Town of Arlington annual report 1937, Part 18

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40


750


Woodland Street


120 Jason Street to Bartlett Avenue


40


282


March 22, 1909


Woodland Street


109 Bartlett Avenue to 18 Lincoln Street


40


240


March 25, 1915


Wright Street


607 Summer Street to Winchester Line


40


1930


Wyman Street


347 Massachusetts Avenue to 84 Warren Street


40


1050


March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906


Wyman Lane


165 Lake Street, northwesterly


342 Massachusetts Ave. to 352 Mass. Ave.


40


751


March 20, 1916


Yerxa Road


Ridge Street to end


40


450


*Streets laid out by the County Commissioners. *Proposed Street not built.


Length of Public Streets and Town Ways Length of Private Streets open for travel Length of Proposed Private Streets 7.98 miles


60.37 miles 37.87 miles


Wilbur Avenue


58 Williams Street to Ely Road


40


466


November 23, 1909


Wildwood Avenue


17 Lockeland Avenue to 14 Highland Avenue


40


April 3, 1929 Formerly Trent Street April 3. 1929. Formerly Trent Street


March 25, 1915 May 6, 1924


40


265


Wollaston Avenue


600


Wyman Terrace


450 200


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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, 51/2 square miles ; area covered by water, 268.2 acres.


Parks: Town, 127.03 acres; Metropolitan, 55 acres.


Total cemetery area, 44.2 acres.


Public streets and Town ways : Macadam, 32.03 miles ; Simasco, 1.40 miles; Warren Bitulithic, 0.13 miles; Macas- phalt, 0.27 miles ; Colprovia, 0.29 miles; Kyrock, 0.47 miles ; gravel, 15.85 miles; concrete, 5.25 miles; reinforced con-


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crete and bituminous macadam, 2.23 miles ; bituminous ma- cadam, 2.45 miles; total, 60.37 miles.


Private streets open for travel, 37.87 miles.


Length of proposed private streets, 7.98 miles.


Permanent sidewalks; Tar concrete, 7.74 miles; brick, 3.23 miles ; artificial stone, 38.16 miles.


Edgestones, 33.78 miles.


Paved gutters, 15.08 miles.


Storm drain system, 41.22 miles.


Catch basins, 1,578.


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REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL


December 31, 1937.


Honorable Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.


Gentlemen :


During the year the duties of the town counsel have been of the same nature as in the past. He has been pre- sent in the town hall for your regular meetings and those of the Board of Selectmen and for meetings of other boards and of committees. Several court proceedings by or against the Town have been started during the year but the total pending and undisposed of in the Superior and District Courts is thirty per cent less than at the begin- ning of the year. Fewer appeals have been taken to the Appellate Tax Board. Various claims have been abandoned or compromised. All payments have been made as author- ized by the Board of Selectmen.


There have been many consultations with town officers and employees, and others. Legal opinions have been furn- ished and numerous routine tasks have received attention. Necessarily the work of the town counsel is almost entirely in connection with matters in charge of town boards or officers. Their members and the other workers with whom the town counsel has been associated, have manifested a real desire to co-operate for the good of the Town.


Respectfully submitted,


PAUL M. WHITE,


Town Counsel.


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REPORT OF WIRE DEPARTMENT


WIRE DEPARTMENT


January 10, 1938.


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, 1937 :


STREET LIGHTING


During the year there were forty-two (42) #20 lamps installed as follows: One (1) on Appleton Street; six (6) on Bates Road; two (2) on Brand Street; one (1) on Cedar Avenue; one (1) on Chester Street; one (1) on Cutter Hill Road; two (2) on Fisher Road; two (2) on Glenburn Road; two (2) on Hillcrest Street ; three (3) on new Hospital Road ; eight (8) on Hutchinson Road; two (2) on Jason Street; one (1) on Kenilworth Road; one (1) on Montrose Street; one (1) on Newland Road; three (3) on Pilgrim Road; one (1) on Pleasant View Road; one (1) on Sawin Street; one (1) on Standish Road; one (1) on Udine Street ; one (1) on Waverly Street; one (1) removed on old Hospital Road.


One (1) #70 lamp was installed at the junction of Summer and Brattle Streets to replace one (1) #20 re- moved.


One (1) #70 lamp was removed at the junction of Mystic Valley Parkway and Medford Street.


Ten (10) #75 lamps were installed on Massachusetts Avenue from Church Street to Highland Avenue at the time the Boston Edison Company and the Boston Elevated Rail- way placed their wires underground in that district. There


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were ten (10) #70 lamps removed that were formerly on carrying poles along this route.


Summary of street lights in service December 31, 1937 -lights burning on the 4,000 hour schedule:


No. 20 80 C. P. Series Incandescent Lamps. 1361


60 Watt Multiple Incandescent Lamps. 4


No. 70 600 C. P. Series Incandescent Lamps. 122


No. 75 1000 C. P. Series Incandescent Lamps. 108


No. 80 1500 C. P. Series Incandescent Lamps. 30


ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING


60 watt lamps multiple, burning until 2 A.M. 19


INSPECTION OF WIRES IN BUILDINGS


One thousand six hundred and seven (1607) permits for electrical construction were issued, at fifty (50) cents for each permit.


There were three thousand and four (3004) inspections made, and one thousand five hundred and nine (1509) in- stallations approved.


There were no fires caused by defective wiring during the year.


POLES AND WIRES ON STREETS


The Boston Edison Company, the Telephone Company and the Boston Elevated replaced one hundred and eighty- five (185) poles during the year.


Respectfully submitted,


W. E. MASON,


Inspector of Wires.


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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF CEMETERIES


CEMETERY DEPARTMENT


January 5, 1938


The report of the Cemetery Commissioners having charge of the Cemeteries is herewith submitted for the year ending December 31, 1937.


Number of Bodies received at Arlington Cemeteries 251


Interred


Number of Bodies in Pleasant Street Cemetery 1


Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant, Private Lots 182


Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant, Single Graves ..


59


Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant, Public Lots 6


Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant, Veterans Lot ....


3


Removed


Number of Bodies removed to Mt. Auburn 1


Number of Bodies removed to Woburn


1


Number of Bodies removed to Newton


1


Valuation of Lots and Graves


815 Single Graves @ $50.00 per grave $40,750.00


103 Two Graves


@ 123.00 per lot 12,669.00


18 Two Graves @ 133.00 per lot 2,394.00


140 Two Graves @ 143.00 per lot 20,020.00


44 Three Graves @ 171.00 per lot 7,524.00


4 Three Graves @ 186.00 per lot


744.00


1 Three Graves


@ 201.00 per lot 201.00


167 Four Graves @ 246.00 per lot


41,082.00


50 Four Graves @ 266.00 per lot 13,300.00


216 Four Graves @ 286.00 per lot


61,776.00


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98 Six Graves @ 360.00 per lot 35,280.00


15 Six Graves


@ 390.00 per lot 5,850.00


128 Six Graves @ 420.00 per lot 53,760.00


1 Seven Graves @ 480.00 per lot


480.00


9 Eight Graves @ 514.00 per lot


4,626.00


28 Eight Graves @ 554.00 per lot


15,512.00


1 Ten Graves @ 650.00 per lot 650.00


$316,573.00


Office Furniture and Supplies


2 Desks, 4 Chairs


$55.00


Filing Cabinets and Drawers


60.00


L. Table


10.00


1 Huntley Safe


30.00


1 Clock


6.00


2 Wall Pictures


15.00


1 Typewriter


42.00


Electric Heater, Desk Lamp


9.00


Total


$227.00


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


$220.00


Lawn Mowers


150.00


Hose Carts and Sail Cloths


40.00


1 Dump Truck


200.00


REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF CEMETERIES


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Screened Sand


100.00


Evergreen Coverings


180.00


Barrows and Barrels


35.00


Power Lawn Mower


50.00


Lawn Sprinklers, Shovels, Picks, etc.


75.00


Total


$1,050.00


Total


$1,537.00


J. EDWIN KIMBALL, M. ERNEST MOORE, FREDERICK W. HILL,


Cemetery Commissioners.


December 31, 1937.


Cemetery Receipts


Sale of Lots and Graves


$6,990.00


Annual Care


3,599.00


Opening Graves


3,586.00


Foundations


1,111.75


Use of Equipment


1,412.50


Received for Perpetual Care Fund


9,344.00


Turned back from Funds


3,889.26


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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL INSPECTOR


OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE


Honorable Board of Selectmen,


Town Hall, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen :


I present you herewith the report of the Medical In- spector of the Department of Public Welfare for the year ending December 31, 1937.


With the advent of State and Federal financial assist- ance to local welfare boards, the problem of clerical work and records has increased in complexity. To meet this sit- uation, we have installed in the medical clinic the system of colored medical cards and medical records, whereby the cases are classified rather quickly. For Old Age Assistance cases we use a blue record card to correspond with the patient's blue medical card. In Aid to Dependent Children cases a pink record card is used to correspond with the pink medical card of the patient, while the white card is retained for those cases for which the Town is wholly re- sponsible, that is, the straight Welfare cases and Soldiers' Relief cases. The monthly medical report formerly consisted of an itemized listing of all calls made by me. Now three separate reports are made at the same time each month, one for Old Age Assistance cases, one for Aid to Depend- ent Children cases and one for Welfare and Soldiers' Re- lief cases.


While there has been no great increase in the total number of visits made by me in 1937, yet the number of calls in certain classes of the work has greatly increased, namely, the Old Age Assistance calls. The number of In- dividual Old Age Assistant cases has more than doubled, but


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I presume that there are at least five times as many medical calls. One hundred Old Age Assistance cases require much more medical care than one hundred straight Welfare cases. The reason for this is obvious. These unfortunate people in the declining years of their lives find themselves penniless. Their bodies have stood the strain and stress of a lifetime of effort and it is but natural that the degenerating diseases take their toll. So we see in many of these cases heart disease, kidney disease, arterio-sclerosis, diabetes and can- cer, none of which is really curable at any age and positive- ly incurable in the evening of life. Therefore, our efforts are directed at keeping these unfortunate people as com- fortable as we can as long as we can. It is difficult for the imagination to picture a more terrifying situation than that of the individual who is poor and old and sick, all at the same time.


The cases and medical calls under the Aid to Dependent Children classification ran about the same as the previous year. The reverse of everything that has been said in the previous paragraph may be applied to these cases. The children are not usually seriously ill, they respond quickly to treatment, and it is a pleasure to care for them.


The health condition of the general run of recipients is excellent. The reasons are as follows :


a. Adequate diet-While it is true that the food budget of an individual welfare recipient does not permit the purchase of expensive delicacies, yet it is suf- ficient to provide an adequate amount of wholesome, plain food. Cases of marked malnutrition are un- known among our recipients.


b. They seek medical care earlier than do the ordinary members of the community.


c. We have the cooperation of the Arlington Visiting Nursing Association to see that instructions are car-


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ried out in the home.


d. Hospitals equipped for the treatment of almost any condition are available within a short distance.


The following is a record of medical calls made during 1937 :


Office


Home


Total


Old Age Assistance


427


299


726


Aid to Dependent Children


133


58


191


Welfare and Soldiers' Relief


1769


824


2593


2329


1181


3510


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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BOARD OF HEALTH


REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH


In accordance with the Town By-Laws, the Board of Health herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1937.


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 as occasion requires. At the an- nual Town Meeting, held March 1, 1937, Mr. Alfred W. Lombard was re-elected a member of the Board for the term of three years. Mr. Lombard having qualified before the Town Clerk, the Board held a special meeting on date of March 6, and organized by re-electing Mr. Alfred W. Lombard as Chairman for the ensuing year. The personnel of the Board remains the same as last year, and is as fol- lows :


ALFRED W. LOMBARD, Chairman CHARLES F. ATWOOD, M.D. ERNEST R. BROOKS, D.M.D.


Appointments


WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Agent, Clerk and Milk Inspctor EZEKIEL PRATT, M.D., Bacteriologist and Physician to Board


*PAUL F. BURKE, 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


* Appointed May 3, 1937.


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The principal function of a Board of Health is the prevention and control of communicable disease, there- fore, the closer the co-operation of the physician, the School nurse and the householder with the Board of Health, the more effective becomes such prevention and control. Our records for the past year will show an increase in the num- ber of deaths occurring in Arlington, while a decrease will be noted in the number of cases of communicable diseases. Following our usual custom we will mention some of the major diseases, with brief comments wherever necessary.


DIPHTHERIA: Only one case of this disease was re- ported for the year 1937. This is the second successive year that this has occurred, and in our opinion demonstrates beyond question the efficacy of immunization. Our estab- lished policy of holding two free public clinics to administer the preventive medicine against this disease was carried out this year when four hundred and ten children were given the full course of treatment at a cost to the Town of ap- proximately forty-two cents a child. In so far as is known "Immunizing" is the only means of controlling Diphtheria. Those parents who are able are urged to have the family physician administer the treatment, thereby leaving the clinic for those children whose parents are unable to em- ploy a physician.


MEASLES: One hundred and ninety-seven cases of this disease were reported this year against six hundred and fifteen cases reported for the year 1936. Measles is con- sidered by many parents as a disease of little moment, and in itself this is more or less true, yet, when it is fol- lowed, as it sometimes happens, by an attack of pneumonia, it becomes a particularly dangerous disease, especially in the very young child, and parents should protect their chil- dren accordingly.


PNEUMONIA, LOBAR: Thirty cases of this disease were reported in 1937 against forty-seven for the year 1936. While serums have and are doing much in combatting


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certain types of this disease, it still continues to be one of the principal causes of death.


SCARLET FEVER: Fifty-one cases of this disease were reported in 1937 against sixty-eight cases for the year 1936. Progress is being made, and it is hoped that ere long a serum will be found to successfully combat this disease.


TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY : Thirty-five cases of this disease were reported in 1937 against sixteen cases for the year 1936. Early diagnosis gives the afflicted one the best chance for recovery. Early hospitalization at a Tuber- culosis sanatorium helps to control the spread of the disease.


TUBERCULOSIS, OTHER FORMS: Four cases of this disease were reported in 1937 against eleven cases for the year 1936.


RABID ANIMALS, BITES, etc .: One cat and three dogs were reported as being positive for Rabies the past year. Five persons bitten by the cat, four persons bitten by the dogs and four other persons intimately exposed to one or the other of these dogs were all given the Antirabic Treatment. One hundred forty-seven other persons were re- ported as being bitten by non-rabid dogs and of this number ten who were bitten above the neck or by dogs that could not be located were also given the treatment, making a total of twenty-three persons who were obliged to undergo the Antirabic Treatment. The third successive Annual Clinic for inoculating dogs against Rabies, held during the latter part of April and the first of May, resulted in the inoculation of eight hundred thirty-eight out of some four- teen hundred licensed dogs in Arlington, and at a cost to the Town of approximately sixty cents a dog.


DENTAL CLINIC: To take the place made vacant by the death of Dr. Edgar F. Mackay, Dr. Paul F. Burke, a resident of Arlington since early childhood, and a graduate of the Harvard Dental School in the class of 1936, was, on


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date of May 3, 1937, appointed for a probationary period of six months. Having passed this probationary period sat- isfactorily, Dr. Burke was appointed permanently Novem- ber 1, 1937. For some time after the death of Dr. Mackay the regular routine of the clinic was much disturbed. Now, however, with Dr. Burke as Operator and Miss Heffernan as Assistant, it is again functioning satisfactorily.


SPY POND AND THE RESERVOIR : As in previous years the State Department of Public Health, at our re- quest, examined the water of Spy Pond and the Reservoir at Arlington Heights early in the summer and reported both bodies of water as being safe for bathing purposes. Follow- ing our usual custom both of these waters were treated with Copper Sulphate to control the Green Algae growth to which both of these ponds are subject.


RUBBISH DISPOSAL: At the adjourned Town Meet- ing, held April 15, 1937, a committee of five were appointed by the Moderator to investigate and consider a method or methods of disposing of Ashes, Rubbish and Offal collected by the Town trucks. This Committee is to report at the annual March Town Meeting of 1938, and it is hoped that this report will be favorable for and the Town Meeting members vote to erect a modern plant where all such waste can be disposed of under sanitary conditions with the least possible annoyance to the citizens in general.


The Financial Report of the Department, giving a de- tailed 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 Arling- ton Visiting Nursing Association, to the staff of the Arling-


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ton Public Schools and the nursing staff of the Ring Sana- torium 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


Personal Service


$9,170.00


General Expenses


2,614.75


Communicable Diseases


18,700.00


Total


$30,484.75


Expenditures


Personal Service


$9,048.33


Paid Middlesex County Sana- torium, board and care of patients for year ending De- cember 31, 1937


$11,209.50


Lakeville State Sanatorium ....


447.50


Tuberculosis


Malden Contagious Hospital ....


54.00


531.00


No. Reading State Sanatorium Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Rutland State Sanatorium


80.58


769.50


Waltham Hospital


362.50


Miscellaneous


116.50


Total


$13,571.08


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Antirabic Clinic, Serum


$232.26


Antirabic Clinic, Expense


274.12


Total


506.38


Paid Pitman-Moore, Antirabic Vaccine


$162.00


Paid Physicians administering Antirabic


Vaccine


736.00


Total $898.00


Hospitalization and Expenses for other Communicable Diseases


Diphtheria


$173.23


Scarlet Fever :


Somerville Hospital


$174.00


Mass. Memorial Hosp.


1,204.00


$1,378.00


Anterior Poliomyelitis :


Mass. Hospital School


$228.84


Mass. Memorial Hospital


147.00


$375.84


Cerebrospinal Meningitis :


Symmes Hospital


39.00


Miscellaneous


2.00


$41.00


Whooping Cough :


Mass. Memorial Hospital


55.00


Other Diseases :


Lexington Board of Health


$274.90


Cambridge Hospital


6.25


Mass. General Hospital


150.30


Boston Dispensary


65.05


496.50


Miscellaneous Expenses


405.00


Total


$2,924.57


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Total Expenditures (Communicable Dis- eases)


Balance


$17,900.03 799.97


Other Expenditures


Maintenance of Office


$331.81


Telephone


96.56


Maintenance of Auto


316.50


Milk Inspector Expense


405.00


Dental Clinic Supplies


348.58


Laboratory


17.05


Burial of Animals


150.00


Care of Spy Pond and Reservoir


210.41


Purchase of New Auto


519.70


Total Expenditures $2,395.61


Balance


$219.14


RECEIPTS


Licenses Issued


15 Sale of Alcohol $ 15.00


10 Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix (Retail) 50.00


1 Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix (Wholesale) 100.00


6 Practice of Massage and Giving of Vapor Baths 6.00


8 Collecting Meat Trimmings 16.00


61 Sale of Milk from Vehicles 30.50


154 Sale of Milk from Stores 77.00


30 Sale of Oleomargarine


15.00


2 Operating Pasteurization Plant


20.00


1 Operating Slaughter House 1.00 Witness Fee 4.00


Diphtheria Media


1.80


Junk


1.00


Total


$337.30


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Receipts from Dental Clinic 329.75


Receipts from Communicable Diseases


From Tuberculosis (State Subsidy)


$4,775.01


Reimbursement from County Commissioners for dog bites


1,352.75


From Other Communicable Diseases


574.50


Total


$ 6,702.26


Total Expenditures


$29,343.97


Total Receipts


7,369.31


Net Cost to Operate


$21,974.66


Cost Per Capita


.55


Including debt and maintenance of Middlesex County Sanatorium


$22,669.25


Net Cost to Operate


21,974.66


Total


$44,643.91


Cost Per Capita


1.12


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 1936 and 1937.


1936


1937


Anterior Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis) ..


0


3


Cat Bites


2


5


Chicken Pox


289


252


Diphtheria


1


1


Dog Bites


123


147


Dog Bites (Rabid)


12


8


Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis


1


1


German Measles


39


11


Gonorrhea


22


25


Measles


615


197


Mumps


242


371


Ophthalmia Neonatorum


1


0


351


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Pneumonia (Lobar)


47


30


Scarlet Fever


68


51


Streptococcus Tracheitis


1


0


Superative Conjunctivitis


1


0


Syphilis


42


23


Trichinosis


1


0


Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)


16


35


Tuberculosis (Other Forms)


11


4


Undulant Fever


0


1


Whooping Cough


124


251


Total


1658


1416


Number of persons hospitalized during the year for:


Anterior Poliomyelitis


2


Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis


1


Scarlet Fever


11


Whooping Cough


1


Persons afflicted with Tuberculosis and having a legal settlement in Arlington placed in Institutions as follows: Lakeville State Sanatorium 2


Middlesex County Sanatorium


27


North Reading State Sanatorium


2


Tewksbury State Infirmary


1


Three patients were admitted temporarily to the following Institutions while awaiting admittance to a Sanatorium: Waltham Hospital 3


Persons resident of, afflicted with Tuberculosis and having no legal settlement in Arlington were placed in Institu- tions as follows :


Lakeville State Sanatorium 1


5


North Reading State Sanatorium 5


Rutland State Sanatorium 1


Legal Settlements


Investigated


34


Middlesex County Sanatorium


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION BY IMMUNIZATION


Arlington, Mass., 1922-1937


Year


Number Children Immunized


Percentage Below Age 5 Of Those Immunized


Percentage Between 5-9 Years Of Those Immunized


Diphtheria


Cases


Deaths


1922


110


8%


58%


45


0


1923


427


1


58


53


1


1924


203


10


67


25


0


1925


119


13


72


19


0


1926


223


17


73


12


0


1927


376


22


72


10


1


1928


0


0


0


15


0


1929


974


21


68


18


0


1930


748


30


64


23


0


1931


700


32


59


9


0


1932


543


35


54


17


1


1933


523


54


43


9


0


1934


560


58


41


10


0


1935


198


58


41


2


0


1936


535


58


41


1


0


1937


410


65


34


1


0


Totals for


16 years


6,649


34%


56%


269


SUMMARY BY FIVE-YEAR PERIODS


1923-1927


1928-1932


1933-1937


Average Annual Number of Children Immunized


269


593


445


Number of Children Immunized per 1000 Total Population.


10.7


16.5


11.5


Percentage Below Age 5 of Those Immunized


12%


28%


58%


Percentage Between 5-9 Years of


Those Immunized


70%


62%


41%


Reported Cases - Diphtheria.


119


82


23


Reported Deaths - Diphtheria


2


1


0


Population - 1925-24,943


1930-36,094 1335-38,539




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