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337
BOARD OF HEALTH
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.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Appropriation . $26,461.00
Total Expenditures 25,925.32
Balance
$ 535.68
Expenditures
Personnel Service $ 9,054.00
Tuberculosis
Paid Middlesex County Sana- torium, board and care of patients for year ending De- cember 31, 1935 $8,050.50 Lakeville State Sanatorium. 600.00
No. Reading State Sanatorium 903.00
Waltham Hospital .
9.00
Rutland State Sanatorium
523.50
Central New England Sanato- rium .
125.76
Channing Home
54.00
Miscellaneous
19.00
Total .
$10,284.76
Anti-Rabic Clinic, Serum.
$193.79
Anti-Rabic Clinic, Expense 244.47
Total . $438.26
338
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Paid Pitman-Moore, Anti-Rabic Vaccine $ 396.90
Paid Gilman Brothers. 29.71
Paid Physicians administering Anti-Rabic Vaccine. 1,393.00
Total. $1,819.61
Hospitalization and Expenses for other Communicable Diseases
Diphtheria .
$ 117.18
Scarlet Fever
1,798.06
Typhoid Fever .
90.00
Infantile Paralysis
297.39
Other Diseases.
166.00
Total .
$2,468.63
Other Expenditures
Maintenance of Office
$ 218.67
Telephone .
97.93
Maintenance of Auto
299.27
Milk Inspector Expense
527.25
Dental Clinic Supplies.
311.53
Laboratory
12.22
Travel in State.
2.90
Care of Spy Pond and Reservoir
240.29
Burial of Animals
150.00
Total
$1,860.06
RECEIPTS
Licenses Issued
4 Sale of Alcohol . $4.00
9 Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix (Retail) 45.00
339
BOARD OF HEALTH
1 Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix (Wholesale) . 100.00
96 Practice of Manicuring and Massage 96.00
9 Collecting Meat Trimmings. 18.00
58 Sale of Milk from Vehicles
29.00
171 Sale of Milk from Stores
85.50
65 Sale of Oleomargarine .
32.50
2 Operating Pasteurization Plant . 20.00
1 Operating Slaughter House 1.00
1 Non-Alcoholic Beverages 10.00
Total. $441.00
Receipts from Dental Clinic . $316.10
Receipts From Communicable Diseases From Tuberculosis. $3,960.62
From Other Communicable Diseases 2,236.71
Total.
$6,197.33
Total Expenditures
$25,925.32
Total Receipts .
6,954.43
Net Cost to Operate
$18,970.89
Cost Per Capita . 49.2
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
A comparative list of those diseases declared by the State Department of Public Health to be reportable are herewith presented for the years 1934 and 1935.
1934 1935
Anterior Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis), .
0
9
Cat Bites .
3
3
Chicken Pox
290
155
Diphtheria
10
2
Dog Bite.
107
145
340
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Dog Bite (requiring Anti-Rabic Treatment)
11
42
German Measles.
16
460
Gonorrhea .
36
31
Measles
829
19
Mumps.
94
28
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
0
2
Pneumonia (Lobar)
34
27
Scarlet Fever .
74
91
Septic Sore Throat
1
2
Syphilis .
24
31
Tetanus
0
1
Trichinosis.
1
1
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)
25
31
Tuberculosis (Other Forms)
5
1
Typhoid Fever .
1
1
Whooping Cough
373
104
Total
1,934 1,186
Number of persons hospitalized during the year for:
Anterior Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis).
7
Scarlet Fever
15
Typhoid Fever
1
Persons afflicted with Tuberculosis and having a legal set- tlement in Arlington placed in Institutions as follows:
Middlesex County Sanatorium 6
North Reading State Sanatorium 3
Rutland State Sanatorium.
3
Two patients were admitted temporarily to the following Institutions while waiting admittance to the Middlesex County Sanatorium.
Central New England Sanatorium 1
Channing Home. 1
341
BOARD OF HEALTH
Persons resident of, afflicted with Tuberculosis and having no legal settlement in Arlington were placed in Institut- tions as follows:
North Reading State Sanatorium
1
Waltham Hospital . 1
Legal Settlements
Investigated . 41
BIRTHS AND DEATHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON, RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DURING 1935 With Five-Year Comparative Death Rate and Infant Mortality (Stillbirths Excluded)
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
Population estimated .
38,500
39,000
39,000
38,555
38,555
*Number of deaths
323
298
309
319
297
*Apparent Death Rate per 1,000
Population .
8.4
7.6
7.9
8.4
7.7
Births.
532
503
436
423
688
Deaths of Children under one year of age .
20
16
18
13
7
Rate of Infant Mortality per 1,000 births.
37.6
31.8
41.
30.7
10.2
*Crude Rate.
Age of oldest persons dying in Arlington: Male, 93 years, 10 months, 7 days. Female, 103 years, 4 months, 2 days.
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 residents dying in Arlington and elsewhere, as taken from the records of the Town Clerk.
Deaths of residents occurring in Arlington . 260
Deaths of residents of Arlington occurring elsewhere 93
Total . 353
Death rate per one thousand population 9
342
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN ARLINGTON DURING 1935
Heart Disease All Forms
Pneumonia All Forms
Cancer All Forms
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Nephritis All Forms
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
96
2.52
38
1.
26
.68
34
.89
18
.47
RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1935-(Stillbirths Excluded)
CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes
Male or
Female
Under 1 Year
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
100 and Over
MF
Class Epidemic, Endemic and Infectious I Diseases:
8 Scarlet Fever .
31 Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System . ...
37B Disseminated Tuberculosis . .
41 Purulent Infection, Septicemia .
Class [I General Diseases not included in Class I: Cancer of the Buccal Cavity.
43
44A Cancer of the Stomach
F
44B Cancer of the Liver
M
F M
1
46 Cancer of the Female Genital Organs .
F
1
47 Cancer of the Breast.
49 Cancer of other unspecified Organs .
52A Arthritis .
1
57 Diabetes Mellitus .
58A Pernicious Anemia .
58B2 Anemia .
M F M F M F M
2
1
Total
344
45 Cancer of the Intestines
F M
M F M F
1
65B Hodgkin's Disease
Class III Diseases of the Nervous System and Organs of Special Sense: Meningitis . .
71
74A Cerebral Hemorrhage.
74A Apoplexy .
74B Cerebral Embolism and Thrombosis .
75A Hemiplegia
84B Paralysis Agitans .
Class IV 88A
Diseases of the Circulatory System: Endocarditis, Bacterial .
88B Myocarditis, Acute 89 Angina Pectoris .
90 Other Diseases of the Heart.
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
1 12
1
2
5
3
8
1
1
2
M
2
2
1
1
M
1 2
10
91C? Diseases of the Coronary Artery .
92 Embolism and Thrombosis (not cerebral) ....
1
5
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
90A Rheumatic Heart Disease Mitral Regurgitation, Endocarditis. 90B Chronic Myocarditis and Cardio-venal Disease .
90D Acute Dilation of the Heart.
91B Arteriosclerosis .
111
345
65A Leukemia .
DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1934-(Stillbirths Excluded)
CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes
Male or
Female
Under 1 Year
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
100 and Over
M
F
Class .1 Diseases of the Respiratory System: Broncho-pneumonia .
100A
101A Pneumonia, Lobar .
101B Pneumonia, Hypostatic.
107 Other Diseases of the Respiratory System (Tuberculosis excepted) .
Class VI 111A 117A
Diseases of the Digestive System: Ulcer of the Stomach
M
F
M
1
1
1
F
M1
1
M
F
M
F
Class VII Non-venereal Diseases of the Genitourinary System:
129A Chronic Nephritis .
129B Uremia .
5
1
-11
1
121
111
1
1
1
1122
21
2
00. 00
M
1
346
Ruptured Appendix .
118A Strangulated Hernia
118B Intestinal Obstruction
122B1 Cirrhosis of the Liver
124B Cholecystitis .
127 Other diseases of the Digestive System (Cancer and Tuberculosis excepted) .
Total
10
1
1
131
Other diseases of the Kidneys
135 Diseases of the Prostate.
M
Class IX Diseases of the Skin and Cellular Tissue: Gangrene of Feet .
1
151B M F
Class XII Early Infancy: Premature Birth
dWAN
3
3
161A
162
Other diseases peculiar to early infancy .....
1
M
F
167 Suicide by Poisonous Gas
168
Suicide by Hanging .
179 Accidental Burns .
182 Accidental Drowning .
F M
F M F M
F M
F
5
M
.
F M
1
202
Other External Violence
Total. Stillbirths
137 160
6 4
347
Class XIII 164 Class XIV 165
Old Age: Senility .
1
2
M F M
1
F
1
M
184 Accidental Traumatism by cutting instru- ments. 185 Accidental Traumatism by Fall.
188A
Accidental Traumatism by Railroad Train ...
188C Accidental Traumatism by Automobiles ..
External Causes: Suicide by Liquid Poison
348
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
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, 1935.
REPORT OF AGENT
Inspections
Food producing and distributing establishments .. . 7,848 Other inspections . 909
Complaints
Investigated and adjusted. 497
REPORT OF CLERK
Licenses Issued
To buy, sell and deal in Alcohol. . 4 Fee $1.00
To manufacture Ice Cream or Frozen Desserts (Wholesale) .
1 · Fee 100.00
To manufacture Ice Cream or Frozen Desserts (Retail)
10 Fee 5.00
To practice Manicuring and Massage ..
96 Fee 1.00
To collect Meat Trimmings. 9 Fee 2.00
To operate Milk Pasteurization Plant .. .
2 Fee
349
BOARD OF HEALTH
To operate Slaughterhouse
1
Fee 1.00
To sell Oleomargarine
65
Fee .50
To sell Milk (Stores) .
171
Fee .50
To sell Milk (Vehicles).
58
Fee
.50
To sell Non-Alcoholic Beverages .
1
Fee 10.00
Undertakers licensed (no fee) . 14
Burial or Removal Permits Issued . 325
Permits Issued No Fee
For the keeping of 17 Cows.
10
For the keeping of 5,228 Hens
136
For the keeping of 7 Goats.
5
For the keeping of 110 Ducks.
7
For the construction of Cesspools
13
For the emptying of Cesspools.
13
For the hauling of Offal through Arlington
42
For the holding of Rummage Sales
5
For the keeping of 14 Swine.
1
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, 1935.
350
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Report of Bacteriologist
Mouth Smears 6
Sputa . 55
Specimens Examined
Throat Cultures. 138
-
Urethral Smears. 76
Total . 275
Report of Physician
Home Visits
For release upon recovery from Communicable
Diseases .
89
Bakers Examined (Physical Examination) 21
Dispensary Report
Patients at Dispensary . 10
Home Visits to Tuberculosis Patients. 16
I assisted in administering the Immunizing treatment of Diphtheria Toxoid for the prevention of Diphtheria to the 198 children at the public clinic, held the past year.
I also responded to all calls from the office and attending physicians for diagnosis of communicable diseases.
Respectfully submitted,
EZEKIEL PRATT, M.D.
351
BOARD OF HEALTH
REPORT OF DENTAL OPERATOR
To the Board of Health
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report of the work performed in the Dental Clinic during the year ending December 31, 1935.
The first grade in the Parochial and all the Public Schools were examined during the first week of school in September as usual, and notices were sent to the parents of the four hundred and twenty-nine children who showed need of dental care, sixty-six per cent of the six hundred and forty-eight children examined.
The preschool work continues as to the limit of the time we have to devote to it.
The school authorities have continued to cooperate by sending their quota on regular days.
A summary of the work follows:
Deciduous . 308
Extractions
Permanent 24
Deciduous 1,876
Fillings
Permanent 717
Treatments, Silver Nitrate
1,507
Treatments, Prophylactic.
235
Total Number of Operations
4,667
Total Number of Sittings.
1,473
Total Number of Patients. 450
352
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Total Number of Dismissals . 315
Total Number of Operating Hours. 546
or Mornings 182
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 and with the examinations of all the first grade pupils of the Parochial and Public Schools.
More and more parents are realizing that the time to start dental care is during the preschool years of a child's life which keeps our number of preschool children at the Clinic up to capacity.
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, 1935.
353
BOARD OF HEALTH
Number of visits to homes of persons suffering with communicable diseases, and visits related thereto, 1,180.
Referred ten patients to Dr. Pratt for examination.
Conveyed forty-two patients and contacts to Middlesex County Sanatorium for examination and X-rays. Two visits are required on new cases.
Conveyed one patient to North Reading State Sana- torium for admission.
Conveyed two patients to North Reading State Sana- torium for examination and X-ray.
Conveyed one child to the Forsythe Dental Infirmary for extraction under general anaesthesia.
Assisted at the Immunizing Clinics held at the Board of Health office during the year.
Assisted at the four-day clinic for immunizing dogs with Anti-Rabic Serum.
I have visited Saint Agnes School frequently during school hours and have measured, weighed and tested the eyes of more than 50 per cent of the 798 children enrolled. I have assisted Dr. Martin of the Middlesex County Sanatorium with the Tuberculosis Clinic and also have assisted at the Chadwick follow-up Clinic held at this school.
In accordance with Chapter 119 of the General Laws, I made thirty-three investigations of the conditions in the homes of persons holding or applying for license to main- tain Boarding Homes for Infants.
Attended convention meetings and lectures of public health interest whenever possible.
354
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Visited twenty-three persons who were possible donors of blood for Anterior Poliomyelitis Serum, and attended the Clinic at Cambridge.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN M. HEFFERNAN, M.D.
REPORT OF THE 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, 1935.
Reports taken from the cards of dealers on file at this office would seem to show that the following amount of milk was consumed in Arlington daily during the past year.
Retail, Pasteurized, Quarts. 14,902
Wholesale, Pasteurized, Quarts 7,682
Milk, Raw, Quarts. 42
Total 22,626
Cream, Half Pint Jars 2,674
Including retail, wholesale and raw milk, the per capita consumed would be approximately one pint.
355
BOARD OF HEALTH
For sale of Milk from stores, etc. . 171
Licenses Issued
- For sale of Milk from vehicles ... 58
Total.
229
For sale of Oleomargarine. 65
§ Pasteurization Plants
62
Inspections
/ Dairies
55
Total.
117
Samples of Milk Analyzed
School Milk .
9
Taken from chain stores.
28
Taken from lunchrooms, etc ..
15
Total.
375
Milk
Fat
Solids Bacteria
Grade A .
4.33
12.87
12,842
Family
4.10
12.79
31,480
School .
4.41
13.18
41,555
Chain Stores.
4.09
12.64
19,296
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Inspector.
Total Average for Year
Taken from Vehicles on street . .
323
356
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Board of Health Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughter- ing for the year ending December 31, 1935.
Number of Calves slaughtered 1,707
Number condemned . 16
Number of Sheep slaughtered
1
Total . 1,724
Total number of Inspections 70
Time required 199 hrs.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR TAYLOR, Inspector.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Board of Health
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughter- ing for the year ending December 31, 1935.
Not having been called upon to serve I have no report to make.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Inspector.
357
EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE
REPORT OF THE ARLINGTON EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE, THE LOCAL FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF AND WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
Honorable Board of Selectmen Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my annual report covering the activi- ties of the Arlington Emergency Unemployment Com- mittee, also a report covering the operation of the Federal Emergency Relief and Works Progress Administration in the Town of Arlington for the year ending December 31, 1935.
The Emergency Unemployment Committee, as author- ized by the Board of Selectmen has functioned as designed, namely, to contact those citizens of the Town of Arlington who are unemployed with opportunities for employment; to co-operate with the Welfare Department of Arlington by assigning work to able bodied welfare recipients; to operate and supervise Town projects that are authorized by the Board of Selectmen.
A total of 2,255 man days of labor were worked by men from the welfare list. These men were assigned work on Park properties known as: Meadowbrook, Spy Pond Beach, Arlington Heights Playground, Menotomy Rocks Park and Warren Peirce Playground. This supplemented the work of the Park Department and the labor employed, mostly unskilled, was expended grading and beautifying these holdings.
358
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Closely allied to but differentiated from the assignments made to welfare cases were those made to people classified as unemployed; those who were unemployed but were not eligible for E.R.A. assignment. Through this office two hundred and twenty cases of unemployed men were as- signed work on projects of the same nature as those to which the welfare cases were assigned.
The contacts thus afforded and the information obtained from these assignments proved invaluable in placing these men in private industry. During the year this office was instrumental in obtaining private employment for eighty men. The majority of these men were thereby per- manently taken off the relief rolls by this employment.
As Local Administrator of the Federal Emergency Re- lief Administration and Local Manager of the Federal Works Progress Administration, the agency sponsored by the Federal Government to replace the Emergency Relief Administration, I take this occasion to explain the opera- tions of these administrations in the Town of Arlington during the past year.
The fundamental difference between the W.P.A. and E.R.A. is that W.P.A. places the emphasis on the work feature of relief; restrictions and eligibilities required for assignment to W.P.A. work in every case are practically identical with those set up by E.R.A. The W.P.A. projects in Arlington that are being operated to relieve the unem- ployment situations are, in general, of the same type and character as those worked under E.R.A. All allotments made by the Federal Government to the Town of Arling- ton are granted for the express purpose of paying for labor. In order to receive this money it was necessary for the Town of Arlington to guarantee payments for all materials, supplies and equipment to efficiently operate the projects which would require this unemployed labor.
359
EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE
During the year 1935 the Town of Arlington ex- pended $115,053.67 for materials and equipment and in return was allotted $434,370.19 from the Federal Govern- ment to be expended for labor. By appropriating this amount the Town paid directly for operating Federal Relief Projects which was approximately 25% of the amount it would otherwise have been obliged to expend for relief were it not for the Federal Government.
The average monthly employment on E.R.A. and W.P.A. projects during 1935 numbered seven hundred. The employment made possible by these Federal Adminis- trations was an important factor in relieving distress among the unemployed of the Town and also reduced the burden on the Town Welfare Department
It is possible that some consider this money appropriated by the Town was ill spent but in justification of this ex- penditure it must be realized it was necessary to keep the unemployed off the streets and to provide a means for their livelihood. The appropriation to the amount mentioned offered the most feasible way of solving the unemployment situation in Arlington.
E.R.A. and W.P.A. projects in Arlington employed pro- fessional, skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled labor. An analysis of the work accomplished by them follows:
A Dental Clinic employing two dentists and a dental assistant was set up as a project. This clinic treated 2,636 people, made 1,160 extractions, 624 fillings, 432 cleanings and 420 treatments. This project did not take any business from our local dentists for the people treated were E.R.A. workers or members of their families or Welfare recipients, therefore, unable to pay for any dental work. The benefits derived from this work were many, for it improved the general appearance, strengthened the morale and enhanced the general health of the patients who received this professional service.
360
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
The Sewing Unit made approximately 35,000 pieces of garments namely, dresses, blouses, shirts, sweaters and infants' layettes, these articles were delivered to the Fed- eral Commissary at Watertown for distribution to the various Welfare Departments throughout the State. This project gave employment to approximately one hun- dred and fifty women, eligible relief cases, who, because of conditions could not obtain other gainful occupation.
A project to repair and refinish pieces of furniture was operated, providing employment for many skilled and un- skilled men. In addition to the employment this project furnished, its results greatly alleviated the hardships of many E.R.A. and Welfare cases. Many people prior to 1929 had obligated themselves for household necessities then because of an inability, at a later date, to maintain installment payments on these articles many lost their furnishings. By means of the work produced on this project it was possible to refurnish many of these homes with adequate and presentable furniture. I wish to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of Arlington for the generous response which they made to the appeal for dis- carded furniture and articles of clothing.
The mechanics employed on E.R.A. and W.P.A. pro- jects not previously mentioned were classified as: painters, carpenters, plasterers, masons, electricians and wood carvers. These men applied their crafts on projects which were located at the various schools, fire stations and other public buildings throughout the Town. In addition to these assignments the masons were employed in the con- struction of catch basins, manholes and sidewalks in con- nection with street construction.
The eligible unemployed unskilled labor was employed on grading, sewer, water, street construction and drainage projects.
361
EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE
The grading projects consisted of the construction and improvement of Spy Pond and Arlington Heights Reser- voir Beaches, the beautification and improvement of Park Department properties located at Menotomy Rocks Park, Turkey Hill, Meadowbrook Park; the construction of Arlington Heights Playground, and the project spon- sored by the Metropolitan District Commission at the Mystic River Parkway.
Those unskilled men not employed on grading projects were absorbed in projects operated in connection with either construction or swamp control, such drainage projects were operated at Dickson, Symmes, DeNapoli swamps; Reed, Kenny and Crosby Farms, thereby re- ducing the mosquito menace caused by these low lands and in the case of Symmes Pond removing the danger of flood to the Crosby Farm.
Street and sidewalk construction projects were manned by unskilled laborers, when completed are most creditable in appearance and may be considered as monuments to the E.R.A. workers.
Macadam roads were built at Kensington Park, Brant- wood Road, Mary, Chandler, Thorndike, Fairmont, Sutherland, and Appleton Streets. Sewer and water lines were set in at the same time as the streets and sidewalks were constructed.
Clerical workers are employed on projects which were connected with general office work, as: stenography, book- keeping, filing, indexing, and cataloging.
Graduate engineers were employed on projects pertain- ing to studies in fire prevention and traffic control.
"White collar" projects such as Home Loan canvassers, interviewers, and social workers took up the balance of eligible unemployed in the Town.
362
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Through this employment, the needy unemployed have been cared for, the burden of the Welfare Department reduced, and the necessary repairs, alterations and im- provements to public buildings have been made at a mini- mum expense.
I wish to express my sincere thanks to the Board of Selectmen; Mr. J. M. Keane, Town Engineer; my assis- tants and all others who have co-operated so fully with me during the year.
NEIL S. PETERS,
Local E.R.A. and W.P.A. Administrator Executive Secretary, Unemployment Committee
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