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William E. Robinson
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The Prologue
Gladys Richardson
Song. Soldier, Rest! Chorus of Twenty
J. Thompson
Fitz James
Willard Lincoln Bailey
Sir Roderick Dhu
Henry Vaughn Allen
Douglas
Wilbur Parker Chase
Malcolm Graeme
Victor John Stroncer
Allen Bane
Roger Tryon Hall
Brian
Harry Daniel Farren
Malise
James Gowan Moir, Jr.
Murdock
Warren James Henderson
Lady Margaret
Blanche of Devan
Ellen, the Lady of the Lake
Ruth Crosby Margaret Jane Dickson Phebe Campbell Hyatt
Messengers
Epilogue Song Stories
Semi-Chorus
Class Prophecy
Olive Gould Hesseltine Presentation of Diplomas
Charles Kinkel
Song. Come Where the Fields are Beaming The Ninth and Eighth Grades Accompanist, Miss Marion Young GRADUATES. Phebe Campbell Hyatt
Henry Vaughn Allen Willard Lincoln Bailey Margarite Emero Baudreau Wilbur Parker Chase Ruth Crosby Margaret Jane Dickson William Henry Dickson Harry Daniel Farren Catherine Helen Flynn David Geary Roger Tryon Hall Warren James Henderson Olive Gould Hesseltine
Catherine Caswell Lombard
William John Merrigan James Gowan Moir, Jr. Helen Louise Murray Catherine Vienna Ogilvie Edith Christina Olson William David Powers Gladys Richardson Catherine Agnes Robinson
Sadie Robinson Victor John Stroncer Beatrice Olive Willis
James Powers William Merrigan Catherine Agnes Robinson M. White
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
GRADUATION EXERCISES.
LOCKE SCHOOL. June 22, 1911. PROGRAM.
Flag of our Ancestors Frederick Clay
Chorus of 35.
Life of Julia Ward Howe
Helen Bartlett.
Lullaby
Melody in Bass.
M. White
Semi-chorus.
Mrs. Howe's own story of the Battle Hymn of the Republic David Crockett.
Battle Hymn of the Republic Julia Ward Howe
Full Chorus.
The Flag
Julia Ward Howe
a. Pippa's Song
John W. Tufts
b. Forget-me-not
C. B. Edmunds
Girls' Voices.
The History of the Year Dorothy Bateman
Violin Solo (Air, Varie V) Lewis Rosen
Charles Dancla
Come where the Fields are Beaming Full Chorus. Accompanist, Miss Marion Young.
GRADUATES.
Cecil Clayton Balser Charles Cashman
Jennie May Balser
Eline Alberta Christensen
James Garrit Barry Helen Elizabeth Bartlett
Leonard Vincent Collins
Dorothy Hammond Bateman David Crockett
Wesley Cowdin Clark
Mildred Louise Balster Eleanor Breed Grace Crowley
Margaret Mary Canniff Dorothy Currier
Brahms
Stories
Gertrude Fleming.
Charles Kinkel
James Elwyn Colprit
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Christina Zita Curtin
Mary Minerva Mundle
Rodman Dickie
William Earle Murray
Cecil May Draper Urban Estey
Edmund Charles O'Connell
Harold Peterson
Rose Flatto
Rachel Potter
Gertrude May Fleming
Robert Potter
Richard Francis Hadley
Harrie Fay Reycroft
Daisey Eleanor Holt
Walter Ellsworth Richardson
Wilfred Charles Hurley
Marion Ellen Roop
George LeRoy Jardine
Lewis Rosen
Ida Jane Jenkins
William Rosen
Oswald Williard Jenkins
Wilmah Eaton Salisbury
Percy Ralph Johnson
Frank Albert Samuelson, Jr.
Edward Jukes
Vera Damrell Sanford
John James Kelley
Helen Katherine Scheib
Katherine Anna Kelley
William Henry Scheib
Mary Josephine King
Helen Hartshorn Learned
Robert Gordon Learned
Charles Edwin Stone
Bartel Franklin Swanson
William Joseph Sweeney
Marie Veronica Lusk
Helen Winifred Lynch
Marion Mclellan
Walter Edgar Whilton
May Vera McLelland
Gladys Williams
Grace Harriett Morgan
Florence Edna Worthington
Ruth King Worthington
Ruth Woodend
Esther Woodman
Harold Lambert Moxon Winifred Parker Moxon Helen Mary Murphy Mary Agnes Murphy
Hyman Silverstein Edith M. Spiers
Clifford Lindberg
Ruth Lindberg
Agnes Beulah Vail
Gladys Irene Vail
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
GRADUATION EXERCISES.
CROSBY SCHOOL. June 20, 1911. PROGRAM.
Song. Summer Song Tufts
Semi-Chorus.
Essay. Boyhood of John Townsend Trowbridge
Dorothy Mary Brosnahan
Essay. Early Manhood
Minot Rudyard Edwards
Songs. a. Pippa's Song b. Forget-me-not
Tufts Edmunds
Semi-Choruses
Recitation. Darius Green and his Flying Machine Herbert Charles Philpott
Trowbridge
Essay. Later Life and Literary Friendships Susie Louise Duff
Song. Stories
White
Semi-Chorus
Recitation. Filling an Order Trowbridge
Ruth Eleanor Lyons
Recitation. Ode
Leo Alexis Kelley
Brahms
The History of the Class of 1911 John Francis Thornton, Jr.
Presentation of Picture Delores Mc Weeny
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Song. Come Where the Fields are Beaming
Kinkel
Full Chorus
Presentation of Diplomas Accompanist, Miss Marion Young
GRADUATES.
Edgar Lovelle Adams Helen Gertrude Coughlin
Dorothy Mary Brosnahan Eugene Philip Daley
Timothy Joseph Buckley Anna Marion Donovan
Elizabeth Gertrude Coughlin Susie Louise Duff
Trowbridge
Song. Lullaby
Melody in Alto
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Fidesah Naomi Edwards Minot Rudyard Edwards Carl August Elfstrom Albert Daniel Evans Jennie Mary Foohey Daniel Clifton Hall Margaret Veronica Hallice William Francis Harty Leo Alexis Kelley
Mary Margaret Kenny Katherine Elizabeth Lowe Ruth Eleanor Lyons
Florence Mary Mahoney
John Lawrence Mahoney Francis Michael McCarthy James Frederick McGarry John Daniel McGarry Delores McWeeny David James Mulcahy Herbert Charles Philpott John Milton Salt John James Sullivan John Francis Thornton, Jr. James Francis Walsh Edith May Whittemore
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Board of Health respectfully submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1911.
The present Board, consisting of Dr. Laurence L. Peirce, Dr. Guy E. Sanger and Alfred H. Knowles, held its first meeting March 28, 1911, and organized temporarily, Dr. Peirce being ill. On May 10, the Board organized for the year with Dr. Laurence L. Peirce as Chairman and Thomas J. Robinson as Clerk.
The general health of the Town during the year will compare favorably with previous years, the increase in the number of con- tagious diseases reported being due to the fact that tuberculosis has never been reported until this year.
COLLECTION OF OFFAL AND ASHES.
The cost of the collection of ashes and offal of the Town has been greatly increased during the past year, so much so that it became necessary for the Board to come before the Town at the November Town Meeting and ask for an additional appropriation of $1600.00 in order to carry on this most important work. The reason for the increased cost may readily be seen from a perusal of the report of the Inspector of Buildings. This Board has been informed by the Inspector, and the information is verified by his report to the Town, that permits have been issued during the year for buildings to accommodate two hundred and four (204) families. As a great many of these buildings, in fact a large majority of them, have been erected on new streets and in districts where heretofore no collec- tions were necessary, a large item of the increase is at once evident. The other causes for the increase are easily found in the compulsory compliance with the eight hour law, which deprives the Town of about one hour per day on each man and horse employed, and the fact that two of the dumps formerly used have been closed, this necessitating a much longer haul from both ends of the Town.
The Board look for an even greater increase in the number of buildings erected the coming year, making it exceedingly difficult
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to estimate the cost of collecting. The Board feel that, while the cost of this work must necessarily increase from year to year, the citizens are receiving excellent service, a fact evidenced by the very few complaints received as compared with previous years.
For the cost of this work we refer you to the following comparison table with that of the year 1910:
1911
1910
Labor
Horses
Total
Labor
Horses
Total
Offal
$2,836.71
$798.73 $3,635.44
$2,053.73
$747.76 $2,801.49
Ashes
3,093.39
1,175.01
4,268.40
2,589.07
1,061.53
3,650.60
Total
5,930.10
1,973.74 7,903.84
4,642.80
1,809.29
6,452.09
SANITARY CONDITIONS.
The sanitary conditions in the Town show a decided improve- ment and complaints under this head have been noticeably less than in former years. Every complaint received is immediately referred to the Sanitary Inspector, to investigate, with instructions to make an immediate report to the Board together with such rec- ommendations as he deems proper, to remedy the trouble. For further details as to this work we refer you to the reports of the Sanitary and Plumbing Inspectors.
TREATMENT OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, FOR WHICH THE TOWN HAS BECOME LIABLE.
Under Chapter 213, Acts of 1902, as amended, the Town has been liable for twelve (12) cases of contagious diseases, at a cost of $752.31, and for which we have received reimbursements amount- ing to $178.71, thus making a net cost to the Town of $573.60, as against $800.00 for the year 1910. As has been stated in previous reports this matter of contagious disease is liable to be the cause of an overdraft each year, as it is impossible to foresee the amount necessary to care for such cases.
APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING.
In May of this year the Board appointed a new Inspector of Slaughtering to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Frank P. Winn. Dr. William J. McCarty received the appoint- ment. Dr. McCarty is a graduate of Cornell Veterinary College and has given efficient service.
For further details of this work we refer you to the report of the Inspector.
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INSPECTION OF MARKETS.
From complaints received and investigation thereof made, the Board is convinced that there should be an inspection of markets and the appointment of such an Inspector in the very near future is contemplated by the Board.
SPY POND.
Early in the summer the Cambridge Ice Company made applica- tion to the Board, for permission to treat the waters of Spy Pond with copper sulphate for the purpose of killing the algæ or vege- table growth contained therein. This has since been done by the Company. In looking into the matter it was exceedingly inter- esting to learn that the water of Spy Pond had been tested in the early spring by as good an authority as John C. Sparks, B. S., of F. C. S. of New York, the chemist for the Board of Health of the City of New York.
Dr. Sparks made the following voluntary statement, "I may tell you as a question of comparison that the water from your lake is superior to the usual Groton water we drink here in New York."
REPORTS OF OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
The reports of the several officers of the Board are approved, to which attention is called.
FINANCIAL.
Reference is made to the report of the Auditor for details as to expenditures.
LICENSES.
Licenses have been granted as follows:
Stables: George Clark, 30 Mystic Street; John Lyons, Buckman Court; Mary A. Law, Mill Street.
Undertakers: J. Henry Hartwell & Son, 4 Medford Street; Dan- iel W. Grannan, 378 Massachusetts Avenue; William D. Grannan, 378 Massachusetts Avenue; James P. Daley, 1 Park Terrace.
Slaughtering: Frank Bowman, Broadway.
MISCELLANEOUS - BOARD OF INFANTS.
The Board has given its approval to applications for licenses to board infants or children, as follows: Mary E. Hallice, 45 Teel Street; Georgianna Fouquet, 51 Teel Street; Mrs. Sarah Scanlan,
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41 Teel Street; Mrs. Emma L. Hill, 17 Cottage Avenue; Mina Lovering, 58 Teel Street; Jennie M. Rourke, 63 Teel Street; St. Johns House for children, 18 Claremont Avenue; Martha Forsyth, 15 Henderson Street; Catherine Smith, 162 Massachusetts Avenue. LAURENCE L. PEIRCE, GUY E. SANGER, ALFRED H. KNOWLES, Board of Health.
Attention is called to the following regulations of the Board of Health and extracts from the Revised Laws:
DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH. FROM REGULATION OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
SECTION 3. Upon the outside of every house in which there is a person sick with smallpox, diphtheria, membranous croup, measles or scarlet fever shall be placed a suitable placard with the name of the disease. The Board of Health may in special cases permit the placard to be placed upon interior apartments only. This placard shall not be defaced or removed by any per- son without authority of the Board of Health.
SEC. 4. No person shall remove or permit to be removed from any house or apartment upon which a placard has been placed, as provided in Section 3, any clothing, books or other property without a permit from the Board of Health; nor after a house is established as a hospital, under provisions of Chapter 80 of the Public Statutes, shall any occupant of such house take up a residence elsewhere without such permit. No public or circulating library book shall be taken into any house or apartment whereon a placard has been placed, as provided in Section 3, before the authorized removal of said placard. All books, papers, toys and other articles in a room where there is a person sick with scarlet fever or diphtheria which cannot be thoroughly disinfected must be destroyed.
SEC. 5. No person living in a house or interior apartment upon which a placard has been placed, as provided in Section 3, shall attend or visit any school in the Town without a permit from the Board of Health.
SEC. 6. No person who has visited a house in which there was at the time a case of smallpox, diphtheria, membranous croup, or scarlet fever, shall at- tend school until the expiration of two weeks from such visit.
SEC. 7. Danger of conveying smallpox, diphtheria and scarlet fever shall not be considered to have passed until two weeks have expired after the rooms occupied by a person who has been sick with either of said diseases, and the articles used by him have been disinfected to the satisfaction of the Board of Health.
SEC. 8. In case of the removal of a child from the house where a person is sick with any of the diseases mentioned in Section 11 of Chapter 496 of the Acts of the year 1898, two weeks must elapse before such child is allowed to attend school.
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SEC. 9. No case of diphtheria shall be considered recovered until a nega- tive culture has twice been obtained, at not less than three days' interval, from such patient.
SEC. 10. No case of scarlet fever shall be considered recovered until des- quamation is complete on every part of the body.
SEC. 11. No child having chicken-pox or mumps shall be allowed to attend any school in this Town.
EXTRACTS FROM THE REVISED LAWS AS AMENDED.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Chapter 480, Acts of 1907: An act to provide for the compulsory notification and registration of tuberculosis and other diseases dangerous to the Public Health. Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
SECTION 1. Sections forty-nine and fifty of Chapter seventy-five of the Revised Laws, as amended by Chapter two hundred and fifty-one of the Acts of the year nineteen hundred and five, and Section fifty-two of said Chapter seventy-five are hereby amended by inserting after the word "disease," wherever it may occur in said sections, the words-declared by the State Board of Health to be, - so as to read as follows: Section 49. A house- holder who knows that a person in his family or house is sick of smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other infectious or contagious disease declared by the State Board of Health to be dangerous to the public health shall forth- with give notice thereof to the Board of Health of the city or town in which he dwells. Upon the death, recovery or removal of such person, the householder shall disinfect to the satisfaction of the Board such rooms of his house and articles therein as, in the opinion of the Board, have been exposed to infection or contagion. Should one or both eyes of an infant become inflamed, swollen and red, and show an unnatural discharge at any time within two weeks after its birth, it shall be the duty of the nurse, relative or other attendant having charge of such infant to report in writing within six hours thereafter, to the Board of Health of the city or town in which the parents of the infant reside, the fact that such inflammation, swelling and redness of the eyes and un- natural discharge exist. On receipt of such report, or of notice of the same symptoms given by a physician as provided by the following section, the Board of Health shall take such immediate action as it may deem necessary in order that blindness may be prevented. Whoever violates the provisions of this sec- tion shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. SECTION 50. If a physician knows that a person whom he is called to visit is infected with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other disease declared by the State Board of Health to be dangerous to the public health, or if one or both eyes of an infant whom or whose mother he is called to visit become inflamed, swollen or red, and show an unnatural discharge within two weeks after the birth of such infant, he shall immediately give notice thereof in writing over his own signature to the Selectmen or Board of Health of the town; and if he refuses or neglects to give such notice, he shall forfeit not less than fifty or more than two hundred dollars for each offense. SECTION 52. If the Board of Health of a city or town has had notice of a case of smallpox, diphtheria,
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scarlet fever or any other disease declared by the State Board of Health to be dangerous to the public health therein, it shall within twenty-four hours there- after give notice thereof to the State Board of Health stating the name and location of the patient so afflicted, and the secretary thereof shall forthwith transmit a copy of such notice to the State Board of Charity.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved June 6, 1907.]
VACCINATION.
Chap. 75, Sec. 136. A parent or guardian who neglects to cause his child or ward to be vaccinated before the child or ward attains the age of two years, except as provided in section one hundred and thirty-nine, shall forfeit five dollars for every year during which such neglect continues.
Chap. 75, Sec. 137. The Board of Health of a city or town, if in its opinion it is necessary for the public health or safety, shall require and enforce the vaccination and revaccination of all the inhabitants thereof and shall provide them with the means of free · vaccination. Whoever, being over twenty-one years of age and not under guardianship, refuses or neglects to comply with such requirement, shall forfeit five dollars.
Chap. 44, Sec. 6. [Revised Laws, as amended by Chap. 371, Acts of 1906.] A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certifi- cate signed by a regular practicing physician that he is not a fit subject for vaccination. A child who is a member of a household in which a person is ill with small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, or any other infectious or contagious disease, or of a household exposed to such contagion from another household as aforesaid, shall not attend any public school during such illness until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the Board of Health of the city or town, or from the attend- ing physician of such person, stating that danger of conveying such disease by such child has passed.
NOTE. Section 139, referred to above, exempts children who present a certificate signed by a registered physician that they are unfit subjects for vaccination. Application for free vaccination by persons who are unable to pay for it, may be made to the Clerk or Agent of the Board of Health.
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VITAL STATISTICS. 1911.
Total number of deaths from all causes, exclusive of still-births 188 Number of still-births 8
DEATHS BY SEXES.
(Still-Births excluded.)
Number of deaths of males
98
Number of deaths of females
90
Number of deaths of unknown
00
188
DEATHS BY AGES. (Still-Births excluded.)
Total
Male
Female
Deaths of persons under one year
20
13
7
From 1 to 2 years
5
1
4
From 2 to 3 years
1
0
1
From 3 to 4 years
1
0
1
From 4 to 5 years
0
0
0
From 5 to 10 years
3
2
1
From 10 to 15 years
2
2
0
From 15 to 20 years
9
5
4
From 20 to 30 years
8
3
5
From 30 to 40 years
19
12
7
From 40 to 50 years
18
11
7
From 50 to 60 years
21
13
8
From 60 to 70 years
32
17
15
From 70 to 80 years
31
12
19
Over 80 years
18
7
11
Total
188
98
90
Age of oldest person; 90 years, 14 days.
NOTE 6. For names of persons dying see report of Town Clerk.
DEATHS BY MONTHS (Still-Births excluded.)
1910
1911
January
18
20
February
12
11
March
22
12
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April
18
15
May
14
19
June
10
13
July
14
17
August
12
11
September
13
13
October
17
14
November
10
19
December
16
24
Total
176
188
Still-born
7
8
Total
183
196
CAUSES OF DEATH (Still-Births excluded.)
Phthisis or consumption
18
Scarlet Fever
1
Diphtheria
1
Meningitis
6
Cholera Infantum
1
Dysentery
1
Pneumonia
21
Bronchitis
7
Heart
23
Kidney
14
Cancer
10
Brain and spinal cord
5
Diabetes
2
DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
Suicide
1
Accident
11
Murder
1
Total
123
Number of deaths from all other causes not specified above (not including still-births)
65
Total
188
SOCIAL RELATIONS OF DECEASED. (Still-Births excluded.)
Married
73
1
BOARD OF HEALTH
Single
72
Widow Widower
10
Divorced
1
Total
188
NATIVITY.
Nativity of Deceased (Still-births excluded)
Nativity of Parents Mother
Arlington
40
7
7
Massachusetts
56
34
41
Other New England States
23
35
26
Other States
6
4
4
Canada and the Provinces
15
18
21
England, Scotland and Wales
6
13
11
Ireland
28
46
46
Italy
4
5
5
Russia
1
2
1
Other Countries
8
15
17
Unknown
1
9
9
Total
188
188
188
American parentage
71
Foreign parentage
84
Mixed parentage
18
Unknown parentage
13
Number of non-residents having died in Arlington
25
Number of residents having died in other places
37
248
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES REPORTED.
Diphtheria Scarlet Fever
Typhoid
Measles Tuberculosis
1911
1910 1911
1910
1911 1910 1911
1910 1911
1910
Total 1911 1910
January
4
2
4
3
0
0
2
22
1
11 27
February
2
4
5
5
0
0
1
7
1
9
16
March
1
1
3
4
0
0
3
9
3
10
14
April
1
1
2
11
1
0
16 26
5
1
21
17
May
5
3
0
3
1
0
3
0
32
9
June
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 1
63 10
0
1
64
0
July
0
1
1
1
11 3
/
163
.
32
Father
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August
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
0 0
3 3 4 4 22 0
3
2
September
4
3
6
0
1
0
0
October
0
0
3
6
2 0
0 0
0 0
1 0
.
8
7
November
4
0
0
2
8
2
December
4
4
1
7
1
0
1
1
11
12
Total
28
19
24
42
6 2 122
49
202 112
LOCATION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Drawing a line through the Town Hall building, and extending it north and south, the location of the above contagious diseases would be as follows: .
1911 East
1911 West
1910 East
1910 West
1911 Total
1910 Total
Diphtheria
10
18
7
12
28
19
Scarlet Fever
8
16
22
20
24
42
Typhoid Fever
2
4
0
2
6
2
Measles
42
80
20
29
122
49
Tuberculosis
10
12
22
.
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NOTE. Under the Law, Tuberculosis is now considered a contagious disease and reportable by physicians. This (1911) report is the first report published of the number of these cases reported to the Board.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR. ARLINGTON, MASS., December 31, 1911.
Board of Health,
Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit my report as Sanitary Inspector for the year ending December 31, 1911.
The character of work of this office has been about the same as that of previous years.
All complaints have been given consideration and thoroughly investigated. Where actual nuisance or unhealthful conditions were found to exist the same have been abated.
Satisfactory adjustments have been made of all complaints.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES T. HARTWELL,
Sanitary Inspector.
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REPORT OF THE FUMIGATOR.
ARLINGTON, MASS., December 31, 1911.
Board of Health,
Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit my report as Fumigator for the year ending December 31, 1911.
Whole number of cases fumigated sixty-eight (68).
Twenty-six cases of scarlet fever requiring the fumigation of sixty-seven (67) rooms.
Twenty-three cases of diphtheria requiring the fumigation of forty-three (43) rooms.
Seventeen cases of tuberculosis requiring the fumigation of thirty (30) rooms.
Halls, stairways and closets whenever necessary.
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES. T. HARTWELL,
Fumigator.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK.
ARLINGTON, MASS., January 1, 1912. To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen: I have herein the honor to present to you my second annual report as Inspector of Milk. I have begun this year the keeping of a more accurate record of the conditions under which the milk supply of the town is raised. I have in my possession statements of where each milk dealer derives his supply and where such milk is raised and under what conditions.
The amount of milk sold in the town at the present time is about 3000 quarts per day, of which only about 600 quarts is raised within the town limits. The amount of cream consumed is about 125 quarts per day, this being the so-called heavy cream. I have issued fifty-three licenses to dealers of milk, about one-half of which are to stores, and turned over to the Town Treasurer twenty- six dollars and fifty cents ($26.50) for the same.
I have made examinations of milk from time to time and have in the great majority of cases found it to be of excellent quality. In one instance where I found adulteration to the extent of eighteen per cent added water, I summoned the dealer to court and on his plea of guilty the court placed a fine of fifty dollars.
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