Town of Arlington annual report 1941, Part 18

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Publication date: 1941
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40


896


2159


Windermere Avenue


48 Bartlett Avenue to Churchill Avenue


40


441


Windermere Park


· 12 Windermere Avenue, southerly


30


400


Windmill Lane


2 Old Middlesex Path, southeasterly


40


554


Windsor Street


127 Massachusetts Ave. 577 feet north easterly


45


577


Windsor Street


38 Waldo Road, 423 feet southeasterly


45


423


Winnick Place


126 Medford Street, northwesterly


20


111


Winslow Street


30 Mystic Street to Russell Terrace


40


528


Winter Street


201 Massachusetts Ave. to 79 Broadway ....


40


1540


March 14, 1892 April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, November 9, 1846


Winthrop Road


97 Summer Street, northerly


40


265


Wollaston Avenue ..


103 Park Avenue to West Street


60


1340


September 23, 1878; November 13, 1894; March 16, 1908


*Wollaston Avenue


3 West Street to Rublee Street


60


980


Wollaston Avenue ..


347 Appleton Street to Rublee Street


60


495


Woodbury


Street ..


35 Dundee Road to Hibbert Street


40


750


Woodland Street


120 Jason Street to Bartlett Avenue


40


282


Woodland Street


109 Bartlett Avenue to 18 Lincoln St. ..


40


240


Wright Street


607 Summer Street to Winchester Line ..


40


1930


Wyman Street


347 Massachusetts Ave. to 84 Warren St. 40


1050


Wyman Terrace


40


751


March 20, 1916


Yerxa Road


342 Massachusetts Ave. to 352 Mass. Ave. Ridge Street to end


40


450


*Streets laid out by the County Commissioners.


#Proposed Street not built.


Length of Public Streets and Town Ways Length of Private Streets open for travel 37.24 miles 8.21 miels


65.68 miles


..


40


608


April 15, 1926 March 25, 1861, and April 15, 1926 November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911


August 4, 1884; March 17, 1881


50


450


White Street


April 1, 1940 November 23, 1909


+Wilbur Avenue


406 Massachusetts Ave. to B. & L. R. R. 58 Williams Street to Ely Road


40


40


365


Williams Street


April 3, 1929 March 29, 1939; Formerly Trent St. April 3, 1929, Formerly Trent St.


March 29, 1939 March 27, 1906; April 3, 1929


March 25, 1915 May 6, 1924


March 22, 1909 March 25, 1915


arch 1888; November 22, 1906


Length of Proposed Private Streets


191 200


350


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


GENERAL STATISTICS


Arlington is situated six miles northwest of Boston, in latitude 42 deg., 25 min. north; longitude 71 deg., 09 min. west, at an elevation above mean tide of from 4 to 377 feet.


Massachusetts Avenue at Cambridge line, elevation 10 feet.


Massachusetts Avenue at Pleasant Street, elevation 48 feet.


Massachusetts Avenue at Park Avenue, elevation 155 feet.


Park Circle at Eastern Avenue (base of standpipe), elevation 377 feet.


Crescent Hill Avenue at Park Place, elevation 281 feet.


The Town and a part of what is now Belmont were set off from Cambridge and incorporated as West Cam- bridge in 1807. The name was changed from West Cam- bridge to Arlington in 1867.


Area of Town, including that covered by water, 3, 5171/2 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, 33.31 miles ; Simasco, 1.40 miles; Warren Bitulithic, 0.13 miles; Macas- phalt, 0.27 miles ; Colprovia, 0.29 miles ; Kyrock, 0.47 miles ; gravel, 15.89 miles; concrete, 6.13 miles; reinforced con-


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REPORT OF TOWN ENGINEER


crete and bituminous macadam, 2.23 miles; bituminous ma- cadam, 5.56 miles; total 65.68 miles.


Private streets open for travel, 37.24 miles.


Length of proposed private streets, 8.21 miles.


Permanent sidewalks: Tar concrete, 9.39 miles; brick, 3.12 miles; artificial stone, 51.21 miles.


Edgestones, 45.67 miles.


Paved gutters, 15.08 miles.


Storm drain system, 48.14 miles.


Catch basins, 1,919.


352


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


REPORT OF WIRE DEPARTMENT


January 14, 1942.


To the Honorable Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works


Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen :


I respectfully submit my second annual report as In- spector of Wires, for the year ending December 31, 1941.


2


STREET LIGHTING


During the year there were eighteen (18) No. 20-800 Lumen lamps installed.


Summary of street lights in service December 31, 1941 -lights burning on the 4000 hour schedule :


No. 20 800 Lumen Incandescent Lamps 1,438


No. 50 2,500 Lumen Incandescent Lamps 12


No. 70 6,000 Lumen Incandescent Lamps 156


No. 75 10,000 Lumen Incandescent Lamps 108


No. 80 15,000 Lumen Incandescent Lamps 30


ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING


60 Watt lamps multiple, burning until 2.00 a. m. .... 19


INSPECTION OF WIRES IN BUILDINGS


One thousand three hundred and forty (1,340) permits for electrical construction were issued, at fifty cents for each permit.


There were two thousand one hundred and thirty-three (2,133) inspections made, and one thousand and twenty- one installations approved.


353


REPORT OF WIRE DEPARTMENT


POLES AND WIRES ON STREETS


The Boston Edison Company and the Telephone Com- pany replaced one hundred and eighty-nine (189) poles during the year.


I wish to thank your Honorable Board, the various Town Department heads and all others who cooperated with me during the year.


Respectfully submitted,


ROBERT L. REID, Inspector of Wires.


354


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


REPORT OF CEMETERY DEPARTMENT


January 14, 1942.


The report of the Cemetery Commissioners is herewith submitted for the year ending December 31, 1941.


Number of Bodies received at Arlington Cemeteries .. 301


Interred


Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant, Private Lots .... 211


Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant, Single Graves .. 76


Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant, Public Lot 11


Number of Bodies in Mt. Pleasant, War Graves 1


Removed to other Cemeteries


2


Valuation of Lots and Graves


$291,555.50


Valuation of Office Furniture 250.00


Valuation of Stock and Tools


1,150.00


CEMETERY RECEIPTS


Sale of Lots and Graves


$6,680.50


Annual Care


3,435.67


Opening Graves


4,056.00


Foundations


1,110.42


Miscellaneous


1,165.00


Turned back from Funds


3,935.80


Received from Perpetual Care


8,433.00


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


355


REPORT OF TOWN PHYSICIAN


REPORT OF TOWN PHYSICIAN


February 3, 1942


Honorable Board of Selectmen Town Hall, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen :


I have the honor to submit herewith, the report of the Medical Inspector of the Board of Public Welfare for the year ending December 31, 1941.


Due to the great National Defense effort, and the con- sequent reemployment, the number of Welfare recipients has been decreased considerably. Naturally, there is a cor- responding decrease in the Medical Relief work.


The total number of calls made in 1941 was three thou- sand four hundred and three (3,403), compared to the three thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine (3,929) made in 1940, that is a decrease of over five hundred (500) calls.


This is the first year since the outset of the depression in which there has been an appreciable decrease in the number of calls.


Office


House


Total


Welfare


1,131


623


1,754


Old Age Assistance


448


427


875


Soldiers' Relief


155


64


219


Aid to Dependent Children


440


115


555


2,174


1,229


3,403


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


There has been a definite decrease in Medical Work for every form of Relief except Aid to Dependent Children in which there has been a moderate increase due to an in- crease in the number of cases.


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD W. FEELEY, M. D. Medical Inspector Board of Public Welfare


357


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


In accordance with the Town By-Laws, the Board of Health herewith submits its annual report for the year end- ing December 31, 1941.


At the annual Town Meeting held March 3, 1941, Ernest R. Brooks, D. M. D., was re-elected a member of the Board of Health for a term of three years. Dr. Brooks qualified before the Town Clerk and was sworn to office on March 4, 1941. The Board met March 4, 1941 and organ- ized for the year by electing unanimously, Ernest R. Brooks, D. M. D., Chairman. The first Monday of each month was set as the regular meeting date.


The personnel of the Board of Health is as follows : Ernest R. Brooks, D. M. D., Chairman


Carl E. Barstow, M. D. John S. Crosby


Appointments


J. Philip Bower, Agent and Clerk of the Board


Ezekiel Pratt, M. D., Bacteriologist and Physician to the Board


Edward F. Hand, D. M. D., Dentist Helen M. Heffernan, R. N., Nurse and Dental Assistant Arthur Taylor, Inspector of Slaughtering J. Philip Bower, Inspector of Slaughtering J. Philip Bower, Milk Inspector


In general there was no marked increase in cases of


358


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


reportable diseases for the year 1941. Measles, scarlet fever and whooping cough showed an increase in the number of reported cases, as compared with 1940.


This year it was felt that one Diphtheria Clinic would be sufficient to accommodate those wishing to take the treatment. As a result, the Spring clinic was eliminated and only the Fall clinic operated. This arrangement proved most satisfactory and met with very good response. The results are appended in tabulated form in this report.


The annual clinic for inoculating dogs against rabies was conducted in the Spring when 885 dogs, of 1966 licensed in the Town, were given the treatment. The co- operation of resident dog owners is again solicited. Have your dog licensed on April 1st of each year and also have it vaccinated against rabies, either at the clinic or by your veterinarian. In the case of a dog bite, be sure to determine the name of the owner of the dog involved and report this and the bite to the Board of Health office at once. Full co- operation in these matters will greatly reduce the cost to your Town in treating cases of dog bites.


The Dental Clinic service was continued as in former years. The results of this service are reflected in the general health of the school children of the Town.


As in past years, the waters of Spy Pond and the Res- ervoir were, under supervision of this Board, treated with copper sulphate to control the growth of Green Algae.


Licenses and permits, required by Statute Law and the Regulations of this Board, were issued upon receipt of ap- plications.


The Board wishes to thank the Arlington Visiting Nurses Association, the School Department and the Ring's Sanatorium for their assistance and co-operation through- out the year.


359


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


Financial, mortality and morbidity reports, with those of appointees, are appended.


Respectfully submitted,


ERNEST R. BROOKS, D. M. D. Chairman


CARL E. BARSTOW, M. D. JOHN S. CROSBY Board of Health


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


FINANCIAL REPORT


Appropriation


Personal Service $ 9,143.00


General Expense


2,717.40


Communicable Diseases


18,500.00


Total


$30,360.40


Expenditures


Personal Service


$ 9,084.50


Tuberculosis


Paid Middlesex County Sanatori- um, board and care of patients for year ending December 31, 1941


11,126.50


Lakeville State Sanatorium 359.00


North Reading State Sanatorium 275.00


[Waltham Hospital 68.00


Total


$11,828.50


Antirabic Clinic, Serum $398.66


Antirabic Clinic, Expense 265.26


Total $663.92


Paid Sharp & Dohme, Inc., Antirabic Vaccine .. $ 25.67


Paid physicians administering Antirabic Vaccine 128.55


Total $154.22


Hospitalization and Expenses for Other Communicable Diseases


Chicken Pox :


Miscellaneous $18.00


Diphtheria :


Miscellaneous $60.60


361


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


Lobar Pneumonia :


Cambridge, City of


$156.00


Symmes Hospital


44.55


$200.55


Measles :


Cambridge, City of


$ 36.00


Mass. Memorial Hospital


83.00


$119.00


Miscellaneous


$201.00


Scarlet Fever :


Boston, City of


$125.35


Cambridge, City of


78.00


Mass. Memorial Hospital


602.00


Miscellaneous


7.00


$812.35


T. B. Meningitis :


Miscellaneous


$23.00


Whooping Cough :


Cambridge, City of


$75.00


Total


$1,509.50


Total Expenditures (Communicable Diseases) .. $14,156.14


Balance


$4,343.86


Other Expenditures


Maintenance of Office


$ 139.09


Telephone


102.59


Maintenance of Auto


318.69


Milk Inspector Expense


332.50


Dental Clinic Supplies


264.19


Laboratory


37.03


Burial of Animals


200.00


Travel in State


9.25


Care of Spy Pond and Reservoir


163.75


Outlay-New Auto


496.00


Total Expenditures


$2,063.09


Balance


$ 654.31


362


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


RECEIPTS


Licenses Issued :


35 Sale of Alcohol $ 35.00


7 Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix (Retail) 35.00


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


5 Practice of Massage and Giving of Vapor Baths 5.00


1 Practice of Massage and Giving of Vapor Baths (Establishment Owners) 2.00


6 Collecting Meat Trimmings 12.00


67 Sale of Milk from Vehicles 33.50


145 Sale of Milk from Stores 72.50


17 Sale of Oleomargarine 8.50


2 Operating Pasteurization Plant


20.00


1 Operating Slaughter House


1.00


2 Cleaning Cesspools 2.00


3 Keeping Goats


4.00


28 Installing Septic Tanks and Constructing Cesspools 28.00


Rat Poison 1.00


Total $359.50


Receipts from Dental Clinic


$339.00


Receipts from Communicable Diseases


From Tuberculosis (State Subsidy)


$3,904.32


From Other Tuberculosis


1,637.50


Reimbursement from County Commissioners for dog bites 65.15


From Other Communicable Diseases


128.15


Total $5,735.12


Total Expenditures


$25,303.73


Total Receipts $6,433.62


Net Cost to Operate $18,870.11


Cost Per Capita .47


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


Including debt and maintenance of Middlesex County Sanatorium $25,387.55


Net Cost to Operate $18,870.11


Total


$44,257.66


Cost Per Capita


1.10


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 1940 and 1941:


1940


1941


Bacillary Dysentery


0


3


Cat Bites


2


2


Chicken Pox


231


205


Diphtheria


0


1


Dog Bites


166


139


Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis


0


1


German Measles


6


13


Gonorrhea


7


10


Measles


59


502


Meningitis, Pfeiffer


0


1


Mumps


64


95


Ophthalmia Neonatorum


1


1


Paratyphoid Fever "B"


2


0


Pneumococcal Meningitis


0


1


Pneumonia (Lobar)


52


36


Questionable T. B. Meningitis


0


1


Scarlet Fever


29


42


Septic Sore Throat


1


1


Suppurative Conjunctivitis


1


1


Syphilis


20


26


Trachoma


0


1


Tuberculosis (Other Forms)


9


2


Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)


23


20


Typhoid Fever


0


2


1


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Undulant Fever


0


1


Whooping Cough


30


164


Total


703 1,271


Number of Arlington residents hospitalized through this


office, with Arlington settlement, during the year for : Scarlet Fever


Measles 2


2


Pneumonia (Chicken Pox exposure)


1


Lobar Pneumonia 1


Number of Arlington residents hospitalized through this office, with no Arlington settlement, during the year for : Lobar Pneumonia 1


Scarlet Fever (1 private case)


5


Questionable T. B. Meningitis 1


Number of persons not hospitalized through this office, but with Arlington settlement, during the year for :


Lobar Pneumonia 5


Measles 1


Scarlet Fever - Chicken Pox


1


Number of Arlington residents not hospitalized through this office, with no Arlington settlement, during the year for :


Whooping Cough 1


Persons afflicted with Tuberculosis and having a legal set- tlement in Arlington placed in Institutions as follows :


Middlesex County Sanatorium 15


Lakeville State Sanatorium 1


North Reading State Sanatorium 1


Waltham Hospital 1


Persons afflicted with Tuberculosis and having no legal set-


tlement in Arlington were placed in Institutions as fol- lows :


Middlesex County Sanatorium 6


Rutland State Sanatorium 1


Lakeville State Sanatorium 1


365


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION BY IMMUNIZATION Arlington, Mass., 1922-1941


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


1940


337


77


23


1


0


1941


242


69


31


1


0


Totals for


20 years


7,863


68


32


291


3


SUMMARY OF FIVE-YEAR PERIODS 1923-1927 1928-1932


1933-1937


1938-1942


Average Annual Num- ber of Children Im- munized


269


593


445


282


Number Children Im- munized per Population


1,000


10.7


16.5


11.5


7.0


Percentage below Age 5 of those Immun- ized


12


28


58


73


Percentage between 5- 10 years of those


Immunized


70


62


41


27


Reported Cases- Diphtheria


119


82


23


2


Reported Deaths- Diphtheria


2


1


0


0


Population : 1925-24,943


1930-36,094


1935-38,539 1940-40,000


366


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


BIRTHS AND DEATHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON, RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DURING 1941 With Five-Year Comparative Death Rate and Infant Mortality (Stillbirths Excluded)


1937


1938


1939


1940


1941


Population estimated


40,000


40,000


40,000


40,000


40,000


*Number of deaths


363


300


334


332


358


* Apparent Death Rate per 1,000 Population


9.1


7.5


8.4


8.3


9.0


Births


604


362


303


627


271


Deaths of Children under


one year of age


8


10


12


11


20


Rate of Infant Mortality


per 1,000 births


13.2


27.6


39.6


17.54


73.8


*Crude Rate.


Age of oldest persons dying in Arlington (1941) : Male, 96 years. Female, 95 years, 5 months, 22 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 rec- ords of the Town Clerk.


Death of residents occurring in Arlington


312


Deaths of residents of Arlington occurring elsewhere


109


Total


421


Death rate per one thousand population


10.5


BIRTHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS DURING 1941


1941


Population estimated


40,000


*Number of births


271


* Apparent Birth Rate per 1,000 Population


6.8


*Crude Rate.


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


1


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 149


Births of residents of Arlington occurring elsewhere 400


Total


549


Birth rate per one thousand population 13.7


SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN ARLINGTON DURING 1941


Heart Disease (All Forms)


Cancer


Diseases of . Coronary Artery


Cerebral Hemorrhage


Pneumonia (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


.


73


1.83


55


1.38


52


1.30


51


1.28


46


1.15


RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1941-(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


MF


Class I


Epidemic, Endemic and Infectious Dis- eases :


23 Lethardic Encephalitis


31 Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System ......


Class II


General Diseases not included in Class I :


2


2


1


8


2


3


44B Cancer of the Liver


2


5


45 Cancer of the Intestines and Rectum ....


4


46 Cancer of the Female Genital Organs


5


M


47 Cancer of the Breast


49 Cancer of Other Unspecified Organs


F


2


2


22


M


50A Tumor of Kidney


57 Diabetes Mellitus


58A Anemia, Pernicious


65A Leukemia, Lymphatic, Myelogenous, Leukopenic ..


65B Hodgkin's Disease


3


1


F M


1


44A Cancer of the Stomach and Throat


2


Total


66 Alcoholism, Acute


Class III


Diseases of the Nervous System and the Organs of Special Sense :


74A Cerebral Hemorrhage


74A, Apoplexy


74B Cerebral Embolism and Thrombosis


84B Parkinson's Disease


Class IV


Diseases of the Circulatory System :


88A Endocarditis, Bacterial


89 Anigina Pectoris


90A Aneurism, Aortic and Mitral Stenosis and Regurgitation, Chronic Valvular


1


·


1


11


3


90B Chronic Myorarditis, Arteriosclerotic and Hypertensive Heart Disease, Decompen- sation Insufficiency


1


1


2


5


4


2


19


3


5


11


3


6


1


2


38


M


1


1


1


2


5


M


1


3


2


1


5


4


1


31


F


1


2


1


1


3


6


1


21


M F


1


1


M


96 Other diseases of the Circulatory System .... F


1


Class V


Diseases of the Respiratory System :


1


2


2


1


1


3


14


4


4


2


1


3


2


20


101A Pneumonia, Lobar


M


1


3


1


1


1


1


2


2


6


1


1


1


3


1


1


19


.


.


2


5


3 5 2


5 6


5 5


5


1


1


32


1


1


1


1


11 1


1


3


2


1


2


Heart Disease


90D Acute Dilation, Heart Block


.


·


1


M


91B Arteriosclerosis


2


4


91C2 Diseases of the Coronary Artery


92 Thrombosis, Mesenteric


1


100A Bronchopneumonia


101A, Pneumonia, Hypostatic


105 Asthma


.


..


M


F


4


M F M


6


1


1


2


6


. ·


.


2


2 2


·


4 3


RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1941-(Stillbirths Excluded)


CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes


Male and


Female


Under 1 Year


1


2


00


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


107 Other Diseases of the Respiratory System (Tuberculosis excepted)


Class VI


Diseases of the Digestive System :


111A, Peptic Ulcer


M


1


M


2


112C Gastric Hemorrhage


113B Gastroenteritis


117A Appendicitis, Acute, Ruptured, Gengrenous


M


1


3


F


M


F


M


F


M


F


M


F


M


F


124D Congestion of Liver


M F


125 Diseases of the Pancreas


Class VII


Nonvenereal Diseases of the Genitourinary System and Annexa :


129A Nephritis, chronic, Interstitial


129B Uremia


1


-


2


118A, Hernia, Strangulated, Femoral


118B Intestinal Obstruction


118B, Intussusception


122B Cirrhosis of Liver


124B Cholecystitis


2


2


Total


129C Uremic Poisoning


131A


Nephritis, Acute


Class XI


Malformations : 159B Congenital Malformation of the Heart ..


159C, Monster


Class XII Early Infancy : 161A Premature Birth 162 Other Diseases Peculiar to Early Infancy


-


3


8121


Class XIV External Causes :


167 Suicide by Poisonous Gas


168 Suicide by Hanging


M


1


169 Suicide by Drowning


185 Accidental Traumatism by Fall 188C Accidental Traumatism by Automobiles ......


M


CLASS XV Ill-Defined Diseases 205A2 Cause of death ill-defined


M


1


Total


157 201


Stillbirths { M F


5


3


1


1


372


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, 1941.


REPORT OF AGENT


Inspections


Food producing and distributing establishments 1,651


Other Inspections 114


Complaints


Investigated and adjusted


108


Legal Settlements


Investigated


59


REPORT OF CLERK


Licenses Issued :


To buy, sell and deal in Alcohol


35


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)


7 Fee


5.00


To practice Massage and to give Vapor Baths


5 Fee


1.00


To practice Massage and to give Vapor Baths (Establishment owners)


1 Fee


2.00


To collect Meat Trimmings


6


Fee


2.00


To operate Milk Pasteurization Plant


2


Fee


10.00


To operate Slaughter House


1 Fee


1.00


To sell Oleomargarine


17


Fee


.50


To sell Milk (Stores)


145


Fee


.50


373


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


To sell Milk (Vehicles)


67


Fee .50


To Funeral Directors


15


No Fee


Permits Issued


Burial or Removal Permits


386


Fee


None


To keep Cows


2


Fee


None


To keep Hens


81


Fee


None


To keep Goats


3


Fee


$1.00


ea. goat


To construct Cesspools and Septic


Tanks


28


Fee


$1.00


To empty Cesspools


2


Fee


$1.00


To haul Offal through Arlington


20


Fee


None


To hold Rummage Sales


13


Fee


None


Licenses Revoked


Funeral Directors


1


Respectfully submitted,


J. PHILIP BOWER, Agent and Clerk.


374


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


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, 1941.


Throat Cultures 76


Sputa


52


Blood Smears 0


Specimens Examined


Urethral Smears


29


Mouth Smears


0


Throat Smears (Dental)


0


Mouth Smears (Dental)


15


Total


172


REPORT OF PHYSICIAN


Home Visits


For release upon recovery from Communicable Dis-


eases


26


For Investigation


35


Bakers Examined (Physical Examination)


9


Tuberculosis Test


0


Typhoid Inoculation


0


Total 70


Dispensary Report


Patients at Dispensary


9


Home Visits to Tuberculosis Patients


1


Total 10


375


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


Assisted at the Diphtheria Clinic for Toxoid inocula- tions for immunization against Diphtheria, which was con- ducted by the Board of Health.


Responded to all calls from the Board of Health office and attending physicians for the diagnosis of communica- ble 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 as Dentist to the Board of Health for the year ending December 31, 1941.


Five hundred and seventy-eight first-grade pupils were examined the first week of school in the Public and Paro- chial Schools. Notices were sent to the parents of each child needing dental care or 75% of those examined.


The school authorities have co-operated with the clinic by sending their allotted number of children on the days appointed.


A summary of the work follows:


Extractions


§ Deciduous 117


) Permanent 4


Fillings


§ Deciduous 1,156


¿ Permanent 586


Treatments, Silver Nitrate


1,536


Treatments, Prophylactic


303


376


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Total number of operations


3,702


Total number of working hours 504


or mornings 168


. Total number of sittings 1,212


Total number of dismissals




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