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Beginning with the first Wednesday in January, 1926, and continuing for 10 weeks, every English class in the Junior High School, visited the Library for one period and were given instruction in the use of the Library, by the Librarian and her staff. After a short talk by the Librarian, on the general purposes and arrangement of a public library, they were taught how to use the catalogue, how to find the books on the shelves, and how to use the reference books. There have already been results which indicate that these pupils have a clearer understanding of library system and have learned how to do many things for themselves. During the week of January 11th, the Librarian visited the evening sessions at the Knapp and Cornish Schools and spoke to the Americanization classes about the use of the Library, and tried to explain how much help they could get from the Library by mak- ing good use of it.
Once more a most profitable year of work with the schools can be reported. Instead of 2,702 reference ques- tions, 3,452 were recorded at the Desk, and the large ma- jority of these questions came from the school children who were in search of material needed in the completion of their daily lessons. With the modern project method of teaching in vogue, much more initiative is expected of the pupil, and most of his lesson assignments call for infor- mation which he has to find at the Library. This means that the Library staff is constantly working with the school children, and that the Library is the extension of the classroom. The chief function of the Library is its educational activity and it should be recognized and sup- ported as an absolutely necessary educational institution. . The State Certificate reading for 1926 was the largest that has ever been done since the Library has been in- terested in this work. In June, 1926, Miss E. Louise Jones from Division of Public Libraries, in the State House, Boston, Mass., presented 112 Honor Certificates to the pupils in the Burton, Knapp and Hedge Schools.
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Before the certificates were presented, the pupils of the Burton School read original essays about some of the books which they had liked best, and in the Knapp School a book pageant called "Friends of Bookland" was pre- sented, while in the Hedge School, a "Pantomime" based on six favorite books was given. No one could come away from such exercises without the feeling that all children are happier and better for having read good books, and that the characters which the boys and girls had learned to love could not fail to build for each one's memory a richer heritage.
In order to obtain an Honor Certificate a pupil must read 20 books (5 of which must be non-fiction) selected from the State Certificate Reading List, and 112 Honor Certificates testify that 2,240 books were read for this purpose alone. 534 pupils read five books each toward an Honor Certificate (2,670 books) thus making a total of 4,910 books read as a result of the interest aroused by the State Certificate Reading-List and the Honor Certificate. Again there has been a greater demand than ever for library book deposits in the schools, over 700 books hav- ing been issued to the various primary rooms, many teachers asking for them in addition to the school books as well as for the Certificate Reading. Naturally this necessitates the buying of many juvenile books, but they are used as part of the educational programme and should be supplied.
The children's story hour is a source of much pleasure, and the attendance grows each year, 340 children hav- ing been in attendance during 1926. Miss Haigh, Mrs. Thomas M. Perkins, Jr., Miss Belonga and Miss Bab- cock, the new Children's Librarian, told stories during 1926. A much larger attendance would doubtless have been recorded, were it not for the many changes in the staff and other unexpected obstacles which prevented the holding of the story hours as regularly as has been the custom.
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During the week of November 11th, "Children's Book Week," a most attractive exhibit of the new juvenile books was held, which aroused much interest in both children and adults. Nearly every book in the exhibit had a request placed on it, while many of the parents found suggestions for their Christmas books. On Saturday of that week, Mrs. Thomas M. Perkins, Jr., told stories to the children, 105 of whom were in attendance.
In 1926, 967 borrowers registered at the Library. Of these 514 were new names, 181 juvenile and 333 were adults; 128 were temporary residents, 84 of whom were new. Every season sees an increased use of the Library by the summer residents, many of whom were gracious enough to say that the Library was one of their chief enjoyments in Plymouth. Re-registration now takes place automatically when each card reaches its expiration date at the end of three years. This method keeps our files clear of obsolete data as we go along and saves much time and space. Children may have a card at the Library as soon as they are able to write their names in ink. Strangers spending a short time in Plymouth, may obtain a card by depositing $3.00, all of which is returned to them when the card is cancelled ; 22 visitors availed them- selves of this privilege during the year.
1006 new books have been added to the Library, of these 171 were gifts, and 339 were replacements and duplicate copies of standard works. 339 books were discarded, and there are now approrimately 18,667 books in the Library.
No public library is performing its whole duty which confines all its work within the four walls of its building; to reach all of the people whom it should serve, it is necessary to bring the library to the people, when they live too far away to come themselves. Besides the depos- its in the school rooms a branch library has been estab- lished at Long Pond, and since August, when the first lot
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of 60 books was sent down there, 175 books have been circulated among the villagers, many of whom had never had a chance to read library books before. There are now about 200 books, both juvenile and adult on deposit there, and from all accounts this experiment is proving to be a most successful one. When one lot of books has been read it is returned to the Library, and another lot selected and sent out. Mrs. W. E. Randall is generous enough to act as librarian, and the books are deposited in her home. Duplicate copies of desirable books are given to the Manomet Public Library, and periodicals which are brought into the Library for distribution are sent to the Jordan Hospital, County Farm, Boys' Club, and to the open-air hospital at South Hanson. Several deposits of books were sent to the various Boy and Girl Scout Camps during last July and August.
It is interesting to note here that the Library's total circulation of 76,309 is for the Plymouth Public Library alone. The Manomet Public Library circulated 2,388 books and 26,959 were circulated by the Loring Reading Room, thus giving a total circulation of 105,656 for the whole of the town of Plymouth. That our people desire and use books needs no further proof, and if a commun- ity is judged by the amount of reading done in it, Plym- outh should stand well up in the top of the list. If the libraries can only supply the material, the public will put it to good use.
Miss Elizabeth Sampson, P. H. S. 1926, joined the staff as a full time worker in July ; Miss Agnes Babcock, Mount Holyoke 1924, was appointed Children's Librarian in October; and Miss Dorothy Libby, Bradford Academy 1926, was appointed junior assistant.
The Library is most grateful for a bequest of $500 from the late Miss Ellen Watson, to Mr. Fritz Bittinger for space in the Old Colony Memorial for many library articles, and to the following donors for many library gifts of books, periodicals, pictures, etc .;
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Plymouth Book Club, Reverend Alfred R. Hussey, Mrs. Alfred R. Hussey, Miss Anne P. Appleton, Mrs. Malcolm Forbes, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Smithsonian In- stitution, University of Pennsylvania, Japan Society, Mrs. William Townsend, Mr. Fritz Bittinger, Mrs. Emma Caldwell, American Tree Association, Methodist Book Concern, Miss Elizabeth Mackenzie, Mrs. James Collins, Plymouth High School Class of 1926, Miss E. P. Crehore, Mrs. Alice Goddard, Macmillan Publishing Company, Mr. W. S. Kyle, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Miss Mar- garet Kyle, U. S. Bureau of Education, Mrs. E. R. Belcher, Mrs. Herbert C. Wright, Penn Mutual Life In- surance Company, Mr. Alonzo Wyburn, Miss Elizabeth Perkins, Mrs. Thomas Lumb, Mrs. Robert Garside, Mr. Alexander Besse, Mrs. William Hedge, Mrs. Elizabeth Torbert, Mrs. Jennie Chase, Miss Lucretia Watson, and Mrs. Viola H. Campbell.
Respectfully submitted,
MINNIE BURKE FIGMIC,
Librarian.
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LIST OF JURORS
Prepared by the Selectmen of Plymouth for 1927. Adamson, William, Billington St., Standish Mill Emp. Akeley, Leon B., 70 Allerton St., dresser. Alden, Fred, Manomet, Lunch Room Proprietor. Alexander, Earl, 65 Alden St., weaver.
Alsheimer, Albert P., 58 Summer St., rivet maker. Anderson, Robert, 12 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Armstrong, Robert, 5 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Armstrong, William, 370 Court St., machinist. Bagnell, Michael J. 19 Winslow St., weaver. Bain, James, 11/4 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Baker, Harold W., 8 Chilton St., store manager. Barlow, George F., 103 Court St., janitor.
Barnes, George C., 9 Washington St., clerk. Beever, John A., 268 Court St., overseer. Bennett, G. Vernon, 208 Court St., clerk. Besse, Alexander H. P., 15 Fremont St., laborer. Beytes, Leon H., 430 Court St., civil engineer.
Bittinger, Fritz John, 140 Court St., Mgr. Editor. Bliss, Frederic A., 5 No. Green St., clerk. Blueit, Edward, 16 North St., loom fixer. Bosworth, Leslie F., 427a Court St., engineer. Brenner, Henry, 191 Standish Ave., laborer. Brewster, Wallace B., 51 Allerton St., electrician. Briggs, James A., 10 Lothrop St., percher. Briggs, Lyman W., 22 Oak St., clerk. Cameron, William, 51 So. Spooner St., foreman. Car, Charles F., 26 Middle St., laborer. Cash, Henry T., 49 So Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Cash, Willis F., 411 Court St., Cordage Emp. Cassidy, Bernard W., 9 Oak St., clerk.
Cassidy, Thomas L., 60 Summer St., clerk.
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Coakley, Dennis P., 75 Samoset St., weaver. Cole, Charles F. Jr., 128 Sandwich St., machinist. Costello, Thomas J., Cedarville, laborer. Dale, Lawrence L., 19 Franklin St., Com. Service. Damon, Harold S., 258 Court St., Second mate. Dennehy, Jeremiah F., 47 Samoset St., finisher. Dickerson, Charles W., 8 Mayflower St., salesman. Dixon, Charles A., 4 So. Russell St., retired. Donovan, Richard J., 33 Allerton St., weaver.
Douglas, Harold E., 88 Sandwich St., clerk. Drew, Ralph L., 4 Holmes Terrace, Cordage Emp. Ellis, Elton P., 27 Mayflower St., carpenter. Ellis, Ernest C., Ellisville, carpenter. Erickson, Charles H., 85 Samoset St., weaver. Fox, Alfred, 10 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp.
Freeman, Edward E., 25 So. Spooner St., Cordage Emp. Freyermuth, John J., 18 No. Spooner St., Mill Emp.
Gardner, John H., 51 Allerton St., chauffeur. Garvais, George, Oak St., weaver.
Girard, Raymond F., 76 Standish Ave., electrician. Goddard, Harrison F., 14 Chilton St., clerk.
Goddard, Walter W., 29 Samoset St., rope maker.
Goldthwaite, George A., 3 Whiting St., woodworker. Goodwin, Bernard J., 281/2 Middle St., electrician. Gray, Norman W., 362 Court St., salesman.
Hagen, Frank A., 16 Atlantic St., foreman.
Harriman, William H., 150 Court St., salesman. Hazen, James W., Manomet, farmer. Hemmerly, William H., 11 Bartlett St., chauffeur. Holmes, Charles B., Allen Court, painter.
Holmes, Isaac T., 189 Court St., poultry raiser.
Holmes, Lyman A., 149 Summer St., cranberry grower, Holmes, Roland T., 11 Whiting St., clerk. Hultenius, Axel, 37 So. Spooner St., Cordage emp.
Jewell, Albion G., 5 Chilton St., musician.
Kaiser, Charles B., No Spooner St., Cordage emp.
Kierstead, Russell B., 1 So. Spooner St., Cordage emp.
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Kinsey, Herbert F., 42 Alden St., pattern weaver. Lanman, Herbert H., 7 Davis St., clerk. Leach, George A., Clifford Road, farmer.
Lewis, Warren E., 28 Whiting St., foreman. Loring, Bernard D., 18 Clyfton St., musician.
Lowry, Abraham, 17 Whiting St., painter. Luce, Arthur H., 17 Clyfton St., retired.
Lumb, Fred, 11 Fremont St., harness raiser.
Lumb, Thomas, 66 Samoset St., weaver.
Luther, Nathaniel C. L., 30 Whiting St., machinist.
Maloney, Matthew E., 4 Court St., Ice Co. employee.
Manter, Arthur L., 13 Mt. Pleasant St., painter.
Martin, Frank M., 243 Sandwich St., machinist.
Matinzi, Ralph F., 285 Court St., Sup't. Boys' Club.
McArdle, John F., 22 Davis St., salesman.
McCosh, John A., Manomet, clerk.
McEwen, Thomas G., 18 Fremont St., cloth examiner.
McLean, Alexander Jr., 4001/2 Court St., foreman. McNeil, H. Gordon, 63 Oak St., clerk.
Mooney, Earl, 24 Oak St., plumber.
Morrison, Henry E., 53 Russell St., weaver.
Morse, Arthur L., 21 Mayflower St., clothier. Morton, Donald W., 31 Vernon St., musician.
Morton, Harry H., 3 Whiting St., clerk.
Morton, Louis, 4 South St., Cordage emp.
Murphy, Cornelius P., 11 Court St., foreman.
Muthing, John, 193 Court St., machinist. Muthig, Louis J., 193 Court St., clerk.
Norton, Thomas E., 16 Vernon St., weaver. O'Connell, John J. Jr., 20 Hall Place, laborer. Oosterdiep, John W., 98 Allerton St., overseer. Otto, Albert B., 8 Centennial St., weaver. Parenteau, Alphonse, 31 Russell St., weaver. Paty, George L., Samoset St., Cordage emp. Peck, Adam, 366 Court St., foreman. Perkins, Isaac H., 19 Mayflower St., mason. Pickard, Simon E., 65 Pleasant St., chauffeur.
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Pierce, Charles H., River St., fisherman. Pratt, Ernest B., 52 Russell St., laborer. Pratt, Henry L., 121 Court St., Cordage emp. Priestley, Edmund J., 116 Sandwich St., weaver. Raymond, Charles H., 41 South St., rivet maker. Richard, John B., 21 Brewster St., barber. Richardson, Robert, Ship Pond, fisherman.
Sampson, Harry G., 4 Bradford St., weigher.
Sampson, Ossian M., 66 Standish Ave., tack maker. Sanderson, Charles T., Holmes Dam, Boss Spinner. Sears, Harold P., 9 Bay View Ave., clerk. Sears, Luther F., 240 Sandwich St., Cordage emp.
Sgarzi, William, 354 Court St., Garage man. Shaw, Elwood A., 70 Court St., retired. Simmons, Walter T., 1 Murray St., shipper. Sink, Sidney L., 6 Lewis St., telephone inspector.
Smith, Charles H., 119 Summer St., carpenter. Snow, George F., 64 Court St., chauffeur.
Strong, Warren P., 27 Allerton St., insurance agent.
Swanton, James S., 54 Allerton St., carpenter. Swift, Russell, Cliff St., farmer.
Taylor, Herman, Brookside Ave., weaver.
Tillson, Charles H., 341 Court St., Cordage emp.
Wall, Seth E., 158 Court St., Cordage emp.
Warnsman, Edward C., 28 Bay View Ave., insurance agent. Webber, Charles Jr., 28 Centennial St., percher.
Wirzburgher, Edward, Nicks Rock Road, steam fitter.
WILLIAM T. ELDRIDGE, HENRY W. BARNES, JR., WALTER E. BENT, FRANK EASTWOOD, FRANK C. SMITH, Selectmen of Plymouth.
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REPORT OF FIRE COMMISSIONER
The accompanying report shows that the activities of the Fire Department were far in excess of any previous year. The following is a brief summary of the condi- tion of the Personnel, Buildings, Apparatus and Signal System.
PERSONNEL
An excellent spirit of enthusiasm and co-operation exists throughout the entire department.
BUILDINGS The Central Fire Station
This has been thoroughly overhauled, and is in first- class condition, both inside and out.
North Fire Station
This station is badly in need of paint, both inside and out, and slight repairs are necessary to some of the woodwork.
APPARATUS, STATIONED IN CENTRAL STATION Combination A
This consists of a 400 gallon pump, hose and chemical, which developed engine trouble and we hope it has been corrected by the installing of new engine block, valves, etc., by the Seagrave Company, at no expense to the Town.
Combination B
This is a 750 gallon pump and hose, apparently in good condition, with the exception of the tires, and we propose equipping this machine with pneumatic tires, which will add years to its life.
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Combination D
A 400 gallon pump, hose and chemical which met with a serious accident during the year and required a thor- ough overhauling, and is now in excellent condition.
Ladder Truck
This has been equipped with pneumatic tires, which should add years to its service, and is now in good con- dition.
Service Cars
These two cars have had 35 gallon chemical tanks with 250 feet of chemical hose installed making them available for grass fires, and already have proven themselves val- uable pieces of apparatus.
The Chief's Car
This will require new tires and some overhauling.
APPARATUS STATIONED AT NORTH STATION Combination C
This is the hose and chemical formerly known as the Pope Hartford. It met with a serious accident, and owing to the general condition of this piece of apparatus it was deemed advisable to purchase a new chassis, and by using the old body and equipment, a first-class machine was the result, at a comparatively small cost.
Ladder Truck
This machine was purchased in 1893, and was intended to be hand-drawn, later being converted to horse drawn and, as machines go today, is an antique and serious con- sideration should be given to replacing it at some future time.
STEAM FIRE ENGINES
One is located at each station, and held in reserve. The most that can be said about these machines is they are, at present, in working order.
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FIRE ALARM SIGNAL SYSTEM
The amount required for repairs increasing yearly indictated to your Commissioner that something was radically wrong, and the Gamewell Fire Alarm Company were contracted with to have their engineers make a survey and to report as to the condition, also to make necessary recommendations, and I am very sorry to have to report that the survey shows that extensive repairs are required at an early date. I trust that serious con- sideration will be given to the Article in the coming Town Warrant, as the signal system is the heart and key to the efficiency of the Department.
ORGANIZATION
Fire Commissioner,
Chief Fire Department,
Deputy Chief Fire,
Fire Department Surgeon,
Henry Walton Albert Hiller Clifton Hatton
Walter D. Shurtleff
Permanent Men
Captain Fred Paty, Captain Frank Robbins Seven Permanent Men
.Call Force (Central Station)
Lieutenant Guy Bunker
Lieutenant Alfred Nickerson
Twenty-two Call Men
Call Force (North Station) Captain Henry Cash Lieutenant John Stephen Eight Call Men
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FIRES AND CAUSES OF FIRES DURING 1926
Months of year
Miles traveled
Number of times
pumper used
Number of times
chemical used
Number of times
ponys used
False Alarms
Feet of hose laid
Gallons of
chemical used
Feet of ladders
Raised
Total of alarms during the year
January
45.1|
. ·
2
8
175
106
214|
15
February
16.3
1
1
10
2
750
95
155
26
March
74.4
4
18
5
2,100
338
313
27
April
358.3
9
20
22
10,375 1,351
758
51
May
720.5
10
22
28
1
6,300 2,007
189
67
June
75.7
2
12
150
132
...
14
July
84.3
10
14
30
1
5,250
884
165
56
August
42.9
. .
2
5
2
100
100
17
September
46.6
2
3
4
.
1
2,550
57
14
21
November
62.2
2
5
6
. .
1,900
290
166
16
December
38.7
3
4
9
. .
1,600
290
167
18
Total
1,730.3|
43
.93
157
7 |32,150 5,767|2,193|338
OUT OF TOWN CALLS DURING THE YEAR
Darby,
12
Cedarville,
6
Brant Rock,
1
South Pond,
6
Manomet,
20
White Horse Beach,
2
Ship Pond,
1
Long Pond,
2
Carver,
1
1
Plympton,
1
Total,
50
·
18
900
117
52
10
October
62.3
2
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FIRE CALLS
Fireworks,
3 . Sparks from chimney, 11
Bonfires,
30 Rubbish in wooden barrel, 3
Hay,
3 Matches and gasoline, 1
Dump fires,
10 Defective chimneys,
7
Set on fire,
4 Sand bank caved in,
1
Grass fires,
13 Sparks from locomotive, 2
Short circuit wires,
5 Unknown,
6
Woods fires,
63 Over heated heaters, 2
Oil stove exploded,
5
Electric wires, 3
Tar boiled over,
1
Oil burning heater, 1
Lightning,
2 Sparks from fire, 3
Lungmotor,
4
Matches thrown in basket, 1
False alarms,
7
Smoking,
14
Steam in building, 3
Soot from chimney,
61
Horse in pond, 1
Smoke in building,
9
Candles,
1
Rubbish fires,
2
No school signal,
3
Spontaneous combustion, 4
2
Gasoline stove,
1
Hot bricks in bed, 1
Tree on fire,
1
Gasoline exploded, 2
Automobiles,
9 Set on fire, 5
Children and matches,
4 Hot water heater, 1
Chicken brooder,
2 Sparks from steam roller, 1
Automobile wreck, 2 Sparks from fireplace, 2
Horse in bog,
1
Total, 338
VALUATIONS AND LOSSES
Value of buildings,
$310,200 00
Insurance on buildings,
$246,820 00
Loss on buildings, $18,768 97
Insurance paid on buildings,
$18,205 97
Removing snow from roofs, 4
Grease boiled over,
Thawing out water pipes, 1
Over heated stove pipe, 10
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Value of contents,
$219,623 00
Insurance on contents,
$121,979 00
Loss on contents,
$13,463 00
Insurance paid on contents,
$12,973 00
Total value involved,
$529,823 00
Total loss on value,
$32,231 97
Total number of alarms for the year 1926,
338
APPROPRIATION FOR 1927
Salary and wages:
Permanent force,
$22,439 00
Call force,
3,460 00
Fire duty,
150 00
Janitor,
100 00
Miscellaneous,
200 00
Equipment and repairs,
$1,500 00
Hose, new,
500 00
Equipment for men,
400 00
Motor apparatus, new repairs, maintenence,
2,416 82
Fire alarm,
Fuel and Light,
1,050 00
Maint. buildings and grounds,
1,125 00
Other expenses,
1,355 00
Miscellaneous,
1,900 00
10,246 82
Total,
$36,595 82
HENRY WALTON,
Fire Commissioner.
$26,349 00
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BOARD OF HEALTH
DIRECTORY
Term Expires
Dr. Walter D. Shurtleff, Chairman and Health Officer, 1928
Henry W. Barnes, Secretary, 1927
1929
Herbert S. Maxwell, Port Health Officer,
George W. Wood, Inspector of Slaughtering
Edward K. Morse, Inspector and Fumigating Officer
Daniel J. Sullivan, Inspector of Milk
Michael D. Welsh, Inspector of Plumbing
Arthur A. Sampson, Inspector of Plumbing
Dr. Walter D. Shurtleff, Director of Clinics Sadie A. Sharpe, Dispensary Nurse Harry A. Taft, Charles Cranford, and E. E. Farnham, Special Inspectors
The regular meetings of the Board of Health are held on every Monday morning at nine o'clock.
FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 1926 RECEIPTS
Appropriation, March 1926, $18,000 00
PAYMENTS
General and Administrative
Expenses, $1,526 98
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases, 5,409 24
Tuberculosis,
2,451 89
Vital Statistics,
95 80
Inspection (animals, meat, milk), 1,828 25 Public Dump, 2,395 07
Tuberculosis Dispensary Expenses, 1,686 67
Dental Clinic Expense, 936 53
Plumbing Inspection, Fumigat-
ing and various expenses,
1,640 42
Unexpended Balance,
$17,970 85 $29 15
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In the matter of contagious diseases, the tabulated table speaks for itself, although undoubtedly a good many cases where there was no doctor called in, were not reported, and we are calling the attention of the house- holders to the fact that all contagious cases must be reported where a doctor is not called.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Chicken Pox,
5
5
1
5
1
3
1
2 21 19
63
Diphtheria,
1
1
2
German Measles,
1
1
1
3
Trachoma,
1
1
Lobar Pneumonia,
2
3
2
4
2
2
15
Broncho Pneumonia,
1
2
2
2
2
1
10
Measles,
1
4
5
Mumps,
1
1
2
Scarlet Fever,
1
4
2
2
1
10
Pulmonary Tubercu- losis,
1
1
2
1 2
7
Other Forms Tuber- culosis,
1
2
1
1
2
2
9
Whooping Cough,
1
1
5
2
1
3
1
4
18
Gonorrhea,
1
1
Varicella, 1
1
Anterior Poliomyeli-
tis,
1
1
12 10 7 25 9 18 6 3 4 6 23 25 148
DISPENSARY VISITS, 1926
Tuberculosis,
127
Venereal,
133
Total
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Herewith is submitted the Report of the Board of Health for the year 1926.
As far as the general health of the Town is concerned, we have again been fortunate in escaping serious epi- demics of contagious diseases.
The milk regulations becoming operative on June 1, 1926, while regarded by some as being drastic, most cer- tainly have been of great value in the way of putting the Town in line with the communities whose work in this line is recognized as being of the best. In all probability the time is coming, soon, when these regulations will be incorporated in Statute Law and apply to the whole Com- monwealth.
The regulations in force in the matter of Rummage Sales have been violated in some cases, probably through misunderstanding, and the Board wishes it distinctly un- derstood that permission must be obtained to hold these affairs and the articles offered must be fumigated by the Agent of the Board before the sale takes place.
The abatement of nuisances dangerous to the public health has cost considerable and this, in part, accounts for large expenditures this year.
The ruling by the Department of Corporations and Taxation in the matter of the appropriation for the Con- tagious Ward of the Jordan Hospital will make necessary some different arrangement with the Directors of the Hospital, and no doubt this can be brought about to the satisfaction of all concerned.
The testing of the water supply of the Town, both pub- lic and private, has been made at frequent intervals by the State Authorities, and in some cases the private source of supply has been abandoned as ordered.
Some provision more than that made at present will have to be made for dumps for refuse in certain parts of the Town, and, in this connection, the attention of fami- lies is called to the great amount of paper, etc., that
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