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I wish to take this opportunity to thank the members of
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your Board and other Boards, Committees, and Departments, for their cooperation during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY A. RACICOT, P.E., Town Engineer
REPORT OF THE DUTCH ELM DISEASE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report for the Dutch Elm Disease Department for the year ending December 31, 1961.
Seventeen dead elm trees were cut down and removed. Three elm stumps were removed. Deadwood out of elm trees on Town owned property were removed.
I sprayed Town owned elm trees twice with a hydraulic sprayer, using Malathion and DDT emulsion. Dormant in the spring to control Elm Bark Beetle, to protect elm trees from beetle feeding all bark surfaces of living elms that may be invaded by Bark Beetles from infected wood. Summer (Leaf Spray) to protect elm leaves of elms from being fed upon by Elm Leaf Beetle, it feeds on the leaves of elms and when it is abundant the leaves become brown and fall off. Such de- foliation weakens the trees, and many valuable elms have been killed as a result of outbreaks of this insect.
Dutch elm disease is probably the most serious shade tree problem facing our community today. The situation is however far from being hopeless. Using proper methods can do much to maintain a large percentage of our elms for many years to come.
Dutch Elm Disease 1961 Appropriation
$3,500.00
Salaries and Wages:
Moth Superintendent
$ 106.28
Help
225.84
Other Expenses:
Trucks hired - Winch and Dump
67.98
Chain Saw Hire
15.75
Hydraulic Spraying
2,205.00
Insecticide
780.01
Brush
.19
Southbridge Water Supply Co.
98.95
$3,500.00
Respectfully submitted, CHESTER J. MASKA Moth Superintendent
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report for the Tree Warden De- partment for the year ending December 31, 1961.
The past year 19 dead trees were cut down and removed. Deadwood and broken branches were pruned out of Town owned trees. Three stumps were removed. Tree preservative applied to cavaties that needed repainting. Three trees were braced and cabled.
Six trees blown down by Hurricane Esther were removed. Three trees split by Hurricane Esther were also removed.
Soil on Town owned Morris Street land was prepared for transplanting and 60 Town owned Shade trees were moved and transplanted from Town Infirmary land.
Seventeen Main Street trees were fed with a liquid fertilizer using a hydraulic sprayer. 25 Town owned trees were planted and guyed on streets where trees were removed. 1961 Tree Warden Receipts and
Appropriation Salaries and Wages:
$3,470.00
Tree Warden
$ 388.08
Labor
1,362.54
$1,750.62
Other Expenses:
Trucks Hired: Aerial, Dump
220.50
Chain Saw Hire
74.25
Tools and Material: Rope, Cable, Pole Saw, Handled Axes, Brushes, etc.
154.63
449.38
Plant and Guy 25 Town owned trees and Feed 17 Town trees on Main Street
Salaries and Wages:
Tree Warden
123.83
Labor
262.20
386.03
Other Expenses:
Truck Hire
26.25
Paint (to paint guy stakes)
.72
Liquid Fertilizer
45.00
Hydraulic Sprayer
72.00
143.97
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Prepare soil and transplant 60 Town owned shade trees to Town owned Morris Street land
Salaries and Wages:
Tree Warden
27.30
Labor
139.70
167.00
Other Expenses:
Tractor and Truck Hire
73.00
Hurricane Esther Storm Dam- age
Salaries and Wages:
Tree Warden
137.48
Labor
260.38
397.86
Other Expenses:
Trucks Hired
75.25
Chain Saw Hire, Tree Paint
26.89
102.14
$3,470.00
Respectfully submitted, CHESTER J. MASKA Tree Warden
MOSQUITO CONTROL
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report for Mosquito Control for the year ending December 31, 1961.
DDT was applied with a hydraulic sprayer to swamp and low areas, on Charlton Street, Elm Street and Meadowbrook Road for Mosquito Control, with excellent results. Remain- ing swamp areas could not be sprayed the past year because of the limited funds.
Respectfully submitted, CHESTER J. MASKA Tree Warden
REPORT OF GYPSY MOTH DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report for Moth Extermination for the year ending December 31, 1961.
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The past year I sprayed with a hydraulic sprayer using Malathion and DDT, as many of our Town owned trees and wooded areas as possible. In sprayed areas infestation has been kept down with good results. Moth Extermination 1961 Appropriation $ 400.00
Salaries and Wages: Labor
$ 1.50
Other Expenses:
Insecticide
74.29
Hydraulic Sprayer
324.00
Paint Brush (used to paint egg clusters with creosote)
.21
$ 400.00 Respectfully submitted, CHESTER J. MASKA Moth Superintendent
REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
Gentlemen:
I wish to submit the following report of the expenses of the Highway Department for the year ended December 31, 1961.
Administration
Salary of the Street Superintendent
$
4,900.00
$
4,900.00
Labor
Labor Payrolls
$ 52,461.81
52,461.81
Other Expenses
Telephone
$ 343.70
Office Supplies
415.16
Lights and Power
333.62
Heating Fuel
1,433.50
Water
159.30
Repairs to Buildings
789.75
Bituminous Patch
1,988.90
New Tools
826.60
Tools Sharpened and Repaired
39.00
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Guard Rail Repairs
146.27
Sweeper Brooms refilled
633.98
Gasoline
3,518.50
Range Oil
46.12
Manhole Frames and Covers
58.30
Supplies
1,302.02
·Oxygen and Acetylene
187.70
First Aid Supplies
57.77
Masonry
275.40
1962 Equipment Registrations
76.00
12,587.74
Oil for Roads
MC-2 Asphalt
$ 5,298.32
.MC-3 Asphalt
606.08
Dense Mix Type S. T.
1,090.28
6,994.68
Road Machinery Maintenance
1957 Ranch Wagon
$ 151.71
1953 Dodge Dump Truck
331.45
1949 International Dump Truck
325.99
'1954 Dodge Eductor
63.24
1959 International Sander
1,110.04
1955 International Rubbish Truck
412.81
1959 International Dump Truck
141.57
1952 Ford Sander
384.93
1946 Chevrolet Compressor Truck
423.40
1957 Ford Dump Truck
271.44
1956 GMC Sander
328.93
1940 Austin-Western Grader
372 91
1949 Austin-Western Grader
1,242.94
R-10 Nelson Snow Loader
1,190.51
K-5 Nelson Snow Loader
261.23
1958 Hough Payloader
1,291.20
1951 Elgin Sweeper
683.77
1954 Oliver Tractor
44.39
1961 International Dump Truck
49.80
Rex Mixer
5.55
Essco Porto Screen
121.59
C. H. & E. Roller
3.62
Diesel Fuel
132.79
Gasoline
1,404.67
Motor Oil and Grease
691.31
Tires and Tubes
617.13
Oxygen and Acetylene
234.93
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Anti-Freeze Supplies New Tools Cross Chains
98.76
784.55
887.73
15.25
14,080.14
Road Machinery New Equipment
1961 International Dump Truck
$ 4,912.00
1961 Hough Payloader Model B70 15,869.88
1961 Bros. Snow Flyr
4,150.00
24,931.88:
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Dresser Hill Road:
Patching
34.00
Drainage Maintenance
50.00
Dudley Road:
Drainage Maintenance
50.00
Hamilton Street:
Drainage Maintenance
50.00
Mechanic Street:
Drainage Maintenance
50.00
North Woodstock Road:
Patching
150.00
Guard Rail Repairs
91.00
S. T. Dense Mix
1,106.19
Traffic Line
495.00
Old North Woodstock Road:
Patching
90.80
Bituminous Patch
109.00
Worcester Street:
Patching
80.00
Eastford Road:
Patching
100.00
Drainage Maintenance
60.80
Cutting Brush
100.00
Guard Rail Repairs
131.25
Labor - Oiling
620.00
MC-3 Asphalt
397.14
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Brickyard Road: Drainage Maintenance ... 50.00
Dresser Hill Road:
Patching
100.00
Drainage Maintenance
162.90
Cutting Brush
100.00
4,500.00
Highway - Drain Pipes
6" Corrugated Coated Pipe $ 89.89
12" Corrugated Coated Pipe
594.29
18" Corrugated Coated Pipe 156.55
24" Corrugated Coated Pipe
157.37
998.10
Town Dump
Salary of Caretaker $ 3,158.00
3,158.00
Town Dump Rodent Control
Treatments to Eliminate Rats. $ 339.00
339.00
Rubbish Collection
Labor for 8 monthly collections
$
5,499.73
5,499.73
Snow and Ice
Labor
$ 13,905.58
Truck Hire
11,467.50
Rental of Shoveldozer
3,405.00
Rental of Bulldozer
4,838.50
Rental of Loader
3,230.50
Rental of Grader
968.50
Salt
3,837.77
Gasoline
2,146.12
Calcium Chloride
68 25
Snow Plow Repairs
745.79
Plowing Blackmer Road
97.50
Plowing Tipton Rock Road
75.00
Snow Plow Blades
571.40
Snow Fence
266.15
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Chains Supplies
383.50 484.47
46,491.53
Chapin Street Storm Drain Manhole Frame and Cover $ 44.55
44.55
Guelphwood Road Guard Rail Erection Guard Rail Anchors $ 49.10
49.10
Sidewalk Repairs
Concrete
$ 1,487.21
Mason
367.50
Labor Building Forms
20.79
Lumber for Forms
59.47
Cement
56.70
1,991.67
Cliff Street Guard Rail Erection
Flex Beam Guard Rail
$ 1,152.35
Steel Posts
327.54
Terminal End
3.15
Bolts and Washers
6.96
Lumber
8.64
1,498.64
Henry Street Field Lateral Support
Labor
$ 95.94
Grass Seed
3.96
Lebanon Hill Reconstruction
MC-1 Asphalt
$ 912.38
MC-3 Asphalt
482.26
Removing Trees
75 50
Gasoline
254.65
Mason
56.00
99.90
1,780.79
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Roosevelt Drive Storm Drain
Masonry
$ 28.00
Bituminous Patch
530.00
MC-1 Patch
280.23
838.23
Thomas Street Storm Drain
8" Metal Culvert
$ 520.93
Cement Brick
64.68
Mason Building Catch Basins
112.00
Bituminous Patch
106.75
"D" Frames and Grates
95.04
Rental of Jackhammer
5.80
905.20
West Street Sidewalk
Mason
$ 224.00
Concrete
451.05
Bituminous Patch
231.00
Lumber for Forms
37.62
Expansion Joints
4.58
948.25
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH E. BENOIT, Street Superintendent.
REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
To the Citizens of the Town of Southbridge:
During the last quarter of a century many changes have occurred in the administration of public welfare. The enact- ment of the Social Security Act to fill the most pressing needs of the depression years, that is, unemployment and old age, began the trend of changes in public welfare. Since then, changes in programs have been broad in scope, but the basic principles of the original act have not been changed. The ori- ginal intent of the Social Security Act was and still is, that public assistance is supplementary to the insurance programs, and inter-related to other social programs for the welfare
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and security of the people of the country. In 1960, an amend- ment was enacted to establish a new program to help persons over 65 years of age, who are not eligible for Old Age Assist- ance, but find themselves unable to meet their medical ex- penses. This new program, known as Medical Assistance for the Aged, is not an insurance, nor is it a pension. It is a pro- gram of public assistance based on needs. To be eligible, medical needs must exist at the time of application. The year 1961 was the first full year for this agency to administer this program. We have aided an average of 69 cases per month dur- ing the year. The number of cases on January 1, 1961 were 49, and as of December 31, 1961, 85 cases were being aided. The total cost for this new program, $135,684.09 for the year.
With the addition of the Medical Assistance for the Aged, we have now a total of five programs to administer, each with its own laws, rules, regulations and services. The Old Age Assistance for persons over 65 years of age, who are in need; Aid to Dependent Children to meet the needs of children who lack the support of a father, either by death, desertion or di- vorce, in 1961 an amendment to the Social Security Act also included children of unemployed fathers; Disability Assistance for the permanently and totally disabled; and General Relief for those who are in need temporarily and are not eligible for the other programs.
The total welfare cost for these five programs, including salaries and administration expenses for the year 1961, $596,342.54. Federal and State reimbursements and recoveries amounted to $460,132.39, making the net cost to the town $136,210.15.
Two hundred and seventy-four applications were taken during the year, one hundred and ninety-seven were approved and seventy-seven were rejected. An average of six hundred and twenty-eight persons were aided each month under the five programs administered by this agency.
With a new program specializing in medical care, in addi- tion to the medical needs of the recipients of the other cate- gories, all based on standards established under the Medical Care Plan of the State Department of Public Welfare under which federal and state reimbursements may be received or lost, it was felt by all concerned that a committee of local physicians was needed. An unpaid Medical Advisory Com- mittee was established and met with the Director of Public Assistance for the first time in March, 1961. The purpose of this committee is to study and interpret the Medical Care Plan, and to discuss problems met by the physicians, as well as the problems of the local agency over medical needs of recipients of public assistance, under the Medical Care Plan; and to act as liaison between the physicians and the local agency. It is
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difficult to give an evaluation of the results after such a short period of existence, but it appears that results have been ac- complished and some of our mutual problems have been re- solved, but one area we can readily evaluate is the splendid cooperation of all the physicians in town.
We wish to express our sincerest gratitude to Dr. Nerio W. Pioppi, chairman; Dr. George E. Casaubon, and Dr. Robert A. Van Vooren, the members of the committee for their time, ef- forts and interest, as well as to all the physicians for their co- operation with us in meeting the State Department of Public Welfare rules, and regulations, in order to avoid loss of fed- eral and state reimbursements for medical expenses incurred by this agency. We feel that we are fortunate, and we are in- deed grateful for the excellent medical care and services given to recipients of public assistance by their physicians.
We also wish to express our thanks to the various organ- izations and individuals, too numerous to list here, who throughout the year provided extras to the recipients of pub- lic assistance.
At the beginning of the year we welcomed Arnold, David, and Sidney Neustadt, owners of the Southbridge Nursing Home. In 1960 they purchased the Clemence Property on Dresser Street. Beginning with the charming and spacious Clemence residence, they redecorated and added to the origi- nal building and established a first class 52-bed nursing home. Within six months it became apparent that more beds were needed to service the demand for care there. Again they added to the original building and now 72 beds are available for the care of persons needing nursing care but not hospi- talization.
Soon after the nursing home was opened, it won the In- terior Design Magazine Award, a national magazine for pro- fessional Interior Designer, for outstanding Nursing Home in- terior decorations. It also won an award from the Nursing Home Administrators Magazine as the Nursing Home of the month. An article will be published shortly in the National Magazine of the Association describing the Southbridge Nurs- ing Home and its excellent services and equipment. The Southbridge Nursing Home is the most modern and largest privately owned nursing home in the Commonwealth. We of- fer our congratulations to the Neustadt family, for providing the town with such excellent resources for its aged.
On August 26, 1961, Mr. Herbert Michon died at the age of 77. He retired after thirty years of service on July 1, 1954. Mr. Michon was the first Welfare Agent for the Town of Southbridge; under his supervision the first programs estab- lished by the Social Security Act were organized in this town, beginning the many changes that have occurred in public
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assistance during the last quarter of a century. We extend our sincerest condolences to his family.
Respectfully yours,
JOHN M. BEAUDRY, Chairman HERMAS LIPPE, Clerk
RAYMOND L. BOUCHER
LILIAN G. PROULX, Director
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Honorable Board of Selectmen
Town of Southbridge
Southbridge, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1961.
On behalf of the Police Department, I wish to express my sincere thanks for the splendid support and cooperation re- ceived from Your Honorable Board, all other Town depart- ments, parents and members of the School Safety Patrol, the School Superintendent and the faculty of all schools for their support and interest in pedestrian safety for school children in close cooperation with the Safety Officers; The Southbridge Safety Council, Press, Radio, Industry, Merchants and Citi- zens in the year 1961.
Major Crimes Reported and Known to Police
62
Unfounded
Cleared by Arrest
Reported not Cleared by Arrest in Other Years but Cleared in 1961
8
Classification of Offenses
Burglary, Breaking and Entering
(2 Juveniles)
11
Larceny, Theft (2 Females; 2 Juveniles)
30
Assaults (1 Juvenile)
Weapons, Carrying, Possessing (1 Juvenile)
Statutory Rape (Juvenile)
Sex Offenses (Except forcible rape, prostitution) (1 Juvenile)
Offenses Against Family, Children
Buying and Receiving Stolen Property
Using Motor Vehicle W/O Authority
Accosting
Delinquency
Deserter from Armed Forces
Operating Motor Vehicle to Endanger
10 1
Idle and Disorderly Person Illegitimacy
1
8 3 1
4 4
1 5 1 14 2
1 40
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Lewdness
2
Depositing Refuse on Highway
1
Giving False Name to Police Officer
1
Violation of Liquor Laws
9
Drunkenness
(26 Females)
303
Vagrancy
(1 Female)
9
Operating Under the Influence of Liquor (1 Female) Violation of Town By-Laws
27
Disturbance of The Public Peace
(1 Female)
13
Arrests for Out of Town Police, Courts
7
Violation of Probation
4
Profane Cursing, Swearing
Violation of Road and Driving Laws
(11 Females; 4 Juveniles) 141
Traffic and Motor Vehicle Laws
(8 Females)
34
Total Persons Charged
(50 Females; 14 Juveniles) 646
Parking Summons Issued
453
Violations of Parking Rules (482 of Winter Parking Ban)
1,407
Permits Issued to Carry Firearms
99
General Firearms Permits, Sale of, Issued
5
Summonses Served for Out of Town Police, Courts
330
Persons Committed to State Hospitals
17
Permits Issued to Work Lord's Day, Holidays
381
Sound Truck Permits Issued
12
Door and Windows Found Unlocked, Open by Of- ficers
844
Radio Calls Sent Out to Cruisers
912
Night Lodging Given Travelers
26
Total Bicycles Registered
1,469
Local Traffic Warnings Issued, Violations
294
Motor Vehicle Violation Notices to Registry of Motor Vehicles 158
Licenses to Operate Motor Vehicles, Suspended or Revoked
56
Rights to Operate Motor Vehicles Suspended
23
Names Placed on Registrar's Black List
10
Motor Vehicle Registrations Suspended, Revoked
18
Personal Injury Accidents Reported to Police
60
Passengers Injured, All Accidents
17
Operators Injured, All Accidents
35
Bicyclists Injured by Motor Vehicles
2
Coasting Injury by Motor Vehicles
3
Pedestrians Injured by Motor Vehicles
16
Property Damage Accidents Reported to Police, Over $200.00 in Damages 77
Persons Fingerprinted Including Firearms Permit Renewals
185
Persons Reported Missing, Located
8
Bicycles Reported Stolen
Recovered
16
Not Recovered
4
8
1
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Prisoners Detained in Southbridge Lockup for Stur- bridge, Charlton Police, State Police
416
By Southbridge Police Total Parking Meters in Service
592
Parking Meters Serviced by Collections 285
11,020
Parking Meter Receipts
$14,115.97
Teletype Messages Sent Out
250
Street Lights Reported Out by Police
280
Respectfully submitted,
OVIDE A. DESROSIERS,
Chief of Police
DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
Gentlemen: As Director and Agent of the above named de- partment, I am pleased to submit my annual report for the year 1961.
Veterans' Benefits - Chapter 115, General Laws
The work of this department has increased again this year. An increase in medical the past year has been responsible for an increase in our expenses. Under this heading, the largest amount spent was for hospitalization.
A total of 68 applications for Veterans Benefits were pro- cessed during the year ending December 31, 1961.
61 Cases - Southbridge Settled
2 Cases - State Settled
5 Cases - Out of Town Settled
As of December 31, 1961, there were 74 active cases on file, aiding 115 persons.
For detail report on expenditure and reimbursements of this department, please refer to the report of the Town Ac- countant.
Veterans' Services
The service work of this department, consisting of settling claims which our veterans and their families have had, has in- creased about twenty percent. This work includes the filing of claims for pensions, compensation, hospitalization, questions on schooling, insurance and many other items in which their dependents are interested.
Deceased veterans for the years 1961:
1 Spanish War
13 World War I
6 World War II
I wish to express my appreciation to all department heads for their cooperation during the year. I also would like to
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thank all veterans organizations and their auxiliaries, the Santa Fund, and the various persons who wish to remain anonymous for their generous donations at Christmas time to provide extras for the needy children of the community.
Respectfully submitted, ROLAND G. HETU, Director and Agent.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of Southbridge:
The Board of Health met March 10, 1961, and organized as follows: Dr. Raymond F. Haling, Chairman; Dr. Armand DeGrenier, Clerk; and Mr. Henry Demers, Publicity Chairman.
The Board made the following appointments: Rachel Joli- coeur, R.N., Nurse; Ernest Tetreault, Agent; Arthur O. Ballard, Plumbing, Food and Milk Inspector; Ernest Tetreault, Sani- tary Inspector, and Alcide Fournier, Animal Inspector.
During the year twelve regular and two special meetings were held. One new case of tuberculosis was discovered dur- ing the year and two patients are receiving treatment in Sana- toria, contacts and cases reported to us by the family physi- cian are examined and X-Rayed at the County Sanatorium.
Clinics were held in the Town Hall for inoculation of Pre- School and School Children against Diphtheria, Tetanus and Whooping Cough.
A program sponsored by the South Worcester Tuberculosis Association and financed by the sales of Easter Seals, held an X-Ray Clinic in the Town Hall in September of this year.
This year the Board concluded the storm and water drain survey started in 1960 at a cost of $1,500.00, the amount voted for this survey at the March, 1960, Town Meeting was $3,000.00.
During the year various health meetings were attended by Board Members, the Nurse and the Agent.
A more detailed account of the activities of the Depart- ment will be found in the report of the Personnel of the Board.
We wish to thank all the Citizens and various Town Offi- cials for their cooperation during the year.
Respectfully submitted, RAYMOND F. HALING, M.D. ARMAND O. DeGRENIER, D.M.D. HENRY DEMERS, Ph.G.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH NURSE
To the Honorable Board of Health: Gentlemen:
I hereby submit my report as Board of Health Nurse for the year ending December 31, 1961.
Tuberculosis:
Home visits and conferences with ex-san patients and con- tacts were held as needed. Out-patient clinics sponsored by the State Department of Public Health are held weekly on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, at the Worcester County Sanatorium. Eighty reported for diagnostic X-Rays and there are two patients hospitalized at present.
Immunization Clinics:
Held for pre-chool and school children. a) Four clinics were conducted at monthly intervals for Diphtheria, Tetanus and Whooping Cough immunizations. Fifty-four were given a series of three injections and three hundred and twenty-eight were given booster doses, and twenty-two did not complete the series. b) Two clinics for Salk Anti-Polio vaccine were held for pre-schoolers and first graders. Eighty-five were given two inoculations and one hundred and sixty-four were given a booster.
Dental Clinics:
These were held for the benefit of pupils in grades two through four in both public and parochial schools. Sixty-four clinics were held. Four hundred and forty-five attended. Pro- phylaxis was given and eight hundred and sixty-seven cavi- ties filled. Dental caries are still a major school health prob- lem. It is hoped that as the parents become more aware of this need they will do their utmost to help eliminate this problem.
Pre-school registration was held at the Mary E. Wells High School for both public and parochial schools. This is a joint program of the Health and School Departments. Two hun- dred and sixty-seven registered. Following registration, two clinics for mandatory pre-school physicals were held in the Board of Health office. Sixteen reported. All others were examined by the family physician.
Nursery Schools:
Three operating at present with a combined enrollment of sixty-six. Seven visits were made during the year.
School Activities:
Physicals and chiropody examinations were given to pupils
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in grades 2, 4, 6, and 8, by the school physician and by the chiropodist. Parents were notified of defects needing atten- tion. Twelve hundred and forty were given the Massachu- setts Vision Test. Failures were re-tested and notices sent to parents of those failing re-test.
The Maico hearing test was given to nine hundred and two. Re-tests given when necessary and notices sent to parents of pupils failing the re-test. Reports of both programs, as well as all clinics held, were sent to the State Department of Health for statistical purposes. Two hundred and five visits were made to the schools. Health conferences totaling one thou- sand eighty-four, held with physicians, nurses, teachers, par- ents and pupils, as well as social workers and public health personnel. Home visits were made whenever necessary. List of handicapped children in parochial schools was made out. Arrangements made for three home teachers for children un- able to attend school because of illness. Conferences and lectures on school health practices were attended during the year.
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