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162 Other Diseases Peculiar to Early Infancy
Class XIII 164
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF AGENT AND CLERK
To the Board of Health,
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the report of the Agent and Clerk of the Board of Health for the year ending December 31, 1938.
REPORT OF AGENT
Inspections
Food producing and distributing establishments 7,027
Other Inspections 494
Complaints
Investigated and adjusted
245
Legal Settlements
Investigated
30
REPORT OF CLERK
Licenses Issued
To buy, sell and deal in Alcohol 28 Fee $1.00
To manufacture Ice Cream Mix or Frozen Desserts (Wholesale) 1 Fee 100.00
To manufacture Ice Cream Mix or Frozen Desserts (Retail) 9 Fee 5.00
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To practice Massage and to give Vapor
Baths
9
Fee
1.00
To collect Meat Trimmings
7
Fee
2.00
To operate Milk Pasteurization Plant.
2
Fee
10.00
To operate Slaughter House
1 Fee
1.00
To sell Oleomargarine
28
Fee
.50
To sell Milk (Stores)
162
Fee
.50
To sell Milk (Vehicles)
70
Fee
.50
To Funeral Directors (no fee)
15
Permits Issued
No Fee
Burial or Removal Permits
334
To keep Cows
6
To keep Hens
112
To keep Goats
5
To keep Ducks
6
To keep Swine
1
To construct Cesspools and Septic Tanks
19
To empty Cesspools
17
To haul Offal through Arlington
38
To hold Rummage Sales
9
Permits Revoked
To keep Hens
2
To keep Ducks
1
Respectfully submitted,
J. PHILIP BOWER,
Agent and Clerk.
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REPORT OF BACTERIOLOGIST AND PHYSICIAN
To the Board of Health,
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report as Bacteriologist and Physician to the Board of Health for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1938.
Throat Cultures 87
Sputa 66
Blood Smears 0
Specimens Examined
Urethral Smears
41
Mouth Smears 14
Throat Smears (Dental) 1
Total
209
REPORT OF PHYSICIAN
Home Visits
For release upon recovery from Communicable Diseases 35
For Investigation
0
Bakers Examined (Physical Examination) 8
Typhoid Inoculation
0
Dispensary Report
Patients at Dispensary . S
Home Visits to Tuberculosis Patients 5
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BOARD OF HEALTH
Assisted in administering the immunizing treatment of Diphtheria Toxoid for the prevention of Diphtheria to three hundred and ninety-eight children at the two public clinics, which were held under the direction of the Board of Health.
Responded to all calls from the Board of Health office and attending physicians for the diagnosis of various com- municable diseases.
Respectfully submitted EZEKIEL PRATT, M. D., Physician, Board of Health.
REPORT OF DENTAL CLINIC
To the Board of Health,
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report of the work performed in the Dental Clinic during the year ending December 31, 1938.
The usual examination of first-grade pupils of the Paro- chial and Public Schools was made in September, and notices sent to the parents of all pupils who required dental care. Five hundred and fifty-nine pupils were examined, and seventy-one per cent' were found to be in need of dental attention.
The school authorities have co-operated with the clinic by sending their regular number of children on the days appointed.
Preschool children, who receive their appointments directly from the clinic, keep the quota of two each clinic day filled. This work is considered a very important part of the clinic procedure, both in its educational and corrective aspects.
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A summary of the work follows:
Deciduous 127
Extractions
Permanent 9
Deciduous 1,063
Fillings
Permanent
329
Treatments, Silver Nitrate under Amalgam
821
Treatments, Prophylactic
249
Total Number of Operations
2,598
Total Number of Sittings
1,398
Total Number of Individual Patients
445
Total Number of Dismissals 272
Total Number of Operating Hours
5171%
or Mornings 1721/2
Respectfully submitted,
PAUL F. BURKE, D. M. D.
REPORT OF DENTAL ASSISTANT
To the Board of Health,
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report as Dental Assistant for the year ending December 31, 1938.
I have assisted Dr. Burke at the daily sessions of the Clinic, and with the examinations of 558 first-grade pupils at the beginning of the school year.
Experience proves the necessity for early dental care. Last year we sent out nearly six hundred notices to parents of pre- school children, in an effort to get some work done before they entered school. Not more than ten people responded. Vari- ous excuses were offered by the parents for not taking care of their children's teeth. This year we have tried the same method, and hope for a better result. It is very difficult to bring parents to an understanding about this need for early care of teeth to insure a healthy mouth and a healthier child.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN M. HEFFERNAN, R. N
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BOARD OF HEALTH
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 ending December 31, 1938.
During the year made 1,112 visits to the homes of persons suffering from communicable diseases, or visits related thereto.
Six patients were referred to Dr. Pratt for examination.
Twenty-eight contacts and patients were referred to the Diagnostic Clinic at the Middlesex County Sanatorium for examination and X-ray.
Conveyed six patients and sixteen contacts to the Middle- sex County Sanatorium for examination and X-ray.
Conveyed one patient to the Middlesex County Sana- torium for admission.
Conveyed one patient from the Boston Psychopathic Hos- pital to the Middlesex County Sanatorium for readmission.
Conveyed one patient from the Cambridge Tuberculosis Hospital to the Middlesex County Sanatorium for admission.
Assisted at the Diphtheria Immunizing Clinics held at the Board of Health office, in the Spring and Fall.
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Assisted at the Antirabic Clinic, held by the Board of Health, in April.
In accordance with Chapter 119, of the General Laws, I made twenty-four investigations of the conditions in the homes of persons holding or applying for a license to maintain Board- ing Homes for Infants.
Have visited Saint Agnes School frequently during the school hours.
Assisted at the Tuberculosis Clinics, held in the Senior High School and at Saint Agnes School by Dr. Martin of the Middlesex County Sanatorium in March.
Attended the joint convention of the nurses' associations, held at the Hotel Statler, in November.
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 Milk Inspector for the year ending December 31, 1938.
From information compiled from the application cards, submitted by the milk dealers licensed in the Town, the ap- proximate daily consumption of milk is as follows:
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BOARD OF HEALTH
Retail, Pasteurized, Quarts
15,578
Wholesale, Pasteurized, Quarts 4,396
Retail, Raw, Quarts
10
Total
19,984
Cream, Pasteurized, Half-Pint Jars 5,080
The daily consumption of milk, per capita, is approxi- mately one pint.
Licenses Issued S For sale of Milk from stores. 162
For sale of Milk from vehicles . 70
Total 232
Licenses Issued for sale of Oleomargarine
28
Pasteurization Plants 33
22
Total 55
Taken from Vehicles on Street.
263
Samples of Milk
Taken from Chain Stores 30
Analyzed
School Milk
5
Taken from Lunchrooms, etc.
2
Total
300
Milk
Fat
Solids Bacteria
Grade A
4.39
13.23
3,205
Total Average
Family
4.17
12.98
12,302
for Year
Chain Stores
4.10
12.89
7,156
School
4.45
13.42
520
Ice Cream Samples analyzed
15
Average for Year
Fat
Bacteria
Ice Cream
15.9
63,400
Respectfully submitted,
J. PHILIP BOWER,
Inspector.
Inspections Dairies
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Board of Health,
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughtering for the year ending December 31, 1938.
Number of Calves slaughtered. 1,291
Total number of Inspections. 57
Number of Calves condemned 5
Total time required . 206 hrs.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR TAYLOR,
Inspector.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Board of Health,
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughtering for the year ending December 31, 1938.
Not having been called upon to serve in this capacity, I have no report to make.
Respectfully submitted,
J. PHILIP BOWER,
Inspector.
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EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ARLINGTON EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE AND THE LOCAL FEDERAL WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
The Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Arlington, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the annual report of the Arlington Emergency Unemployment Committee and the Works Progress Administration for the year ending December 31, 1938. Arlington Emergency Unemployment Committee Operations:
This summation of activities must be necessarily condensed. The determination of assignment follows generally the method employed in W. P. A. enrollment, and the personnel consists of technical ineligibles for W. P. A. and Welfare including certified W .P. A. cases awaiting assignment.
Total Number employed in 1938. 840
Average Number employed weekly 157
Minimum load January, 1938. 113 Maximum load December, 1938. 221
Expenditure for Unemployed Relief. $72,823.61
Expenditure for Emergency Hurricane 10,195.19
Total
$83,018.80
The cost of Unemployed Relief, omitting the hurricane cost is an increase of 80% over 1937, and gauged by existing conditions, there is little assurance that the relief load will be less in 1939.
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PROJECT SUMMARY
CHARITIES Total Wages $19,009.66
Seamstresses located at the Old Town Hall made quilts for needy families, mattress covers, repaired contributed cloth- ing for the needy.
Solicitors were effectively employed canvassing through- out Arlington for donations of furniture, clothing and house- hold goods to be renovated by the local W. P. A. furniture project, and ultimately distributed to deserving families.
Workers were assigned to local stations of the Federal Commodities Project to assist in the prompt distribution of milk and varied surplus commodities.
In compliance with a State Regulation it was necessary to employ the service of matrons at the Old Town Hall on account of the increased number of women assigned to the W .P. A. and Unemployment Sewing Projects.
During the latter part of December this department co- operated with other agencies to distribute toys to children of needy families.
After the Hurricane considerable wood was accumulated which was hauled to the Town Yard and cut into suitable lengths and distributed to needy families.
WHITE COLLAR WORKERS .. .Total Wages $6,937.83
Clerks and typists were assigned to extensive compilation of various data and reports in connection with relief activities in the Town, and at frequent intervals serving various Town Departments on special assignments.
Investigators were appointed to make house visits com- pelled by federal regulations on W. P. A. applicants and
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workers. These investigators perform a similar duty on ap- plicants and workers on the Unemployment payrolls.
RECREATION . Total Wages $5,854.23
Due to a seven-day program it was necessary to supple- ment the School Department and W. P. A. recreation workers o nall playgrounds where activities existed, weather permit- ting, and during winter months aciivities were similarly fol- lowed through in the various School Gymnasia.
Development of land purchased by the Town located at the foot of Thorndike and Margaret Streets for playground purposes, was started in the fall of 1938 and plans for further development will be made.
Workers were assigned to the Park Department through- out the year to assist in the maintenance of land under its jurisdiction.
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS
Total Wages $5,020.76
Bookbinding-in order to release the stock of school books for the school opening it was necessary to operate a Town Unemployed Project temporarily pending approval of a W. P. A. project renewal.
The erection of a stone wall was started in 1938 at the rear and side of the Brackett School to protect the property of abutters from trespass, particularly by children using the school playground.
Repairs and renovations to room at Crosby School used by unit of W. P. A. Sewing Project.
Estimator was employed to figure type of work and amounts of materials required on painting, plastering, car- pentering, cement work, etc., in various school buildings for future W. P. A. projects under consideration.
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Rear of Senior High School-extensive grading, erection of concrete posts around baseball field, building culvert, and repairs to board track.
Lack of W. P. A. funds made it advisable to furnish labor to complete work already in progress in the basement of the Senior High School.
Stone steps, drainage walks, and grading were con- structed at the Junior High School West.
Due to lack of W. P. A. funds, Granolithic Walks, in process of completion at the Pierce School, were finished by Unemployment labor.
TOWN BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND EQUIPMENT Total Wages $2,968.73
Due to the many W. P. A. activities housed at the Rob- bins House, it was found necessary to supplement the Janitor service, repairs to stairs inside and out, cabinets made for the Medical and Dental clinic conducted by the Welfare De- partment, also room on the second floor was fitted out as an office for the Welfare investigators.
Labor was necessary to convert room in basement of Old Town Hall into an office for the W. P. A. Administration. Electric wiring throughout the building was inspected and repaired.
Work was done at the Town Yard in front of the Admin- istration Building grading the street, building a sidewalk, and moving and arranging materials and equipment in storage yard. Voting equipment repaired and moved from Robbins House to new location at the Water Department Shop.
Corridor in the Town Hall was painted, and the com- pletion of the sprinkler system in the grounds was finished by the Unemployed. This work was originally started by the WV. P. A.
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EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE
POLICE DEPARTMENT Total Wages $360.50
Labor was furnished this department at various times to assist their janitor in the cleaning of the building and re- pairing and painting window screens.
Carpenters were furnished to build and install cabinet for the Photostatic Room. Clerks were retained due to a temporary suspension of the W. P. A. Police Record Project awaiting renewal to insure an uninterruption of service.
FIRE DEPARTMENT Total Wages $141.75
Labor was furnished to help lay cables in the Fire and Police Signal System.
Clerks were furnished to help bring the records of the Fire and Signal system up to date.
Erection of a cedar fence on either side of Park Circle Station grounds, and the installation of a man-hole for drainage.
SANITATION Total Wages $12,472.04
Labor in connection with the burning of brush accumu- lated by the Hurricane at the following places were necessary : Margaret Street, Meadowbrook Park, Summer Street at Fowles Pond, Florence Avenue and Reservoir.
Due to lack of Federal Funds the Cedar Avenue Sewer and Water Project was shut down. Unemployed labor was used to leave the job in a safe condition.
Cinders were collected at the various schools for the Senior High School where new cinder concrete floors were laid.
Labor was used finishing a project started by the W. P. A. This work consisted of laying a six-inch and eight-inch water and sewer main in the Concord Highway and in Village Lane.
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Cleaning and deepening brook located in the area called Dickson's Swamp. This project was sponsored by the local Board of Health to eliminate the breeding of mosquitoes.
Mill Brook at Mill Street-As a result of floods it was found necessary to straighten, deepen, and properly secure the sidewalls at this section of Mill Brook by constructing a stone wall on each side of brook approximately 300 feet long between Mill Street and railroad bridge. This project will now adequately take care of any overflow from the Reservoir.
Repairs to underpinning was made of the concrete foot bridge over Mill Brook in the Fowles Pond area.
Mill Brook at Clark and Locke Streets to Mill Lane- Labor was used in connection with this W.P.A. Project to load stone stored at the Reservoir for walls, installation of a sluice-way at Schwamb's factory, grading which could not be done by W.P.A. labor, and installing man-holes for drainage in Locke and Clark Streets.
Repairs were made to the walls on both sides of North Brook due to the heavy rainfall during the month of July.
Cleaning and burning brush on Town-owmed land lo- cated on Old Mystic Street at the foot of Hutchinson Road on the complaint of nearby property owners.
Repairs to the walls of brook at North Union Street built by E.R.A. which were damaged by heavy rainfalls.
Labor was used for the spreading of sand on beach near the new bathhouse.
Labor was used salvaging wood at Silk's Dump for needy families.
HIGHWAYS .Total Wages $9,153.35
Unemployed labor was used to finish miscellaneous work such as: walls, driveways, steps, grading, etc., in connection
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with 1936, 1937, and 1938, streets on account of Federal regu- lations which does not permit W.P.A. labor for this type of work. Streets as follows : Argyle, Sunset, Endicott, Hospital, Lanark, Lennon, Richfield, Andrew, Hibbert, Piedmont, Quincy, Florence, Park Ave. Extension, Temple and Wachu- setts Avenue.
In the construction of some of these streets a great quan- tity of loam was salvaged-unemployed labor was then used to screen same. This later was used for the permanent grass plots on these streets.
Work was started on the driveway leading into the Rob- bins House this fall, but due to the weather, was halted until spring.
Williams Street-repaired garage floor damaged by W.P.A. construction of Storm Drains in connection with the laying of drains in Kilsythe and Lanark Road, also connected this drain through private property.
Painting signs and Traffic lines for Police Department.
SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Total Wages $402.00
Labor was furnished the local sealer to properly perform his duties.
MISCELLANEOUS . Total Wages $6,215.12
Inventory of tools on the various projects at periodic in- tervals.
Lanterns were maintained for the safety of citizens and auto traffic in the Town on all outdoor Labor Projects under construction such as streets, sewer and water, sidewalks, storm drains, etc.
Supervisors were appointed to see that the work was properly done and that each man or woman gave a fair day's labor for work performed.
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Timekeepers were selected to keep accurate records of all men working during the Hurricane.
Truck driver for Town-owned truck and helpers to per- form varied extra duties.
HURRICANE Total Wages $10,195.19
The cooperative accomplishment of tree and waste clear- ance of all departmental agencies can be entered in the Town's history as noteworthy and efficient. The workers of this de- partment contributed a commendable effort which has been followed to completion and collection and disposal of accu- mulating brush and debris at temporary dumping grounds to eliminate fire hazards. Trucks and branches of felled trees within the Town limits have been transported to the Town Yard and suitably cut for fuel consumption in the homes of needy families.
ABLE-BODIED WELFARE RECIPIENTS
One hundred and seventy-two welfare recipients worked, 4,543 man-days assigned by this department to the following Park properties : Meadowbrook Park, Spy Pond Field, Warren A. Peirce Playground, Arlington Heights Playground, Men- otomy Rocks Park. In addition we assigned 249 men who worked out their 1938 Poll Taxes on similar projects.
Administration payroll for Unemployment Projects and Welfare manual labor activities. Total Wages $4,287.64.
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
This program continued through 1938 without material change in basic structure from the set-up embodied in my 1937 report. Project proposals are referred for approval to the Board of Selectmen, as Sponsor, then submitted to James M. Keane, Town Engineer, for constructive analysis involving estimates of material, equipment, specifications, and person-
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nel. Following Federal approval at W.P.A. State Headquar- ters and confirmation of approval by the President in Wash- ington, specified project funds are allocated, the sponsors' contribution pledge is approved and the project is ready for operation. The personnel is then completed by transfer from active projects or new assignments.
The number employed on local W.P.A. projects increased steadily during 1938.
PAYROLL:
January 1, 1938-Number of Workers 404
October, 1938-Number of Workers. . . 732 December 31, 1938-Number of Workers 684
On December 31, 1938, the number of unassigned certified applicants was 134; the number for eligible applicants not certified was 163.
An analysis of applications for W.P.A. work, based on applicants' occupation in industry, furnish these percentages :
Labor and Inexperienced . 33.13%
White Collar Workers 20.95%
Intermediate or Semi-skilled . 11.31% Skilled and Professional 34.61%
The ratio of male applicants to female is approximately three to one, and the greater proportion, exclusive of laborers, are from the Building Trades, Automotive Industry, Sales- people and Office Workers.
W. P. A. OPERATIONS :
Federal wages paid on local W.P.A. Projects in
1938 $487,763.65
Contribution of Town of Arlington as Sponsor. 183,417.80
Total
$671,181.45
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Percentage of cost to Town of Arlington-27.3%
Administration cost of Town of Arlington (con- sisting of salaries, telephone, typewriter rent- als, stationary and supplies, engineering and auto expense) 13,345.39
Percentage of cost to Town of Arlington-1.88% -
PROJECT SUMMARY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT:
Federal Funds 1,254.70 Town Funds $34.90
247 man-days 8 workers
Project started to operate the latter part of 1938 for the purpose of statistical survey of infant mortality in Arlington, from which a spot-map will be developed that will prove serviceable in the research branches of the Health and School departments.
LIBRARY :
Federal Funds ...... $134.36
27 man-days 5 workers
This project started in December, 1938, employing five women to file and index books and periodicals, and to renew, mend and cleanse the paper of such books and periodicals as necessary.
PLANNING BOARD :
Federal Funds .$2,277.45 Town Funds $3.35
366 man-days
6 workers
Project started the latter part of 1938 consisting of a study of existing zoning laws by map plan. This work will be of future service to the Planning Board.
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CHARITIES :
Federal Funds $70,491.09 Town Funds .. .$11,606.35 15,443 man-days 98 workers
Household Aid
Repair and Renovation of Furniture, etc.
Sewing for the Needy
A project initiated for the purpose of affording assistance to families on recommendation of the Welfare Department is known as the Household Aid Project. This group com- prises qualified women who have been accepted by the Federal District Supervisor to assist in the housework and care of children in homes where the housewife is permanently or temporarily incapacitated because of ill health. These peri- odical visitations have been most effective in promoting better living conditions and well being among unfortunate and stricken families.
The sewing project operated throughout the year with an average of 60 women making garments for needy families. These garments are sent to a Federal-controlled outlet for distribution under the direction of the Federal Surplus Com- modities Division.
Local Production for 1938 :
Girls' Garments (pieces) .19,177
Women's Garments . 11,086
Boys' Garments 66
2,379
Men's Garments
2,375
Towels 66
2,478
Total 37,495
Material used in this manufacture totalled 81.307 yards of cloth. This material is purchased by the Federal Govern-
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