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ALFRED W. LOMBARD CHARLES F. ATWOOD, M.D. ERNEST R. BROOKS, D.M.D.
Board of Health.
494
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
FINANCIAL REPORT
Appropriation
Personal Service. $9,066.00
General Expenses 2,145.00
Communicable Diseases . 15,250.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund .
2,750.00
Total . $29,211.00
Expenditures
Personal Service
$9,066.00
Tuberculosis
Paid Middlesex County Sana- torium, board and care of patients for year ending De- cember 31, 1936.
$10,075.50
Lakeville State Sanatorium ....
546.00
No. Reading State Sanatorium .
953.00
Rutland State Sanatorium.
1,605.00
Faulkner Hospital.
103.50
Mass. General Hospital
51.85
Channing Home.
236.00
Miscellaneous.
122.50
Total
$13,693.35
Anti-Rabic Clinic, Serum .
$123.48
Anti-Rabic Clinic, Expense 245.82
Total.
$369.30
Paid Pitman-Moore, Anti-Rabic Vaccine. . . . $166.05 Paid Physicians administering Anti-Rabic Vaccine. 372.00
Total $538.05
495
BOARD OF HEALTH
Hospitalization and Expenses for other Communicable Diseases
Diphtheria . $187.96
Scarlet Fever:
Boston City Hospital
$95.66
Children's Hospital.
101.50
Malden Hospital .
111.00
Mass. Memorial Hospital
1,273.00
Somerville Hospital .
93.00
1,674.16
Anterior Poliomyelitis:
City of Newton .
$182.00
Mass. Hospital School.
327.40
509.40
Measles :
Boston City Hospital .
$39.58
Mass. Memorial Hospital
56.00
$95.58
Cerebrospinal Meningitis:
Mass. Memorial Hospital.
236.50
Whooping Cough :
Mass. Memorial Hospital.
305.00
Chicken Pox :
City of Springfield
72.00
Other Diseases:
Boston Dispensary . $74.90
Cambridge Hospital . .
18.25
Mass. General Hospital.
195.45
288.60
496
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Miscellaneous Expenses .
5.00
Total . . $3,374.20
Total Expenditures
$17,974.90
Balance $25.10
Other Expenditures
Maintenance of Office.
$389.83
Telephone . .
99.85
Maintenance of Auto.
304.65
Milk Inspector Expense
365.00
Dental Clinic Supplies
329.83
Laboratory .
169.09
Travel in State
5.40
Care of Spy Pond and Reservoir
149.88
Burial of Animals
150.00
Total Expenditures $1,963.53
Balance . 181.47
RECEIPTS
Licenses Issued
15 Sale of Alcohol . $15.00
9 Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix (Retail) 45.00
1 Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix (Wholesale) . 100.00
11 Practice of Massage and Giving of Vapor Baths. 11.00
8 Collecting Meat Trimmings 16.00
63 Sale of Milk from Vehicles . 31.50
169 Sale of Milk from Stores 84.50
34 Sale of Oleomargarine .
17.00
2 Operating Pasteurization Plant . 20.00
1 Operating Slaughter House. 1.00
497
BOARD OF HEALTH
Other Receipts
Witness Fee. $2.00
Diphtheria Media . .90
Junk . .60
Total
$344.50
Receipts from Dental Clinic $257.35
Receipts from Communicable Diseases
From Tuberculosis (State Subsidy) $3,442.83
From Other Tuberculosis . 94.50
From Other Communicable Diseases
746.50
Total . $4,283.83
Total Expenditures
$29,004.43
Total Receipts. 4,885.68
Net Cost to Operate $24,118.75
Cost Per Capita . .60
Including debt and maintenance of Middlesex County Sanatorium. $22,669.25
Net Cost to Operate. 24,118.75
Total . $46,788.00
Cost Per Capita . 1.16
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
A comparative list of those diseases declared by the State Department of Public Health to be reportable is herewith presented for the years 1935 and 1936.
1935
1936
Anterior Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis).
Cat Bites 3 Chicken Pox 155
9
0
2
289
498
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Diphtheria
2
1
Dog Bites .
145
123
Dog Bites (requiring Anti-Rabic Treatment)
42
12
Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis.
0
1
German Measles .
460
39
Gonorrhea
31
22
Measles
19
615
Mumps .
28
242
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
2
1
Pneumonia (Lobar) .
27
47
Scarlet Fever .
91
68
Septic Sore Throat.
2
0
Streptococcus Tracheitis .
0
1
Superative Conjunctivitis
0
1
Syphilis .
31
42
Tetanus .
1
0
Trichinosis
1
1
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)
31
16
Tuberculosis (Other Forms)
1
11
Typhoid Fever
1
0
Whooping Cough
104
124
Total .
1,186 1,658
Number of persons hospitalized during the year for :
Anterior Poliomyelitis (Diagnosis Revoked)
1
Chicken Pox .
1
Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis .
1
Measles .
3
Scarlet Fever (Diagnosis Revoked-1)
12
Tuberculosis .
20
Whooping Cough
3
Persons afflicted with Tuberculosis and having a legal settlement in Arlington placed in Institutions as follows:
499
BOARD OF HEALTH
Middlesex County Sanatorium 11
Lakeville State Sanatorium 1
Rutland State Sanatorium. 4
Three patients were admitted temporarily to the following Institutions while awaiting admittance to a Sanatorium:
Channing Home 2
Faulkner Hospital . 1
Persons resident of, afflicted with Tuberculosis and having no legal settlement in Arlington were placed in Institu- tions as follows:
Lakeville State Sanatorium. 2
Middlesex County Sanatorium 1
Rutland State Sanatorium 1
Legal Settlements
Investigated . 39
500
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
BIRTHS AND DEATHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON, RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DURING 1936 With Five-Year Comparative Death Rate and Infant Mortality (Stillbirths Excluded)
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
Population estimated
39,000
39,000
38,555
38,555
40,000
*Number of deaths
298
309
319
297
355
*Apparent Death Rate per 1,000
Population
7.6
7.9
8.4
7.7
8.9
Births .
503
436
423
688
395
Deaths of Children under one year of age .
16
18
13
7
11
Rate of Infant Mortality per 1,000 births
31.8
41.
30.7
10.2
27.8
*Crude Rate.
Age of oldest persons dying in Arlington : Male, 93 years.
Female, 95 years, 0 months, 7 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 of Arlington dying elsewhere, as taken from the records of the Town Clerk.
Deaths of residents occurring in Arlington 318
Deaths of residents of Arlington occurring elsewhere . 126
Total.
444
Death rate per one thousand population
11
BIRTHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON, RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DURING 1936
1936
Population estimated .
40,000
*Number of births.
395
*Apparent Birth Rate per 1,000 Population.
9.9
*Crude Rate.
501
BOARD OF HEALTH
CORRECTED BIRTH RATE
Note: The corrected birth rate is found by eliminating the births of all non-residents born in Arlington and adding the births of all residents of Arlington born elsewhere, as taken from the records of the Town Clerk.
Births of residents occurring in Arlington. 242
Births of residents of Arlington occurring elsewhere 267
Total 509
Birth rate per one thousand population 12.7
SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN ARLINGTON DURING 1936
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
89
2.23
44
1.10
47
1.18
62
1.55
10
.25
RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1936-(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
M
F
Class
1 Epidemic, Endemic and Infectious Diseases:
11B Influenza (without Pulmonary complications specified) . Erysipelas.
21
M
F
31 Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System.
M
1
F
1
1
1
M
1
F
M
1
.
M
1
M
1
Class
II General Diseases not included in Class I:
43 Cancer of the Buccal Cavity.
F
1
M
1
1
1
1
1
F
1
1
M
1
F
2
M
2
1
F
1
1
·
M
·
1
1
2
2
1
·
.
·
·
.
...
.
3
2
1
3
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
2
502
36C1 Tuberculous Adenitis .
F
1
36E Tuberculosis of Organs other than the above ...
41 Septicemia. .
44 Cancer of the Stomach and Liver.
44A Cancer of the Stomach.
44B Cancer of the Liver
45 Cancer of the Intestines and Rectum .
46 Cancer of the Female Genital Organs.
.
·
7
.
47 Cancer of the Breast.
49 Cancer of other Organs.
9
·
2
F
M
33 Tuberculosis of the Intestines.
1
Total
503
57 Diabetes Mellitus
58B1 Banti's Disease
58B2 Anemia .
65A Leukemia .
66 Alcoholism, Chronic.
2
Class III Diseases of the Nervous System and Organs of Special Sense: Tabes Dorsalis.
72
74 Apoplexy . .
74A Cerebral Hemorrhage
3
1
27
2
7
2
5
5
1
28
1
1
M
1
1
2
M
1
1
1
3
M
1
M
1
1
84B Paralysis Agitans.
86A Diseases of the Ear.
86B Diseases of the Mastoid Process.
Class IV Diseases of the Circulatory System: Pericarditis.
87
88 Endocarditis and Myocarditis (Acute) .
89 Angina Pectoris.
90A Mitral and Valvular Diseases of the Heart, Chronic Endocarditis .
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74Aº Edema of Brain.
74B Cerebral Embolism and Thrombosis
75A Hemiplegia
84A Cerebral Tumor
1
1
1
1
.
. .
52 2
2
DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1936-(Stillbirths Excluded)
CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes
Male or
Female
1
2
3
4
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70-74
75-79
80-84
85-89
90-99
MF
Class IV Diseases of the Circulatory System :- Cont. Chronic Myocarditis and Cardiorenal Disease ..
90B
90D Acute Dilation of Heart and Auricular Fibrilation . 91B Arteriosclerosis
M
91C2
Disease of the Coronary Artery . .
M
1
5
5
5
2
1
25
M
1
1
2
94
1
1
95
Diseases of the Lymphatic System (Lymphangitis, etc.) Hemorrhage without specified cause.
Class V 98A
Diseases of the Respiratory System: Edema of Larynx.
1
99A
Bronchitis, (Acute).
M
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
16
F
1
1
M
1
101B Pneumonia, Unspecified.
M
1
1
102B Pleurisy with Effusion.
F M
F
1
.
.
M
1
1
1
1
3
.
.
·
·
:
1
7
1
2
1
14
92 Embolism and Thrombosis (not Cerebral) . . ..
1
1
3
100A Broncho-pneumonia
1
1
12
101A Pneumonia, Lobar.
3
1
5
5
2
1
3
105 Asthma .
107 Other Diseases of the Respiratory System (Tuberculosis excepted)
107C
Diseases of the Trachea (Acute)
2
1
1
1
1
14
1
3
2
1
1
...
1
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...
1
1
1
2
·
.
·
2
.
4
.
. .
6
1
4
2
. .
2
16
181
504
1
.
101A1 Pneumonia, Hypostatic.
1
Under 1 Year
Total
Class VI 108A 109A Adenoid Vegetations
Diseases of the Digestive System: Ludwig's Angina .
1
1
M
F
M
F M
1
Cirrhosis of the Liver (specified as Alcoholic) ..
Cirrhosis of the Liver (not Alcoholic) .
124B Acute Catarrhal Jaundice, Cholecystitis (acute and chronic).
Class VII Non-venereal Diseases of the Genitourinary System and Annexa:
505
129B
Uremia .
M M
1
131A Pyelonephritis .
135
Diseases of the Prostate
Class VIII
The Puerperal State:
144A
Placenta Praevia .
1
Class IX Diseases of the Skin and Cellular Tissue: 151B Gangrene of Leg .
1
Class XII Early Infancy:
161A Premature Birth
3
161B Injury at Birth .
162
Other Diseases Peculiar to Early Infancy .. ·
2312
1
2
1
2
1
4
1
1
1
3
129A Nephritis (Chronic, Interstitial, Glomer ular and Parenchymatous)
₣ M M
1
1
1
3
1
2
F M
112C Indigestion, Acute.
Appendicitis (acute and ruptured)
117A 122A 122B 124A Empyema of Gall-bladder. .
DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1936-(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
25-28
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-6.º
70-74
75-79
80-84
85-89
90-99
M
F
Class XIII 164
Old Age:
Senility .
Class
XIV External Causes: Suicide by Solid or Liquid Poisons
165
(Corrosive Substances excepted)
M
3
5
168
Suicide by Strangulation .
M
M
.
1
170
Suicide by Firearms.
M
1
M
.
1
1
185
Accidental Traumatism by Fall.
188C Accidental Traumatism by Automobile.
2
Class XV 205A
Ill-defined Diseases:
Cause of Death Ill-defined
1
1
.
·
.
Total. Stillbirths
6 |6
11
co .
506
167
Suicide by Poisonous Gas.
169 Suicide by Drowning . .
1
181 Accidental Absorption of Poisonous Gas.
M
174 181
Total
507
BOARD OF HEALTH
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, 1936.
REPORT OF AGENT
Inspections Food producing and distributing establishments. . 7,666
Other Inspections . 938
Person prosecuted and convicted for selling potatoes unfit for food (frozen) 1
Complaints
Investigated and adjusted . 307
REPORT OF CLERK
Licenses Issued
To buy, sell and deal in Alcohol . .
To manufacture Ice Cream Mix or Frozen Desserts (Wholesale)
To manufacture Ice Cream Mix or Frozen Desserts (Retail)
To practice Massage and Giving of Vapor Baths.
To collect Meat Trimmings. 8 Fee 2.00
To operate Milk Pasteurization Plant .
15 Fee $1.00
1 Fee 100.00
9 Fee 5.00
11 Fee 1.00
2 Fee 10.00
508
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
To operate Slaughter House. 1 Fee
1.00
To sell Oleomargarine
34 Fee
.50
To sell Milk (Stores)
169
Fee
.50
To sell Milk (Vehicles)
63
Fee
.50
Undertakers licensed (no fee) .
16
Burial or Removal Permits Issued 400
Permits Issued
No Fee
For the keeping of 12 Cows.
9
For the keeping of 5,465 Hens
129
For the keeping of 5 Goats
4
For the keeping of 109 Ducks
6
For the keeping of 14 Swine.
1
For the construction of Cesspools
20
For the emptying of Cesspools.
12
For the hauling of Offal through Arlington
45
For the holding of Rummage Sales.
8
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
509
BOARD OF HEALTH
Physician to the Board for the year ending December 31, 1936.
Report of Bacteriologist
Blood Smears. 1
Mouth Smears 23
Specimens Examined
Sputa . 47
Throat Cultures 95
Urethral Smears 50
Total 216
Report of Physician Home Visits
For release upon recovery from Communicable Diseases
86
Bakers Examined (Physical Examination) . 14
Dispensary Report
Patients at Dispensary .
13
Home Visits to Tuberculosis Patients. 4
I assisted in administering the Immunizing treatment of Diphtheria Toxoid for the prevention of diphtheria to the five hundred and thirty-five 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.,
510
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF DENTAL CLINIC
To the Board of Health
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit a report of the work performed in the Dental Clinic during the year ending December 31, 1936.
In September, during the first week of school, the first- grade pupils in the Parochial and Public Schools were ex- amined, and notices sent to the parents of all children found to need dental care. Five hundred and seventy-two children were examined by Dr. MacKay, and seventy-one per cent of that number were in need of dental care.
The school authorities have co-operated by sending the quota allowed from each school on regular days.
The preschool children, who receive appointments directly from the Clinic, continue to keep their quota filled. Dr. MacKay felt this work a very essential part of the Clinic procedure, both in its corrective and educational aspects.
A summary of the work follows:
Deciduous . 285
Extractions
Permanent. 21
Fillings
Deciduous . 1,479
1 Permanent . 531
Treatments, Silver Nitrate under Amalgam 1,053
511
BOARD OF HEALTH
Treatments, Prophylactic.
312
Total Number of Operations
3,681
Total Number of Sittings . 1,398
Total Number of Individual Patients 467
Total Number of Dismissals . 351
Total Number of Operating Hours
549
or Mornings 183
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN M. HEFFERNAN, R.N., Dental Assistant.
REPORT OF DENTAL ASSISTANT
To the Board of Health
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I have assisted Dr. MacKay with the examinations of first-grade pupils of the Parochial and Public Schools, and at the daily sessions of the Clinic, until November 6, 1936, when he left to enter the Hospital. Since then I have assisted, to the best of my ability, the operators who have been operating in the clinic each week.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN M. HEFFERNAN, R.N.
.
512
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH NURSE
To the Board of Health
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Board of Health Nurse for the year endng December 31, 1936.
Number of visits to homes of persons suffering with communicable diseases, or visits related thereto, 1,658.
Referred thirteen patients to Dr. Pratt for examin- ation.
Conveyed thirty-seven patients and contacts to Mid- dlesex County Sanatorium for examination and X-ray.
Conveyed two patients to the North Reading State Sanatorium for examination and X-ray.
Conveyed five patients to Middlesex County Sana- torium for admission.
Conveyed one child to Forsythe Dental Infirmary for an 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.
513
BOARD OF HEALTH
I have visited Saint Agnes School frequently during school hours and have measured, weighed and tested the eyes of a large percentage of the 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 twenty-nine 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.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN M. HEFFERNAN, R.N.
REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR
To the Board of Health
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Milk for the year ending December 31, 1936.
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.
514
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Retail, Pasteurized, Quarts . 10,555
Wholesale, Pasteurized, Quarts. 5,843
Milk, Raw, Quarts. 28
Total 16,426
Cream, Half-Pint Jars
3,062
Including retail, wholesale and raw milk, the per capita consumed would be approximately eight-tenths of one pint.
Cream per capita, 38/1000 of one pint.
Licenses Issued [ For sale of Milk from stores, etc. 171
For sale of Milk from vehicles. . 63
-
Total
232
For sale of Oleomargarine .
34
Inspections
Pasteurization Plants
62
Dairies
54
Total .
116
Taken from Vehicles on street. .
321
Samples of Milk
Taken from Chain Stores. . .
36
Analyzed
School Milk .
8
Taken from Lunchrooms, etc . .
8
Total
373
Milk
Fat
Solids Bacteria
Grade A.
4.34
13.30
7,628
Total Average for Year
Family.
4.14
13.00
18,493
School .
4.32
13.24
5,376
Chain Stores.
4.09
12.98
25,528
515
BOARD OF HEALTH
Samples of Ice Taken from Stores. 34
Cream Analyzed - Taken from Manufacturers. . . 6
Total . 40
Total Average for Year
Fat
Bacteria
Ice Cream
14.99 335,445
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. BRADLEY,
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, 1936.
Number of Calves slaughtered. 1,403
Number condemned . 25
Number of Sheep slaughtered . 0
Total . 1,428
Total number of Inspections 56 Time required 15914 hrs.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR TAYLOR,
Inspector.
516
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, 1936.
Number of Calves slaughtered. 68
Number condemned . 0
Total . 68
Total number of Inspections 3 Time required . 614 hrs.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. BRADLEY,
Inspector.
517
EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ARLINGTON EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE AND THE LOCAL FEDERAL WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
The Honorable Board of Selectmen Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my annual report covering the activities of the Arlington Emergency Unemployment Committee and the Federal Works Progress Administra- tion in the Town of Arlington for the year ending De- cember 31, 1936.
It is difficult to measure the value of the Works Progress Administration and the Unemployment program in the town as a whole. It would be unreasonable to expect most people to delve through a comprehensive report of all the activities of our work. A brief summary, however, such as this, does not begin to tell the real story, but I hope that it will portray to some degree the work done so that you may, yourself, apply such value as you feel the situation warrants, and judge the program as a whole.
The Emergency Unemployment Committee, as authorized by the Board of Selectmen in 1930, continued to function during 1936, employing men from the Welfare list of the Town and those unemployed citizens of the Town not eligible for either Welfare or Works Progress Administration assignments. Projects authorized and supervised by the Board of Selectmen were operated. A total of eight thousand, three hundred thirty-three (8,333) man-days of labor were worked on Town properties.
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The Federal Works Progress Administration, set up December 5, 1935, continued to function throughout 1936. Those eligible for work and who were assigned, were em- ployed upon projects which were in the nature of proposals from the Town of Arlington and which were acceptable to the Federal Authorities. These projects called for the completion of work started under the Emergency Relief Administration and for new operations which included street and sidewalk construction; the erection of additions to the Park Circle Fire Station and the Central Police Headquarters; construction of a masonry culvert at Mill Brook; remodeling and repairing the Nathan Robbins House; deepening and cleaning Mill Pond; and the main- tenance of public buildings and school properties in the Town. The male applicants for skilled and unskilled work in the Town were taken care of by these projects.
Female applicants for relief work were assigned, in the most part, to the sewing project. This project employed throughout the year, an average of one hundred twenty (120) women who were engaged in the manufacture of clothing and for the Works Progress Administration Com- missary at Watertown. During the past year, this unit made forty-nine thousand, six hundred nineteen (49,619) pieces of wearing apparel. These consisted of articles for adults and children such as slips, underwear, dresses, over- alls, pants, shirts, sheets and pillowcases, etc.
Conducted as a State Works Progress Administration Project, the Wood Carving Project, employing eleven (11) men-four (4) of whom, including the Supervisor, were Arlington men-was set up at Schwamb's Factory. Many valuable pieces of carving were made. These were ex- hibited at R. W. Shattuck's in the Fall and most favorable comment was received regarding them. The pieces con- sisted of bulletin boards, desks, seals, panels, spandrels, book ends, and picture frames. These articles, when com-
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pleted, were distributed to the various schools, libraries, and other public buildings within the Town.
A bookbinding project, employing three (3) skilled bookbinders, was operated the last quarter of the year at the Locke School. During this period, approximately three thousand (3,000) school books were completely re- bound at a great saving to the School Department. In addition to the school books, numerous other books in need of repair belonging to the various Town offices, were rebound.
The "White Collar" projects included engineering, clerical, library, statistical, and household aids work and employed both male and female persons.
The Works Progress Administration Recreational Project, a distinct innovation in Arlington, began on February 3, 1936. While the recreational program had been instituted by the Arlington Boys' Club under the direction of various civic organizations of the Town, ex- pansion was impossible because of the lack of funds. These activities of the Boys' Club were taken over by the Works Progress Administration and National Youth Administra- tion and the program was enlarged to meet the demands of the participants. The school gymnasiums were opened four (4) nights a week for the young men of the Town who desired to spend their evenings in wrestling, boxing, basket- ball, table games and the like. Because of these evening activities, it has been found that juvenile delinquency in the community was greatly reduced. During the summer, the men on this project acted as life guards at the Arlington Heights Reservoir Beach and the Fall program consisted of organizing football teams throughout the Town and the Fall activities were culminated by a game of football on Armistice Day, at which the All Junior High Team from Arlington defeated the All Junior High Team from Malden.
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The projects already mentioned employed an average of five hundred thirty-five (535) men and women during the past year. This figure represents an over-run of approximately fifteen per cent (15%) over the quota set for Arlington. In addition to this employment, one hun- dred ninety-eight (198) men were working from September 15, 1936, to December 15, 1936, on State Projects. Of these one hundred ninety-eight (198) men, sixty-six (66) were charged to Arlington's quota. The balance was charged to the State projects, and, while these were Arlington men, they were not charged to Arlington's quota during the period mentioned.
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