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Semi-annual examinations have been made of the teeth of children in the elementary grades and corrections made upon written request of the parents.
The usual pre-school clinics have been held and the parents advised as to the corrections which should be made before their children entered school.
Free clinics for the inoculation of dogs against rabies were again held this year but the number who took advantage of the same was considerably less than last year.
Special attention has been paid to the manner in which fruits, vegetables and other food products, cooked and uncooked have been displayed ard ex- posed for sale and store keepers have been warned that prosecution would re- sult if they persisted in displaying the same in open doorways, windows or upon the sidewalk unless they were covered with glass or in the original sealed containers.
Attention has also been paid to the manner and conditions under which articles of food and food products have been prepared and handled in the various eating establishments. In the majority of cases everything possible is being done to protect the health of those patronizing the establishments. There are a few proprietors, however, who fail to realize or understand the im- portance of conducting their business in a clean and sanitary manner. Warnings have been given in these cases and the proprietors notified that further vio- lations will result in the closing of their places.
Soon after the construction of the football field at Phillips Park started we began to receive complaints that rats were intesting property adjoining the Park. As the work progressed the complaints became more persistent.
During the latter part of July the situation became acute. Investigations revealed that doors, gardens and outside stairways were being destroyed, foundations undermined and in several instances dwellings so badly infested that the occupants were unable to sleep. because of the noise made by rats running through the partitions and about the house.
As we had never received any complaints of rats from any of the owners or occupants of the infested premises previous to the work on the football field, we were not only satisfied as to the source of trouble but were convinced that something should be done to protect the health of those occupying the prop- erties.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
1935]
With funds provided by the Finance Committee and with the assistance of the W.P.A. we engaged the services of a reliable exterminating company to rid the homes and other buildings of the rats, covered the dump with gravel and erected a fence so that we could confine the dumping to a smaller area, all of which contributed to the abatement of existing conditions, temporarily at least.
We have also experienced considerable trouble with smoke from fires on the dump and everything possible has been done to eliminate them, as they are not only a source of annoyance to those living in the vicinity but are a source of expense to the town, as it costs from $50 to $75 each time the Fire Department is called to extinguish them.
In a further effort to keep the combustible material off the dump, notices were distributed to each householder informing him that paper and other combustible material must be kept separate from the ashes, glass, tin cans and other noncombustible material or it would not be collected. As a result con- ditions have improved considerably. There is every reason to believe, however, that as the dump approaches adjoining property there is going to be a great deal of trouble unless provisions are made to keep the dump free from fires and properly covered.
We feel that the situation is one that should be dealt with by the Park Commissioners and accordingly recommend that they consider this matter when preparing their budget for the ensuing year.
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, 1935:
The following is a summary of the work of the department during the year:
Pre-School Clinic
Number of days of clinic.
4
Number of children examined at the clinic.
59
Number of children examined by the family physician
2
Number of children without defects
45
Number of children with defects.
16
Number of defects found .
20
Number of children with defects corrected .
4
Number of defects corrected .
7
Number of children inoculated with toxin antitoxin .
19
Number of children vaccinated .
61
Summary of Defects
Clarke
Hadley
Machon
Stanley
St. John
Mucous Membrane
0
0
0
0
0
Nutrition
1
0
1
0
0
Posture
0
0
1
0
0
Scalp
0
0
0
0
0
Skin
0
0
0
0
0
Eyes
0
0
0
0
0
Ears
0
0
0
0
0
Chest
0
0
0
0
0
Tonsils (diseased)
0
0
2
0
7
Mentality
0
0
0
0
0
Nose
0
0
0
0
0
Heart
0
0
1
0
2
100
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Lungs
0
0
0
0
0
Feet and spine
0
1
0
0
0
Nerves
0
0
0
0
0
Underweight
1
0
0
1
0
Overweight
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Totals
2
2
5
2
9
Summary of School Tuberculosis Clinic
Jr. High Grades 7-9
285
75
486
Children Tuberculin Tested . .
172
70
54
296
Per cent Tested .
60
55
73
61
Number Reacting to the Test
25
9
9
43
Per cent Reacting to the Test
15
13
16
14
Number X-rayed.
28
9
9
46
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES REPORTED 1935
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept ..
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Totals
Anterior
poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
4
Chicken pox
2
9
10
6
5
1
0
0
0
0
3 0
36
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Dog-bite
4
5
4
2
8
5
10
12
1
3
3
2
59
Encephalitis lethargica
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Epidemic spinal meningitis
0
0
0
0
0
0 91
2
1
0
0 4
0
0
6
Lobar pneumonia
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
7
Malaria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Measles
0
0
1
0
4
Monkey-bite
0
0
0
Mumps
0
0
0
Ophthalmia
neonatorum
0
0
0
Pellagra
0
0
0
7
6
1
1
0
0
0
0
4
1
21 0
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
174
Tuberculosis (Other forms)
0
1
0
0
0
Typhoid fever
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0 2
0 0 4
0 3 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 1
3
Whooping cough
0
0
0
0
7
Totals
9
20
29
47 129 109
20
24
4
7
12
8 418
Swampscott Residents Dying Out of Town from Contagious Diseases
Male
Female Totals
Lobar pneumonia. Tuberculosis .
1
0
1
1
0
1
-
-
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
German measles
0
3
6
28
109
1 241
Impetigo
0
0
1
0
0 5 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 6 1 0
0 0 2 0 0
0 3 1 0
0 0 1 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0
16 4
Scarlet fever
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Septic sore throat
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
1
Hernia
Totals
Population of Grades Tested .
High Grade 11 126
St. John Grades 7-9-11
·
1
0
1935]
Deaths in Town from Contagious Diseases
Male
Female Totals
1
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
2
Deaths from All Causes
Male
Female
Totals
General Diseases:
Cancer of breast .
0
1
1
Cancer of cervix .
0
1
1
Cancer of liver
1
0
1
Cancer of lung .
0
1
1
Cancer of pancreas
1
1
2
Cancer of sigmoid.
1
1
2
Cancer of stomach
0
3
3
Cancer of uterus
0
1
1
.
Diabetes mellitus .
0
1
1
Hodgkin's disease.
1
0
1
4
10
14
Diseases of Nervous System : Cerebral hemorrhage. .
7
4
11
Diseases of Circulatory System -:
Angina pectoris.
1
0
1
Aortic regurgitation
1
0
1
Arterio sclerosis
3
2
5
Coronary thrombosis
2
1
3
Dilatation of heart.
3
2
5
Endocarditis, septic.
1
0
1
Mitral insufficiency
1
0
1
Mitral regurgitation
1
1
2
Mitral stenosis.
1
1
2
Myocardial degeneration
0
2
2
Myocarditis, chronic.
3
2
5
17
11
28
Diseases of Respiratory System:
Edema, acute pulmonary .
2
0
2
Hypostatic congestion of lungs
0
1
1
Pneumonia, broncho
3
2
5
Pneumonia, lobar .
1
0
1
Pneumonia, hypostatic.
1
0
1
7
3
10
Diseases of Digestive System :
Cholecystitis, acute.
0
1
1
Early Infancy:
Premature birth
0
2
2
Ill Defined Diseases: Heart failure.
1
3
4
External Causes:
0
1
1
Heat stroke.
0
1
1
Suicide by jumping
1
0
1
1
2
3
Nonvenereal Diseases of the Genitourinary System and Annexa: Uremic coma . . 1
0
1
Epidemic, Endemic and Infectious Diseases : Tuberculosis of bladder .
1
0
1
.
. ...
-
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
Lobar pneumonia .
Tuberculosis .
Fracture of hip
102
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Births in Town
Month
Male
Female
Totals
January
4
4
8
February
6
3
9
March.
7
7
14
April
2
3
5
May
9
8
17
June .
9
9
18
July
4
6
10
August .
7
9
16
September
8
8
16
October .
4
3
7
November .
4
8
12
December
4
2
6
68
70
138
Births Out of Town
Month
Male
Female
Totals
January
6
4
10
February
0
5
5
March.
3
0
3
April
5
2
May
5
4
9
June.
3
3
6
July.
3
2
5
August
5
4
9
September
4
5
9
October .
3
0
3
November .
3
2
5
December
0
0
0
40
31
71
Deaths in Town
Month
Male
Female
Totals
January .
6
2
8
February
4
2
6
March
4
3
7
April
4
0
4
May
6
4
10
June.
2
6
8
July.
2
6
8
August
3
2
5
September
2
0
2
October
2
2
4
November .
3
2
5
December
.
1
7
8
39
36
75
Deaths Out of Town
Month
Male
Female
Totals
January .
2
0
2
February
3
2
5
March
4
1
5
April
2
1
3
May
1
1
2
June.
2
0
2
July.
1
1
2
August .
4
1
5
September
2
2
4
October
5
1
6
November
2
1
3
December
. ...... .
0
0
0
28
11
39
.
.
.
...
1935]
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
103
Mortuary Report
Male
Female
Totals
Still births.
1
4
5
Deaths under 1 year .
0
2
2
From 1 to 2 years
1
0
1
From 2 to 3 years
0
0
0
From 3 to 4 years
0
0
0
From 4 to 5 years
0
0
0
From 5 to 10 years
0
0
0
From 10 to 20 years
0
1
1
From 20 to 30 years
1
0
1
From 30 to 40 years.
0
0
0
From 40 to 50 years.
5
0
5
From 50 to 60 years
5
3
8
From 60 to 70 years.
13
9
22
From 70 to 80 years.
8
14
22
From 80 to 90 years.
6
5
11
From 90 to 100 years.
0
2
2
From 100 years and over
0
0
0
40
40
80
Summary of Births and Deaths
Deaths in Swampscott during 1935.
75
Non-residents dying in town. .
5
Swampscott residents dying out of town.
39
Total deaths of Swampscott residents 1935
109
Death rate per 1,000.
10.9
Total number of resident deaths, male.
65
Total number of resident deaths, female .
44
Average age, female.
65.8
Deaths under 1 year out of town
6
Total births in town .
138
Total births out of town .
71
Total births in town, residents
44
Total births in town, non-residents Still births in town. .
5
Still births out of town.
1
Permits and Licenses Issued
The following permits have been issued during 1935:
To keep fowl .
71
To torch for fish
3
To Undertakers
3
To keep cows
1
To keep goats
1
To keep horses .
1
To keep rabbits
1
To maintain dumps.
1
To transport waste material .
1
The following licenses have been issued during 1935:
To sell alcohol .
2
To manicure and massage .
8
To collect soap grease, etc.
1
To sell non-alcoholic beverages.
2
The sum of $42.00 has been collected for licenses and permits issued during the year and said amount has been paid to the Collector and his receipt obtained.
Respectfully submitted,
CLARENCE W. HORTON,
Health Officer.
Average age, male.
64.0
Deaths under 1 year in town .
2
94
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Health Nurse
To the Board of Health :
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1935:
Cases placarded
20
Communicable diseases investigated
76
Examinations for contagious diseases
2071
Examinations for release
8
Exclusions from school
2
Physical examinations
2579
Pre-School examinations
182
Dental examinations
1615
Home visits
729
School visits
155
Kindergarten visits
11
Visits for tuberculosis (adults)
119
Visits for tuberculosis (children)
68
Schick Test
130
Sanitary investigations
1
Clinics and meetings
14
New baby conferences
133
Consultations
17
Failure to maintain quarantine
5
Von Pirquet Test
296
Miscellaneous
40
Respectfully submitted,
MARY G. KELLY, R. N., Health Nurse.
Dental Clinic
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit the following report of the activities of the Dental Clinic for the year ending December 31, 1935:
Through a semi-annual examination and a follow-up system all children of the six elementary grades in each school were attended to or urged to visit their family dentist. Four hundred forty-four children were actually attended to by the clinic and all necessary dental work done for them.
Our standing among the cities and towns of the state is of the best. A detailed summary of the work follows:
Extractions (temp. teeth)
235
Extractions (perm. teeth)
34
Local anaesthetic
223
Pulp cappings.
6
Filling (temp. teeth)
759
Filling (perm. teeth)
603
Prophylaxis 416
Miscellaneous
86
Examinations
1670
Dental charts made out
512
Notification cards sent to parents
512
·
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES J. FENELON, D. M. D., Dentist in Charge.
105
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
1935]
Sealer of Weights and Measures
To the Board of Selectmen :
I herewith submit my report from Jan. 1, 1934 to December 31, 1935. This department tested, sealed or condemned all the various measuring devices and made records thereof, the summary of which follows:
Scales
Adjusted
Sealed Non-Sealed Condemned
Platform over 5000 lbs.
0
3
0
0
Platform 100-5000 lbs.
3
15
0
0
Counter 100 lbs. or over
0
1
0
0
Counter under 100 1bs.
6
39
0
0
Beam 100 lbs. or over
0
2
0
0
Spring 100 lbs. or over
0
2
0
0
Spring under 100 lbs.
8
33
0
0
Computing under 100 lbs.
3
28
0
0
Personal weighing
0
10
0
3
Prescription
0
5
0
0
Weights
Avoirdupois
7
152
0
0
Apothecary
0
76
0
6
Metric
0
45
0
8
Capacity Measures
Vehicle tanks
0
2
0
1
Liquid
0
57
0
0
Glass graduates
0
0
0
10
Fuel baskets
0
24
0
7
Automatic Measuring Devices
Gasoline pumps
7
38
8
5
Gasoline meters
10
35
0
3
Kerosene pumps
4
4
0
2
Oil pumps
4
17
0
2
Grease pumps
0
2
0
0
Quantity measures on pumps
27
155
0
0
Total
79
753
8
47
Trial Re-Weighings
Total Tested
Number Correct
Incorrect
Under
Over
Bread
42
42
0
0
Butter
154
153
0
0
Coal in bags
48
48
0
0
Coal in transit
3
0
0
3
Coke in bags
4
4
0
0
Confectionery
41
41
0
0
Dry commodities
57
56
0
1
Flour
36
36
0
0
Fruits and vegetables
197
171
3
23
Liquid commodities
31
29
2
0
Meats and provisions
62
61
0
1
Kindling wood
21
21
0
0
Wood in bags
16
16
0
0
Total
712
678
6
28
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Inspections.
Paper or fiber cartons
78
Pedlars' licenses
5
Milk jars
242
Coal certificates
6
Bread lables
61
Food packages for markings
82
Coal in bags for markings
25
Charcoal in bags for markings
4
Kindling wood in bags for markings
35
Wholesale milk cans
9
Clinic thermometers
95
Pedlars' scales
1
Ice scales
4
Ice cream cans
151
Oil jars
42
Store scales
51
Glass graduates
36
Total
927
Tests Made
Berry boxes
6
Cartons as approved as
measures
15
Gasoline devices
23
Milk jars
6
Municipal reweighings or
measuring
51
Cidar jugs
5
Vinegar jugs
1
Ice cream cans
11
Milk cans
6
Other inspections
152
Total
276
Respectfully submitted,
C. WALTER BURRILL, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
107
REPORT OF PARK DEPARTMENT
1935]
Park Department
To the citizens of Swampscott :
Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Park Commissioners for the year ending December 31, 1935:
After seventeen years of service on the board, Stuart P. Ellis withdrew his name for re-election to another term. Now that Mr. Ellis is no longer of the board, his associates may with propriety express the opinion that no other man in our town has served this length of time on the board. He has always been an exponent for the development of our park lands along simple and natural lines, so important to their true use as opposed to the "fussy and im- pertinent" features of ordinary parks.
On February 19, Ralph I. Lindsey presented his credentials of his election as a member of our board.
Monument Avenue Parkway
This reservation has received such attention as it required. Due to the lack of adequate man power for park work, we have only been able to cut the grass at the necessary intervals. The shrubbery and lawns need some real attention if this reservation is to be maintained in the condition it has been in the past.
Jackson Park
Our baseball field at tnis park received more use than ever before and at the end of three years' service the diamond is just as perfect as at the time of completion. No added expense will be necessary during the coming year on the baseball infield.
An extension of the playing surfaces of the tennis courts at this park should take place this year. The space for back line play is too small and the wire now on the fence around these courts is worn out, necessitating replace- ment. It means lengthening the courts twenty feet.
It is the hope of the board to develop a skating area back of the baseball field at not too distant a day, but for the next year, we feel we have other mat- ters more important to attend to.
To protect the pine and hemlock trees planted within this park, fire lanes are now being constructed around the borders of the park. This is being done with the aid of government funds.
Our board has received a request from the Planning Board that we put play ground equipment on our three parks, therefore we recommend that a start be made along this line for this park.
There is now a horizontal bar in place on this park. We recommend the addition of one swinging set, consisting of six swings and one single chute.
Abbott Park
To guard against accidents to children and to those who use this park for baseball, football, field hockey and skating, a steel fence four feet high has been erected on the State road border of the grounds.
The excessive demand created by the activities of high and junior high school teams, together with the demand for the use of this playground by boys and girls of grammar school age necessitates, in the opinion of the board, the location of another playground in this district, in order to relieve the con- gestion at this park. For this reason we do not recommend that playground equipment be put on this park, not that it is not needed and that it is the most logical place in town for it, but because there is not room for such apparatus.
We are recommending in our 1936 appropriation, the expenditure of a sum for the erecting of an iron fence of suitable construction to be placed around Abbott boulder. The beautiful bronze work is continually being climb- ed over by the youngsters using this playground and they are breaking off certain parts of this metal work. It should be protected.
With every favorable break in the weather during the winter, arrange- ments are made for day and night flooding of the surface so that the skating conditions may be the best possible for the youngsters of the town.
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[Dec. 31
Blaney Beach Reservation
Since the complete renovation of the administration building last year, little expense for repairs has been necessary and the building is giving the best service to its tenants since its construction.
The automobile parking space was in use again and was enjoyed to fullest extent during the summer, special parking police being on duty to handle the situation during the bathing hours.
Albert McClellan of Swampscott was again appointed life guard and rendered a very satisfactory and efficient service during the entire bathing season.
The life boat kept at this reservation was thoroughly repaired and re- painted and was in commission throughout the entire season.
Phillips Park
Considerable improvement was made in the appearance of this park during the year. The unsightly dump on Humphrey street has practically dissapeared from view although it is the only dump operating in the town, at the present time. One incinerator was erected a year ago to take care of waste paper and burnable materials. At the time of building this inciner- atcr this dump was only used three days in a week, but at the present time it is now open every day in the week except Sunday, therefore there is a demand for another incinerator to be built to take care of the extra load which the dump now carries.
A football field has been constructed at this park and will be open for play next fall. By that time, in the opinion of the board, our field will not be sur- passed by any other football field in this locality.
Over 6000 cubic yards of cinders were used as a foundation for this field. This gives perfect drainage to the entire surface of the field, the first real essential point that any athletic field should have. On top of this was placed 2000 cubic yards of loam. Many days was spent in raking, sifting and rolling this loam in order to get it into the finest possible shape for seeding. The next move was to cover this surface with one ton of turf building fertilizer. The re- sult of this work was shown in the fine crop of grass which we were able to bring up before cold weather set in.
Two years ago, in our original article for a football field, we asked for an appropriation which covered thirty foot bleachers on each side of the field. This plan was turned down in town meeting. A year ago we entered another article call ng for a field allowing eight foot bleacher space and this is the field which the town meeting voted to us last February and which has been built. It is the hope of the board that in the coming year a sufficient sum will be al- lotted to us for the construction of the larger bleachers, at least for one side of the field. We feel that this is very necessary due to the fact that the Marble- head game next Thanksgiving is at home.
The field has been enclosed under rights granted the Park Commission by the State Legislature under Special Acts of 1916, Chapter 312.
There are no accomodations for visiting or home teams to use as dressing rooms before and after the game or as retiring rooms between the halves. Now that the high school is to be permanently located on Greenwood avenue an- other necessary piece of equipment is needed in the shape of a locker building, as the nigh school is too far away to use for these purposes.
Since the construction of the football field to a grade of 16, our board is of the opinion that a like strip, of perhaps a smaller width should be attempted each year, so that by following a program of this kind over a period of three years, we will have the front of this park to the length of the present football field filled in all the way across. At this grade the park would be usable, at the old grade it is not usable.
Again, following the suggestion of the Planning Board, we also believe that a start should be made for playground equipment on this park, advocating three pieces of equipment, one swinging set, consisting of six swings, one single chute and one single horizontal bar.
This is the only park in town which is not provided with a flag pole from which to fly the American flag. We have had much comment from people living near this park and our board hopes that an appropriation will be made for the erection of this flag pole.
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REPORT OF PARK DEPARTMENT
1935]
During our last big storm the ten-foot wooden fence surrounding the tennis courts on this park was blown down. Our board recommends that a regulation chain link fence be erected this coming year, as it is a more permanent fence than the present wooden post hen-wire fence construction.
Our recommendations are heavy for this park, due to the fact that our other parks have been worked on, while this playground has never had real improvement made on it, so that it could be used at all times by the boys and girls of the town.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN HOMAN, LEONARD F. BURDETT, RALPH I. LINDSEY, Park Commissioners.
The Board of Appeals
On June 7, 1935, the Board of Selectmen appointed Dr. Ralph C. Curtis a member of this board for a term of three years, replacing Harry M. Shanahan, whose term expired June 6, 1935.
The unexpended balance to the credit of this board at the present writing is $51.75. The expenses of the board during the past year consisted solely of stationery, printing, postage and the clerk's salary, of which $25 was paid from the unexpended balance to the board's credit in 1934. The clerk receives $50 per annum for his services, which consist of attendance at all meetings, keeping the records of all proceedings, arranging for and accomplishing the mailing and publishing of notices of hearings.
During the current year the following matters came before the board:
May 21, 1935, Lillian A. Little applied for a permit to build a sixty foot octagon pavilion on lot No. 24, State Road, (Sunbeam Inn). As no application or refusal by the Building Inspector to grant such a permit had been made, this matter was continued to May 28, 1935. In the meantime the petitioner withdrew her petition.
June 4, 1935, John J. McKenney applied for permission to enlarge his garage at 15 Sargent road to within seven feet from the sidewalk line. After hearing this petition was allowed.
July 26, 1935, James R. Mackie applied for permission to use the premises at 345 Essex street for a bakery. After hearing this petition was denied. Mr. Easterbrook voted in favor of allowing the petition.
CONRAD P. RICHARDSON, Chairman CHARLES V. EASTERBROOK, RALPH C. CURTIS,
LEONARD H. BATES, Clerk.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Board of Fire Engineers
To the Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen : The following is the report of the Board of Fire Engineers and the Chief of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1935:
Important Notice
We would ask all persons discovering fires in buildings to ring the nearest box (if within reasonable distance) as it is quicker and more accurate than the telephone. If you think you must use the telephone be sure to ask for Emer- gency, Breakers 82. Do not simply ask for the Fire Department.
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