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Respectfully,
VLADO A. GETTING, Commissioner.
Honorable Robert W. O'Sullivan Executive Councillor Lawrence, Massachusetts
October 5, 1945.
Dear Sir:
At a conference held at the office of Mr. Arthur D. Weston, Director of the Division of Sanitary Engineering of the State Depart- ment of Public Health, on Friday, September 21, 1945, for the pur- pose of discussing the cause or sources of the pollution of our bathing beaches with sewage, garbage, oil, coal dust and numerous other float- ing matters and the abatement thereof it was brought out that while Mr. Weston and the department were cognizant of the conditions that have exised each time the wind was registered south to east and are aware of the probable sources of our trouble they are at present powerless to bring about their abatement, because rules and regula- tions which they were empowered by law to make and did make have not yet received the approval of the Executive Council.
In view of the fact that conditions on our beaches are getting worse each year and the fact that our citizens and those visiting our beaches will have the same conditions to contend with in 1946 unless action is soon taken to bring about the abatement thereof, this depart- ment respectfully solicits your cooperation and assistance in getting your august body to give the rules and regulations their early con- sideration.
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[Dec. 31
Records of the past 12 years show that there has been an average of 16 days per month from June 1 to September 1 that south to east winds have prevailed in this vicinity so you can see that our beaches are subject to pollution of some sort during one-half of the bathing season.
For your further information I am enclosing clippings from the August 3 edition of the Lynn Daily Evening Item and the Lynn Tel- egram which will give you a good idea of what can and does happen along our beaches.
In conclusion let me again say that any assistance you can give in bringing this matter to the attention of the Council will be greatly appreciated by citizens of the community and the City of Lynn as well.
Respectfully, CLARENCE W. HORTON, Health Officer.
October 8, 1945.
Dear Mr. Horton:
Thank you for your letter of October 5th relative to the rules and regulations of the State Department of Public Health.
Please be advised that on September 5th I discussed these rules and regulations with Mr. Weston, and as a result of that conference at the Council meeting which I followed I urged the immediate ap- proval of the Executive Council.
Lieutenant Governor Bradford opposed immediate approval and felt that the Council members should have an opportunity to look over the rules and regulations. My suggestion that we invite Mr. Weston, who had made himself available to me, to come into the meeting and answer any questions, was not looked upon with favor and although I pointed out the necessity for early action the majority of the Council was satisfied to go along with the Lieutenant Governor on a postponement.
At the next meeting of the Governor's Council on September 19th the rules and regulations were unanimously approved, but it is en- tirely possible that notification of this action had not reached Mr. Weston at the time of his conference with you on September 21st.
I believe that the State Department of Public Health now has full power to act to abate the nuisances. If I can be of any further assist- ance to you in this matter or at any other time please feel free to call upon me.
Sincerely yours, ROBERT V. O'SULLIVAN.
December 14, 1945.
Board of Health Swampscott, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
In connection with our correspondence last summer and fall relative to certain debris on the shore line of Swampscott, the Department of Public Health has conferred with Mr. Edward F.
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Carroll, Superintendent of Sewers, Lynn, relative to the possibility of sewage matters discharged from the Lynn sewer outlet reaching the Swampscott shores, and special float studies have been made by engineers employed by the city of Lynn to determine the path taken by the sewage from the main sewer outlet on five different occasions during October and November, 1945. All told, 409 surface floats were released from the sewer outlet on the following dates: October 16, 17, 25, November 20 and 21, 1945.
The Sewer Department of the city of Lynn has made regular in- spections of the beaches along the Swampscott waterfront and up to December 4, 1945, has failed to find any of the surface floats thus released, indicating quite clearly that on the days when the floats were released floating sewage matters from the Lynn sewer outlet were not reaching the Swampscott shores.
Respectfully, VLADO A. GETTING, Commissioner.
Our citizens can rest assured that we will do everything in our power to bring about the abatement of the conditions that have been depriving them of the enjoyment of our beaches during the bathing season.
A more detailed report of the work of the department will be found in the reports of our various officers.
Respectfully submitted,
LORING GRIMES, M.D., Chairman; G. JEFFREY NICHOLS, H. ALLEN DURKEE,
Board of Health.
Health Officer
To the Board of Health:
I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1945.
The following is a summary of the work of the department during the year:
PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS (St. John School)
Number of children examined 331
Number of children with defects 85
Number of children without defects 246
Number of defects found
104
Number of defects corrected 26
Number of children with defects corrected 25
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[Dec. 31
PHYSICAL DEFECTS (St. John School)
Mucuous Membrane
1
Nutrition
0
Posture
3
Scalp
0
Skin
0
Eyes
28
Ears
1
Glands
1
Tonsils and Adenoids (diseased)
46
Mentality
0
Nose
0
Heart
11
Lungs
0
Feet and Spine
30
Nerves
0
Teeth
0
Underweight
20
141
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNIZATION
1945
Age
3 Doses
Toxoid Less Than 3 Doses
Test Before Toxoid
Test After Toxoid Neg.
Toxoid Without Test
Toxoid After Test
Test Only
Under
1
14
0
0
0
0
0
14
0
0
1
8
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
2.
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
4.
4
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
5
9
2
4
0
0
6
7
4
0
6
41
1
0
0
26
38
4
0
7
7
0
6
16
1
19
0
1
8
7
0
3
5
4
15
0
4
0
9.
3
0
1
4
2
9
0
3
0
10-14
3
0
3
4
0
6
0
3
98
3
17
29
11
81
73
19
00 0 0
Pos.
Neg.
Pos.
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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES REPORTED 1945
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Totals
Anterior
poliomyelitis .. 0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1 0
0
0 0
0
0
1
Cerebro-
spinal
meningitis
0
0
0
0
0
0 2
0
0
0 1
0 0
1
1
54
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 1
1
46
Encephalitis
lethargica
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
measles
0
1
0
1
4 0
0 2
0 5
0 0
1 1
0 0
2 0
0 1
10
Meningitis
(other forms), 0 Mumps 32 ..
1
0
0
0 18
0 6
0 4
0 3
0 0
0 3
1
0
106
Ophthalmia
neonatorum .. 0
Pneumonia
(lobar)
0
0
3
1
0
0 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 1
11
Septic sore
throat
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
conjunctivitis 0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Tuberculosis
(pulmonary) .. 0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Tuberculosis
(other forms) 0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
Whooping cough
2
0
0
4
5
10
13
29
7
3
3
0
76
Totals.
43
25
41
48
41
27
31
34
13
10
9
4 326
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Chicken-pox
4
9
21
11
4
0
0
Dog-bite
2
1
2
11
8
6
9
0
2
3
1
0
2
Measles
0
0
1
0
17
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
4
Scarlet fever .. 3
2
2
1
1
Supperative
0
0
0
Cat-bite
.........
11
11
0
0
German
9
0
0
0
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[Dec. 31
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE STATISTICS 1936-1945
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Totals
Actinomycosis
0
0 0 0
100
Anterior
poliomyelitis
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
8
Cat-bite
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
Cerebro-spinal
meningitis
0
0
0
0
1
0
2 88
2
0 54
920
Diphtheria
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Dog-bite
59
55
46
46
48
36
36 46 0 0 17 266
0 10
0 9
458
Influenza
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Malaria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Meningitis
(other forms)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
4
Mumps
78
41
18
19
30 216
10
64 106
587
Ophthalmia
neonatorum
6
4
0
1 12
1 5
0 4
2
2
4
51
Ringworm
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Scabies
2
1
1
11
2
1
0
0
0
0
18
Scarlet fever
43
11
22
20
13
15
6
13
14
11
168
Septic sore throat .... Supperative
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
3
conjunctivitis
0
0
0
1
1
0 1
0 0
0 0
0
0
1
Tuberculosis (pulmonary)
3
7
5
2
6
9
5
6
1
2
46
Tuberculosis
(other forms)
1
5
3
0
1
0
0 0
1
0
2
13
Typhoid fever
0
1
0
1
1
0 0
0
0
0
0
1
Whooping cough
39 142
19
9
87
14
52
28
3
76
469
0
0
0 6
0 4
German measles
135
8
1
2
78 0 5
0
1 0
1
2
16
Pneumonia (lobar) ..
8
5
9
Tetanus
0
0
0
0
0
Undulant fever
0
0
0
1
0
Totals
615 725 163 229 296 204 669 580 457 326 4264
5
Chicken-pox
179
112
30
96
40
0 76 116
129
41
46
459
Encephalitis
lethargica
1
1
Measles
60 324
7
7
13 209 123 187
10 1018
00
0
1
2
1
5
0
0
0
3
2
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DEATHS FROM COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1936-1945
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Totals
Anterior poliomyelitis
...
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cerebro-spinal meningitis
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
0
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Encephalitis lethargica
1
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
1
Malaria
0
0
0
0
Measles
0
1
Meningitis
(other forms)
0
0
Mumps
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Septic sore throat ... Tetanus
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
0 0 0
0
Tuberculosis (pulmonary)
...
...
0
1
3
0
1
1
1
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0
Whooping cough ....
0
0
0
0
0
0
Totals
7
2
4
2
0
1
1
3
3
0
23
SWAMPSCOTT RESIDENTS DYING OUT OF TOWN FROM CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Male
Female
Totals
Tuberculosis, pulmonary
....
0
1
1
1
Chicken-pox
0
0
0
0
0
German measles
0
0
0
0
Influenza
1
0
0
0
0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 0
0 10
Pneumonia (lobar) ..
4
0
1
2
0
0
1
Scarlet fever
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Tuberculosis (other forms)
... ...
Typhoid fever
0
0
0
0
1 0
0
Pellagra
0
0
1 0
0 0
1
0
0
7
1
116
TOWN DOCUMENTS DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
[Dec. 31
Cancers and Other Tumors:
Male
Female
Totals
Cancer of bone
2
0
2
Cancer of breast
0
3
3
Cancer of colon
0
3
3
Cancer of Liver
0
1
1
Cancer of lung
1
0
1
Cancer of pancreas
2
2
4
Cancer of prostate
2
0
2
Cancer of rectum
1
1
2
Cancer of sigmoid
0
2
2
Cancer of stomach
2
2
4
Cancer of uterus
0
3
3
10
17
27
Diseases of the Bones and Organs of Movement:
Arthritis, chronic
0
2
2
Diseases of the Circulatory System:
Arterio sclerosis
2
4
6
Arteriosclerotic heart disease
2
1
3
Coronary occlusion
8
5
13
Coronary heart disease
0
1
1
Coronary thrombosis
4
2
6
Hypertensive heart disease
1
0
1
Myocardial failure
3
0
3
Myocardial infarction
1
0
1
Myocarditis, chronic
1
5
6
Pulmonary embolism
2
0
2
Rheumatic heart disease
1
0
1
Valvular heart disease
2
0
2
Valvular heart disease, acute
0
1
1
Valvular heart disease, chronic
0
1
1
27
20
47
Diseases of the Digestive System:
Appendicitis ..
1
0
1
Peritonitis, general
1
0
1
2
0
2
Diseases of the Nervous System and
Sense Organs:
Apoplexy
1
0
1
Cerebral embolus
0
1
1
Cerebral hemorrhage
5
8
13
Cerebral thrombosis
0
2
2
Endocarditis, chronic
0
1
1
Epilepsy
1
0
1
Parkinson's disease
1
0
1
8
12
20
1945]
BOARD OF HEALTH
117
Diseases of the Respiratory System:
Male Female
Total
Apical pneumonia
1
0
1
Oedema of lungs
0
1
1
Pulmonary congestion
0
1
1
Pulmonary fibrosis
0
1
1
1
3
4
Early Infancy
Atelectasis, bilateral
0
1
1
Atelectasis, prematurity
0
1
1
Prematurity
0
1
1
0
3
3
Epidemic, Endemic and Infectious Diseases:
Stophylococcus infection
0
1
1
Tuberculosis, pulmonary
0
1
1
0
2
2
External Causes :
Aeroplane accident
1
0
1
Injury by falling body
0
1
1
Suicide by carbon monoxide
1
0
1
Suicide by illuminating gas
1
0
1
Suicide by falling body
0
1
1
3
2
5
General Diseases not included in Class I:
Addison's disease
1
0
1
Anemia
0
1
1
Leukemia, lymphatic
0
1
1
Lymphoma, malignant
1
0
1
2
2
4
Malformation:
Congenital heart disease
0
1
1
Non-venereal Diseases of the Genito-
urinary System and Annexa: Ovarian tumor
0
1
1
Pyelonephritis
1
0
1
1
1
2
The Puerperal State:
Postpartum eclampsia
0
1
1
Totals
54
66
120
118
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
RESIDENT BIRTHS IN TOWN
Month
Male
Female
Totals
January
0
0
0
February
0
0
0
March
0
0
0
April
0
0
0
May
0
0
0
June
0
0
0
July
0
0
0
August
0
0
0
September
0
0
0
October
0
0
0
November
0
0
December
0
0
1
0
0 0 0 01000
0
RESIDENT BIRTHS OUT OF TOWN
Month
Male
Female
Totals
January
4
6
10
February
5
9
14
March
14
9
23
April
4
14
18
May
10
4
14
June
13
9
22
July
3
8
11
August
8
12
20
September
7
7
14
October
4
8
12
November
8
5
13
December
0
0
0
-
-
80
91
171
-
DEATHS IN TOWN
Month
Male
Female
Totals
January
1
2
3
February
1
5
6
March
2
2
4
April
2
4
6
May
3
1
4
June
0
3
3
July
4
4
8
August
5
4
9
September
2
2
4
October
2
7
9
November
1
5
6
December
7
1
8
...
30
40
70
...
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DEATHS OUT OF TOWN
Month
Male
Female
Totals
January
6
2
8
February
5
2
7
March
0
1
1
April
2
2
4
May
1
0
1
June
3
4
7
July
4
7
11
August
1
5
6
September
3
3
6
October
0
4
4
November
0
0
0
December
0
1
1
25
31
56
NON-RESIDENT DEATHS
Month
Male Female
Totals
January
1
0
1
February
0
1
1
March
0
0
0
April
0
0
0
May
0
0
0
June
0
0
0
July
0
2
2
August
0
0
0
September
0
0
0
October
0
1
1
November
0
1
1
December
0
0
0
1
5
6
MORTUARY REPORT
Male
Female
Totals
Stillbirths
0
1
1
Deaths under 1 year
1
5
6
From 1 to 2 years
1
0
1
From 2 to 3 years
0
0
0
From 3 to 4 years
1
0
1
From 4 to 5 years
0
1
1
From 5 to 10 years
0
0
0
From 10 to 20 years
2
0
2
From 20 to 30 years
1
3
4
From 30 to 40 years
4
1
5
From 40 to 50 years
5
2
7
From 50 to 60 years
8
9
17
From 60 to 70 years
13
13
26
From 70 to 80 years
8
12
20
From 80 to 90 years
10
16
26
From 90 to 100 years
0
4
4
-
54
66
120
....
120
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
SUMMARY OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS
Deaths in Swampscott during 1945
70
Non-residents dying in Swampscott 6
Swampscott residents dying out of town 56
Total deaths of Swampscott residents, 1945 120
Death rate per 1,000
10.3
Total number resident deaths, male
54
Total number resident deaths, female 66
Average age, males 57.3
Average age, females
63.4
Deaths under 1 year in town
0
Deaths under 1 year out of town
6
Total births in town, resident
0
Total births in town, non-resident
0
Total births out of town
171
Stillbirth in town
0
Stillbirths out of town
1
SUMMARY OF WORK
Number of communicable diseases reported 326
Number of cases placarded
54
Cases investigated
34
Cases released
318
Certificates issued to attend school and work
149
Children excluded from school
139
Suspected cases of communicable diseases
18
Quarantine violations
8
Reports to:
State District Health Officer
239
State Department Public Health (deaths)
52
Inspector of Animals
40
Other cities and towns
14
Milkmen
7
Laundry
4
Schools
253
Miscellaneous
207
Number of communicable disease complaints
15
Number of communicable disease conferences
207
Number of communicable disease inquiries
201
Articles fumigated
41
Number of children given Schick test
138
Number of immunizing doses of toxoid given
300
Number of patients admitted to sanatorium
4
Number of patients discharged from sanatorium
5
Number of adults examined and X-rayed for tuberculosis
91
Number of children examined and X-rayed for tuberculosis.
65
Number of cultures submitted for examination
69
Number of sputum specimens submitted for examination Number of dogs inoculated against rabies
28
Number of conferences
734
Number of inquiries
1212
Complaints received :
Ashes
277
Garbage
401
Dead animals
81
Miscellaneous
367
Number of inspections made
353
Verbal notices given
198
Written notices to abate
26
295
121
BOARD OF HEALTH
1945]
Legal notices to abate
3
Laboratory supplies distributed
278
Letters written 1229
Number of telephone calls
2722
Number of office visits 2898
Miscellaneous
1953
PERMITS AND LICENSES
The following permits have been issued during the past year:
Burial
80
To keep fowl 139
To keep ducks 2
To keep pigeons 3
To keep rabbits
To torch for fish 3
To construct cesspools and drains
4
To maintain a recreational building 1
To funeral director 1
To maintain a stable 2
To keep horses
2
The following licenses have been issued during the past year: To sell methyl alcohol 9
To collect soap grease 3
To massage 3
Miscellaneous : Victuallers' applications approved 17
The sum of $18.50 has been collected for licenses and permits issued during the year and the said amount has been paid to the Collector and his receipt obtained.
Respectfully submitted,
CLARENCE W. HORTON, Health Officer.
Inspector of Plumbing
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1945:
Plumbing permits issued
59
Installations approved 60
The sum of $118.00 has been collected for the plumbing permits issued during the year and said amount has been paid to the Collector and his receipt obtained.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD C. PHILLIPS, Plumbing Inspector.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Milk Inspector
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1945:
The following licenses and permits have been issued during the year:
To sell milk (dealers) 19
To sell milk (stores) 33 To sell frozen desserts 26 To sell oleomargarine 10
The sum of $44.00 has been collected for the licenses and permits issued during the year and the said amount has been paid to the Collector and his receipt obtained.
Respectfully submitted, CLARENCE W. HORTON,
Milk Inspector.
Health Nurse
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1945:
Communicable diseases placarded
47
Communicable diseases investigated 164
Examinations for communicable diseases
869
Examinations for release
84
Exclusions from school
45
Physical examinations
1179
Dental examinations
2258
Home visits
671
School visits
99
Kindergarten visits
18
Tuberculosis patients visited
157
Tuberculosis follow-up visits
70
Schick tests
138
Clinics and meetings
51
New baby conferences
130
Consultations
36
Violations of quarantine
7
Clinic children weighed
6
Ear examinations (Parochial school)
280
Eye examinations (Parochial school)
280
Patients taken to Sanatorium clinics
111
Sanitary inspections
4
Pre-school examinations
52
Miscellaneous
424
Parochial children weighed
319
Respectfully submitted, EVELYN ANDERSON, R.N., Health Nurse.
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BOARD OF HEALTH
1945]
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, 1945:
Every effort has been made to have every child obtain proper dental care either at their family dentist or at the clinic. All children in elementary schools are examined in the fall at opening of school and cards sent to all parents notifying them of the need for dental work. If they wish us to do the work a returned signed card will assure the child will be taken care of through the year. No returned card means the family dentist is to do the work. A checkup examina- tion is made in the spring and those not having work done are again notified.
There is no need of any child in elementary grades of either the public or parochial schools suffering from neglect of their dental de- fects as we are ready and willing to give them the needed attention and there is no charge for our services.
The High School Senior and Junior classes are examined in the fall and notification cards are sent parents of all pupils needing care, that they may send children to their dentists.
The results of our efforts are shown in the wonderful dental con- dition of our schools as compared to most municipalities.
The following is a detailed summary of the work of the past year:
Extractions (temporary teeth)
97
Extractions (permanent teeth)
3
Local anaesthetic
77
Pulp cappings
...
Fillings (permanent teeth)
351
Fillings (temporary teeth)
513
Prophylaxis
311
Examinations
2093
Miscellaneous
103
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES J. FENELON, D.M.D., Dentist.
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[Dec. 31
Report of the Park Commissioners
Shade Tree Division
A great part of this year's work was spent on the new adminis- tration grounds where experience and skill was needed.
At the request of property owners, six trees were duly posted and public hearings held, resulting in the removal of five. Three cut-leaf maples and one elm were removed as the aftermath of two hurricanes. Two small Norway maples were destroyed by careless motorists and one died with bleeding canker. Twenty-one trees were planted-eight lindens, seven pin oaks, four sugar maples, and two Norway maples.
Vincent B. Easterbrooks has now returned after duty in the Pacific with the U. S. Navy, greatly strengthening the efficiency and morale of the division.
Phillips Park
A $2,000 appropriation permitted the grading and loaming of a large play area at Phillips Park. Additional fill from the administra- tion grounds placed at this spot almost doubled the first area, so with seeding this spring we can offer a full size football field, or hockey field.
Fish House
This fall we were again visited by what has become our annual destructive storm, and the Fish House, its driveways and the Blaney Beach walls suffered some $2,000 damage. Repairs have been made to the Fish House, but the walks will have to wait for spring weather.
Administration Grounds
During the past year the main job of the Park Department was to landscape the grounds at the New Administration Building. The areas bounded by Burrill Street and Monument Avenue are now graded and grassed over. There are still several trees to go in next spring, but by and large these areas are completed. In addition, al- though not on our 1945 schedule, we are able to regrade much of the area bounded by Elmwood Road, and lay out an additional parking space and an entrance roadway. These will be black-topped in the spring if money is appropriated for this work.
Thanks to the contribution of the Swampscott Garden Club, the formal garden was redesigned and replanted. All bulbs, shrubs, and plantings were donated by the membership. The plantings at both sides of the formal garden were renewed with hybrid lilacs and flow- ering shrubs. The evergreen planting of rhododendrons in front of the wall was transplanted to the Elmwood side of the building, due to the exposure.
We wish to devote the remainder of our report to a listing of the Donors of Memorial trees to be planted at the Administration grounds. We are to plant most of them in the spring, and are now working on the bronze plates which will identify the tree, its donor, and the per- son in whose memory it was planted. The list, complete to date, is as follows :
Park Department Arboretum
Memorial Trees :
Oxydendrum arboreum (sourwood), donated by Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Ross in memory of their son, Gershon.
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PARK COMMISSIONERS
1945]
Betula alba (European white birch), donated by Mr. and Mrs. Lennart Bjorkman in memory of their son, Alan.
Betula alba (European white birch), donated by Mrs. Charles Addison in memory of her son, Charles, Jr.
Aesculus hippocastanum (horsechestnut), donated by Mr. and Mrs. Tony Paradise in memory of their son, Michael J. Fagus s. purpurea riversi (purple beech), donated by Mr. and Mrs. John Homan in memory of their son, John, Jr.
Crataegus oxycantha plena rosea (sp) (double pink flowering hawthorne), donated by Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Norris in memory of their son, Robert.
Acer palmatum atropurpureum (blood leaf maple), donated by Miss Elinor Barnes in memory of her father, Roland C. Barnes.
Acer saccharum (sugar maple), donated by Mr. H. M. Colclough in memory of his brother, Wilfred.
Betula alba (European white birch), donated by William Elder Doll, Jr., in memory of his father.
Platanus occidentalis (American plane), donated by Mrs. Harold H. Bartol and daughter, Doris, in memory of Harold H. Bartol.
Platanus orientalis (Oriental plane), donated by Mrs. Thomas J. Carson in memory of her husband.
Laburnum vulgare (golden chain), donated by Mrs. R. E. Bicknell in memory of her brother, Gilbert L. Pitman.
Fagus sylvatica (English beech), donated by Miss Hannah Walton in memory of her sister, Nancy.
Fagus sylvatica asplenifolia (fern leaf beech), donated by Miss Florence Lampard in memory of her father, George H. Lampard.
Cladrastis lutea (yellowwood), donated by Mrs. Jennie A. Wood- worth in memory of her husband, Ernest Stone.
Helesia monticola (mountain silver bell), donated by Mrs. Blanche Stanley in memory of her parents.
Robinia pseudacacia (locust), donated by Miss Mary C. E. Jack- son in memory of her father.
Picea pungens kosteri (Koster's blue spruce), donated by Mrs. James Libby in memory of her husband.
Picea Omorika (Serbian spruce), donated by Mr. Lester B. Morley in memory of his parents.
Tsuga caroliniana (Carolina hemlock), donated by Mrs. Howard K. Glidden and daughter, Mary, in memory of Dr. Howard K. Glidden.
Other Trees Donated:
2 Ulmus americana (American elms).
1 Betula pendula gracilis (weeping white birch), donated by Swampscott Mothers' Service Group.
Sorbus aucuparia (mountain ash), donated by the Farm and Garden Club.
Tilia cordata (little leaf linden), donated by the Swampscott Council of Girl Scouts.
2 Cornus Florida (white dogwoods), donated by the Leon E. Abbott Post #57, American Legion.
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