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40 lost dogs have been returned to their owners. Some were in- jured by trains, autos and traps, as well as disease and exposure. These dogs received medical treatment when necessary.
23 dogs were placed in good homes after being cared for and put in good physical condition.
13 dogs have been cared for suffering from Rabies. Two cases of furious rabies and eleven cases of dumb rabies. Most of these dogs were found running at large.
Since last April I have answered 61 calls for dogs that were sick or had been hurt.
Below is a partial list of expenditures to date:
Veterinary
$46.00
Food
70.50
Telephone
17.10
Envelopes and notices
62.40
Straw for bedding
5.50
Clerk hire
30.00
Use of auto
71.50
Medicine and Drugs
30.25
Equipment
127.05
$460.30
Received from Town
$310.98
Received from Donations
73.00
$383.98
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY G. ROBINSON,
Dog Officer.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Town Treasurer
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To the Citizens of Wakefield :--
I herewith present my report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1927.
TRUST FUNDS
The Trust Funds and available income balances now in my hands are as follows:
Cornelius Sweetser Lecture Fund
$10,000.00
Cornelius Sweetser Lecture Guarantee Fund
1,756.32
John Gould Aborn Library Fund
1,689.26
Cyrus G. Beebe Library Fund
2,000.00
Frederic Beebe Library Fund
1,000.00
Rev. Thomas Albert Emerson Library Fund
500.00
Flint Memorial Library Fund
1,000.00
Merrill W. Gove Library Fund
500.00
Dr. Francis P. Hurd Library Fund
2,500.00
Franklin Poole Library Fund
500.00
Mary H. Pratt Library Fund
200.00
Cyrus Wakefield Library Fund
500.00
Mary E. Aborn Park Fund
2,000.00
Nancy White Park Fund
1,000.00
Rev. Thomas Albert Emerson High School Fund
1,000.00
Rev. Thomas Albert Emerson High School Fund interest balance available
8.52
Nancy White Hurd School Fund
500.00
Nancy White Hurd School Fund, interest balance available
.74
Jonathan Nichols Temperance Fund
1,000.00
Jonathan Nichols Temperance Fund, interest balance available
9.37
Sarah Burbank Burial Lot Fund
100.00
Sarah Burbank Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available
50.18
Ezra Eaton Burial Lot Fund
100.00
Ezra Eaton Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available
21.60
Rev. Thomas Albert Emerson Old Cemetery Fund
1,000.00
Carried Forward
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Brought Forward
Rev. Thomas Albert Emerson Old Cemetery Fund interest balance available
21.07
Flint Old Burial Ground Fund
2,000.00
Flint Old Burial Ground Fund, interest balance available
189.33
Stimpson Family Burial Lot Fund 200.00
Stimpson Family Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available
37.49
Clarissa E. Swain Burial Lot Fund
500.00
Clarissa E. Swain Burial Lot Fund interest balance available
17.34
Cornelius Sweetser Burial Lot Fund
1,000.00
Cornelius Sweetser Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available
207.00
Jane K. Vinton Burial Lot Fund
50.00
Jane K. Vinton Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available
6.74
George M. Kelley Burial Lot Fund
25.00
George M. Kelley Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available Levi Flanders Burial Lot Fund
100.00
Levi Flanders Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available
6.38
Gad and Clarissa Chandler Carter Burial Lot Fund
200.00
Gad and Clarissa Chandler Carter Burial Lot Fund interest balance available 33.95
P. M. Wilkinson Burial Lot Fund
50.00
P. M. Wilkinson Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available
13.98
Francis C. Robie Burial Lot Fund
25.00
Francis C. Robie Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available
4.15
James and Elizabeth Walton Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
100.00
James and Elizabeth Walton Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery interest balance available 1.08
Adams Coburn Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
100.00
Adams Coburn Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery interest balance available
1.05
$33,836.03
The above trust funds are invested as follows:
United States Liberty Loan 414% Bonds
$10,000.00
Wakefield Savings Bank
8,083.79
Blackstone Savings Bank
621.60
Cambridge Savings Bank
4,109.57
Malden Savings Bank
5,500.00
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank
5,521.07
$33,836.03
10.48
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Full detail as to the nature of these funds, their incomes and detailed expenditures will be found in the Town Accountant's report.
LOAN ACCOUNT
The following sums have been borrowed on Temporary Notes in an- ticipation of revenue during the year:
$200,000.00 at 3.684 per cent discount
75,000.00 at 3.635 per cent discount
50,000.00 at 3.684 per cent discount
50,000.00 at 3.69 per cent discount
75,000.00 at 3.57 per cent discount
50,000.00 at 3.39 per cent discount plus $1.00 premium
50,000.00 at 3.43 per cent discount plus $2.75 premium
50,000.00 at 3.43 per cent discount plus $2.75 premium
$600,000.00
Of this amount $450,000.00 has been paid leaving a balance due in 1928 of $150,000.00 in anticipation of revenue.
Time loans as follows have been issued during the year :
$162,500.00 Water 334% bonds due $9,500.00 in 1928; $9,000.00 in 1929; and $8,000.00 in 1930 to 1947 inclusive.
12,500.00 Water Departmental Equipment 4% bonds due $3,500.00 in 1928; $3,000.00 in 1929 and $2,000.00 in 1930 to 1932 in- clusive.
10,000.00 Water Mains 4% bonds due $1,000.00 in 1928 to 1937 in- clusive.
25,000.00 Sewer 4% bonds due $3,000.00 in 1928 to 1934 inclusive; $2,000.00 in 1935 and $1,000.00 in 1936 and 1937.
$210,000.00
PERMANENT DEBT
Permanent debt Jan. 1, 1927
$1,398,000.00 115,500.00
Paid during 1927
1,282,500.00
New issues in 1927 as above
210,000.00
$1,492,500.00
The permanent debt has increased $94,500.00 during the year 1927.
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MATURITIES OF TOWN DEBT
Maturing in 1928
$130,000.00
1929
125,000.00
1930
114,500.00
1931
115,000.00
1932
114,000.00
1933
106,000.00
1934
96,500.00
1935
92,500.00
1936
88,500.00
1937
86,500.00
1938
83,500.00
1939
83,500.00
1940
72,000.00
1941
61,000.00
1942
45,500.00
1943
28,500.00
1944
14,000.00
1945
11,000.00
1946
10,000.00
1947
10,000.00
1948
2,000.00
1949
2,000.00
1950
1,000.00
$1,492,500.00
The debt is chargeable to the following:
Water Department
$317,000.00
Light Department
177,500.00
Metropolitan Sewer
126,000.00
Local Sewers
220,000.00
School Buildings
635,000.00
Highways
17,000.00
$1,492,500.00
CASH ACCOUNT
On the following pages wll be found the Treasurer's Cash Account.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Dr.
Arthur H. Boardman, Treasurer
To balance from last report, cash Borrowed on Temporary Notes Premium on above notes Cemetery, receipts
$85,338.77
600,000.00
6.50
331.50
Collector of Taxes, receipts-
Moth Assessments
2,743.07
Sidewalks
4,636.51
Tax Certifications
30.00
Tax Title Deeds
1,149.88
Taxes and interest
781,666.30
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
60.00
Corporation Tax,
Business
19,741.65
Public Service
4,126.30
Department of Education, English Speaking Classes
743.49
Income Tax
68,143.75
Military Aid
7.50
National Bank Tax
1,149.51
Pedlers' Licenses
21.00
Veterans' Exemption
175.63
State Aid
938.00
Street Railway Tax
1,025.05
Temporary Aid
191.00
Trust Company Tax Sec. 1, Chap. 343. Acts 1925
3,130.22
Tuition of Children
1,608.31
Vocational Education aid to Independent Industrial Schools
1,001.02
Vocational Education Training-Smith Hughes Act
169.83
Court Fines '
2,660.00
Fire Department, receipts
86.45
Health Department, receipts
265.76
Library receipts
698.47
Middlesex County,
Dog Tax 1926
2,095.80
House of Correction, fines, etc.
33.50
Municipal Light Plant, receipts
328,823.12
Police Department, receipts
10.00
Carried Forward
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In Account with Town of Wakefield
Cr.
By cash paid, Discount on Temporary Notes
$ 10,194.16
cash paid, Selectmen's Warrants
2,062,538.36
cash credit, Account Court Expenses
70.50
cash credit, Offset State Credits
74,054.86
cash credit, Tax Collector for Tax Title Deeds
1,149.88
Total payments
$2,148,007.76
Cash in treasury
119,227.89
Carried Forward
$2,267,235.65
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Dr.
Arthur H. Boardman, Treasurer
Brought Forward
$1,912.807.89
Poor Department, receipts
13,026.59
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Aiding mothers
2,217.66
Redemption Tax Title Deeds and Interest on same Refunds-
257.89
Highway Department from Standard Oil Co.
51.49
Highway Department from Kirk Bros., over payment 18.99
Highway Department from Boston & Maine Railroad
2.25
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, cash advanced
50.00
Playground appropriation
91.00
Poor Department from G. W. Beasley
8.58
School Department from Popular Science Monthly
3.50
School Department, cash advanced
15.00
Soldiers Relief
20.00
Tax Collector's bond, rebate
15.00
Water Department, cash advanced
25.00
Sale of Sewer 4% bonds
25,000.00
Sale of Water 334 % bonds
162,500.00
Sale of Water Departmental Equipment, 4% bonds
12,500.00
Sale of Water Mains 4% bonds
10,000.00
Premium on above bonds
1,682.11
Interest on above bonds
621.74
Sale of buildings on Shedd estate
402.00
School Department, receipts
14,985.60
Sealer of Weights and Measures, receipts 1926 and 1927
409.27
Selectmen's receipts-
Various licenses
994.15
Sale of filing cabinet
10.00
Sewer receipts
13,740.87
Sewer receipts, connections
9,212.13
Surplus War Bonus Funds, Interest on deposit
353.96
Taxes-
Arthur P. French, years 1914-1926
79.62
Leonardo Sciulli, years 1914-1927
89.47
Teachers' Retirement Fund Assessments
8,288.12
Town Hall, receipts
352.50
Trust Funds, receipts
1,284.07
Wakefield Trust Co .-
Interest on Collector's balance
440.45
Interest on Treasurer's balance
1,806.71
Three-fourths of the income from the Junius Beebe Trust for the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
1,083.11
Carried Forward
$2,194,446.72
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In Account with Town of Wakefield
Cr.
Brought Forward $2,267,235.65
Carried Forward $2,267,235.65
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Dr.
Arthur H. Boardman, Treasurer
Brought Forward
$2,194,446.72
Ninety per cent of the income from Marcus Beebe Trust 610.21
Ninety per cent of the income from Decius Beebe Trust
295.37
Ninety per cent of the income from Frederick Beebe Trust
333.42
Ninety per cent of the income from Alice Beebe Carpenter Trust Ninety per cent of the income from Charles S. Beebe Trust
42.74
51.30
Water Department, receipts
70,982.32
Water Department, house rents
150.00
Water Department, Water Construction Account .
303.57
Water Department, Miscellaneous receipts
20.00
$2,267,235.65
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In Account with Town of Wakefield
Cr.
Brought Forward
$2,267,235.65
$2,267,235.65
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
FINAL STATEMENT
During the year 1928, the following time loans will fall due and are to be included in the tax levy of 1928.
High School
$22,500.00
Montrose School
1,000.00
Woodville School
3,500.00
Greenwood School
11,000.00
Franklin School
9,000.00
Metropolitan Sewer
7,000.00
Extension of Sewer
18,000.00
Highway
9,000.00
$81,000.00
Water Loan
12,000.00
Extension Water Mains Loan
4,000.00
Water Loan, Acts of 1922
6,000.00
Water Departmental Equipment Loan
3,500.00
Water Loan
9,500.00
All included in Water Department Appropriation
$35,000.00
Light Plant (paid from receipts of plant)
14,000.00
$130,000.00
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
There will also be required the following amounts to meet our interest payments.
High School
$13,687.50
Montrose School
450.00
Woodville School
1,586.25
Franklin School
4,120.00
Greenwood School
6,378.13
Metropolitan Sewer
4,410.00
Extension of Sewer
8,581.25
Highway
615.00
Temporary Loans (estimated)
11,671.87
$51,500.00
Water Loans (included in Water Department Appropriation)
$8,773.75
Extension of Water Mains (included in
Water Department Appropriation)
720.00
Water Loan Acts of 1922 (included in
Water Department Appropriation)
2,282.50
Water Departmental Equipment (included
in Water Department Appropriation)
500.00
12,276.25
Light Plant (paid from receipts of plant)
7,207.50
$70,983.75
The borrowing capacity of the town, on temporary notes in antici- pation of 1927 revenue, was $853,036.05, as determined by the State Director of Accounts. Of this amount the town borrowed the sum of $600,000.00 and of this latter amount $450,000.00 has been paid, leaving $150,000.00 to be paid in 1928.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR H. BOARDMAN,
Treasurer.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Assessors
We herewith submit the Annual Report of the Assessors depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1927.
State Tax
$34,920.00
County Tax
34,437.07
Met. Sewer 20,498.79
Met. Park
14,779.78
Met. Planning Board
200.97
Charles River Basin
1,842.43
Bridges to Watertown and
Cambridge 291.17
Traffic Road from Boston, East and South 1,431.08
Total State and County Charges
$108,401.29
Town purposes
885,515.88
Gross levy
$993,917.17
Less general receipts
228,206.56
Less 4759 polls at $2.00
9,518.00
Net levy
756,192.61
Increase in net levy
22,977.14
Personal property
2,834,150.00
Land
3,988,905.00
Buildings
15,105,015.00
Total valuation of town
21,928,070.00
Increase in land value
35,125.00
Increase in buildng value 786,150.00
Increase in personal
property 425.00
Total increase in valuation
821,700.00
Rate of taxation
35.20
Overlay
15,675.44
Bonds retired in 1927
115,500.00
Abatements on levy of 1927
7,971.23
Bonded debt Jan. 1, 1928
1,492,500.00
Property exempt from taxes
997,000.00
Assets of the town, land and buildings including
Municipal Light Plant,
Water Works, Sewer System and all equip- ment
3,980,427.46
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REPORT OF ASSESSORS
Liabilities bonds
Assets above Liabilities
1,492,500.00 2,487,927.46
No. of residents assessed on property
4,279
All others
149
No. of non-residents assessed on property
563
All others
62
Total persons assessed on property
5,053
Persons paying poll tax only
2,426
No. of polls assessed
4,759
No. of polls exempt by law
16
No. of motor vehicles
2,127
No. of dwellings
3,082
No. of acres of land
4,000
No. of acres in Lake Quannapowitt
247.94
No. of acres in Crystal Lake
82.86
No. of horses
122
No. of cows
188
No. of swine
25
No. of fowl
5,042
No. of streets
283
CHARLES A. CHENEY GEORGE H. STOWELL HUGH CONNELL
Board of Assessors.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Safety Council
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To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen :
Wakefield Safety Council herewith submits to you its report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1927.
Our council was appointed by your honorable board consisting of the following members: J. Theo. Whitney, chairman; John T. Stringer, secretary; Maynard E. S. Clemons, Willard B. Atwell, James J. Pol- lard, Harold S. Powell, John J. Round, Harris M. Dolbeare, Ebb V. Yeuell, Rev. F. J. Halloran, Rev. Harvey J. Moore, Rev. Ralph H. Long.
We had ten meetings at which a good deal of constructive work was accomplished in regards to safety on our highways.
The council held a safety slogan contest which was won by Miss Cathleen Loughlin, 60 Salem street, "Heed Not Speed"; 2nd., Robert S. Quimby, 14 Shumway Circle, "Safety Not Sorrow"; 3rd, Mrs. Mary E. Page, 137 Vernon street, "Caution Insures Safety."
A brake and light test was conducted with the assistance of the Automobile Club of Boston. 3000 safety buttons with pledge cards were distributed among the children at the playground on the park also the Sunday school children of the different churches.
Slides with safety slogans were placed on the electric sign board, corner of Main and Water streets, and in the theatres. Twenty signs "Heed Not Speed," fifty signs "Safety Not Sorrow", and fifty signs "Caution Insures Safety" were placed at advantageous places through out the town under the directon of Chief of Police Jas. J. Pollard and Supt. of Highways Harold S. Powell. These signs are of aluminum and will last for some time, they were donated to the council with the auto- mobile booster plates by Ebb V. Yeuell. He deserves the thanks of all the citizens of the town.
The council recomends that the work be continued by a committee consisting of a member of the Board of Selectmen, Chief of Police, Chief of Fire Department, Highway Superintendent, Superintendent of Schools, and Town Council.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN T. STRINGER, Secretary.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
Report of Board of Health
The report of the Board of Health is hereby respectfully submitted. There were 275 cases of infectious diseases reported for the year ending December 31, 1927, divided as follows:
Tubrculosis
10
Scarlet Fever
48
Diphtheria
5
Pneumonia
23
Infantile Paralysis
5
Typhoid Fever
10
Measles
31
Chicken-Pox
17
Mumps
113
Whooping Cough
8
Influenza
2
Septic Sore Throat
1
Miss Russell made the following number of visits during the year:
Tuberculosis
290
Scarlet Fever
122
Diphtheria
20
Typhoid Fever
60
Measles
23
Mumps
51
Whooping Cough
6
Chicken-Pox
8
Infantile Paralysis
40
The unusually large number of typhoid cases reported is accounted for with the exception of two cases by an outbreak of the infection, ap- parently arising from food served at a church supper. There was also a large increase in the number of cases of mumps and a small number of cases of infantile paralysis were reported. In all other infectious diseases there has been a notable decrease.
Mr. Harold P. Munro has tendered his resignation as Milk Inspector, this resignation taking effect January 1, 1928. Mr. Munro during his term of office accomplished much in the way of improving the condi- tions under whch the town's milk supply is produced and distributed.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Mr. Lawrence E. Doucett of Stoneham has been appointed for the pres- ent year, and an arrangement has been made with Mr. Bowman, Milk Inspector of Somerville for the analysis of specimens. It is important for milk producers as well as milk dealers to cooperate in the improve- ment of equipment and methods as required for the production of safe and wholesome milk.
The low level sewer now in operation has been extended on Vernon and adjoining streets as far as Salem Street. An area including the Heyward Wakefield Rattan Factory, Columbia Road, Wakefield Ave- nue, and the adjacent portion of Water Street, which for many years has furnished the most serious sewer problem within the town limit has also been taken care of by the sewer extension of the past year.
ERNEST E. TYZZER, M. D. CHARLES E. MONTAGUE, M. D. WESLEY S. GOODWIN.
Report of Plumbing Inspector
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I herewith submit my report for the year 1927.
Number of permits granted
201
Number of fixtures installed
796
Divided as follows:
Bath tubs
119
Lavatories
154
Closets
224
Sinks
147
Wash Trays
138
Urinals
11
Showers
3
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID TAGGART,
Inspector of Plumbing.
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REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR
Report of Milk Inspector
Board of Health.
Town of Wakefield, Mass. Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the following report of this office for the year ending December 31, 1927.
INSPECTIONS:
Plant
76
Stores
26
Dairy
260
Ice Cream Plants
9
SAMPLES COLLECTED 203
Submitted
24
Chemical analysis of
142
Bacterial examination and reductase test
223
Below standard
3
Unsatisfactory
31
Licenses revoked or suspended
5
Convictions
5
Investigation of complaints
2
Oleo and milk licenses issued
120
Pasteurizing plant licensed
1
Ice cream plants licensed
4
Receipts for licenses
$74.00
Respectfully sumitted,
HAROLD R. MUNRO,
Inspector of Milk.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Tuberculosis Dispensary Report
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To the Wakefield Board of Health:
The annual report of the Tuberculosis Dispensary is herewith re- spectfully submitted.
The Tuberculosis Dispensary is open one afternoon and one evening each week, Tuesdays from 3.30 to 4.30 p. m. and Fridays from 8 to 9 p. m. One hundred and five examinations were made of fifty-eight patients. Ten new cases of tuberculosis were reported, seven less than the number reported last year.
There were seven cases of tuberculosis sent to the different sana- toria. Six patients were admitted to Rutland State Sanatorium, and one to No. Reading. The homes of these patients were visited and instruc- tions given to other members of the family to keep them from contract- ing the disease if possible. We urge people who have reasons to think they have tuberculosis to avail themselves of the necessary diagnosis and advice from their physcian so that sanatorium care may be insti- gated as soon as possible. The following are some of the advantages of a sanatorium:
First, the removal of the infection from the home. Es- pecially where there are children in the home we are all agreed that the patient should be removed.
In the sanatorium is found constant medical supervision, and constant care is provided. In the home the patient is often cared for by a tired and worried member of the family with little experience. At home it may be difficult to keep rest hours where the other members of the family are active. At the sanatorium rest hours are assured.
The education of the patient in that "mode of life" which is so large a part of the cure is easier in groups and by ex- ample. Patients observe those who are careless losing ground, or see those who have waited too long, work so pitifully hard to improve and fail. In the sanatorium there are object les- sons every day.
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We have at the present time nine patients in the different institu- tions. There are four at Rutland State Sanatorium, three at No. Read- ing, and one at Lakeville, and one at the Veterans' Bureau Hospital in Rutland. There were five deaths from tuberculosis during the year.
Several suspicious cases who came to the dispensary to be examined were sent to No. Reading for an X-Ray, and Dr. Willoughby of No. Reading Sanatorium also examined several suspicious cases for this dis- pensary.
IRA W. RICHARDSON, M. D. Dispensary Physician.
NELLIE B. RUSSELL, R. N. Board of Health Nurse.
Report of Slaughter House Inspector
To the members of the Board of Health. Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report for Slaughter House Inspector for the year ending December 31, 1927.
There were 574 pigs, 104 cows, 20 calves and 5 sheep slaughtered. Four cows and one pig condemned and disposed of.
Respectfully submitted,
MELVIN W. BROWN,
Inspector of Slaughtering.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Dept. of Public Welfare
The Poor Department respectfully submits their report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1927.
We have had during the year at the Town Home 21 inmates and at the present time there are 10. Several have been confined to their beds. Much care and attendance has been required, two having died during the year.
Milk, vegetables and wood have as usual been given out to the needy.
We feel that the management at the Town Home is conducted in a very efficient manner by Superintendent and Matron Mr. and Mrs. Mel- vin W. Brown.
The citizens have cooperated with us in many ways, which 'helps the board a great deal in aiding the needy, and we wish to thank those of our citizens who have so kindly assisted in the work.
WILLIAM C. STRONG, Chairman. ADELAIDE W. BOYNTON, Sec'y. CHARLES H. GERRIOR.
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INVENTORY AT TOWN FARM
Inventory At Town Farm
Year Ending December 31, 1927.
13 cows at $150.00
$1,950.00
1 Bull
80.00
6 Springers at $150.00
900.00
8 Heifers at $65.00
520.00
2 Bulls
$125.00
50 Ducks at $2.00
$100.00
25 Geese at $2.00
50.00
129 Hens at $2.00
258.00
118 Brood Sows at $40.00
4,720.00
9 Boars at $25.00
$225.00
10 Small Boars at $10.00
100.00
18 Small Pigs at $5.00
90.00
6 Horses
1,200.00
1 New Garbage Wagon
475.00
3 Trucks at $200.00
600.00
2 Double Wagons
150.00
1 Farm Wagon
75.00
1,Cart
60.00
1 Cart
75.00
1 Single Cart
60.00
4 Sleds
200.00
3 Garbage Wagons
800.00
Shafting, Emery Wheel, Motor and Belting
225.00
Mowing Machines
100.00
Sulky Plow
75.00
Plows, Tedder and Farm Tools
350.00
Contents of Harness Room
650.00
Hog Wire
40.00
Meat Grinder
60.00
Electric Bread Mixer
300.00
Electric Refrigerator
3,000.00
40 Tons Coal
518.00
50 Tons Hay at $25.00
1,250.00
800 Bushels Ear Corn
560.00
6 Tons Bread at $12.00
72.00
Grain
350.00
150 Cords Manure at $5.00
750.00
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35 Cords Wood at $15.00
325.00
Contents of Slaughter House
600.00
Irrigation System
75.00
Straw for Bedding
50.00
New Pig House
1,250.00
Lumber for use on buildings
100.00
Contents of store room (groceries and provisions)
2,000.00
Household furnishings
3,000.00
180 gallons of gasoline at 14 cents
25.20
$28,538.20
Wood, milk and vegetables to needy families delivered from farm
$1,250.00
Town receipts from farm
12,345.90
Raised and used at farm 7300 quarts of milk at 10 cents
730.00
130 dozen eggs at 50 cents
65.00
Dressed poultry
165.00
Pork, 4 hogs at $40.00
160.00
3000 lbs. beef at 20 cents
600.00
Vegetables
575.00
5 Muttons
50.00
4 Veals
60.00
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REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD
Report of Municipal Light Board
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:
We submit herewith the Thirty-Fourth Annual Report of the De- partment which is for the year ending December 31, 1927 and we are pleased to tell you that we have had another satisfactory year.
You will find a balance sheet, a statement of income and expenses of the Gas Department and of the Electric Department and a Profit and Loss Statement appended hereto.
The Manager's report, together with certain recommendations for the year 1928, you will also find appended hereto.
It is gratifying to report that the Electric Department was oper- ated with a profit of $46,854.34 and the Gas Department with a profit of $9,511.17. Effective September 1st the house' lighting rate for elec- tricity was reduced from 71/2 cents net per kilowatt hour to 7 cents net. On and after February 1, 1928 the rate for gas will be $1.65 net per 1000 cubic feet for consumption of 1000 feet or more instead of $1.70 the rate that has prevailed for several years. It is hoped that the net gas rate may be further reduced to $1.60 during the early part of 1928.
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