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$1,908.45
Abatements and payments refunded
130.66
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$1,253.83
Abatements January 1 to June 30, 1931
175.18
Refund, motor vehicle excise 1931 charged to motor vehicle excise 1930
5.61
Outstanding June 30, 1931
604.49
$2,039.11
Outstanding July 1, 1931
$604.49
Abatements and payments refunded
4.00
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 3, 1931
$5.20
Outstanding July 3, 1931, per list
603.29
$608.49
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes-1931
Commitments January 1 to June 30, 1931, per warrants
$33,451.38 .03
Commitment lists in excess of warrants
534.34
Abatements and payments refunded
Erroneous refunds 34.88
Refund motor vehicle excise taxes 1931 charged
to motor vehicle excise taxes 1930 5.61
$34,026.24
$2,039.11
$608.49
84
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$27,030.83 1,737.72
Outstanding June 30, 1931
5,257.69
$34.026.24
Outstanding July 1, 1931
$5,257.69
Abatements and payments refunded
63.67
Abatements and payments, to be refunded
108.13
Overpayment to collector, to be refunded
8.78
$5,438.27
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 3, 1931
$1,635.55
Abatements July 1 to 3, 1931
96.78
Outstanding July 3, 1931, per list
3,551.38
Cash balance July 3, 1931
154.56
$5.438.27
Moth Assessments-1929
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$13.25
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$4.25
Transferred to tax titles January 1 to June 30, 1931
2.50
Outstanding June 30, 1931
6.50
$13.25
Outstanding July 1, 1931
$6.50
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 3, 1931,
$.75
Outstanding July 3, 1931, per list
5.75
$6.50
Moth Assessments-1930
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$388.75
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$217.50
Abatements January 1 to June 30, 1931
2.50
Transferred to tax titles January 1 to June 30, 1931
6.00
Moth reported as taxes 1930
1.00
Outstanding June 30, 1931
161.75
$388.75
Outstanding July 1, 1931
$161.75
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 3, 1931
$9.00
Outstanding July 3, 1931, per list
140.50
Cash balance July 3, 1931
12.25
$161.75
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$36,662.41
Duplicate apportionment
92.15
Abatement after apportionment
61.92
Collection in excess of commitment
.64
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$14,972.94
Abatements January 1 to June 30, 1931
856.57
Apportionments January 1 to June 30, 1931
13,560.26
Outstanding June 30 and July 3, 1931, per list
7,427.35
$36,817.12
$36,817.12
Abatements January 1 to June 30, 1931
85
DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
1931]
Sewer Assessments-1929
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$7.41
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$7.41
Sewer Assessments-1930
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$1,444.64
Sidewalk assessment 1930 reported as sewer
12.11
$1,456.75
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$1,082.29
Outstanding June 30, 1931
374.46
$1,456.75
Outstanding July 1, 1931
$374.46
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 3, 1931
$41.88
Outstanding July 3, 1931, per list
332.58
$374.46
Unapportioned Sidewalk Assessments
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$2,150.89
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$792.15
Abatements January 1 to June 30, 1931
21.37
Apportionments January 1 to June 30, 1931
426.04
Outstanding June 30 and July 3, 1931, per list
911.33
$2,150.89
Sidewalk Assessments-1930
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$600.14
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$266.72
Transferred to tax titles January 1 to June 30, 1931
41.39
Sidewalk assessments reported as sewer 1930
12.11
Outstanding June 30, 1931
279.92
$600.14
Outstanding July 1, 1931
$279.92
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 3, 1931
$30.80
Outstanding July 3, 1931, per list
205.54
Cash balance July 3, 1931
43.58
$279.92
Interest on Deferred Taxes and Assessments
Collections January 1 to June 30, 1931:
Levy of 1929
$69.09
Levy of 1930
1,478.67
Motor vehicle excise taxes 1929
27.63
Motor vehicle excise taxes 1930
21.14
Motor vehicle excise taxes 1931
54.79
Unapportioned sewers
6.30
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$1,656.70
Interest reported as motor vehicle excise taxes
.92
$1,657.62
1929
$1,657.62
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Collections July 1 to 3, 1931:
Levy of 1930
$168.86
Motor vehicle excise taxes 1930
.08
Motor vehicle excise taxes 1931
.25
$169.19
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 3, 1931
$107.21
Cash balance July 3, 1931
61.98
$169.19
Tax Titles
On hand January 1, 1931
$2,894.88
Added to tax titles January 1 to June
30, 1931:
Taxes 1929
$411.00
Taxes 1930
1,566.60
Moth assessments 1929
2.50
Moth assessments 1930
6.00
Sidewalk assessments 1930
41.39
2,027.49
$4,922.37
Redemptions January 1 to June 30, 1931
$452.92
On hand June 30 and July 3, 1931, per list
4,469.45
$4,922.37
Tax Title Possessions
On hand January 1, 1931
$255.35
On hand June 30 and July 3, 1931
$255.35
Departmental Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1931:
Health
$1,138.17
Highways
37.50
Public welfare
3,445.77
State aid
516.00
Military aid
85.00
School
37.50
Cemetery
175.00
$5,434.94
Commitment January 1 to June 30, 1931:
Highway
$225.00
Public welfare
2,087.17
Schools
431.25
Sewer
12.10
2,755.52
Commitments not previously reported :
Public welfare 239.33
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931:
Health
$1,053.22
Highway
225.00
Public welfare
1,764.72
Schools
337.50
Sewer
12.10
Cemetery
77.00
$3.469.54
Abatements January 1 to June 30, 1931: Public welfare 18.93
Commitment in excess of list: Public welfare .03
$8,429.79
87
Outstanding June 30, 1931 and July 3, 1931, per lists:
Health
$84.95
Highway
37.50
Public welfare
3,988.59
State aid
516.00
Military aid
85.00
Schools
131.25
Cemetery
98.00
4,941.29
$8,429.79
Water Rates-1928
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$14.93
Outstanding June 30 and July 3, 1931, per list
$14.93
Water Rates-1929
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$452.29
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$184.50 267.79
Outstanding June 30 and July 3, 1931, per list
$452.29
Water Rates-1930
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$10,134.56
Detailed list in excess of commitment
1.00
$10,135.56
Payments to treasurer
$7,614.13
Abatements
13.68
Water rates 1930 reported as water rates 1931
10.00
Outstanding June 30, 1931
2,497.75
$10,135.56
Outstanding July 1, 1931
$2,497.75
Abatements July 1 to 3, 1931
4.00
Unlocated difference
.93
Outstanding July 3, 1931, per list
2,492.82
$2,497.75
Water Rates-1931
Commitments
$41,257.32
Commitment not previously reported
82.16
Water rates 1930 reported as 1931
10.00
Overpayment to collector, adjusted
.02
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$32,093.19
Abatements January 1 to June 30, 1931
29.95
Commitment in excess of detailed list
120.90
Outstanding June 30, 1931
9,105.46
$41,349.50
Outstanding July 1, 1931
$9,105.46
Commitment July 1 to 3, 1931
41.50
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 3, 1931
$205.33
Outstanding July 3, 1931, per list
8,842.30
Cash balance July 3, 1931
99.33
$9,146.96
$41,349.50
$9,146.96
1931]
DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Water Services Prior to 1929
Outstanding January 1, 1931: Services 1927 Services 1928
$.20 84.07
$84.27
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$82.35
Outstanding June 30 and July 3, 1931,
per list:
Services 1927 $.20
Services 1928
1.72
1.92
$84.27
Water Services-1929
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$64.17
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$42.55
Outstanding June 30 and July 3, 1931, per list
21.62
$64.17
Water Services-1930
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$2,619.70
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$2,315.54
Outstanding June 30 and July 3, 1931, per list
304.16
$2,619.70
Water Services-1931
Commitments
$2,583.79
Commitment not previously reported
155.07
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$2,209.05
Abatements January 1 to June 30, 1931
10.84
Outstanding June 30, 1931
518.97
$2,738.86
Outstanding July 1, 1931
$518.97
Commitment July 1 to 3, 1931
482.18
Collections in advance of commitment
93.70
$1,094.85
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 3, 1931
$73.07
Outstanding July 3, 1931, per list
838.44
Cash balance July 3, 1931
183.34
$1,094.85
Water Interest
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$362.25
Commitment January 1 to June 30, 1931
10.48
Commitment not previously reported
11.05
$383.78
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$145.09
Outstanding June 30, 1931
238.69
$383.78
$2,738.86
89
Outstanding July 1, 1931
$238.69 86.54
Commitment July 1 to 3, 1931
$325.23
Outstanding July 3, 1931, per list
$323.48
Cash balance July 3, 1931
1.75
$325.23
Water Rents
Commitment January 1 to June 30, 1931
$200.00
Commitment not previously reported
40.00
$240.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1930
$240.00
Collection in advance of commitment
$40.00
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 3, 1931
$40.00
Selectmen's Licenses and Miscellaneous Receipts
Issued January 1 to June 30, 1931
$465.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$450.00
Cash on hand June 30, 1931
14.50
$465.00
Cash on hand July 1, 1931
$14.50
Issued July 1 to 14, 1931
10.00
$24.50
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 14, 1931
$24.50
Dog Licenses
Cash on hand January 1, 1931
$18.00
Licenses issued January 1 to June 30, 1931 :
365 Males
@ $2.00 $730.00
47 Females @ 5.00 235.00
1 Breeder's
@ 25.00 25.00
990.00
$1.008.00
Payments to county treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$699.20
Fees retained by town clerk January 1 to June 30, 1931, 319 @ .20
63.80
Cash on hand June 30, 1931
245.00
$1,008.00
Cash on hand July 1, 1931
$245.00
Licenses issued July 1 to 3, 1931
72.00
Cash on hand July 3, 1931 (verified)
$317.00
Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Licenses issued January 1 to June 30, 1931:
67 Resident citizens' sporting @ $2.75
$184.25
1 Alien sporting
15.25
14 Resident citizens' lobstermen's @ $5.00
70.00
Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game January 1 to June 30, 1931 $220.85
Fees retained by town clerk January 1 to June 30, 1931 19.10
Cash balance June 30, 1931
29.55
$269.50
$317.00
$269.50
1931]
DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
90
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Cash balance July 1, 1931 $29.55
Licenses issued July 1 to 3, 1931 :
1 Resident citizen's lobstermen's $5.00
$34.55
Cash balance July 3, 1931: Payment to Division of Fisheries and Game, in transit Cash on hand (verified)
$29.55
5.00
$34.55
Town Hall Rentals
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$5.00
Rentals January 1 to June 30, 1931
152.00
Payment to treasurer in excess of recorded col- lections
10.00
$167.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$142.00
Outstanding June 30 and July 15, 1931, per list
15.00
Cash on hand June 30 and July 15, 1931 (verified)
10.00
$167.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Cash on hand January 1, 1931
$2.12
Charges January 1 to June 30, 1931
69.49
$71.61
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$68.16
Outstanding June 30, 1931
1.00
Cash balance June 30, 1931
2.45
$71.61
Cash balance July 1, 1931
$2.45
Outstanding July 1, 1931
1.00
$3.45
Payments to treasurer January 1 to July 13, 1931
$1.30
Outstanding July 13, 1931
$1.00
Due from sealer July 13, 1931
1.15
$3.45
Building Inspector
Permits issued January 1 to June 30, 1931
$86.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$83.00
Cash on hand June 30, 1931
3.00
$86.00
Cash on hand July 1, 1931
$3.00
Permits issued July 1 to 13, 1931
3.00
$6.00
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 13, 1931
$3.00
Cash on hand July 13, 1931, (verified)
3.00
$6.00
Health Department-Licenses
Issued January 1 to June 30, 1931 Cash on hand June 30, 1931
$59.50
$59.50
1931]
DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
91
Cash on hand July 1, 1931
$59.50 2.00
Issued July 1 to 6, 1931
$61.50
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 6, 1931
$59.50
Cash on hand July 6, 1931 (verified)
2.00
$61.50
Park Department-Fish House Receipts
Cash on hand January 1, 1931
$16.20
Outstanding January 1, 1931
203.10
Overpayment to treasurer
.20
Charges January 1 to June 30, 1931
175.60
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$140.30
Outstanding June 30, 1931
254.80
$395.10
Outstanding July 1, 1931
$254.80
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 16, 1931
$50.40
Outstanding July 16, 1931, per list
204.40
$254.80
Library
Receipts January 1 to June 30, 1931 :
Fines
$223.60
Sale of paper, etc.
1.61
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30,
1931
$205.00
Cash on hand June 30, 1931
20.21
$225.21
Cash on hand July 1, 1931
$20.21
Receipts July 1 to 14, 1931
9.47
Overpayment to treasurer
6.19
$35.87
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 14, 1931
$25.00
.
Cash on hand July 14, 1931 (verified)
10.87
$35.87
Cemetery Sale of Lots and Perpetual Care Bequests
Receipts January 1 to June 30, 1931 :
Sale of lots
$919.00
Perpetual care bequests
330.00
$1,249 00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to June 30, 1931
$1,249.00
Receipts July 1 to 15, 1931 :
Sale of lots
$320.00
Perpetual care bequests
75.00
$395.00
Payments to treasurer July 1 to 15, 1931
$395.00
$395.10
$225.21
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT Balance Sheet-June 30, 1931 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash:
General
$56,811.47
Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Revenue 1930 $100,000.00
Advances for Petty:
Selectmen
$10.00
Police
50.00
Health
25.00
School 25.00
Library
15.00
125.00
$56,936.47
Accounts Receivable: Taxes:
Levy of 1929
$1,708.79
Levy of 1930
39,758.57
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund Income
101.25
Old Age Assistance 1931
2,982.00
50,365.36
919.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes: .
Levy of 1929
$643.96
Levy of 1930
604.49
General $351,213.47
Water:
6,506.14
Mainte- nance $45,921.01
Con-
Levy of 1929
$6.50
Levy of 1930
161.75
Sewers:
Unapportioned
$7,427.35
Added to Tax
Bills 1930
374.46
Non-Revenue
$402,827.68 72,791.43
475,619.11
[Dec. 31
1
7,801.81
Premium on Loans Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests Trust Fund Income: Mary L. Thomson Library Fund Income
$101.35
Joanna Morse Library Fund Income
263.03
Levy of 1931-Polls
5,916.00
465.63
Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund Appropriation Balances: Revenue :
Levy of 1931
5,257.69
Special Assessments: Moth:
struc-
tion 2,939.76
Emer-
gency
2,753.44
51,614.21
92
TOWN DOCUMENTS
$168.25
In Anticipation of Revenue 1931 100,000.00
$200,000.00 2,395.00 330.00
Sidewalks: Unapportioned $911.33 Added to Tax Bills 1930 279.92
1,191.25
Tax Titles and Possessions : Tax Titles
$4,469.45
Tax Title Possessions
255.35
4,724.80
Departmental:
Health
$84.95
Highway
37.50
Public Welfare
3,988.59
State Aid
516.00
Military Aid
85.00
Water
12,971.29
School
131.25
Cemetery
98.00
4,941.29
Water:
Rates:
1928
$14.93
1929
267.79
1930
2,497.75
1931
9,105.46
.
Services: Prior to
1929
$1.92
1929
21.62
1930
304.16
1931
518.97
Interest
846.67 238.69
$12,971.29
45,931.32 .
786.74
$1,708.79 2,330.84
4,039.63
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Special Assessment:
$6,506.14
Moth
$168.25
Sewer 7,801.81
Sidewalk 1,191.25
9,161.31
Tax Title
4,724.80
Departmental
4,941.29
Surplus Revenue
38,304.83 19,140.98
DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
93
1931]
Water Dept. Available Surplus Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus Overlay Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1929 Levy of 1930
9,161.31
$11,885.93
Revenue 1931 : Appropriations Voted Deduct: Polls 1931 assessed $6,302.00
$691,772.67
Old Age Assist-
ance Taxes 1931 assessed 3,167.00
Free cash voted 10,000.00 Estimated Receipts
collected to date 62,483.17
81,952.17
609,820 50
Water Dept. Appropriations Less Water Receipts Collected
$66,306.00
44,926.40
21,379.60
Overdrawn Accounts : Phillips School Medal Fund Income (to be transferred from fund) Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Income (to be transferred from fund)
$35.17
Execution on Hastings Land
(to be raised in levy of 1931) Printing Town Reports .31
11,075.00
11,125.48
$787.932.24
$787.932.24
DEFERRED REVENUE
Special Assessments: Apportioned but not due
$17,265.51
$14,996.58
2,268.93
$17,265.51
$17,265.51
94
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Apportioned Sewer Assessment Rev- enue Due 1931 to 1940, inclusive Apportioned Sidewalk Assessment Rev- enue Due 1931 to 1940, inclusive
15.00
95
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
1931]
The Board of Health
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
The Board of Health herewith submits its report for the year end- ing December 31, 1931, together with those of its various officers:
For the first time in many years the board has no recommendations to make relative to the extension of the sewer system the coming year. Failure to make such recommendations does not mean that there is no further need of its extension, for there are still several sections where the sewer is badly needed but its extension is out of the question at the present time.
One of the most perplexing problems now facing the board is that of housing and sanitation in the Swampscott Highlands section of the town. Living conditions in that section have been far from satisfactory for a long period of time. Something should be done to relieve the situation. What to do and how to do it is a problem that requires an exhaustive study.
Under the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 70, of the General Laws, the creation of a Planning Board becomes compulsory in every town having a population of more than ten thousand at the last pre- ceding national or State census. The said law further provides that the Planning Board shall make careful studies of the resources, possi- bilities and needs of the town, particularly with respect to conditions injurious to the public health and shall make plans for the development of the municipality, with special reference to proper housing of its inhabitants. Such a board has already been created, and in view of the fact that the situation at Swampscott Highlands involves both public health and proper housing, it is our recommendation that the Planning Board give this matter their immediate attention.
Last year incineration was recommended as the only satisfactory method of abating the unsanitary conditions connected with the disposal of clam, lobster and oyster shells, fish trimmings and other waste material at Blaney Beach. We are still convinced that such disposition should be made of the material.
The constantly increasing change from coal to oil as the means of heating homes has had its effect upon the collections of ashes and rubbish. Each year there is a steady decrease in the amount of ashes collected while the amount of combustible material and rubbish in- creases.
Lack of ashes has made it impossible to properly cover the waste paper and other rubbish and much of the material is blown about the premises and streets in the vicinity of the dumping places. Dump fires have also become more frequent. Such fires are not only a menace to houses and property but are expensive as well as obnoxious to those living in the vicinity of the dumps.
Everything possible is done to eliminate the conditions, but as long as it is necessary to maintain dumps for the disposal of waste material, permanent or satisfactory abatement is out of the question.
We recommend the purchase of an incinerator for the disposal of all combustible material.
New bids for the collection of ashes and garbage were advertised for, and when publicly opened and read in the office of the board on Thursday evening, December 3, 1931, were found as follows:
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[Dec. 31
ASHES
Per Year
Felix D'Agnese, 36 Eastman avenue, Swampscott $8,390.00
Louis Marino, 97 Eastman avenue, Swampscott. 8,100.00
Corso & Mattera, 8 Hillside avenue, Swampscott. 8,000.00
George E. Smith, 34 Danvers road, Swampscott
7,875.00
William H. Carroll, 148 Burrill street, Swampscott 7,800.00 Charles F. Travis, 11 Bulfinch street, Lynn. 7,800.00
Jean B. LeBel, 568 Loring avenue, Salem 7,800.00
Joe Faia & Mike Dilisio, 110 Eastman avenue, Swampscott. 7,780.00 M. Benevento Co., 10 Dana street, Lynn.
Fred Marino, 97 Walker road, Swampscott 7,666.66
7,390.00
P. J. McDermott, 74 Allen avenue, Lynn
6,800.00
Willard F. Corbin, 32 Summer street, Saugus. 6,500.00
Joseph G. Wilkish, 97 Holyoke street, Lynn 6,400.00
E. M. O'Neil Contracting Co., 76 Washington street, Peabody 6,000.00
GARBAGE
Jean B. LeBel, 568 Loring avenue, Salem $6,300.00
Henery H. LeBel, 528 Loring avenue, Salem 5,200.00
Thomas S. Robinson, 5 Danvers street, Salem 4,465.00
Joseph G. Wilkish, 97 Holyoke street, Lynn 4,400.00
Joseph S. Krzywicki, 21 Guild road, Saugus
3,950.00
After a conference with Mr. O'Neil of the E. M. O'Neil Contract- ing Company, the lowest bidder for the collection of ashes, and a con- ference with the Board of Selectmen, it was unanimously voted to award the contract to Joseph G. Wilkish, 97 Holyoke street, Lynn, for the sum of $6400 per year.
As a result of investigations by this department and members of the Police Department, the board after a conference with the Board of Selectmen, unanimously voted to award the contract for the collection of garbage to Joseph G. Wilkish, 97 Holyoke street, Lynn, for the sum of $4400 per year.
The net saving to the town under the new contracts will be $2065 per year.
For detailed information of the work of the department we refer you to the reports of our various officers.
Respectfully submitted, LORING GRIMES, M. D., HAROLD H. BARTOL, JOHN B. CAHOON, Board of Health.
Health Officer
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1931:
The general health of our community has been exceptionally good the past year.
The number of communicable diseases reported is considerably less than during the year 1930.
Three deaths occurred from infantile paralysis and one each from influenza, lobar pneumonia and scarlet fever.
Two tuberculosis patients were discharged from the Essex Sana- torium during the year to continue treatment at home. At the present time there are three patients at the sanatorium at the expense of this department.
Five children were able to go to the summer camp at the Essex Sanatorium during their summer vacation as the result of the hearty
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
1931]
response of our citizens to the appeal of the local tuberculosis asso- ciation for the purchase of Christmas seals, last year.
Five hundred eighteen public and parochial school children were given the Schick test during the months of May and June, and those found to be susceptible to diphtheria received the necessary immunizing doses of toxin-anti-toxin. Thirty-one pre-school children were given the immunizing doses without the test.
The teeth of all children in the elementary grades of the public schools have been examined and the parents of those having defects notified. Upon receipt of written request from the parent or guardian the needed treatment was given. The services of the dental clinic have also been given to the children in the parochial school whenever requested.
Twelve hundred ninety-seven pupils in the elementary grades and the junior high school were physically examined soon after the opening of the schools in September, an increase of ninety pupils over the year 1930.
Sixty-one pre-school children were given physical examinations at the clinics held for that purpose during the month of May. Many of the defects found were corrected before they entered school in September.
As a result of the sewer extension program inaugurated three years ago the public system has now been extended into approximately all streets accessible to the sewer. There are still some sections where the public sewer is badly needed, but there are existing conditions that do not permit its extension to those sections at the present time.
Because of certain conditions existing in and about the artesian well at Swampscott Highlands, recently drilled at the expense of the town for the purpose of providing water for the residents of that sec- tion during the winter months, the State Commissioner of Public Health, George H. Bigelow, M. D., has declined to approve of the use of the water for either drinking or domestic purposes until it has been adequately chlorinated or otherwise made safe for such use.
The refusal of the Commissioner to approve the use of the water made it necessary for this office to prohibit its use until it has been chlorinated in a manner satisfactory to him. Notice was accordingly sent the Board of Selectmen, who ordered the pump padlocked imme- diately and it has remained so, as no satisfactory means of chlorination have as yet been found.
The method of handling and disposing of the shells, fish trimmings, etc., at Blaney Beach was again the object of continual complaint and much criticism during the summer months. In an effort to eliminate some of the complaints, the place of handling was transferred from the vicinity of the fish house to the easterly end of the beach and the proprietors of the fish markets, hotels and restaurants instructed to have their material at the beach not later than 8 A. M. each day. The change did not eliminate complaints or improve conditions.
During the past year and for several years, strenuous objections have been made against the maintenance of the various dumping places because of the nuisances and unsanitary conditions, consisting of waste paper and other light material blown from the dump on to the streets and property in the neighborhood, the breeding of flies, mosquitoes and rats, obnoxious odors, smoke, fires and other condtions too innumerable to mention.
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