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Varnum Street.
120 Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R
40
770
Venner Road.
267 Pleasant Street to 76 Hillsdale Road .
50
746
Victoria Road ..
37 Summer Street to 174 Mystic Street.
40
363
Village Lane ..
285 Lake Street to 297 Lake Street .
40
650
November 13, 1894
Wachusett Avenue.
62 Wollaston Avenue to 207 Appleton Street .
50
730
+Wachusett Avenue.
206 Appleton Street to Florence Avenue.
50
1800
Wachusett Avenue.
146 Florence Avenue to Park Avenue.
45
940
April 15, 1898; April 15, 1926; March 26, 1930. Formerly Laurel Street
Waldo Road ..
71 Amsden Street to 70 Teel Street.
40
341
Wall Street .
Eastern Avenue to Arlmont Street ..
25
275
Walnut Court .
20 Walnut Street, easterly . .
33
1360
March 7, 1870
Walnut Terrace.
55 Walnut Street to 269 Gray Street .
40
602
*Warren Street .
59 Medford Street to 133 Broadway .
50
2680
May 27, 1873; Old Town Way, November 9, 1846
+Warren Street .
538 Appleton Street, southerly .
30
350
Warwick Street.
27 Marathon Street to Trowbridge Street
45
200
Washington Avenue .
55 Madison Avenue to Orient Avenue
40
.
Washington Street.
46 Brattle Street to Summer Street.
40
700
Washington Street .
334 Summer Street to Ronald Road .
40
1442
April 8, 1931
Washington Street.
79 Ronald Road to west of Aerial Street.
40
1235
Water Street ..
675 Massachusetts Avenue to Russell Street
40
680
March 15, 1894
+Water Street Ext.
Mystic Street to Russell Street .
50
1300
Waverly Street ..
158 Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue.
40
2180
+Waverly Street.
163 Florence Avenue to Dow Avenue.
40
644
Webcowet Road .
128 Medford Street to Orchard Terrace.
40
484
Webcowet Road .
22 Orchard Terrace northerly to Mystic Lake Drive.
40
Webster Street.
267 Broadway to Mystic Valley Parkway.
40
608 2390
April 15, 1926 March 25, 1861, and April 15, 1926
ยท
Length
Date of Acceptance
Waldo Road.
57 Cleveland Street to 71 Amsden Street
40
448
Walnut Street .
998 Massachusetts Avenue to 252 Gray Street .
40
493
Valentine Road .
206 Appleton Street, westerly of Rhinecliff Street ...
783
318
250
319
Wellington Street .
86 Pleasant Street, easterly .
40
737
November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911
+Wellington Street Ext .... 39 Wellington Street to Addison Street .
40
191
West Street .
82 Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street .
50
450 200
West Court Terrace.
167 Lowell Street, 200 feet northwesterly.
40
Westminster Avenue. .
118 Lowell Street to Lexington Line. .
50
2310
August 4, 1884; March 17, 1881
Westmoreland Avenue
221 Lowell Street to Orient Avenue.
40
985
White Street .
40
300
Whittemore Street.
40
466
November 23, 1909
+Wilbur Avenue.
40
1082
Wildwood Avenue.
31 Bartlett Avenue to Lockeland Avenue.
40
1110
441
Wildwood Avenue
14 Highland Avenue to 14 Coleman Road
40
365
1250
Willow Place .
801 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly
30
169
Wilson Avenue .
170 Lake Street, southerly .
40
300
Winchester Road .
74 Old Mystic Street to 2 Greenwood Road.
40
3055
Windermere Avenue
48 Bartlett Avenue to Churchill Avenue. .
40
441
March 27, 1906; April 3, 1929
Windermere Park . Windsor Street .
127 Massachusetts Avenue, 577 feet northeasterly . . 38 Waldo Road, 423 feet southeasterly .
45
423
Winnick Place.
126 Medford Street to northwest of Sherborn Street.
20
230
Winslow Street .
30 Mystic Street to Russell Terrace.
40
528
March 14, 1892
Winter Street .
201 Massachusetts Avenue to 79 Broadway
40
1540
April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, Novem- ber 9, 1846
Winthrop Road . Wollaston Avenue.
103 Park Avenue to West Street
60
1340
September 23, 1878; November 13, 1894; March 16, 1908
tWollaston Avenue.
3 West Street to Rublee Street .
60
980
Wollaston Avenue.
347 Appleton Street to Rublee Street .
60
495
Woodbury Street . .
35 Dundee Road to Hibbert Street ..
40
750
Woodland Street
120 Jason Street to Bartlett Avenue
40
282
March 22, 1909 March 25, 1915
Woodland Street .
109 Bartlett Avenue to 18 Lincoln Street .
40
240
Wright Street .
607 Summer Street to Winchester Line.
10
1930
Wyman Street ..
347 Massachusetts Avenue to 84 Warren Street . ..
40
1050
March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906
Wyman Lane.
165 Lake Street, northwesterly
40
751
March 20, 1916
Yerxa Road .
342 Massachusetts Ave. to 352 Massachusetts Ave. Ridge Street to end .
40
450
*Streets laid out by the County Commissioners. tProposed Street not built.
Length of Public Streets and Town Ways
58.07 miles
Length of Private Streets open for travel. 37.36 miles Length of Proposed Private Streets . . 7.20 miles
April 3, 1929 Formerly Trent Street April 3, 1929. Formerly Trent Street
Wildwood Avenue.
17 Lockeland Avenue to 14 Highland Avenue
10
Williams Street .
12 Arnold Street to 43 Piedmont Street .
40
12 Windermere Avenue, southerly .
30
400
45
577
March 25, 1915 May 6, 1924
Windsor Street. .
97 Summer Street, northerly
40
265
600
Wyman Terrace
29 Margaret Street to 16 Burch Street . 406 Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R 58 Williams Street to Ely Road.
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
GENERAL STATISTICS
Arlington is situated six miles northwest of Boston, in latitude 42 deg., 25 min. north; longitude 71 deg., 09 min. west, at an elevation above mean tide of from 4 to 377 feet.
Massachusetts Avenue at Cambridge line, elevation 10 feet.
Massachusetts Avenue at Pleasant Street, elevation 48 feet.
Massachusetts Avenue at Park Avenue, elevation 155 feet.
Park Circle at Eastern Avenue (base of standpipe), elevation 377 feet.
Crescent Hill Avenue at Park Place, elevation 281 feet.
The Town and a part of what is now Belmont were set off from Cambridge and incorporated as West Cambridge in 1807. The name was changed from West Cambridge to Arlington in 1867.
Area of Town, including that covered by water, 3,520 acres, 512 square miles; area covered by water, 268.2 acres.
Parks: Town, 95.23 acres; Metropolitan, 55 acres.
Total cemetery area, 44.2 acres.
Public streets and Town ways: Macadam, 30.00 miles; Simasco, 1.40 miles; Warren Bitulithic, 0.13 miles; Macas- phalt, 0.27 miles; Colprovia, 0.29 miles; Kyrock, 0.47 miles; gravel, 15.98 miles; concrete, 5.25 miles; rein-
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TOWN ENGINEER
forced concrete and bituminous macadam, 2.23 miles; bituminous macadam, 2.05 miles; total, 58.07 miles.
Private streets open for travel, 37.36 miles.
Length of proposed private streets, 7.20 miles.
Permanent sidewalks; Tar concrete, 7.78 miles; brick, 3.23 miles; artificial stone, 33.95 miles.
Edgestones, 30.69 miles.
Paved gutters, 15.08 miles.
Storm drain system, 37.92 miles.
Catch basins, 1,466.
STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON, JANUARY 1, 1935
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
Town Appropriations ..
1,647,244.29
1,815,120.29
2,130,781.27
2,314,131.09
2,537,028.21
2,277,512.80
2,108,447.50
2,284.664.21
2,293,945.99
State Tax.
63,960.00
63,240.00
64,175.00
52,850.00
56,625.00
85,117.50
78,570.00
87,300.00
84,835.00
County Tax.
55,781.59
66,588.96
73,021.24
79,782.90
94,065.42
85,201.09
78.893.22
86,849.23
85,103.90
Metro. Sewer Tax
36,614.27
41,646.20
39,077.80
25,557.71
29,025.82
27,763.86
26,683.09
25,540.45
25,500.00
Metro. Parks Tax
26,809.07
27,356.09
31,643.12
40,809.52
40,917.87
39,102.15
28,155.32
30,806.95
27,580.00
Metro. Planning Tax
344.89
366.60
385.43
327.20
227.17
335.71
297.18
310.09
325.00
Metro. Water Tax.
41,904.09
47,827.80
53,284.42
61,863.58
69,260.05
75,345.39
76,697.03
88,978.15
95,300.00
Metro. Metro. District .
678.35
539.35
648.50
920.60
190.33
5,197.67
5,123.99
5,313.63
5,800.00
Auditing Municipal Accounts .
75.90
40.26
1,413.57
36.57
33.63
1,574.85
96.97
39.21
Alewife Brook Tax
1,880.30
1,823.02
1,765.72
1,708.44
151.15
146.37
141.58
19,076.00
19,000.00
Abatement Smoke Nuisance .
205.56
168.61
301.68
990.79
731.95
548.63
318.41
325.00
Supplying Water to Town of Winchester .
75.00
70.00
95.00
110.00
90.00
190.00
Ways in Malden, Braintree,
Weymouth and Hingham .. .
1,222.08
607.22
47.49
12.68
6.22
7.00
Southern Traffic Route.
2,707.36
3,545.26
343.60
292.35
23.11
1.51
West Roxbury, Brookline Park- way
65.95
3,996.99
3,057.72
170.80
175.00
Canterbury Street Highway.
28.95
900.66
347.56
124.14
125.00
Veterans Exemptions .
324.00
Boston Elevated Railway De ficiency .
27,733.19
36,686.16
21,669.03
22,000.00
Boston Elevated Railway De ficiency in rentals. . .
1,211.98
1,506.33
1,500.00
Boston Elevated Railway In vestigation . ..
50.35
151.05
Land Taking on State Highway, Revere. .
678.24
1,274.47
1,275.00
Ocean Avenue, Revere. Overlay .
18,667.77
19,188.01
15,562.49
20,569.67
23,414.41
21,523.16
22,371.03
19,737.23
25,274.77
Charles River Basin Tax
3,485.56
5,117.35
5,444.88
6,846.67
7,082.48
.
Charges
685.33
493.42
495.00
155.00
State Highway Tax .
Credits
Income Tax
Corporation Tax
88,890.24 17,350.00 2,500.00
138,864.20 17,000.00 2,500.00
172,544.35 19,725.19 5,701.07
213,598.08 19,715.95 4,720.04 4,066.77
186,584.60 34,539.63 5,560.99 3,259.68
148,612.84 30,643.16 652.48
105,102.53 28,394.50 1,034.02
132,465.52 33,589.34 1,225.62
109,476.10 22,517.83
Bank Tax.
Street Railway Tax .
Race Track Distribution .
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax .
109,546.69
90,223.66
87,972.51
80,602.77 50,212.27
65,819.30
52,608.14
4,465.00 56,708.66
Boston Elevated Railway, Re- imbursement.
15,777.23
-
Departmental Receipts (includ- ing available funds) .
Polls at $2.00 each.
110,000.00 18,646.00
120,000.00 20,000.00
371,935.41 20,694.00
402,491.97 21,480.00
499,875.50 22,362.00
341,179.91 23,202.00
373,015.33 23,456.00
409,403.07 23,756.00
513,201.35 23,550.00
Old Age Assistance Tax
Valuation of Real Estate.
48,013,450.00 4,985,700.00 30.60
51,242,850.00| 54,816,400.00 57,454,450.00 5,229,300.00 3,211,050.00 3,462,650.00 30.40 30.00 31.00
11,159.00 59,670,450.00 3,556,200.00 31.40
11,601.00 59,335,050.00 3,575,200.00 30.40
11,728.00 57,470,600.00 3,496,900.00 30.40
57,484,700.00 3,459,150.00 33.00
56,268,650.00 3,374,900.00 33.00
Number of persons paying prop- erty Tax.
11,358
9,878
9,373
9,675
9,967
10,424 6,733
10,569 6,814
11,134 6,870
6,893
Number of Horses.
104
45
72
62
59 14
57 13
28
37
37
Number of Cows.
28
49
13
13
9
9
12
--
Net amount to be raised by tax on property .
1,621,773.99
1,750,636.65
1,740,823.50
1,851,879.84
1,985,316.81
1,912,471.60
1,888,596.00
2,034,903.05
1,991,787.15
Population: 1910, 11,187; 1915, 14,860; 1920, 18,646; 1925, 24,943; 1930, 36,089; 1935, 38,555.
CLARENCE A. MOORE, Chairman JOHN D. O'LEARY EARL A. RYDER
[ Assessors of [ Arlington
10,554
Number of dwelling houses.
5,293
5,753
6,123
6,322
6,534
Valuation of Personal Estate .. .
Rate of Taxation per $1,000. .
Misc.
Highway Appropriation Offset ..
19,741.45
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL
December 31, 1935.
Honorable Joint Board of Selectmen
and Board of Public Works.
Gentlemen:
This report is intended to cover very briefly the por- tion of the year beginning July 22, 1935, the date of my appointment.
On that date there were pending in the Superior Court three actions by the Town, eighteen actions against the Town and two suits in equity. In the District Court there were pending eight actions by the Town and four actions against it. Since that date, in the Superior Court four actions have been brought by the Town and two actions have been brought against it; and in the District Court two actions have been brought against it. On that date there were also cases before the Board of Tax Appeals and others have since been taken there.
In the Superior Court, three of the actions against the Town have been disposed of. In the District Court one of the actions against the Town has been tried and the finding is in its favor. Before the Board of Tax Appeals most of the cases have been disposed of. In two petitions for registration in the Land Court, the Town's interests were protected. A number of the cases before the Board of Tax Appeals and several cases in the Superior Court were left in charge of my predecessor, John L. Murphy, Esq., who has willingly co-operated in all matters with which he had been connected. Several claims have been settled as authorized by the Board of Selectmen.
The Town Counsel has also been present in the town hall for all your regular meetings and those of the Board
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of Selectmen; has attended meetings of other boards and committees; has held many consultations with town officers and others; has furnished legal opinions; and has attended to other usual matters.
Respectfully submitted,
PAUL M. WHITE, Town Counsel.
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WIRE DEPARTMENT
January 17, 1936.
To the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works:
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit my report as Inspector of Wires for the year ending December 31, 1935:
STREET LIGHTING
During the year there were eleven (11) lamps in- stalled, as follows: Two (2) on Appleton street and one (1) at the corner of Appleton street and the Concord Turnpike; one (1) on Kenilworth road; one (1) on Lake street at the Concord Turnpike; one (1) on Lombard road; one (1) at the junction of Massachusetts Avenue and Broadway; one (1) at the junction of Park Avenue and Wachusett Avenue; one (1) at the corner of Park Avenue and the Concord Turnpike; and two (2) on Upland road West.
Summary of street lights in service December 31, 1935, lights burning on the 4,000 hour schedule:
No. 20 80 C.P. Series Incandescent Lamps 1306
No. 70 600 C.P. Series Incandescent Lamps 131
No. 75 1000 C.P. Series Incandescent Lamps 97
No. 80 1500 C.P. Series Incandescent Lamps 30
ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING
60 watt lamps multiple, burning until 2 A.M. 19
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REPORT OF WIRE DEPARTMENT
INSPECTION OF WIRES IN BUILDINGS
One thousand three hundred and ninety-eight (1398) permits for electrical construction were issued, at fifty (50) cents for each permit.
There were two thousand nine hundred and twenty- three (2923) inspections made, and one thousand three hundred and eighty-eight (1388) installations approved.
There were no fires caused by defective wiring during the year.
POLES AND WIRES ON STREETS
The Edison Company, the Telephone Company, and the Boston Elevated replaced two hundred and sixteen (216) poles during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. MASON, Inspector of Wires.
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
The report of the Cemetery Commissioners having charge of the Cemeteries is herewith submitted for the year ending December 31, 1935.
January 3, 1936.
Office Furniture & Supplies
2 Desks, 4 Chairs .
$70.00
Filing Cabinets and Drawers
75.00
L. Table.
10.00
1 Huntley Safe
30.00
1 Clock .
8.00
2 Wall Pictures
20.00
1 Typewriter .
15.00
Electric Heater, Desk Lamp
10.00
$238.00
Waiting Room
$140.00
Chapel
1 Piano
$30.00
1 Bible .
10.00
Portieres
80.00
$120.00
Stock & Tools on Hand
3 Lowering Devices $250.00
Lawn Mowers. . 160.00
Hose, Carts & Sail Cloths. 50.00
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF CEMETERIES
1 Dump Truck 375.00
Screened Sand .
60.00
Evergreen Coverings
125.00
Barrows & Barrels
20.00
Power Lawn Mower .
80.00
Lawn Sprinklers, Shovels, etc.
100.00
$1,220.00
Total
$1,718.00
The report of the Cemetery Commissioners having charge of the Cemeteries is herewith submitted for the year ending December 31, 1935.
January 8, 1936.
Number of Bodies received at Arlington Cemeteries 247
Interred
Number of Bodies in Old Cemetery 1
Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant Private Lots 182
Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant Single Graves 54
Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant Public Lots. . . Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant G. A. R. Lot ... 0
10
Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant Veterans Lot ... 0
Valuation of Lots and Graves
637 Single Graves at $ 50.00 per grave. $31,850.00
23 Two Grave at 133.00 per Lot 3,059.00
319 Two Grave at 123.00 per Lot 39,237.00
4 Three Grave at 186.00 per Lot 744.00
4 Three Grave at 171.00 per Lot 684.00
58 Four Grave at 286.00 per Lot 16,588.00
177 Four Grave at 266.00 per Lot 47,082.00
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216 Four Grave . at 246.00 per Lot 63,136.00
38 Six Grave at 420.00 per Lot 15,960.00
128 Six Grave at 390.00 per Lot 49,920.00
83 Six Grave at 360.00 per Lot
29,880.00
10 Eight Grave at 554.00 per Lot 5,540.00
21 Eight Grave at 514.00 per Lot
10,794.00
$314,474.00
J. EDWIN KIMBALL M. ERNEST MOORE FREDERICK W. HILL
Cemetery Commissioners.
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TOWN PHYSICIAN
February 13, 1936.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I present you herewith the report of the activities of the Medical Inspector for the year ending December 31, 1935.
Number of house calls 1,389
Number of office calls 1,941
Total .
3,330
In addition to the above, there are usually five or six calls per month for the treatment of prisoners at the Police Station, or for the commitment of mental cases which have come under Police supervision.
The figures for the five years previous to 1935 are as follows:
1930
316 calls
1931
356
66
1932
652
6
1933
1,572
1934
2,049
66
From the above, it is perfectly evident that there is a steady and rapid increase in the number of medical welfare cases. This is due probably to the increase in the number of families on relief. However, the increase for 1935 is due more to health conditions than to the actual increase in the number of families on relief. In the early months of 1935, there was a great increase in the number of cases of
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acute infectious diseases of children, and in the late sum- mer and fall the cases of infantile paralysis increased markedly, as did also the justified fear of that disease.
With the advent of the Works Progress Administration late in the year, the workers were allowed compensation and a physician of their own selection for the treatment of industrial accidents. This should reduce the number of medical calls as previously, under the Emergency Relief Administration, all injuries to workman were classified as medical welfare cases.
The Department of Public Welfare is doing an excellent piece of work in caring for sick persons on welfare rolls. Surgical cases are sent promptly to the local hospital, or if specialized care is required, they are sent to the Boston hospital best equipped to care for them. As many medi- cal cases are cared for at home as is consistent with their safety and comfort. The Visiting Nursing Association has been of great assistance in the care of patients in their own homes.
I desire to express my deep appreciation for the cooper- ation and kind consideration extended to me by all the officials of the Town during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD W. FEELEY, B.S.M.D.,
Medical Inspector, Department of Public Welfare.
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BOARD OF HEALTH
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
In compliance with the Town-By-Laws, the Board of Health herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1935.
Board meetings are held at the office in the Town Hall the first Monday evening of each month at 7:30 o'clock. Special meetings are called when occasion requires. At the annual Town Meeting of March 4, 1935, Dr. Ernest R. Brooks was reelected a member of the Board for the term of three years. Dr. Brooks, having qualified before the Town Clerk, the Board held a special meeting on date of March 6 and organized by reelecting Alfred W. Lom- bard to serve as Chairman for the ensuing year. The personnel of the Board remains the same as last year, and is as follows:
ALFRED W. LOMBARD, Chairman CHARLES F. ATWOOD, M.D. ERNEST R. BROOKS, D.M.D.
Appointments
WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Agent, Clerk and Milk In- spector
EZEKIEL PRATT, M.D., Bacteriologist and Physician to Board
E. F. MACKAY, D.M.D., Dental Operator
HELEN M. HEFFERNAN, R.N., Nurse and Asst. to Dental Operator
ARTHUR TAYLOR, Inspector of Slaughtering
WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Inspector of Slaughtering
Our comparative list of diseases to be found further along in this report will show the total number of cases
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of communicable diseases reported for 1935 to be much less than that reported for 1934. No significance should be attached to this; it is simply due to the large number of cases of measles reported in 1934, that year being measles year. In rendering this report we shall mention and comment briefly on a few of the major diseases.
ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS (INFANTILE PAR- ALYSIS): Nine cases of this disease were reported in Arlington for the year 1935 while the total number throughout the State for the same period was 1392 cases. In 1934 we did not have a single case of this disease re- ported and the total number reported throughout the State was only 76 cases. Our knowledge of this disease is so limited we will not attempt to advise as to its cause. For its control, the State Department of Public Health recommends isolation for patients during acute stage and the disinfection of all body discharges.
DIPHTHERIA: Due to the prevalence of Infantile Paralysis we omitted our usual Fall Clinic to administer the preventive treatment against this disease. In the year 1923 with an estimated population of 22,000 per- sons, fifty-three cases of this disease were reported to this office. The total number reported throughout the State for the same year was 9,018 cases. In 1935 with a population of more than 38,000 persons only two cases were reported, while for the same year the total number reported for the whole State was less than 400 cases. From 1922 to 1935 we have given the full course of the preventive treatment for this disease to some 6,000 Arl- ington children and during the same period more than 700,000 children throughout the State have been given the treatment. The figures above quoted would seem to bear out the oft repeated assertion of persons well quali- fied to judge; that with preventive treatment universal, diphtheria if not wholly eliminated, would be completely under control.
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RABIES: This disease, which in this section of the country is generally looked upon as a disease of the dog, may, by the saliva of a rabid dog, get into a scratch or wound and be transferred to the human and wherever the disease develops, either in the human or animal, the result is the same, the end being a violent death. During the past year laboratory reports show that the heads of 15 dogs in Arlington were positive for rabies. For the same period persons numbering 187 were reported as having been bitten by dogs and 60 of these, for their own safety were forced to take the Anti-Rabic Treatment. In connection with this disease and in response to the recommendation of the State Department of Public Health, the Board held a free public clinic during the early part of May for the inoculation of dogs with the rabies vaccine for the prevention of rabies. Four ses- sions were held on four different days with each session held in a different section of the Town. Seven hundred and twenty-seven, which is about one-half of the num- ber of licensed dogs in the Town were given the treat- ment at a cost of about sixty cents per dog. As immunity will only last for one year, dogs should be inoculated annually.
TUBERCULOSIS: Thirty-one cases of this disease were reported to this office during the past year. Hos- pitalization for persons suffering from this disease con- stitutes our largest single expense. During the past year we averaged more than fourteen patients at the Middle- sex County Sanatorium and at the present time at this Institution we have nineteen patients. We have two patients at the Rutland State Sanatorium and two (chil- dren) at the North Reading State Sanatorium. Two patients were admitted temporarily, one to the Channing Home and one to the Central New England Sanatorium at Rutland while awaiting admission to the Middlesex County Sanatorium.
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
In accordance with Chapter 119 of the General Laws, nine applications for a license to maintain Boarding Homes for Infants in Arlington submitted by the State Department of Public Welfare, Division of Child Guar- dianship, were investigated and approved.
In accordance with Chapter 111, Sections 71, 72, and 73 of the General Laws and Regulations related thereto, two applications for the renewal of license to maintain ma- ternity hospitals in Arlington were received and approved.
The waters of Spy Pond and the Reservoir at Arlington Heights were both treated with copper sulphate to de- stroy the growth known as Green Algae at a cost of $291.63. Previous to the opening of the bathing season in 1935, we had as in other years the waters of both ex- amined by the State Department of Public Health and both were reported as being safe for bathing purposes.
To eliminate the nuisance caused by smoke, the odor from burning rubbish of every description, and the sup- plying of food to encourage the harboring and breeding of rats, we will make our annual plea; that the Town pro- vide a more satisfactory method than that at present in use for the disposal of rubbish collected by Town em- ployees.
The Financial Report of the Department giving a de- tailed account of expenditures and receipts for the year together with morbidity and mortality reports and reports of appointees is appended.
The usual licenses and permits required by Statute law and our regulations have been issued.
In closing we wish to extend our thanks to the Arling- ton Visiting Nursing Association, to the Nursing Staff of the Arlington Public Schools and the Nursing Staff of
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