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500.00
500.00
22.00
478.00
Committee on Public Playgrounds, Rear, High School ..
300.00
300.00
300.00
Town Zoning By-Laws
500.00
320.90
179.10
Committee on Zoning
500.00
500.00
1,000.00
922.56
77.44
Committee on 150th Anniversary Revolutionary War.
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Selectmen:
Salary, Board .
650.00
650.00
650.00
Salary, Clerk.
1,040.00
1,040.00
650.00
390.00
Salary, Stenographer
1,040.00
1,040.00
1,040.00
General Office Expense .
320.00
200.00
520.00
519.66
.34
Auditor:
Salary .
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,760.10
39.90
Clerk .
1,300.00
1,300.00
1,300.00
Clerical Assistance.
100.00
100.00
27.65
72.35
General Expenses .
300.00
250.00
550.00
537.42
12.58
Town Accountant: Salary and Expenses .
100.00
100.00
100.00
Treasurer:
Salary .
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,450.00
50.00
Clerk.
950.00
950.00
950.00
General Expenses
450.00
100.00
550.00
549.62
.38
Salary .
3,300.00
3,300.00
3,250.00
50.00
Clerk
1,300.00)
100.00
1,400.00
1,361.73
38.27
50.00
50.00
Committee on School Accommodations .
100.00
100.00
Committee on Fire Station, Park Avenue
500.00
Collector:
.
Clerical Assistance . General Expenses
300.00 1,750.00
300.00 1,750.00
144.60| 1,619.84
155.40 130.16
Assessors:
Salary, Board .
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Chicf Clerk
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,173.03
826.97
Clerical Assistance .
2,000.00
500.00
2,500.00
2,490.35
9.65
General Expenses
2,000.00
500.00
2,500.00
2,473.05
26.95
Town Clerk:
3,500.00
3,500.00
3,500.00
Chief Clerk.
1,328.00
1,328.00
1,119.00
209.00
Clerk. ..
1,172.00
1,172.00
1,114.00
58.00
General Expenses
900.00
900.00
694.19
205.81
Legal:
Town Counsel, Salary .
750.00
750.00
750.00
General Expenses . ..
4,250.00
4,250.00
3,201.45
1,048.55
Elections, Registrations and Town Meetings.
5,500.00
5,500.00
5,459.38
40.62
Engineer, Salary.
2,100.00
2,100.00
2,100.00
Engineer, General Expenses
2,900.00
2,900.00
2,895.37
4.63
Board of Public Works, Salary.
650.00
650.00
650.00
Town Plan. .
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Planning Board, General Expense.
200.00
200.00
58.50
141.50
Clerk ..
500.00
500.00
500.00
General Expense.
700.00
250.00
950.00
847.30
102.70
Town Hall, Robbins Memorial:
Janitors.
3,150.00
3,150.00
3,146.51
3.49
Extra Janitors, Checkers and Police
450.00
360.00
810.00
776.00
34.00
Fuel.
1,400.00
1,400.00
1,339.47
60.53
Lighting . .
900.00
250.00
1,150.00
1,088.18
61.82
Care Grounds .
1,000.00
1,000.00
930.14
69.86
Repairs.
1,750.00
25.00
1,775.00
1,757.36
17.64
Janitor's Supplies
300.00
300.00
299.14
.86
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY:
Police Department:
Payroll.
52,829.24
.52,829.24
52,215.72
613.52
Telephones .
275.00
290.37
290.37
Automobile Upkeep
1,600.00
1,600.00
1,577.68
22.32
General Expense
2,000.00
1,214.72
3,214.72
3,214.72
70.00
Fire Department:
Payroll.
36,004.50
36,004.50
35,739.57
264.93
Maintenance of Buildings.
1,650.00
1,650.00
1,598.54
51.46
Maintenance of Apparatus .
3,500.00
3,500.00
3,499.47
.53
General Expenses .
600.00
600.00
595.40
4.60
New Fire Station, Broadway and Massachu- setts Avenue .
139,500.00
139,500.00
74,236.72
65,263.28
.
.
.
. .
Spot Lights
400.00
70.00
470.00
400.00
15.37
Board of Survey:
#
Salary .
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Balance 1923
Appro- priations
Additions
Total
Expended
Overdraft
Transfers
Balance 1924
Land for Fire Station, Park Avenue. Building Inspector :
1,700.00
1,700.00
1,700.00
Salary .
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,149.98
50.02
Clerk ..
150.00
150.00
150.00
Automobile and General Expenses
450.00
450.00
449.72
.28
Plumbing and Gas Inspector:
1,700.00
1,700.00
1,650.03
49.97
Salary .
Automobile Maintenance
200.00
200.00
199.00
1.00
Wire Department:
Superintendent, Salary .
2,700.00
2,700.00
2,700.00
Assistant Superintendent, Salary .
1,900.00
1,900.00
1,887.92
12.08
Substitutes ..
400.00
400.00
375.00
25.00
Additional Fire and Police Boxes.
1,775.00
1,775.00
1,770.31
4.69
Re-Timing Fire Alarm
370.00
370.00
270.00
100.00
Aerial Wires
300.00
300.00
280.25
19.75
General Expense ..
529.00
529.00
523.93
5.07
Underground Cables
2,078.50
2,078.50
2,061.98
16.52
Automobile and Truck Upkeep
956.00
956.00
951.04
4.96
Suppression of Moths:
1,950.00
1,950.00
1,950.00
Superintendent, Salary . General Expense.
3,050.00
3,050.00
3,033.15
16.85
Tree Warden:
100.00
100.00
100.00
General Expense
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,482.70
17.30
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
250.00
250.00
237.45
12.55
General Expense
370.00
$35.00
405.00
404.33
67
HEALTH AND SANITATION:
Board of Health:
Salaries of Board
400.00
400.00
400.00
Agent and Clerk, Salary
2,340.00
2,340.00
2,340.00
Assistant Clerk . .
300.00
300.00
300.00
Office Maintenance
500.00
500.00
450.59
49.41
Bacteriologist, Salary .
400.00
400.00
400.00
Physician, Salary .
300.00
300.00
300.00
Nurse and Dental Assistant, Salary and Expenses.
1,515.00
1,515.00
1,508.50
6.50
,
.
.
Salary.
Salary .
Dentist, Salary . Milk Inspector, Salary . ..
1,230.00
1,230.00
1,200.00|
30.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
Milk Inspector, Expenses .
300.00
300.00
274.83
Inspector Slaughtering, Salary .
400.00
400.00
400.00
Inspector Animals, Salary.
250.00
250.00
250.00
Communicable Diseases. .
3,500.00
3,500.00
2,156.74
1,343.26
Dispensary, Maintenance.
50.00
50.00
28.56
21.44
250.00
250.00
192.74
57.26
Dental Clinic, Maintenance.
300.00
300.00
284.67
15.33
120.00
120.00
120.00
50.00
50.00
41.00
9.00
825.00
825.00
820.40
4.60
Miscellaneous Expenses .
550.00
550.00
332.38
217.62
Vital Statistics .
325.00
325.00
235.80
89.20
500.00
500.00
500.00
Sewer Maintenance .
7,000.00
7,000.00
6,789.20
210.80
Sewer Construction .
63,000.00
63,072.49
62,753.11
319.38
Sewer Construction, Allen Park
12,845.19
12,845.19
12,845.19
Surface Drainage .
15,000.00
15,000.00
14,970.55
29.45
Disposal of Refuse and Garbage
53,000.00
53,000.00
52,999.19
.81
HIGHWAYS:
69,000.00
69,000.00
68,919.17
80.83
Tools and Equipment .
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,913.70
86.30
Town Yards and Buildings
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,499.93
.07
Reconstruction of Streets
20,000.00
20,000.00
19,976.81
23.19
1,000.00
1,000.00
908.94
91.06
General Expense.
16,500.00
16,500.00
16,256.82
243.18
Sidewalks and Edgestones
10,000.00
10,000.00
9,751.72
Snow and Ice Removal.
13,000.00
13,000.00
13,576.01
576.01
195.48
Construction of New Streets
738.94
738.94
5.53
733.41
Broadway Reconstruction.
17,500.00
17,500.00
17,500.00
Construction Five Streets, (Blanket Appro- priation) .
51,435.78
51,435.78
44,184.70
7,251.08
Construction Windsor Street ..
6,000.00
6,000.00
4,352.13
1,647.87
Construction Allen Street, Broadway to War- ren Street. .
4,657.00
4,657.00
3,977.61
679.39
Construction Park Avenue Extension
6,546.00
6,546.00
6,440.76
105.24
Resurfacing Mystic Street .
21,380.94
17,442.17
38,823.11
30,987.48
7,835.63
Relocation Robbins Road.
252.00
252.00
252.00
Alteration of Ways, Corner.
11,400.00
11,400.00
11,400.00
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
Outside Poor:
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00 400.00
Physician, Salary
. . .
..
400.00
400.00
. .
. .
Stock.
. .
18,500.00
18,500.00
18,304.12
248.28
Street Lighting .
Broadway and Medford Street ..
Clerk
. .
Laboratory, Maintenance
Janitor Service ..
Burial of Dead Animals.
Automobile, Purchase and Expenses ..
Employment of District Nurses
72.49
Maintenance of Streets .
25.17
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Balance 1923
Appro- priations
Additions
Total
Expended
Overdraft
Transfers
Balance 1924
General Expenses .
22,900.00
22,900.00
22,643.27
State and Military Aid
1,500.00
1,500.00
- 810.00
Soldiers' Relief .
1,500.00
299.25
1,799.25
1,799.25
Soldiers' Burials .
32.25
32.25
32.25
Soldiers' Exemptions
41.03
41.03
41.03
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
Schools:
Pay Roll.
283,045.00
283,045.00
281,719.91
1,325.09
Repairs
11,000.00
11,000.00
10,978.13
21.87
Fuel.
15,000.00
15,000.00
14,985.07
14.93
General Expense.
37,450.00
472.23
37,922.23
37,908.16
14.07
New Boilers .
4,500.00
4,500.00
4,500.00
Spy Pond Field
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,990.03
9.97
Automobile for School Nurse.
750.00
750.00
747.85
2.15
Girls' Shelter, Spy Pond Field .
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,994.98
5.02
Enlargement Cutter School Lot ..
5,000.00
5,000.00
1,443.65
3,556.35
Cutter School Addition
109,000.00
109,000.00
81,276.83
27,723.17
Fire Protection, Peirce School.
700.00
700.00
683.07
16.93
Furnishings, Peirce School.
7,500.00
7,500.00
7,020.12
479.88
Land New School, Lake Street
28,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
Land New School, Park Avenue North
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
Construction Peirce School.
58,752.41
58,752.41
50,603.90
8,148.51
Grading Crosby School Lot ..
378.41
378.41
378.41
Construction Junior High West.
3,258.08
3,258.08
157.00
3,101.08
Furnishings Junior High West.
570.13
570.13
570.13
High School Income Fund.
1,687.55
1,687.55
1,687.55
Moving Portable
850.00
850.00
850.00
Tuition, Grade and Continuation Schools
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,355.43
144.57
LIBRARIES
Robbins Library: General Expenses
1,650.15
11,500.00
3,842.19
16,992.34
16,722.97
269.37
RECREATION:
Maintenance of Parks .
750.00
750.00
628.04
121.96
Hill's Pond Lot Taking.
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
Plans and Estimates, Reservations for Play- grounds. .
200.00
200.00
200.00
.
.
256.73
690.00
Maintenance of Park, Broadway and Massa- chusetts Avenue. . Purchase Land Shore Spy Pond. UNCLASSIFIED Memorial Day:
500.00
500.00 726.00
726.00
Arlington Post American Legion.
300.00
300.00
300.00
Spanish War Veterans ..
100.00
100.00
100.00
Francis Gould Post, 36, G.A.R ..
300.00
300.00
300.00
Water for Hydrants, Public Uses
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
Pensions. . .
5,842.20
5,842.20
5,666.55
175.65
1,000.00
150.00
1,150.00
1,125.41
24.59
Printing Town Reports.
2,900.00
78.36
2,978.36
2,978.36
Insurance. .
7,650.00
7,650.00
7,554.73
95.27
Municipal Insurance Fund .
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Repairs on Town Property .
500.00
500.00
344.79
Taxes on Town Property ...
1,110.36
42.44
1,152.80
1,152.80
Taxes on Town Property and Tax Titles.
1,400.00
1,400.00
481,16
918.84
Taxes on Tax Titles.
192.26
192.26
119.34
72.92
Menotomy Hall:
400.00
400.00
400.00
Extra Janitors, Checkers, Poliee
50.00
1.00
51.00
51.00
Janitors' Supplies .
50.00
50.00
6.00
44.00
Fuel .
750.00
750.00
709.31
40.69
Lighting .
200.00
200.00
63.54
136.46
Repairs.
300.00
300.00
97.68
202.32
Reserve Fund
7,500.00
7,500.00
6,964.42
535.58
Building Lines, Massachusetts Avenue, Central Street to Forest Street.
100.00
100.00
100.00
Building Lines, Massachusetts Avenue, Central Street to Lowell Street. .
100.00
100.00
100.00
Building Lines, Tufts Street, Massachusetts Avenue to Broadway, N. W ..
100.00
100.00
5.00
95.00
Building Lines, Tufts Street, Massachusetts Avenue to Broadway, S. E.
100.00
100.00
5.00
95.00
Building Lines, Broadway-Medford Street ....
100.00
100.00
100.00
Exterior Lines, Hayes Street, Highland Avenue, Mt. Vernon Street
250.00
250.00
250.00
ENTERPRISES :
615.19
63,847.50
13,909.51
78,372.20
78,067.64
304.56
45,000.00
45,000.00
44,998.76
1.24
CEMETERIES:
6,000.00
11,207.17
17,207.17
17,207.17
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT:
5,905.00
5,905.00
5,905.00
Interest. .
48,500.00
48,500.00
48,441.51
58.49
Town Debt.
96,500.00
92,000.00
188,500.00
188,500.00
OVERDRAFTS, 1923
1,228.72
1,228.72
1,228.72
$96,497.36|
$1,607,694.63
$147,525.24
$1,851,717.23
$1,631,862.72
$576.01
$13,964.42
$206,466.10
1
500.00
726.00
Contingent Fund (Selectmen)
155.21
Janitors. ..
Water Maintenance and State Assessment .. Extension of Water Mains.
General Expenditures ..
Sinking Fund.
BORROWING CAPACITY
Assessors' Valuation
December 31, 1924:
1922 Taxes $26,982,423 00
1923 Taxes 33,284,099 00
1924 Taxes
37,156,682 00
$97,423,204 00
Average Valuation $32,474,401 00
3% of Average Valuation $974,232 04
Town Debt
December 31, 1924
$971,000 00
Loans authorized
23,400 00
$994,400 00
Less Sinking Funds
on Loans not exempt
16,866 34
$977,533 66
Less Loans exempt :
Water
$100,500 00
Sewer 100,000 00
Park 15,000 00
215,500 00
$762,033 66
Borrowing Capacity December 31, 1924 $212,198 38
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Arlington, Mass., December 31, 1924.
The report of this department for the year end- ing December 31, 1924, is herewith submitted.
For reports of Town Meetings, Cemetery Commis- sioners, Registrars of Voters, all of which come under the work of this department, reference is made to those headings.
The following report of births, deaths and marriages is somewhat changed from the reports of previous years. The town has grown so rapidly that this report each year has consumed a large part of the Town Report. After careful investigation and on advice from the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, a table of statistics has been prepared for the births, deaths and marriages in place of the report which has been given in former years. The comparative tables have been compiled with the idea of giving more general information. Any information relative to a specific record will be found at the Town Clerk's office.
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310
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
MARRIAGES BY MONTHS
Months
Whole No.
First of Groom
First of Bride
Second of Groom
Second of Bride
Third of Groom
Third of Bride
Fourth of Groom
Fourth of Bride
January .
21
18
19
2
2
0
0
1
0
February
14
14
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
March.
7
5
7
2
0
0
0
0
0
April .
21
21
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
May
19
16
18
2
1
1
0
0
0
June
57
55
53
1
4
1
0
0
0
July
18
18
16
0
2
0
0
0
0
August
18
14
15
4
2
0
1
0
0
September
40
36
37
4
3
0
0
0
0
October.
45
40
40
4
5
1
0
0
0
November ..
24
22
21
2
3
0
0
0
0
December ..
19
15
16
3
3
1
0
0
0
Total.
303
274
277
24
52
4
1
1
0
Whole Number of Marriages Recorded
303
Residents of Arlington 318
Residents of other places 288
606
Solemnized in other places
107
Age of oldest groom
77
Age of youngest groom
18
Age of oldest bride
65
Age of youngest bride
16
311
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
BIRTHS BY MONTHS
In Arlington
Out of Town
Totals
Months
Total
Males
Females
Males
Females
Males
Females
January .
39
16
15
3
5
19
20
February
44
21
17
3
3
24
20
March .
48
12
22
9
5
21
27
April
62
18
29
8
7
26
36
May
75
25
32
9
9
34
41
June
57
23
22
4
8
27
30
July
61
20
24
9
8
29
32
August
51
19
18
8
6
27
24
September
45
14
17
7
7
21
24
October .
63
31
21
5
6
36
27
November
53
15
21
10
7
25
28
December
61
23
26
6
6
29
32
*659
237
264
81
77
318
341
* Of the 659 births recorded, there were 158 which occurred out of Arlington, but were children born of parents who resided in Arlington.
* Of the 659 births recorded, there were 163 which occurred in Arlington, but were children of parents who resided out of Town.
The parentage of children born was as follows: Born in United States, both parents
454
Born in foreign countries, both parents
130
Born in United States, one parent 100
Born in foreign countries, one parent
98
Born in Arlington, both parents
13
Born in Arlington, one parent
76
Born in Arlington Hospitals, residents of other places 165
COMPARATIVE DEATH RATE BY MONTHS (Still-births excluded)
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Whole Number:
10
13
13
13
9
7
6
4
9
17
13
10
Male .
14
16
17
18
18
11
10
17
5
19
14
17
176
Female .
4
8
9
1
7
81
Residents died in Arlington: Male.
9
7
13
14
9
10
9
11
5
11
9
11
118
Female .
Non-residents died in Arlington: Male . .
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
5
0
3
2
3
31
4
4
2
2
6
0
Female .
Residents of Arlington died out of town:
1
5
1
5
2
0
2
0
1
2
1
0
20
Male .
1
5
2
2
3
1
1
1
0
5
3
3
27
Female
11
2
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
12
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
Between one and ten years:
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
9
0
2
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
7
Female .
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
0
0
19
0
2
3
3
0
2
Female
3
5
4
3
0
3
0
1
4
5
3
3
34
Between thirty and sixty years: Male . .
6
5
3
3
7
4
2
6
1
5
4
6
52
Female .
Between sixty and ninety years: Male .
5
6
1
7
8
9
10
3
4
8
1
10
6
9
82
Female .
Over ninety years:
0
0
Male .
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
4
Female ..
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
58
6
4
5
2
5
9
4
3
5
4
6
6
3
8
6
10
7
6
5
3
23
Children under one year: Male .
1
Female . .
0
Male
9
Between ten and thirty years: Male .
0
2
2
1
124
3
0
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
DOGS REGISTERED
Whole number registered
492
Males
427
Females
65
492
One special license
1
Paid County Treasurer
$1,105 40
FEES
The following fees have been received during the year, and the same have been turned over to the town, as per vote of the town:
Marriage licenses
$268 00
Mortgages, releases and discharges
291 59
Certificates, births, deaths and
marriages
63 02
Hunting, fishing and trapping licenses
71 15
Number of dogs licensed 492
One special license
1 493 @ 20c 98 60
Miscellaneous licenses
9 50
Garage renewals
430 00
Miscellaneous cash
4 96
$1,236 82 E. CAROLINE PIERCE,
ยท Town Clerk.
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BOARD OF HEALTH
The Board of Health herewith submits the 30th an- nual report of the work of the department with a sum- mary of what has been accomplished during the year ending December 31, 1924. In so far as communicable diseases are concerned, we have had a remarkably health- ful year, and judging from report's received it would appear that similar conditions prevailed throughout the entire United States.
ORGANIZATION OF BOARD
ALFRED W. LOMBARD, Chairman CHARLES F. ATWOOD, M. D. ERNEST R. BROOKS, D. M. D.
APPOINTMENTS
WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Agent and Clerk EZEKIEL PRATT, M. D., Physician to Board EZEKIEL PRATT, M. D., Bacteriologist E. F. MACKAY, D. M. D., Dental Operator *ETHEL M. FISHER, R. N., Nurse LOUISE L. LaPORTE, R. N., Nurse LOUISE L. LaPORTE, R. N. Asst. to Dental Operator ALFRED W. LOMBARD, Inspector of Milk WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Collector of Milk Samples CHESTER L. BLAKELY, M. D. V. Insp. of Slaughtering WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Insp. of Slaughtering
Following its established custom the Board meets the first Monday of each month at 7.30 P. M. for the transaction of routine business. In addition to the reg- ular, four special meetings have been held, and two hear-
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ings. The personnel of the department remains practi- cally the same as that of last year. A brief report with a few comments on the common reportable diseases follows.
DIPHTHERIA: Twenty-five cases of this disease were reported the past year against fifty-three cases in 1923. While we make no claim, we do feel that the large number of children who, through the efforts of this Board received the immunizing treatment of toxin-anti- toxin is, in a measure at least, responsible for the re- duced number of cases.
SCARLET FEVER: Sixty cases of this disease were reported the past year against eighty cases in 1923. It becomes more and more apparent that there is yet a lot to learn about this disease; as to just what it is, and what causes it. One noted specialist in commenting on it, stated that scarlet fever is a "conglomeration of all diseases". However, from the reports received of re- search work in connection with the disease it is confidently expected that the very near future will bring forth an artificial toxin-antitoxin that will give the medical pro- fession control over scarlet fever similar to that which they now possess over diphtheria.
TYPHOID FEVER: Five cases of this disease were reported the past year against two cases in 1923. The cause of this disease can usually be traced to the partak- ing of infected food, milk or water, and in every case it is a positive indication of an unsanitary condition in the community of its origin. We are pleased to record in the above cases the origin was traced to out of town sources. The fact of these cases being traced to outside sources leads us to urge upon our citizens, particularly automobilists, campers, and persons obliged to travel, the necessity of protecting themselves against this dis- ease by the simple method of immunization with the typhoid prophylactic.
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TUBERCULOSIS: During the past year there were reported to this office thirty-eight cases of Pul- monary Tuberculosis. This is a fair average of the num- ber reported each year. As a result of many years of continuous study by specialists, it is now believed that the great majority of tuberculosis infection occurs in early childhood, and further that the disease at this age, will more readily yield to medical treatment than later in life when it has gained a firm foothold. In accordance with this belief the State Department of Public Health has inaugurated a State-wide campaign known as the "Ten Year Health Program."
With the co-operation of the local governments, it is hoped that every child in the state of early school age will be examined, and those found to be in need of treat- ment placed under the care of the family physician, or the local Board of Health.
MEASLES, WHOOPING COUGH, and other so-called minor diseases of childhood. These so-called minor dis- eases, looked upon by the average parent lightly, are pri- marily the cause of many deaths annually. Particularly is this true of the age group under five years, at which period in life the average child has very little power of resistance. In the age group between five and ten years the child is physically stronger, has more power of re- sistance, and will withstand an attack of any of these diseases much better than the younger and weaker child. It is therefore essential that parents be ever on their guard in protecting their children, and especially. the very young children against these minor diseases.
SCHICK TEST: Two very successful clinics have been held the past year under the direction of this Board. To date we have administered the treatment to more than twelve hundred children in Arlington, and in no case have we had a report of any serious after affects. Free clinics will be held the coming year, and it is hoped
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that parents will take advantage of the opportunity of having their children immunized against this disease.
VALLEY SEWER: This sewer, the construction of which has, upon every occasion, and at every oppor- tunity, for a number of years past, been advocated by this Board, will, we believe, be completed, and in operation ere the close of the year 1925. The State has appropri- ated the sum of $650,000 for the work, and the first section, from Canal street in Medford to the Arlington line, is now under process of construction with every indication of the remaining sections to its terminus in Forest street, Arlington, being under construction in the early Spring. The completion of this sewer will allow of the draining of all of the north and northeasterly sections of the town, and in addition will relieve the al- ready overburdened main sewer in Massachusetts avenue. Too much credit cannot be given to our worthy representatives, Senator Charles C. Warren, and Rep- resentative Bert S. Currier for their untiring and inde- fatigable efforts in having this much needed measure passed by the State Legislature.
AUTOMOBILE: The automobile purchased the past year has proven its worth as a saver of time and labor in conducting the work of the department.
DENTAL CLINIC: We are pleased to report that with the close of 1924 another successful year has been added to the credit of this very important feature of the department.
SPY POND: Each year during the warm summer months numerous complaints are received relative to the condition and odors arising from the rank vegetable growth in Spy Pond. In looking over old records we find that these complaints extend over a period of twenty- five years. That this growth is a nuisance and should be removed there is no question, yet the removal by dredging, or destroying by chemical process, if that
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method is found practical, will mean the expenditure of a large sum of money, which from present advices it would appear will have to be borne entirely by the town. The present Board has given this matter much serious thought, have sought the best advice obtainable, and hope in the near future to be in possession of additional information bearing on the subject which, when avail- able, will be placed before the Town Meeting, when the citizens can decide as to whether or not they care to undergo the expense of remedying these conditions.
LICENSES AND PERMITS: The usual number of licenses and permits conforming with the statutes and our regulations were issued the past' year.
The statistical reports, together with the reports of appointees giving an account of their work in detail, are appended.
*Resigned
Respectfully submitted, ALFRED W. LOMBARD, CHARLES F. ATWOOD, M. D., ERNEST R. BROOKS, D. M. D., Board of Health.
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DEATHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON FIVE YEAR COMPARATIVE DEATH RATE AND INFANT MORTALITY (Still-births excluded)
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
Population estimated.
18,500
20,000
22,000
23,000
24,000
Number of deaths.
265
257
232
230
253
Apparent death rate, per 1,000 population .
14.32
12.85
10.05
10
10.5
Births
526
563
386
475
501
Deaths of children under one year .
25
27
21
20
19
Rate of infant mortality per 1,000 births.
47.52
47.95
54.04
42
37.9
Still-births
Male.
12
Female
9
1 Sexless
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Anterior Poliomyelitis ..
17
4
5
0
7
1
1
0
0
1
2
13
51
Chicken-pox ..
5
1
2
1
2
7
0
0
0
1
5
1
25
Diphtheria .
0
0
4
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
8
Dog Bite (requiring anti-rabic treatment)
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
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