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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.
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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
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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
...
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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
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3,312
Average number belonging
3,151
Average daily attendance.
95.3
373.8 95.4
537.1
91.9
91.5
95.7
.
..
.
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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
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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.
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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
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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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