61
Received from State as rebate
1,397.98
Net cost for Vocational School
$ 2,120.63
SCHOOL CENSUS-October 1, 1936
REGISTRATION OF MINORS
5-7 yrs.
7-14 yrs.
14-16 yrs.
Boys
118
545
153
Girls
107
482
125
Total
225
1027
278
DISTRIBUTION OF MINORS :
In Public Schools
183
1002
246
In Vocational Schools
12
In Private Schools
1
19
4
In State Institutions
1
Not in School
41
6
15
Total 225
1027
278
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ENROLLMENT-October 1, 1936
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII VIII Total
McFarlin
40
37
41
27
48
46
48
51 338
East
29
19
23
20
22
22
22
13
170
Highland Ave.
13
13
13
12
19
14
23
12
119
Princeton St.
33
32
28
31
34
39
30
39
266
Quessy
10
13
13
18
14
10
16
16
110
South
7
4
11
10
8
6
46
Westlands
20
17
17
19
14
22
21
14
140
Total
152
135
146
137
159
159
160
145
1193
HIGH SCHOOL
IX
114
X
137
XI
93
XII
89
P. G.
1
434
Total enrollment, all schools
1627
ENROLLMENT FOR LAST TEN YEARS
(Taken on October 1st of each year)
Elementary High
Total
1927
1162
224
1386
1928
1148
266
1414
1929
1179
306
1485
1930
1182
305
1487
1931
1227
345
1572
1932
1258
376
1634
1933
1265
382
1647
1934
1242
408
1650
1935
1203
436
1639
1936
1193
434
1627
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GRADUATES OF EIGHTH GRADE
North Chelmsford, June 10, 1936 HIGHLAND AVENUE SCHOOL
Michael Belida, Jr.
Edward Patrick Murphy
Elsie Lillian Bishop
Jolın Vincent Murphy
Arthur Joseph Boisvert
Carolyn Ruth Prentiss
John Francis Cummings
Janet Clarice Prentiss
William John Ducheneau
Anna Theresa Thibeault
Albert George Gauthier
Kenneth William Stuart
GEORGE R. QUESSY SCHOOL
Vernon Luke Burton
Gertrude Lois Miller
Virginia Chancey
Florence Cecile Ozana
Ralph Gustaf Haberman
Glendyse Elizabeth Petterson
Edith Elsie Johnson
Frederick Gustaf Taylor
Anthony William Miller
Julia Yeschanin
PRINCETON STREET SCHOOL
William Joseph Barron, Jr.
Albert Leman
Paul Henry Beauregard
Irene Beatrice Boucher
Donald Alva Marinel
Gladys Mae Bridgeford Luba Butko Wesley Charles Corey
Irene Florence Pelletier
Alfred Francis Davis
John Wilfred Fremeau, Jr.
Gilbert Omer Gaudette
George James Pope
Norman Arthur Gaudette Margaret Teresa Gauthier
Paul Joseph Rivard
Frank Joseph Gervais
Virginia Leah Stone
Benjamin John Golubisky Jennie Krivetz Gertrude Eleanor Lee
Dwight Victor Trubey John Wesley Trubey
Chelmsford Center, June 11, 1936
McFARLIN SCHOOL
Evelyn Marie Avila Wm. Pollard Bartlett
Roberta Viola Howie Doris Eleanor Lapham
Edward H. Berg
Roger Edward Lapham
Marilyn Marie Bettencourt Geraldine M. Cahill L. Joan Cahill
Albert Edwin Lovely Josephine Evelyn McDonough
Patricia Marie McHugh
Hazel Juliette Cann Emelie Dora Carl1
Pauline Rose Noel Arline Elizabeth Peterson
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John Balpied Le Masurier
Francis Gerard Miskel
Virginia Louise Patenaude
Paul Geno Pettazoni Edward Pomerleau
Esther Venitti Quinby
Ethel Gertrude Strobel
Barbara Ellen Cleghorn Gertrude Alice Donohue Helen Virginia Donovan Vernon Fletcher M. Harriette Ford Elizabeth Frances Fox Alfred Edmond Gaudet
Althea Elizabeth Garro
Donald Parker Gray Richard L. Gustafson Dorothy Virginia Hansen
James B. Harvie
Barbara Mary Hines
Natalie Barbara Holmes
George Currier Hood, Jr.
Walter Everett Rosendale Lovania May Simpson Evelyn Patten Smalley Harold Clifton Speed Irma Dorothy Stanton Eileen Anna Sullivan Thelma Mary Tassios
Marion Ruth Thompson
Armand Joseph Tremblay Everett William Welch Irving Austin Whitcomb Norma Ordway Wiggin Chester Albert Woodward
Vincent Leo Wrigley Nicholas Peter Zaher
WESTLANDS SCHOOL
Frederick George Ahearn
John Flint Manahan
Pearl Marjorie Brooks
George Freeman Manahan
Edith Isabelle Burndrett
Claire Delia Marchand
Kenneth McElroy Buchanan
Raymond Peter Maurais
William Lawrence Coppen
Roland Frederick Michaud
William Melvin Ellis, Jr.
Howard Leslie Nickerson
Neil James Fitzpatrick
William Joseph Sullivan
Donald Cameron Grant
Glenn Louis Wallace
East Chelmsford, June 12, 1936
Clarence Andrade
Dolores Marie O'Neil
Jennie Mary Borden
Mary Lourdes Santos
Manuel Constantine Ferreira
Agnes Pearl Saunders
Robert Arnold Firth
Nora Coreia Silva
Franklin Joseph Jones
Vivian Marie Vercontaire
Frederick Albert Kinney
Frederick Wacome
Ethel Estelle Laverty
Edward Williams
Ellsworth Albin Winnette
GRADUATES OF HIGH SCHOOL
June 17, 1936
George Abrahamson Margaret Elizabeth Angus
Stanley Charles Koulas,
Carole Bachelder
Yvonne Bachelder Charlotte Louise Barris Adeline Myrtle Bartlett
Howard Edward Marshall
John Thompson! McCormick
Rita Lillian Bennett
Benjamin Leonard Benoit Norma Alice Berubee
Marguerite Agnes Larkin Rita Frances Long
William Francis McGovern John William McSheehy Frederick C. Millman Thomas Patrick Miskell
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Ralph Anthony Bettencourt Lois Marie Bowen June Lucille Brooks Priscilla Mary Buchanan Arthur Wendell Byam Priscilla Lillian Caton Jane Clark
Horace Edmund Clough
John Andrus Dean,
Phyllis Ruth Pascall
William Ernest DeLong
Armand Joseph Patenaude
Lillian Pattison Dexter
Robert Edward Picken
Marguerite Franceline Fish
Dorothy Frances Putnam
John Adam Reid, Jr.
Emile Joseph Gauthier, Jr. Aldona Marie Greska
Florence Marion Rockwell Mary Teresa Shaw
Andrew Elzear Hamilton
Claude Arthur Harvey
Charles Francis Shugrue
Mildred Margaret Hehir
William Carlyle Sigerson
Dexter Nye Smith
Marietta Hitchcock Arline Esther Hoelzel
Esther Larson Stephens Hariet Edith Sturtevant
Violet Harriet Howard
Jennie Virginia Hulick
Florence Jenkinson
Walter Henry Trubey Stanley Arnot Wacome
Dorothy Sue Johnston
George Freeland Waite
Mary Eillen Wrigley
Esther Louise Kidder Julia Mary Kisiolek
Mary Virginia Molloy
Helen Mourad
Wilma Mourad
Daniel Dominic Murphy
Elizabeth Ann Nath
Natalie Nichols
Anella O'Brien Mary Frances O'Donnell
Julian Henry Zabierek
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INDEX
Accountant's Report --- Page 140
Appropriations and Transfers
Balance Sheet 148
Payments 123
Payments of Interest
152
Payments of Principal
151
Receipts
118
State Audit of Accounts
153
Trust Funds 139
Reports of-
Agent of Board of Health 102
Assessors 67
Board of Fire Engineers 109
Board of Health 100
Cemetery Commissioners
92
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
71
Fish and Game Warden 93
93
Inspector of Animals 108
Inspector of Meat 105
Inspector of Slaughtering
105
Inspector of Plumbing
106
Librarian Adams Library
99
Middlesex County Extension Service
95
Milk Inspector
107
North Chelmsford Library Corporation
97
Police Department
89
Police Woman 90
Sealer of Weights and Measures 96
Sinking Fund Commissioners 117
Tax Collector 83
Tax Collector of East Chelmsford Water District 86
Tax Collector of North Chelmsford Fire District 85
Town Treasurer 70
Treasurer of Adams Library 99
Trustees of Adams Library 98
Welfare Agent 110
W. P. A. for 1936 113
Forest Warden
Town Clerk's Report --
Births Recorded 51
Business Meeting, March 9, 1936 19
Deaths Recorded 58
Election of Officers
17
Financial Report
65
List of Jurors
63
Marriages Recorded
53
Officers Elected and Appointed
3
State and National Election Returns, November 3, 1936 46
State Primary Delegates Returns April 28, 1936 29
State Primary Returns September 15, 1936 36
Town Clerk's Returns
50
Vital Statistics 51
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1936 10
Warrant for Party Primary April 28, 1936 27
Warrant for State and National Election November 3, 1936 43
Warrant for State Primary September 15, 1936 34
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1937 184
INDEX OF SCHOOL REPORT
Enrollment by Grades, Fall Term, 1936 26
Graduates of High School, 1936 28
Graduates of High School, 1936 27
Reports of-
Enrollment for Last 10 Years 26
Financial Summary 25
High School Funds 17
High School Principal 16
School Census 25
School Committee 5
School Nurse
21
Superintendent 8
Supervisor of Music 20
School Officials 2
Signal for No School
2
Teachers
2
Memorandum
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