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316.52
434.17
Loader
177.08
556.85
733.93
Crusher 1928 (Motor Plant)
73.94
47.20
121.14
Repairs to Tools
18.88
8.05
26.93
Air Compressor
1.71
1.71
Air Pump
.86
.86
Torch
.86
.86
Hydraulic Jack
2.58
2.58
Derrick
.86
.86
Miscellaneous
14.64
33.79
48.43
$ 824.43
$ 1,276.60
$ 2,101.03
Supplies-
Gasoline
$ 1,759.73
Kerosene
42.51
Anti-Freeze
114.96
Miscellaneous
40.39
$
1,957.59
2.00
2.00
Plymouth Coupe 1937
98
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Street Signs-This item includes the erection of new signs for street direction and traffic control, and the repair and painting of signs. The erection of metal signs has been discontinued for the duration, wooden signs being constructed and painted by the department.
The cost: Labor
$ 334.32
Material
20.61
$ 354.93
Traffic Lines-All traffic lines are painted twice a year, and the mark- ings are made to conform with State Highway Specifications. The cost: Labor $ 171.63 Material
131.65
$ 303.28
Buildings-
Light
$ 24.88
Water
25.00
Fuel for heating
479.71
Repairs and upkeep
1,018.78
$ 1,548.37
DRAINAGE
This item includes the laying of new drainage and the repairs to old drainage, and cleaning of brooks, culverts and basin tops.
The cost: Labor
: $ 1,427.66
Material
325.80
$ 1,753.46
SNOW AND ICE
The following are the expenditures for this work:
Snow Removal and Hauling Labor
$ 327.86
Rental
18.00
$ 345.86
Street Plowing
Labor
444.25
Rental
1,504.90
1,949.15
Sidewalk Plowing
Labor
43.09
99
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Sanding Labor
486.25
Material
450.52
936.77
Repairs to Snow Plows
Labor
240.55
Material
2,147.95
2,388.50
Snow Fence Labor
91.86
Coasting Signs
Labor
4.95
Drainage
Labor
74,68
Miscellaneous
Labor
.83
Material
7.60
8.43
$ 5,843.29
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Appropriation by Town
$ 1,500.00
Allotment from State
1,500.00
Allotment from County
1,500.00
Total
$ 4,500.00
Expended: Labor
$ 2,020.60
Material
168.00
Balance
$ 968.79
This work is laid out and supervised by engineers from the State Department of Public Works. It includes cutting brush, drainage repairs, resurfacing and road repairs, and maintenance and painting of guardrail.
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
SIDEWALK AND CURB: Construction of cement sidewalk and curb on a portion of the westerly side of Main Street, Lakeside, a continuation of work done last year.
Appropriation
$ 1,200.00
The cost: Labor
Material
$ 844.91 355.09
$ 1,200.00
100
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
WHITE CIRCLE: This street was laid out and accepted by the Town at the March meeting. Due to lateness of season and underground water condition, the roadway could not be completed this year. It will be completed in the spring. Appropriation $ 3,000.00 Expended: Labor $ 1,081.96
Material
107.52
1,189.48
Balance
$ 1,810.52
SIDEWALK AND CURB: Construction of cement sidewalk and curb on Water Street, from Melvin Street east to culvert under Water Street, on south side, work completed.
Appropriation
$ 1,375.00
Expended: Labor
$ 1,188.45
Material
904.82
Balance
$
186.55
At this time I wish to express my appreciation for the support given me by the Board of Selectmen, and the heads of the several Town departments.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT B. MacKENNA, Superintendent of Streets.
101
OF SUPT. OF MOTH AND TREE DEPT.
REPORT
Report of Supt. of Moth Department and Tree Department
January 8, 1945
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Superintendent of the Moth and Tree Department for the year ending December 31, 1944.
We have found that the Tent Caterpillars are about the same as last year but the Satin Moths and Gypsy Moths and Elm Leaf Beetles have decreased about 20%. We have found no Brown Tail Moths at all. We still have the Gypsy Moths in patches throughout different sections of the town.
We removed about 33 shade trees which had died from various causes or were blown down during the hurricane. We planted 130 trees around the town. We purchased 25 Sugar Maple trees, while the rest were grown at our town nursery at Broadway.
We spent $1,808.06 for moth work; for tree work, $2,457.47; for spray- ing, $1,152.07; for cutting brush, $767.23. The income for the year begin- ning April 1, 1943 and ending March 31, 1944 was $1108.28.
For other expenditures and appropriations of this Department see the Town Accountant's Report.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN A. LANDRY, Superintendent Moth and Tree Dept.
102
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Inspector of Buildings
January 1, 1945 Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
I submit the following report of my activities for the year ending December 31, 1944:
Permits issued
180
Inspections made
784
Sidewalk permits
23
Awning permits
8
Sign permits
2
Shingle permits
50
Permits to tear down
8
Awning inspections
12
Sign inspections
17
Elevators inspected
26 4
Convalescent homes inspected
5
Public building inspections
21
Fire escapes inspected
11
Factories inspected
Fire inspections
22 34 7 3
Chimneys condemned
Buildings condemned
8
Elevators condemned
3
Building without permit
8 41
Cases to Appeal Board
6
Violation of Building Laws, Construction suspended
2
Notices sent to owners of unsafe condition of building
3
Unsafe buildings posted
4
Schools inspected
10
Vacant houses inspected
13
Approximate valuation of permits issued
$ 51,235.00
Permit fees received
$ 196.90
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH W. MacINNIS, Building Inspector.
Rooming house inspections
Buildings torn down
Complaints investigated
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
103
REPORT OF COMPENSATION AGENT
Report of Compensation Agent
January 1, 1945
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
The following is my report as Compensation Agent for the year 1944 :-
There were twenty-one (21) compensation cases during the year 1944. The total amount spent for compensation, including medical and hospital bills, was $1,004.77.
COMPENSATION ACCOUNT
Appropriation for 1944 Expenditures
$ 1,500.00
1,004.77
Balance
$ 495.23
Expenditures by Departments
Expenditures for
Water & Sewer
$ 623.12
Compensation $ 441.82
Highway
295.50
Medical and Hospital 562.95
Board of Health
38.00
Park & Cemetery
24.00
School
16.15
Moth
8.00
$1,004.77
$1,004.77
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH W. MacINNIS, Compensation Agent. .
104
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Town Counsel
-
January 1, 1945
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
My report from Jan. 1st, 1944 to Dec. 31, 1944 is as follows:
The following cases and claims were disposed of:
The Liston case, defective highway $235.00
The White case, defective highway 39.50
The LeDuc case, defective highway 13.63
The Paine case, damage to property 12.00
The case involving the piggery on Perham Street was finally disposed of and permanent injunction obtained.
A case involving rights of drainage of the Town over property formerly known as Miller Piano Co. property was settled in Land Court, and Town's drainage rights preserved.
Several cases and claims are now pending due to alleged defective highways, and the Fellmongers case, so called, is still pending in the Superior Court.
During the year the Town has voted to purchase two different parcels of property.
Several Tax appeal cases have been tried and disposed of before the Tax Appeal Board, and numerous oral and written opinions have been given to the various Town Boards.
I desire to thank all the Town Departments for the co-operation they have shown in various matters which have come before them and where Iny services were requested.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN I. PRESTON,
Town Counsel.
105
REPORT OF ANIMAL INSPECTOR
Report of Animal Inspector
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To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
At this time I wish to submit my report as Animal Inspector for year ending December 31, 1944.
There have been 61 dogs placed in quarantine, none were found to be rabid.
Yours respectfully, GEORGE A. BENNETT, Animal Inspector.
Report of Dog Officer
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
At this time I wish to submit my report as Dog Officer for year ending December 31, 1944.
Have canvassed the town twice for unlicensed dogs.
Have answered 322 calls.
Twenty-one dogs have been returned to their owners.
One hundred and seventeen dogs have been disposed of.
Yours respectfully,
GEORGE A. BENNETT,
Dog Officer.
1.06
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Contributory Retirement Board
January 1, 1945
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Wakefield, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The Contributory Retirement Board submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1944:
The total membership for the year ending December 31, 1943, including pensioners, was 217. During the year 1944, 18 new members were admitted to the system; 6 withdrew; 3 died, and 5 were retired, 1 in the Assessors Office, 1 in the School Department, 1 Town Hall Janitor, 1 in the Light Department, and 1 in the Fire Department. The total membership in- cluding pensioners, as of December 31, 1944, is 231.
Presented below is a statement for the year ending December 31, 1944. Balance January 1, 1944 $ 97,890.22
1944 Receipts
Contributions of Members
$ 12,234.73
Investment Income
2,866.40
Town Appropriation
Pension Accumulation Fund
22,116.00
Expense Fund
1,000.00
Interest Deficiency
448.35
Military Service Fund
863.00
39,528.48
$137,418.70
Expenditures
Pensions and Annuities Paid Refunds to Members Administrative Expense
$ 29,529.48
2,375.61
978.18
32,883.27
$104,535.43
REPORT OF RETIREMENT BOARD
107
Assets
United States War Bonds, Series G First National Bank Stock
3,900.00
National Shawmut Bank Stock
2,287.50
Wakefield Trust Company, Checking Account
3,479.21
Wakefield Savings Bank, on deposit
3,045.12
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
20 Banks, 40 shares each
32,823.60
$104,535.43
Liabilities
Pension Accumulation Fund
$ 16,067.73
Annuity Savings Fund
77,408.39
Annuity Reserve Fund
7,766.71
Expense Fund
135.67
Investment Income
2,293.93
Military Service Fund
863.00
$104,535.43
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM P. HURTON, Chairman CHARLES C. COX, Secretary JAMES M. HENDERSON
Wakefield Co-operative Bank, Paid Up Shares Merrimack Co-operative Bank, Paid Up Shares Brighton Co-operative Bank, Paid Up Shares Congress Co-operative Bank, Paid Up Shares Merrimack Co-operative Bank, Matured Shares Brighton Co-operative Bank, Matured Shares Congress Co-operative Bank, Matured Shares Co-operative Banks, Serial Shares
$ 45,000.00
108
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Sweetser Lecture Committee
SEASON OF 1944
RECEIPTS
Income from invested funds
$201.00
Received from sale of tickets Sales at door Over on making change
594 at 35c
207.90
.15
Sales by Stores
Smith's Drug Store
47
Nagle's Drug Store
37
Lane's Drug Store
6
Cataldo's Pharmacy
21
Eaton's Pharmacy
11
Greenwood Pharmacy
21
Crystal Pharmacy
8
Item Office
11
162 at 35c
56.70
Tax collected on free tickets
58 at 06c
3.48
Total
$469.23
EXPENSES
Nov. 24, 1944-A. H. Blackington
$100.00
Nov. 29, 1944-Eric A. Starbuck
25.00
Dec. 6, 1944-Lawrence Barber
50.00
Wakefield Item Advertising and Printing
66.25
Ticket Boys
9.00
Machine Operator
5.00
Police and Firemen at lectures
18.00
Janitor-Care of screen
6.00
Federal Tax on Admissions
51.54
$ 175.00
155.79
330.79
109
REPORT OF SWEETSER CHARITY FUND
Balance to Sweetser Charities
138.44
Total
$469.23
GEORGE E. POTTER EB V. YEUELL CHARLES J. PETERSON THOMAS F. KENNEY HARRY I. REED CHARLOTTE R. FITZ EDWARD A. RICH
Report of Sweetser Charity Fund
JANUARY 1, 1944-JANUARY 10, 1945
Receipts:
Balance brought forward January 1, 1944
$303.65
Interest from Wakefield Savings Bank
4.71
Checks from Sweetser Lecture Committee February 9, 1944 191.70
December 23, 1944
(deposited Jan. 10, 1945)
138.44
Total Receipts $638.50
Expenditures for charity
50.08
Leaving balance on hand January 10, 1945 In Wakefield Savings Bank In Wakefield Trust Company
$490.20
98.22
Total
$588.42
$588.42
CHARLOTTE R. FITZ, Treasurer Sweetser Charity Fund.
110
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
January 1, 1945
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit the following report:
Adjusted Sealed Condemned
Platform, 10,000 lbs. and over
6
Platform, 100 lbs. and over
4
Counter, 100 lbs. and over
2
Counter, under 100 lbs.
2
9
Springs, under 100 lbs.
3
26
Computing, under 100 lbs.
4
33
2
Personal weighing
4
Avoirdupois Weights
1
78
Meters, 1-inch inlet
3
58
10
Meters, over 1-inch inlet
4
19
Gasoline Pumps
40
8
Yard Sticks
12
Fees collected, $106.28
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES J. DEVLIN, Sealer
111
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Report of the Board of Assessors
January 15, 1945
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:
We herewith submit the annual report of the Assessors' Department
for the year ending December 31, 1944.
State Tax
$ 42,108.00
Charles River Basin
1,676.48
Metropolitan Parks Tax
4,155.48
Nantasket Beach Maintenance
403.28
Metropolitan Sewerage Tax (No System)
17,311.64
Boulevards
609.56
State Examination of Retirement System
452.35
Auditing Municipal Accounts
3,796.30
Smoke Inspection Service
234.25
$ 70,747.34
Under-estimated Charges for 1943
Charles River Basin
$ 96.17
Parks and Reservations
354.64
Nantasket Beach Maintenance
43.39
Boulevards
.01
Metropolitan Sewerage (No System)
200.10
County Tax
1,340.08
$ 2,034.39
Estimated County Tax for 1944
$ 26,934.19
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
10,231.20
$ 37,165.39
Total State, Metropolitan and County Charges Total Charges to Enter into Levy for State, Metropolitan, County and Town:
Charges for Town Purposes
$983,209.85
Overlay for 1944
17,378.65
$1,000,588.50
$1,110,535.62
Total Gross Levy Estimated Receipts:
Total Town Receipts
$249,066.25
Total Credits from State
111,908.14
Transfer from Light Dept. to Treasury
30,000.00
*. Transfer from Overlay to Reserve
23,000.00
ยท Surplus Reserve, War Bonds
60,000.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots
3,391.00
$477,365.39
$109,947.12
112
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Over-estimated Charges for 1943: Smoke Inspection Service
63.46
6,059 Polls @ $2.00
12,118.00
$489,546.85 $620,988.77
Rate of Taxation $27.80 per $1,000.00 TOWN VALUATIONS
Buildings
Land
$ 17,426,475.00 3,888,570.00
Personal Property
1,022,680.00
Total Valuations
$ 22,337,725.00
Gain in Valuation in 1944
63,975.00
bonded Debt of Town Jan. 1, 1944
231,000.00
Payments made in 1944
47,500.00
Balance on Bonded Debt, Jan. 1, 1945 $ 183,500.00
Assets of Town including Land and Buildings, Municipal Light Plant, Water Works, Sewer and Tangible Property $ 4,818.021.00
Less Bonded Debt
183,500.00
$ 4,634,521.00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Land and Buildings $ 178,750.00
United States of America
88,450.00
Literary Institutions
133,800.00
Benevolent Institutions
23,350.00
Houses of Religious Worship
578,675.00
Cemeteries, Land and Buildings
69,200.00
Tangible Personal Property
16,650.00
Parsonages
24,300.00
Number of Polls assessed (a gain of 29 since date of Tax Levy) $ 1,113,175.00
6,088
Number of Motor Vehicles assessed
3,947
Excise Tax Committed in 1944
$ 17,343.27
Number of Dwelling Houses assessed
3,839
Number of Persons, Partnerships and Corporations assessed
5,218
Value of Assessed Stock in Trade Value of Real Estate assessed
$ 21,315,045.00
Value of all other Ratables assessed
$ 603,365.00
Value of Live Stock assessed
$ 23,460.00
Number of Horses assessed
22
56
Number of Cows assessed
$ 395,855.00
477,428.85
Net Levy
113
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Number of Mink assessed
96
Number of Goats assessed
49
Number of Swine assessed
66
Number of Fowl assessed
16,287
Number of Sheep assessed
4
Number of Ducks assessed
12
Number of Geese assessed
9
Number of Acres of Land assessed
4,947
Number of Acres in Lake Quannapowitt
247.94
Number of Acres in Crystal Lake
82.86
Number of Acres in Town Common
2.5
Number of Acres in Park at Lakeside
6.75
Number of Acres in Hart's Hill Park
23.06
Number of Acres in Cemetery on Church Street
4.14
Number of Acres in Cemetery on Lowell Street
35.00
Area of Town Rockery
4,300 sq. ft.
Respectfully submitted by Wakefield Assessors,
GEORGE E. BLAIR
LEO F. DOUGLASS
GEORGE H. STOUT
Report of the Town Planning Board
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:
The Town Planning Board submits its report for the year ending December 31, 1944.
The Board held twelve meetings, also joint meetings with the Board of Selectmen and the Park Board.
The Board has been represented at all town meetings and hearings held by the Board of Appeal.
Proposals have been made to the Board by a group of Montrose citi- zens that a change be made in the Zoning By-law that would change from a general residence district to a single residence district a large section of Montrose, also the establishing of a playground near the Montrose School.
The Board recommends both propositions.
The Board is also in favor of enlarging Veterans' Field when the land that lies between it and Lakeside Avenue can be secured for park purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
FITZROY WILLARD, Chairman
M. GARDNER CLEMONS, Secretary EDWARD M. BRIDGE
DR. FRANK T. WOODBURY
ARTHUR E. HARDING
114
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Board of Health
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:
The Board of Health herewith presents its report for the year 1944.
During the year 1944 the hospitalization expenses for tubercular cases have been the smallest for several years, however the Board of Health feels that this condition will not continue.
During 1944 the Board began its immunization program among pre- school children, employing Dr. Ira W. Richardson for the work. While the result in number of children immunized was good it should have been better, in fact it should have been 100 percent.
The Board had an object lesson in the matter of the value of im- munization in the only reported case of diptheria for several years. Here a four year old child was taken with the disease presumably from a carrier in the family. This four year old child had not been immun- ized, was taken to the contagious hospital, where he was kept five weeks at an expense of over $150.00. While in the same family two other children who had been immunized in the school clinic escaped the disease.
The Board plans to continue the pre-school clinic in the year 1945.
The subsidy payments by the state to the town of Wakefield for the care of tuberculosis for 1944 was $750.75.
The receipts of the Health department for 1944 were as follows: Milk and Food Inspector $110.50
Plumbing Permits
75.00
Reimbursements and Licenses
348.40
These amounts were deposited with the Wakefield Trust Co., to the credit of the town of Wakefield.
The following tables will give a comparison of the number of cases of reportable disesases for the past four years, and the expense of the same for the same period. It is to be understood that the dog clinic, and pre- school clinic expenses are covered in the totals for contagious expenses :
1941
1942
1943
1944
Chicken-pox
5
41
122
59
Diptheria
0
0
0
1
Dog bites
69
44
46
33
German Measles
0
0
100
9
Malaria
0
0
0
3
Measles
294
95
18
306
Mumps
97
4
22
66
Meningitis
0
0
3
2
L. Pneumonia
6
12
6
5
Poliomyelitis
1
0
3
0
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
115
Septic Throat
0
0
5
0
Scarlet Fever
29
19
70
70
Tuberculosis
9
7
13
8
Typhoid Fever
0
0
3
0
Whooping Cough
64
14
24
8
577
237
435
570
1941
1942
1943
1944
Tuberculosis
$6,911.13
$6,224.75
$3,383.91
$2,354.70
Contagion
772.00
677.09
1,128.02
1,464.97
VISITS MADE BY NELLIE B. RUSSELL, R. N.
Chicken-pox
10
German Measles
2
Measles
260
Diptheria
4
Meningitis
4
Mumps
15
Scarlet Fever
160
Tuberculosis and Contact cases
480
Whooping Cough
3
Venereal
6
944
Miss Russell made the following trips to the different sanatoriums and hospitals :
29 trips to North Reading State Sanatorium
20 trips to Middlesex County Sanatorium
3 trips to Melrose Hospital
1 trip to Massachusetts General Hospital.
W. S. GOODWIN, Chairman NED LOUD, Secretary CHARLES E. MONTAGUE, M. D.
116
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Milk and Food Inspector
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To the Board of Health:
Herewith is submitted my report as Inspector of Milk and Food for the year ending December 31, 1944.
During the year just passed the work of this office has consisted largely of routine.
There were 108 Licenses and Permits issued for various activities con- nected with the selling and handling of milk and food in the Town of Wakefield.
Dairy farms and pasteurizing plants, forming the source of our milk supply, 27 in number, both in Massachusetts and New Hampshire were inspected and approved by this office.
One hundred sixty-nine samples of milk, cream and ice cream were tested for Bacteria, Total Solids, Butter Fat and correct pasteurizing.
A more up to date method of keeping records has been installed in this office.
The following are details:
50-Retail Milk Licenses @ 50c $ 25.00
28-Dealers Milk Licenses @ 50c 14.00
23-Oleomargerine Licenses @ 50c 11.50
5-Pasteurizing Licenses @ $10.00 50.00
2-Ice Cream Licenses @ $5.00
10.00
Total
$110.50
Respectfully submitted,
LAWRENCE E. DOUCETT,
Inspector of Milk and Food.
117
REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR
Report of Plumbing Inspector
To the Wakefield Board of Health:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1944.
Number of Permits granted 71
Number of fixtures installed, divided as follows:
Water Closets 48
Bath Tubs 32
Lavatories 21
Sinks
37
Trays
20
Showers
2
Boilers
11
171
The sum of $75.00 has been collected for these permits, and same has been deposited in the Wakefield Trust Company to the credit of the town of Wakefield.
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID TAGGART,
Plumbing Inspector.
118
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Tuberculosis Dispensary Report
To the Wakefield Board of Health:
Gentlemen:
The annual report of the Tuberculosis Dispensary is herewith respect- fully submitted.
The Dispensary has been open the first and last Friday in the month from 8 to 9, and the second and fourth Tuesday afternoon from 3.30 to 4.30.
The number of patients attending the Dispensary are decreasing each year. The year 1944 has had the smallest attendance since the Dispensary was opened. This is due as we have pointed out before to the patients being educated to the value of X-ray in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. We continue to supervise all cases of tuber- culosis reported to the Health department, and Miss Russell the nurse makes arrangements to have the contacts and suspicious cases X-rayed. These cases are X-rayed at the out patient department of the North Reading State Sanatorium. Transportation is also provided for all cases unable to provide transportation.
Mr. John E. McFarland of the Massachusetts Tuberculosis League made a survey of our tuberculosis cases in Wakefield in September 1944 to find out their rehabilitation needs. Many cases discharged from the sanatorium as arrested cases are not able to continue with their previous jobs, due to various reasons-as-work too hard or too hazardous, and are not fitted physically or educationally for other positions. The Massa- chusetts Tuberculosis League in co-operation with the National Tubercu- losis Association, and the Health Departments hope to show the neces- sity for the organization of rehabilitation registries for these arrested cases, where they can get vocational, educational and occupational guid- ance, and also financial assistance if necessary.
Forty patients were examined at the Tuberculosis Dispensary in the year 1944. Eight cases of tuberculosis were reported to the Health de- partment and five deaths. We have at the present time four patients hospitalized at the Middlesex County Sanatorium. Through the year 1944 we have hospitalized eight patients at the Middlesex County Sana- torium.
Respectfully submitted,
IRA W. RICHARDSON, M.D. NELLIE B. RUSSELL, R. N.
119
REPORT OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXT. SERVICE
Report of Middlesex County Extension Service
The Extension Service during 1944 turned over all its facilities to the war effort in the production and conservation of food and in other factors necessary to help win the war. The County Trustees and our Local Leaders gave freely of their time in spite of the fact that most of them were fully occupied with other duties.
Under Agriculture much of the time was spent in cooperation with Selective Service Boards in furnishing information relative to registrants employed on farms. This probably was the most important job of the year, as the food production program could not continue unless the key men on our farms were retained.
General assistance was given in all production problems, in order that the maximum amount of food could be produced.
Homemakers were assisted, especially in the conservation and preser- vation of food, and the greater use of home-grown foods. Under the leadership of Preservation Chairman Miss Ruth Woodbury, Nutrition Chairman Mrs. John Bill, and Gardening Chairman Mr. Gaston Loubris, these projects were carried on successfully again this year.
With Boys' and Girls' 4-H Club Work, Mrs. John Hunneman, as Town Chairman, carried on under difficulties due to lack of available local volunteer leaders. Much credit, however, should go to the leaders who gave all their available time to help our boys and girls carry on with their various projects which included canning, cooking and sewing.
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