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13 Rose M. Bowman (Died in Lowell)
89
1 10 Broncho Pneumonia
15 Antonio Baptista
46
11 21 Chronic Nephritis
16 Ira C. Ward
81
9 19 Cancer of Rectum
(Died in Carver)
85
10 15 Nephritis
17 John T. O'Brien (Died in Bedford)
51
3 16 Heart Disease
19 Ettore Gallerani
64
4 24 Cerebral Thrombosis
20 Mauro Sacenti
85
9 4 Cerebral Hemorrhage
21 Charles R. Wood
85
11 29 Arterio-Sclerosis
28 Grace E. Sloan (Died in Fall River)
60
3 27 Carcinomatosis
28 Elva E. Butler
35
1 21 Portal Obstruction
29 Harriet Rambonnet
60
- 7 Cirrhosis of Liver
John Murray and Mary Fraser
30 Christy A. MacDonald
76
7 18 Broncho Pneumonia
Aulie McAuley and Margaret McLean
31 Daniel Hinchcliffe
(Died in Muncie, Ind.)
86 4 - Arterio-Sclerosis
John Hinchcliffe and Ellen Daugherty
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Hugh Loud and Elsevera Chestnut
Patrick J. O'Brien and Catherine Murphy Ralph Gallerani and Theresa Lorenzi Rafaele Sacenti and Rachele Vecchi Nathaniel Wood and Betsey Russell
Alexander Bartlett and Esther Savery Fred Shofer and Orita Harper
George W. Brown and Hannah M. Shaw Reuben Emory and Mahala Doty and
John O'Connell and Mary Haney James H. Harlow and Elsie Gee
Walter T. Chapman and Albert Baptista and Benjamin Ward and Elizabeth Perkins
16 William D. Loud
1 2 Cerebral Arterio-Sclerosis
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SUMMARY
BIRTHS, 1943
Number Registered, 358, of which 106 were non- residents.
Males
190
Females
168
358
MARRIAGES, 1943
Number Registered 125
DEATHS, 1943
Number of deaths registered, 233, of which 50 were non-residents, and 52 died out of town, burial taking place in Plymouth.
There have been issued from the Town Clerk's Of- fice for the year 1943, licenses as follows:
Resident Citizen's Fishing Licenses 330
Resident Citizen's Hunting Licenses 399
Resident Citizen's Sporting Licenses 215
Resident Citizen's Minor and Female Licenses
87
Resident Citizen's Minor Trapping Licenses
3
Resident Citizen's Trapping Licenses 8
Resident Citizen's Sporting (FREE) Licenses
75
Special Non-Resident Fishing Licenses
12
Non-Resident Citizen's Fishing Licenses
3
Non-Resident Citizen's Hunting Licenses
2
Duplicate Licenses 4
Resident Military or Naval Service Sporting Licenses (FREE) 44
Male Dog Licenses
726
Female Dog Licenses
296
Kennel Licenses
HERBERT K. BARTLETT, 3
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS AND SEWERS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit a report of the work done in the Street and Sewer Departments from January 1 to De- cember 31, 1943.
SEWERS
Several hundred feet of Main Sewer lines have been dragged and tree roots removed. Manholes have been cleaned out and inspected. Three new manholes were built on Samoset St. A few new manholes were built on streets where none were built when the main sewer lines were laid. A large number of services have been relaid with cast iron pipe in place of clay pipe.
STREET CLEANING
The usual work of cleaning streets has been carried out for the year. Catchbasins were cleaned and all drains cleaned also with broken pipes being replaced.
ASPHALT SIDEWALKS
No work was done on sidewalks this year as ma- terials were frozen by the War Production Board.
HARD-SURFACING STREETS
The following streets were approved by the War Production Board for resurfacing with no new con- struction permitted : South St., from the Army Camp to the juncton of Stafford St. was resurfaced with 1/2 in. stone and K.P. tar, mixed-in-place and rolled. Court St., three sections of this street was resurfaced with 1/2 in. stone and tar. Sandwich St., a section in front of the Plymouth Bottling Works was broken up and clay removed, filled and brought to grade with
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gravel and surfaced with No. 2 stone and tar, sealed with tar and sand. Sandwich Road, approximately one mile was resurfaced with 1/2 in. stone and tar, mixed-in-place and rolled. One mile of the same road was sealed with retread tar and sand. This section was built in 1942 with gravel, mixed-in-place with tar, shaped and rolled. Rocky Hill Road, approximately 3/4 of a mile was resurfaced with 1/2 in. stone and tar, mixed-in-place and rolled. Pleasant St., two sections were resurfaced with 1/2 in. stone and K.P. tar, mixed- in-place and rolled. The following streets were sealed with retread tar and sand: Brewster St., Winslow St., Cordage Terrace, Water St. and Lothrop St. Ext. Several other roads have been scraped and brought up to grade with gravel and to be hard surfaced when materials are released.
SPECIAL BUDGET
Samoset St., Chapter 90 Maintenance, from Royal St. to the Carver Plains, this road was widened to 20 ft. width with a mixed-in-place top of tar and gravel, shaped and rolled with a seal coat of tar and sand for a distance of two miles. The section of road from Royal St. to Oak St., a distance of 1.1 miles, was sealed with 1/2 in. stone and asphalt. South Meadow Road, by request of the Navy Dept. and with the Town of Plymouth, State and County contributing funds, this road was scarified, widened to 20 feet and brought to grade with gravel and penetrated with light tar. It was sealed with two coats of retread tar and sand applied one month apart. Bridge at Long Pond, the old wooden bridge was removed and four new 6x10 stringers were laid on a stone foundation with all new 4x6 planks for the top. Knapp Terrace Drain, this drain was laid to replace the old drain that was laid through the Knapp property. 1100 feet of 20 in. pipe was laid and three catchbasins built for the main drain and 200 feet of 15 in. pipe was laid for the side drains.
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SIDEWALKS AND CURBINGS
Samoset St., approximately 200 feet of cement re- taining wall was built to hold the property line in place where the land was cut down for the new road from Chestnut St. to the cemetery gate. All cement slabs on Court St. from Nelson St. to Prince St. have been replaced by new ones or asphalt mix. This work will be continued this next year until all slabs have been repaired.
The usual work in the outlying districts has been carried out with the cutting of brush and the gravel- ling of roads. With the army using the district roads, extra scraping and repairing with gravel has been done to keep them in passable condition.
Lines and grades for streets and sewers have been supplied by Edward Chase, Town Engineer, and rec- ords of same kept on file.
The several requests for work to be done on roads and sidewalks will be given attention as soon as the War Production Board releases these materials.
Respectfully submitted,
ELMER C. CHANDLER, Superintendent of Streets and Sewers.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PLYMOUTH BOARD OF HEALTH
Your local board of health continues to give close attention to the factors which bear on the general health of the community. In addition to the general inspections which are made periodically of all food places, milk producers and sellers, public dumps and the investigation of complaints, your board has begun a program of public education which should eventu- ally result in Plymouth having one of the highest ratings in the state for its health standards.
The pasteurization of milk has been in effect for 18 months. Our records show that as a result of our regular inspections and analysis of milk that Plym- outh's milk supply has never been at the high standard that it is today. Regular analysis of milk by our lab- oratory technician has madeit possible to correct bad conditions at once. We are pleased to report that the milk producers and distributors have co-operated with this department in every way.
The matter of public dumps has always been a source of trouble to your board of health but this past year we have been particularly free of complaints, due entirely, we believe, to a slightly larger appropriation having been made for the care of public dumps. This has enabled us to give the dumps more attention dur- ing the summer months and to hire a bulldozer to level the dumps and keep them in good condition. We believe that when the time comes that it is pos- sible to put the newly proposed dump on the South Pond Road into operation, that the town will have solved its dump problem for many years.
The Manomet dump has been a constant source of irritation and at times has been very offensive, due
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mostly to the fact that there is no garbage collection service in the Manomet section of the town. As a result, garbage accumulates in the dump and the care of it is difficult. If the town decides to have garbage collection service in the Manomet section of the town it is our opinion that the care of the town dump in that part of Plymouth will be greatly simplified and that the objectionable conditions that have existed there for many years will be eliminated. We are at present making a study of this project for presenta- tion to the voters of the town.
Cases of scarlet fever, measles and mumps seem to run about average each year but it is our hope that through cooperation with the school department the number of these cases can be reduced through im- munization, better health habits and innoculations. The tabulation of contagious diseases speaks for itself, although undoubtedly a good many cases where there was no doctor called in, were not reported, and we are calling the attention of the householders to the fact that all contagious cases must be reported where a doctor is not called.
Anterior Poliomyelitis 1
Chicken-pox
92
Cat Bite
1
Dog Bite
36
Meningitis
4
German Measles
573
Lobar Pneumonia
3
Measles
264
Mumps
60
Ccarlet Fever
12
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
2
Whooping Cough
29
Gonorrhea
6
Syphilis
8
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Because of a shortage of nurses at the Jordan Hos- pital all of our contagious diseases have been sent to the Haynes Memorial Hospital in Brighton, Mass., for the past year. We have continued to maintain the contagious section of the Jordan Hospital in the hopes that it may again be used for our local contagious cases.
The Monday clinic is held at the Board of Health rooms each week and has taken care of many venereal cases, vaccinations, etc., of persons unable to pay for treatments.
There have been held the usual clinics for immuniz- ation against diphtheria for children under school age.
We have worked in close cooperation with the Mas- sachusetts Department of Public Health and with the United States Health Service. A sanitary survey of all drug stores and eating and drinking establishments was made late in the year and although Plymouth ranked second best of all towns and cities surveyed, the rating was still far below the standard hoped to achieve. A lecture was given to all operators of eat- ing and drinking establishments for the purpose of showing ways in which the standards of these places could be raised with a minmum of expense.
Although the work being done by your local Board of Health is not spectacular it is intimately associated with the general health of the community and for that reason it is of concern to everyone living in the town. Your board of health is earnestly striving to keep our health standards high and the general health of the community, towards that end.
MEDORA V. EASTWOOD, M. D. Chairman
PAUL BITTINGER, Secretary HERBERT S. MAXWELL.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report on building activities for the year ending December 31, 1943.
No.
Kind
Est. Cost
1 Summer Camp
$ 150
5 Garages
800
10 Other Buildings
6,450
9 Additions to drewllings
5,675
10 Additions to other buildings
11,450
35
$24,525
Under the direction of the State Building Inspector and in conjunction with the local Fire Department Chief, all licensed places where liquor is consumed on the premises, were inspected and the necessary alterations made in respect to means of egress and prevention of fire.
Yours respectfully,
THOMAS A. BODELL, Inspector of Buildings.
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REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS
The Board of Park Commissioners, present their annual report for the year 1943:
The usual care has been given the Parks, Gardens, Playgrounds, Bathing Beaches and Camping Grounds during the past year.
Receipts from Bathing Beaches and Camping Grounds are: Beach Park, $115.05; Stephens Field $9.95; Morton Park $29.25; Nelson St., Camping Ground $428.45; Indian Reservation $94.00.
At the last Town Meeting, by a vote of the Town, the department received fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) to be used for further development of the playground given to the Town, by the Cordage Company. This property has been leveled and rough graded back, to all boundaries, making the entire piece of land usable for Park and Playground purposes.
A great deal more work has to be done and we are asking for a special appropriation this year for fur- ther grading, seeding, loaming and levelling ball dia- mond, and to connect the property with the Town water supply.
A new roof covering on the south side of the ve- randa and the building has been painted. We want to do some repair work on this building each year. If we follow this program it will save asking for a special appropriation at some later date.
A new foot bridge has been erected at Brewster Garden and the tool house has been moved, painted and enlarged.
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In June the Park Commissioners, met with the finance board and the sum of $450.00 was granted for the purpose of promoting a Red Cross Program in swimming and life saving. These classes were very successful and very well attended. We are asking a special appropriation this next year, for the same purpose.
Much work has been done in curtailing the gypsy moths on the Park Property.
Board of Park Commissioners
EDWARD J. E. HAND, Chairman JOHN L. SIEVER
EIGHTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT of the
Water Commissioners and
Superintendent
of the
Town of Plymouth
1820
For the Year Ending December 31, 1943
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Water Commissioners herewith submit their Eighty-Ninth Annual Report.
We are departing from our usual custom and are not detailing our receipts and expenditures as same are published in the report of the Town Accountant.
No new extensions have been made during the year on account of the scarcity of labor, although we have purchased a considerable amount of pipe, valves, fit- tings, etc., for an extension of the new high service to the high land on Cherry Street and vicinity.
The lots at Little South Pond, for which an appro- priation was made at the 1943 Town Meeting, were purchased. We are asking for no appropriation for additional land at the present time, although we have several parcels under consideration around the water shed.
There has been one change in the membership of the Water Board during the year. Mr. John H. Da- mon resigned and Mr. C. Brooks Hudson was appoint- ed to fill the vacancy. Mr. Damon had been a very valuable member of this Board for approximately fifty years, and his resignation was received with deep regret.
The Air Compressor and Paving Breaker, for which we received an appropriation last March, was pur- chased, and has proven to be invaluable on account of the shortage of labor.
It has been apparent for some time that our water consumption was increasing to a much greater extent than the normal increase in use indicated and we have had a partial survey made by the Pitometer Company of New York City for the purpose of locating leaks
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in the system, with excellent results, and the expendi- ture for this purpose has proved to be an outstanding investment. It is the intention of the Board of have this survey completed during 1944.
The Fairbanks-Morse pumping unit, which was in- stalled about three years ago, has been unsatisfactory almost from the beginning, and the makers have re- placed same with a new one upon the payment of a moderate change for the use of the old one.
We have also made extensive repairs at the Pump- ing Station Building, which was showing some of the ravages of time. Owing to the depression and war years we have spent less for general maintenance than was advisable. It is the Commissioners' opinion that a considerably larger amount will have to be used in the future years to offset ordinary depreciation of the entire plant.
One of the projects we have in mind for the coming season is draining, cleaning out and repairing of the main reservoir.
In order to facilitate the collection of Water Rates, the Commissioners recommend that the Town adopt that section of the General Laws which provides that unpaid water rates shall be a lien on the property. We have requested the Selectmen to insert an article in the Warrant for the Annual 1944 Town Meeting to this effect.
On the advice and urgent suggestion of Mr. War- dell's office of the Division of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston, the Commissioners have the following article in the warrant for action at the annual town meeting in 1944.
ARTICLE
To see if the town will vote to reserve surplus Water Department revenue for the Water Department, de-
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termine how any deficit in the Water revenue shall be provided for; or do any other thing in relation thereto.
To be voted in the following form as drawn up by Mr. Wardell's department:
If the aggregate amount received from water reve- nue exceeds the aggregate amount appropriated for the Water Department, such excess shall be set up on the books of the town as "Available Water Surplus" and may be appropriated subsequently for water pur- poses. If the aggregate amount appropriated for the Water Department exceeds the amount of water re- venue as set up, the deficit shall be considered a charge due from the Water Department and the se- lectmen shall take such action as is necessary to pro- vide funds to reimburse the town for the amount due.
If a deficit of water revenue exists at the close of the year, any unexpended balance of Water Depart- ment appropriations at the close of the year shall be applied toward the reduction of such deficit so far as may be necessary, and when there is no deficit, such appropriation balances shall be credited to "Available Water Surplus."
This Article provides for the setting aside of Water Department surplus revenue in a reserve fund to be used for Water Department purposes only. That the department be set up to be a self-contained, self- sup- porting unit, paying for its maintenance, new construc- tion or future extensions or expansion of service, debt and interest on department bond issues, etc., out of department revenue without recourse to the tax levy. In short, to make the department a going concern and thus not ask the taxpayers to contribute to its support, to secure a modern, well equipped department, cap- able of rendering superb service to its clients and ulti- mately supply its water takers at a substantial reduc- tion of the present very low rates, subject however to
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the control of the people as expressed in the appro- priations voted by them at the town meeting.
It is the unanimous considered opinion of the Water board that the adoption of this Article will benefit the town as a whole and particularly the water takers.
JOHN L. MORTON, Chairman RICHARD T. ELDRIDGE, Sec. DANIEL F. MULCAHY C. BROOKS HUDSON EDWARD R. BELCHER
Board of Water Commissioners.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
(Published by request of the New England Water Works Association, Plymouth, Mass., Water Works.) Population, 13,175.
Date of Construction, 1855.
By whom owned, Town.
Source of Supply, Great and Little South Ponds.
Mode of Supply, Gravity for low service and Pumping for high service.
PUMPING
Builders of pumping machinery, Fairbanks-Morse and Wolverine-Gould.
Description of fuel, Oil.
Amount used, 14,1331/2 gallons.
Pumpage for the year: Fairbanks-Morse, 280,651,000 gals.
Wolverine-Gould, 201,726,000 gals. 14,235,000 gals.
NHS (Electric),
496,612,000 gals.
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Average static head, 68 ft.
Average dynamic head, 74.5 ft.
Number of gals. per gals. fuel oil: Fairbanks-Morse, 35,690
Wolverine-Gould 32,170
Duty of Pumps :
Fairbanks-Morse, 164,021,000
Wolverine-Gould, 147,858,000
COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON PUMPING STATION EXPENSES, VIZ: $10,949.29
Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $22.047.
Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $0.2959.
COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON TOTAL MAINTENANCE, VIZ: $30,934.22
Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $62.29.
Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $0.8361.
STATISTICS ON CONSUMPTION OF WATER
Total population, estimated, 13,175. Estimated population on pipe line, 12,500. Estimated population supplied, 12,500. Total consumption for the year, 735,563,000. Average daily consumption, 2,015,241. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 152. Gallons per day to each tap, 572.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Kind of pipe, Cement lined sheet iron and cement cast iron. Sizes, From 2-inch to 30-inch.
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Extended, None.
Discontinued, None.
Total now in use, 79 miles, 333 feet.
Cost to repair per mile, $6.87.
Number of leaks per mile, 0.265.
Small distribution pipe less than 4-in., 8 miles, 2,831 ft. Hydrants now in use, 333 public; 73 private.
Stop gates added, None. Discontinued, None. Num- ber now in use, 877.
SERVICES
Kind of pipe, Lead and Cement lined.
Sizes, From one-half to four inches.
Extended, 115 ft. Discontinued, None. Total now in use, 10 miles, 1,494 feet.
Service taps added, 12. Discontinued, None.
Total now in use, 3,519.
Average length of service, 9.6 feet.
Average cost per service, $19.43. Number meters added, 12. Number now in use, 2,798.
Percentage of services metered, 79.5.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Water Commissioners : Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the annual report of the Super- intendent for the year ending December 31, 1943.
Because it was a problem to get material for other than emergency purposes, no extensions of water main were made.
The regular maintenance work was carried out, much trimming and burning brush was done around our reservoirs. Sixty-nine leaks were repaired, forty- eight of these being in services and twenty-one in main pipe. Twenty-six _corporations were drilled and cleaned with the result that the pressure in each case was considerably improved.
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The conditions under which the U. S. Army Camp on the Manuel Medara farm at South Street is sup- plied has changed somewhat. Heretofore, there were six separate connections and several meters. Now, one service takes care of this and one 3 in. meter re- places the several, the meter and most of the labor being furnished by the Government. The meters re- moved were returned to our shop and can be used elsewhere.
The Auxiliary Well Supply at Warner's Pond, Manomet, was used during the months of June, July and August. The pump was in operation 4001/4 hours, consuming 720.9 gallons gasoline and 4 gallons lubricating oil. 3,598,800 gallons of water were pumped.
RAINFALL
Rainfall for the year was 37.80 inches, or 12.06 inches lower than the 1942 rainfall of 49.86, which was 3.59 inches higher than the average annual rain- fall for the past fifty-five years. Great and Little South Ponds are approximately on the same level as they were in February of 1931, or, 3 ft. below normal.
HYDRANTS AND GATES
Hydrants and Gates were inspected as usual dur- ing the year so that they would be in excellent work- ing condition.
ANALYSIS OF WATER
Samples of water from our source of supply have been forwarded, as has been the practice in the past, to the State Department of Health for analysis at spe- cified times. In addition, samples have been taken to the City of Brockton Laboratory, weekly, from various taps about town. Reports on all are on file in the Superintendent's office.
Respectfully submitted,
THEODORE BRINK, Superintendent.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT 1943
Aggregate Value
$21,724,650.00
Exempted under Clauses 11-17-18-22-23
47,150.00
Available for Revenue
21,677,500.00
Valuation of Personal $ 1,718,675.00
Valuation of Real 19,958,825.00
To be raised by taxation :
State Tax
20,789.37
County Tax 34,350.13
Tuberculosis Hospital 13,923.41
Town Appropriation
975,074.27
Deficits due to abatements in
excess of overlay or prior
years 802.82
Overlay 14,314.14 1,059,254.14
Estimated receipts, including :
Dog Tax voted by the Town to be used by Assessors 338,566.14
Out of available funds under
approval of Commissioner
of Corporations and Tax- ation.
TOWN MEETING,
March 27, 1943
35,000.00 373,566.14
685,688.00
Division of Taxes :
January 1 Personal
53,622.66
January 1 Real Estate
622,715.34
April 1 Polls 9,350.00
December 31 Additional Polls 32.00
December 31 Additional Real
34.32
December 31 Additional Personal
15.60
Rate of Taxation $31.20 on $1,000.
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Warrants to Collector :
Personal Property
53,638.26
Real Estate
622,749.66
Polls 9,382.00
Moth 222.25
Exempted under Chapter
59, Sec. 5, General Laws as Amended.
Houses of Religious Worship
352,000.00
Charitable, Benevolent, Literary, and Educational 738,025.00
Parsonages Exempted
33,050.00
United States of America
123,200.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
182,625.00
County of Plymouth
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