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Tools of all kinds.
125.00
Power Lawn Mower
200.00
Loam.
1,500.00
$3,485.00
CEMETERY RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Receipts
Appropriation for 1931.
$28,195.00
Cash Receipts:
Sale of Lots. .
$6,735.00
Sale of Two Grave Lots
480.00
Sale of Single Graves .
840.00
Annual Care of Lots $3,984.50
Watering . 156.00
Opening Graves. 2,830.00
Foundations 902.65
Miscellaneous .
1,365.35
9,238.50
Perpetual Care Fund Receipts .
3,855.00
Cash Transferred from Robbins Fund . $230.00
S. C. Bucknam Fund ... 92.00
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Soldiers' Monument Fund 129.00 Perpetual Care Fund
Income Fund . 2,281.00
2,732.00
$23,880.50
$52,075.50
EXPENDITURES
Salaries:
Superintendent $3,120.00
Clerk .
1,173.27
Wages and Team Hire 16,289.78
Loam, Fertilizer and
Shrubs.
2,180.18
Excavating
1,375.50
Markers
39.20
Tools and Equipment .
332.93
Auto Maintenance. 348.57
Telephone . . 66.57
Office Supplies .
247.06
Fuel and Lighting .
178.13
Cement and other -
Supplies .
385.26
Engineering,Surveying, etc.
260.70
Miscellaneous Expense
174.15
Drain and Roller
693.07
Fence. .
1,151.50
Water Pipe .
285.09
$28,300.96
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF CEMETERIES
Cash Transferred to Perpetual Care Fund . $3,855.00 Town Treasurer. 9,238.50 13,093.50
$41,394.46
$10,681.04
WARREN A. PEIRCE, J. EDWIN KIMBALL, M. ERNEST MOORE, HAROLD L. FROST,
*Deceased. ** Appointed to fill vacancy.
REPORT OF TOWN PHYSICIAN
January 13, 1932
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herein present the report of the Town Physician for the year 1931.
Number of Office Calls . 106
Number of Home Calls. 225
Number of Police Calls .. 28
Number of Maternity Cases
6
356
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD R. WEBB, M.D., Town Physician.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
In compliance with the Town By-Laws, the Board of Health herewith submits the Annual Report of the De- partment with a brief summary of its activities for the year 1931.
Board meetings are held the first Monday evening of each month. Special meetings when occasion requires. At the Annual Town Meeting held March 2, 1931, Mr. Alfred W. Lombard was reelected a member of the Board for a term of three years. The personnel of the Board, which has not changed in recent years, is as follows:
ALFRED W. LOMBARD, Chairman. CHARLES F. ATWOOD, M.D. ERNEST R. BROOKS, D.M.D.
Appointees
WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Agent, Clerk and Milk Inspector.
EZEKIEL PRATT, M.D., Physician to Board and Bacteriologist.
E. F. MacKAY, D.M.D., Dental Operator.
HELEN M. HEFFERNAN, R. N., Nurse and Assistant to Dental Operator.
ARTHUR TAYLOR, Inspector of Slaughtering. WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Inspector of Slaughtering.
Nine hundred seventy-two cases of communicable disease were reported to this office for the year 1931 against sixteen hundred three for the year 1930. The several diseases and number of each will be found under Report of Communicable Diseases, and the cost for those hospitalized, under the Financial Report.
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Following our usual custom, two public clinics were held during the year, at which time six hundred ninety- nine children were given the full course consisting of three injections of Toxin Anti-Toxin for the prevention of Diphtheria.
Our Dental Clinic has functioned as usual. For a detailed account of the work performed, see report of Dental Operator.
The past year witnessed the completion of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, located on Trapelo Road, Waltham, Mass. This project represents an expenditure of some $2,250,000.00. In accordance with the statutes this amount is to be apportioned to those cities and towns within the County liable, on the basis used in assessing County taxes. Arlington's portion amounts to $117,223.86. For each patient admitted to the Sanatorium a charge of $1.75 per day is made upon the city or town of legal settlement. In addition to this there will be an annual assessment for the maintenance and care of the Sanatorium to the cities and towns liable, in the same proportion in which the cost of construction is assessed.
At the Annual March Town Meeting five hundred dollars was appropriated for mosquito-control work. Three hundred sixty-eight dollars and three cents of this amount was expended for the spraying with oil of stagnant waters throughout the Town, and the remainder, to- gether with thirty-seven dollars and eighty-three cents taken from our unexpended balance and one thousand fifty dollars appropriated at a Special Town Meeting held November 4, was expended in laying pipe and digging trenches to drain swampy areas in different sections of the Town.
Under the supervision of Messrs. Weston and Samp-
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son, Consulting Engineers, the waters of Spy Pond and the Reservoir at Arlington Heights have, when conditions required, been treated with Copper Sulphate, and both bodies of water remained in good condition through- out the year.
For many years past, numerous complaints have been received from nearby residents relative to smoke and disagreeable odors caused by the burning of rubbish on the dumps in different sections of the Town. On previous occasions the Board in its report has advised the installing of an incinerator. An Article inserted in the Town Warrant calling for an appropriation for such would bring the matter before the Town Meeting. It requires the signatures of ten voters to have an Article inserted in the Warrant.
LICENSES AND PERMITS
The usual licenses and permits required by Statute Law and our regulations have been issued.
REPORTS
The financial report of the department, giving a de- tailed report of expenditures and receipts for the year, together with morbidity and mortality reports, and re- ports of appointees are appended.
In closing we wish to extend our thanks to the State Department of Public Health, to the Arlington Visiting Nursing Association, to the Nursing staff of the public schools, and the Ring Sanatorium for assistance rendered during the year.
ALFRED W. LOMBARD, CHARLES F. ATWOOD, M.D. ERNEST R. BROOKS, D.M.D. Board of Health.
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Appropriation $24,552.50
Transfer from Reserve Fund Sept. 18, 1931 (Communicable Diseases) . . 3,000.00
Appropriated Special Town Meeting Novem- ber 4. (Mosquito Control) . 1,050.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund, December 28, 1931. (Communicable Diseases) .
1,000.00
Total Appropriations $29,602.50
Expenditures
Salaries .
$8,916.00
Middlesex County Commis- sioners, board and care for tubercular patients in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 385 of the Acts of 1928.
For the year 1930
7,818.02
Lakeville State Sanatorium
365.00
North Reading State Sana- torium .
1,031.00
Middlesex County Sana-
torium .
885.50
Massachusetts State In-
firmary .
72.00
Malden Board of Health.
28.57
Total .
$10,200.09
Hospitalization for other communicable diseases .
4,691.32
Supplies and expenses . 212.79
Total $4,904.11
Tuberculosis
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Other Expenditures
Office supplies
$384.53
Telephone .
161.88
Auto and Maintenance .
700.03
Milk Inspector Expense
374.25
Dental Supplies .
396.17
Laboratory Supplies .
387.64
Dispensary Supplies .
24.59
Abatement of Nuisance (Mosquito)
1,587.83
Burial of Animals .
109.00
Spy Pond and Reservoir
888.34
Traveling Expenses (Within State) .
14.30
Traveling Expenses (Outside State)
84.52
Total.
$5,113.08
Total Expenditure
$29,133.28
Balance. 469.22
Receipts
For licenses issued for sale of Milk from stores . . $89.50
For licenses issued for sale of Milk from vehicle . 21.50
For licenses issued for sale of Oleomarg- arine. .
20.50
For licenses issued for sale of Alcohols.
54.00
For licenses issued to practice Manicuring and Massage
51.00
For licenses issued to collect Meat Trim- mings . 16.00
For licenses issued to manufacture Ice Cream . 8.00
For licenses issued to maintain Slaughter- house. . 1.00
For licenses issued to maintain Pasteuriz- ation Plant . 10.00
Total $271.50
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Other Receipts
From Dental Clinic.
$516.25
From Communicable Diseases
1,942.57
From sale of Junk .
2.00
Total . .
$2,460.82
Total Receipts
2,732.32
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
A total of 972 cases of those diseases declared by the State Department of Public Health to be dangerous to the public health were reported to this office for the year 1931 against 1903 for the year 1930. A compar- ative list is herewith presented.
1930
1931
Anterior Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis)
9
10
ChickenPox
98
298
Diphtheria
23
9
Dog Bite. .
103
80
Dog Bite (Requiring Anti-Rabic Treatment)
3
6
Encephalitis Lethargica (Sleeping Sickness)
0
1
Epidemic Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
4
0
German Measles.
456
16
Gonorrhea
31
30
Influenza.
8
9
Measles
588
111
Mumps .
63
102
Ophthalmia Neonatorium
1
1
Pneumonia (Lobar)
32
31
Scarlet Fever .
152
118
Septic Sore Throat.
1
3
Syphilis . .
21
13
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)
36
44
Tuberculosis (Other Forms)
11
12
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Typhoid Fever
3
0
Whooping Cough
259
77
Tetanus .
0
1
Trachoma
1
0
Total .
1903
972
Patients placed in Contagious Hospitals for Scarlet Fever. 33
Patients placed in Contagious Hospitals for Diph- theria .
4
Patients placed in Contagious Hospitals for Infantile Paralysis . 7
Patients placed in State Sanatoria for Tuberculosis. 8
Patients placed in Contagious Hospitals for other diseases
3
BIRTHS AND DEATHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON, RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT, DURING 1931
WITH FIVE-YEAR COMPARATIVE DEATH RATE AND INFANT MORTALITY (Stillbirths Excluded)
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
Population estimated
27,000
32,000
35,000
36,089
38,500
*Number of Deaths
252
310
316
338
323
*Apparent Death Rate per 1,000
Population
9.3
9.7
9
9.4
8.4
Births
857
734
572
935
532
Deaths of Children under one year of age . .
26
31
35
27
20
Rate of Infant Mortality per one thousand births
30.34
42.2
61.2
29
37.6
.
*Crude Rate.
Age of oldest persons dying in Arlington \ Male, 97 yrs., 11 mths., 26 ds. " Female, 94 yrs., 11 mths. 4 ds.
CORRECTED DEATH RATE
NOTE: The corrected death rate is found by eliminating the deaths of all non-residents dying in Arlington and adding the deaths of all resi- dents dying elsewhere, as shown by the records of the Town Clerk Deaths of residents occurring in Arlington 274 Deaths of residents of Arlington occurring elsewhere 90
Total 364
Death rate per one thousand population 9.4
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SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN ARLINGTON DURING 1931
Heart Disease All Forms
Pneumonia
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Cancer All Forms
Accidents
Number of Deaths
Number per 1,000 of Population
Number of Deaths
Number per 1,000
of Population
Number of Deaths
Number per 1,000
of Population
Number of Deaths
Number per 1,000
of Population
Number of Deaths
Number per 1,000 of Population
76
1.97
38
.99
36
.94
33
.86
20
.52
RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1931-(Stillbirths Excluded)
CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes
Mor F
Under
2
3
4
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-92
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
MF
Class
I Epidemic, Endemic, and Infectious Diseases:
8 Scarlet Fever .
2
M
F
M
F
M
1
F
M
F
1.
M
F
41 Purulent Infection, Septicemia
Class
II General Diseases not included above:
44A Cancer of Stomach .
2
1
F
M
F
M
6
F M
F
1
5
49 Cancer of other Unspecified Organs
M
F
11B Influenza . .
23 Lethargic Encephalitis
416
31 Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System .
21
1
32 Tuberculosis of the Meninges .
37 Tuberculosis, Miliary .
3
44B Cancer of Liver .
15 Cancer of Peritoneum, Intestines and Rectum ..
16 Cancer of Female Genital Organs
47 Cancer of the Breast.
Total
1
One Year
417
50 Benign Tumors. .
57 Diabetes Mellitus .
M
M
58B Other Anemias .
M
1
60 Diseases of the Thyroid Gland
66 Alcoholism, Chronic.
69 Other General Diseases .
Class
III Diseases of the Nervous System and of the Organs of Special Sense:
71 Meningitis .
1
1
71B Non-epidemic Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
74 Apoplexy . .
74A Cerebral Hemorrhage
74B Cerebral Thrombosis
M
75A Hemiplegia.
76 General Paralysis of the Insane
82 Neuritis
Class
IV Diseases of the Circulatory System: 88B Myocarditis (Acute Congenital)
89 Angina Pectoris
90 Other Diseases of the Heart
AREWEW
1
1
1
2
1
1
8
1
4
1
2
2
10
1
2
2
1
6
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
10
31
2
6
M F HWHWEWEWEWEREWEW
2
2
21
1
1
15
1
2
1
2
M F F HWEWEREWEWEREW
58A Pernicious Anemia.
418
Deaths Classified by Sex, by Age, and by Cause (Stillbirths excluded)-Continued
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
MF
90A Mitral and Valvular Diseases of the Heart and Chronic Endocarditis
90B Cardiorenal Disease and Chronic Myocarditis. . .
M
5
F
10
90C Myocardial Insufficiency
M
F
1
90D Acute Dilation of Heart.
M
3
F
1
M
1
F
91B Arteriosclerosis.
M
00
91C2 Coronary Sclerosis
M
2
1
92 Embolism (not cerebral)
Class
V Diseases of the Respiratory System:
99 Bronchitis.
F
1
99A Bronchitis, Acute
1
100A Bronchopneumonia
1
10
NI
3
10
101A Pneumonia, Lobar
1
2
8
6
101B Pneumonia, Hypostatic
F
11
1
3
4
F
10
91A Rupture of Aortic Aneurysm
F
2
Total
One Year
Class VI Diseases of the Digestive System:
117 Appendix .
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
2
Class
VII 128A
Non-veneral Diseases of the Genito-urinary System: Acute Nephritis
129A Chronic Nephritis
M
F
129B Uremia. .
131 Other Diseases of the Kidneys
135 Diseases of the Prostate .
M
F
Class X Diseases of the Bones and the Organs of Locomotion: Diseases of the Bones (Tuberculosis Exceptcd) . . . ..
155
M F
Class XI Malformations:
159 Congenital Malformations (stillbirths not included) M F
3
419
118A1 Internal Hernia .
118B Intestinal, Obstruction
122B1 Cirrhosis of the Liver
125 Diseases of the Pancreas.
126 Peritonitis without specified cause .
127 Other Diseases of the Digestive System
F
2
1
F
Deaths Classified by Sex, by Age, and by Cause (Stillbirths Excluded)-Concluded
CAUSES OF DEATHI 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
Total
Class
XII Early Infancy :
161A Premature Birth .
162 Other Diseases Peculiar to Early Infancy
Class XIII 164
Old Age:
Senility
M
1
Class
XIV External Causes:
165 Suicide by Ingestion of Liquid Poison .
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
2
F
M
1
2
4
182 Accidental Drowning .
185 Accidental Traumatism by Fall .
188C Accidental Traumatism by Automobiles
M
3
F
420
172 Suicide by Jumping from High Places
179 Accidental Burns .
180 Accidental Mechanical Suffocation
181 Accidental Absorption of Poisonous Gas
M
3
M F
One Year
188E Accidental Traumatism by Motorcycles.
194 Excessive Heat.
197 Homicide by Firearms. .
198 Homicide by Cutting or Piercing Instruments. .
EWEWEREW
1
1
Total.
150 173
Stillbirths.
0 8
421
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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, 1931.
REPORT OF AGENT
Inspections
Food Producing and Distributing Establishments. 4,005 Other Inspections 507
Complaints
Investigated and Adjusted
234
Legal Settlements
Investigated .
33
REPORT OF CLERK
Licenses Issued
To buy, sell and deal in Alcohols Fee $1.00 54
To manufacture Ice Cream. 66
1.00
8
To practice Manicuring and Massage. 66
1.00
51
To collect Meat Trimmings . 66
2.00
8
To operate Pasteurization Plant 66
10.00
1
To operate Slaughterhouse. 1.00
66
1
To engage in Undertaking
No Fee 11
PERMITS ISSUED No Fee
For Burial or Removal Permits 365
For the keeping of Cows 13
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For the keeping of Ducks
12
For the keeping of Goats
4
For the keeping of Hens
184
For the keeping of Swine .
4
For the construction of Cesspools
46
For the emptying of Cesspools . 13
For the hauling of Offal through the streets . 48
For the holding of Rummage Sales. 2
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Agent and Clerk.
REPORT OF BACTERIOLOGIST AND PHYSICIAN
To the Board of Health Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Bacteriologist and Physician to the Board for the year ending December 31, 1931.
Report of Bacteriologist
Specimens Examined
Blood Smears
8
Sputa . 75
Throat Cultures 157
Urethral Smears
49
Total
289
Report of Physician Home Visits
For release upon recovery from Communicable
disease . . 121
Bakers Examined. (Physical examination) .
11
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Dispensary Report
Patients at Dispensary 9
Home visits to Tuberculosis Patients . 24
I also assisted at the two Immunizing Clinics held under the direction of the Board of Health the past year, at which time six hundred ninety-nine children were given the full course of three injections of Toxin Anti- Toxin for the prevention of Diphtheria.
Respectfully submitted,
EZEKIEL PRATT, M.D.
REPORT OF DENTAL OPERATOR
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report of the work performed in the Dental Clinic during the year ending December 31, 1931.
The first week of school in September the examina- tion of all second-grade pupils, or 663 children, was com- pleted. Cards notifying the parents of children needing care were sent out at once, and the regular Clinic work began. The record shows that about seventy-five per- cent of the children examined need care.
The school authorities have cooperated with us in every detail and Clinic attendance has been regular and very satisfactory.
The pre-school attendance at the Clinic grows steadily. We can take only two infants in a morning, a very limited number, but the parents rarely fail to keep their appointments, so we generally have that number.
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Thay have ranged in age from fifteen months to five years during 1931 and 123 have been cared for, with a total of 97 dismissals. This is more than six times as many as four years ago.
Following is a summary of the work for the year 1931 :
Extractions
Deciduous.
415
Permanent
38
Fillings
Deciduous .
2003
Permanent .
1159
Deciduous 1016
Treatments
Permanent
133
Prophylactic
323
Total number of Operations
5087
Total number of Sittings. 1365
Total number of New Patients.
236
Total number of cases dismissed
460
Total number of Working Hours 534. .
.. or 178 Mornings
Respectfully submitted,
EDGAR F. MACKAY, D.M.D.
REPORT OF DENTAL ASSISTANT
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen: I have assisted the Dental Operator at the daily sessions of the Clinic throughout the year, and in the examination of second-grade pupils in the Public and Parochial Schools.
My interest in dental work does not stop when the morning session in the Clinic is over. I take time to talk to all mothers with pre-school children of the neces- sity of early dental care for their little ones, and am be-
.
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ginning to get some really worth-while results, for which I thank the parents.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN M. HEFFERNAN, R.N.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH NURSE
To the Board of Health :
Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Board of Health Nurse for the year ending December 31, 1931.
Number of visits made to the homes of persons suffering with communicable diseases, 1,530.
Investigated conditions in the homes of nine appli- cants for licenses to maintain Boarding Houses for In- fants.
Twenty-three inspections were made of Licensed Boarding Houses for Infants.
Assisted Dr. Pratt in the examination of nine Dis- pensary patients.
Assisted at the Immunizing Clinics held at the Board of Health office during May and October.
Assisted at the Chadwick Re-examination Clinic, conducted during November.
Assisted Dr. Buckley and Dr. Talty in the Exami- nation of the pupils of St. Agnes School.
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Conveyed seven patients to the North Reading State Sanatorium for examination and X-ray.
Conveyed one patient to the State Infirmary at Tewksbury for admission.
Conveyed one patient to the Forsythe Dental In- firmary for extractions under general anaesthesia.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN M. HEFFERNAN, R.N.
REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR
To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Milk for the year ending December 31, 1931.
Our regulations require that all milk sold in Arlington shall be pasteurized or from tuberculin-tested cows.
According to figures taken from cards of dealers 15,877 quarts are distributed daily in Arlington. Less than 100 quarts of this amount is raw milk. This would allow for about 82/100 of a pint per person. The same source shows the daily distribution of cream to be 4,197 one-half-pint jars.
Monthly samples taken for analysis during the year have, with very few exceptions, shown the milk to be of good quality and well above the standard in fats and
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solids as required by the statutes and our regulations. A summary of the work of the year follows.
Samples of Milk analyzed
Ice Cream analyzed
Licenses issued
Inspections
Taken from vehicles on street. 289 -
School Milk . 8
Taken from Lunch Rooms, Stores, etc. 23
Total . 320
Taken from Manufacturers, Stores, etc. 15
For sale of Milk from Stores, Lunch Rooms, etc. 179
For sale of Milk from vehicle 43
For sale of Oleomargarine. . 41
Total.
263
Dairies and Pasteurization
Plants .
57
Respectfully submitted,
W. H. BRADLEY, Inspector.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughter- ing for the year ending December 31, 1931.
Number of Calves slaughtered 3,865
Number condemned . 19
Number of Goats slaughtered . 6
Number condemned . 0
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Number of Sheep slaughtered 2
Number condemned . 0
Total . 3,892
Total number of inspections 98
Time required 30914 hours
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR TAYLOR, Inspector.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughter- ing for the year ending December 31, 1931. Number of Calves slaughtered 62
Number condemned . 0
Total . 62
Total number of inspections .
4
Time required 7 hours
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Inspector.
1931 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
February 8, 1932.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The Park Commissioners submit herewith their report for the year 1931.
General Parks Maintenance Amount
Expended $9,308.62
Under Special Appropriations Amount Expended as follows:
Meadowbrook Park . $4,091.45
Arlington Heights Playground 12,307.07
Russell Park Fencing.
1,200.00
Crosby School Playground
500.00
Fowles Mill
300.01
Turkey Hill
498.66
Warren A. Peirce Playground 12,486.65
Ethel Wellington Playground
1,138.72
Under special appropriation voted for the relief of the unemployed we were able to grade, loam and seed about four acres of the playground at Arlington Heights. Under an additional appropriation, we cleaned up the rubbish and partly graded the Ethel Wellington Play- ground.
- At the Warren A. Peirce Playground we completed the football and track area enclosing same with a wire fence and built a grandstand for approximately two thousand people. The playground was dedicated on Octo- ber 12, 1931, and Mr. Peirce was present at the exercises.
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REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
A fence was erected around Russell Park which im- proves the condition there.
At Crosby School Playground on the Winter Street side, we erected a very high fence to keep the ball inside the playground, thereby relieving that situation.
At Fowles Mill a retaining wall was built on the down stream side of the bridge and we were able to do considerable grading with material furnished by the Public Works Department.
At Meadowbrook Park a permanent dam was built and is so constructed that the water can be raised or lowered with the minimum amount of labor. This furnishes a safe place for children to skate. Two tennis courts were completed here and a considerable amount of top dressing prepared for grading. Swamp maples and willows were planted here.
At Menotomy Rocks Park a generous amount of work was done to improve the trees, some dead wood was trimmed out and underbrush removed.
At the Central Fire Station the flagpole was painted and new halliards installed. The grounds were re- loamed, seeded and rolled. The excellent care given it by the members of the station was certainly reflected in the general appearance and we heartily appreciate the cooperative spirit shown.
We wish to thank the different Boards of the Town including the Engineering Department for the aid that they have willingly given us.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK W. WUNDERLICH, EDWARD W. HIGGINS, RICHARD L. POWERS, Board of Park Commissioners.
REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD
January 25, 1932.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The Planning Board respectfully submits its report for the year 1931, as follows:
ZONING
But one application for a change in zoning was received during the year. Following the recommendation of the Planning Board, this petition was denied by the Town meeting.
MILL BROOK
Upon the recommendation of the Planning Board, the Town at its meeting of November 4, 1931, dedicated to playground purposes, under the name of "The Ethel Wellington Memorial Playground," the land on Mill Brook above Grove Street given to the Town by the Arlington Gas Light Company, and the so-called gravel pit lot on Grove Street belonging to the Town. The area of this tract is about 212 acres. For its improvement a generous gift of money is assured by a committee organized for the purpose of establishing a memorial to the late Miss Ethel Wellington as an appreciation of her lifelong interest in civic affairs.
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