Town annual report of the officers of Wakefield Massachusetts : including the vital statistics for the year 1922, Part 8

Author: Wakefield, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Town of Wakefield
Number of Pages: 332


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15 Wakefield Frank Joseph Coughlin Allaben, N. Y.


Mary Veronica Kelley Wakefield


15 Roxbury John Francis Conway Wakefield


May Elizabeth Coyne Boston


20 Wakefield Zenas Minard Sanford . Medford


Arlene Pearle Winslow Wakefield


21 Wakefield . Frank Hillier Wakefield


Rhoda Small. Wakefield


22 Wakefield . Giuseppe Antonio Mevlo Boston


Anna Tonia Sagliccolla Wakefield


25 Wakefield Percy Havelock Young Wakefield


Florence Myra Fravel Wakefield


27 Wakefield. Frank Patrick Martin Wakefield


Mary E. (Gill) Corcoran. Wakefield


27 Revere. Ralph Livingstone Stewart Wakefield


Maude Belle Jackman . Revere


28 Stoneham Thomas Young Magee Wakefield Rosella Howes Stoneham


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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Date Place of Marriage Name Residence


Oct.


29 Boston. Joseph Zammitti Wakefield


Ida Recupero Boston


29 Wakefield Thomas James Keane. Wakefield


Margaret Mary Curran Wakefield


29 Wakefield Harold C. Pressey Boston


Mary Flynn. Wakefield


29 Wakefield . Pasquale DeMarco . Lynn


Nellie Valvo Wakefield


Nov.


3 Wakefield Harry Edward True Wakefield


Idabelle Florence Studley Wakefield


4 Melrose Frank Edward McIntire Wakefield


Anna Agnes Doherty Melrose


4 Wakefield Simeon Albert Carlson Saugus Gertrude Louise Marie Anderson Wakefield


5 Lynn . . Giovanni DiSanto Wakefield


Marie Felicia Roberto Lynn


5 Wakefield William Wilson Lyons. Wakefield


Bridget Josephine Fitzgerald. Wakefield


7 Wakefield . Frederick Barnard Wiley Wakefield


Mildred Eugenia Deane Boston


11 Wakefield . Harold Coffin Baker. Malden


Pearle Ernestine Trefry . Wakefield


11 Reading. Harry Edward Smith Reading


Evelyn Marie Conway Wakefield


14 Wakefield. . Charles William Crowell. Wakefield


Florence Louise Muise. Wakefield


15 Watertown James Craige Stewart Wakefield


Maude Blanche Stevenson Watertown


18 Wakefield Ray Oliver Cutter Wakefield


Eleanor Olive Kemp. Wakefield


19 Wakefield .


Owen Augustus Kenney Wakefield


Catherine Rena Curran. Wakefield


23 Wakefield . . Ralph DeCecca Jr. Wakefield


Annie Leach. Wakefield


26 Peabody . Peter Pappatheodorou Wakefield · Demetra Jais Danvers


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RECORD OF MARRIAGES


Date Place of Marriage Name


Residence


Nov. 26 Stoneham Walter Joseph White. Wakefield


Anna Elizabeth McDermott. Stoneham


29 Woburn Charles Clifford Gillis Wakefield


Helen Bennett Woburn


29 Wakefield Francis Thomas O'Toole. Stoneham


Ruby Mary Bishop Wakefield


29 Wakefield William Joseph Reed Somerville


Helen Esther Thompson Wakefield


29 Malden


Alfred Pittman Cambridge


Asenath Parsons Wakefield


30 Wakefield .


Lewis Joseph Walsh Wakefield


Matilda Doirom Wakefield


30 Wakefield . William Francis Cheissong Melrose


Elizabeth Joesphine Burns. Wakefield


Dec .:


2 Wakefield Herman Scott Mitchell. Woodsville, N. H.


Nina Emily Titus Wakefield


9 Malden William Burkley Moore Everett


Hilda Parsons. Wakefield


12 Reading. Samuel Henry Davis Reading


Helen Gertrude Bailey Wakefield


12 Boston. Ernest Morgan Osborne Quincy Elizabeth Frances Pervere. Wakefield


16 Wakefield Raymond Duck Vatcher . Saugus


Leah Amny Pottle. Wakefield


16 Melrose Lawrence Rankin Harris Wakefield


Leonie Odlin Waggett Melrose


20 Providence, R. I ... . Michael Joseph Mccarthy Wakefield


Julia Leaney Connolly Wakefield


29 Wakefield James Everett Worthley Wakefield


Ethel Blanchard Wakefield


31 Wakefield . Jeremiah Joseph Kelley Wakefield


Cecelia Julia McKenna Wakefield


31 Wak field . Ernest Edwin Whittle Wakefield Eleanor Francis Bowers Wakefield


31 Reading. George Edward Hatfield Wakefield Helen Hastings Waters. Reading


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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Record of Deaths


Any errors or omissions noted in these records should be reported to the Town Clerk at once.


Date of


Death


Yrs.


Age Mos.


Days


Jan.


2


Vincent Balboe.


73


0


0


6 Martha M. Barker


85


11


6


8 Stillbirth .


0


0


8 Grace M. French.


24


9


30


9 Flora J. Robie .


61


9


27


9 Mary Ann Daland.


89


6


1


9 Mary Ann Morris .


74


11


22


10 Bessie L. Eastman.


54


3


13


11 Sarah Trafton (Marshall) Dennett.


89


10


13


12 Alexander Alfred Muse.


25


1


'18


13 Christine Fallon.


1


1


14 · Sophronia J. Pittman


82


9


15


16 Ann Lally .


67


0


0


16 Mary Abbie True.


58


7


22


18 Jennie Therese Sheldon .


61


3


24


18 Michael Holden


96


0


0


20 Filomena Mase.


68


0


0


20 Thomas F. Madden.


75


0


0


22


Elizabeth Ann Lucas.


69


11


10


22


Mary Ann McElhiney


88


8


7


23 Charles C. Lindsay Jr.


42


0


0


24


Joseph A. Pike.


76


0


0


28 Anna Cecilia Odman Johnson


63


1


19


30 Ev ria Duella Haskell.


29


1


20


31 Edward L. Nelson


51


9


11


Feb.


1 Annie Kernan.


80


0


0


2 Horatio Langdon Cate.


63


7


27


3


William Morgan Brown


21


10


20


6 Sarah Shultz


33


1


1


11


Margaret Kirkpatrick.


89


9


0


12 Emily Frances Fairbanks.


71


7


22 d


17 Laura May Gillis.


52


10


11


17 Wilfred E. Paon.


32


1


11


18 Mary J. Corbett.


98


4


13


23


Reuben Holland Mitchell.


82


7


1


23 Mary M. Jack


34


11


15


24 Stillbirth


0


0


0


RECORD OF DEATHS


Date of Death


Yrs.


Age Mos.


Days


Feb.


25


Margaret T. Meade.


60


1


10


25 Daniel Haggerty .


69


5


28


27 Elwin Lenard Crockett.


73


6


7


27 Albert S. West.


62


8


24


28 George Henry Smith.


56


5


19


28 Anna J. Foley


29


0


0


March 3


Ellen Talbot.


72


0


0


5


William F. Batchelder


63


9


3


7


Augustus H. Hall.


61


0


0


9 Violet Stone.


0


0


1


10


Frances Muse.


70


0


0


11


Norman W. Rickards


17


9


23


11


Lily P. Stone .


32


0


19


17


Zina B. Malcolm


61


0


0


17


James Dike.


32


3


9


19


James J. Mooney. .


70


0


0


20


Dina Pearson Johnson


52


3


7


21


Catherine M. Houston .


74


7


26


23


Mary H. Thresher.


43


11


17


26


John Dillon.


88


10


23


27


Sarah A. Hunt


24


7


20


27


Margaret Egan.


35


10


27


28


Otis Tuttle.


86


4


10


29


Mary A. Reardon.


65


3


5


31


John J. Crute


76


11


April


4


Henry Lilley Eaton.


95


9


8


5


Ada Jane Burley


78


9


17


6


Caroline Wilhelmenia Dazet .


81


7


12


6


Herbert Seelye Smith.


52


1


15


6 Mary E. Clothey.


0


0


3


8


John William Morrison.


0


0


28


9 Dorothy Gillis.


23


5


1


11


Joseph Armitage Flockton.


69


6


20


12 Jennie G. Laburn.


20


6


4


13


Mary E. Keefe.


85


10


27


15 Hilma Chellman


41


2


9


15 John Wheeler


71


11


12


17 Joshua Dunn Walton


89


8


28


22 Leo F. Surrette


3


5


19


26


Z. Herbert Green.


65


5


4


28 Annie Andrews.


67


0


0


May


1


Mary Eliza Crocker


67


0


1


1 Clara Maud Armstrong


43


5


18


2 Alfred Botsford Tyrell .


70


9


1


3 Margaret Jane Cochrane.


61


8


7


12 Stillbirth


0


0


0


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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Date of


Death


Yrs.


Age Mos. Days


May


14 Whiton .


0


0


1hr


16 Elizabeth Broomhead .


79


7


24


17 Samuel King Hamilton.


84


9


20


20 Elena Bilicki.


1


2


6


21 Annie Case Jones.


78


1


9


24 Mary E. B. Wiley


83


7


1


25


Frank Elliot Loring.


18


2


22


June


2 Edgar Greenleaf.


84


3


16


4


George Arthur Wheeler


71


5


9


4 Edgar Wheelock.


75


4


28


5 Ellen Monahan


64


0


0


9 Jennie Wilcox.


37


0


0


15


Maryetta Blake.


80


2


6


16 Katherine F. Coleman


71


2


30


16 Stillbirth .


0


0


0


20


Francesca Lerra.


22


0


0


22


Annette Eliza Parsons


88


9


27


22


Fannie T. Gardner


67


2


17


23


Lyman Beecher Hawkes.


82


2


15


25


Patrick A. O'Brien


33


8


2


25


Alice E. Prouty


60


10


20


26


Mary Anderson .


44


0


17


28


Frances H. Fessenden.


67


3


4


28


Myra Hunt Kingman Merriman.


48


7


26


29 Frank L. Crocker.


48


3


7


30


Martha B. Bayrd.


61


0


24


30


Harrison S. Babb


79


9


17


July


1 Angeline Sweetser Mansfield .


82


5


27


1 Joseph Joughin.


6


0


0


2 Eugene M. Wentworth


54


9


21


3 Charles L. Williams.


65


6


11


3


Christine A. Frotten.


0


11


29


6


Emma Jane Sawins.


68


8


9


6 Alexander Glass.


87


5


9


8 Emily Augusta Gates


55


11


7


19


Brinah Gordon.


64


0


0


21


Helen Maria Dunham.


56


9


28


22


John William Gourlay


53


8


11


24


Robert Waters


0


0


20hr


27


Irene M. Roberts.


23


10


13


28


Smith


0


0


30m


29


Lulu Blanche Trefry


49


1


9


August 1


Charles H. Duguid


62


10


21


7 Cecelia Doran.


18


0


25


9


Stanley Richardson Plummer


25


10


7


15 Richard Barrett.


71


0


0


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RECORD OF DEATHS


Date of Deaih


Yrs.


Age Mos.


Days


Aug.


24 John D. McKay


73


1


11


26 Elden S. Oliver.


77


11


23


27 Alvin B. Woodman.


80


5


13


30 Stillbirth. .


0


0


0


Sept.


5 Charles S. Russell .


14


5


16


8 Lillian O. Barber


54


11


18


8 Martha A. Hill.


89


2


14


9 Giuseppe Barba.


55


0


0


10 Vanda A. Mangeri.


0


0


1


13 Helen Cotter.


0


1


14


18


Katherine Malonson


7


6


10


20 Alice Mary Travis.


73


1


23


21


Josephine A, Colla.


22


0


0


23 Stillbirth


0


0


0


23


Frank B. Salipante.


73


8


7


25


Mary Arlene McWhinnie.


10


7


25


29


Catherine Hernon .


69


0


0


30 John Stanton Adams.


0


0


1


Oct.


1 Solon O. Richardson .


81


0


22


2 Adaline Eliza Danforth


91


6


3


7 Daniel Barry Jr.


1


7


24


8 Herman W. Christie


0


0


15


12 Stillbirth .


0


0


0


12


Mary A. McManius


70


0


0


20 Mary Ann Garby Chambers


75


3


27


22 Albert F. Hawkes .


48


10


0


22


Harvey Elmer Wheeler.


66


7


4


23


Isaac Mott Cutter.


74


8


15


25


Ethelind Brown


44


0


28


25


John McLain.


82


0


13


29


Fannie Parkhurst Phelps


59


0


0


30 John Peard.


35


11


13


30 Yolande Antonucci


0


0


2h


30 Concetta Serafino


0


5


10


31 Louis Roberts.


78


10


27


Nov.


3 Emma Simmons Austin


50


3


18


6 Rosa Augusta Perkins


72


6


18


14


Sarah Elizabeth Gilson.


88


5


3


15


Richard Anderson Holt .


0


0


30


18


Sarah A. Cottam


82


0


0


22


Esther G. Jordan.


[29


0


0


23 Alma S. Frotten.


0


4


25


28 Olivia W. Douglas.


75


4


21


28 Cora MacQuarrie.


59


4


22


Dec.


2 Frederick Artemas Simonds.


34


1


16


9 Gennario Catalano


61


1


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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Date of Death


Yrs.


Age Mos.


Days


Dec.


10 Herbert W. Antunes


0


3


10


13 Bernard Keene.


2


6


11


14 William H. Atwell Jr


77


0


21


15 Myra Foster.


69


8


20


16 Arlon S. Atherton .


80


8


12


17 Martha Houston .


89


8


2


17 Charles D. Macomber.


71


3


10


18 Joseph Doucette .


58


8


10


18 Stillbirth .


0


0


0


18


William O. Wakefield.


62


2


15


18


Mary Ann Hinds.


77


4


7


20 Domenic Mocciro


0


9


16


21


James Raymond Sederquest


0


0


13


21 Jane Doucette


64


0


0


22 John J. Bradley.


69


0


15


24


Salvatore Urso


1


10


0


25


Giovanni Tomasino.


78


0


0


26


Florence Putnam MacQuinn


46


4


19


30


Harriett F. Atwell.


76


7


26


31 Thomas E. Giles


75


7


4


31 Wendell Phillips Burnham.


71


8


12


31 David O'Connell .


0


0


1 5m


31


Catherine Winship.


84


0


0


REPORT OF TOWN CLERK


123


Dog Licenses


Number of licenses issued :


441


Males.


356


Females.


83


Breeders


2


Tax on 356 males at $2.00.


$712.00


Tax on 83 females at $5.00 .


415.00


Tax on 2 breeders at $25.00.


50.00


$1,177.00


Deduct Clerk's fees.


88.20


$1,088.80


Cash paid County Treasurer.


$1,088.80


Hunters' Licenses


-


Total number of licenses issued ..


295


Resident Combination, 93 at $2.00


$186.00


Resident Hunting, 130 at $1.50


195.00


Resident Fishing, 56 at $1.00.


56.00


Alien Hunting, 2 at $15.00. .


30.00


Non-resident fishing, 1 at $2.00


2.00


Minor trapping, 13 at 25 cents


3.25


$472.25


Deduct Clerk's fees.


44.25


Cash paid Division of Fisheries and Game.


$428.00 $428.00


FREDERIC S. HARTSHORNE


Town Clerk


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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Report of Board of Health


The annual report of the Board of Health is herewith respectfully submitted


There were 295 cases of infectious diseases reported for the year ending De- cember 31st, 1922, divided as follows:


Tuberculosis.


16


Whooping cough 20


Typhoid fever. 2


Scarlet fever .


31


Diphtheria. .


42


Lobar Pneumonia


19


Measles


118


Mumps


23


Influenza.


4


Chicken-pox


19


Infantile Paralysis. I


Miss Russell, the Board of Health nurse visits these cases, giving advice and instructions to those having the care of the patients, and seeing that the rules and regulations of the Board are carried out. The following number of visits were made during the year:


Number of Visits


Scarlet fever


44


Tuberculosis 170


Typhoid. 4


Infantile Paralysis. 5


Diphtheria


54


Measles


87


Chicken-pox


3


The Clinic for children crippled by Infantile Paralysis is held at the Dispen- sary as heretofore. The treatments are given by Miss Kemp of the Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commission.


The collection of garbage is now conducted by the Board of Overseers of the Poor, and all communications relative thereto, should be sent direct to that Board.


There has been for several years a continual nuisance on Bennett Street, from over-flowing cesspools. We recommend that a sewer be constructed in this street, and will accordingly put an article to this effect in the Town War- rant. Further extension of the sewer system is desirable in the Junction dis-


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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH


trict, and in the near future the question of sewers in Greenwood must be con- sidered. The Haywood Bros. Rattan factory, is not yet sewered, and still presents a serious health problem for the town.


Mr. Augustine Jenkins who had been a member of this Board since 1899, serving as secretary for the entire period, resigned in April, and his place is filled by Mr. W. S. Goodwin.


ERNEST E. TYZZER, M. D. Chairman CHARLES E. MONTAGUE, M. D. W. S. GOODWIN, Secretary.


Report of Inspector of Slaughtering


Town of Wakefield, Board of Health:


I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughtering for the year 1922. There were twelve hundred and twenty-seven hogs killed.


Fourteen of this number were condemned. Two were tubercular, and twelve had Hemorrhagic Septicemia.


There were sixteen calves, two sheep, and twenty cows killed.


Two cows were condemned for tuberculosis.


Respectfully submitted,


DR. PALMER CORBETT.


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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Report of the Plumbing Inspector


To the Honorable Board of Health:


Gentlemen :-


I respectfully submit the following report for the year ending December 31st, 1922.


Number of plumbing inspections . 344


Number of permits granted. . 190


Number of fixtures installed . 944


Divided as follows:


Bath tubs. 162


Water closets


249


Lavatories.


205


Sinks .


202


Wash trays


153


Drinking fountains.


8


Showers.


5


Urinals.


10


This is the largest number of permits taken out since 1903, and the largest number of fixtures installed in one year in the history of this department.


Respectfully submitted,


DAVID TAGGART.


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK


Annual Report of the Inspector of Milk


To the Board of Health,


Town of Wakefield, Mass.


Gentlemen :


I herewith present for your consideration my report for the year 1922.


The inspections of the milk supply for the Town of Wakefield for the year 1922, have not differed in many respects from those conducted for the past few years. It has consisted of the collecting of samples of milk from the dealers and in the analysis of the same for the butter fats and the total solid contents; also in the inspection of the premises and conditions under which the milk was produced.


The results of these tests were in the majority of cases satisfactory as far as the standard of the milk was concerned, but had absolutely no influence upon the quality of the milk from the stand-point of cleanliness. To my mind the latter is the most important phase of the whole milk situation, but can be accomplished only through the means of a test for the bacteria contents.


Ninety-six (96) samples of milk and eighteen (18) samples of cream were analyzed this year. Six (6) samples of milk and three (3) of cream were found to be below standard. The dealers were warned, and in all cases the quality was immediately improved. Forty-four dealers and stores were licensed to sell milk, and nineteen (19) stores were licensed to sell oleo-margarine.


The total receipts of the department were thirty one dollars ($31.00).


Respectfully submitted,


CARL M. SMITH,


Inspector of Milk.


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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Report of the Overseers of the Poor


The Overseers of the Poor herewith respectfully submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1922.


At the beginning of 1922, we had at the Town Home, 9 inmates, 3 of whom have died during the year, leaving 3 women and 3 men, some of whom are bed- ridden and require constant and careful attention.


The number of mothers making application for aid has increased. Those receiving temporary aid have decreased as it has been our good fortune to secure employment for some of both sexes.


In accordance with the vote of the Town at the March meeting to have the Poor Department collect the garbage, same to begin May 1st, 1922, as this was a new venture and necessitated quite an expense to purchase equipment, horses, wagons and other accessories also an addition to the barn to be used as a wagon shed and a cellar for the hog pens, the foundations for same having been built some years ago. We have purchased 37 brood sows and at present there are 44 brood sows, 3 boars and 26 pigs. The collection of garbage is larger than we anticipated, nevertheless having been in the business for 9 months and as was expected have had some complaints, both reasonable and unreasonable but on the whole we feel that most people are satisfied with the service that we have given. We found it quite a proposition to find and hold reliable help for the above work but with the experience of the past year, we hope to improve the service for this coming year. Receipts from the sale of pork this year have been $961.36.


Under the management of Supt. and Matron Mrs. Melvin Brown, the Farm has been successfully carried on and the inmates are all well cared for, and we feel the town is fortunate in having such assistants.


At the Farm on Saturday, March 18th, we experienced a bad roof fire on the main house which did considerable damage from fire, smoke and water and the amount of the damage, $2,319.00 was recovered from the fire underwriters.


The Board takes this opportunity to thank all who have helped in various ways. Many factories and stores have given employment at our request and the various churches, organizations and individuals have also given great assistance. To all we wish to express our sincere appreciation.


Signed, HUGH CONNELL, Chairman, WILLIAM C. STRONG, ADELAIDE W. BOYNTON, Secretary.


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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR


Inventory, Town Farm, December 30, 1922


4 Horses


$1,000.00


8 Cows.


640.00


5 Heifers


240.00


1 Bull.


40.00


5 Calves.


50.00


2 Sheep


10.00


4 Sows


160.00


40 Sows.


1,400.00


26 Pigs.


228.00


10 Geese


30.00


40 Ducks.


80.00


150 Hens.


300.00


$4,178.00


35 Tons Hay.


$700.00


2 Tons Straw


40.00


45 Cords Wood .


695.00


20 Cords Dressing


120.00


10 Thousand feet lumber


470.00


10 Rolls Wire Fence 38.00


80 Bags Cement.


56.00


$2,119.00


10 Horse Blankets.


60.00


2 Garbage Wagons.


600.00


1 Two Horse Wagon.


75.00


1 Milk Wagon.


75.00


1 Double Wagon


100.00


1 Express Wagon.


90.00


1 Farm Wagon. 75.00


1 Buggy. 75.00


60.00


Harness.


350.00


3 Sleds.


175.00


1 Two Horse Mowing Machine.


100.00


1 Sulky Plow


50.00


3 Walking Plows


120.00


1 Hay Rake


15.00


3 Cultivators


.75.00


1 Hay Tedder .


5.00


1 Spring Tooth Harrow


10.00


1 Wheel Harrow.


34.00


1 Seeder.


25.00


1 40 Foot Extension Ladder


15.00


1 Wheelbarrow.


4.00


1 One Horse Cart


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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


1 Manure Spreader


25.00


1 Corn Planter.


25.00


1 Grindstone.


7.00


1 Platform Scale.


10.00


1 Truck.


800.00


Other Tools


75.00


$3,130.00


House Furnishings.


$2,000.00


Household Supplies.


480.00


$2,480.00


$11,907.00


Report of the Tuberculosis Dispensary


To the Wakefield Board of Health:


The annual report of the Tuberculosis Dispensary is herewith respectfully submitted.


The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary has been carried on as in previous years, with Clinics Tuesday afternoons from 3.30 to 4.30 p. m., and Friday evenings from 8.30 to 9.30. From January 1st to December 31st, 1922, 80 examinations were made, and 40 patients were examined.


There were 16 new cases reported, and 8 deaths. Four of the new cases that were reported were found to be in the advanced stages of the disease, and not susceptible to much improvement at Sanatoria or from treatment elsewhere. The importance to the patient and to the community of an early diagnosis, and the institution of proper treatment can hardly be over estimated. Through the aid of the Board of Health Dispensary 4 cases were sent to Sanatoria. There are other cases in the community whose surroundings and home conditions are anything but favorable to tubercular patients, but it is impossible to con- vince them of that fact.


There are 54 resident cases on record, 17 which are active, 37 arrested. Twenty- one of the resident cases are under the supervision of the dispensary and the remaining 33 under the supervision of local physicians. Besides these there are 30 suspicious cases, and 8 cases in Sanatoria. Six tubercular patients left town during the year.


REPORT OF TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY


131


The Board of Health nurse assists at clinics Tuesday afternoons and Fri- day evenings, visits tubercular patients, investigates new cases, obtains records of cases, instructs those that remain at home on living methods and care of sputum, so that others may not become infected, and distributes sputum boxes. IRA RICHARDSON, M. D.


Dispensary Physician


NELLIE B. RUSSELL, R. N.


Report of Sweetser Charity January 1, 1923


Rosa B. Cutler, Treasurer


In account with Sweetser Charity


Dr.


$503.10


To balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1922.


Feb. 24, 1922


Received from Treasurer of Sweetser Lecture Committee


$96.50


Received dividends from Wakefield Savings Bank . 20.38


$618.98


Cr.


By disbursements


$214.99


Jan. 1, 1923 balance


$404.99


ROSA B. CUTLER, Treasurer.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Report of School Committee


SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1922-23


J. Lowe McMahon, Chairman, Prospect St Term expires 1925 66 66 1924


Mrs. Ida Farr Miller, Secretary, 21 Richardson Ave


Harry B. Allman, Treasurer, Greenwood Ave.


1924


Mrs. Eva Gowing Ripley, 40 Emerson Street.


66 1925


John B. Sawyer, Summit Ave


66 1923


Leo A. Rogers, Stedman St.


66


1923


SUB-COMMITTEES


Public Property


Mr. Rogers


Mr. Allman


Mr. McMahon


Finance and Accounts


Mr. Allman


Mr. Rogers Mr. McMahon


Teachers and Salaries


Mrs. Ripley Mr. Sawyer


Mrs. Miller


Courses of Study


Mrs. Ripley


Mrs. Miller Mr. Sawyer


Text Books and Supplies Mrs. Ripley Mr. McMahon


Mr. Sawyer


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


Willard B. Atwell, 20 Stedman Street.


OFFICE HOURS


Mondays, 7 to 8 p. m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 to 8.30 a. m. Wed- nesdays and Fridays, 4 to 5.30 p. m.


Office, Odd Fellows Building.


Telephone, Office, 122. Residence, 363.


Clerk, Edna Kroener, Telephone, 825-M. Hours, 8 to 12 and 1.30 to 5 on school days, and 8 to 12 on Saturdays.


REGULAR MEETINGS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Second and fourth Fridays of each month at 8 p. m., at Committee Rooms.


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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Report of School Committee


NEW HIGH SCHOOL


It was hoped that the new High School building would be ready for occupancy by not later than January 1, 1923, but owing to conditions arising which held up the contractor, it will probably be March or April before the building is com- pleted.


The removal to the new school will greatly relieve conditions in the grammar grades, as it is the intention of the committee to bring the eighth grade pupils from the other buildings in town to the old High School.


REPAIRS


Electric lights have been installed in the Lincoln School, and it is the inten- tion of the committee ultimately to equip all school buildings with this sys- tem of lighting.


The exterior of the Prospect School was painted during the summer vacation and a new roof put on the building.


The two room portable building which had been in use for High School pur- poses was removed to Greenwood. This has relieved conditions for the present at that building, and enabled us to resume the regular sessions instead of the two session plan.


PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT


Four teachers have received credits for professional advancement during the year.


CHARLES H. HOWE MEMORIAL LIBRARY


We are pleased to note the progress being made by the High School Parent Teacher Association through a special committee to create a fund for the pur- chase of books for the High School Library.


We wish to acknowledge gratefully receipt of a valuable collection of books of the late Samuel K. Hamilton kindly given by Mrs. Hamilton. This is to be known as "The Samuel K. Hamilton Collection."


Also a valuable collection of manuscript music has been received from Mrs. George F. Wilson and her daughter, being the music collection of the late George F. Wilson, for many years music supervisor in the Wakefield schools.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE


APPROPRIATIONS


We recommend the following appropriations:


Salaries


$183,300.00


Contingent


14,000.00


Books and Supplies.


7,500.00


Fuel .


16,550.00


Evening School


5,650.00


Practical Arts.


900.00


Total


$227,900.00


Amount turned back to town for coal $6,929.00


We recommend that this sum be reappropriated, making a total of $234,829.00.


J. LOWE McMAHON,


IDA FARR MILLER, HARRY B. ALLMAN, EVA GOWING RIPLEY, JOHN B. SAWYER, LEO A. ROGERS.


Report of Superintendent


To the School Committee:


Ladies and Gentlemen :- I herewith submit my annual report for the year 1922.


The many duties which have fallen upon me in looking after details in con- nection with the building and equipment of the new High School have been a heavy drain upon my time and have detracted materially from the regular school work. The generous support of the teachers and principals has been of great help in making this year one of progress.


NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING


After many years of waiting, a new High School building seems to be a reality. It is almost completed, and we expect to enter it sometime in the spring. I believe the Townspeople will be well satisfied with both the building and equip- ment in spite of some criticism which has been current. This criticism has been made by those, principally, who do not know exactly what we have, nor how expansive a plant it is. I think it may be well to defer a description of both building and contents until a later date.


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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


I hope that when the building is ready for occupancy, we may have open house some afternoon and evening when every one who may be interested may have a chance to go all over the building and inspect all parts, together with the equipment and apparatus.




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