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Real Estate Taxes
$1,137,885.36
Sewer Assessments
9,454.87
Sidewalk Assessments
6,643.98
Water Liens
2,157.51
Committed Interest
621.07
Personal Property Taxes
67,620.34
Poll Taxes
7,744.00
Excise Taxes
137,634.20
Apportioned Sewer Assessments
2,076.94
Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments
72.31
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments
29,178.82
Unapportioned Sidewalk Assessments
6,150.06
Water Rates
66,091.63
Water Services
16,001.23
$1,489,332.32
Cr.
Cash paid on Real Estate Taxes
$1,060,163.11
Cash paid on Sewer Assessments
5,264.52
Cash paid on Sidewalk Assessments
358.36
Cash paid on Water Liens
1,872.62
Cash paid on Committed Interest
579.62
Cash paid on Personal Property Taxes
63,912.46
Cash paid on Poll Taxes
6,166.00
Cash paid on Excise Taxes
119,277.51
Cash paid on Apportioned Sewer Assessments
2,076.94
Cash paid on Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments
72.31
Cash paid on Unapportioned Sewer Assessments
10,487.91
Cash paid on Unapportioned Sidewalk Assessments
1,393.43
Cash paid on Water Rates
63,544.37
Cash paid on Water Services
14,539.17
Abatements on Real Estate Taxes
18,653.43
Abatements on Sewer Assessments
2,356.06
Abatements on Committed Interest
11.43
Abatements on Personal Property Taxes
1,070.74
Abatements on Unapportioned Sidewalk Assessments
4,287.82
Abatements on Unapportioned Sewer Assessments
65.97
Abatements on Poll Taxes
1,232.00
Abatements on Excise Taxes
8,536.37
Abatements on Water Rates
55.21
Uncollected Real Estate Taxes
59,068.82
Uncollected Sewer Assessments
1,834.29
Uncollected Sidewalk Assessments
6,285.62
Uncollected Water Liens
284.89
Uncollected Committed Interest
30.02
Uncollected Peismal Property Taxes
2,637.14
Uncollected Poll Taxes
346.00
Uncollected Excise Taxes
9,820.32
Uncollected Water Rates
2,492.05
Uncollected Water Services
1,462.06
Uncollected Unapportioned Sewer Assessments
18,624.94
Uncollected Unapportioned Sidewalk Assessments
468.81
$1,489,332.32
Miscellaneous Departmental Accounts Receivable
$ 319,112.52
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Treasurer's Report
Robert G. Byrne, Treasurer
In account with the Town of Swampscott for the year ended December 31, 1951.
Balance on hand January 1, 1951 $ 507,700.98
RECEIPTS
Tax Collector
$1,729,976.74 1,255.20
Dog Licenses
Withholding Taxes
92,413.57
Temporary Loans Issued in An-
100,000.00
Proceeds from Sale of Bonds Clarke School Bldg. Loan
388,037.65
School Lunch Program
26,723.44
Athletic Fund
5,293.23
Tax Titles
1,835.39
Chapter 90
1,201.50
Trust Funds
5,774.73
Miscellaneous
8,560.00
$ 2,361,071.45
$ 2,868,772.43
DISBURSEMENTS
Warrants Paid
$ 2,306,984.00
Balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1951 $ 561,788.43
BONDS AND NOTES PAYABLE Issued Inside Debt Limit
Sewer Loans:
1928 Loan
$ 2,000.00
1929 Loan
24,000.00
1930 Loan
9,000.00
1931 Loan
10,000.00
1946 Loan
15,000.00
1948 Loan
240,000.00
Total Sewer Debt Outstanding Issued Inside Debt Limit
$ 300,000.00
Miscellaneous Loans :
School Bldg. Loan 1951
$ 85,000.00
School Bldg. Loan 1950
114,000.00
Field House Loan 1947
13,000.00
Town Hall Loan 1944
6,000.00
Total Misc. Debt Outstanding Issued Inside Debt Limit $ 218,000.00
Total Debt Outstanding Issued Inside Debt Limit $ 518,000.00
Issued Outside Debt Limit
School Bldg. Loan 1950 $ 285,000.00
Water Mains Ext. Loan 1950
32,000.00
Sewer Loan of 1922
500.00
High School Addition Loan 1936
65,000.00
Total Debt Outstanding
Issued Outside Debt Limit $ 382,500.00
General Debt as of Dec. 31, 1951 $ 900,500.00
ticipation of Revenue
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TREASURER'S REPORT
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STATEMENT INDICATING BORROWING CAPACITY As of December 31, 1951
Valuation 1949, Less Abatements
$27,263,533.00
Valuation 1950, Less Abatements
28,725,497.00
Valuation 1951, Less Abatements
30,188,573.00
Total Valuation Average Valuation
$86,177,603.00 28,725,867.66
Five Per Cent (5%) of Average Valuation
$ 1,436,293.38
Less Outstanding Debt
Issued Inside Debt Limit
518,000.00
Borrowing Capacity as of Dec. 31, 1951 $ 918,293.38
Respectfully submitted, ROBERT G. BYRNE,
Town Treasurer.
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TREASURER'S REPORT OF Principal and Interest Due in 1952
GENERAL DEBT
Inside Debt Limit
Outside Debt Limit
TOTAL
Month
Principal
Interest
Principal
Interest
Principal
Interest
January
$ 7,000.00
$ 336.25
$ .......
$ ....... ....
$ 7,000.00
$ 336.25
February
580.00
$13,000.00
660.62
13,000.00
1,240.62
March
2,000.00
2,600.00
2,000.00
2,600.00
May
7,000.00
1,621.25
2,653.75
7,000.00
4,275.00
June
8,000.00
292.50
8,000.00
292.50
August
4,000.00
580.00
500.00
530.63
4,500.00
1,110.63
September
October
15,000.00
2,560.00
15,000.00
2,560.00
November
6,000.00
1,570.00
23,000.00
2,653.75
29,000.00
4,223.75
December
$49,000.00
$10,140.00
$36,500.00
$6,498.75
$85,500.00
$16,638.75
Grand Total of Principal and Interest Due in 1952
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
$102,138.75
April
July
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TREASURER'S REPORT
1951]
Trust Funds
The following is a list of Trust Funds held by the Town Treas- urer as Custodian of all Funds and Securities as provided for by Chapter 282 of the General Acts of 1915 and indicates interest, deposits and/or withdrawals made during 1951:
Balance Jan. 1, 1952
Joanna Morse Library Fund
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 5,196.00 130.70
Income Accrued
$ 5,326.70
Less Withdrawal
130.70
$ 5,196.00
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1951
$ 2,000.00
Income Accrued
50.31
$ 2,050.31
Less Withdrawal
50.31
$ 2,000.00
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 1,000.00
Income Accrued
25.15
$ 1,025.15
Less Withdrawal
25.15
$ 1,000.00
Hattie F. Sherman Cemetery Fund
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 500.00
Income Accrued
12.50
$ 512.50
Less Withdrawals
12.50
$ 500.00
Emma Y. Stocker Cemetery Fund
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 505.00
Income Accrued
10.79
$ 515.79
Less Withdrawal
10.15
$ 505.64
Perpetual Care of Cemetery Lots Fund
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 5,417.38
Income Accrued and Deposits
10,005.82
$15,423.20
Less Withdrawal
5,170.00
$10,253.20
Cemetery Gifts and Bequests Fund
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 5,203.01
Income Accrued and Deposit
411.15
$ 5,614.16
Less Withdrawal
314.16
$ 5,300.00
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Phillips Medal Fund
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 2,615.16 58.78
Income Accrued
$ 2,673.94
Less Withdrawal
61.76
$ 2,612.18
Municipal Insurance Fund
Balance, January 1, 1951
$11,514.87
Income Accrued
289.66
$11,804.53
Manuel Ross Scholarship Fund
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 596.98
Income Accrued and Deposit
62.73
$ 659.71
Less Withdrawal
100.00
$ 559.71
*High School Alumni Fund
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 418.05
Income Accrued
9.40
Bond Interest
100.00
$ 527.45
Less Withdrawal
100.00
Cash Balance
$ 427.45
U. S. A. Savings Bonds, Series G
4,000.00
$ 4,427.45
*This fund is held by the Town Treasurer in behalf of the Alumni Fund Committee. It is not a Trust Fund as defined by law but is included in this report so that all concerned may be informed as to its status.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT G. BYRNE,
Town Treasurer. HENRY S. BALDWIN, DANA V. HUMPHREY, HAROLD R. AUSTIN, Trust Fund Commissioners.
Board of Health
To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott:
The Board of Health herewith submits its report for the year ending December 31, 1951, together with those of its various officers.
This year, 254 more cases of communicable diseases were re- ported than in 1950. The usual rise in measles of 237 cases during the spring was the major increase. Fortunately, all reported cases were either mild or excellently treated. Communicable diseases were not reported as the cause of any deaths during the year.
Excellent results were obtained through several sprayings of mosquito breeding areas during the season so that these creatures
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were of minor discomfiture. The splendid cooperation of Frederick Burk and the Park Department greatly aided the performance of this program.
Gratifying success resulted from our experimentation in the control of poison ivy and ragweed last summer. We shall extend the program during the 1952 season in order to bring relief from these noxious weeds to a still larger number of sufferers.
Our contract for the collection and removal of refuse from the town expires at the close of 1952. Since it may not be possible to renew the present contract, or to negotiate a new one, it is most ur- gent that we prepare now for such an eventuality. If no other means for the disposal of our refuse is available, we must then, be prepared to establish a suitable place properly operated and properly con- trolled to protect the health and the safety of the community. A well planned and administered project of this type is possible: such a project can yield the town a valuable tract of land in later years.
The resignation of Miss Marion M. Thompson, R. N., as Public Health Nurse was accepted by the Board in April. Several candidates for the position were interviewed and investigated before the Board made any choice. We feel fortunate in the addition of Miss Sylvia K. Chesley to our staff in the capacity of Public Health Nurse; she has not only a wealth of Public Health knowledge, but also a fine comprehension of the health needs of the community.
The department has actively assisted and cooperated with the plumbing by-law committee in the formulation of a new Plumbing Code. We earnestly recommend and request the adoption of this code by the town.
Respectfully submitted,
LORING GRIMES, M.D., Chairman,
H. ALLEN DURKEE,
E. WALLACE DONALD, Board of Health.
SUMMARY OF WORK
Number of communicable diseases reported 411
Number of cases placarded
3
Cases investigated
51
Cases released
349
Certificates issued to attend school and work
300
Children excluded from school
264
Quarantine violations
0
Number of communicable disease conferences
150
Number of communicable disease inquiries
30
Number of children given Schick test
142
Number of children given toxoid immunization 175
Number of dogs inoculated against rabies 258
Number of laboratory supplies distributed 750
Reports to :
State District Health Officer
273
State Department of Public Health (Deaths)
52
Other cities and towns 14
Schools
196
Laundryman
5
Suspected cases of communicable diseases
0
Number of communicable disease complaints
2
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Library
5
Milkman
5
Inspector of animals 48
Miscellaneous
51
Number of patients admitted to Isolation Hospital
0
Number of patients admitted to sanatorium
4
Number of patients discharged from sanitorium
6
Number of adults examined and X-rayed for tuberculosis at Essex Sanatorium 42
Number of children examined and X-rayed for tuberculosis at Essex Sanatorium
17
Number of feces submitted for examination
13
Number of sputum specimens submitted for examination
6
Complaints received :
Ashes and other rubbish
138
Garbage
263
Dead animals
14
Miscellaneous
220
Number of inspections made
230
Number of inspections made at food establishments
78
Bacteria Swab tests taken on utensils
64
Verbal notices given
65
Written notices to abate
17
Legal notices to abate
1
Number of letters written
197
Number of conferences
854
Number of inquiries
1151
Number of telephone calls
2750
Number of office visits 1766
Miscellaneous 658
Premature Births
11
PERMITS AND LICENSES
The following permits have been issued during the past year:
Burial 65
Funeral Director
1
To torch for fish 2
To install septic tanks
15
To construct cesspools
2
To collect garden trimmings
1
To collect and transport waste paper and cartons 1
The following licenses have been issued during the past year:
To sell methyl alcohol 12
To collect soap grease 3
To massage 3
To maintain a recreation building 1
To operate day nursery schools 5
The sum of $34.50 has been collected for licenses issued during the year and the said amount has been paid to the Collector and his receipt obtained.
Respectfully submitted,
G. JEFFREY NICHOLS,
Health Officer.
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PLUMBING INSPECTOR
1951]
Plumbing
The following is a summary of the Plumbing work in the Town of Swampscott:
258 permits issued, and the sum of $819 has been collected during the year and the said amount has been paid to the Collector and his receipt obtained.
There were 230 inspections made during the year by the in- spectors.
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD C. PHILLIPS, JAMES J. McCARRISTON, Plumbing Inspectors.
Milk Inspector
To the Board of Health :
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1951:
The following licenses have been issued during the past year :
To sell milk (dealers) 23
To sell milk (stores) 38 To sell frozen desserts 37 To sell oleomargarine 15
The sum of $56.50 has been collected for the licenses issued during the year and the said amount has been paid to the Collector and his receipt obtained.
Regular inspections were made during the year at the hotels, restaurants, soda-fountains and other establishments to see that all milk handled was kept at proper temperature and that the quality of the milk was being maintained.
Respectfully submitted, G. JEFFREY NICHOLS,
Milk Inspector.
Health Nurse
To the Board of Health
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the following report for the year ending De- cember 31, 1951:
Communicable diseases placarded 3 Communicable diseases investigated 26
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[Dec. 31
Examinations for communicable diseases 11
Examinations for release 130
Exclusions from school 5
Physical examinations in schools 998
Dental examinations in schools 1150
St. John School Health Program Physical examinations 208
Dental examinations 192
Vision test 338
Audiometer test 265
School visits 145
Kindergarten visits
14
Tuberculosis patients visited
33
Patients taken to Sanatorium clinics
18
Home visits
400
New baby conferences
166
Pre-school conferences
58
Immunization in Schools
Schick test and toxoid treatment 317
Meetings (professional)
8
Miscellaneous 42
Sanitary investigations
1
Respectfully submitted,
SYLVIA K. CHESLEY, R. N.,
Health Nurse.
Building Inspector
To the Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the folowing report for the year ending December 31, 1951:
Permits Issued Estimated Cost
Dwellings:
New
78
$1,062,850.00
Alterations and additions
19
49,650.00
Private Garages:
New
79
81,575.00
Alterations and additions
4
2,100.00
Miscellaneous:
School
1
524,000.00
Store and apartment
1
17,500.00
Show room
1
6,500.00
Warehouse
1
6,000.00
Sub station
1
750.00
Demolish garage
2
Demolish barn
1
Demolish tower
1
189
$1,750,925.00
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Building Permits 189
Permits to Shingle 75
264
Number of Inspections (Buildings)
240
Number of Inspections (Shingling)
75
315
Amount of Building Fees Collected
$265.00
Elevator Operators' Licenses Issued :
4
4.00
Renewals
4
2.00
$271.00
All hotels and elevators have been inspected and returns made to the State. Several complaints of violations of the building laws have been investigated and in all cases adjustments made.
Frequent examinations were made of buildings in course of construction and repair.
Respectfully submitted,
RAYMOND O. DOANE,
Building Inspector.
Board of Appeals
January 1, 1952
Hon. Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen :
The Board of Appeals herewith submits its report for the year 1951.
During the year there were forty-three cases heard before the Board of Appeals.
In addition there was also an appeal from the decision by the Board of Appeals heard before the Massachusetts Emergency Housing Commission in Boston. There is an appeal to the Superior Court from a decision by the Board of Appeals which has not been heard to date.
Respectfully submitted, C. GLOVER BOWES, EUSTIS B. GRIMES, T. PAUL CORCORAN,
Board of Appeals.
New
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[Dec. 31
School Report
For the Year Ending December 31, 1951 SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1951
Edward K. Hempel, Chairman 37 Farragut Road Term Expires 1954
Madeline M. Clark 151 Phillips Avenue Term Expires 1952
Blanche E. Doyle 44 Crosman Avenue Term Expires 1954
Walter H. Forbes, Jr. 28 Greenwood Terrace Term Expires 1953
Theodore C. Sargent Term Expires 1953 9 Clarke Road
Regular meeting, second Wednesday of each month.
Superintendent of Schools and Secretary of the School Committee Frank L. Mansur
29 Rockland Street
LYnn 3-2193
The office of the Superintendent of Schools is open on school days from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
School Calendar 1951
Winter term begins Wednesday, January 2
Winter term closes Friday, February 15
Spring term begins Monday, February 25
Spring term closes Thursday, April 10
Summer term begins Monday, April 21
Fall term begins Wednesday, September 3
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
Ladies and Gentlemen :
Someone once said, "there is no progress without hope". We of the School Committee believe that there is no one in our town who can say that the School Committee has not made progress in 1951 nor that we are without hope for 1952.
The year just ended has been a busy one. We have worked to- gether as a Committee in an honest effort to establish and maintain better educational opportunities for the children of Swampscott.
As pointed out in the report of the Superintendent, housing is still our chief concern. The school population increased 150 pupils over last year's figures. The Stanley School, which, as this is being written is the center of controversy, has increased 135.5 per cent in the past ten years - 100 per cent in the past four years. The two platoon system has had to be put into effect in this building and will, in another year, have to be broadened. Facts must be faced. Conditions in this school must be corrected. Expansion must be made as there are no other school facilities in that part of the town.
Work on the new Clarke School is progressing satisfactorily and we will soon be able to use it. This school will give some tem-
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porary relief to overcrowded conditions in the center of the town, but will have absolutely no effect on the Stanley area.
As further pointed out by the Superintendent, the newly estab- lished departments have all more than equalled our expectations. We are definitely in accord with his recommendation for expansion of the Household Economics Department.
On October 22, 1951 the School Committee voted to grant the request of Mr. Mansur for retirement as of April 30, 1952. The following letter was sent to him :
"The Swampscott School Committee, at its special meeting on Monday, October 22, 1951, voted to grant your request for retirement as our Superintendent of Schools, to take effect April 30, 1952.
This is done, however, with deep regret and in advising you of our action, we, as a Committee, wish to express for our- selves and for our fellow townsmen sincere appreciation and thanks for your twenty-one years of unselfish and untiring de- votion to the creating and maintaining of a school system that, today, is acknowledged as one of the most outstanding in the Commonwealth.
To you and to Mrs. Mansur go our best wishes for the years to come."
Again we express to the parents our thanks for their patience and understanding - and also to the entire personnel of the system, our thanks and appreciation for their cooperation and assistance.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD K. HEMPEL, Chairman, MADELINE M. CLARK, BLANCHE E. DOYLE, WALTER H. FORBES, JR., THEODORE C. SARGENT.
Financial Statement
Appropriation
$456,083.00
Transfer
1,500.00
$457,583.00
Expenditures :
General Control
$ 15,172.13
Instructional Service
347,131.34
Operation of Plants
59,504.66
Maintenance 20,032.62
Capital Outlay 367.53
Auxiliary Agencies
13,861.86
Warrants Payable
1,500.00
457,570.14
Unexpended Balance
$ 12.86
Credits to the Department:
General Receipts
608.05
Tuition Received - General
1,167.50
State Refund, Trade and Vocational Schools
446.80
State Refund, General School Fund
14,522.40
$ 16,747.75
Net Cost of Schools
$440,822.39
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[Dec. 31
To the School Committee of the Town of Swampscott,
Ladies and Gentlemen :
It is my privilege to submit to you herewith my annual report as Superintendent of Schools for the calendar year 1951.
Without doubt the principal achievements of the year have been the material beginning of three projects - one the construction of the new Clarke School; another, the instituting of a functional de- partment of Physical Education to extend vertically through the en- tire system; and third, the setting up of a program of guidance and testing under a person devoting her entire time to that work.
It has, indeed, been encouraging to see the Clarke School in progress as the first step to help alleviate the critical condition of overcrowding that we are in. This building will be modern without being eccentric. The architect has incorporated essential modern facilities in a structure whose design will be pleasing and in keeping with our tradition.
However, if there are those who expect this to be the complete answer to our needs, those persons are due for disappointment. The fact that enrollment at the Stanley School has grown from 175 pupils to 351 pupils, or 100 per cent, between November 1947 and November 1951 is but one example of conditions with which we are trying to cope. The Clarke School is but a small beginning, and will barely play the role of stopgap while other projects are in the plan- ning stage. It will, we hope, eliminate the two-platoons in the area temporarily, but if a stop is made at this point and no further plans carried out for other areas, then, on the basis of present informa- tion, the two-platoons in all likelihood are going to return. We are in a state where we do not have to have a great influx of pupils to precipitate a change. With classes full as they are, a few new pupils in the wrong location mean a new class.
For example, when our groups were set up in the Hadley School last summer, the assignments were made with an idea of moving as many classes intact as possible when the Clarke School should be opened. Already pupils moving in and out of town have dis- turbed the balance, and it is not beyond possibility that some groups will have to be rearranged and more teachers secured when moving day arrives. You should be prepared for this eventuality.
From the standpoint of pupil activity our physical education program has got off to a good start. To my mind this is the kind of program that will grow from interest and desire more readily than from artificial forcing, and I feel it should be staged recognizing the fact that at certain levels pupils' interest may not be completely centered on the program we as adults think they ought to like. Those operating the program have, I know, found that pupils at upper elementary and junior high school age have many varying interests, and that, while many in a burst of enthusiasm over something new, express a desire to participate in a specific school program, when the time comes they wish to do it at their own convenience and with fluctuating interest. An enthusiastic enrollment of fifty children who say they want to take part may result in a daily attendance of twenty, and never the same twenty on any two occasions.
Furthermore, this situation is aggravated by an entire lack of playgrounds at the east end of the town and the unwillingness of many to travel any great distance even to play. Their disinclination to transport themselves a mile or two may be greater than their
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interest in what is at the end of the mile. There are two possible solutions: either to bring the activity nearer, or to make it appear more desirable. I have an idea that doing the former may be a big element in bringing the latter to pass.
At the upper levels the program has been very successful. We have never had so many pupils of senior and upper junior high school grades participating in a recreational program. Probably this reflects the fact that our facilities and personnel are more nearly adequate at this level than lower down.
Properly, a department of physical education should be a de- partment of health as well, but the interpretation of "health" in this case must be "health teaching", and it should include only such phases of physical examination as can be performed by a layman in accordance with common sense and the statutes. Primarily the limit must be preliminary examination for defects in sight and hearing with approved apparatus and without diagnosis. Any attempt to go beyond this point is almost inevitably headed for conflict. Except as the school nurse may be called in for cooperation and assistance her place is not in such a department, for her functions are as primarily protective and medical as are those of the school physicians and the Board of Health. In other words there must be cooperation devoid of confusion between Physical Education and the medical services.
This distinction must be particularly borne in mind in con- nection with legislation which becomes effective as of September 1952. After that time certain physical examinations must be made under regulations established by the State Department of Health, and it seems to be in the minds of those of that department with whom I have talked that such examinations may be extensive enough to require a physician who will devote a definite part of each day to presence in the schools.
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