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1422 Massachusetts Avenue to Paul Revere Road. . 38 Kensington Park, southeasterly .
40
400
40
280
+Unnamed street .
86 Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.
40
1707
March 20, 1916, March 27, 1935
Thorndike Street Ext.
147 Massachusetts Avenue to 21 Waldo Road.
45
1050
March 26, 1914 April 2, 1866
Tufts Street .
480 Massachusetts Avenue, southerly
600
Swan Place.
30 40
800 2001
Tanager Street .
35 Wollaston Avenue to Wollaston Avenue
476
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS-Concluded
Name
Location
Width
Public
Private
+Unnamed street
Park Place, southerly .
40
525
190
March 20, 1916
Upland Road.
162 Crosby Street to Columbia Road.
40
50 & 40
200
1707
March 26, 1930
Valentine Road
114 Gray Street to Churchill Avenue.
50
1625
92
Mar. 26, 1914; Mar. 28, 1928; Apr. 8, 1931
Varnum Street.
267 Pleasant Street to 76 Hillsdale Road.
40
770
Venner Road .
37 Summer Street to 174 Mystic Street .
50
746
Village Lane. .
285 Lake Street to 297 Lake Street .
40
363
Wachusett Avenue
62 Wollaston Avenue to 207 Appleton Street.
40
650
November 13, 1894
+Wachusett Avenue
206 Appleton Street to Florence Avenue.
50
730
Wachusett Avenue
146 Florence Avenue to Park Avenue.
50
1800
Waldo Road.
57 Cleveland Street to 71 Amsden Street
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. .
40
448
Walnut Court.
20 Walnut Street, easterly .
25
275
Walnut Street .
998 Massachusetts Avenue to 252 Gray Street .
33
1360
March 7, 1870
Walnut Terrace.
55 Walnut Street to 269 Gray Street .
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
250
Washington Street.
46 Brattle Street to Summer Street.
40
700
Washington Street .
334 Summer Street to Ronald Road.
40
1442
40
306
880
Water Street .
675 Massachusetts Avenue to Russell Street
40
680
+Water Street Ext.
Mystic Street to Russell Street .
50
Waverly Street .
158 Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue.
40
+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
608 2390
April 15, 1926 March 25, 1861, and April 15, 1926
Webster Street .
267 Broadway to Mystic Valley Parkway.
40
340
20 Falmouth Road to 162 Crosby Street.
40
493
Upland Road West
206 Appleton Street, westerly of Rhinecliff Street ..
783
Valley Road .
120 Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.
40
Victoria Road.
59 Medford Street to 133 Broadway .
40
602
*Warren Street.
Washington Street .
79 Ronald Road to west of Aerial Street
April 8, 1931 April 15, 1936 March 15, 1894
1300
2180
Length
Date of Acceptance
477
Wellington Street. +Wellington Street Ext. ..
86 Pleasant Street, easterly .
40
737
November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911
39 Wellington Street to Addison Street
40
191
West Street ..
82 Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street .
50
450
West Court Terrace .
167 Lowell Street, 200 feet northwesterly ..
40
200
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 .
29 Margaret Street to 16 Burch Street 406 Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R
November 23, 1909
+Wilbur Avenue .
58 Williams Street to Ely Road.
40
1082
Wildwood Avenue.
31 Bartlett Avenue to Lockeland Avenue.
40
1110
441
Wildwood Avenue.
14 Highland Avenue to 14 Coleman Road
40
365
Williams Street ..
12 Arnold Street to 43 Piedmont Street .
40
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 .
12 Windermere Avenue, southerly .
30
400
Windsor Street .
127 Massachusetts Avenue, 577 feet northeasterly .
45
577
March 25, 1915 May 6, 1924
Windsor Street. .
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.
97 Summer Street, northerly . 103 Park Avenue to West Street.
60
1340
September 23, 1878; November 13, 1894; March 16, 1908
+Wollaston 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
Wright Street .
607 Summer Street to Winchester Line.
40
Wyman Street .
347 Massachusetts Avenue to 84 Warren Street .
40
1050
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.
+Proposed Street not built.
Length of Public Streets and Town Ways 59 06 miles Length of Private Streets open for travel. 37.98 miles Length of Proposed Private Streets . . 7.20 miles
Woodland Street .
109 Bartlett Avenue to 18 Lincoln Street.
40
240
1930
March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906
600
Wyman Terrace.
April 3, 1929 Formerly Trent Street April 3, 1929. Formerly Trent Street
Wildwood Avenue.
17 Lockeland Avenue to 14 Highland Avenue
40
40
466
300
40
Whittemore Street .
40
265
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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, 31.02 miles; Simasco, 1.40 miles; Warren Bitulithic, 0.13 miles; Macas- phalt, 0.27 miles; Colprovia, 0.29 miles; Kyrock, 0.47 miles; gravel, 15.95 miles; concrete, 5.25 miles; rein-
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forced concrete and bituminous macadam, 2.23 miles; bituminous macadam, 2.05 miles; total, 59.06 miles.
Private streets open for travel, 37.98 miles.
Length of proposed private streets, 7.20 miles.
Permanent sidewalks; Tar concrete, 7.74 miles; brick, 3.23 miles; artificial stone, 36.04 miles.
Edgestones, 31.83 miles.
Paved gutters, 15.08 miles.
Storm drain system, 38.82 miles. Catch basins, 1,509.
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REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL
December 31, 1936.
Honorable Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.
Gentlemen:
During the year the activities of the town counsel have been of the same general character as in previous years. He has been present in the town hall for all your regular meetings and those of the Board of Selectmen. He has attended other meetings of town boards and com- mittees and hearings at the State House and elsewhere. Although several court proceedings involving the Town or its interests have been instituted since the beginning of the year, the total of such proceedings has been reduced thirty-five per cent as the result of trials and settlements. The number of appeals taken to the Board of Tax Appeals is smaller than in the preceding year. Several small claims have been abandoned or compromised. All payments have been made with the prior approval of the Board of Select- men.
The town counsel has held numerous consultations with town officers, employees and others; has furnished legal opinions when requested; and has performed numerous routine tasks. He wishes to express his apprecia- tion of the friendly cooperation of the other workers for the Town with whom he has been associated.
Respectfully submitted,
PAUL M. WHITE,
Town Counsel.
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REPORT OF WIRE DEPARTMENT
WIRE DEPARTMENT
January 12, 1937.
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, 1936:
STREET LIGHTING
During the year there were twenty-four (24) lamps installed as follows: One (1) on Benjamin Road; one (1) on Bradley Road; one (1) on Cedar Avenue; two (2) on Claremont Avenue; one (1) No. 75 lamp on Court Street; one (1) on Crosby Street; two (2) on Fayette Street; two (2) on Highland Avenue; one (1) on Hodge Road; one (1) on Huntington Road; one (1) on Kensington Park; one (1) No. 70 on Lake Street; one (1) on Mill Street; two (2) on Renfrew Street; one (1) on Rhinecliff St .; one (1) on Rich- field Road; one (1) on Scituate Street; two (2) on Valentine Road; and one (1) on Waverly Street. Also one (1) No. 20 was removed on Court Street.
Summary of street lights in service December 31, 1936, lights burning on the 4,000 hour schedule:
No 20 80 C.P. Series Incandescent Lamps 1327
No. 70 600 C.P. Series Incandescent Lamps 132
No. 75 1000 C.P. Series Incandescent Lamps 98
No. 80 1500 C.P. Series Incandescent Lamps 30
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ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING
60 watt lamps multiple, burning until 2 A.M. 19
INSPECTION OF WIRES IN BUILDINGS
One thousand five hundred and nineteen (1519) per- mits for electrical construction were issued, at fifty (50) cents for each permit.
There were three thousand one hundred and seven (3107) inspections made, and one thousand four hundred and thirty-two (1432) 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 seventy-nine (79) poles during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. MASON,
Inspector of Wires.
483
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF CEMETERIES
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
January 13, 1937.
The report of the Cemetery Commissioners having charge of the Cemeteries is herewith submitted for the year ending December 31, 1936.
Number of Bodies received at Arlington Cemeteries 286
Interred
Number of Bodies in Old Cemetery . 1
Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant, Private Lots .. 205
Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant, Single Graves. . 62
Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant, Public Lots .. . 16
Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant, G.A.R. Lot .. . 0
Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant, Veterans Lot. 0
Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant, Tomb. 2
Removed
Number of Bodies removed to Sharon, Mass .. 1
Number of Bodies removed to Newburyport, Mass. 1
Number of Bodies removed to Brewer, Maine .... 1
Valuation of Lots and Graves
568 Single Graves at $50.00 per grave $28,400.00
137 Two Graves at 123.00 per Lot. 16,851.00
18 Two Graves at 133.00 per Lot. 2,394.00
140 Two Graves at 143.00 per Lot. 20,020.00
47 Three Graves at 171.00 per Lot. 8,037.00
4 Three Graves at 186.00 per Lot 744.00
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2 Three Graves at 201.00 per Lot . 402.00
226 Four Graves at 246.00 per Lot. 55,596.00
54 Four Graves at 266.00 per Lot. 14,464.00
227 Four Graves at 286.00 per Lot. 64,922.00
94 Six Graves at 360.00 per Lot.
32,840.00
68 Six Graves at 390.00 per Lot. 26,520.00
77 Six Graves at 420.00 per Lot. 32,340.00
26 Eight Graves at 514.00 per Lot. 13,364.00
10 Eight Graves at 554.00 per Lot. 5,540.00
$322,434.00
Office Furniture and Supplies
2 Desks, 4 Chairs.
$65.00
Filing Cabinets and Drawers 70.00
L. Table. 10.00
1 Huntley Safe
30.00
1 Clock.
7.00
2 Wall Pictures
16.00
1 Typewriter 36.00
Electric Heater, Desk Lamp
10.00
Total
$244.00
Waiting Room Furniture $140.00
Chapel
1 Piano
$30.00
1 Bible.
10.00
Portieres .
80.00
Total $120.00
Stock and Tools on Hand
3 Lowering Devices $230.00
Lawn Mowers.
150.00
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF CEMETERIES
Hose, Carts and Sail Cloths
45.00
1 Dump Truck . 300.00
Screened Sand. 25.00
Evergreen Coverings 100.00
Barrows and Barrels
30.00
Power Lawn Mower. 70.00
Lawn Sprinklers, Shovels, Picks, etc.
80.00
Total .
$1,030.00
Total
$1,534.00
Cemetery Receipts
Sale of Lots and Graves $7,610.00
Annual Care. 3,744.50
Opening Graves. 2,739.00
Use of Equipment
1,618.00
Received for Perpetual Care Fund
9,510.00
Turned back from Funds
3,997.79
J. EDWIN KIMBALL M. ERNEST MOORE FREDERICK W. HILL Cemetery Commissioners.
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL INSPECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Town Hall, Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I present you herewith report of the Medical Inspector of the Department of Public Welfare for the year ending December 31, 1936.
Office calls 1,330
House calls 1,985
Total.
3,315
As you well know there has been a tremendous in- crease in the number of medical welfare cases in recent years. The number of calls for the year 1932 shows an increase of 100% over the year 1930. Likewise 1933 shows 100% increase over 1932, and 1935 100% increase over 1933.
One of the most important items I wish to call to your attention, is the fact that 1936 was the first year for the past several years in which there was no great increase in the number of medical welfare cases. This is a very significant fact especially since the number of Old Age Assistance cases was actually increased by 100% when the new law became operative in September, 1936.
One of the outstanding accomplishments of the Wel-
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fare Department, in addition to the tremendous task of caring for the physical needs of so many people in an economic and fair manner, has been the establishment of a medical and dental clinic in May, 1936. This enables the department to function as a unit, with the various phases of the work under one roof. In addition the Clinic provides a storage space for drugs which are purchased by the department in large quantities, and disbursed to the recipients in usable amounts, thereby effecting a con- siderable saving to the Town.
I desire to express my deep appreciation for the co- operation and kind consideration extended to me by 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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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
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, 1936.
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, held March 2, 1936, Dr. Charles F. Atwood was re-elected a member of the Board for the term of three years. Dr. Atwood having qualified before the Town Clerk, the Board held a special meeting on date of March 4 and organized by re-electing Alfred W. Lombard 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 Assistant to Dental Operator
ARTHUR TAYLOR, Inspector of Slaughtering WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Inspector of Slaughtering *Died
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BOARD OF HEALTH
During the past few decades much progress has been made in the control of communicable diseases. In those areas where compulsory vaccination is in force, smallpox rarely occurs. The protection given to the purifying of public drinking waters, the pasteurization of milk and the sanitary methods now in force in most communities of sewage disposal has done much in reducing the number of of cases of typhoid fever. In those towns where preventive methods are consistently carried out, the number of diph- theria cases reported is decidedly on the decline with each succeeding year.
In the year 1936 a total of sixteen hundred and fifty-nine cases of those diseases declared by law to be reportable were reported to this office. There has been no epidemic of any particular disease; therefore, this may be considered as a normal number for a Town of some forty thousand inhabitants, and to show the amount of work, both clerical and otherwise, necessary to properly care for this single feature of our activities, a brief explanation of the pro- cedure followed is here given.
A physician reporting one of the major diseases gives the name of the disease, the date of onset, the name, age, and address of the person afflicted, the name of the milk dealer, and if of school age, the name of the school is also given. This information is entered upon, and becomes a part of, our permanent records, and we in turn mail a written report of each individual case to the State Depart- ment of Public Health, to the State District Health Offi- cer, to the local public library, to the milk dealer and to the Superintendent of Schools. When the case is one of school age, the principal of the school which the child attends is, upon recovery, notified in order that the child may return to school. A warning card bearing the name of the disease is attached to the house where the disease exists. Should patient be removed to a hospital, the Board of Health physician, at the expiration of eight days,
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examines other members of the family and should no symptoms of the disease be found in these, the card is removed and other children in the family allowed to return to school. Should patient remain at home the card remains on house until recovery, and other children in the family are not allowed to leave the premises during that period. The attaching and removing of the warning card requires at least two visits by a representative of this Department to each house where the disease exists.
DIPHTHERIA: Only one case of this disease was reported for 1936. Following our usual procedure we held two free public clinics the past year, one in the Spring and one in the Fall, and administered the full course of the toxoid treatment for the prevention of diphtheria to five hundred and thirty-five children. In the year 1923 there were reported to this office fifty-three cases of this disease, which is the highest number on record for any single year. In the same year we began holding our free public clinic to administer the preventive treatment, and cases have con- sistently dropped in number with each succeeding year to the low number, as above stated, of one case for the past year. This, we believe, shows conclusively the value of the immunization treatment against this disease.
MEASLES: Six hundred and fifteen cases were re- ported the past year. The State Department of Public Health now prepares and distributes to physicians direct, a placental extract for use as a prophylactic against this disease.
PNEUMONIA, LOBAR: Forty-seven cases of this disease were reported the past year.
RABID DOGS AND DOG BITES: A total of one hundred twenty-three dog bites were reported the past year. In case of dog bite requiring anti-rabic treatment the local Board of Health furnishes the vaccine and pays
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BOARD OF HEALTH
the physician administering same, and the County Com- missioners in turn reimburse the Town in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars for each case treated. Six dogs were reported as being positive for rabies in Arlington during the past year. Three persons bitten and nine others inti- mately exposed to either one or the other of these dogs were given the anti-rabic treatment. While there is an element of danger in taking, there is also an element of danger for a person bitten in not taking the treatment. The State Department of Public Health, believing the latter course to be the lesser of the two risks, recommends the treatment for persons bitten by any dog above the neck or by a dog that cannot be identified. Treatment was furnished in fourteen such instances the past year. During the month of April the Board sponsored a free public clinic to ad- minister the anti-rabic vaccine to dogs for the prevention of rabies. The clinic was well advertised, and to make it convenient for all, four sessions, each of four hours' dura- tion, were held on four successive days in four different sections of the Town, and out of a total of some fourteen hundred licensed dogs in Arlington, only three hundred and seventy-nine were brought forth for inoculation. This was decidedly disappointing as we were equipped and could have handled double the number without any additional expense to the Town. However, at the annual March Town Meeting of 1936 a By-Law was adopted which was approved by the Attorney-General September 18, 1936, which may be a factor in assuring a better attendance at future clinics. This By-Law reads as follows: "No person residing in the Town shall allow any dog belonging to him to run at large in the Town unless said dog shall have been vaccinated against rabies at some time during the previous twelve months."
SCARLET FEVER: Sixty-eight cases of this disease were reported for the past year. From information at hand it seems probable that in the not-far-distant future the State Department of Public Health will be able to furnish
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a serum for the active immunization of persons against this disease.
TUBERCULOSIS: Sixteen cases of pulmonary and eleven cases of other forms of this disease were reported the past year. It is the duty of the nurse to obtain a history of each case reported, a copy of which is mailed to the State Department of Public Health, Division of Tuberculosis, and the original placed on file in this office. The nurse, unless requested otherwise, visits each case from time to time, and should a patient move to another town, the Board of Health of that town is notified as is also the State Department of Public Health. The State Department of Public Health, Division of Tuberculosis, is also notified of each person dying of tuberculosis while a resident of this town.
Seven hundred and sixty-six cases of minor diseases were reported to this office the past year. Other than omitting the placarding of homes and notifying the milk dealer, the same procedure of notifying the various agencies is carried out as in that of the major diseases.
DENTAL CLINIC: It becomes our sad duty to here record the death of Dr. Edgar F. MacKay, who passed away November 26, 1936. Dr. MacKay was the operator of our Dental Clinic for almost fourteen years, and the fact that during this long period, in the very trying position of treating the teeth of young children, no com- plaint of a serious nature was ever lodged against him, is evidence sufficient, that he might well be classed as a specialist in this particular line of dentistry. It can also be truly said that by his natural gentlemanly demeanor, he was held in the highest esteem by the Board and his coworkers in this Department.
In accordance with Chapter 119 of the General Laws, nine applications for a license to maintain boarding homes
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for infants in Arlington, submitted by the State Depart- ment of Public Welfare, Division of Child Guardianship, were investigated and approved.
Previous to the opening of the bathing season in 1936 the State Department of Public Health at our request examined the waters of Spy Pond and the Reservoir at Arlington Heights and reported both waters as being safe for bathing. In previous years we gave both of these bodies of water two treatments of copper sulphate to con- trol the green-algae growth that develops at certain periods of the year in both ponds. Last year as a measure of economy we gave these waters only one treatment, and from this experience we learned that to keep the ponds reasonably free from this growth at least two treatments are necessary each year.
Rubbish collected by the Town employees and burned in the open on the dumps in different sections of the Town has been, and always will be, the cause of numerous com- plaints until such time as the Town provides a modern method of disposal for this material.
The Financial Report of the Department, giving a detailed account of the expenditures and receipts for the year, together with morbidity and mortality reports and reports of appointees are appended.
The usual licenses and permits required by statute law and our regulations have been issued.
In closing we wish to express our thanks to the Arlington Visiting Nursing Association, to the staff of the Arlington Public Schools and the nursing staff of the Ring Sanatorium for assistance rendered during the year.
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