Town annual report of Chelmsford 1936, Part 12

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Publication date: 1936
Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
Number of Pages: 228


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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


21


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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