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Mar. 1
28 John Vincent McMahon Shirley Elizabeth Leland
2 Jeannette Claire Picard
Gladys Stanulewicz
7 8 Robert Vincent Guilford
11 Reinold Grand
15 Melvin Willard Grover
17 Edna Florence Conant
Jesse W. and Stella M. Plunkett William and Josephine Gamache
George A. and Ada Parkinson
Angelo and Guiseppa Bova Victor and Lena LeTendre Joseph C. and Annie Cabral Howard N. and Addie L. Hathaway James E. and Anna M. Robidoux Lionel L. and Ruth D. Whittemore Andrew M. and Rose E. Westgate Theodore and Jane Poulopoulos Manuel J. and Mary A. Bazinet Percy and Mary Michael Henry F. and Mildred R. Doyle Antonio and Annie Womecksi
Patrick J. and Margaret R. Mullins George W. and Marian J. Emery John B. and Mary Chisson William and Rose Urbanowicz Fred V. and Mary A. Thomas Reinold and Clara Denu Edervene and Marguerite Munroe Ralph G. and Ruth L. Jones
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19 Helen Irene Kiernan
20 Theora Katherine Hunter
Apr. 5 Olive Porter
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6 Charles McNeil Lang Alfred Lima Travassos
11 Arnold Warren Shaw Margaret Angie Tripp
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17 Josephine Amelia Ditano Eleanor Gretta Reis
19 Jacob James Sabalewski Adam William Sabalewski Adam and Victoria Kingenos Winthrop Howard Norton
20 Andrew Miller Wood
21 Ernest Gomes
22 Katherine Melucci
23 Eleanor Mary Dunham
Irene Elizabeth Michael
28 1 Edgar Roy Bigelow 5 Irving Anthony Robinson
Caroline Teceno
7 Marion Ellen Liber
11 Mary Elizabeth McParlin George Donald Weston Thelma Marian Burns
May
16 Edward Emile Savard Annahide Murmurian Arrockse H. Jebejian 17 Inez Matilda Hinds
18 Irene Jones Black
20 Harna Richard Fortin
23 Barbara Adeline Tripp Mary Josephine Perry
24 Eldora Duprey
25 John Leonard Reed
26 Gladys Jeannette Martenson Anna Marie Babb Richard Albert Harlow
Roger Harris Glidden 30
31 James William Thomas
June
6 Carlton Edwin Braley
11 Gladys Gardner Eaton
15 Jean Griswold Irving Francis Mitchell 18 Gwendolyn Alma Leggee
17 Barbara Esther Taylor
20 Robert Frederick Hartling 21 Carolyn Elizabeth De- Arruda
22 James Edward Houlihan, Jr.
24 Robert. Francis Barney
William F. and Annie J. Pasztor Frederick W. and Kathleen Wilmot Chester H. and Isabelle Atwood Charles H. and Catherine McNeil Francisco and Celia Lima Clarence L. and Minnie E. Westgate Ralph W. and Alice M. Russell Leonard and Amelia Rose Joseph and Evelina Hartling Adam and Victoria Kingenos
Leslie H. and Julia Sampson Theodore N. and Isabelle M. Briggs Joseph S. and Mary C. Corriea Michael and Mary Garafallo Herbert H. and Mary McGarigle Manuel and Elizabeth McMahon Frederick and Ethel M. Clark Irving L. and Julia D. Shea Frank and Marietta Pettorosso Charles and Emily Stenfanovich Francis E. and Mary L. Murphy John T. and Alicia W. Maglathlin James H. and Sarah McLean Emile E. and Agnes C. McMahon Karekian and Rose Vartabedian Hovhannes G. and Anna H. Damirjian Herbert E. and Grace M. Baxter John and Laura Jones
Gideon and Marie Beaulieu
Harris B. and Mary A. Hunt Joseph F. and Mary Goldridge
Thomas, Jr. and Eldora M. Somers
Herbert M. and Margaret Mccluskey
Anders and Blanche Carey Ralph S. and Margaret Roberts Percy F. and Edna Wood Benjamin K. and Dorothy Harris William T. and Maude Piche Theodore A. and Fanny E. Tatro Norman G. and Judith B. Dunham Charles F. and Madeline Frost Harry E. and Elizabeth T. Kelleher Mason H. and Gladys M. Harris George R. and Esther Howard Murdock G. and Mildred J. Russell
Manuel and Mary E. Corriea
James E. and Katherine W. Warren George S. W. and Bertha J. Duffany
May
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Ruth Jeannette McDowell Herbert W. and Annie B. Larner
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Abbietta Borden LeBarnes
26 Bessie Irene Sears Armand Laurent Daigneault Robert James Benson
27 29 Madeline Louise Vickery
July 1 Philip Bernard Washburn
2 Arlene Mastow Joseph Maurice Scanlon
3 Georgia Decas
4 Laurette Marion King
5 Ivan Howe Robbins
6 Shirley Millerd Flood
10 Frorangelo Antonio Morrone
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Elizabeth Hope Archer Margie Estelle Howard
14 Giovanni Bena
15 Russell Winsor Perkins
17 Rita Randeau
20 Ellsworth Blanchard Standish
23 Morris Joseph Marshall Dorothy Mazel Vickery
26 Paulines James McCann
28 Katherine Marguerite Berry
Walter E. and Marion MacLean
Aug.
30 1 Virginia Lee Kettle
3 Arnold Francis Farrington 7 Vincent Joseph Robidoux Bernice Louise Perkins
10 11 George Mason Ryder
Aug.
13 Louise Frances Houlihan
14 George Frederick Canavan Joseph T. and Helen C. Pearson
16 Mary Catherine Bowman
17 Marie Garafolo
19 Frederick William Kenniston
21 Walter Wentworth Black, Jr.
22 Marshall Maranville John Howard Ferraguto
Sept. 1 Priscilla Dustin Gould
4 Robert Joseph McNeil
Kenneth Linwood Shaw
7 Phyllis. Gloria Dutra
Frank A. and Cora S. Richard Myron B. and Isabel Ibbetson
David J. and Lena Erno Elmer and Abbie Wilbur
Ralph L. and Helen R. Tripp Irving P. and Esther M. Littlefield Harry T. and Anna W. Bjamdohl William P and Blanche Maurice William and Eustathia Papageorg George M. and Hannah M. Leary Martin F. and Alice R. Howe William and Viella Millerd
Vincenzo and Gabriella Garofalo Hiram J. and Helen Stinchfield William H. and Bessie E Bennett John and Elizabeth Pipi Glenn W. and Eva H. Bradford Joseph and Pamela Rainrello
Forest B. and Lillie C. Sawyer John C. and Carrie M. Morris Rodney H. and Alice M. Cook Paul J. and Emma E. Stets
Roswell Blanchard Skillings Jr.
Roswell B. and Doris Cline
Mildred Frances Washburn Melville W. and Rena F. Anderson Josephine Olive Grant
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Phyllis Frost Wilmot
Arthur H. and Olive M. Frazer James J. and Marion R. Johnson Lester W. and Mabel P. Weeman Charles P. and Catherine MacDonald Joseph S. and Esther M. Cashon Frank and Delia Jackson Frederick M. and Florence Hathaway William J. and Eleanor A. Grant
Oliver H. and Mary M. MacKay Peter and Sabina Pettorossi
William and Thelma Pittsley
Walter W. and Edna K. Guilford Clifton H. and Eva Broadbent Joseph and Anna Howard Hiram E. and Hannah E. Dustin Roderick and Mary Davis Harrison C. and Nina G. Blake Anthony C. and Agnes Delorie
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Marion Frances Pittsley Barbara Morton
9 11 Arthur B. Fanjoy
15 Audrey Winifred Charity
18 Charles Albert Butler
19 Mary Keedwell
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24 Priscilla Kathryn Varney Antonio Larand Chiouppi Helen Elizabeth Lamb Joseph Lucian Bernier Glenn Raymond Gallagher
28 1 Harold Francis Parker
2 Louise Florence Morse
3 Henry H. Andrade
4 Annie Hilhill
9 Yblyja Pawlak
12 Harry Frederick Stevens
19 Joseph Sawicki
21 David Bradley Gammons
22 Raymond Allan Snowdon Bernard Sheehan
23 Paul David Sullivan
24 Peter Pina
26 Lucy Chausse
29 Richard Arthur Donahue
Nov.
1 Naomi Mendall Elizabeth Davis Sisson
Alton R. and Leah H. Sherman
3 Henry Albert Silvia
5 Ellen Augusta Gates
6 Araxy Rose Alexanian
Joseph and Clara Medeiros Leslie and Maude Pratt Kevork and Satenig Krikorian
James F. and Charlotte Linton
Thomas and Agnes Doucette
Arthur S. and Mildred Manty Wilson A. and Eva Brown Arthur B. and Laura Smith
Clifford H. and Lea D. Bourget
Stephen F. and Catherine A. Whitty
Krikor and Rose Tavookjian
Michael and Olga Pamache
John B. and Janet Sears Aulay and Viola L. Farrington
Frank and Julia Fernando John S. and Vena M. Hopkins
Manuel G. and Mary Amaral George E. and Clara Barnett Wilfred D. and Hazel M. Long
12 Charles Clifton Smith Jr. Charles C. and Mildred R. Briggs
18 Norman Edwin Goslin
James E. and Lena MacSwain
19 Philomena Barbara Teceno Louis and Adeline Caranci
20 Patricia Morgan
21 John Elwood Kelly
24 Walter Howard Beauchemin
George F. and Annie M. Horn Edgar A. and Ethel M. Benton Charles A. and Legoria M. A. Casey John G. and Winifred Billingham Charles S. and Kathleen E. Grogan Eugene W. and Mary E. Boudreaux Remington C. and Annie C. McMahon Sabatino and Maria Chiouppi Everett H. and Helen E. Wright Arthur and Rosalbia Trinque John V. and Ellen C. Walsh Chester A. and Clara A. Lee Ralph C. and Carrie A. Rudolph Henry J. and Marie Sebastino Stephen and Sophie Barons Damiann and Anna Sowyrda Frank J. and Anna Ushold Ansoni and Rose Milewski D. Melvern and Kathleen B. Ajdrich Bedford and Florence Catlin Michael J. and Elizabeth E. Doherty John V. and Helen L. McArdle Manuel N. and Albina Pina Eugene and Madeline LeBlanc Richard A. and Dorothy G. Manimon
Cyril A. and Marion M. Shaw Joseph P. and Mary McDermott
Arthur G. and Maud Dunham
Nov.
21 Janet Frances Savage
23 Roger Angus McAulay
25 Frank Barboza Andrues
27 Elsie Mae Cordeiro
2 Eleanor Virginia Rose
4 Charles Henry Norris Marion Crowell Deane
Theodore F. and Eleanor B. Monroe
12 Albert Joseph Baker Frank Everett Thompson 13 Mildred Frances Hall
14 Cora Juanita Pitman Shirley Rosebelle Pearson
16 Norman Vincent Benoit
17 Everett O'Hara
19 Rose Juohar Kulian Michael Anachi
Dec.
Oct.
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28 29 Dorothy Ellen Bugbee Stanley Lunskis Barbara Walleston Soule Hazel Edna Geggatt
Parker C. and Pearl Abbott Paul and Pauline Chenaucha Albert F. and Alberta N. Soule Joshua M. and Edith Tripp
ELECTION OFFICERS.
Precinct 1.
Warden, Bert J. Allan.
Deputy Warden, Edward B. Whitmarsh.
Clerk, Percy W. Keith.
Deputy Clerk, Ernest I. Perkins.
Inspector, Benjamin E. Holmes.
Deputy Inspector, Harold M. Pratt.
Teller, James F. Gardner.
Deputy Teller, Horace W. Macomber.
Precinct 2.
Warden, Henry W. Sears. Deputy Warden, Sylvanus L. Brett.
Clerk, Chester E. Weston.
Deputy Clerk, Luke F. Kelley.
Inspector, Henry B. Schlueter.
Deputy Inspector, Kenneth B. Keedwell.
Teller, Ralph W. Maddigan. Deputy Teller, John J. Mahoney.
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JURY LIST, 1921.
Babbitt, Clifton F., Clerk, School St. Bailey, George H., Shoeworker, Wood St. Bearse, William W., Clerk, Wareham St. Benoit, Clifford H., Shoeworker, 142 Everett St. Benson, John L., Mill Worker, Miller St. Benson, Rufus T., Blacksmith, Wareham St. Bourgeois, Anatole, Shoeworker, 47 School St. Bowman, Fred L., Real Estate Agent, 30 Courtland St.
Caswell, Benjamin W., Caterer, 15 Pierce St. Chipman, Walter M., Reporter. Churbuck, Louis D., Carpenter, Elm St. Clulow, Percy T., Farmer, Bedford St. Cobb, Alanson F., Shoeworker, Wareham St. Cox, George A., Retired, 82 Pearl St. Cromwell, Edward H., Real Estate Agent, 2 High St. Cushing, Nathaniel S., Sawyer, East St.
Deane, Albert, Poultry Dealer; Soule St. Deane, George A., Peddler, Thompson St. Decker, Leroy C., Farmer, Plymouth St.
Denham, Arthur H., Shoeworker, 60 North Main St.
Drake, Reginald W., Insurance, Courtland St. Dunbar, G. Delmar, Clerk, Bourne St. Dunham, Eugene L., Shoeworker, 18 Elm St. Dunham, George A., Carpenter, Smith St. Dunham, James R., Machinist, 18 Elm St. Egger, William, Merchant, Pearl St. Fessenden, William P., Clerk, Plymouth St. Gammons, Charles O., Farmer, Highland St.
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Gibbs, Joseph M., Shoeworker, Wareham St. Glidden, James R., Merchant, 18 High St. Hammond, Frederick L., Hotel Prop., North Main St. Harding, Lewis F., Bookkeeper, Rice St. Harvey, Wordsworth H., Woodworker, Miller St. Haskins, William M., Retired, 29 Oak St. Hokanson, Sven A., Tailor, Centre St. Howes, John G., Auto Garage, Rice St. Huntley, Roy M., Farmer, Centre St. Jackson, Waldo E., Retired, 9 Cambridge St. Keith, Eugene J., Carpenter, 35 North St. Keith, Percy W., Insurance, Plymouth St. Kelley, Ralph D., Clerk, Pearl St. Kendall, Carl G., Salesman, 45 Courtland St. Keedwell, Kenneth B., Merchant, 18 Frank St. Kennedy, Parker H., Salesman, 2 Alden St. King, Henry O., Shipper, 11 Arch St. LeBaron, Ralph J., Farmer, Wareham St. Lee, Charles A., Shoeworker, Ash St. Leonard, Orville H., Clerk, 63 Oak St. Lovell, Edward B., Agent, Barden Hill Road. Luippold, John L., Shoeworker, 17 Arch St. Maddigan, Ralph W., Insurance, 71 Everett St. Maxim, Harry S., Farmer, Marion Road. McCarthy, Eugene H., Shoeworker, 58 Everett St. Monroe, Arthur B., Salesman, Pierce St. Otto, Frank C., Mill Worker, 56 East Main St. Owens, Albert R., Teamster, East Grove St. Paradis, Wilfred H., Shoeworker, Frank St. Pembroke, Arnold G., Poultry Dealer, Plymouth St. Perkins, Winifred L., Salesman, North Main St. Pierce, David R., Shoeworker, Wareham St. Pratt, Herbert A., Merchant, Pierce St. Robinson, Arthur T., Clerk, 64 Centre St. Richmond, Theodore A., Retired, Pleasant St.
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Ryder, Clarence H., Carpenter, Highland St. Ryder, Ralph E., Carpenter, Plymouth St. Savery, Truman C., Wood, Lumber Dealer, Plymouth St.
Shaw, Benjamin C., Lumber Dealer, Plymouth St. Shaw, Edwin F., Farmer, Summer St.
Shaw, George F., Farmer, Plymouth St. Schiederich, Frank J., Shoemaker, 5 Mayflower Ave. Sherlock, Patrick, Mill Worker, North St. Sheehan, James J., Salesman, Reland St. Shurtleff, Harrison T., Board Sawyer, France St. Smith, Chester E., Farmer, Wareham St. Soule, Charles H., Poultry Dealer, Cedar St. Soule, Edwin E., Lumber Dealer, Cedar St. Standish, Arthur H., Farmer, Thompson St. Standish, Walter I., Shoemaker, Pleasant St. Starrett, Ralph, R. R. Employee, Courtland St.
Stickney, Frank M., Paper Box Maker, 53 Forest St.
Sturgess, Myron R., Cranberry Grower, Rocky Meadow St. Sullivan, John J., Merchant, Pearl St. Swett, Charles W., Carpenter, Fairview St.
Thomas, Alfred E., Woodworker, Smith St.
Thomas, Frank S., Engineer, Wareham St.
Thomas, George L., Plumber, 6 Court End Ave.
Thomas, Ichabod B., Jr., Shoeworker, Warren Ave., Thomas, Waldo, Clerk, 22 Webster St.
Tinkham, Charles S., Shoeworker, 11 Courtland St. Washburn, Chester M., Lumber Dealer, Plymouth St. Weeks, Charles M., Clerk, Rice St. Westgate, Albert T., Clerk, Miller St.
Westgate, Joseph T., Telephone Employee, Courtland St. Weston, Frederick S., Clerk, Plymouth St. White, Charles O., Shoeworker, Bourne St. Wilbur, George H. Photographer, Plymouth St. Wilbur, Horace C., Farmer, Marion Road. Wood, Harold S., Salesman, 9 High St. Wood, Bourne, Insurance Agent, 14 Elm St.
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APPOINTMENTS BY THE SELECTMEN.
Burial Agent, Theodore N. Wood.
Collector, Special, Louis C. Littlejohn.
Dog Officer, Jesse C. Wilbur.
Field Drivers, Fred C. Sparrow. E. Kimball Harrison Alden C. Sisson
Fence Viewers, Frederick S. Weston James A. Thomas Luther B. Pratt
Inspector of Alewives, East Taunton, Morrill K. Deane, Taunton
Inspector of Animals, Walter H. Haskell
Inspector Herrings, Manuel Michael
Inspector Slaughtering, John H. Wheeler
Inspector Wires, Jesse C. Wilbur
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Measures, Wood, Bark and Lumber
Leo J. Quindley
N. S. Cushing, Jr.
Albert T. Savery Charles N. Warren
Frederick S. Weston
James A. Thomas
Henry W. Sears
Albert F Mitchell
Frank S. Thomas
Charles N. Atwood
Levi O. Atwood
Benjamin C. Shaw
Charles N. Atwood
John L. Benson
Chester E. Weston
Myron W. Baxter
Harry F. Shurtleff
Earnest I. Perkins
Ernest S. Pratt
William G. Wilcox
Forrest S. Churbuck
Police, Special,
Alton T. Smith
Frank W. Hastay
Paul Anderson Elmer F. Gay William Chamberlain
Charles F. Haggerty Samuel Hathaway Isaac S. Maxwell
S. Edward Matthews Ralph Sampson .John H. Pushee
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Warren Jefferson Herbert W. Cornish
Public Weighers, Louis Ritter Laura A. Thomas
Cecil H. Dean
Edwin F. Shaw John F. Shaw
Sealer Weights and Measures, Louis C. Littlejohn.
Soldier's Physician, Dr. Charles S. Cummings Dr. A. Vincent Smith
Town Council, Nathan Washburn
Town Hall Agent, E. Kimball Harrison
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To the Selectmen of the Town of Middleborough:
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the year ending Dec. 1, 1921.
Number of Cattle inspected
1,014
Number of Sheep inspected
10
Number of Swine inspected 174
Number of Goats inspected 9
Number of Cattle condemned as Tubercular 16
Rabid Dogs quarantined 5
Pigs quarantined having Hemorrhagic Septicemia 12
WALTER H. HASKELL, D. V. S.,
Inspector of Animals.
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REPORT OF THE GAS AND ELECTRIC PLANT.
Dear Sir :- I again have the honor to present here- with for your consideration and approval, the twenty- eighth annual report of the Manager on the operation of. the plant, and the several accounts as shown on the books for the year ending December 31, 1921.
Both the gas and electric departments show a healthy growth, although the anticipated increase in gas customers was not realized because on some of the streets in which the gas mains were extended some of those who appeared most anxious for the extension failed to connect with the new mains, but undoubtedly later on will do so.
The increase of $10,333.55 in gas and electric sales was 111/2 per cent. of the whole sales.
The balance to Profit and Loss on the gas manufac- turing account is the largest of any year since the in- stallation of the new plant in 1911, which bears out the assertion in last year's report that "should we again be able to purchase at nearer prewar prices, and could the mains be extended . .. the gas department will again make as favorable showing as any year since the in- stallation of the new machinery."
The increase in both the amount of gas made and the amount sold in 1921 was comparatively small. The sharp decline in prices of materials entering into the manufacturing of the gas, together with the saving under the present method of purchasing supplies, together with the advantage of the increased price of gas in effect last year account for the large manufacturing
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profit, namely, $7,524.31 carried to the P. and L. account.
Should present prices for coke, coal, and fuel oil con- tinue, the present rates can safely be reduced and data with that end in view is being prepared and will soon be submitted for your consideration.
Approximately 3,350 feet of four inch B. and S. cast iron gas mains have been laid during the year as follows : Lovell Street 800 feet Centre Street 400 feet, Warren Avenue 500 feet, Frank Street from Everett to Cam- bridge 425 feet, Forest Street from Frank 500 feet, Rice Street to connect with Pierce 125 feet, Vine Street 550 feet and May Street 50 feet.
The electric department does not show so great an increase in sales over 1920 as that year did over 1919, but it must be remembered that the growth of all elec- tric plants in 1920 was abnormal, so that the increase in sales in 1921 of $5,048.04 while not of itself large, shows that the plant continues to grow.
The average price per k. w. h. paid the Plymouth Electric Company for current during the year of report was .0253 or about 3/4 cents per k. w. h. increase under the new contract executed in 1921. Two new factors, line loss and carrying charge, which now enter in in determining the rate per k. w. h. are .0052 of this amount (.0253) so that the base rate itself is increased practically 1/4 cent per k. w. h. over the rate under the old contract.
Except in the year 1916, in which the high tension line from Plymouth was built, the amount spent for con- struction (which means additions to the plant as a whole) in 1921 exceeds by over $14,000.00 the greatest amount spent for like purposes in any one year since 1907. The result of this will be almost full depletion of all funds, especially the Depreciation Fund, and leaves the plant in a critical condition should any emergency arise demanding an expenditure of a large sum of money.
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By legislative act in 1906 the Depreciation Fund was created to provide for renewals other than ordinary re- pairs, and compels municipal plants to put into this fund each year a certain amount of cash to relieve a town from the necessity of an appropriation should any emergency arise calling for a large sum for replacements. The present apparent high lighting rate has been maintained in an endeavor to get a sufficient amount in this Depre- ciation Fund to comply with the law and to relieve the Town should replacements be required. Unfortunately, in our case, it also provides that this fund can be used for construction or extensions.
Since this fund was established there has been placed in it $83,413.60, $40,355.97 of which was from tax levy and the balance, $43,057.63, was from earnings of the plant. Since 1916 the plant has provided from its earnings the entire amount called for, namely, $33,- 578.27. Total spent for upkeep of plant since July 1913 was $453.79 and the depreciation provided in that time has been $53,757.53.
As you will observe from the statement of accounts there is a balance of $1,309.15 in the depreciation fund which will be used up when the transfers are made to cover the overdrafts in the construction account.
It is this condition which prompts me at this time to call your attention to these facts and to suggest a more conservative policy in the matter of extensions this coming year and enable us to at least attempt to comply with the intent of the law in establishing this Fund.
The condition of the penstocks for water wheels at the station is bad, and growing worse all the time and has reached the point where the walls of the wheel house are becoming unsafe by reason of the penstocks: leaking badly and undermining the walls. Should the rebuilding of this part of the plant be of concrete con-
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struction I think it well to consider the advisability of providing for the installation of an additional wheel, if it can be done under the existing condition, as four months of the year at least, the supply of water is ample for another wheel in addition to the present two now in use.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. PHILBROOK, Supt. Gas and Electric Dept.
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REPORT OF THE HEALTH OFFICER.
I herewith submit my first report as Health Officer. The great difficulty in Health work has hitherto been a lack of exact knowledge of the nature of infectious dis- eases and of the manner in which they spread. A Health Officer's work formerly consisted mainly in enforcing strict quarantine and in cleaning up nuisances. But to- day we possess a vast amount of exact knowledge con- cerning infectious diseases and in many diseases this knowledge is sufficiently complete to make sanitary and preventive medicine exact sciences.
The detection of many diseases is now made by means of exact laboratory tests with which a Health Officer must be familiar, even though he cannot actu- ally perform the tests. The Health Officer must know where and how to procure Vaccines, Antitoxins, Culture- tubes and other supplies for diagnosis and treatment. He should be familiar with the hospitals and institu- tions for the treatment of reportable diseases and un- derstand how to get patients into them.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.
The efficient work of the Health Nurse, in co-oper- ation with the School Physician, and the modern meas- ures of prevention and suppression practiced by the Health Officer, have produced results in reducing the number of contagious diseases during the past year. The School Physician gives each of the pupils attending the public schools a thorough examination at the begin-
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ning of each school year, and again when requested by the Health Officer. The Health Nurse assists the School Physician in his examinations, and supervises the health of the school children and the correction of their de- fects. She also assists the Health Officer in detecting contagious diseases in the school. When a contagious disease is reported from a school, the nurse cultures and examines the pupils and teachers, seeking others who may be infected, or for carriers. The Health Officer looks up the source of the disease, also actual con- tacts and exposed pupils, who are kept under supervision until they are no longer a menace to the public.
With the exception of Whooping-cough, of which there were 93 cases reported, there were 95 cases of all other reportable disease in the past year compared with four hundred cases in 1920.
Following is a summary of the contagious diseases reported to the Health Department in 1921.
Chicken-pox
23
Measles
6
Mumps
31
Diphtheria
1
Scarlet-Fever
4
Typhoid-Fever
2
Tuberculosis
15
Whooping-cough
93
Pneumonia
7
Opthalmia-Neonatorum
1
Influenza
1
Septic-Sore Throat
1
Total number reported 188
BAKERY AND BAKERY PRODUCTS.
All bakeries, restaurants, large boarding houses that bake their own bread, cakes and pasteries, are class-
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ed as bakeries, and must be inspected twice each year. Also all stores that sell bakery products are inspected to be assured the products are protected from flies, dust, and handling by the public. There are eight business places classed as Bakeries, and thirty others who handle bakery products.
MARKETS.
Meat and fish markets, also peddlers selling fish from carts, are inspected by the Health Officer A hog slaughtered in another town, and sold in Middleboro, was seized in one of the meat markets and condemned as un- fit for food, and three hundred and eighteen pounds of sword fish was seized at one of the fish markets and con- demned.
NUISANCES.
Under nuisances I am placing complaints of the non-removal of garbage, and rubbish. There 'were a good many complaints from these causes, although in justice to the collectors of rubbish and garbage, I will inform the public that investigation often revealed that the collectors were not to blame for the nuisance. People neglect to put their rubbish out until they see the col- lector going by on their street, or they leave the rubbish container out of doors and the contents are rained upon and frozen into the container and cannot be removed. They find fault if the container is damaged or carried away, therefore one must leave the rubbish or carry off the container. The same argument applies to the collec- tion of garbage.
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