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The children whose cards are signed by the parents are sent back to the clinic on some subsequent Saturday for treatment for which they pay ten cents to cover the cost of materials. Since the clinic opened, 176 pupils have been examined and out of this number but 14 were found who required no treatment. To put it another way the examination of 176 children from the Cornish School showed that 93 per cent. had defective teeth, requiring treatment, and 116 or 66 per cent. were found to have three or more defective teeth.
It has been the policy of the clinic on account of the over- whelming demand for treatment to attend to those teeth only which can be saved with the least expenditure of time, as it is only possible to fill from three to five teeth in a morning. How- ever, 40 teeth have been treated and 19 teeth extracted, which means that many children who would otherwise have received no attention have been saved much future suffering and ill health.
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The dentists report that the mouths of the children are in a very unhygienic condition and need systematic cleaning at the clinic. If the proposed legislation relative to dental nurses be- comes a law in Massachusetts, this problem would be solved, but in the meantime we can do something, thanks to a liberal dona- tion by an interested patient of one of our dentists, which will enable the clinic to dispense tooth brushes and powder at a nominal cost to the pupils.
There has been widespread interest in the clinic, and many applications for treatment have come in from schools other than the Cornish and Burton, and even from outside the public schools, but the requests of course had to be denied. It is to be hoped that eventually it may be possible to pay for the services of the dentists and keep the clinic open throughout the morning of each school day. Only in this way can any approach be made toward adequately caring for the schools as a whole.
Much credit is due the dentists of Plymouth for the interest
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they have shown in this work, the cheerful and unselfish spirit with which they unanimously agreed to do their part and the faithfulness with which they have done it. Several have con- tributed apparatus toward the equipment of the room and at least one has put in extra time.
Another step toward the physical welfare of our school chil- dren was taken when the Plymouth Cordage Company, after conferring with the school physician, made a written proposal to the School Committee to defray the expenses of a nurse for the Knapp, Hedge and Spooner Street Schools. This proposi- tion was accepted, a nurse was selected, but on the opening of school after the summer recess it was found that she was not available. Before another was secured, the Committee on Education of the Plymouth Woman's Club came onto the field with a proposition to unite with the Cordage Company to pro- vide a nurse for all the schools. The Cordage Company were favorable to such an arrangement, and on December third the Woman's Club voted favorably on the recommendation of their Committee on Education, for an appropriation toward defraying the expense of a school nurse for twenty weeks. The proposition of the Woman's Club was formally accepted by the committee. Miss Susie Macdonald, a successful trained nurse of long ex- perience, was appointed to the position and took up the work with the new year.
A card index has been installed at the office of the school physician which is planned to carry the inspection record of every child in the public schools. The card is very simple, but provides for the name of the child, the school, grade, date of examination, physical condition of the child and the disposal of the case. A record is made on this card each time the child is seen by the school physician, and as abbreviations are used for many words constantly in use such as notice, permit and exclusion, and code numbers for some of the most common de- fects, the card will last a number of years and accumulate a valuable history of the child's physical condition while in school.
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Small red metal signals are attached to the cards of children excluded from school on account of infectious or contagious disease, so that it is possible to see at a glance just how many are excluded and find any individual record quickly and easily, thus enabling the school physician and nurse to keep in close touch with these cases and minimize the period of exclusion.
The following is a classified list of diseases and defects found among the pupils during the past year :
I. Infectious Diseases-
Whooping cough, 5
Chicken pox, 3
Tonsilitis, 6
Tuberculosis, 1
2. Diseases of the Oral and Respiratory Tract- 477
Chronic hypertrophic tonsils,
Adenoids, 189
Defective nasal breathing,
20
Nasal catarrh,
44
Defective teeth,
1,050
Other diseases, 11
3. Diseases of the Eye-
Muscular asthenopia, 122
Conjunctivitis,
32
Blepharitis,
57
Strabismus,
25
Defective eyesight, 60
Other diseases of the eye, 27
4. Diseases of the Ear-
Acute otitis media, 3
Chronic otitis media, 5
Defective hearing, 19
Other diseases of the ear, 1
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5. Diseases of the Skin-
Acne,
6
Boils,
6
Eczema,
14
Erythema,
3
Herpes,
2
Impetigo contagiosa,
104
Pediculosis capitis,
58
Pediculosis capitis-' ovæ,
188
Scabies,
9
Tinea,
26
Other skin diseases,
24
6. Diseases of the Nervous System-
Chorea,
2
Epilepsy,
2
Mental deficiency,
5
Nervousness,
6
Paralysis,
1
7. Miscellaneous-
Abscesses and ulcers,
10
Wounds, burns, etc.,
41
Cardiac disease,
6
Gastric and intestinal,
8
Malnutrition,
7
Pus infection,
6
Uncleanliness,
8
Tobacco habit,
3
Spinal curvature,
1
Other diseases not, classified, 70
Summary from monthly reports of School Physician-
Number of visits, 195
Number of personal examinations, 3,556
Permits signed by school physician, 503
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Permits signed by other physicians,
36
Notices sent to parents,
1.936
Pupils excluded, 159
Permits given under employment law,
76
Diseases and diseased conditions,
2,728
Respectfully submitted,
J. HOLBROOK SHAW, M. D. School Physician.
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TOWN WARRANT
To either of the Constables in the Town of Plymouth, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
GREETINGS :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of Plymouth, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet in the Armory, in said Plym- outh, on Saturday, the seventh day of March, 1914, at fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon, and in said Armory. in said Plymouth, on Saturday the twenty-eighth day of March, 1914, at two o'clock in the afternoon, to act on the following ar- ticles to wit :-
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers. The fol- lowing officers to be voted for, all on one ballot, viz :
Three Selectmen, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one member of a Board of Health for three years, one Assessor for three years, seven Constables, one Overseer of the Poor for three years, two Water Commissioners for three years, one member of the School Committee for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years, three members of a Committee on Agawam and Halfway Pond Fishery, Tree Warden for one year and one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, and to vote by ballot, "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?" and to vote by ballot "Yes" or "No," in answer to the question "Shall Chapter 807 of the Acts of 1913, being an act to provide for compensating laborers, workmen and mechanics for injuries sustained in public employment, and to exempt from legal liabil-
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ity counties and municipal corporations which pay such compen- sation, be accepted by the inhabitants of this town of Plymouth ?"
The polls for the election of officers and the vote on the license question and the acceptance of Chap. 807, Acts of 1913, will be open at the Armory at fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon on said Saturday, the seventh day of March, 1914, and may be closed at three o'clock in the afternoon. Both of said days will constitute the annual meeting, and this call is issued in accordance with the vote of the Town passed June 5, 1897, as amended March 2, 1903, and April 2, 1904.
Article 3. To hear the reports of the several boards of officers and committees of the town, and act thereon.
Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning January 1, 1915, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under the authority of this vote, shall be paid from the taxes of said municipal year.
Article 5. To make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the Town, and for other purposes, and to raise such sums of money as the Town shall deem expedient.
Article 6. To take such action as the Town may see fit in aid of the Public Library.
Article 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to renew any note or notes heretofore authorized, which are now due, or may become due the present year, for such time, and on such terms as they may deem expedient for the interests of the Town.
Article 8. To see what appropriation the Town will make for the care and improvement of the various parks, and of the Train- ing Green.
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Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding two hundred and twenty-five dollars to pay the ex- penses of Memorial Day.
Article 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to transfer from time to time the money from the Contingent Account to such other accounts as may in their opinion be neces- sary.
Article 11. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the expenditures of the Town from January 1, 1915, to the annual Town Meeting of that year.
Article 12. To see what action the Town will take in regard to a contagious hospital, including making contracts for the reception, care and treatment by hospitals of persons who require relief during temporary illness, and make an appropriation therefor.
Article 13. To see what action the Town will take with regard to acquiring by purchase or otherwise, the boat landing at the end of Manomet Point, for use as a public landing, and make an ap- propriation therefor. (By Petition) .
Article 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to install a police signal system, and make an appropriation therefor.
Article 15. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the purchase of a tractor for the Fire Department, and make an appropriation therefor.
Article 16. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the extension of the Street Lighting system from the Hotel Pilgrim to Fresh Pond, with branches to White Horse and Man- omet Point, and make an appropriation therefor.
Article 17. To see what action the Town will take in regard to an improved lighting system from Depot Avenue to the car barn of the Brockton and Plymouth Street Railway Company, or any part of the aforesaid distance, and make an appropriation therefor. (By request.)
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Article 18. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Two thousand dollars, ($2,000.00) to be expended on the play- ground at the foot of Nelson Street; Fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) of this amount to be expended for the erection of a bath house, and Five hundred dollars ($500.00) of the amount to be expended for grading and filling.
Article 19. To see what action the Town will take to acquire a landing place and bathing facilities at the foot of Fremont Street, or to acquire the Stevens Meadow, so-called, between Fre- mont and Winter Streets, for the purposes of a public play- ground and bathing beach, and make an appropriation therefor.
Article 20. To see if the Town will make an appropriation, not to exceed Two hundred dollars, ($200.00) for the purpose of erecting monuments at the graves of the persons who served in the War of the Revolution.
Article 21. To see if the Town will authorize the enlarging of the High School Building, and make the necessary appropri- ation therefor.
Article 22. To see if the Town will authorize the issue of bonds or notes of the Town to an amount necessary to carry into effect favorable action on Article 21.
Article 23. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to equip departments of cooking and sewing in the public schools and make an appropriation therefor.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to increase the num- ber of members of the Board of Selectmen from three to five, or take any action relating thereto. (By petition.)
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a Pul- motor, to be kept in a central and easily accessible location, and make the necessary appropriation therefor. (By petition.)
Article 26. To see if the Town will authorize the transfer of the balance of $538.92 received from the sale of the Harriett Sampson Estate and the balance of $1,950.00 received from the
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sale of the Old School and Lot at the corner of Court and Bourne Streets, to the Contingent account for 1914.
Article 27. To see if the Town will accept and allow the lay- out of a common landing place at Manomet Beach, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town.
Article 28. To see if the Town will accept and allow the alteration of Summer Street at Sparrow's Hill, so-called, as altered by the Selectmen and reported to the Town.
Article 29. To see if the Town will accept and allow the alteration of Main Street Extension and Sandwich Street, as altered by the Selectmen and reported to the Town.
Article 30. To see if the Town will accept and allow the layout of Obery Street, as laid out by the Selectmen and report- ed to the Town.
Article 31. To see if the Town will accept and allow the layout of an Extension of Taylor Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town.
Article 32. To see if the Town will accept and allow the lay- out of Water Street Extension, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town.
Article 33. To see what action the Town will take in regard to macadamizing a section of Samoset Street, and make an ap- propriation therefor. (By petition.)
Article 34. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to increasing the School Committee to six members.
Article 35. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell and convey the rights of the Town in a lot of land bound- ed Easterly by Main Street Extension, Southerly by Town Brook. and Westerly and Northerly by land of others.
Article 36. To see what action the Town will take in rela- tion to the publication of its Vital Statistics, and make an appro- priation therefor.
Article 37. To see what action the Town will take in regard
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to macadamizing Warren Avenue, and make an appropriation therefor, including authorizing the issue of bonds or notes of the Town to an amount necessary for said purpose.
Article 38. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to place the Town Clock in a suitable location, and make an appropriation therefor.
Article 39. To see what action shall be taken to create » Town Planning Board in conformity with the requirements of Chapter 494 of the Acts of 1913, to choose the members thereof, · and to act in any manner in relation thereto.
Article 40. To see if the Town will accept Section 37 of Chapter 19, of the revised laws, being an acceptance of the provisions of law in regard to the civil service applying to the Police and Fire Departments.
Article 41. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 487 of the Acts of 1913, being an act relative to the promotion of call men in the Fire Departments of Cities and Towns.
Article 42. To see if the Town will authorize the use of $3,500 of the reserve fund, to reduce the Tax Levy of 1914, as recom- mended in the report of the Board of Assessors.
And you are hereby required to serve this warrant in the man. ner prescribed by a vote of the Town, by posting notices thereof in three public places in the Town, seven days at least before the meeting, one of which postings shall be in Chiltonville and one in Manomet Ponds, and also by publishing the Warrant in the newspapers published in Plymouth, and make return thereof, with your doings thereon at the time and place above mentioned.
Given under our hands this twenty-fourth day of February, 1914.
ALFRED S. BURNS, EPHRAIM D. BARTLETT,
HERBERT S. MAXWELL, Selectmen of Plymouth.
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PLYMOUTH SS.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs are hereby notified to meet at the time and place and for the purposes therein mentioned. r
WILLIAM E. BAKER, Constable of Plymouth.
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R. J. CEldridge Town Accountant
TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
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REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1914
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1914
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PLYMOUTH: THE MEMORIAL PRESS 1915.
INDEX
Abstract of Records
7
Assessors' Report
169
Attendance Officer
283
School Committee
209
School Physician
285
School Superintendent 218
Sealer of Weights and Meas-
ures
186
Selectmen's Report
15
Superintendent of Streets
24
Supervisor of Manual Arts ..
279
Supervisor of Shores
197
Town Accountant
29
Town Clerk Report 121
List of Jurors
198
Town Officers
3
List of Teachers
269
Town Warrant
202
Overseers of the Poor
172
Park Commissioners
183
Plymouth Public Library
176
Police Department
151
Board of Health
163
Cemetery Commissioners
157
Fire Department
188
Fish Committee
194
Forest Warden
193
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth
Account
180
Harbor Master 196
Herring Fisheries 195
High School Report 272
Inspector of Animals
182
Tree Warden
191
Water Report
303
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1914.
Selectmen-Ephraim D. Bartlett, William T. Eldridge and John L. Morton.
Town Clerk-George B. Howland.
Town Treasurer-George B. Howland.
Town Accountant-Richard T. Eldridge.
Collector of Taxes-Herbert W. Bartlett.
Clerk of Selectmen-Richard T. Eldridge.
Assessors-George Harlow, chosen 1912 for three years; James C. Bates, chosen 1913 for three years; and Nathaniel G. Lanman, chosen 1914 for three years.
Overseers of the Poor-Herbert W. Bartlett, chosen 1912 for three years; Charles A. Strong, chosen 1913 for three years, and William T. Eldridge, chosen 1914 for three years.
Water Commissioners-Robert C. Harlow and John W. Churchill, chosen 1912 for three years; John H. Damon, chosen 1913 for three years, and Horace P. Bailey and Charles T. Holmes, chosen 1914 for three years.
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1 School Committee-Edward W. Bradford, Jr., and J. Hol- brook Shaw, chosen 1912 for three years; George C. Peterson, chosen 1913 for three years; William M. Douglass, chosen 1914 for three years.
Burial Hill Committee-Cemetery Commissioners.
Agawam Fisheries Committee-Frank Harlow, Alfred Holmes, and Arthur L. Morse.
Cemetery Commissioners-George Mabbett, chosen 1912 for three years; Henry W. Barnes, chosen 1913 for three years, and Horace M. Saunders, chosen 1914 for three years.
Park Commissioners-John Russell, chosen 1912 for three years; Thomas R. Watson, chosen 1913 for three years; Benja- min F. Raymond, chosen 1914 for three years.
Surveyors and Measurers of Lumber-Edward B. Atwood, Cornelius C. Holmes, and Warren S. Bumpus.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Benjamin F. Snow. Beach Committee-Selectmen.
Superintendent of Streets-Stillman R. Sampson.
Field Drivers and Fence Viewers-Charles H. Raymond and Lewis F. Smith.
Superintendent of Water Works-Arthur E. Blackmer. Collector of Water Rates-N. Reeves Jackson.
Pound Keeper-Russell L. Dickson.
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Committee on Inland Fisheries-Edgar D. Hill, Harry B. Davis, Geoffrey D. Perrior.
Harbor Master-Alfred Holmes.
Board of Registration-George F. Anderson, appointed 1912 for three years; Charles H. Sherman, appointed 1913 for three years ; Herbert W. Clark, appointed 1914 for three years.
Superintendent of Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries and Burial Hill-Edward F. Stranger.
Sexton-Thomas J. Kennedy.
Superintendent of Almshouse-Russell L. Dickson.
Board of Health-Harry R. Talbot, chosen 1912 for three years ; George H. Jackson, chosen 1913 for three years; Free- man Manter, chosen 1914 for three years.
Board of Engineers-John E. Sullivan, Isaac L. Hedge, Al- vin A. Hall, Earle W. Gooding and James S. Kierstead.
Superintendent of Chiltonville Cemetery-Charles Rogers. Superintendent of Manomet Cemetery-George A. Manter. Superintendent of Cedarville Cemetery-Charles E. Kimball. Chief of Police-William E. Baker.
Constables-William E. Baker, Samuel Ferguson, Job H. Standish, John Armstrong, George F. Barlow, 2nd, Lincoln S. Wixon, Freeman Manter, Elwell H. Smith, Joseph W. Schilling, Cornelius J. Wren, James M. Cameron, Harrison B. Sherman, Herman W. Tower and Edward A. Dunton.
Committee on Sewage-Selectmen.
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Tree Warden-Calvin S. Mixter, Jr.
Forest Warden-Ira C. Ward.
Deputy Forest Wardens-Henry O. Whiting, Nathaniel T. Clark, Gustavus G. Sampson, Frank L. St. George, LeBaron R. Barker, D. Edson Raymond, Albert M. Haskell, George Blanchard, Henry C. Cahoon, William F. Doten, Ziba R. Ellis, John T. Peirce, Ernest L. Sampson, Abbott A. Raymond, George H. Peirce, John F. Raymond, John W. Churchill, Barnabus Hedge, Edwin P. Bartlett, James W. Hazen, Frank G. Raymond, Walter H. Brown, Joseph L. Manter, James H. Nixon, James M. Nickerson, Fred L. Sears, Warren S. Bumpus, Benjamin F. Raymond and Seth C. C. Finney.
Local Moth Superintendent-Abbott A. Raymond.
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ABSTRACT OF RECORDS OF 1914
TOWN MEETING, MARCH 28, 1914
Article three being under consideration :
On motion of Edward L. Burgess: Voted, that the reports of the several boards of officers and committees be accepted and placed on file.
Article four being under consideration :
- On motion of Edward. L. Burgess : Voted, that the Town au- thorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year be- ginning Jan. 1, 1915, in anticipation of the collection of taxes. of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the- current expenses of the Town but not exceeding two hundred. thousand dollars ($200,000.00) giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of said municipal year.
Article six being under consideration :
On motion of Richmond Talbot: Voted, that the Dog Fund amounting to ($1,098.98) and an additional sum of ($1,000.00) be appropriated for the use of the Plymouth Public Library.
Article seven being under consideration :
On motion of Edward L. Burgess: Voted, that the Town au- thorize the Selectmen to renew any note or notes heretofore au- thorized which are now due, or may become due the present year
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for such time and on such terms as they may deem expedient for the interests of the Town.
Article eight being under consideration :
On motion of Richmond Talbot: Voted, that the Town ap- propriate the sum of ($1,500.00) for the care and improvement of the various public parks and ($185.00) for Training Green, and ($300.00) for improvements at Beach Park. The necessary two thirds having voted in the affirmative.
Article nine being under consideration :
On motion of Richmond Talbot: Voted, that the sum of ($225.00) be appropriated to pay the expense of Memorial Day.
Article ten being under consideration :
On motion of Edward L. Burgess : Voted, that the Town au- thorize the Selectmen to transfer from time to time the money from the Contingent Account to such other accounts as may in their opinion be necessary.
Article eleven being under consideration :
Mr. E. L. Burgess moved that the officers of the Town au- thorized by law to expend money, may expend between Jan. 1, 1915, and the Annual Town Meeting next following such amounts as may be required for the expense of their respective depart- ments, not to exceed in the aggregate for each department the amount expended by such department during any period of the same length during the preceeding year, the same to be paid from any monies in the Treasury to be reimbursed from the tax levy of that year and the motion was carried.
Article twelve being under consideration :
On motion of Richmond Talbot: Voted. that the Board of Health be authorized in the name and behalf of the Town, to contract with the Jordan Hospital for the reception, care and treatment of persons who require relief during temporary ill-
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ness, upon such terms and conditions as they may deem ad- visable.
Article thirteen indefinitely postponed.
Article fourteen indefinitely postponed.
Article fifteen being under consideration :
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