Town of Arlington annual report 1926, Part 17

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Publication date: 1926
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Janitors' Services


24,985 29


Fuel and Light


21,085 12


$398,633 78


299


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


Buildings and Grounds:


Maintenance, Repairs and Remodeling $33,868 66


Furniture and Furnishings 11,700 67


$45,569 33


Other Expenses :


Diplomas and Graduating Exercises $507 85


Miscellaneous Expenses 2,155 89


$2,663 71


New Buildings :


Land and Construction $132,878 74


Furniture and Furnishings 8,605 82


High School Lot Improvement LIBRARIES


Salaries and Wages


$11,159 80


Books and Periodicals


3,742 28


Binding


581 18


Fuel and Light


1,030 13


Maintenance of Building


610 09


Other Expenses


609 67


$17,733 15


RECREATION


Parks:


Salaries and Wages


$1,567 95


Other Expenses 1,707 25


$3,275 20


Grading Engine House Site


$1,800 00


Spy Pond Improvement


$1,194 27


State Assessment:


Metropolitan Planning


Division


$530 20


Alewife Brook


1,636 79


Spy Pond Improvement


1,397 08


Metropolitan Park Main- tenance 20,301 85


$141,484 56 $4,792 91


$23,865 92


300


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Playgrounds :


Salaries and Wages


$1,779 33


Other Wages


1,179 82


$2,959 15


Celebrations :


Patriots' Day


$146 00


Other Expenses


15 00


$161 00


PENSIONS


Various Departments :


Police


$910 00


Fire


334 60


Highway


3,459 96


Water


702 00


Cemetery


728 00


$6,134 56


UNCLASSIFIED


Damages to Persons and Property


$145 50


Memorial Day


700 00


Town Clock-Maintenance


37 51


Maintenance of Menotomy Hall


1,534 82


Repairs to Houses owned by Town


67 51


Auditing Municipal Accounts,


State Assessment 53 49


Insurance :


Fire and Liability


$8,659 57


Workman's Compensation


1,488 07


Fidelity and Others


586 63


$10,734 27


Printing Town Reports


$2,806 70


Recording Tax Titles held by Town $7 60


Other Miscellaneous Expenses


$112 62


30


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES . WATER


Maintenance and Operation :


Salaries and Wages $27,768 58


Material and Other Expenses 29,484 83


$57,253 41


Construction :


Salaries and Wages $26,258 56


Material and Other Expenses 30,933 10


$57,191 66


State Assessment-Metropolitan Water


$16,188 24


CEMETERIES


Salary-Superintendent


$2,605 00


Salary-Clerk


699 00


Other Wages


9,661 34


Office Maintenance


189 48


Other Maintenance and Supplies 2,862 12


$16,016 94


INTEREST


Loans and Bonds :


Anticipation of Revenue


$14,021 40


Highways


3,693 50


Schools


25,155 00


Sewers


7,115 00


Parks


1,500 00


Water


3,972 50


Town House Site


1,820 00


Fire Stations


3,295 00


Miscellaneous


63 27


$60,635 67


Metropolitan Interest Requirements :


Sewers


$11,076 94


Parks


6,569 93


Water


20,327 63


Alewife Brook


300 80


$38,275 30


302


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS


Loans and Bonds :


Anticipation of Revenue


$550,000 00


Highways 26,000 00


Schools 49,500 00


Sewers 16,000 00


Parks 3,000 00


Water


16,500 00


Water (From Sinking Fund) 5,000 00


Fire Station


12,000 00


$678,000 00


Metropolitan Requirements :


Sewer


$12,282 84


Park


3,004 14


Water


3,789 73


$19,076 71


SINKING FUNDS


Debt Requirements


$5,000 00


Municipal Insurance Fund


5,000 00


$10,000 00


AGENCY AND TRUST TRANSACTIONS


Agency :


State Tax


$63,960 00


County Tax . 51,889 33 1


$115,849 33


Trust :


Tax Title Redemption


$2,455 96


Guarantee Deposits Refunded


11,095 27


Guarantee Deposits Transferred


to Income Accounts


34,322 39


Trust Fund Expenses


25 00


REFUNDS


Taxes All Others


$173 25 . 41 53


$214 78


303


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


CASH BALANCES-DECEMBER 31, 1926


General


$199,207 81


Sinking Funds 33,368 47


Perpetual Care Funds


30,129 13


Other Public Trust Funds


51,137 22


Private Trust Funds


1,770 50


$315,613 13


$2,971,489 23


BORROWING CAPACITY


Assessors' Valuation


December 31, 1926:


1924 Taxes $37,085,374 00


1925 Taxes 41,862,133 00


1926 Taxes


47,785,400 00


$126,732,907.00


Average Valuation $42,244,302 00


3% of Average Valuation


$1,267,329 07


Town Debt


December 31, 1926


$1,246,900 00


Less Sinking Funds on loans not exempt 20,878 39


$1,226,021 61


Less Loans Exempt :


Water


$123,500 00


Sewer 100,000 00


Parks


15,000 00


238,500 00


987,521 61


Borrowing Capacity December 31, 1926


$279,807 46


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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK'S . DEPARTMENT


Arlington, Mass., December 31, 1926.


The report of this department for the year ending December 31, 1926, is herewith submitted.


For reports of Town Meetings, Cemetery Commis- sioners and Registrars of Voters, all of which come under the work of this department, reference is made to those headings.


305


306


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


January ..


18


10


15


S


3


0


0


February.


12


9


3


3


0


0


March.


6


3


4


3


2


0


0


April .


30


28


30


2


0


0


0


May.


15


13


14


2


0


0


1


June.


67


56


63


10


4


1


0


July.


25


21


23


3


2


1


0


August


16


14


16


2


0


0


0


September


43


40


42


3


1


0


0


October.


65


58


65


7


0


0


0


November ..


35


31


30


4


5


0


0


December. .


20


18


17


2


3


0)


0


Total.


352


301


328


49


23


2


1


Whole Number of Marriages Recorded


352


Residents of Arlington 394


Residents of other places 310


704


Solemnized in other places


175


Age of oldest groom


65


Age of youngest groom


18


Age of oldest bride


63


Age of youngest bride


15


307


REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT


BIRTHS BY MONTHS


In Arlington


Out of Town


Totals


Months


Total


Males


Females


Males


Females


Males


Females


January.


79


29


26


11


13


40


39


February


63


23


23


11


6


34


29


March.


64


21


24


8


11


29


35


April .


62


14


25


15


8


29


33


May


53


18


20


10


5


28


25


June.


60


22


22


9


7


31


29


July .


78


26


23


13


16


39


39


August


70


16


28


10


16


26


44


September


62


25


19


12


6


37


25


October


75


27


33


9


6


36


39


November


70


21


18


13


18


34


36


December


52


18


14


9


11


27


25


*788


260


275


130


123


390


398


* Of the 788 births recorded, there were 253 which occurred out of Arlington, but were children born of parents who resided in Arlington.


* Of the 788 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 473


Born in foreign countries, both parents


137


Born in United States, one parent 168


Born in foreign countries, one parent


168


Born in Arlington, both parents


9


Born in Arlington, one parent 102


Born in Arlington Hospitals, residents of other places 160


COMPARATIVE DEATH RATE BY MONTHS (Still-births excluded)


Jan.


Feb.


Mar.


Apr.


May


June


July


Aug.


Sept.


Oct.


Nov.


Dec.


Total


Whole Number:


13


11


15


12


5


Male .


19


15


13


25


18


12


7


13


7


13


14


11


167


Female


83


Residents died in Arlington : Male .


7


5


10


7


4


6


5


5


6


8


8


12


12


9


121


12


13


9


17


13


10


3


7


5


11


Female .


18


Non-residents died in Arlington:


2


1


1


0


0


3


4


1


1


2


2.


1


22


Małe .


2


1


2


5


3


1


2


4


1


1


0


0


Female .


Residents of Arlington died out of town:


4


5


4


5


1


3


6


5


4


3


3


5


48


Male .


5


1


2


3


2


1


2


2


1


1


2


2


24


Female


17


2


1


3


1


0


0


2


1


2


1


2


2 .


18


0


2


2


1


1


2


1


2


3


0


3


1 .


Female .


0


0


0


0


0


0


3


7


0


1


1


2


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


8


1


2


1


1


1


1


Female


1


0


1


2


0


0


1


2


1


2


2


1


13


Between ten and thirty years: Male


1


0


2


2


1


0


1


0


2


1


0


14


Female


51


2


4


2


4


1


7


7


7


2


4


4


7


39


1


1


2


8


6


3


3


2


2


3


4


4


Female


61


Between sixty and ninety years: Male . . .


8


5


8


3


4


5


5


1


6


6


5


5


85


11


Female .


-


Over ninety years:


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


Male


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


3


12


15


11


11


13


13


18


149


7


6


5


8


10


10


8


7


2


7


4


0


0


0


Female .


Children under one year: Male .


Between one and ten years: Male .


4


Between thirty and sixty years: Male . .


309


REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT


DOGS REGISTERED


Whole number registered from November 10,


1925, to November 15, 1926


933


Males 804


Females


129


933


One Special license


1


Paid County Treasurer


$2,091 20


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 $338 00


Mortgages, releases and discharges


424 05


Certificates, births, deaths and marriages


75 25


Sporting and trapping licenses


79 00


Number of dogs licensed 933


One special license 1 934 @ 20c 186 80


Miscellaneous licenses


175 50


Garage renewals


59 00


$1,337 60


E. CAROLINE PIERCE, Town Clerk.


REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH


Herewith is submitted the 32nd annual report of the Board of Health since its inception as a separate depart- ment. A conservative estimate at this time would seem to place our population at 26,000 and we shall accordingly use that figure as a basis for our tabulations in making up this report. During the year, twelve regular monthly and three special meetings have been held, making a total of fifteen meetings in all for the year. At the Annual Town Meeting held March 1, 1926, Ernest R. Brooks, D. M. D., was re-elected a member of the Board for the term of three years, and after qualifying before the Town Clerk, the Board held a special meeting March 6 and or- ganized for the year by re-electing Mr. Alfred W. Lom- bard as its Chairman for the ensuing year.


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 ,


*LOUISE L. LaPORTE, R. N., Asst. to Dental Operator


*LOUISE L. LaPORTE, R. N., Board of Health Nurse HELEN HEFFERNAN, R. N., Asst. to Dental Operator HELEN HEFFERNAN, R. N., Board of Health Nurse ALFRED W. LOMBARD, Inspector of Milk WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Collector of Milk Samples


*CHESTER L. BLAKELY, M. D. V., Insp. of Slaughtering ARTHUR TAYLOR, Insp. of Slaughtering WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Insp. of Slaughtering


* Resigned.


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311


BOARD OF HEALTH


During the year 1227 cases of reportable diseases have been reported to this Board, against 779 cases for the year 1925. Of these 1227 cases reported, 410 were diseases of the minor types and where no physician was called. Under the conditions that prevailed in former years, the majority of cases of this kind occurring were probably never reported. Now, however, the enforcing of the rule by the school authorities, requiring a certi- ficate from the Board of Health before re-admittance to school after an attack of any communicable disease, ne- cessitates the parent, where no physician is called, re- porting the case before the admittance certificate is is- sued. This, together with the increase in our school pop- ulation, accounts for the large increase in number of cases reported over previous years.


Confirming our belief in preventive measures for certain diseases, we have held two very successful Schick Test Clinics the past year. The ever increasing number of children attending these is certainly gratifying, prov- ing conclusively that parents are more and more realiz- ing the efficacy of this simple and absolutely harmless method of protecting their children against Diphtheria. Like every new idea or new medical discovery, regard- less of its merit, a certain amount of publicity is neces- sary for success, and believing that this information can be more easily and more widely disseminated through these free clinics, rather than through private channels, we shall continue them for the present as heretofore. Proceeding further along the lines of preventive meas- ures we may with safety state that there is no longer any doubt in regard to Diphtheria, Smallpox and Typhoid Fever being classed as preventable diseases. In fact, where either of these diseases occur it means that avail- able preventive measures have not been taken. Frequent health examinations, at all ages, assuring an early diag- nosis, followed by proper medical treatment, will often-


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times prolong life. The family physician should be the adviser in all matters pertaining to preventive measures.


Our Dental Clinic has, as in the past, continued to perform its good work during the year. Miss Louise L. LaPorte, who had very efficiently filled the combined positions of Board of Health Nurse and Assistant to the Dental Operator for the past two and one-half years, tendered her resignation which was accepted to take ef- fect October 16, 1926. Miss LaPorte leaves to accept a position in her home city of Lowell, Mass. Miss Helen Heffernan, residing 9 Allen Street, Arlington, was ap- pointed to succeed Miss LaPorte and commenced her duties October 18, 1926.


The so-called Valley Sewer, which the Metropolitan District Commission have had under process of construc- tion for the past two years is now practically completed as laid out to Forest Street. To gain the full benefit of this sewer, mains must be laid in the connecting streets, and as many of the dwellings on these streets are suffer- ing for sewer connections, it is hoped that liberal appro- priations will be made available in order that the work of laying these may be early started and pushed forward to completion as rapidly as possible.


In our report of last year we made mention of the rank growth of vegetation in Spy Pond, together as to what progress had been made towards its removal. In furtherance of this project we caused an article to be in- serted in the Warrant of the special Town Meeting held January 14, 1926, requesting the appointment of a com- mittee to consider the condition of Spy Pond and the report thereon by the State Department of Public Health. The Moderator appointed a committee of five citizens to act in the matter. This committee caused an article to be inserted in the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of March 26, 1926, requesting an appropriation to meet the cost of further investigation and the necessary pre-


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BOARD OF HEALTH


liminary work in connection with the project. At the adjourned Town Meeting held April 5, 1926, upon the recommendation of the Finance Committee of Twenty- One the sum of $6,000 was appropriated for the improve- ment of, or in connection with, Spy Pond to be expended under the direction of this committee. The committee will undoubtedly make its report as to what has been ac- complished in the matter at the Annual Town Meeting of March 1927.


The usual licenses and permits conforming with the statutes and our regulations were issued. These increase in number from year to year in accordance with the in- crease in population.


The financial report of the department, giving a de- tailed account of the expenditures of each branch, to- gether with the reports of appointees, is appended.


Respectfully submitted,


ALFRED W. LOMBARD, CHARLES F. ATWOOD, M. D., ERNEST R. BROOKS, D. M. D.


Board of Health.


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


FINANCIAL REPORT


Appropriation


$14,405 00


EXPENDITURES


Salaries


$7,672 55


Tuberculosis


1,394 53


Other Diseases


1,311 20


Sundry Disease Expense


213 69


Total


$10,591 97


Dispensary Supplies


$ 37 08


Laboratory Supplies


130 08


Dental Clinic Supplies


396 96


Office Expenses


305 84


Purchase and Maint. of Auto


759 84


Milk Insp. expenses


299 10


Suppression of Mosquitoe


211 37


Burial of Dead Animals


63 00


Miscellaneous expense


176 43


Total


$2,379 70


Total expenditure


$12,971 67


Balance


$1,433 33


RECEIPTS


License fees for sale of Milk


from stores


$ 87 50


License fees for sale of Milk from vehicle


24 00


License fees for sale of Oleo- margarine 22 50


License fees to conduct Mani- curing Parlors 29 00


License fees for sale of Alcohols


39 00


License fees to collect Grease, etc.


12 00


License fees to conduct Slaugh- ter-House 1 00


Receipts from Dental Clinic


315 60


Receipts from communicable


diseases 1,921 00


Total


$2,451 60


315


BOARD OF HEALTH


BIRTHS AND DEATHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON, RESIDENT AND NON RESIDENT DURING 1926 AND FIVE YEAR COMPARATIVE DEATH RATE AND INFANT MORTALITY (Still-births excluded)


1926


1922


Population estimated.


22,000


23,000


24,000


25,155


26,000


Number of deaths. .


232


230


253


235


244


Apparent death rate, per 1,000 population.


10.05


10


10.54


9.34


9.4


Births. .


386


475


501


526


518


Deaths of children un- der one year of age. .


21


20


19


19


30


Rate of infant mortal- ity, per 1,000 births


54.4


42.1


37.92


36.12


57.91


SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN ARLINGTON DURING 1926


Heart Disease All Forms


Pneumonia All Forms


Cerebral Hemorrhage


Arterio- sclerosis


Number of Deaths


Number per 1,000


Population


Number of Deaths


Number per 1,000


Population


Number of Deaths


Number per 1,000


Population


Number of Deaths


Number per 1,000


Population


Number of Deaths


Number per 1,000 Population


66


2.54


31


1.19


23


.88


22


.85


13


.5


1923


1924


1925


Cancer


COMMUNICABLE DISEASES REPORTED BY MONTHS


Jan.


Feb.


Mar.


April


May


June


July


Aug.


Sept.


Oct.


Nov.


Dec.


Total


Anterior Poliomyelitis.


13


10


18


11


56


69


4


4


1


25


51


41


303


Chicken Pox.


0


2


1


2


1


2


0


1


1


0


0


2


12


Diphtheria .


0


0


0


0


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


3


Dog Bite (requiring anti-rabic treatment)


1


5


3


4


7


2


1


0


1


0


2


3


29


German Measles


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


3


1


0


2


1


S


Gonorrhea. .


1


0


9


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


11


Influenza.


69


62


105


52


58


42


3


1


0


0


0


0


392


Measles


2


1


0


2


6


2


2


5


4


11


17


54


Mumps


1


0)


0


0


0


0


0)


2


0


0


1


1


0


4


21


Pneumonia (Lobar).


17


4


9


S


14


9


1


4


1


5


11


18


101


Scarlet Fever.


4


1


3


2


4


11


3


2


6


6


5


3


50


Tuberculosis (Pulmonary).


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


1


0


0


2


Tuberculosis (other forms) .


1


0


0


0


0


0


0)


2


1


0


1


0


5


Typhoid Fever. .


4.5


. 65


58


20


10


10


6


9


1


2


1


1


228


Whooping-cough .


0


1


0


1


. 0


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


4


Syphilis. .


1226


Total.


15


Patients placed in contagious hospitals for Scarlet Fever.


1


Patients placed in contagious hospitals for Measles . .


1


Patients placed in contagious hospitals for Mumps .


13


Patients placed in State Sanatoria .


Patients placed in other Tuberculosis Hospitals.


1


0


0


0


2


0


0


0


2


0


0


0


1


0


.


0


0


0


0


0


1


Ophthalmia Neonatorum.


2


2


1


3


A


RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE, AND BY CAUSE FOR 1926-(Stillbirths Excluded)


CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes


Mor F


Under


1


2


3


4


5-9


10-14


15-19


20-24


25-29


30-34


35-39


40-44


45-49


50-54


55-59


60-64


65-69


70-74


75-79


80-84


85-89


90-99


M


F


Class


I Epidemic, Endemic and Infectious Diseases:


7 Measles.


0


M


0


F


1


M


1


F


0


M


2


F


0


2


1


3


F


1


1


4


33 Tuberculosis of the Intestines and Peritoneum.


M


2


41 Purulent Infection, Septiciemia.


0


1


Class


II General Diseases not included above:


44 Cancer of Stomach and Liver.


HH


1


3


3


M


1


1


2


M


0


F


1


4


M


3


57 Diabetes Mellitus .


1


-


58A Pernicious Anemia .


0 0 00


1


69 Other General Diseases .


1


1


9 Whooping-cough


13 Mumps.


17C Septecimic .


31 Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System ...


M


1


0


45 Cancer of the Peritoneum, Intestines and Rectum


1


46 Cancer of the Uterus.


49 Cancer of Other Unspecified Organs


6


1


4


2


Total


One Year


CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes


Mor F


Under


One Year


2


3


4


5-9


10-14


15-19


20-24


25-29


30-34


35-59


40-44


45-49


50-54


55-59


60-64


65-69


70-74


75-79


80-84


85-89


90-99


Total


Class


III Diseases of the Nervous System and of the Organs of Special Sense:


73 Other Diseases of the Spinal Cord.


0


1


1


1


4


74A Cerebral Hemorrhage.


1


2


1


12 1


1


0


75A Hemiplegia.


0


1


76 , General Paralysis of the Insane


1


0


Class


IV Diseases of the Circulatory System:


87 Pericarditis.


88 Endocarditis and Myocarditis Acute


89 Angina Pectoris.


90 Other Diseases of the Heart


91B Arteriosclerosis .


92 Embolism and Thrombosis (not cerebral) .


94 Diseases of the Lymphatic System (lymphangitis, etc.)


M


2


2


F


0


-


-


-


1


0


M


2


F


1


N


4


2


M


1


23


F


1


33


M


2


5


F


1


1


S


M


3


F


1


3


1


M


F


74 Cerebral Hemorrhage, Apoplexy


HWAWEWAWAWAN


16


74B Cerebral Embolism.


M


1


Deaths Classified by Sex, by Age, and by Cause (Exclusive of Stillbirths)-Continued


CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes


M or F


Under


1


2


3.


4


5-9


10-14


15-19


20-24


25-29


30-34


35-39


40-44


45-49


50-54


55-59


60-64


65-69


70-74


75-79


80-84


85-89


90-99


Total


Class


V Diseases of the Respiratory System:


98 Diseases of the Larynx


?


100A Bronchopneumonia ..


1


2


1


6


1


9


101A Lobar Pneumonia.


6


107 Others under this title .


1


4


Class


VI Diseases of the Digestive System:


113 Diarrhea and Enteritis (under 2 years of age) ....


0


1


2


0


118B Intestinal Obstruction . .


1


1


M


0


2


2


125 Diseases of the Pancreas ..


0


1


0


2


127 Other Diseases of the Digestive System (Cancer and tuberculosis excepted)


Class


VII Non-Venereal Diseases of the Genito-Urinary System and Annexa:


128 Acute Nephritis (including unspecified under 10 years of age.


M F


1


1


0


0


1


5


6


0


1


117 Appendicitis and Typhlitis .


1


124 Other Diseases of the Liver


126 Perotonitis without special cause.


0


1


M HW HWHWHWHWEWEW


M F


HWHWHWHW


One Year


129 Chronic Nephritis (including unspecified 10 years and over .


131 Other Diseases of the Kidneys and Annexa (diseases of the kidneys in pregnancy excepted)


Class


VIII The Puerperal State: 143A Abortion ..


M F


0


M F


1


Class XI Malformations: 159 Congenital Malformations


(still births not included)


M F


11


Class XII Early Infancy: .


160 Congenital Debility, Ictcrus and Sclerema


2


161 Premature birth; Injury at Birth.


7


162 OtherDiseases Peculiar to Early Infancy


1


Class


XIV External Causes:


0


167 Suicide by poisonous Gas


1


F


1


168 Suicide by Hanging .


MI


0


F


2


170 Suicide by Firearms.


0


179 Accidental burns.


0


F


1


M


0


185 Accidental Traumatism by Fall


0


F


0


188B Street Car Accidents.


M F


1


188C Automobile Accidents .


M


2


F


99


145


Stillbirths.


M


9


8


F


2


3


2


0


2


0


1


145 Other Accidents of Labor


HW AN


1


1


2


224711


4


1


F M


2


182 Accidental Drowning .


F M


1


2


REPORT OF BACTERIOLOGIST AND PHYSICIAN To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Bac- teriologist and Physician to the Board for the year ending December 31, 1926.


Laboratory Report


Throat Cultures 184


Sputa 68


Blood Smears 14


Specimens examined


Urethral Smears 39


Total 305


Tuberculosis Dispensary Report


Patients examined at Dispensary


22


Visits to homes of tuberculosis patients


24


Report of Physician


Visits to homes for release upon recovery from communicable disease 83


Bakery employees examined


5


Persons vaccinated 6


I also assisted at the two Schick Test Clinics and the several immunizing sessions which followed.


Respectfully submitted, EZEKIEL PRATT, M. D.


REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH NURSE AND ASSISTANT TO DENTAL OPERATOR


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Board of Health Nurse and Assistant to Dental Operator from January 1 to October 16, 1926.


322


323


BOARD OF HEALTH


Report of Nurse


Number of visits to homes of persons suffering with communicable disease 581


Miscellaneous visits


43


Assisted at the Schick and immunizing clinics held during the month of June.


Conveyed one patient from the Children's Hospital in Boston to her home in Arlington.


Conveyed one patient to the North Reading State Sanatorium for examination.


Cultured one convalescent Typhoid Fever patient for release.


Assisted Dr. Pratt in the examination of patients at the Tuberculosis Dispensary to the number of 22


Report of Assistant to Dental Operator


I have assisted the Dental Operator at the daily session of the clinic, also assisted in the examination of the teeth of the children in the 2nd grade of the parochial and public schools.


Respectfully submitted, LOUISE L. LaPORTE, R. N.


REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH NURSE AND ASSISTANT TO DENTAL OPERATOR


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Board of Health Nurse and Assistant to Dental Operator from October 18 to December 31, 1926.


Report of Nurse


Number of visits to homes of persons suffering with communicable disease 160


Assisted at the Schick and immunizing clinics held during the month of October.


324


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Investigated the homes of two applicants for license to maintain Boarding-Houses for Infants.


Assisted Dr. Pratt in the examination of one patient at the Tuberculosis Dispensary.


Tuberculosis patients under supervision at this date 72


Report of Assistant to Dental Operator


I have assisted the Dental Operator at the daily ses- sions of the clinic and attended to the various minor duties connected therewith.


Respectfully submitted,


HELEN HEFFERNAN, R. N.


REPORT OF THE DENTAL CLINIC


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


I herewith submit the annual report of the work performed in the Dental Clinic during the year ending December 31, 1926.


During the first week in June the customary exam- ination of children dismissed the previous year was made in an effort to determine the value of work completed. Due to various causes but one hundred and forty-four of these children could be located. Seventy-four were found to be without cavities, which is a very good percentage.


When school re-opened in September the usual exam- ination of second grade pupils was made. Eighty-three per cent of the five hundred and five children examined were found to have defective teeth. Cards were sent to the parents of these children and the attendance has been very satisfactory.


The following is a summary of the work accom- plished :


Extractions


Deciduous teeth 463


Permanent teeth 91


325


BOARD OF HEALTH


Fillings


Deciduous teeth


641


Permanent teeth 1283


Treatments


Deciduous teeth


146


Permanent teeth


263


Prophylactic treatments


187


Total number of operations


3074


Total number of sittings


1204


Total number of new patients


231


Total number of cases dismissed


171


Respectfully submitted,


EDGAR F. MACKAY, D. M. D.


REPORT OF AGENT AND CLERK


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Agent and Clerk of the Board for the year ending December 31, 1926. In addition to the clerical work in connection with the office I have, in so far as possible, made weekly inspections of all food producing and food distributing establishments. The number of such inspections together with other work, inspections and investigations coming under the duties of the Agent follows:




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