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We believe there is an encouraging note in the fact that our total case load for the year, 785 families, aided by all charities, is less than in the preceding year, and also that the expenditures for relief show a substantial decrease over the preceding year for the first time since 1929. This has been due principally to the complete cooperation and proper functioning of our local Federal Works Adminis- tration, and to some extent as a result of a return to em-
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ployment in private industry. Two hundred and eighty- five of the above mentioned families received relief through this department supplementary to their Federal Works Administration employment.
In order to more adequately provide for the medical and dental needs of those on relief rolls, a medical and dental clinic was established in May of this year in the Robbins House. Equipment owned by the Town was utilized without incurring any additional expense to the Department.
*The Medical Clinic has been operated directly under the supervision of this department and Dr. Edward W. Feeley, Town Physician. Twelve hundred and thirty-two patients were rendered medical care in the Clinic from May 10th through the balance of the year. In all cases where practical, medicines have been dispensed through the Clinic, rather than by prescription, with a resultant saving of expense.
Four hundred and thirty-three persons received dental care at the Clinic from June 11, 1936, to December 31st.
Under the new Old Age Assistance Law, which be- came operative September 1, 1936, the age limit was reduced from 70 to 65 years, and all citizens over 65 years of age, who were in need of relief under the Law, were eligible for this assistance. Also, under the provisions of this Act, the relief policies were liberalized in many re- spects. The law was obviously designed to better condi- tions of deserving citizens in need of relief, sixty-five years of age or over. Reimbursement to the Town under the Federal Social Security Act, effective September 1, 1936, was on a basis of one half of the amount expended in each case, not in excess of $30 monthly with a State reimburse- ment of two-thirds of the balance.
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In accordance with State requirements, a Bureau of Old Age Assistance was organized consisting of Mr. Harold M. Estabrook and Mr. George H. Lowe, Jr., two members of the Board of Public Welfare, and Mrs. Semira E. Perry.
Our Old Age Assistance case load increased from 125 cases on August 31, 1936, to 213 cases on December 31, 1936, with a corresponding increase in gross expenditures.
Able bodied men, whose families have been aided by this Department have been obliged to work for aid re- ceived at a $3 per diem rate. The Park Department has benefited to the extent of 2,605 man days' work as a result of this procedure.
Ninety-four young men between the ages of 17 and 28 were enrolled through this Department for assignment to the Civilian Conservation Corps. Families benefited to the extent of $25 monthly in each case.
Welfare Aid was granted to 478 families, and partici- pated in by 1,777 persons; 320 cases were Arlington settled ; 107 cases were unsettled and State responsibilities; 51 cases were settled in other cities and towns in the Common- wealth.
Mothers' Aid was rendered to 21 mothers with de- pendent children. There were 9 cases with Arlington set- tlement; 9 cases with settlement elsewhere; 3 State cases.
Soldiers' Relief was granted to 96 Veterans and their families.
State and Military Aid was allowed to 16 disabled Veterans or their widows and families.
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Total Expenditures for Welfare Aid. $125,511.02*
Less reimbursements from
other cities and towns. $29,008.19
State.
19,425.19
Individuals 560.95
48,994.33
Net Expense
$76,516.69
*$25,385.28 paid to other cities and towns included in this amount.
Total Expenditures for Mothers' Aid
$19,296.95
Less reimbursement from
Federal Government . . .
$852.00
Cities and Towns 2,795.60
State. 9,177.80
12,825.40
Net Expense
$6,471.55
Total Expenditure for Old Age Assistance. . . $46,929.11
Less reimbursement from Federal Government. $12,897.14
Cities and Towns 1,234.92
State 13,272.02
27,404.08
Net Expense
$19,525.03
Total Expenditure for Soldiers' Relief
$18,211.98
Less reimbursement from Cities and Towns . 89.59
Net Expense $18,122.39
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Total Expenditure for State and Military Aid
$2,588.00
Less reimbursement from State . 1,284.00
Net Expense . $1,304.00
This Department wishes to express its appreciation to Town Departments, and Officials, Civic Organizations, Private Relief Agencies, Churches and Individuals whose helpful cooperation has supplemented our efforts during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFFORD W. COOK, Agent.
COMPARATIVE CHARTS WELFARE & SOLDIERS' RELIEF DISBURSEMENTS 1934-1935-1936
DEC.
16,000
16,000
15,000
15.000
123
14,000
14.000
13,000
13,000
19342
12,000
12,000
92
11,000
1935
1986
10,000
10,000
9,000
9,000
8,000
8.000
)
UPPER-WELFARE & MOTHERS AID
7.000
.
4,000
3,000
3.000
1935
-
1933
2000
2,000
1956
1934
1,000
1,000
DEC.
NOV.
SEPT.
OCT
JUNE.
APR.
MAY
MAR.
FEB.
JAN.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
OCT.
Nov.
SEPT.
AUG.
JULY
JUNE
MAY
APR.
MAR.
FEB.
JAN.
7,000
4000
~ SOLDIERS RELIEF.
LOWELL
387
1
11,000
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the Town of Arlington for the year ending December 31, 1936.
The inspection of cattle and other farm animals is a small part of the duties of my office. The following table shows the work of that division:
Number of premises inspected where cattle were kept . 8
Number of cattle inspected on these premises 11
Number of goats recorded . 2 Number of calls on cattle and other farm animals 9
As usual the major portion of the inspection work is centered around the activities of our dogs.
Our Dog Clinic for free rabies vaccination, held in April, did not, for some reason, receive as hearty co- operation from dog owners as we had hoped it would, and it is possible that even now we may feel the results of the neglect to vaccinate, especially in that part of the Town nearest to Somerville and Cambridge.
We had fifteen cases of rabies in 1935, and it was fair to assume that owners of dogs would be anxious to take advantage of another free vaccination.
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During the early part of 1936 we had only one case of rabies, but, about October 25, 1936, an unknown dog from Cambridge came into Arlington, and after biting several dogs and two or three children, was shot by the Police Department, and the Laboratory report showed a positive case of rabies. Since that time four positive cases of rabies have developed in that section of the Town, and we con- fidently expect more to develop later on, as the result of a dog fight, participated in by several un-vaccinated dogs, among them a violent case of rabies.
The following table shows the work in connection with our dog bites and rabies cases:
Number of dogs quarantined for biting people .. 139 Number of dogs quarantined for contact with rabid dog 9
Number of dogs' heads sent to Laboratory from Arlington 7 Number of dogs' heads proved positive for rabies 6 Number of dogs' heads proved negative for rabies 1
Total number of rabies cases in Arlington, 1936 6 Total number of calls on dogs. 309
Total number of calls on all animals. 318
I strongly advise a continuation of the Rabies Clinics and quarantine of all unvaccinated dogs.
I wish to thank the Board of Health and the Police Department for their hearty co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
CHESTER L. BLAKELY, M.D.V.,
Inspector of Animals.
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BOARD OF APPEAL
January 1, 1937.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Arlington, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :
The Board of Appeal respectfully submits the eighth Annual Report.
During the year ending December 31, 1936, six (6) appeals from the decision of the Inspector of Buildings have been made to the Board. The Board affirmed the decision of the Inspector of Buildings not to grant a permit in two (2) cases, and annulled his decision in four (4) cases, and ordered a permit to be granted subject to such conditions and provisions as were required by the Board.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERIC F. LOW, ALTON F. TUPPER, THOMAS J. DONNELLY,
Board of Appeal.
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INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
BUILDING DEPARTMENT
Arlington, Mass., Jan. 12, 1936.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report of the inspection of buildings, plumbing and gas for the year ending December 31, 1936.
Three hundred and thirty-five building permits were issued, compiled as follows:
Dwellings, 1 family
140
$736,900
Garages. .
41
14,545
Garage, 30 car
1 17,500
Garage, 40 car
1 12,000
Garage, 8 car
1
4,000
Garage, 3 car
1
450
Filling Stations
2
4,400
Office Building
1
5,000
Store.
1 7,500
Complete 1 family dwelling
1 4,000
Additions and Alterations .
58
43,210
Alter 1 family into 2 family dwelling .
5
1,938
Alter 3 family into 5 family dwelling .
1 1,200
Foundation for 2 family dwelling
1
600
Relocate 2 family dwelling
1
800
Repair fire damage
3 2,000
Piazzas ..
10
2,095
Piazza roofs.
7 915
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Sun parlor
1 300
Dormers .
2
300
Alter building into 1 family dwelling .
1
75
Reroof dwellings
12
2,704
Alter stores into Filling Station.
1
1,000
Store Front .
1
900
Alter 1 store into 2
4
620
Alter 1 store into 3.
1
2,500
Alter 2 stores into 1 .
1
250
Relocate garage.
1
140
Addition to garage
1 200
Alter garage.
1
350
Alter 1 car garage into 2 car garage. .
2
325
Dumbwaiter
1
1,285
Marquee .
1
750
Pump House .
1
410
Summer House
2
200
Henhouse.
1
50
Tool shed .
2
125
Move Building
1
25
Demolish dwellings
4
450
Demolish buildings
17
3,064
335
$875,076
668 plumbing and 741 gas permits were issued.
Fees collected in 1936:
335 Building permits .
$1,062.00
668 Plumbing permits. 1,070.25
741 Gas permits .
370.50
1,744
$2,502.75
The foregoing compilation of permits issued for the year 1936 indicates the increase of building activity that we have had.
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INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
Permits for the construction of single family dwellings have increased more than 100% over the preceding year and, due to the opening of several new developments, we look forward to seeing this figure exceeded in the coming year.
No serious violations have occurred that have made it necessary to resort to Court procedure.
To the Board of Selectmen and Town officials with whom we are in contact I wish to extend my thanks for their consideration and cooperation during the perform- ance of my duties this past year.
Respectfully submitted,
PAUL H. MOSSMAN,
Inspector of Buildings. .
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FIRE AND POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM
Arlington, Mass., January 1, 1937
Honorable Board of Selectmen
Arlington, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
I have the honor to present my sixth report as Superintendent of the Fire and Police Signal System for the year ending December 31, 1936.
This System was transferred to the Chief of the Fire Department on May 1, 1930'. It was formerly in charge of Superintendent William E. Mason. On July 1, 1933 it was separated from the Fire Department and placed in charge of Lester W. Cameron. On September 25, 1934 it was made a Division of the Fire Department.
The salaries of the two men assigned to maintain the Fire and Police Signal System are included in the payroll of the Fire Department.
FIRE ALARM
January 23rd. Seven workers supplied by P.W.A. began trimming all trees through which aerial wires of fire and police signal circuits run.
Aerial lines on Park Avenue Extension from Lowell Street to Summer Street and from Park Avenue to West- moreland Avenue were reconstructed.
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New construction on Appleton Street from Wachusett Avenue to Concord Turnpike was installed to relocate Police Box 414 from Appleton Street-Ashland Street to Appleton Street-Concord Turnpike.
June 4th. P.W.A. Project completed.
There were two open circuits on the fire alarm system, one caused by lightning and the other by trouble in the underground cable in Pedestal 533, Massachusetts Avenue -Prentiss Road.
Park Circle Station was rewired to conform with alterations to the building and additional house alarm system was installed. Completed November 25th.
November 26th. Lightning struck the Town Clock and caused damage to the cable feed to lights on dials. Cable replaced by R. W. LeBaron, Inc.
December 18th. The men of this Division performed all work for Christmas decoration at Town Hall, the tree on Monument Park, Highland and Park Circle Stations. Lights were turned on December 18th and on January 2, 1937 wires and lamps were removed.
An unknown automobile collided with pedestal of Box 353, Mystic Street-Summer Street, breaking outer casting of Box.
May 1st. A supervisor panel was installed on Master Box 8212 at Locke School. An open sprinkler head will now operate the Box automatically.
June 1st. All auxiliary boxes in Boston Elevated Car Barn connecting with Box 57 were disconnected.
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October 20th. A ground occurred on light switch in Headquarters on fire alarm Circuit No. 2.
One pole and five wires were removed from streets and twenty-eight transfers of wires to new poles were made during the year.
Responded to thirty-six radio calls while away from Headquarters.
SPECIAL CALLS
Seventeen persons locked out, admitted to their homes.
Eleven cats taken from trees.
POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM
March 10th. Police telephone in Selectmen's office was relocated to conform with new arrangement of desks.
April 2nd. Water freezing in conduit of underground cable at Massachusetts Avenue-Tufts Street caused an open circuit in Police Recall Circuit No. 1.
September 20th. An Edison wire fell on our signal wires on Eastern Avenue burning them off.
I recommend an appropriation of $3,260.00 for the year 1937. This amount includes $1,220.00-cost of in- stalling police boxes at Park Avenue-Concord Turnpike, Warren Peirce Playground, Pond Lane-Pond Lane Ter- race, and Robin Hood Road-Lake Shore Drive-request of Chief Bullock.
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1936 appropriation .
$1,585.00
Expended . 1,577.29
Balance. $7.71
I am deeply grateful to the men assigned to this Division for the faithful performance of regular duties and the willingness to forego "time-off" of their own accord whenever the occasion requires.
DANIEL B. TIERNEY
Superintendent, Fire and Police Signal System.
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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Arlington, Mass., January 1, 1937
Honorable Board of Selectmen
Arlington, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I have the honor to present my fourteenth annual report as Chief of the Arlington Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1936.
MANUAL FORCE
The manual force consists of fifty men, including the Chief, two Deputy Chiefs, five Captains, one Inspector- fireman assigned to the Fire and Police Signal System, six Lieutenants, thirty-five Privates, one of whom is assigned to the Fire and Police Signal System; also a Department Surgeon, Dr. Winslow M. Kingman and a Department Clerk, Anna B. Hurley.
GENERAL MATTERS
Two ladder trucks, four pumping units and a Special Service Unit are in active service.
A Knox Combination purchased in 1913 is in reserve. A 1,000-gallon capacity monitor nozzle is mounted on the deck for use at large fires.
A Knox Combination, 1911, is in use as a supply truck.
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The Department responded to 145 Box Alarms, 241 Still (telephone calls), 90 Mutual Aid Calls (out of town), a total of 476; 32 less than in 1935.
Eleven False Alarms were sounded as compared with 16 in 1935, 14 in 1934 and 21 in 1933.
REPORT OF DR. KINGMAN
Dr. Kingman responded to 91 alarms and made 104 calls divided as follows:
Office visits, 61; station visits, 17; hospital visits, 7; firemen treated at fires, 4; victims treated at fires, 2; Special Service calls, 13, consisting of: carbon monoxide victims, 7; illuminating gas, 2, and all others, 4.
FIRE LOSSES
The total assessed value of property endangered, the insurance thereon, the loss sustained and the insurance paid is as follows:
Damage Ins. Paid Buildings $627,800.00 $666,200.00 $12,344.32 $12,094.32 Contents 43,685.00
Assessed Value
Insurance
38,800.00 3,416.35 2,866.35
Total
$671,485.00 $705,000.00 $15,760.67 $14,960.67
This loss represents approximately 2/10 of 1% of the assessed value of the property involved and of the insur- ance placed thereon.
The loss this year is the lowest for sixteen years, in fact, only five times in twenty-five years has it been lower:
1920 1919 1918 1916 1915
$11,893.85
$8,674.21 $12,400.71 $10,291.00 $10,565.75
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FIRES THAT CAUSED LOSS OF MORE THAN $1,000
February 14th, Louise Woodside, 18-20 Hop- kins Road . $2,641.46 February 20th, Wilbur F. Lewis, 40-42 Mar- garet Street. 1,761.00
March 6th, Ernest White, 25-27 Melrose Street 1,430.00
July 17th, George Crowe, 24-26 Silk Street. . 1,423.50
December 22nd, Dominick Gallucci, 9 Webster
Street . 1,125.95
LOSSES BY FIRE FOR FIVE YEARS
1936 1935 1934 1933 1932
$15,760.67 $38,190.60 $67,531.05 $37,141.01 $60,206.96
APPROPRIATION
Appropriation .
$122,699.50
By transfer from Reserve
355.39
$123,054.89
Expended .
122,986.02
Balance .
$68.87
CREDITS
Fees for 59 permits for alcohol.
$28.50
Fees for 72 permits to blast.
36.00
Fees for 11 permits for sale of fireworks.
5.50
Sale of junk.
33.00
$103.00
FIRE PREVENTION
The Department made 17,387 twice-a-month inspec-
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tions of all business places and public buildings throughout the Town, in which only 4 fires occurred, one was of incendiary origin.
Record of previous years: 7 fires occurred in 1935, 4 in 1934, 3 in 1933, 6 in 1932, 3 in 1931 and 3 in 1930.
Only through regular, systematic inspections together with owners and occupants who are willing and anxious to work with us in observing Fire Prevention Rules could such records be accomplished.
DWELLINGS
The firemen for the thirteenth consecutive year donated their "days-off" for the annual inspection of the cellars of all dwellings.
The cellars of 7,098 dwellings were thoroughly in- spected and a record of existing conditions found in each dwelling is on file at Headquarters.
Of all the fires in dwellings only 9 occurred in cellars (one probably incendiary) compared with 11 in 1935, 9 in 1934, 11 in 1933, 7 in 1932, 11 in 1931 and 9 in 1930.
These records are ample assurance that the voluntary inspection of cellars has value and does in reality, "put them out before they start."
The following is some data compiled as a result of this inspection :
1935
1936
7,098 Total houses . 6,990
4,041 Single houses . 3,935
2,910 Two-apartment houses. 2,908
147 Of more than two apartments. 147
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42 Houses under construction 12
136 Vacant apartments
184
406 Combustible roofs 417
5,634 Oil burners. . 4,754
10,471
Total number of families 10,361
NUMBER OF HOUSES EACH YEAR
1936, 7,098; 1935, 6,990; 1934, 6,942; 1933, 6,893; 1932, 6,849; 1931, 6,739; 1930, 6,494; 1929, 6,247; 1928, 5,924; 1927, 5,561; 1926, 5,170; 1925, 4,640; 1924, 3,918 (first inspection.)
INSPECTIONS
1936
1935
17,387
Mercantile .
17,490
7,098
Dwellings . 6,990
410
Power oil burners.
342
470
Range oil burners . 507
25,365
Total inspections
25,329
FIRE DRILLS IN SCHOOLS
Fire drills were given in all public and private schools, a record was taken of the number of classrooms, pupils, exits used, and the time required to vacate each building. These records show that the pupils have been thoroughly trained and should an emergency arise they would leave the buildings speedily and safely.
Three hundred and eighty-seven fire extinguishers were recharged in schools and other public buildings, garages and factories.
PARK CIRCLE STATION
By taking advantage of the opportunity afforded by
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the Works Progress Administration the Park Circle Station was enlarged to double its former size at com- paratively small cost to the Town.
The addition was made in the rear of the original building increasing the apparatus floor space and pro- viding a Common Room on the basement floor.
A portion of the cellar was made over for a kitchen which was formerly in the attic, the boiler room for a shower room and a new oil burning heater installed in the room where coal was stored.
The bathroom on the first floor was discontinued and that space converted to a watchroom, the dormitory was partitioned to provide an officer's room and the entire interior of the building was renovated.
The sheathing used in the Common Room and kitchen was made from the lumber obtained from the old Almshouse on Summer Street which had been razed earlier in the year. This lumber was sawed to proper length and width by the firemen and sent out to be planed.
The apparatus door was widened and an overhead door installed.
The exterior of the building was greatly improved by the addition of a terrace, retaining wall, cupola, hand- carved Town Seal over apparatus door, flagstone ramp for apparatus and walk to entrance door, curbing set in place and a concrete sidewalk laid.
Entrance to the sewer was made through private property to Prospect Avenue.
After an almost daily observation of every detail of this work I can truthfully state that every mechanic em-
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ployed on this job performed his duty intelligently and efficiently and gave full measure of service every hour.
The entire project was ably supervised with the result that the addition shows far better workmanship than the original building.
THE GARDEN
The unsightly area in the rear of this building has been transformed into what promises to be a beauty spot when the season arrives for planting and seeding.
We are indebted to Miss Esther M. Wyman, Land- scape Architect, of 129 Lake Street, Arlington, who drew the plans and supervised the work.
The work was done by Welfare labor.
REPLACEMENT OF LADDER 2
I recommend that an eighty-five foot aerial ladder truck be purchased to replace Ladder 2, which has been in service since December 1, 1915. It is an obsolete type and the only one of its kind in use in this section of the country. It was not standard built, cost being the deter- mining factor in its purchase.
The braking facilities are wholly inadequate making it unsafe for the men responding with it and a menace on the highways under the present traffic conditions.
The longest ladder in the Department at present is fifty-four feet, portable, which requires five men to raise, while one man can speedily raise an aerial to any height, as it is mechanically operated. It also serves as a water tower by means of hose always in position and a nozzle
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attached to the tip of the ladder, the direction of the stream controlled from the base of the ladder.
To insure rescue facilities for the residents in case of fire it is imperative that Ladder 2 be replaced because it cannot be depended upon when the call comes, the fre- quency with which it is out of service, the delay in restoring it to duty occasioned by inability to obtain parts and the unsafe operating conditions.
A modern ladder truck can reasonably be expected to serve efficiently for a period of twenty to twenty-five years.
I recommend that $125,291.25 be appropriated to operate the Department for the ensuing year and that $18,750.00 be appropriated to purchase an eighty-five foot aerial ladder truck.
In conclusion, I extend heartiest thanks to the Honorable Board of Selectmen for its keen interest in this Department and for valuable assistance in maintaining the high standard of fire service; to the Board of Public Works for its splendid cooperation; to Town Engineer, James M. Keane, for many favors throughout the year and to the Police Department which always works hand- in-hand with our Department. I am deeply grateful to my own officers and men who through their unfailing loyalty and devotion to duty deserve all credit for the lowest fire loss in a period of sixteen years.
DANIEL B. TIERNEY
Chief, Fire Department.
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REPORT OF THE GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as superintendent of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Department for the year ending December 31, 1936.
The regular winter work which is required by law, that is, of inspecting each and every tree in the town, both public and private, for Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths was attended to. The egg clusters of the Gypsy Moths were treated with creosote and the webs of the Brown Tail Moths were cut off and burned. I found that conditions here were very favorable compared with other communities.
There was a large infestation of the Tent Caterpillar in some of the woodlands and outlying districts, namely, Hutchinson Road, Forest Street and upper Summer Street.
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