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[Dec. 31
was less than would have been necessary for the temporary increases within the year, but it did, of course-and this was made clear both to the Finance Committee and the Town Meeting-inevitably mean additional and greater appropriations in the future.
The Committee was able to persuade both of these bodies that this procedure was desirable. The Town Meeting did appropriate the money, and thus gave its sanction to the installation of the salary schedule, which went into operation in September.
Meanwhile, negotiations continued between the School Com- mittee and the Teachers' Association in a most friendly and co- operative spirit. The result has been a salary schedule based upon the only sound basis possible: namely, that the Town is entitled to see some effort on the part of the teacher to make professional im- provement in return for additional remuneration. There are provided certain automatic increases in salary; but after September, 1947, these increases are automatic only providing the teacher has per- formed a certain specified additional minimum of professional study; and to reach into the higher brackets the requirement is made more exacting than at the lower levels.
To have both the Committee from the Teachers' Association and the School Committee come to unanimous agreement on a matter so loaded with unpleasant possibilities has been a very happy experience. While so many other communities have apparently found the two interested parties at each others' throat, level headed leadership and the practice of talking as friends who saw each other's problems and points of view, made our Swampscott situation not only a happy one but almost a unique one.
A copy of the adopted schedule accompanies this report.
Our relationships with other departments have been most cordial. The Highway Department has cleared snow from our yards; the Po- lice Department has taken care of our children at street crossings and worked with us in reducing some hazardous conditions; the Health Department has advised on several matters concerning the health of pupils and teachers; and the Fire Department acted in the same manner regarding fire prevention and the safety of our build- ings. Our building fire alarms are under the care of the Chief of this department. Our coordination with the Public Library through Miss Snow provides not only for classroom libraries and reference books (transported, I am told, by the kindness of the police), but likewise for instruction in using the library and its facilities both for pleasure and for reference purposes to each pupil during his Junior High School years. The assistance of these various agencies has been tendered us freely and without obligation on our part.
Some points in the report of Mr. Gray, Principal of the High School, will be of interest to you. A few years ago our school was almost equally divided between pupils in the college course and those in the other departments. Recently, however, that trend has changed, and the college preparatory students outnumber the others 236 to 127 this year.
The New England College Admissions Board went out of exist- ence on October 1, 1946. Hereafter all pupils entering the colleges which made up its membership will be required to take Scholastic Aptitude, and in some cases, three Achievement Tests for admission, except as some particular individual arrangement may be made be- tween a school and a college.
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Twenty-eight members of the class of 1946 entered twenty-two colleges, showing perhaps as wide a distribution of choices as we have ever had. The most westerly institution on the list is University of California, the most southerly University of Florida, the most noth- erly Colby College in Maine. There were, of course, the usual number of admissions to Harvard, Smith, Wellesley, Radcliffe and Mt. Hol- yoke, and to Boston University, Tufts, Regis, Amherst and North- eastern in this immediate vicinity. Thirty-two other members of this class are in non-degree granting schools, thirty at work and eighteen in the armed services of the United States.
*
The year as a whole has been an exceedingly busy one, and, from the nature of difficulties encountered, a puzzling one, but its diffi- culties have been much relieved by your kindnesses and indulgences. May I express my appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK L. MANSUR, Superintendent of Schools.
December 31, 1946
SWAMPSCOTT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT TEACHERS SALARY SCHEDULE
Group I-Teacher with No Degree Minimum $1,900
* Maximum 2,500
*Super-maximum 2,900
Group II-A. Teacher with No Degree but with 15 years of ex- perience in Swampscott Schools
B. Teacher with Bachelor's Degree Minimum $1,900
*Maximum 3,000
** Super-maximum 3,400
Group III-Teacher with Master's Degree
Minimum $2,200
*Maximum 3,300
** Super-maximum 3,700 Note:
*$100.00 increase to be granted annually if teacher has obtained two semester hours of approved advanced credit within the three year period immediately preceding March 1st of the calendar year in which the increase is effective. Each unit of two semes- .ter hours could thus be sufficient for three annual increments until the maximum is reached.
** $100.00 increase to be granted if teacher has obtained three semester hours of approved advanced credit within the three year period immediately preceding March 1st of the calendar year in which the increase is effective, provided that those three semester hours of credit have not been used by the teacher to obtain any of the steps toward the maximum or any of the steps toward the super-maximum. The minimum requirement for the four steps under the maximum to the super-maximum would thus total twelve semester hours of advanced study. November 13, 1946
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[Dec. 31
SWAMPSCOTT HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Financial Report for Fiscal Year September 5, 1945 to June 30, 1946 Receipts
FOOTBALL
Gate Receipts
$2,772.96
Contracts and Guarantees
1,258.02
Miscellaneous :
Winner on radio pro-
gram
$ 36.60
Advanced sale of
Gloucester tickets 517.56
Advanced sale of
Marblehead tickets .. 50,00
Refund on transporta- tion to radio quiz program .95
Sold 14 pair football shoes
29.40
Football deposit made on field over 1.00
Losing game on radio quiz program 25,00
Payment for football sweater 7.50
668.01
Total Football Receipts
$4,698.99
Total Misc. Receipts
668.01
BOYS' BASKETBALL
Gate Receipts
$ 509.97
509.97
GOLF
Guarantee
15.00
15.00
MISCELLANEOUS
Receipts from Ice Hockey ..
4.50
4.50
TOTAL RECEIPTS
$5,228.46
Disbursements
FOOTBALL
Equipment
$ 947.13
Cleaning and reconditioning
633.90
Medical Services and Supplies
139.15
Transportation
263.54
Police
251.00
Officials
255.00
Contracts and Guarantees
548.55
Ticket Sellers and Takers
70.00
Field Expense
11.00
Printing
51.00
Sweaters
160.50
Miscellaneous :
1. Treas. of Mass. High School Principals' Assoc. (Dues) ...
2.50
2. Membership fee in Athletic Accident Benefit Fund 5.00
3. Three keys made by Hubbard .70
1946]
4. Expenses to New England Conference 3.70
5. James W. Brine (Prep. hats for cheer leaders) 12.60
6. Daily Evening Item (Adv.)
12.00
1. Gas for Amesbury game ....
.98
8. Annual Football appropria- tion to band 150.00
9. Lynn Telegram News Co. (Adv.)
8.00
10. Covert's Armored Car Service
20.00
11. Bank service charge for Nov., Dec., and Jan.
4.09
12. Marblehead High School
Athletic Assoc. receipts on advance sale of football tickets
517.56
13. Gloucester High School Ath- letic Assoc. receipts on foot- ball tickets sold in Swamp- scott 36.60
14. Wadsworth Howland & Co. (paint for megaphones) ....
2.23
15. Express on football shoes ....
5.56
16. Dinner for 21 members of radio quiz program
19.95
17. Express due on invoice 11/13/45
.43
18. Golf season dues
5.00
19. Dinners (2) New England Conference
2.64
20. Northeastern Conference dues
5.00
21. College Entrance Exam. Board
1.80
22. Bank service charge for June
.41
$4,147.52
BOYS' BASKETBALL
Equipment
$ 85.90
Officials
104.00
Basketball League dues
......
Ticket Takers & Sellers
26.00
Printing
8.00
Cleaning
21.00
Police
21.00
Transportation
67.90
Awards-Sweaters
43.50
Janitor Service
3.00
Bank Service Charge Feb. & Mar.
1.63
Northeastern Conference dues ....
5.00
GIRLS' BASKETBALL
Transportation
$51.90
Officials
32.00
Equipment
79.90
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SCHOOL REPORT
386.93
163.80
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[Dec. 31
BASEBALL
Letters and Sweaters
$ 58.00
Cleaning
20.50
Officials
96.00
Transportation
148.35
Miscellaneous :
New England Conference Dinners
3.00
Bank Service Charge
.46
Northeastern Conference Dues ....
5.00
GIRLS: HOCKEY
Equipment
$78.28
Officials
28.00
Cleaning
7.75
Association Dues (Boston Field
Hockey)
2.00
Transportation
83.95
Miscellaneous :
Expenses for drill and hockey team
2.10
202.08
GOLF
Salem Country Club Purchases
(Golf Balls) ...
$14.50
14.50
BAND
Transportation
.... $28.75
28.75
MISCELLANEOUS
Allen Stationery-Ledger Book ....
$4.00
Receipts from Ice Hockey
..... ... 4.50
8.50
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS
LOSS FOR SEASON
$54.93
PROOF
Balance on hand September 5, 1945
$576.62
Balance on hand June 30, 1946
521.69
DEFICIT FOR SEASON
$54.93
JENNIE M. RODGERS, Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
Superintendent of Schools, Swampscott, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit a report for the year ending December 31, 1946.
School visits, regular
170
School visits, extra 307
Visits to homes 211
331.31
$5,283.39
1946]
SCHOOL REPORT
Pupils excluded
110
Referred to family physician
120
Notice to parents
310
Referred to clinic
33
Glasses provided
11
Chest X-ray
23
Tuberculin tests
192
Physical examinations
1071
Vision test
504
Visits for attendance
112
Visits for homes adjustment
108
Visits for truancy
31
Miscellaneous
108
Respectfully submitted,
MARY K. HAMMOND, R. N., School Nurse.
MEMBERSHIP BY AGE AND GRADE, OCTOBER 1, 1946
Boys Age
Grade.
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Totals
1
24 45
2
2 ...
9
2
...
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79
3
23 27 11
...
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61
4
20 38 11
2
12 21 12
4
1
1
....
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51
6
...
...
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45
8
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....
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13
47
6
2
1
3
1 1
1
1
48
P. G.'s
....
....
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....
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....
....
...
....
....
1
1
2
1
1
6
Total
24 72 66 58 64 48 53 56 59 51 75 52 39 16
4
2
2
741
Girls
Age
Grade .. 5
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Totals
1
21 34
2
5
1
49
3
28 35
1
20
33 18
28
1
1
28
4
...
....
....
....
....
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....
55
7
....
...
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...
23 31
7
3
1
....
....
....
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8
55
9
63
10
....
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..
1 35 38
7
2
....
....
....
....
11
...
....
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..
12 29
2
1
1
. .
....
45
12
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
22 32 2
2
....
....
58
Total ....
21 54 53 60 53 51 53 54 62 78 57 59 36
3
1
.... ....
695
..
....
....
....
67
10
....
....
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....
14 20
11
....
....
....
....
....
....
16 20
6
3
22 34
7
4
....
....
....
....
....
....
9
....
....
....
....
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....
....
....
69 66
11
....
....
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...
....
1 18 30
4
2
....
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....
24 36
2
1
....
....
....
....
....
53
5
....
....
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....
48
6
.....
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....
57
2
...
....
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....
64
4
....
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.... ....
65
5
53
7
....
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....
...
1 16 23 10
3
15
27
9
1
...
....
....
....
....
73
....
....
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.... ....
71
...
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6 7 8
20 23
...
....
....
....
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....
....
52
15 31 16
12
....
133
83
2
27 41
....
....
....
23
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[Dec. 31
SCHOOL CENSUS-OCTOBER 1, 1946
Registration of Minors:
5 years or over and under 7
7 years or over and under 16
Total
Boys
44
619
663
Girls
38
558
596
Totals
82
1177
1259
Distribution of the above minors:
In public day school membership.
53
1064
1117
In continuation school membership. ...
1
1
In private school membership
15
111
126
In State or County institutions and
special school for defectives and delinquents
Not enrolled in any day school
14
1
15
Totals
82
1177
1259
Pupils Enrolled-November, 1946
Sophomores
Juniors
Seniors
P.G.'s
Total
High School
152
111
105
5
373
Class I
Class II
Class III
Junior High School
111
121
117
349
Grades
1
2
3
4
5
6
Clarke
38
34
42
37
29
26
206
Hadley
43
37
26
33
30
23
192
Machon
23
32
24
26
22
23
150
Stanley
28
27
35
29
18
37
174
High School
373
Junior High
349
Elementary
722
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY High School
Lee T. Gray, Principal
Edna I. Morrison
Brooks K. Blossom
Dorothy O'Keefe
Arthur G. Cronk
Mildred J. O'Leary
James H. Dunn
Charlotte Oliver Felix S. Palubinskas
Walter R. Henshaw
Robert R. Rathbone
Antoinette Lambert
Albert J. Reinhalter
Harold S. Martin
Eileen Soper
Flora A. McLearn
Amy D. Thissell
Jennie M. McVey
Marjorie White
J. Edward Harris
In vocational school membership
1946]
SCHOOL REPORT
Junior High School
Howard E. Batchelder, Principal
Beatrice M. Hutchinson
George E. Hutchinson
Eleanor L. Birch
Nance Marquette
Mary G. Boyce
Florence L. Melanson
Greta O. Briggs
Crandall P. Nodwell
Marion P. Burlingame
Lena Patchett
Katherine M. Carroll
Phyllis L. Sherman
Beatrice L. Cook
Helen Warren
Mary Cooper
Emma S. White
Alice T. Durgin
Grace Young
Clarke School
Hilda J. Thacher, Principal
Louise Cerica
Dorothea Paulson Elizabeth Pirie
Margaret Forbes
Katherine Wilson
Marilyn Francis
Hadley School
Howard E. Batchelder, Principal
Ruth James
Emma W. Blossom
Anne Shattuck
Ruth E. Boyce
Anna F. Willey
Maxine A. Boyd
Machon School
Mary I. Perkins, Principal
Hazel D. Chase
Elsie Oakes Phyllis G. Smith M. Elizabeth Wade
Mae M. Graham
Evelyn H. Lovejoy
Stanley School
Hilda J. Thacher, Principal
Charlotte N. Conners
Margaret E. Durgin
Jessie C. Martin Clara Waterman Christine Zahr
Grace M. Farrell
All Schools Mary M. Chaisson, Supervisor of Art Anne Linscott, Teacher of Speech Donald C. Hammond, Teacher of Instrumental Music Esther Nazarian, Supervisor of Music Mary K. Hammond, R. N., School Nurse Superintendent of Schools Frank L. Mansur
Secretaries Bessie Heggie, Hadley School Edith Legro, High School Gertrude Donlon, Superintendent of Schools .
Janitors
Elizabeth Kehoe, High School Frank Coletti, Hadley School
Daniel Myers, High School Wendell Jones, Hadley School
Henry J. Callahan, High School Emery Doane, Clarke School
Kenneth J. Cort, High School Michael Pagnotta, Machon School
Mario Travascio, High School Thomas Bailey, Stanley School
Assistants
Marion Noonan Jennie Bates
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Hester Dwinell
Marion Newcomb
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[Dec. 31
Board of Health
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
The Board of Health herewith submits its report for the year ending December 31, 1946.
We are pleased to report that the number of communicable diseases reported during the past year was the lowest since 1941, an indication that our citizens enjoyed a very healthy year from a public health standpoint.
One case of paralytic and 1 case of non-paralytic Anterior Polio- myelitis (Infantile Paralysis) were reported. Upon investigation we found that the paralytic case which involved the arm had its inception while the patient was attending a girls' camp at Ossipee, New Hamp- shire. We were unable to determine the source of infection in the other case.
During June, July and August nineteen cases of Paratyphoid (Salmonella bacilli) were reported. Upon investigation of these cases we found that 3 of the cases came here from a nearby community without our knowledge or consent, 4 cases were contracted at a ban- quet held in a Greater Boston community, 8 at a boys' summer camp in Boxford, 1 while visiting in Connecticut and there were 2 cases that we were unable to determine the source of infection. The other case was that of a father whose son became infected while attending sum- mer camp. This boy, who attended the camp from the time of its opening, was in the habit of spending his weekends at home with his parents. On July 26 the father became ill and passed away on July 30. An autopsy was performed and material from the left and right lungs, bowels and spleen were sent to the State Bacteriological Laboratory where they were found to contain Paratyphoid (Salmonella) bacilli.
There was 1 case of Diphtheria reported in July. Investigation showed that the child came here from a nearby city and had been ill several days before coming here; however, diagnosis of the illness was not made until after the child came here. As this disease had its inception elsewhere our community is not charged with the disease.
One case of tuberculosis of the lungs and 1 of the intestines was reported during the past year. One patient was admitted to Essex San- atorium and 1 to Lakeville Sanatorium. Two patients were discharged from the sanatorium to continue treatment at home and 3 deaths were reported.
Lack of X-Ray films made it necessary for us to postpone our annual school tuberculin patch test clinics until next year; however, it was possible to have 83 teachers, janitors and other school personnel in our public schools given chest X-Rays. The results of these X-Rays were highly satisfactory.
Forty-three residents and 9 non-residents were bitten by local dogs during the year. Two of our citizens were bitten by dogs of other communities. One of the cases was given a limited number of precau- tionary injections of anti-rabic vaccine.
In spite of the fact that stormy weather prevailed during the days on which dog clinics were held, 156 dogs were inoculated against rabies and 181 owners reported their dogs had been privately inoculated against the disease.
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The value of these clinics is attested to by the fact that during the past year but 2 cases of rabies in animals were reported in this State while more than 300 were reported during 1931. As a further step in keeping our State free from the disease, the State Division of Livestock Disease Control has just issued an order that all dogs brought into this State from other places must be accompanied by a health certificate and if they come from an area where rabies have been prevalent they must have been inoculated against the disease within six months prior to their arrival in this State.
Construction of sewers in Brooks Terrace, Hawthorne Road, Lex- ington Circle and Park, Plymouth Avenue and Vinnin Street has eliminated unsanitary conditions that existed in those neighborhoods for a long period of time. There are still a few dwellings to be con- nected as soon as the contractors can obtain the necessary pipes. We are not recommending the construction of any sewers at this time as there are no conditions requiring their construction.
Surface water that finds its way into our sewerage system through leaks and other sources during heavy and prolonged rains has taxed the receiving basin to the limit of its capacity and in several instances made it necessary to remove manhole covers and permit the sewage to find its way into surface drains in order to relieve the basin and prevent the flooding of homes with sewage. Such conditions menace the public health and immediate steps must be taken to remedy the situa- tion. There is enough equipment to take care of double the amount of sewage now handled but the outfall sewer is not large enough to care for that amount of sewage.
The report of the recent examination and tests of our present outfall sewer show it to be in a precarious condition and in need of immediate attention. We therefore recommend that the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to proceed immediately with the re- placement of the present outfall sewer with one of sufficient capacity to care for any and all demands upon it.
We are still endeavoring to locate the sources responsible for the pollution of our beaches with sewage, garbage, oil, coal dust and other floating matters. The State Department of Public Health has been notified of the pollution each time it occurred and representatives of that department visited the beaches to observe the conditions. As the result of an investigation of the source of rubbish and garbage washed ashore on March 22, 1946, the following communication was sent to the District Medical Officer of the First Naval District at Boston on March 26, 1946:
District Medical Officer First Naval District 150 Causeway Street Boston, Massachusetts
March 26, 1946.
Dear Sir:
The Department of Public Health is in receipt of a complaint from the Board of Health of the town of Swampscott relative to the accumulation of a very substantial amount of garbage on its shores, particularly Fishermen's Beach. This accumulation occurred on Friday, March 22, 1946, following high tide which was at about 2 P.M., and an examination of this material shows that much of it was of Government issue, indicating that it was of Navy origin.
An inquiry shows that garbage from the Charlestown Navy Yard and possibly other Naval establishments is dumped into the sea a short
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distance northeast of the Graves in the outer part of Boston Harbor. The Weather Bureau records of the wind on Friday, March 22, 1946, show that the wind was from the southerly quarter with an average velocity of some 12 miles per hour. Under these conditions of wind and tide, garbage dumped off the Graves might easily reach the Swamp- scott shores.
A condition similar to that herein referred to occurred in the month of July, 1945, and is in violation of Federal and State regulations.
This Department respectfully requests that you cause an inves- tigation to be made as to the dumping of garbage into Boston Harbor or Broad Sound by the U. S. Navy and that some means of garbage disposal be adopted by the Naval authorities which will not result in complaints such as those made in the summer of 1945 and recently.
Respectfully, VLADO A. GETTING, M. D., Commissioner.
There are so many factors that enter into the situation that elim- ination of the sources of trouble is a slow and vexing problem. Some progress has been made and changes ordered which should eliminate much of the material that has been polluting the beaches.
For your information as to what has been done along these lines we are incorporating copies of the following letters as a part of this report.
July 3, 1946.
Board of Health
Swampscott, Massachusetts Mr. Clarence W. Horton, Agent.
Gentlemen:
In response to your telephone communication to this office of June 26, 1946, relative to the alleged pollution of Fishermen's Beach in Swampscott, the Department has caused the locality to be exam- ined by one of its engineers and samples of sea water at this beach to be analyzed.
The examination showed the presence of limited quantities of materials of sewage origin, but the results of the analyses of samples of the sea water show that it was of satisfactory quality for public bathing at the time of the examination.
Observations are being made as to the escape of floating matters from some of the large sewer outlets in this general vicinity. Enclosed herewith is a copy of a communication dated July 3, 1946, to the Board of Sewer Commissioners of the town of Nahant.
Respectfully, VLADO A. GETTING, M. D., Commissioner.
July 3, 1946.
Board of Sewer Commissioners Nahant, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
As you know, the Department of Public Health has communicated with your Board from time to time recommending that every effort be
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made by the town to provide for the collection of all of the sewage of the town at a suitable point for final disposal. Reference is made to the Department's communications of February 27, 1939, September 26, 1939, July 24, 1944, October 6, 1944, and September 11, 1945.
In view of recent complaints by authorities of the town of Swamp- scott with relation to the presence of sewage matters, particularly at Fishermen's Beach during the recent period of prevailing southerly winds, the Department recommends that your Board take up the ques- tion of some suitable form of treatment of the sewage of the town of Nahant to prevent the dispersal into the sea of offensive, floating, sewage matters. The Department requests that you immediately take this matter into consideration and advise not later than August 1, 1946, as to your proposals thereunder in order that the Department may be guided as to the necessity of taking action against the town of Nahant under the provisions of Chapter 615 of the Acts of 1945 and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder.
Respectfully, VLADO A. GETTING, M. D., Commissioner.
August 2, 1946.
Mr. Clarence W. Horton Health Officer Board of Health Swampscott, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
Your letter of July 31, 1946, relative to Fisherman's, King's or Whales Beaches, has been referred to me.
You ask if you should let us know when the conditions referred to occur. As these conditions are intermittent, it would, of course, be advisable to let us know promptly when objectionable conditions occur so observations may be made if it is practicable for us to send an engineer to the locality.
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