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Licenses and permits, required by statute law and the regulations of this Board, have been issued upon receipt of application.
The Board of Health wishes to thank publicly the Arlington Visiting Nurses Association, the Ring's Sanato- rium and the School Committee for the assistance that they
368
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
caused to be given to the Board of Health throughout the past year.
The Financial, Mortality and Morbidity reports, to- gether with those of appointees, are appended.
ALFRED W. LOMBARD, Chairman ERNEST R. BROOKS, D. M. D. CARL E. BARSTOW, M. D.
Board of Health
FINANCIAL REPORT
Appropriation
Personal Service
$ 9,039.00
General Expenses
2,536.18
Communicable Diseases
19,000.00
Total
$30,575.18
Expenditures
Personal Service
$ 9,014.00
Tuberculosis
Paid Middlesex County Sana- torium, board and care of pa- tients for year ending Decem- ber 31, 1939
$8,445.00
Lakeville State Sanatorium
1,615.50
Massachusetts General Hospital ...
89.04
North Reading State Sanatorium 16.00
Symmes Arlington Hospital
168.95
Miscellaneous
39.40
Total
$10,373.89
Antirabic Clinic, Serum
$255.96
Antirabic Clinic, Expense
279.67
Total
$535.63
369
BOARD OF HEALTH
Paid E. R. Squibb & Son, Antirabic Vaccine ...... $ 51.45 Paid physicians administering Antirabic Vaccine 209.00
Total
.... ...... $260.45
Hospitalization and Expenses for Other Communicable Diseases
Anterior Poliomyelitis :
Massachusetts Hospital School ... ... $137.99
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital
28.00
$165.99
Diphtheria :
Boston, City of
$56.08
Miscellaneous
51.95
$108.03
Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis :
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital ...... $93.00
Lobar Pneumonia : Boston, City of
$152.94
Measles :
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital
$195.00
Miscellaneous ....
4.00
Miscellaneous :
$325.15
Other Diseases :
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
$174.70
Scarlet Fever :
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital $458.00
Lexington, Town of .......... 213.00
Cambridge, City of
135.00
Total
$199.00
$806.00 $ 2,024.81
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Total Expenditures (Communicable Diseases) $13,194.78 Balance $ 5,805.22
Other Expenditures
Maintenance of Office ..........
....
$ 251.91
Telephone
100.15
Maintenance of Auto
394.57
Milk Inspector Expense
338.50
Dental Clinic Supplies
327.57
Burial of Animals
200.00
Laboratory
26.61
Travel in State
14.75
Care of Spy Pond and Reservoir
164.50
Purchase of Typewriter
86.16
New Board of Health Regulations
196.50
Total Expenditures $2,101.22
Balance
$ 434.96
RECEIPTS
Licenses Issued :
26 Sale of Alcohol $26.00
8 Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix (Retail) 40.00
1 Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix (Wholesale) 100.00
9 Practice of Massage and Giving of Vapor Baths 9.00
2 Practice of Massage and Giving of Vapor Baths (Establishment Owners) 4.00
6 Collecting Meat Trimmings 12.00
81 Sale of Milk from Vehicles 40.50
143 Sale of Milk from Stores 71.50
25 Sale of Oleomargarine
12.50
2 Operating Pasteurization Plant
20.00
1 Operating Slaughter House 1.00
3 Cleaning Cesspools ...
3.00
5 Keeping Goats 9.00
371
BOARD OF HEALTH
1 Keeping Swine
10.00
1 Collecting Offal
2.00
25 Installing Septic Tanks and Constructing Cesspools 25.00
Diphtheria Media
.05
Rat Poison
1.50
Total
$387.05
Receipts from Dental Clinic
$344.50
Receipts from Communicable Diseases
From Tuberculosis (State Subsidy)
$6,099.25
From Other Tuberculosis
448.00
Reimbursement from County Commissioners for dog bites
46.29
From Other Communicable Diseases
665.50
Total
$7,259.04
Total Expenditures
$24,310.00
Total Receipts
$7,990.59
Net Cost to Operate
$16,319.41
Cost Per Capita
.41
Including debt and maintenance of Middlesex County Sanatorium
$27,018.01
Net Cost to Operate
16,319.41
Total
$43,337.42
Cost Per Capita
1.08
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
A comparative list of those diseases declared by the State Department of Public Health to be reportable is here- with presented for the years 1938 and 1939:
1938
1939
Bacillary Dysentery
0
1
Cat Bites
5
2
Chicken Pox
277
55
372
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Dog Bites
135
147
Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis
0
2
German Measles
16
29
Gonorrhea
14
17
Measles
156
904
Mumps
113
62
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
0
1
Paratyphoid Fever "B"
2
0
Pneumonia (Lobar)
28
27
Rat Bite
0
1
Scarlet Fever
42
31
Septic Sore Throat
1
1
Suppurative Conjunctivitis
1
5
Syphilis
30
23
Trachoma
1
0
Tuberculosis (Other Forms)
5
7
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)
26
31
Whooping Cough
20
78
Total
872
1424
Number of Arlington residents hospitalized through this office, with Arlington settlement, during the year for :
Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis
1
Measles
2
Scarlet Fever
6
Number of Arlington residents hospitalized through this office, with no Arlington settlement, during the year for :
Anterior Poliomyelitis (Diagnosis Revoked) ..........
1
Scarlet Fever (Private case) 1
Number of persons not hospitalized through this office, but with Arlington settlement, during the year for:
1
Diphtheria
Lobar Pneumonia 1
Scarlet Fever 5
Suppurative Conjunctivitis 1
373
BOARD OF HEALTH
Number of Arlington residents not hospitalized through this office, with no Arlington settlement, during the year for :
Suppurative Conjunctivitis 1
....
Persons afflicted with Tuberculosis, and having a legal set- tlement in Arlington, placed in Institutions as follows : Lakeville State Sanatorium 4
Massachusetts General Hospital 1
Middlesex County Sanatorium 15
North Reading State Sanatorium 1
Symmes Arlington Hospital
1
Persons resident of, afflicted with Tuberculosis, and having no legal settlement in Arlington, were placed in Institu- tions as follows :
Middlesex County Sanatorium 4
North Reading State Sanatorium 3
Rutland State Sanatorium 1
374
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION BY IMMUNIZATION Arlington, Mass., 1922-1939
Year
Number Children Immunized
Percentage Below Age 5 Of Those Immunized
Percentage Between Age 5-10 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
22
0
1936
535
58
41
1
0
1937
410
65
34
1
0
1938
347
78
21
0
0
1939
288
76
24
0
0
Totals for
18 years
7,284
55
38
269
3
SUMMARY BY FIVE-YEAR PERIODS
1923-1927
1928-1932
1933-1937
1938-1942
Average Annual Num- ber of Children Im- munized ...
269
593
445
318
Number Children Im- munized per 1000
Population
10.7
16.5
11.5
8.5
Percentage below Age 5 of those Immun- ized
12
28
58
77
Percentage between 5- 10 years of those Immunized
70
62
41
23
Reported Cases -- Diph- theria
119
82
23
0
Reported Deaths- Diphtheria
2
1
0
0
Population: 1925-24,943
1930-36,094
1935-38,539 1940-40,000
375
BOARD OF HEALTH
BIRTHS AND DEATHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON, RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DURING 1939 With Five-Year Comparative Death Rate and Infant Mortality (Stillbirths Excluded)
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
Population estimated
38,555
40,000
40,000
40,000
40,000
*Number of deaths
297
355
363
300
. 334
* Apparent Death Rate per 1,000 Population
7.7
8.9
9.1
7.5
8.4
Births
688
395
604
362
303
Deaths of Children under one year of age
7
11
8
10
12
Rate of Infant Mortality per 1,000 births
10.2
27.8
13.2
27.6
39.6
*Crude Rate.
Age of oldest persons dying in Arlington (1939) : Male, 98 years, 2 months, 10 days. Female, 98 years, 9 months, 10 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 283
Deaths of residents of Arlington occurring elsewhere 112
Total
395
Death rate per one thousand population 9.9
BIRTHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON, RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS DURING 1939
1939
Population estimated
40,000
*Number of births
303
* Apparent Birth Rate per 1,000 Population
7.57
*Crude Rate.
376
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
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 150 Births of residents of Arlington occurring elsewhere 276
Total 426 Birth rate per one thousand population 10.65
SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN ARLINGTON DURING 1939
Heart Disease All Forms
Pneumonia All Forms
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Cancer
External Causes
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
95
2.37
59
1.47
57
1.42
22
.55
20
.50
377
BOARD OF HEALTH
RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1939-(Stillbirths Excluded)
Total
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
I Epidemic, Endemic and Infectious Diseases:
31 Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System
...
1
1
37 Disseminated Tuberculosis
1
Class II General Diseases not Included Above: Cancer of the Buccal Cavity
1
1
......
44A Cancer of the Throat and Stomach
1
1
1
3
1
1
M
1
1
1
3
46 Cancer of the Female Genital Organs
...
F
1
1
47 Cancer of the Breast ..
1
1
1
1
4
49 Cancer of other Organs.
1
1
1
21
1
4
1
1
1
2
58A Pernicious Anemia
1
.....
65A Leukemia
65B Hodgkin's Disease
M
1
66B Acute Alcoholism
M
1
1
...
4
57 Diabetes Mellitus ..
1
I
......
1
2
3
1
1
378
43
45 Cancer of the Intestines and Rectum
1
1
1
Class III Diseases of the Nervous System and Organs of Special Sense: Diseases of the Spinal Cord
73 74A Cerebral Hemorrhage
M F
2
3
1
2
1
1
11
....
1
1
3
3
5
10
6
2
5
1
1
38
74A Apoplexy.
74B Cerebral Embolism and Thrombosis
F
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
88A Endocarditis, Bacterial
1
1
1
1
89 Angina Pectoris
1
1
90A Valvular Heart Disease
1
1
90B Myocarditis, Cardiorenal Disease, Decompen- sation Insufficiency and Sclerotic Heart Dis- ease.
1
2
2
1
1
2
9
1
2
1
5
5
5
1
1
21
M
2
1
1
1
F
1
2
1
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
2
3
3
2
4
7
2
F
1
2
1
2
3
1
2
15
1
......
3
1
1
5
1
1
...
1
1
2
4
2
1
3
4
75A Hemiplegia
84C Anemia of Brain
86B Diseases of the Mastoid_Process
1
1
Class IV Diseases of the Circulatory System: 87 Pericarditis.
379
...
Acute Dilatation and CongestiveHe art Failure ..
91B Arteriosclerosis ..
M
6
91C' Diseases of the Coronary Artery ..
92 Embolism and Thrombosis (not cerebral)
93B Rupture of Varix of Esophagus
1
1
1
...
1
1
2
...
...
...
5
F M
2
3
5 3
3
32
1
5
...
88B Myocarditis, Acute
...
1
RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1939-(Stillbirths Excluded)
Total
CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes
Male and
Female
1
2
3
+
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
V Diseases of the Respiratory System:
100A Bronchopneumonia.
22
1
1
1
1
4
4
3
22
.... 19
101A Pneumonia, Lobar
1
1
1
1
2
1
5
101B Pneumonia, Hypostatic
1
1
1
2
....
1
1
1
2
105 Asthma
Class
VI Diseases of the Digestive System:
111B1 Perforated Ulcer of Duodenum ..
1
1
112C Gastric Hemorrhage.
1
117A Appendicitis, Gangrenous, Ruptured
1
1
1
3
118A Strangulated Hernia
1
1
118B Intestinal Obstruction
1
.....
1
1
2
118B1 Intersussception of Bowel
1
1
122B Cirrhosis of the Liver
M
1
1
1
3
F
1
1
124B Cholecystitis
M
1
1
...
1
1
1
5
2
1
1
1
5
......
.
2
1
3
...
...
5
380
102B Edema of Lungs
1
1
1
1
1
1 3
....
Under 1 Year
Class VII Nonvenereal Diseases of the Genitourinary Sys- tem: 128 Acute Nephritis
129A Chronic Nephritis
129B Uremia 131A Pyelonephritis
135 Diseases of the Prostate
.
1
......
1
1
1
1
1
1
6
1
....
1
1
...
Class VIII 145A .
The Puerperal State: Cesarean Section
381
Class IX Diseases of the Skin and Cellular Tissue: 151B Gangrene of foot
152 Cellulitis of hip.
Class X
Diseases of the Bones:
155
Diseases of the Bones (Tuberculosis excepted) .... -
1
1
1
155A Osteomyelitis
Class XII 161A Early Infancy: Prematurity 162
Other Diseases Peculiar to Early Infancy ...
2321
2
1
Class XIII 164 Senility
Old Age:
-
M F
......
3
3
...
1
...
1
1 2 : N: -
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
....
RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1939-(Stillbirths Excluded)
Total
CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes
Male and
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
M
F
Class
XIV
External Causes:
167 Suicide by Poisonous Gas
1
1
168 Suicide by Hanging
1
1
179 Accidental Burns.
1
1
180 Accidental Mechanical Suffocation
1
1
...
..
1
1
1
3
...
1
2
3
1
4
2
1
1
1
1
6
1
1
Stillbirths
-
147 187 2
-
5
382
182 Accidental Drowning.
185
Accidental Traumatism by Fall
...
1
188C Accidental Traumatism by Automobiles
Under 1 Year
383
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 of Health for the year ending December 31, 1939.
REPORT OF AGENT
Inspections
Food producing and distributing establishments 4,451
Other Inspections 175
Complaints
Investigated and adjusted 132
Legal Settlements
Investigated
38
Court Cases 1
REPORT OF CLERK
Licenses Issued :
To buy, sell and deal in Alcohol 26 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)
8 Fee 5.00
To practice Massage and to give Vapor Baths
9 Fee 1.00
To practice Massage and to give Vapor Baths (Establishment owners) 2 Fee .. 2.00 To collect Meat Trimmings 6 Fee 2.00
384
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
To operate Milk Pasteurization Plant
2
Fee
10.00
To operate Slaughter House
1
Fee
1.00
To sell Oleomargarine
25
Fee
.50
To sell Milk (Stores)
143
Fee
.50
To sell Milk (Vehicles)
81 Fee
.50
To Funeral Directors
16
No Fee
Permits Issued
Burial or Removal Permits
364
Fee
None
To keep Cows
4
Fee
None
To keep Hens
32
Fee
None
To keep Goats
5
Fee
$1.00
ea. goat
To keep Ducks
1
Fee
None
To keep Swine
1
Fee
$1.00
ea. swine
To construct Cesspools and Septic Tanks
25
Fee
$1.00
To construct Cesspools and Septic Tanks (prior to April 3, 1939)
10
Fee
None
To empty Cesspools
3
Fee
$1.00
To haul Offal through Arlington
25
Fee
None
To collect garbage
1 Fee
$2.00
To hold Rummage Sales
9 Fee
None
Respectfully submitted,
J. PHILIP BOWER,
Agent and Clerk.
385
BOARD OF HEALTH
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 De- cember 31, 1939.
Specimens Examined
Throat Cultures 69
Sputa
49
Blood Smears 0
Urethral Smears 32
Mouth Smears
5
Throat Smears (Dental) ...
0
Mouth Smears (Dental) ......
10
Total
165
REPORT OF PHYSICIAN
Home Visits
For release upon recovery from Communicable Dis-
eases
..... 32
For Investigation
173
Bakers Examined (Physical Examination)
9
Tuberculosis Test
6
Typhoid Inoculation
0
Total
220
Dispensary Report
Patients at Dispensary ...
5
Home Visits to Tuberculosis Patients
5
Total ........ .... ...........
10
386
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Assisted at the Diphtheria Clinics for Toxoid inocula- tion for immunization against Diphtheria, which were con- ducted by the Board of Health.
Responded to all calls from the Board of Health office and attending physicians for the diagnosis of communicable diseases.
Respectfully submitted, EZEKIEL PRATT, M. D., Physician, Board of Health.
REPORT OF DENTAL CLINIC
To the Board of Health,
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen :
A report is herewith submitted for the work done in the Dental Clinic for the year ending December 31, 1939.
The first-grade pupils of the Parochial and Public schools were examined as usual in September. Five hun- dred and forty-nine pupils were examined, and notices were sent to the parents of each child who needed dental care, or 62% of all those examined. Due to the efforts made in the Clinic to have children of preschool age cared for the per- centage of school children needing treatment is lower, but there is still need for improvement.
The school authorities have co-operated with the Clinic by sending the regular number of children on the days ap- pointed.
A summary of the work follows :
Extractions
Deciduous 154
Permanent 5
Deciduous 1149
Fillings
Permanent 397
387
BOARD OF HEALTH
Treatments, Silver Nitrate under Amalgam 856
Treatments, Prophylactic
281
Total number of operations
2842
Total number of sittings 1504
Total number of individual patients
448
Total number of dismissals 338
561
Total number of operating hours
or mornings 187
Respectfully submitted,
PAUL F. BURKE, D. M. D.
HERBERT J. TOWLE, Jr., D. M. D.
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, 1939.
During the year I made 1914 visits to the homes of persons suffering from communicable diseases, or visits related thereto.
Five persons were referred to Dr. Pratt for examina- tion.
Seventeen contacts and patients were referred to the Diagnostic Clinic at the Middlesex County Sanatorium for examination and X-ray.
Conveyed 12 patients and 5 contacts to the Middlesex County Sanatorium for examination and X-ray.
Assisted at the Diphtheria Immunizing Clinics, held at the Board of Health office, in the Fall.
Assisted at the Antirabic Clinic, held by the Board of Health, in April.
388
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
In accordance with Chapter 119, of the General Laws, I made 18 investigations of the conditions in the homes of persons holding or applying for a license to maintain Boarding Homes for Infants.
Visited Saint Agnes School frequently during school hours.
Assisted at the Tuberculosis Clinic, held in the Senior High School and at Saint Agnes School, by Dr. Martin of the Middlesex County Sanatorium, in March.
Attended an all-day Institute, given by the Department of Public Health at the Cambridge Hospital, on the pre- mature infant, in May.
Attended the joint convention of the nurses' associa- tions, held at the Hotel Statler, in November.
Assisted Drs. Burke and Towle at the daily sessions of the Board of Health Dental Clinic, and with the exam- inations of 549 first-grade pupils at the beginning of the school year.
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, 1939.
The approximate daily consumption of milk, from data shown on application cards submitted by milk dealers distributing milk throughout the Town, is as follows :
Retail, Pasteurized, Quarts 20,131
Wholesale, Pasteurized, Quarts ...
5,216
Retail, Raw, Quarts 13
Total
25,360
389
BOARD OF HEALTH
Cream, Pasteurized, Quarts 1,341
The daily consumption of milk, per capita, is approximately .63 qts.
(For sale of Milk from vehicles 81
Licenses Issued For sale of Milk from stores 143
Total
224
Licenses issued for sale of Oleomargarine
25
Pasteurization Plants
8
Inspections
Dairies
6
Total
14
Taken from Vehicles on
Samples of Milk
Street
274
Analyzed
Taken from Chain Stores
21
School Milk
.....
2
Total
297
Milk
Fat
Solids
Bacteria
Grade A.
4.44
13.37
6661
Total Average
Family
4.14
12.94
38819
for Year
Chain Stores
4.00
12.84
9648
School
4.00
12.76
12200
Ice Cream Samples analyzed
15
Average for Year
Fat
Bacteria
Ice Cream
16.4
60133
Respectfully submitted,
J. PHILIP BOWER,
Inspector
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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 Slaughter- ing for the year ending December 31, 1939.
Number of Calves slaughtered 489
Total number of Inspections 31
Number of Calves condemned 0
Total time required 941/2 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 Slaughter- ing for the year ending December 31, 1939.
Not having been called upon to serve in this capacity I have no report to make.
Respectfully submitted,
J. PHILIP BOWER,
Inspector
391
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 Prog- ress Administration for the year ending December 31, 1939.
Arlington Emergency Unemployment Committee Operations :
Assignments to Unemployment projects follows gen- erally 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 assign- ment.
Total number employed in 1939 486
Average number employed weekly in 1939 157
Minimum load in 1939 (111) December Maximum load in 1939 (225) January
Expenditures for Unemployed Relief $76,367.23
Expenditures for Mat. and Equipment 8,452.26
The cost of Unemployed Relief shows an increase of 4.87% over the 1938 expenditures.
PROJECT SUMMARY
CHARITIES
Material and Equipment $615.50
Total Wages 23,235.09
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Seamstresses located at the Old Town Hall made 457 quilts for needy families, repaired, contributed clothing for the needy and dressed approximately 92 dolls for distribu- tion to Welfare children at Christmas time, and also repairs were made to all window shades at the Robbins Town Hall.
Solicitors were effectively employed canvassing through- out Arlington for donations of furniture, clothing and household goods to be renovated by the local W. P. A. furni- ture project and ultimately distributed to deserving families.
Workers were assigned to local stations of the Fed- eral Commodities Project to assist in the prompt distribu- tion of milk and varied surplus commodities.
In compliance with State Regulations, it was necessary to employ the services of matrons at the Old Town Hall on account of the number of women assigned to the W. P. A. and Unemployment Sewing Projects.
During the latter part of December this department cooperated with other agencies to distribute toys to chil- dren of needy families.
After the hurricane, considerable wood was accumu- lated which was hauled to the Town Yard and cut into suitable lengths and delivered to needy families.
WHITE COLLAR WORKERS Total Wages $8,279.50 Other Expenses $ 106.77
Clerks and typists were assigned 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 workers. These investigators perform a similar duty on applicants and workers on the Unemployment payroll.
RECREATION ................ Total Wages $9,937.05 Mat. & Equip. 1,511.14
Due to seven-day program it was necessary to sup- plement the School Department and W. P. A. recreation workers on all playgrounds where activities existed, weather
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permitting, and during winter months activities were sim- ilarly followed through in the various school gymnasia.
Grading work was performed at the Thorndike Street, Florence Avenue and the Heights Playgrounds as far as it was practicable in this line.
A new raft was constructed at the Arlington Heights Reservoir for bathers.
Matrons were furnished the Park Department in con- nection with their bath-house at the Reservoir, also Special Police were assigned to patrol the swimming beach.
Workers were assigned to the Park Department throughout the year to assist in the maintenance of land under its jurisdiction.
SCHOOLS & SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS
Total Wages $6,080.59
Mat. & Equip. 3,614.04
Four complete tennis courts were constructed at the Crosby School Playground, less wire fence-fence to be erected before March 15, 1940.
The erection of a section of stone wall started in 1938 has now been completed at the rear and side of the Brackett School.
TOWN BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND EQUIPMENT
Total Wages $4,309.29
Mat. & Equip. 927.52
Due to the many W. P. A. activities housed at the Robbins House, it was found necessary to supplement the janitor service, also make changes in the top floor.
New Town Hall-Painting corridor walls, stair wells, Selectmen's and Town Clerk's offices. Done with Unem- ployment Labor.
Old Town Hall-Partitioning balcony, electrical and carpenter work installing more toilets in Ladies Room, repairs to W. P. A. Engr. Office.
Public Works Office-Finishing work started by the W. P. A.
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The grounds of the Robbins Library were graded and cleaned up.
POLICE DEPARTMENT Total Wages $1,154.50
Labor was furnished this department at various times to assist their janitor in the cleaning of the building and washing and cleaning police cars, etc.
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