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119.30
Grout, Nathan
1.07
Fraser, Robert
8.90
Polls
318.00
Kelleher, Michael, Bal.
15.20
Smith, Raymond
42.72
Total
$ 627.19
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Annual Report
of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
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and
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Year Ending December 31, 1940
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Mrs. Edmund Mortimer, Chairman Rodman C. Nowers, Secretary Harold F. Stevens
Term expires 1941 Term expires 1943 Term expires 1942
Regular meetings first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 P.M.
Superintendent of Schools
Lyman R. Allen 19 Beech St., Framingham, Tel. Fram. 3735
High School Principal
Alton H. Hartford
North St.
Elementary School Principal
Mrs. Dorothy J. Brown
North St.
School Physician
Miller St.
School Nurse
Pound St.
Ernest Thayer
Ernest Elsmore
SCHOOL CALENDAR
1941
2nd term
January 6 to February 21
7 weeks
3rd term
March 3 to April 18
7 weeks
4th term
April 28 to June 20
8 weeks
1941-42
1st term
September 3 to December 23
17 weeks
2nd term
January 5 to February 20
7 weeks
3rd term
March 2 to April 17
7 weeks
4th term
April 27 to June 26
9 weeks
School Holidays: January 1; February 22; Good Friday (April 11, 1941); April 19; May 30; October 12; November 11; Thanksgiving and the day following.
No School Signal-Fire Alarm: 3 repeated 4 times at 7:00 A.M. for High School and at 11:30 A.M. for the Elementary School.
Also for the High School radio announcement (WNAC, WEEI) at 7:00 A.M.
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H. L. Park, M. D.
Mrs. Inez S. Kerr, R. N.
Janitors
TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, DECEMBER 31, 1939
Name
Position
Lyman R. Allen
Supt. of Schools
Diplomas and Degrees (Graduate study in parenthese) Bridgewater Tchrs. Coll. (4); Har- vard S.B .; Columbia, A.M .; (Harvard)
HANNAH ADAMS PFAFF (HIGH) SCHOOL
Alton H. Hartford
John S. Welch
Clifford W. Baker Elsie E. W. Davis
Math .; History Vice-Principal English; Biology
Univ. of Minn., Plymouth Normal (Harvard; Duluth St. Tchrs. Coll .; N. E. Conservatory; Mass. Univ. Ext.) Boston Tchrs. Coll .; B.S. in Ed .; M. in Ed. (Boston Coll.) Boston Univ., A.B. (Boston Univ.)
Mary E. Nichols
French; Latin
Anne H. Gray
English; Social Science
R. Estelle Harlow
Junior High Social Studies
Cecelia McCarthy
Commercial
Framingham Tchrs. Coll .; (Mass. Univ. Ext.) Boston Univ., B.S. in P.A.L.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Dorothy J. Brown Principal; Grade 6 Bridgewater Tchrs. Coll. (Univ. Ext .; Hyannis (S)). Madelyn L. Grant Grade 5 Framingham Tchrs. Coll. B.S. in Ed.
Elizabeth S. Buck
Grade 4
Elizabeth L. Crombie
Grade 3
Rose Pilibosian
Grade 2
Anna M. Daddario
Grade 1
Jean Arbuckle
General Assistant
Evelyn H. Judd
Drawing Supervisor
Framingham Tchrs. Coll. B.S. in Ed. Mass. Normal Art, B.S. in Ed .; (Normal Art; Holyoke; Quincy) Boston Univ. Sch. of Music
Pauline F. Goucher Inez S. Kerr, R.N.
Music Supervisor School Nurse
Margaret Pillsbury General Hospi- tal, Concord, N. H. (3); Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. (3 mos.); Univ. N. H. Infirmary (1 yr.)
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Principal; Science U. S. History Commercial
Boston Univ., A.B. (Boston Univ .; Mass. Univ. Ext.) Salem Tchrs. Coll. B.S. in Ed. (Boston Univ.) Boston Univ., S.B .; A.M.
Collegiate Institute; North Adams Tchrs. Coll. (Mass. Ext.) Keene Normal (Mass. Univ. Ext.) Framingham Tchrs. Coll. B.S. in Ed. (Univ. Ext.) Hyannis Tchrs. Coll. (Univ. Ext., Harvard)
RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
I. Expenses of General Control
Expenses of School Committee
Medfield Print Shop
$ 3.50
Mary H. McCarthy, clerical
30.00
John S. Welch
20.00
Wright & Potter Printing Co.
16.39
Total
$ 69.89
Lyman R. Allen, Supt., Salary
900.00
Other Expenses of Superintendent's office
Allen Bros., Corp. (Newsboy Badges)
4.53
L. R. Allen, Expenses (Travel, Postage, Phone)
121.77
John Newell, Attendance Officer
20.00
Madeline O'Donnell, clerical
22.50
Total
168.80
Total Expenses of General Control
1,138.69
II. Expenses of Instruction
A. Salaries of Teachers
Virginia Allen
$ 6.84
Jean Arbuckle
335.00
Dorothy Brown
1,400.00
Elizabeth Buck
1,200.00
Elizabeth Crombie
1,200.00
Anna Daddario
1,300.00
Madelyn Grant
400.00
Vivian Hogan
3.54
Rose Pilibosian
1,120.00
Cynthia Robbins
720.00
Grace Sullivan
12.00
Clara O. Young
880.00
Clifford W. Baker
1,240.00
Rose M. Blum
10.00
Elsie Davis
1,500.00
Anne Gray
1,360.00
Pauline Goucher
104.00
Estelle Harlow
1,375.00
A. H. Hartford
2,500.00
Evelyn H. Judd
800.00
Cecelia McCarthy
400.00
Mary H. McCarthy
750.00
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Mary E. Nichols John S. Welch
1,030.00 1,240.00
Total
$20,886.38
B. Textbooks
Allyn & Bacon
45.33
American Book Co.
109.87
C. C. Birchard & Co.
20.51
Dura Binding Co.
31.03
Georgia School Book Co.
1.99
Ginn & Co.
110.58
Gregg Publishing Co.
19.24
D. C. Heath & Co.
45.65
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
9.30
Macmillan Co.
69.67
McGraw Hill Co.
12.63
MacKnight & McKnight
8.44
University of Nebraska
1.20
Oxford Book Co.
20.20
Scott, Foresman & Co.
39.01
Charles Scribner & Sons
9.29
Silver Burdett Co.
25.33
L. W. Singer & Co.
67.46
Arthur E. Tarbell Co.
4.74
J. I. Holcomb & Co.
5.85
Total
657.32
II. C. Supplies
L. C. Smith, Corona Type Co.
120.00
American Education Press
4.00
E. E. Babb & Co.
307.63
Beaudette & Co.
5.28
Bouce Publishing Co.
2.53
John S. Cheever Co.
84.25
C. G. Conn. Ltd.
2.16
The Continental Press
8.97
A. B. Dick Co.
14.45
Gledhill Bros. Inc.
295.70
A. H. Hartford
3.00
Milton Bradley Co.
8.03
C. C. Peter
8.00
Phillips Paper Co.
58.91
Regents Pub. Co.
3.70
Remington Rand Co.
15.95
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Underwood Elliot Fisher & Co. Windsor Pad & Paper Co.
3.37 83.02
Total Total Expenses of Instruction
1,028.95 22,572.65
III. Expenses of Operating
A. Janitors' Wages
Fred Dyer
$ 425.00
Ernest Elsmore
1,259.00
Dudley Goring
519.00
Ernest Thayer
84.20
Total
$ 2,287.20
B. Fuel
N. Duhamel
187.50
Fisher Coal Co.
507.00
Total
694.50
C. Other Expenses of Operation
Boston Edison Co.
293.27
Wm. M. Horner
30.50
Ernest Elsmore
1.36
G. & S. Paper Co.
47.50
A. H. Hartford
2.97
Medfield Water Department
100.04
N. E. Tel. & Tel.
56.46
Newell's Motor Livery
16.25
Seavers Express Co.
.95
State Prison Colony
5.65
Wills, Arthur
57.72
Henry S. Wolkins
10.36
Allen & Ballou
1.00
Brock Bros.
110.00
Carlson & Johnson
2.35
Frank Demma
6.00
Division of the Blind
4.50
Framingham Lumber Co.
2.73
Charles George
16.30
Frank Ross
3.30
Alexander Petrie
70.41
Standard Electric Time Co.
6.04
O. Woods & Co.
7.68
Arthur Wills
83.28
Total
Total Expenses of Operating
936.62 3,918.32
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IV. Auxiliary Expenses
A. Health
Clement Drug Co.
$ 8.60
Crowley & Gardner
1.50
Inez Kerr, R.N. (School Nurse)
500.00
Dr. H. L. Park, M.D. (School Physician)
280.00
Total
$ 790.10
B. Transportation
20.00
Amie Newell
2,380.00
Total
2,400.00
C. Library
Harper Bros.
1.50
Macmillan Co.
2.86
Silver Burdett Co.
2.62
Science Research Assoc.
10.25
Sullivan Bros.
1.75
Total
18.98
D. Equipment, Outlays, etc.
E. E. Babb Co.
40.60
Central Scientific Co.
126.74
L. C. Smith & Corona Type Co.
70.00
N. E. Adding Machine Co.
307.50
C. C. Peter
40.62
Phillips Paper Co.
5.00
Alexander Petrie
1.48
Reformatory for Women
5.95
Royal Typewriter Co.
102.06
Sager Electrical Supply Co.
128.00
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co.
40.00
Blanche Venne
11.36
O. Woods Co.
8.61
Total
887.92
E. Miscellaneous Expenses
Ambrose Press, Reports
11.50
Baker Press, Graduation Programs
14.75
Martin Diploma Co.
10.95
Total
37.20 4,134.20
Total Auxiliary Expense
Total, All Items
31,763.86
Johnson Bus Co.
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Summary of Receipts and Expenses of School Department
Receipts: Town Appropriation
$32,400.00
Expenditures :
General Control
$ 1,138.69
Instruction
22,572.65
Operating
3,561.92
Maintenance
356.40
Auxiliary
4,134.20
Total (Net cost of schools)
31,763.86
Unexpended balance
636.14
Reimbursements to Town Treasurer, not available to School Department
School Fund, Part I (on account teachers salaries) 3,080.00
School Fund, Part II (based on school salaries, appropria- tions)
2,223.98
On account of Superintendent's salary
483.33
Tuition of pupils-State
361.16
Tuition of pupils-Walpole
114.34
Tuition at Vocational schools
197.12
Total Reimbursement
6,459.93
This is over 20% of the Net Cost of schools and reduces
cost to taxpayers to
25,303.93
Expenditures from Special Appropriation on account of Ralph Wheelock Fire Special Appropriation for Fire Loss
Textbooks
The Macmillan Co.
$ 171.07
Scott, Foresman Co.
176.90
American Book Co.
190.35
Ginn & Co.
148.50
World Book Co.
19.89
Total
706.51
Supplies
Gledhill Bros., Inc.
$ 87.92
Edward E. Babb Co.
23.20
J. L. Hammett Co.
21.20
Total
$ 132.32
Repairs, Maintenance, etc.
Metacomet Dairy, Removing coal & desks
$ 54.00
O. Woods Co., Lumber
14.76
John N. Wills, Labor, Nails, Signs
34.86
Total
103.62
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$ 1,580.00
Libraries
The Quarrie Corp., Encyclopedias
$ 67.80 $ 67.80
Equipment
International Engineering Works, Cabinets
$ 105.00
Massachusetts Reformatory, Chairs
115.00
Butler Craftsman Co., Craft supplies
44.95
Gledhill Bros. Inc., Tables & chairs
126.30
Weevend Corporation, Loom
1.00
O. H. Toothaker Co., Globe
3.38
Total
395.63
Miscellaneous Expenses
Lindsey N. Ripley, Police
$ 5.00
Fred C. Chick, Police
7.00
Earl A. Beaton, Police
7.50
Total
$ 19.50
Total Expenditures
1,425.38
Unexpended balance
154.62
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REPORT OF THE MEDFIELD SCHOOL COMMITTEE
1940
Herewith is the Report of the Medfield School Committee for the year of 1940.
This year will be a memorable one for all connected with school activities. The first two months were quite usual, but on March 21 the Ralph Wheelock School burned beyond recognition which necessitated the changing of the whole method of teaching and attendance of the school system. The method of attendance, as it is now being carried on, seems to us the best for all concerned and we earnestly hope that the parents will bear with us until such time as the new school can be built and ready for occupancy. It is our desire to get back to normalcy as soon as possible.
We take this opportunity to publicly thank Mr. John Dyer for his twenty-seven years of faithful service as employee in our School Department and janitor of the Ralph Wheelock School.
We appreciate the manner in which the teachers and employees of the School Department have carried on their respective positions during this period of broken routine and we sincerely thank them for it. It has not been easy for them.
In looking to the future, we hope for much brighter prospects. We anticipate a new High School with many new features which our town has needed for some time. Some of these are the addition of Domestic and Industrial Arts to our courses of study. Domestic Arts will offer to the girls a training that we believe every girl should have during her early life and Industrial Arts will offer to the boys something that should be of great value to them as they enter into their life's work. This course of study will in all probability be coordinated along the lines of our National Defense Program which is being pushed to the front at this time. All the above will, of course, necessitate an increase in the teaching staff, but we shall try to keep this at a minimum.
We wish, again, to thank all those that have helped us through this very trying year and hope for a brighter future.
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. MIGNONETTE S. MORTIMER, Chairman MR. RODMAN C. NOWERS, MR. HAROLD L. STEVENS, School Committee
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Medfield:
The controlling event of the year just past was the destruction by fire of the Ralph Wheelock building in the early morning of March 21. The loss was so complete that there was no question about abandoning the old building, which we had long wanted to replace by a new one. Workable plans were quickly formu- lated and with the loss of only three school days the grades resumed sessions in the high school building. With the cordial cooperation of teachers and pupils of both buildings these plans worked smoothly throughout not only the long days of the spring term, but will be necessarily continued throughout the whole school year of 1940-41. These plans consolidated all our pupils, elementary and high school, in our one building-the Hannah Adams Pfaff. The junior-senior high school has one long morning session (7:45 to 12:25); the grades a long afternoon from 12:30 to 4:30, or during the shortest days, 4:15.
The morning session was assigned to the high school because: 1) 7:45 was con- sidered too early to assemble primary children from all parts of town; 2) 11:30 or 11:45 is a bad time to assemble high school and dismiss elementary pupils, meals and transportation considered; 3) the opposite order would prevent all high school pupils earning in stores or homes in afternoon, as well as all organized athletics and sports; 4) it offered much better opportunity for high school home study.
The problem of suitable furniture gave most difficulty. The two rooms with movable furniture were assigned to the first and second grades; folding kinder- garten tables and small chairs (each in three sizes) were provided. Each set of furniture can thus be stacked while the other is in use. Grades three to six use the regular high school fixed desks and seats; these are of course not suitable, but we have frequent periods for rest or exercise and a good recess on the large playground. High school pupils use their lockers for books and wraps; elementary books are packed in uniform small boxes which can be piled beneath blackboards when not in use. Coat racks which lower over the high school lockers take most of the elementary pupils' wraps. When high school students are dismissed by one door, elementary enter by the other, and busses which bring the younger pupils at 12:25 take their older brothers away on the return trip. Extra metal cabinets, in "labor- atory" and corridor, store the elementary properties.
All this would naturally be far from satisfactory for a permanent arrangement, although (like almost any handicap) it has some distinct advantages. More time out of doors, in the morning sunshine, would make for health of the younger pupils if they had good play, then a rest and a leisurely lunch before going to their single session. For the high school students, afternoon recreation or physical work and earning, with some intensive study and early retiring in preparation for the early morning session would be good. But unless carefully planned there may be too little sleep and exercise to counteract the effect of sessions too long and fatiguing. We also now lack opportunity for teachers to have conferences or give individual help, nor can high school pupils organize their plays and socials, earn funds, or carry on school functions as usual. Each school nets about one hour less daily in sessions. During the long spring days, from March to June,
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there was relatively little loss in that year's accomplishment. At the beginning of the new school year, in September, reorganization was necessary. In the high school, as the Principal shows in his report, some offerings were curtailed; but the subjects needed for the standing of the school were not abbreviated. There is no question but that we shall retain our Class A rating and give the time needed for admission to colleges. The elementary school will probably not accomplish as much as usual and in successive years would be likely to drop behind, grade by grade. We need our new building at the earliest possible moment; probably the Town would have realized this better if loyalty and cooperation had not carried it through as smoothly as they have done.
It is unfortunate that, when the Wheelock building burned, the Committee which had been studying the whole problem did not have its plans completed. A building begun then could have been completed in the late fall and we should have been in a position to obtain large Federal aid in equipping an Industrial Arts Shop and in providing teachers for that kind of work, now so much in demand throughout our country. When the Committee did report to the Town, on May 14, a new Committee was chosen and empowered to engage architect and secure definite plans and costs for a building then authorized on the high school lot. Their plans, as reported at a Special Town Meeting on December 7 seem thoroughly practical and satisfactory, as providing a complete and unified school plant, not extravagant, and well equipped for the needs of education today.
These plans propose a high school building for 250 pupils, adequate for work in sciences and with shops for Industrial and Household Arts; also a good Assembly Hall, connected with the school building by a room used for study and lunch room. The latter two would not only serve both schools but would furnish the Town an excellent auditorium, with stage and dining room, adequate for public functions. This complete plant could not be voted at this meeting or until Legis- lative permission is secured to exceed the debt limit; but $127,000 was voted to construct the high school part of it, with the purpose of using the present building for the six elementary grades, to which it is well adapted. When this building is ready we shall be well prepared to offer kinds of opportunities so long and keenly needed. Our science opportunities have been exceedingly limited; we could offer only Sewing to the girls, as no place could be found in town where we could teach Cooking and the other phases of Household Arts; and for the boys we have been able to offer nothing at all. In these days of stimulated industry and of prepared- ness-training people everywhere are realizing this need and are jumping to meet it.
During the past year we have had two changes in our teaching force: Miss Cynthia Robbins left us to be married, after four years of excellent work in the Wheelock school. Mrs. Clara O. Young, our Assistant Principal whose enthusiasm and skill in teaching and in hand work have accomplished so much for our pupils and teachers, received in September a merited promotion to Watertown. In their places we have two graduates of Framingham Teachers College-Miss Madelyn L. Grant in fifth grade and Miss Jean Arbuckle as general assistant. The latter is also coaching the high school girls' basketball team.
In cooperation with the other towns of the Union we have secured the part- time services of a supervisor of music-Miss Pauline Goucher. While our teachers individually have carried on music study and practice we have for about 7 years lacked the unifying influence of a supervisor who would visit all rooms weekly,
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plan the work for teachers to do, give lessons to the pupils, and coordinate the whole work. Miss Goucher's influence has already been felt and we count on steady progress in music accomplishment. Of her plan of work Miss Goucher writes:
"The pupil's appreciation and love of good music will come through his ability to understand and sing it. Those essentials must be learned in these first six grades. First comes voice culture, stressing the need for good tone and how to get it. Next comes an ability to read music, taught by the simplest possible method. Methods are kept easy so as not to overshadow with mechanics the third essential-an artistic interpretation of the song at hand.
"In junior and senior high school our aim is good part-singing, bringing out as much genuine interest, cooperation and enjoyment as is possible among the students."
Mrs. Judd continues her eifficent work along the lines she has previously de- scribed, for two days each week. Her pupils are fearless in expression with pencil, brush, or crayon and they make steady progress, as evidenced by her attractive exhibits. Those who noticed her "stained glass windows" at Christmas time realize this. The resources of an Art Room in the new building will be a very great help and stimulus to this work.
For the continued and enlarged work of the Parent-Teachers Association appre- ciation is expressed. There appears to be a constant growth of support and under- standing of our school work, which can only be of great help.
My sincere thanks are hereby extended, at the close of this trying year of adjustments, to all pupils, teachers, and other workers and to your own selves for all cordial support. We solicit continued and enlarged confidence in the days of planning and effecting enlarged opportunities for the youth of Medfield.
Respectfully submitted,
LYMAN R. ALLEN
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REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
To the Superintendent of Schools:
I submit the following report as principal of the Medfield High School for the year 1940.
During the April vacation the senior class visited New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Annapolis and Mount Vernon. All were enthusiastic over the educational value of this trip.
At the graduating exercises in June, the Hannah Adams Club Scholarship was awarded to Lorraine Laverty, the Parent-Teacher Association Scholarship to Robert Holmquist, the Washington-Franklin History Medal to William Farmer, Jr., and the Harvard Club Book Award to James Sproul of the Junior Class. Of the twenty-five members of the 1940 class, eight are continuing their education in higher schools, two have enlisted in the army, and most of the others are permanently employed.
Our athletics for the year were very successful. The boys finished in second place in the Inter-County Basketball League and in a playoff for first place in the Tri-County Baseball League lost to Medway. Our six-man football team lost only one of the six games played this fall. The junior high boys played both baseball and football, and make up much of the second team in basketball. The girls played softball last spring and basketball during the winter. As basketball is the only sport which pays its way, we must have the usual appropriation of $200 from the Town if we are to continue baseball and football. We are greatly in- debted to Mr. Welch and Mr. Baker for their help in boys' athletics and to Miss Mary Mccarthy and Miss Arbuckle in girls' athletics.
The school membership at present is 191, slightly less than at this time last year when it was 197. We have a senior class of twenty-three and a sixth grade of 46, which should make a somewhat larger total membership next year.
After the destruction of the Ralph Wheelock building last spring, we accommo- dated our program to the shortened session by keeping our seven period day but cutting the length of period down to 33 minutes. Because this length period, if continued for an entire school year would not meet the requirements for college certification, we have for this year changed our daily schedule to six 45 minute periods. We had to give up one year of French, the sewing classes, and our extra curricular work, and cut some subjects to four periods a week, but any pupil who, at the close of school last June, was in a position to qualify for college should not suffer because of this year's shortened school day.
In behalf of the faculty and myself I wish to thank you and the members of the School Committee for your help and encouragement during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
ALTON H. HARTFORD
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
To the Superintendent of Schools:
During the fall term the health of our pupils has been at an optimum level and there has been no problem with any contagious disease. Since the beginning of the winter term our community, in common with others, has been the victim of a scourge of influenza and colds and the incidence of whooping cough is increasing. As these respiratory diseases are highly contagious, it is urged that all children afflicted with coughs and colds remain at home until all acute symptoms have subsided. This procedure will minimize the illness of the ones affected and will lessen the number of cases.
The annual physical examination of all pupils was completed early in October. Defects noted and reported are as follows:
Dental defects (decayed teeth) 115
Ear Conditions (Hardened wax,
Enlarged or diseased tonsils
34
Chronic Inflammation) 5
Enlarged glands
36
Heart Disease 8
Poor posture
50
Disease of Nervous System
1
Malnutrition
5
Pediculosis (Head Lice)
2
Defective Vision
9
Impetigo
1
Respectfully submitted,
H. L. PARK
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent of Schools:
I hereby submit my annual report for the town of Medfield.
My program has been as follows:
1. Assisting the school physician during his yearly examinations and reporting to the parent any defect noted by physician.
2. Visiting schools daily to check up health conditions of pupils and making house calls whenever requested to do so by the principal or teachers.
3. Planning for and assisting in clinics, as follows:
a. Dental Clinic, held in October and November, sponsored by the Red Cross and District Nursing Association and conducted by Dr. Edmund Tobin. our clinic dentist.
10 clinics were held.
76 children attended clinic.
69 children had work completed.
b. Norfolk County Hospital Chest Clinic.
Population of grades tested
71
Children tuberculin tested
54
Number reacting to test
39
Number of children X-rayed
40
Number of children examined
4
Adult type of tuberculosis
1
Observation group (for an annual check-up)
3
Number of children sent to summer health camp in South Braintree 1
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