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Inventory of the Forest Fire Department
One forest fire pump, fully equipped with three
thousand feet of hose $1,200.00
One ton and one half Ford truck
450.00
One ton Ford truck
100.00
One Chevrolet truck
50.00
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One Ford truck 10.00
Thirty six 21/2 gallon fire extinguishers
288.00
Nine five gallon cans
¡.. 9.00
Five four gallon cans 2.00
Five ten gallon pumps
37.50
Two five gallon pumps 20.00
Ten, ten quart pails
5.00
Three hoes 1.50
JOSEPH E. DUCHENEAU,
Forest Fire Warden
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REPORT OF THE AMBULANCE DEPARTMENT
In rendering my report for the past year, I wish to state that there was an appropriation of $150.00 made for this department.
We had a special appropriation of $1,650.00 for a new ambulance.
For the coming year, I recommend an appropriation of $150.00.
The balance from last year appropriation was $61.30.
During the past year the ambulance made the following trips.
Southbridge
82
Worcester
22
Sturbridge
6
Charlton
9
Dodge
2
Boston
4
Springfield
1
Tewksbury
2
Brimfield
3
Fiskdale
4
Texas
1
Quinebaug
1
Inventory of the Ambulance Department
One Ford ambulance
$1,650.00
Six blankets
24.00
Two pillows
3.00
Eighteen sheets
12.00
Eighteen pillow cases
10.00
JOSEPH E. DUCHENEAU, Chief of the Fire Department
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
To The Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Southbridge, Mass.,
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit for your consideration my yearly report ending December 31, 1936.
CHIEF
Ulric Brault
PATROLMEN
Patrick Donnelly
Ernest J. Fierro
Joseph Paquin
Albert Lamarine
Ovila Martin
John Lango Jr.
Joseph Morin
Arthur Bouthillier
Arthur Murphy
Arcade Grenier, Sub.
Alfred E. Lariviere
Ernest S. Knowles, Sub.
Moise Beaudry
Zenon Lamothe, Sub.
Carl Corriveau
JANITOR AND ASSISTANT LOCKUP KEEPER Arcade Grenier
Duties performed by the department during the year :
Total arrests 527, Males 509, Females 18, Minors 81, Residents 376, Non-residents 151.
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OFFENSES
Abuse of female child 1
· Adultery
3
Assault and Battery
14
Breaking and Entering
10
Concealing Mortgaged property
1
Drunkenness
258
Delinquent Child 1
Disturbing the peace 12
Destroying Property
1
Evading Fare
1
Escape from State Institution
2
Employing minor to peddle 1
Forgery
1
Fornication 1
Firearm in possession 1
Gaming and present
6
Idle and Disorderly
2
7
Insane
Incest
2
Lewd and Lascivious 1
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Larceny
Non-Support
20
Motor Vehicle Violations
104
Peddling without license
7
Possession of Obscene picture
1
Stubbornness
4
Truancy
2
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Having stolen goods
1
Trespassing
2
Vagrant
12
Violation Illegitimate Child Act 5
Violation of Town by-laws 4
Violation of Court Order
1
Violation Liquor laws
2
Violation of Junk laws
2
Miscellaneous
Goods stolen and Recovered
$3,157.00
Goods stolen not recovered 887.00
Motor Vehicles stolen and recovered
15
Motor Vehicle stolen not recovered
1
Doors found open by officers 41
Accidents investigated 68
Motor Vehicle licenses suspended
114
In behalf of the officers and myself I wish to thank your Honorable Board and other town officials for their kindly consideration during the past year.
Respectfully Submitted,
ULRIC BRAULT, Chief
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P. S. Property in charge of the police department:
Building and Land
$ 60,000.00
Furniture and Equipment
5,000.00
$ 65,000.00
ULRIC BRAULT, Chief.
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REPORT of the TRUSTEES of the JACOB EDWARDS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
TRUSTEES For the Town
Robert P. Montague
Seaver Rice
Oswald J. Laliberte
Henry J. Tetreault
For the Edwards Bequest
Richard C. Paige, Chairman Gertrude W. Smith
George B. Wells
LIBRARY HOURS
Week Days, except January 1, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Armistice Day until 2 p. m., Thanksgiving Day and Christmas-10 to 12; 2 to 9 p. m .; Sundays, October-May (for reading), 2 to 9.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of the Edwards Memorial Library :
Circulation, 1936: 101,950 volumes, of which 55,250 were fiction; 26,895 children's books; 19,805 adult non- fiction. 2,500 less fiction was circulated than in 1935-in all public libraries less fiction is being circulated now that there is more employment.
It is interesting to see how the Library measures up to the public library standards of the state of Massachusetts; standards published within the month.
1. Trustees : Board comprising men and women active in the community, interested in the library, meeting regu- larly, alert to new problems.
Southbridge has such trustees.
2. Librarian: College and library school, or their equivalent in education and library experience; executive and administration ability.
Southbridge has the above qualifications.
3. Income: $1 per capita, minimum; or from two to three percent of the Town's total appropriations.
Southbridge Library should have an income of $15,786 ($1 per capita, minimum)-the Library income for 1936 was $9,424. The Library was obliged to ask for $250 more to pay book binding and electricity bills.
4. Books: Adequate to community; carefully selected and purchased frequently from recommended lists. Sys- tematic inspection and revision of the collection.
Southbridge has the above, and is told frequently that the Library is unusually good. With a larger income, South- bridge could have a better library. The library will deterior-
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ate unless more money is appropriated to buy replacements, as well as new books.
Proportion : Children's books, adult fiction, adult non- fiction (including reference books) - approximately one- third each.
Southbridge apportions its book income about as above, but that income must be used to replace wornout books, as well as to buy new books.
5. Records: Card catalog, kept up-to-date. Classifica- tion according to a recognized scheme. Card charging sys- tem.
Southbridge has all of the above.
6. Library quarters : Adequate for service, attractive inside and out.
Southbridge has a very attractive and excellently ar- ranged library, but badly needs separate rooms for chil- dren. Also needs painting inside. Makes every effort to keep the outside attractive.
7. Special attention to children and reference service.
Southbridge does the best possible with its income. Work with children and reference work is constantly in- creasing.
8. Extension service to outlying districts, schools, hospitals, clubs, etc.
Southbridge lends books to the schools and the hospi- tal; has no money to do more.
9. Hours open per week. For a population of 15,000- minimum, 48 hours weekly.
Southbridge Library is open 55 hours weekly, besides Sundays, and was open 66 hours weekly from January to June. 60 hours weekly is the standard for a city of 50,000.
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10. Circulation 7 per capita.
Southbridge circulates 6.5 per capita.
11. Number of assistants-besides Librarian. Popu- lation of 15,000 should have four.
Southbridge has 3. Has two full-time assistants, others by hour do not quite add up to a full-time assistant.
12. Continuous publicity. Registered borrowers, from 30 to 50 percent of the town population.
Southbridge has the first so far as we can afford. Has 65 percent of the town population as registered borrowers.
From January until the close of the schools in June, the Library was open daily from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. The extra hours were popular with our townspeople, but as the amount appropriated by the Town for salaries was less for 1936 than for 1935, which again had been less than for 1934, it was impossible to continue keeping open the two extra hours when the schools opened in September. The Library has been open daily until twelve fifteen as an accommodation to school children.
The cost of lighting the Library is $150 more than it was ten years ago, caused by the extra hours during which the library has been open and the great use of the reading and reference rooms; also the constantly increasing num- ber of people who go to the stacks to browse and find books for themselves. This seems to your Librarian the greatest change in the Library; that more and more of our towns- people use their library to look up books and information- for reference use.
Less children are coming to the Library to get books for themselves since the schools have opened at such dis- tances from the Library. However, the children come in groups more than ever-to get books for their class-rooms and to learn how to use the Library.
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There is an enormous demand for books which the Library is unable to fill. The man who wishes detective stories wonders why we waste money on anything alse, quite as much as the many who wish books on civil service and vocations, radio, aviation and machinery.
The standard books are constantly wearing out and readers ask daily for Dickens and Hawthorne, Dumas and Victor Hugo. We have spent a much larger share than usual of our book money on books for children. There is no use trying to stimulate reading of children unless you have books, and reasonably fresh copies at that, to offer them. We need numbers of copies of the books advised for grade use by the State. Prizes were given by Mr. Paige for the best reports on "vacation reading" in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades. Similar prizes had been given by Mr. George Wells for "vacation reading" the previous year.
To leave more money for non-fiction, and to relieve the pressure for extra copies of popular books, a rental collec- tion was started in January. This has proved a success and fifty-one books that had paid for themselves have been trans- ferred to the Library from this collection.
We are constantly being told by our townspeople who have had experience with other libraries, and by newcomers to the town, how good this library is. It will be impossible to keep up this standard unless we have a Town appropria- tion that will enable us to have enough assistants and to re- place wornout books, as well as to buy new books in every line.
Respectfully Submitted, ELLA E. MIERSCH,
Librarian
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AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION FORM OF STATISTICS
Name of Library Jacob Edwards Library
Town and State
Southbridge, Massachusetts
Name of Librarian
Ella E. Miersch
Date of Founding
1871
Population Served
15,786
Number of days open during year
339
Hours open each week for reading 62-73
Hours open each week for lending 55-66
Number of Volumes at beginning of year 27,968
Number of volumes added by purchase
1,283
New
914
Replaced 369
Number of volumes added by gift, and from Duplicate Pay 56
Number of volumes worn out and discarded 2,037
Number of volumes at end of year 27,214
Circulation per capita 6.5
Number of registered borrowers 10,210
Number of volumes lent for liome use 101,950
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN
It has been a very difficult task, owing to the past drought, or dry weather to keep trees up to par or in good condition.
Regardless of that fact we lost very few, which dried up in the stump, for lack of water.
Of course trees lost their foliage, a few weeks before frost set in for that reason.
We have also evaded the Dutch Elm disease yet so far, although a neighbor of ours of only fifty miles.
ALBERT A. L'ECUYER,
Tree Warden
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REPORT OF GYPSY MOTH DEPARTMENT
Being our aim and duty to protect our trees from Gypsy Moths, or any other pest, it necessitates a con- stant yearly scouting. It has been done this year as in the past, and in March, 1937, another project the P. W. A. will be conducted under my supervision.
Not one tree has been lost in my years of experience on this account. As you might be interested to know that in just one nest there are hundreds of eggs. Therefore we must tend to them immediately. It is impossible to give an accurate account of nests found but it gives you an idea of what the work is and why it must be done.
ALBERT A. L'ECUYER, Moth Superintendent
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRES AND BUILDINGS
WIRING DEPT.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen ;
I wish to submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1936.
This department has been unusually busy due to the tremendous amount of building construction, with the good times hundreds of owners are purchasing electrical equipment, oil burners and refrigerators, with this increased load several new entrances and equip- ment had to be renewed. I have found the owners in all cases willing to co-operate although in several cases it meant several hundred dollars expenditure.
Permits issued for new buildings 98
Permits issued for addition to old work 359
Recommendations to change wiring 102
Inspections while work is in progress
1241
New Signs (window and street) 42
Temporary permits (Christmas decorations) 121
The electrical contractors have done their utmost to co-operate with this department and I have enjoyed working with them, I also feel that The G & E Co. has always done their utmost to give service regardless of the day or time.
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BUILDING DEPT.
With the increase of building in the town this de. partment has been so busy that I must have an Inspec .. tor to handle all building inspection in order to carry on the work on the same basis as in the past.
This work requires several meetings with State In- spectors and a good deal of office work, a great deal of advice on by-laws and building construction, also every house requires several visits before completion, garages require several visits to settle location and fire hazards with our Fire Department Chief Mr. Duchesneau.
One family houses 17
Two family houses 14
Three family houses
3
Four family houses 3
Garages 27
Stores
3
Office buildings 2
All building Contractors are very prompt in ob- taining permits and although this department has had to alter several building plans both the owner and con- tractor have co-operated willingly.
Respectfully yours,
EMERY A. LAVALLEE.
ASE-DISPOSAL
The new Chevrolet pick-up truck and new dia- phragm engine pump purchased in 1936 by the Board of Sewer Commissioners from the Sewer Maintenance Fund.
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REPORT OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS
To the Citizens of Southbridge :
This board is pleased to report that during the year 1936, this department has purchased a new Chevrolet pick-up truck and also a new diaphragm engine pump. With this new equipment, this department can now take care of any serious trouble in a more efficient way.
The three members of this board have spent consider- able time working on our roof water drain project. Over sixty property owners have complied with the board's re- quest and have removed their roof water drains from our sanitary sewer system which is inadequate to take care of this surplus water.
The board has issued forty-two house connection per- mits.
The extension of sanitary sewers completed in 1936 are as follows :
Charlton Street, W. P. A. 1100 ft.
High Street Extension, W. P. A. 1075 ft.
South Street, W. P. A. 850 ft.
Golf Street, W. P. A. 750 ft.
Poplar St. and Newell Ave., Town project 665 ft.
620 ft.
Main Street, Town project
The caretaker at the Sewage Disposal plant reports the following pipe-line stoppage for 1936:
April 1 North Street
April 2
Mechanic Street
April 10 Marcy Street
May 2
Crystal Street
May 19
Spring Street
May 28
Worcester Street
May 29
Marcy Street
June 26 Mechanic Street
July 8
Dresser Street
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July 16
Elm Street
August 11
North Street
October 5
North Street
December 18 Pleasant Street
The following is a record of our seventeen sand filter beds at the Disposal Plant, for the months of September, October, November, and December, indicating how many full days and hours the beds were used :
Bed No. 1 904 hours or 37 full days and 16 hours
Bed No. 2 916 hours or 38 full days and 4 hours
Bed No. 3 840 hours or 35 full days
Bed No. 4
664 hours or 27 full days and 16 hours
Bed No. 5 700 hours or 29 full days and 4 hours
Bed No. 6 228 hours or 9 full days and 12 hours
Bed No. 7 (Not fit to be used)
Bed No. 8
368 hours or 15 full days and 8 hours
Bed No. 9
342 hours or 14 full days and 6 hours
Bed No. 10 220 hours or 9 full days and 4 hours
Bed No. 11 316 hours or 13 full days and 4 hours
Bed No. 12 292 hours or 12 full days and 4 hours
Bed No. 13 304 hours or 12 full days and 16 hours
Bed No. 14 288 hours or 12 full days
Bed No. 15 312 hours or 13 full days
Bed No. 16 184 hours or 7 full days and 16 hours Bed No. 17 (Not fit to be used)
The board feels that no money should be spent on our present sand filter beds at the Disposal Plant until the Town can afford a modern plant.
Respectfully Submitted,
GEORGE LAFLECHE, Chairman OMER PERRON, Clerk PIERRE BENOIT
Board of Sewer Commissioners
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REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
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To the Citizens of Southbridge :
TAXES OF 1933
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$179.08
Payments to Treasurer
$175.45
Abated
3.63
-
$179.08
Fees collected on sale of property
for 1933 Taxes
$6.60
TAXES OF 1934
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$29,998.75
Payments to Treasurer
$29,267.02
Abated
118.56
Outstanding December 31, 1936
613.67
$29,998.75
TAXES OF 1935
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$76,624.97
Collected after Abatement 3.50
$76,628.47
Payments to Treasurer
$51,898.62
Abatements
540.62
Outstanding December 31, 1936
24,189.23
$76,628.47
Refunds paid by Treasurer $7.63.
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TAXES OF 1936
Commitments per warrants
$459,238.61
Commitments per warrants
10,076.00
469,314.61
Payments to Treasurer $369,337.41
Abated 25,126.84
Outstanding December 31, 1936 76,450.11
470,914.36
Refunds paid by Treasurer
1,599.75
$469,314.61
Abatements charged to Machinery
Tax, Special 1936 Overlay -
$23,073.75
1934 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$16.92
Payments to Treasurer $11.44
Abated
5.48
$16.92
1935 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$944.25
Commitment per warrant of Jan- uary 20, 1936
203.16
Commitment per warrant of Jan-
uary 31, 1936
6.98
$1,154.39
Payments to Treasurer
$869.56
Abated
272.41
Outstanding December 31, 1936
12.42
$1,154.39
Refunds paid by Treasurer on 1935 Excise $44.95.
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1936 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES
Commitments per warrants
$25,064.30
Payments to Treasurer
$22,955.14
Abated
1,431.67
Outstanding December 31, 1936
677.49
25,064.30
Refunds paid by Treasurer on 1936 Excise Taxes $305.42.
INTEREST ON TAXES
Interest on 1933 Levy
$477.25
Interest on 1934 Levy
3,040.53
Interest on 1934 Levy (Excise)
.57
Interest on 1935 Levy
1,499.44
Interest on 1935 Levy (Excise)
14.65
Interest on 1936 Levy
63.45
Interest on 1936 Levy (Excise)
9.24
Added Interest on Unapp. Sewer
2.16
Added Interest on App. Sewer
1.24
$5,105.13
$5,105.13
Demands on 1935 Taxes
$11.55
Demands on 1936 Taxes
$163.80
1933 APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENT INTEREST
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$11.13
Payments to Treasurer
11.13
1934 APPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$73.08
Payments to Treasurer $73.08
1934 APPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT INTEREST
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$4.41
Payments to Treasurer $4.41
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1934 APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$133.78
Payments to Treasurer $133.78
1934 APPORTIONED SEWER INTEREST
Outstanding January 1, 1936 $28.85
Payments to Treasurer $28.85
1934 UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$114.21
Payments to Treasurer $100.59
Outstanding December 31, 1936 13.62
$114.21
1934 UNAPPORTIONED SEWER INTEREST
Outstanding January 1, 1936 $7.40
Payments to Treasurer $6.51
Outstanding December 31, 1936
.89
$7.40
1935 APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$115.58
Payments to Treasurer $48.81
Outstanding December 31, 1936
66.77
$115.58
1935 APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENT INTEREST
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$15.81
Payments to Treasurer $7.79
Outstanding December 31, 1936
8.02
$15.81
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1935 APPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$18.39
Outstanding December 31, 1936
$18.39
1935 APPORTIONED SIDEWALK INTEREST
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$.74
Outstanding December 31, 1936
$.74
1936 SPECIAL SEWER ASSESSMENT
Commitment per warrant
$2,311.95
Payments to Treasurer $725.12
Added to 1936 Taxes
1,586.83
$2,311.95
1936 APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENT
Commitment per warrant
$223.23
Payments to Treasurer $101.11
Outstanding December 31, 1936
122.12
$223.23
1936 APPORTIONED SEWER INTEREST
Commitment per warrant $29.66
Payments to Treasurer $15.10
Outstanding December 31, 1936
14.56
$29.66
1936 UNAPPORTIONED SEWER
Commitment per warrant
$1,001.20
Payments to Treasurer
$416.32
Outstanding December 31, 1936
584.88
$1,001.20
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1936 UNAPPORTIONED SEWER INTEREST
Commitment per warrant
$25.47 Payments to Treasurer
$10.60
Outstanding December 31, 1936
14.87
$25.47
$27.14 paid to Treasurer on 1937 Apportioned Sewer.
I desire at this time to thank the citizens and Town Officials for their co-operation throughout the year.
Respectfully submitted, M. DUHAMEL,
Collector of Taxes
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REPORT of the SEALER of WEIGHTS and MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Sirs :
The following is the report for the Department of Weights and Measures for the year 1936.
G. R. LARIVIERE, Sealer of Weights and Measures
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DEVICE
Adjusted
Sealed
Not Sealed
Condemned
Platform over 5000 lbs.
4
Platform under 5000 lbs.
4 39
1
Counter Over
1
Counter Under
1 29
Beam Over
4
Beam Under
1
Spring Over
3
Spring Under
75
3
Computing
5 91
3
Personal
14
2
Prescription
4
Avoirdupois Weight
299
Apothecary
44
Metric
23
Tanks
2
Liquid
66
Pump
13
Meters
67
Kerosene Pump
8
Stops
56
Yardsticks
25
.
67
TRIAL WEIGHINGS AND MEASUREMENTS
Inspected
Correct
Over
Beans
23
23
Bread
162
158
4
Coal in Bags
25
25
Confectionery
155
155
Flour
47
47
Grain
4
4
Hay
2
2
Lard
53
53
Meats and Provisions
27
27
Potatoes
67
67
Cord Wood
5
5
INSPECTIONS
Pedlers Licenses
26
Milk Jars
15
Bread
162
Food Packages
807
Coal in Bags
25
Clinical Thermometers
56
Pedlers Scales
20
Ice Scales
4
Oil Jars
32
Other Inspections
70
TEST MADE
Climax Baskets
15
Berry
10
Miscellaneous
I
1
70
Oil Jars
I
ł
I
32
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The Board of Health, with Dr. H. Desmarais as Chair- man, Dr. Chas. Simpson, Secretary, and Dr. Jos. G. E, Page the other member, respectfuly submit to you the fol- lowing report on the activities of the Board for the year 1936.
Naturally, all these activities have been towards pro- moting health in the community. The collection of garbage was awarded to the lowest bidder, Martin Krasnowski for $1800. The board has kept close watch on that very impor- tant department and the work has been done very satis- factorily.
The different agencies for the prevention of disease, instituted a few years past have been continued with a success which promises the complete eradication before long of diphtheria, and to a very much diminished number of cases of tuberculosis. The teeth of school children, both of public schools and private schools, have received very much more elaborate care, by having the dentist make a detailed survey in the schools, and in correcting defects found.
Tuberculosis is still the largest item in our expendi- tures, and makes each year the fixing of our budget a very difficult problem, because we never know how many patients will be hospitalized during the year. We had, for that rea- son, to ask towards the end of the fiscal year for an addi-
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tional amount to be able to pay legitimate bills that could not be foreseen.
We feel, Gentlemen, that the Board, an unsalaried board, by decision of the finance committee, has done a good job, and the members have devoted a great deal of time and energy, in trying to make Southbridge one of the healthiest towns of the Commonwealth.
Detailed reports from special departments follow :
Respectfully submitted, H. L. DESMARAIS, CHARLES SIMPSON, M. D., JOS. G. E. PAGE, M. D.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL INSPECTOR
To the Board of Health
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report as Inspector of School chil- dren in Notre Dame school for the year ending December 31, 1936.
Defects were found and parents advised to be corrected as follows :
Teeth 408
Tonsils
77
Heart
5
Hard of Hearing
4
Poor Posture
10
Malnutrition
55
Skin Eruption
5
Impetigo
1
Mentally Deficient
3
Granulated Eyelids
3
Eyes corrected with glasses
18
Tonsils removed 18
Total number examined
673
Respectfully yours,
DR. JOSEPH G. E. PAGE,
Inspector
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REPORT OF SCHOOL INSPECTOR
To Board of Health
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report as Inspector of school chil- dren in' St. Mary's Parochial School for the year 1936.
Number of children examined 165
Defects found :
Teeth 148
Tonsils
24
Malnutrition
7
Heart 2
Eyes
3
Tonsils removed 8
Certificates for good teeth
26
Not vaccinated
5
Mental
0
Skin
0
Ears
1
Notices sent to parents 112
Respectfully yours, CHARLES SIMPSON, M. D.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL INSPECTOR
To Board of Health
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report as Inspector of school chil- dren in St. Jeanne D'Arc School for the year 1936.
Number of children examined
465
Defects found and parents advised to have corrected :
Children with defective teeth 327
Tonsils
48
Malnutrition 24
Heart
7
Wearing glasses 5
Tonsils removed
12
Certificates for good teeth
62
Not vaccinated
1
Mental
1
Skin
1
Ears
1
Notices sent to parents 300
Respectfully yours, CHARLES SIMPSON, M. D).
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REPORT OF THE AGENT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Honorable Board of Health
Gentlemen :
During the year many minor complaints have been re- ceived as usual, but they have always been cleared up after an investigation. I believe the town is kept very clean, as the health report will show. As new houses are built and old ones repaired, the owners and tenants see the need and com- fort of clean yards, houses and streets, and I have had sev- eral remarks from out of town people how well our town is kept.
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