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And they continue and adjourn said proceedings from time to time for further consideration and to make return thereof, all persons and corporations interested having due notice thereof, to a meeting of the County Commissioners held at the Court House at Plymouth on the nineteenth day of
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October, A.D. 1909, when and where they proceed to com- plete said proceedings and make return thereof as follows, to wit:
The easterly line thereof is described as follows, viz .:
Beginning at a stone bound in or near the northerly line of Brook Street seven feet easterly from the southwest corner of Nicholas Wherity's house lot, thence north 1º 36' west, on land of said Wherity, two hundred thirty-nine and six- tenths (2396) feet to a stone bound marking the northwest corner of said Wherity's land; thence same course sixty-seven and ninety-five hundredths (6785) feet on land of Mary J. Litchfield to a stone bound; thence north 15° 10' east, one thousand one hundred eighty (1,180) feet to a stone bound in the southerly line of Willow Street, one hundred seventy- eight (178) feet of last-named course being on land of said Litchfield, four hundred and ten (410) feet on land of heirs of George Doherty, and five hundred ninety-two (592) feet on land of Charles L. Ritter and Wilmer H. Dawkins.
The westerly line thereof to be thirty feet distant there- from and parallel to the above-described line.
And the laying out of the town way under petition of W. P. Richardson and others is hereby discontinued and all acts appertaining to said decree are annulled.
The grade of the center of the above-described highway when fully completed in accordance with this decree is to conform to the grade of the said highway as at present con- structed. Owners of land taken as aforesaid are required to remove their trees, fences, buildings and other obstructions from the land so taken before the first day of December, A.D. 1909.
The inhabitants of the Town of Scituate aforesaid are hereby ordered to cause said relocation to be constructed as afore- said, made safe and convenient for the public travel, and to the acceptance of the County Commissioners before the first day of June, A.D. 1910.
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At the same time awarded to the several persons and corporations whose lands are taken for said relocation or who suffer damages on account thereof, the several sums hereafter named to be paid from the town treasury so soon as said town shall enter upon and possession take of said lands for the purpose of constructing said relocation as aforesaid, to wit :
Ritter and Dawkins. No award on account of benefits re- ceived.
Heirs of George Doherty, 12,240 sq. ft. of
land taken $100 00
Benefits assessed
50 00
$50 00
Mary J. Litchfield, 7,000 sq. ft. land taken. 35 00
Special damage 25 00 60 00
Nicholas Wherity, one-fiftieth of one acre .
30 00
Ellen C. Burke, 6 front feet taken. $36 00
Lane . 24 00 60 00
Benefits assessed 35 00 25 00
And said Commissioners order that the foregoing return be filed, accepted and recorded, and that an attested copy thereof be transmitted to the Clerk of the Town of Scituate within the limits of which said highway described therein lies.
In witness whereof the said County Commissioners have hereunto set their hands this nineteenth day of October, 1909.
WALTER H. FAUNCE,
LYMAN P. THOMAS,
JERE B. HOWARD,
County Commissioners.
A true copy. Attest : EDWARD E. HOBART.
Attest :
JETSON WADE, Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
MARRIAGES RECORDED, 1909
January 21, Joy K. Gannett, Jr., of Scituate and Dolly (Williams) Heiple of Scituate, married by George Bullen at Hingham.
March 14, Arthur James Dalby. of Scituate and Maria Appleton Vinal of Scituate, married by Hartnell J. Bartlett at North Scituate.
April 12, Martin J. Quinn of Scituate and Sarah Curran of Scituate, married by Patrick H. Riley at Cohasset.
April 22, Charles H. Hayward of Scituate and Dora (Har- wood) Gray of Scituate, married by Frederick B. Noyes at Scituate.
May 18, Arthur Edward Dunn of Scituate and Marion Chick of Scituate, married by Hartnell J. Bartlett at North Scituate.
June 30, James Fuller Lord, Chicago, Ill., and Marion Lawson of Winchester, married by John Wallace Suter at Scituate.
June 30, John H. Spencer of Scituate and Frances D. Tighe of Somerville, married by James J. O'Brien at Somerville.
July 16, Seth Newton Chandler of Rockland and. Ruth Augusta Sampson of Canton, married by Frederick B. Noyes at Scituate.
August 11, George Sylvanus Corless of Cambridge and Mary E. (Nott) Wood of Scituate, married by Anson Titus at Somerville.
September 15, Harold H. Smith of Scituate and Ida May Clapp of Scituate, married by Frederick B. Noyes at Scituate.
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September 16, Bentley E. Loring of Belmont and Anna C. Henwood of Boston, married by Frederick B. Noyes at Scituate.
September 22, Galen Watson of Scituate and Susannah E. Bakeman of Cohasset, married by Fred B. Fisher at Boston.
October 20, C. Nathan Mitchell of Scituate and Ruth H. Capen of Stoughton, married by A. Lincoln Bean at Stoughton.
November 25, Ernest Cudworth Loring of Norwell and Alice Marsh Vinal of Scituate, married by Hartnell J. Bartlett at North Scituate.
December 4, Edward N. Cook of Scituate and Margaret (Wynd) Smith of Boston, married by Allen A. Stockdale at Boston.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE IN THE YEAR 1909
DATE
NAME
NAME OF PARENTS
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
1909
Jan. 1
Mary Southward Vickery.
Charles L. and Ethel M. Vickery. .
Cook
Jan. 1
Caroline A. Litchfield.
William J. and Lillian M. Litchfield
Mansfield
Jan. 17 George Albert Clapp.
Elijah T. and Olive J. Clapp.
Jenkins
Jan. 20
Winifred Elliot. .
Gilbert Weston and Edna Elliot.
Pratt
Jan.
26
Allen Howard Vinal.
Walter S. and Henrietta Vinal.
Vinal
Feb. 2
Florence Hawes.
Elvin and Bertha Hawes.
Dutcher
Feb. 5
Lewis Colman Whorf.
& George M. and Sarah Whorf.
Briggs
Feb. 5 Male, stillborn.
March 19
Lucy Elizabeth Richards
Ralph and May W. Richards
Webb
March 22
Richard Ross Hay.
Wilfred G. and Emma Hay.
Corey
April 2
Helen Elizabeth McNeill
John N. and Helen McNeill
Nudd
April 3
Margaret Devney.
Thomas and Bridget Devney.
Connolly
April 4
Joseph Lawless Kelly.
Michael B. and Eliza Kelly ..
Brophy
April
8
Jolin Vincent Stanley.
Thomas P. and Mary E. Stanley ..
Flaherty Emery
April 10
Robert Emery Wesley.
Frank Augustus and Stella Amelia Wesley
April 17
Richard White Wherity ..
Richard and Susan Wherity.
Hennessey
April 18
Edwin Wallace Richardson
William S. and Margaret Richardson
Corbett
June 6
William Randall Jenkins.
Caleb T. and Nellie Jenkins. .
Mahoney
June
7 Lauretta May Wolfe ..
Frederick W. and Alice J. Wolfe.
MacDonald
· June 9 Stillborn ..
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June 25 July 19
Madaline Alice Snow. ..
Edmund Nichols MeQuade.
James Hopewell Mackey.
July 22 July 23 Sara Estelle Murphy . July 28 Edward Bougher Bailey.
Aug. 16
Harold Jenkins. Stillborn.
Sept. 4
Mary Ellen Haslam
Martin A. and Susie Anna Haslam
Samuel and Mary F. Smith.
Charles W. and Nora M. Harris.
Louis E. and Rena Cole.
Sept. 14 Eleanor Merial Cole.
Sept. 24
John Connolly. ..
. Patrick and Nora Connolly. William H. and Margaret T. Litchfield.
Oct. 20
Harold Pride Litchfield
Nov. 9
Helen Elizabeth Webb
Fred and Katherine Webh. 111
Nov. 14 June Adrian Pease ..
Harry K. and Beatrice V. Pease
Nov. 18 Dec. 1
Margaret Bullock ..
Frank and Katharine Bullock. Patrick J. and Mary McGuinniss.
James S. and Katharine C. Barry
Litchfield McClellan Quinn Mitchell
Ainslie
Welch Campbell Reardon Mitchell
Keef Joyce
Dwyer Sheehan
Donivan
Dec. 21
Mary McGuinniss.
Fredrick Leo Barry.
George A. and Maud Snow .. John and Margaret McQuade. Charles D. and Minnie Mackey. Joseph P. and Emma E. Murphy Edward S. and Eleanor E. Bailey George H. and Florence Jenkins
Sept. 2
Sept. 7 Sept. 13
Inez Pearl Smith
Harris.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE IN THE YEAR 1909
DATE
NAME OF DECEASED
Y. M. D.
1909
Jan.
3
Marie Noonan Jellows. .
8
9
12
Heart disease.
Jan. 25
Ebenezer H. Nash
80
8
-
Jan.
29
Catherine Ward ..
73
28
Feb.
5
Stillborn
Feb.
24
Henry Mott.
84
1
ŒEdema of lungs.
Feb.
20
William Allen Stetson ..
1
3
17
Feb. 27
Mary Frances Spear
54
Cerebral hemorrhage.
March 4
Rufus Haviland Litchfield
8
4
19
Cerebral embolism ..
March 5
Christina J. Macdonald ..
74
Cardiac disease.
March 15
James J. Bailey.
76
4
15
Broncho-pneumonia.
March 26
Gladys Agnes Hyland.
5
6 20
Pertussia .
April 2
Susan J. Bradley ..
78
1 15
Chronic cardiac disease.
April
6
Eliza V. Wade.
76
7 29
Cardiac failure.
April 14
Ethel S. Somers.
29
Tuberculosis of the lungs.
April
29
Maxine Newberry.
3
4
11
May
7
Ernest L. Bonney.
44
11
Chronic interstitial nephritis ..
May
9
Patrick W. Fallon ..
44
2
Chronic cardiac disease.
May
9
Calixte D. Burke ..
37
Poisoning by illuminating gas. ..
May
10
Patrick J. Callahan.
45
Acute peritonitis.
May
12
Charles S. Webb.
80
7
17
Cardiac disease. .
May
21
Eliza Feola.
45
Pulmonary tuberculosis.
May
30
George Minot Frye
27
Typhoid fever
June
10
Stillborn .
69
5
8
June 17
Lura B. Stoddard ..
26
8
29
Junc
23
Beatrice V. Pease. .
1
1
-
CAUSE OF DEATH
NAMES OF PARENTS
Moses H. Jellows and Margaret Quinn Lemuel Nash and Mary C. Hayward James Devlin
Joseph Mott and Lydia Churchill William H. Stetson and Elizabeth Murphy George L. Bradford and Margaret T. Bailcy George H. Litchfield and Helena Shields Edward S. Stewart and Christina Jamieson Caleb Bailey and Susan Cushing Edgar L. Hyland and Annie A. Goldrick James Daniels and Hannah Elliot Joseph Vinal and Mercy Colman John MacElveney and Ruth Hoar
Max W. Newberry and Elizabeth F. Wiley Edward Bonney and Louisa F. Bates
Dominique Burke and Philomene Leblanc Timothy J. Callahan and Ellen Concannon Stephen Webb and Patience Wade
Nicola Tomeo and Francisca Trotta Charles W. Frye and Amy F. Allen
June
14
Harriet F. Curtis ..
Diabetes
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Gastro-enteritis.
-
Senile dementia.
Whooping cough.
-
. ..
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Asa Curtis and Catharine S. Rich Cyrus W. Stoddard and Adeline J. Slason Harry K. Pease and Beatrice Lauten
AGE
Pneumonia ..
Tubercular meningitis. .
July 20
John J. Bradford
89
2
Old age. Old age. . Chronic hypertrophic prostatitis Accidental .
Results of age. Valvular disease of heart.
Mitral insufficiency.
Septicemia. .
Bright's disease .
Membranous croup
Acute gastritis. Hemorrhage from discharge of revolver
Old age.
Aug. 23
Roland Turner .
88
10
25
Aug. 26
Richard E. Brown.
16
9
Aug.
27
Hester May Curtis.
15 - 30
Aug.
28
Elizabeth L. Brown.
68
10
Aug.
30
Walter H. Spooner
49
5
13
Sept. Sept. 8
2
Stillborn
Gertrude Katherine Barry
9 14
Sept. 11
Edward Cummings .. .
77
Mitral regurgitation
Ileo-colitis.
Sept. 16
George McQuesten.
2
8 26
Sept. 27
Angeline Hamblen.
86
3 30
Oct. Oct.
29
Hosea D. Nott.
72
Locomotor ataxia ..
Oct.
29
Emeline Vinal.
75
1
Oct.
31
Lucinda D. Norton ...
87
8 4
Syncopy ..
Appendicitis.
Nov. 9
Marjorie F. McDonald ..
33
7 20
Nov.
17
Charles H. Quinn.
52
29
Nov.
28
Sophia M. Brown.
76
3
22
Dec.
11
Ellen Maria Kennedy
42
7 29
Dec.
19
Thomas Litchfield ..
85
3
Apoplexy.
Seth Bradford and Betsy Sables Thomas Lynch and Catharine Keough John Avery and Lucinda Morrill George Cashin and Marcelene Jellows
John W. Allen and Pamelia Knight Elijah Pratt and Pauline Marsh Fred B. Lund and Zoe M. Griffing Joseph Tilden and Louisa Vinal Clarence G. Wheeler and Sarah Ferguson Joseph G. Eaton and Jennie M. Harrison
Guiseppe Marando and Maria Teresa Macei Benjamin Turner and Hannah Merritt J. Everett Brown and Kate G. Mix Fred Curtis and Annie Turner Joshua Litchfield and Mary Ellis Jesse Spooner and Olive A. Anderson
James S. Barry and Katherine L. Donevan John Cummings and Margaret Cummings George E. McQuesten and Emma M. Sawyer Moses Watson and Emma Stone William Dyer and Eliza Jones Asahel Nott and Delilah Studley Bailey Merritt and Lucy Hatch David Damon and Lucy Wade James McDonald and Mary O'Donnell Charles Quinn and Eliza O'Rourke Marshall Litchfield and Sophia Merritt Richard Negal and Bridget O'Keefe Thomas Litchfield and Mabel Vinal
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Cholera infantum.
Cerebral hemorrhage.
Cirrhosis of liver.
3
Charles W. Dyer
66
6
Aug.
21
Aug. 22
Joseph Harrison Eaton. . Salvatore Marando.
24
-
·
2
Martin Burke. .
76
Aug. Aug.
9
Lucy Jane Ivers.
83
10 21
Aug. 10
George Pratt ...
48
Aug. 13
Zoe Stetson Lund.
5
6
Aug. 18
Sarah Louise Tilden.
56
8
Aug. 18
Howard A. Wheeler. . ..
12
July
31
Francis Cashin ..
95
July
27
Alice Hiller .
July 31
Albert F. Avery.
74
-
Carcenoma.
Broncho-pneumonia.
Pneumonia.
.
Accidental.
Typhoid-pneumonia.
Chronic cerebral softening
Pleuro-pneumonia.
Chronic cardiac disease.
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BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR INTERMENT, 1909
DATE
NAME OF DECEASED
AGE Y. M. D.
CAUSE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
1909
Marlboro
65
7
14
Fcb.
20
Martha M. Dorr
Boston
May
4
Caroline R. Tilden
68
9
1
Dilation of heart
June
21
Mary A. Britton ..
76
2
23
Diabetes. .
Rockland
Aug.
6
Catherine P. Beal.
72
5
19
Cancer of uteris.
Boston
Aug.
10
Henry W. Leavitt.
61
4:
15
Organic cardiac disease.
Aug.
23
Edith A. Lake ..
34
7
5
21
Paresis. .
Oct.
8
Emma L. Mealey
Braintree
Oct.
12
Vesta T. Petze.
Boston
Dec.
21
Elmira Isabel Whitcomb
60
9
28
1908
Boston
Nov.
18
John Gearin. .
22
Meningitis.
Valvular disease of heart.
Dec.
1
Rose Amelia Silva
78
Cohasset
114
Boston
Valvular disease of heart.
Holbrook
56
6
12
Pulmonary sclerosis
Diabetes.
Boston
Heart disease.
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SUMMARY
Number of births in Scituate for the year 1909
Males 21
Females 17
Number of marriage licenses issued 12
Number of marriage licenses recorded 15
Number of deaths for the year 57
Males 31
Females 26
Brought to town for interment and recorded . 11 Hunters' licenses issued in 1909 145
Paid to State Treasurer $145 00
Number of dog licenses issued for the year 171
Amount, less Town Clerk's fees, paid into the County Treasury $439 80
REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE TOWN OF SCITUATE DECEMBER 1, 1903.
. Males 678
Females
49
All persons are requested to report omissions or corrections in the births, marriages and deaths. Blanks for the return of births will be furnished to those applying therefor by the Town Clerk.
JETSON WADE,
Town Clerk. ·
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
SCITUATE, MASS., January 14, 1910. To the Citizens of Scituate:
I have planted seventy-five young trees this year in different parts of the town; and it has taken about twenty-five trees each year to replace those that die or get broken, while quite a number are killed by people allowing their horses to get at them and gnaw the bark, break them off, etc.
Have trimmed the elms on Central and Front Streets, which were full of dead wood and dangerous in a high wind.
We have about seven hundred young trees planted since the Tree Warden law went into effect.
We had to buy a small hand sprayer that, with the neces- sary hose, etc., cost about $60. This was the cheapest thing we could find that was heavy enough to do good work.
We were obliged to spray all the elms for elm beetles. Those that were sprayed first went through the summer in good shape, but with our light hand outfit it was impossible to cover more than a third of the town at the right time; the trees sprayed late, being already badly eaten, did not show much effect of thespraying, but of course it killed large quan- tities of the beetles that otherwise would come down into the ground and be all ready for business in the spring.
The spraying cost about $250, including the poison used. This spraying for elm beetles is paid for by the town inde- pendent of moth work, and should consider it advisable to make the appropriation large enough to cover it.
The town is very much in need of a power sprayer. that would be powerful enough to cover the entire town in season, as it will be only a few years when it will be as necessary to spray woodland, orchards and ornamental trees as it now is to Paris-green potatoes.
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We adopted the policy of spending the moth appropriation in the first few months, and by so doing have been able to get about $1,500 from the State- it seeming to me to be better than to make the appropriation last all the year and get nothing - for the State authorities will insist that our allotment be spent any way.
It was necessary to spend nearly half of our appropriation on a woodland colony back of Webster Hunt's, as it was said by the State authorities to be the most badly infested place this side of Boston. There were about 85,000 egg clusters creosoted; and when one takes into consideration that each cluster contains from 300 to 600 eggs, it means that we had that number less of moths.
In June we hired the Cohasset sprayer and sprayed about six acres of the colony under the direction of one of the State experts, killing a great many caterpillars, so that it now is in a condition easily handled if attended to.
There were nearly 10,000 trees burlaped and the burlaps turned during the past summer, and it is estimated that up- wards of half a million caterpillars were destroyed in this way.
We also sprayed the most badly infested places in town, this being one of the best methods of destroying the pests under these conditions.
In the early spring we went over all the residential section, removing browntail nests, destroying nearly five bushels of nests in the North Scituate Beach section alone.
This work I consider necessary, not only because of the caterpillars being so destructive to trees, etc., but on account of the spines which are very poisonous to many persons.
The orchard work is one of the most important parts of this work, the State authorities insisting that every orchard shall be trimmed of all dead wood, and all holes carefully closed with zinc or cement, and all worthless trees cut down, holes and dead bark making just the place that the female gypsy moth chooses to lay her eggs.
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In this town there are many trees in like condition, and if the property owners would only attend to the matter it would make the work much easier for the town.
I can report the residential section in fair shape, but the woodlands are infested in many places. While at this time the infestation is only scattering, it will be only a few years, unless some of the parasites become common, that all woodlands will become thoroughly infested.
I have found that nearly all of the property owners realize the importance of this work, and wish to thank them for their cooperation, and it is only by such cooperation that good work can be accomplished.
I have found the State agents and inspectors to be honest, conscientious men, willing to help the town or individuals in this work if they will only help themselves.
The gypsy moth, working silently and spreading as it is over a broader area every year, is one of the most destructive insect pests we have ever had, and it behooves all of us to do all in our power to suppress it.
Respectfully submitted,
PERCIVAL S. BROWN.
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PARK COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
To the Citizens of the Town of Scituate:
The Park Commissioners in submitting their annual report to the citizens of the Town of Scituate wish to call especial attention to the work performed by the members of the Woman's Club in beautifying the grounds about the town lockup. In place of the former ugly spot we now have a well-graded lawn ornamented with hardy shrubs, vines and trees, which will all need careful attention each year; therefore the Commission recommend that a payment of twenty-five dollars additional to the salary of the keeper of the lockup be made that the grounds may be kept in as neat a manner as the interior of the building.
The Common has been carefully graded, all the rubbish about the foundation of the old East Grammar School re- moved, and the left field of the ball grounds raised so that the boys will have a very fair field on which to play the national game.
Work has also been done on different triangles at the intersection of streets which the Commission hope to complete this year, and also to extend this work in various sections of the town, requiring an amount of $250.00 for same, which the town will be asked to raise and appropriate for use of the Park Commission.
The death of Mr. Walter H. Spooner, a very active and interested member of our Board, was not only a great loss to us, but also to the whole Town of Scituate, as few, if any, of its citizens have done more the past few years for the
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general good of the town than he. In trying to make Scituate an ideal summer resort, Mr. Spooner gave his very best efforts, and it is to be regretted that he could not have lived to see many of the improvements made in which he took the initiative.
It will be necessary to elect one member of the Board for a term of three years at our coming March meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. NORTH, CLEMENT J. PROUTY, Park Commissioners.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
SCITUATE, January 1, 1910.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
GENTLEMEN: We herewith make a report of the Fire Department of Scituate for the year 1909. During the past year forest fires have been less frequent than usual, two being caused by sparks from a locomotive along the line of railroad, while two others were the result of carelessness. Fire has occurred in one building only; that of Christopher O. Neill at Peggotty Beach, which was totally destroyed; the cause being the explosion of an oil stove, and only for the efficient work of Hose 1, at Scituate Harbor, the adjoining buildings would have been destroyed. During the year the department has been furnished with the extra hose that was needed and fire extinguishers, wrenches, gates, nozzles, etc. Four new hydrants have been put in during the year, making the number at present one hundred and thirteen. We recommend that six hundred dollars be raised for the main- tenance of the several hose companies and the general expense of the department.
Very respectfully yours,
JOHN F. TURNER, Chief. F. W. LITCHFIELD, Clerk. FRANK L. YOUNG. E. R. SEAVERNS. .
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BOARD OF HEALTH
SCITUATE, MASS., January 1, 1910. To the Citizens of Scituate:
The past year has seen some changes in the Board of Health, and the inauguration of some new work which we trust will be of benefit to the health and welfare of the community.
At the Town Meeting in March, Mr. Geo. O. Allen, who had acceptably filled the position of Chairman since the formation of the Board in 1902, refusing to be a candidate for reelection, Dr. H. F. Cleverly was elected a new member for three years.
In the retiring of Mr. Allen the Board wish to express their thanks for the services he has always so freely and faith- fully performed.
Early in March a meeting was called and the Board organ- ized, Thos. H. Farmer being chosen Chairman, and Frederic Cole, Secretary.
This year the regulations have been revised, and we trust that they now amply provide for most matters which may re- quire the attention of the Board.
Early in the year it was deemed advisable to have a speci- fied time for meeting, and it was decided to hold regular monthly meetings on the first Monday in every month, and this prac- tice has been followed through the year.
In compliance with a notice from Governor Draper, it be- came incumbent upon the Board of Health to appoint a Meat Inspector, and April 26 Thos. H. Farmer was elected to fill that position, and an account of the work performed appears under the Meat Inspector's report.
For improvement of the sanitary conditions of the beaches, and to more thoroughly control the systematic removal of
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swill, garbage, etc., it was decided to issue licenses to responsi- ble parties for such work in the more thickly settled portions of the town, and they were granted to Mr. Chas. Turner at North Scituate, Mr. David O'Hern at the Sand Hills, Shore Acres, and Third Cliff, and Mr. Chas. Williamson at Humarock Beach.
We feel that these parties have faithfully performed their duties, and we thank all who have complied with our require- ments.
This is a matter which seriously affects the health of many of the summer residents and one which it is incumbent upon us to particularly enforce.
In the sections of the town where this has been started for the first time, to some it may have seemed a hardship to be obliged to expend a small sum in this way, but if they will only stop and consider the ultimate good that will result, we trust for a more hearty cooperation the next season.
In the past few years there have been many complaints made to the Board in regard to the milk question and why there was no Milk Inspector in town.
By a change in the State laws, the power of appointing a Milk Inspector has been placed in the hands of the Board of Health, and at the regular July meeting the Board appointed Thos. H. Farmer for that position.
The town has been particularly free from contagious dis- eases the past year.
There have been reported six cases of diphtheria, only two of which were natives of Scituate, two of scarlet fever, and eight of measles, six of which were in one family, and one of typhoid fever.
The State Board of Health have requested the local Board to assist them in the abolishment of the common drinking cup, especially in the schools.
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