Town of Arlington annual report 1916, Part 11

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145


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


be anticipated. There has been a marked advance in the cost of these articles during the year.


In the light of its experience in 1916, and in view of changing conditions which cannot be denied, your Committee must urge upon you the need for a still larger appropriation during the coming year. Even if progress were at a standstill, and sur- rounding conditions the same, it could hardly be expected that overhead expense and upkeep would be materially less. But there are greater burdens every year, new obstacles to contend with and difficulties to overcome. The Town is growing. The enrollment at the beginning of the present school year shows an increase of more than two hundred over the previous year. Ade- quate provision must be made for this and similar increases which will of course continue to occur. Another very real problem appears in the proverbial high cost of living. Teachers are demanding higher salaries, and getting them. It seems only fair that such should be the case, but aside from its justice or in- justice, it remains a very real fact, that as such must be met by the townspeople. If they decline to recognize it, there is but one alternative, the lowering of standards in teaching staff, and the consequent lowering of academic standing in your public schools. The Committee does not believe you will seriously contemplate this latter possibility.


In closing, the Committee desires to express its hearty appre- ciation of the co-operation of the school officials and the support manifested by the townspeople throughout the past year. With the continuation of that same co-operation and support it hopes to be able to render a year from now a report that will show results worthy of the standards which have always been set for the Arlington schools.


Respectfully submitted,


CARL N. QUIMBY, Chairman.


146


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


ARLINGTON, December 31, 1916.


In accordance with a vote passed by the Town the following tables of statistics have been furnished by the School Committee. These statistics show reports of principals, general statistics, average attendance, and expenditures and average cost per pupil in the schools of the Town.


SUMMARY OF PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1912-1913.


High


(Locke)


Crosby


Cutter


Locke


Russell


Parmenter


Totals and Averages


Enrolled for the year .


433


54


550


338


585


479


153


2,592


Enrolled for the month. . .


406.1


50.9


484.8


308.4


531.2


450.1


142.9


2,374.4


Average number belonging


403.6


50.8


472.5


303


522.3


443.5


139.8


2,335.5


Average daily attendance.


384.3


49


436.7


286.7


493.2


421.7


127.7


2,199.3


Per cent of attendance ..


95.2


96.4


92.3


94.6


94.4


95.1


91.3


94.1


Absent pupils. .


3,378


331


12,141


6,190


8,701


7,078


3,435


41,254


Absent teachers


46


4


83


78


56


54


0


321


Tardy pupils


404


119


255


103


561


194


51


1,687


Dismissals .


353


51


243


289


269


336


388


1,929


Corporal punishments


0


0


13


16


18


21


0


68


Truants.


0


0


28


2


6


2


4


42


Visits by Committee


15


1


14


20


13


37


33


133


Visits by Superintendent. .


66


39


165


126


132


135


50


713


Visits by others . .


156


10


257


294


506


438


244


1,905


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


147


148


SUMMARY OF PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR YEAR 1913-1914.


·


Totals


High


Locke


Crosby


Crosby


Cutter


Locke


Russell


Par- menter


Enrolled for year.


440


52


33


601


356


645


476


164


2,767


Enrolled for month ..


423.7


46.1


31.4


564.1


325


593.6


449.7


153.5


2,589.1


Average number belonging


421.7


45.3


31


562.3


318.3


583.1


441.4


149.9


2,553


Average daily attendance.


405.7


43.5


29.7


521


302.8


546.8


419.4


138.4


2,407.3


Per cent of attendance.


96.2


96.


95.6


92.8


95.1


93.6


94.6


92.3


94.5


Absent pupils.


2,878


365


249


12,827


5,664


10,611


7,829


3,559


43,982


Absent teachers.


44


7


2


4


51


63


58


7


255


Tardy pupils. .


488


34


21


304


149


374


213


40


1,623


Dismissals. .


274


50


35


297


263


284


320


278


1,801


Corporal punishments. .


0


0


0


3


10


8


13


0


34


Truants .


0


2


18


2


13


9


2


47


Visits by Committee .. .


30


9


0


3


8


45


21


30


146


Visits by Superintendent. .


105


26


39


141


122


165


142


49


789


Visits by others. .


258


15


15


293


277


502


273


300


1,933


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


...


.


SUMMARY OF PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR YEAR 1914-1915.


High


Crosby


Cutter


Locke


· Russell


Parmenter


Totals and Averages


Enrolled for year


574


714


346


710


491


163


2,998


Enrolled for month


553


633.1


311.9


642.6


464.6


152.5


2,757.7


· Average number belonging. .


548.9


622.8


307.3


631.9


458.6


148.8


2,718.3


Average daily attendance.


526.6


585.7


294.2


595.7


431.6


139.1


2,572.9


Per cent of attendance.


95.7


93.9


95.7


94.2


94.5


93.1


94.6


Absent pupils .


3,829


11,274


4,430


11,385


8,106


3,288


42,312


Absent teachers


31


56


55


68


61


9


280


Tardy pupils.


518


129


87


447


366


44


1,591


Dismissals.


219


315


222


337


311


198


1,602


Corporal punishments


0


16


17


20


22


0


75


Truants. ..


11


38


3


11


11


0


74


Calls by Committee


15


18


14


19


19


27


112


Calls by Superintendent.


106


173


116


161


118


30


704


Calls by others.


346


717


498


862


608


529


3,560


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


149


150


SUMMARY OF PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR YEAR 1915-1916.


High


Junior High


Crosby


Cutter


Locke


Russell


Par- menter


Totals and 'Averages


Totals and Averages Fall Term 1916


Enrolled for year.


669 639.8 610.1


418 391.9


677 584.1


347 302.8 286.4 94.5


630 583 544.4 93.4


342 327.2 304.3 93.0


207 184.6 169.0


3,290 3,013.4 2,825.1 93.7


3,016.2


Per cent of attendance. .. Absent pupils.


5,734


3,344


14,612


5,382


12,151


7,338


4,910


53,471


11,646


Tardy pupils.


871


231


122


112


439


263


71


2,109


925


Dismissals.


686


147


298


275


279


220


214


2,119


536


Corporal punishments. .


0


2


4


8


20


20


1


55


6


Truants . . .


0


10


18


2


5


11


4


50


12


Calls by Committee


12


14


6


9


8


14


27


90


75


Calls by Superintendent ..


334


320


85


169


76


37


41


1,062


146


Calls by others. .


510


682


410


267


490


356


532


3,247


808


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


3,312


Average number belonging


3,151


Average daily attendance.


95.3


373.8 95.4


537.1


91.9


91.5


95.7


.


..


.


151


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1912-1913.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS


GRADES


Enrolled


for Year


Average


Membership


Average


Daily


Attendance


Per cent of Attendance


HIGH SCHOOL.


X-XI-XII-XIII


487


454.4


433.3


95.4


RUSSELL SCHOOL.


Bessie A. Conway.


IX.


44


40.3


38.8


96.3


Dorothy Connor


IX.


44


39.0


38.1


97.7


L. Pearl Diffin.


VIII


42


42.5


41.1


97.5


Grace A. Mowry


VII


42


35.9


34.6


96.6


Agnes D. Crotty. .


VII


37


33.1


31.1


93.9


Pearl M. Pillsbury


VI


42


39.4


37.4


94.9


Bertha J. Weare.


VI.


35


34.3


32.9


95.9


Nellie A. Grimes.


V.


39


37.2


35.7


96.0


Grace L. Seaver


IV


41


40.0


38.2


95.5


Ellen A. Baker.


III


39


36.3


33.9


93.6


Sarah L. Gifford.


II.


33


33.9


31.8


93.8


Elizabeth A. Day.


I


41


31.6


28.1


89.5


479


443.5


421.7


95.1


CROSBY SCHOOL.


Jennie B. Allyn.


IX


38


34.1


32.7


96.0


Mary F. Scanlan.


VIII .


36


33.7


32.0


95.1


Carrie L. Minott.


VII


48


40.2


37.7


93.8


Jennie M. Cottle.


VI


42


34.8


32.1


92.3


Gertrude W. Woolner


42


37.2


35.9


96.5


Ursula B. Hanna.


51


40.6


37.7


92.8


Elizabeth Merrill.


IV.


48


41.7


39.2


92.2


Amelia J. Bisbee. .


IV.


45


44.4


40.0


90.4


Sara M. Henderson.


III


49


41.2


38.0


91.8


Ethelyn M. Brown ..


II


53


42.7


38.8


90.7


Ellen E. Sweeney


51


41.8


37.7


89.7


Annie W. Cobb.


I


47


40.1


34.9


86.7


550


472.5


436.7


92.3


CUTTER SCHOOL.


Elizabeth E. Thomp- son.


VIII.


35


31.7


31.6


96.4


Katherine E. Russell.


VII.


41


41.1


39.5


96.4


Olive Stratton. .


VI.


38


34.6


32.1


94.1


Lena B. Libby


V.


44


36.3


34.4


94.6


Caroline M. Young ..


IV


45


45.6


43.1


94.9


Florence R. Norton. .


39


34.9


32.7


94.0


Antoinette L. Canfield


49


40.9


37.1


91.3


Carrie E. Fletcher.


I.


47


37.9


36.2


95.9


338


303.0


286.7


94.6


V-VI


V.


I


III


II.


152


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1912-1913 - Concluded.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS


GRADES


Enrolled


for Year


Average


Membership


Average


Daily


Attendance


Per cent of Attendance


LOCKE SCHOOL.


Sarah A. Hirst ..


IX


23


22.5


21.4


95.0


Martha E. Randall.


IX.


32


29.0


27.9


96.0


Myrtle A. Bacon.


VIII


46


43.0


40.7


94.3


Bertha M. Wright ..


VII.


58


53.9


51.6


95.7


Lillian C. Miniter.


VI


45


42.8


40.3


94.1


Ethel L. Sargent.


V.


47


40.3


38.4


94.6


Ethel Sugden.


V-VI


44


39.0


37.1


94.9


Ruby L. Christie ..


IV.


50


44.5


42.1


94.6


Eva M. Farrington.


III-IV


47


41.4


39.3


95.0


Lucy E. Evans.


III


56


42.4


40.4


95.3


Laura E. Babcock


II-III


13.6


12.9


95.3


Alice M. Bean.


II.


54


43.4


40.5


93.1


Myrtle M. Davis.


40


32.7


30.4


92.7


Harriet S. Bishop


I.


43


33.8


30.2


89.1


585


522.3


493.2


94.4


PARMENTER.


Susan F. Wiley


IV-V.


39


38.2


35.5


93.1


Elizabeth L. Geer ..


47


40.3


37.4


92.8


Grace B. Tibbetts.


II.


32


31.2


27.6


88.7


Helen M. Dow.


I.


35


30.1


27.2


86.1


153


139.8


127.7


91.3


Totals and averages


2592


2335.5


2199.3


94.1


I


153


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1913-1914.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS


GRADES


Enrolled


for Year


Average


Membership


Average


Attendance


Per cent of Attendance


HIGH SCHOOL.


X-XI-XII-XIII


525


499.6


479.5


95.9


RUSSELL SCHOOL.


Bessie A. Conway.


IX


40


37.0


35.9


97.3


Dorothy E. Connor.


IX.


40


34.0


33.3


97.9


Bessie Hurlbutt.


VIII


39


33.7


31.7


93.8


M. Olive Smith.


VII


45


42.5


40.0


94.1


Katherine Tierney


VII


41


37.4


35.9


96.0


Bertha Weare. .


VI


33


30.8


31.9


96.6


Mary W. Brown.


VI


32


30.6


29.2


95.4


Nellie Grimes.


V


39


36.3


34.5


95.0


Grace L. Seaver


IV


37


37.7


35.7


94.6


Ellen A. Baker


III


41


38.3


36.5


95.3


Sarah Gifford.


JI-I.


43


40.5


37.3


92.1


Elizabeth Day


I


46


42.6


37.5


88.0


476


441.4


419.4


94.6


CROSBY SCHOOL.


Gertrude Berry ..


IX


34


33.4


31.9


95.3


Mary F. Scanlan.


VIII


38


39.1


37.0


94.5


Carrie L. Minott.


VII


44


42.0


40.2


95.9


Gertrude Woolner


VI-VII


47


41.6


40.0


96.4


Jennie M. Cottle.


VI


49


44.0


41.6


94.3


Laura F. Thrasher


V


38


34.4


31.9


91.3


Ursula B. Hanna.


42


42.8


39.9


93.7


Amelia J. Bisbee. .


IV.


53


45.7


42.6


92.7


Helen Lyons.


III-IV


31.5


29.2


92.6


Sara Henderson


III


47


41.7


39.0


93.4


Rachel Harrison .


II


49


41.1


37.4


90.0


Ethelyn M. Brown.


II


60


42.4


38.7


93.9


Annie W. Cobb.


I.


48


41.8


35.4


86.8


Ellen Sweeney.


I.


52


40.8


36.2


88.9


601


562.3


521.0


92.8


CUTTER SCHOOL.


Persis A. Lothrop.


VIII.


33


32.2


30.9


95.9


Breta M. Haskell.


VII.


40


33.7


32.1


95.3


Olive Stratton ..


VI.


40


35.9


34.1


95.1


Lena B. Libby.


V


49


44.3


41.7


94.1


Anna Flagg.


IV


46


41.5


39.6


95.4


Florence R. Norton. .


III


57


51.6


48.7


94.2


Antoinette L. Canfield


II


34


28.6


27.2


95.2


Carrie Fletcher


I.


57


50.5


48.5


96.0


356


318.3


302.8


95.1


V.


Daily


154


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1913-1914 .- Concluded


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS


GRADES


Enrolled


for Year


Average


Membership


Average


Daily


Attendance


Per cent of Attendance


LOCKE SCHOOL.


Sarah Hirst .


IX.


46


41.5


39.5


95.4


Martha Randall.


IX.


45


42.6


40.4


94.8


Grace L. Davis


VIII


42


39.8


37.7


94.8


Bertha Wright.


VII


44


40.9


39.1


95.4


Florence Potter.


VIIb


21


20.1


19.0


94.7


Lillian Miniter


VI.


45


41.2


39.6


95.6


Elsa Anderson.


V-VI


46


43.3


41.7


96.3


Mabel Ward.


V. .


46


41.1


37.5


92.6


Ethel Sargent .


IV-V


51


42.2


40.6


96.0


Bertha Richards.


III-IV


53


42.9


40.9


95.3


Lucy Evans.


III


48


41.4


38.0


90.5


Alice Bean.


IT.


42


39.1


36.8


94.1


Clara Hartshorn.


II.


33


26.6


24.6


92.7


Myrtle Davis.


I


48


40.1


35.6


88.5


Harriet Bishop


I.


45


40.3


35.8


87.7


655


583.1


546.8


93.6


PARMENTER SCHOOL.


Pearl M. Pillsbury. ..


V. .


38


36.1


34.0


94.4


Elizabeth L. Geer ..


III-IV


41


38.9


36.2


93.3


Grace B. Tibbetts


II-III.


36


36.5


33.1


90.6


Helen M. Dow.


I


49


38.4


34.9


90.9


164


149.9


138.2


92.3


Totals and averages.


2777


2554.6


2407.7


94.1


155


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS


GRADES


Enrolled


for Year


Average


Membership


Average


Daily


Attendance


Per cent of Attendance


HIGH SCHOOL


X-XI-XII- XIII


574


548.9


526.6


95.7


RUSSELL SCHOOL.


Bessie A. Conway .. ..


IX


37


35.9


35.1


97.8


Dorothy E. Connor. .


IX.


40


32.2


30.9


95.9


Bessie G. Hurlbutt .. .:


VIII.


41


38.3


35.7


93.4


Lillian M. Reardon ..


VII


44


39.6


37.4


94.4


M. Olive Smith.


VII


41


40.7


39.3


96.5


Bertha J. Weare.


VI.


37


36.6


34.7


94.7


Margaret D. Strout.


VI


43


39.6


37.4


94.3


Nellie A. Grimes. .


V.


41


38.8


36.9


95.4


Grace L. Seaver.


IV.


43


37.9


35.9


94.8


Emma M. Baker.


III


32


30.9


29.1


94.3


Sarah L. Gifford.


II


44


42.6


38.6


93.1


Elizabeth A. Day.


I.


48


45.5


40.6


89.5


491


458.6


431.6


94.5


CROSBY SCHOOL.


Gertrude R. Berry.


IX


38


36.9


35.6


96.4


Mary F. Scanlan.


VIII.


42


40.2


38.5


95.9


Gertrude A. Woolner.


VII-VIII


43


41.1


39.9


96.1


Carrie L. Minott ..


VII


46


41.7


39.6


94.9


Dorothy E. True.


VI.


44


41.8


39.7


95.3


Jennie M. Cottle.


VI.


36


29.3


27.5


93.6


Laura F. Thrasher . . .


48


35.4


33.8


95.2


Ursula B. Hanna.


48


40.6


39.0


95.9


Gertrud e D. Trask .. Sara M. Henderson. .


III


46


40.9


39.0


95.2


Helen A. Lyons ..


42


37.8


35.1


92.8


Ethelyn M. Brown.


II


53


44.2


40.3


90.4


Rachel Harrison.


II


52


44.3


41.8


94.4


Annie W. Cobb.


39


35.9


32.4


91.2


Helen M. Warren. .


48


35.6


32.1


90.2


Ellen E. Sweeney


I


43


36.7


33.1


90.5


714


622.8


585.7


93.9


CUTTER SCHOOL.


Persis A. Lothrop.


VIII


29


27.3


26.2


95.5


Breta M. Haskell.


VII


35


30.5


29.4


96.4


Gertrude C. Abbott.


VI.


57


46.5


44.6


95.9


Olive Stratton


V.


42


39.1


37.5


96.0


Anna M. Flagg


IV.


53


46.7


44.8


95.9


Florence R. Norton.


III


37


33.9


32.6


96.1


Antoinette L. Canfield


47


43.1


40.9


94.6


Carrie E. Fletcher. . .


I


46


40.2


38.2


94.9


346


307.3


294.2


95.7


V.


V.


IV-V


46


40.4


38.3


94.7


III


I


I


. .


II


156


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1915-1916


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS


GRADES


Enrolled


for Year


Average


Membership


Average


Daily


Attendance


Per cent of Attendance


HIGH SCHOOL.


X-XI-XII-XIII


669


639.8


610.1


95.3


JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ..


IX-VIII.


418


391.9


373.8


95.4


CROSBY SCHOOL.


Fanny L. Morrison ..


VII.


45


42.4


40.2


94.8


Carrie L. Minott ..


VII.


43


39.4


36.5


92.6


Jennie M. Cottle ..


VI.


55


44.9


42.3


94.2


Dorothy E. True.


V.


45


42.1


39.6


94.1


Marion F. Estee.


V.


45


40.6


38.1


93.8


Laura F. Thrasher. .


IV.


49


41.6


38.5


92.5


Gertrude D. Trask. .


III-IV.


49


39.8


36.9


92.7


Sara M. Henderson. .


III


40


37.7


35.2


93.4


Helen A. Lyons.


III


43


37.4


34.5


92.2


Ethelyn M. Brown .. .


II.


42


37.0


33.2


89.7


Rachel Harrison. .


II.


43


36.2


32.9


90.0


Carrie E. Fletcher .


II.


41


34.9


31.5


90.2


Helen M. Warren


46


35.2


31.0


88.1


Ellen E. Sweeney .


45


37.3


33.9


90.9


Annie W. Cobb ..


I.


46


37.6


32.8


87.2


677


584.1


537.1


91.9


CUTTER SCHOOL.


Breta M. Haskell. . . .


VII


37


33.9


32.5


95.8


Frances E. Wilson. . .


VII-V.


32


26.7


25.0


93.6


Gertrude C. Abbott. .


VI.


43


38.4


36.5


95.1


Olive Stratton .. .


V.


43


36.4


34.1


93.7


Edith A. Stockwell ..


IV.


44


42.4


40.7


96.2


Florence R. Norton.


III


37


32.8


31.1


94.8


Antoinette L. Canfield II.


41


34.5


32.1


93.0


Marion G. Gleason .. .


I.


70


57.7


54.4


94.4


347


302.8


286.4


94.5


LOCKE SCHOOL.


Anna R. Stevens ..


VII.


40


38.7


36.7


94.8


Flora E. Fuller.


VII.


45


42.3


39.9


94.3


Elsa R. Anderson.


VI.


47


41.7


39.9


95.7


Nona M. Trimble. .


V-VI.


57


39.5


36.9


93.4


Mabel A. Ward.


V.


51


44.5


42.9


96.4


Corla M. Nelson.


IV-V.


39.7


37.2


93.7


Ethel L. Sargent ..


IV.


57


44.8


42.7


95.3


Bertha W. Richards ..


III-IV


47


39.4


37.2


94.4


Carrie L. Horr.


III


42


40.6


37.6


92.6.


Lucy E. Evans.


III


44


38.3


35.5


92.7


Sylvia E. Weare.


II.


39


32.5


29.3


90.2


Alice M. Bean.


II.


39


33.7


31.1


92.3


Frances G. Chater


41


35.5


32.3


90.9


Myrtle M. Davis.


39


36.6


33.4


91.3


Helen H. McIntosh. .


42


35.2


31.8


90.3


630


583.0


544.4


93.4


.


I.


I.


. .


I.


I.


I.


157


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1915-1916 .- Concluded


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS


GRADES


Enrolled


for Year


Average


Membership


Average


Daily


Attendance


Per cent of Attendance


RUSSELL SCHOOL.


Cora E. Tarvis. .


VII


43


39.5


38.0


96.2


Bessie G. Hurlbutt ..


VII


41


37.4


35.1


93.8


Bertha J. Weare. .


VI.


42


42.7


39.0


91.3


Nellie A. Grimes .. .


V.


38


39.9


37.7


94.5


Ruth E. McQuesten.


IV.


32


31.9


30.5


95.6


Emma M. Baker.


III


44


42.7


39.7


92.9


Sarah L. Gifford.


II.


48


43.7


40.3


92.2


Elizabeth A. Day.


I


54


49.4


44.0


89.1


342


327.2


304.3


93.0


PARMENTER SCHOOL.


Bessie R. Clerk.


V-VI.


41


39.7


37.7


94.9


Pearl M. Pillsbury


IV-V.


41


37.9


35.5


90.7


Elizabeth L. Geer ..


III.


46


38.9


35.9


92.3


Grace B. Tibbetts.


II .


34


33.3


29.4


88.3


Helen M. Dow.


I.


45


34.8


30.5


87.6


207


184.6


169.0


91.5


Totals and averages. .


3290


3013.4


2825.1


93.7


158


EXPENDITURES AND AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL.


1912


1913


1914


1915


1916


Salaries


$66,554.17


$70,639.88


$76,231.97


$84,191.76


$95,498.40


Books and supplies.


4,475.29


4,899.55


5,301.49


5,207.55


7,880.10


Light and power. .


577.54


548.01


494.32


794.25


2,038.24


Manual training. .


757.72


683.18


354.19


344.59


673.49


Furnishing and repairs


1,474.45


1,505.52


1,228.45


1,996.27


2,036.91


Janitors' supplies .


435.96


449.28


574.88


612.37


749.62


Fuel.


4,267.63


3,612.51


3,667.40


4,633.72


5,621.95


Miscellaneous


1,868.51


2,267.10


2,267.25


2,738.67


4,411.78


Repairs on buildings.


$80,411.27 1,106.35


$84,605.03 1,174.98


$90,119.95 1,810.81


$100,519.18 1,194.95


$118,910.49 4,285.12


$81,517.62


$85,780.01


$91,930.76


$101,714.13


$123,195.61


Cost per pupil in average membership:


(a) Exclusive of repairs.


$36.19


$36.20


$35.39


$36.98


$39.08


(b) Including repairs. .


36.70


36.72


36.10


37.42


40.48


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE


AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (Year ending June)


Year


Russell and Parmenter


Crosby


Cutter


Locke


Junior High


High


Total


1907


579.8


267.3


324.4


313.2


293.7


1778.4


1908


615.5


283.1


320.3.


346.5


318.0


1886.4


1909


606.2


319.8


322.8


344.1


360.6


1953.5


1910


613.4


342.0


270.3


456.6


367.3


2049.6


1911


622.6


390.7


301.1


496.0


372.0


2182.4


1912


595.2


446.4


290.1


439.7


400.0


2221.4


1913


583.3


472.5


303.0


522.3


454.4


2335.5


1914


591.3


562.3


318.3


583.1


498.0


2553.0


1915


607.4


622.8


307.3


631.9


548.9


2718.3


1916


511.8


584.1


302.8


583.0


391.9


639.8


3013.4


..


..


.


. .


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


The Board of Health respectfully submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1916.


The Board, consisting of Dr. Laurence L. Peirce, Dr. Guy E. Sanger and Alfred H. Knowles, held its first meeting March 7, 1916, at which time Dr. Peirce, having been re-elected for a term of three years, was sworn to the faithful performance of his duties by the Town Clerk.


Dr. Peirce was re-elected Chairman, and Miss Gertrude K. Clifford was appointed Clerk.


The first case of infantile paralysis in the serious outbreak of . the past year was reported in Arlington, September 8, 1916. An immediate conference with the Massachusetts State Depart- ment of Health, through its District Health Officer, Dr. Charles E. Simpson, was held in order that the local Board might work in conjunction with the highest authority.


It was voted that the schools be closed and that no public gatherings of children under sixteen years of age should be held until further notice.


Arlington escaped with eight cases of infantile paralysis, of which three were fatal.


On October 13, 1916, the schools reopened after a thorough medical inspection of all pupils in each school.


The Board thoroughly appreciates the painstaking- services of Dr. Ezekiel Pratt, in carrying out the large amount of extra work entailed by the presence of these cases in the Town.


The pollution of Mill Brook by sewage from the system at Brattle Street has long been a just cause for complaint by in- dividuals and a source of extreme annoyance to the Board. This difficulty is removed and the abatement of this nuisance assured by the following communication from the Board of Public Works:


NOVEMBER 29, 1916.


Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen:


At a meeting of the Board of Public Works held November 27 the following votes were passed:


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Voted, That the Town Engineer, acting under the Superin- tendent, be ordered to at once purchase and install machinery for an auxiliary pump at Brattle Street, this and the Grove Street pump to be equipped with some style of recording device.


Voted, That the Superintendent be instructed to detail a man or men to see that the Brattle and Grove Street pumps are at. all times performing their functions properly, that a watchman's. clock be installed at both places. The man or men detailed for this work to submit daily, in writing, a complete record of their services, said record to show when they visited each pump, how long they stayed there, the condition in which the pump was found and whatever work had to be done.


Yours truly, BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, (Signed) H. N. WILLIS, Clerk.


For the detail work carried on by the Bacteriologist, Superin- tendent of the Health Department, and other Inspectors we refer you to the appended reports.


BACTERIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.


Specimens will be received at the Bacteriological Laboratory at the Town Hall daily, at any time, and they will be examined and reported upon the following morning.


Outfits for specimens to be examined for tuberculosis, diphtheria, and typhoid fever; and diphtheria antitoxin, vaccine lymph, and nitrate of silver solution may be obtained at the laboratory and at the following places:


Perham's Pharmacy, Arlington Center; Emus Pharmacy, Arlington Heights; Angus Pharmacy, corner of Winter Street and Massachusetts Avenue.


For further particulars, we refer you to the report of the Bac- teriologist.


BOARD OF INFANTS.


Seven parties, whose applications were first approved by this: Board, have been licensed by the State Board of Charity to


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board infants in this Town, under the provisions of Chapter 83 of the Revised Laws of 1902.


PERMITS.


The record of permits to keep cows, swine, goats and hens, and to collect grease, is as follows:


Cows: Seventeen applications were received for permits to keep 61 cows, all of which were granted.


Hens: Two hundred seventy-two applications were received for permits to keep 12,565 hens, all of which were granted.


Ducks: Eleven applications were received for permits to keep 138 ducks, all of which were granted.


Swine: Twenty-two applications were received for permits to keep 280 swine, all of which were granted.


Grease: Four applications were received for permits for four teams to collect grease. Four permits were granted.


One hundred forty-one permits were issued at this office to haul offal through the streets of the Town.


CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.


On March 7, 1916, this Board re-adopted the following quaran- tine rules relative to persons suffering with contagious or infectious diseases :


Diseases adjudged dangerous to the public health. It is adjudged that the diseases known as actinomycosis, anterior poliomyelitis, Asiatic cholera, cerebro-spinal meningitis, diphtheria, glanders, leprosy, malignant pustule, measles, German measles, ophthalmia neonatorum, plague, pellagra, scarlet fever, smallpox, tetanus, trachoma, trichinosis, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, typhus fever, varicella, whooping cough, yellow fever, erysipelas, pneumonia, rabies, tonsillitis*, and mumps*, those marked by star being desig- nated by local regulation, are infectious or contagious and are dangerous to the public health and safety, and may be contracted from persons or apartments, or at funerals of persons dying from these diseases, and that the following provisions of this Chapter are necessary for the public health and safety in regard to said diseases.


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QUARANTINE OF PERSONS SUFFERING WITH CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASES, OR THOSE EXPOSED TO SUCH DISEASES.


DIPHTHERIA. Patient: Until nose and throat are clear and two successive cultures at three (3) day intervals have been obtained from both nose and throat; the last culture to be taken by some person designated by the Board of Health. Other children: Until one (1) week has elapsed since last exposure, unless immunized by antitoxin, and after two (2) successive negative cultures from both nose and throat. Other members of family: May attend to business after one (1) negative culture, unless engaged in the handling of food .:


SCARLET FEVER. Patient: Quarantined for a minimum period of five (5) weeks; and thereafter during persistence of lesions of nose, throat, ears or skin. Other children: Until one (1) week has elapsed since last exposure, unless immunized by previous attack of the disease. Other members of family: May attend to business, unless engaged in the handling of food.


MEASLES. Patient: Quarantined until ten (10) days have elapsed since beginning of eruption. Other children: Excluded from school for two (2) weeks from date of last exposure, unless previously immunized by an attack of the disease. Other mem- bers of family: Allowed to attend to business.


GERMAN MEASLES. Patient: Isolated for seven (7) days after appearance of eruption. Other children: Not excluded from school. Other members of family: May attend to business.


CHICKEN POX. Patient: Shall be isolated during presence of skin or mouth lesions. Other children: Excluded for three (3) weeks after last exposure to the disease unless immunized by previ- ous attack of the disease. Other members of family: May attend to business.


WHOOPING COUGH. Patient: Shall be isolated for a minimum period of three (3) weeks and thereafter as long as the paroxysmal stage persists. Other children: Excluded from school until two (2) weeks have elapsed since last exposure unless immunized by previous attack of the disease. Other members of family: May attend to business.


MUMPS. Patient: Isolated for three (3) weeks. Other chil- dren: Excluded from school for two (2) weeks from last exposure


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unless previously immunized by an attack of the disease. Other members of family: May attend to business.


TYPHOID FEVER. Patient: Isolated until recovery and until urine and feces are free from bacilli. Other children: Excluded from school for two (2) weeks from last exposure unless immunized by previous attack or by typhoid vaccine. Other members of family: May attend to business unless engaged in the handling of food.




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