Town of Arlington annual report 1942, Part 19

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Publication date: 1942
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73


1.83


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1.23


43


1.08


39


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34


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Total


RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1942-(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 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases :


13B Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System ..


13C Tuberculosis of Unspecified Site


24A Septicemia


Class II Cancer and Other Tumors :


46B Cancer of Stomach


46E Cancer of Intestines


46D Cancer of Rectum


46F Cancer of Liver


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M


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47D Cancer of Lung


48 Cancer of Uterus


49C Cancer of Vagina


50 Cancer of Breast


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46G Cancer of Pancreas


46H Cancer of Mesentery


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51B Cancer of Prostate


M


2


F


52B


Cancer of Bladder


M


F


1


55 Cancer of Femur


55D Cancer of Antrum


55E Cancer of Unspecified Organs


M


Class III


Rheumatism, Diseases of Nutrition and of the Endocrine Glands, Other General


Diseases, and Avitaminoses :


58E Rheumatic Fever


61 Diabetes Mellitus


64 Diseases of the Thymus Gland


Class IV


Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming Organs :


73A Pernicious Anemia


74A Lymphatic and Myelogenous Leukemia ....


Class VI


Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs :


83A Cerebral Hemorrhage


83B Cerebral Embolism and Thrombosis


84A Mongolism


84D Other Mental Diseases


Class VII


Diseases of the Circulatory System :


92B Mitral Insufficiency and Regurgitation ...


92D Chronic Valvular Heart Disease


M


93A Acute Myocarditis


M


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93C Rheumatic Heart Disease


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RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1942-(Stillbirths Excluded)


CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes


Male and


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


93D Chronic Myocarditis and Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease


93E Myocardial Insufficiency and Failure


94A Diseases of the Coronary Arteries


95C Dilatation, Hypertrophy, Decompensation Others


96 Aneurysm (except of heart and aorta) ...


97 Arteriosclerosis (except coronary sclerosis)


99 Embolism (unqualified)


102 Hypertensive Heart Disease


Class VIII Diseases of the Respiratory System: 106A Acute Bronchitis


107 Bronchopneumonia


108 Lobar Pneumonia


109 Pneumonia, Virus


111A Pulmonary Embolism and Thrombosis .....


111C Hypostatic Pneumonia and Edema of Lungs M


Class IX


Diseases of the Digestive System :


1


4


1


3


10


.


5


5


3


3


1


20


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9


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1


3


1


5


3


1


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15


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2


2


1


1


8


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1


1


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7


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F


11


F


5


25


8


3


1


Total


117A Ulcer of Stomach


118 Hemorrhage and Gangrene of Stomach


120A Acute Gastro-enteritis


121 Ruptured and Gangrenous Appendix


122B Intestinal Obstruction


123 Rupture of Intestine


124B Cirrhosis of Liver (without mention of alcohol)


Class X


Diseases of the Genito-Urinary System :


130 Acute Nephritis


131A Cardiorenal Disease


132 Chronic Nephritis, Uremia and Bright's Disease


133A Pyelonephritis


139A Disease of Female Genital Organ


Class XI


Diseases of Pregnancy and Childbirth :


144A Eclampsia


Class XIV


Congenital Malformations :


157E Congenital Heart


Class XV Diseases Peculiar to the First Year of Life :


161C Hemorrhage of Newborn


Class XVII


Violent or Accidental Deaths :


164A Suicide by Hanging


164B Suicide by Drowning


170C Automobile Accidents


M


1


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2


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RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1942-(Stillbirths Excluded)


Total


CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes


1


Male and


Female


Under 1 Year


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


182 Accidental Suffocation


183 Accidental Drowning


186A Accidental Injury by Fall


193 Accident due to Electric Shock


195E Fracture of Femur


1


Class XVIII Undefined and Unknown Causes :


200C Surgical Shock


1


Grand Total


144 197


Stillbirths


6


4


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375


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


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, 1942.


REPORT OF AGENT


Inspections


Food producing and distributing establishments 1,215


Other Inspections 96


Complaints


Investigated and adjusted


94


Legal Settlements


Investigated


75


REPORT OF CLERK


Licenses Issued


To buy, sell and deal in Alcohol


34 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)


4 Fee


5.00


To practice Massage and to give Vapor Baths


7 Fee


1.00


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


1 Fee


2.00


To collect Meat Trimmings


5 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)


126


Fee


.50


376


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To sell Milk (Vehicles)


54


Fee


.50


To Funeral Directors


15


Fee


None


Permits Issued


Burial or Removal Permits


378


Fee


None


To keep Cows


1 Fee


None


To keep Hens


47


Fee


None


To keep Goats


4


Fee


$1.00


ea. goat


To construct Cesspools and Septic


Tanks


7


Fee


1.00


To empty Cesspools


2


Fee


1.00


To haul Offal through Arlington


17


Fee


None


To hold Rummage Sales


23


Fee


None


Respectfully submitted,


J. PHILIP BOWER, Agent and Clerk.


377


REPORT OF THE 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 December 31, 1942.


Throat Cultures 52


Sputa


30


Blood Smears 0


Specimens Examined


Urethral Smears


16


Mouth Smears


0


Throat Smears (Dental)


0


Mouth Smears (Dental)


37


Total


135


REPORT OF PHYSICIAN


Home Visits


For Release upon Recovery from Communicable


Diseases 46


For Investigation


8


Bakers Examined (Physical Examination) 4


Tuberculosis Test


0


Typhoid Inoculation


0


Total 58


Dispensary Report


Patients at Dispensary


7


Home Visits to Tuberculosis Patients


0


Total 7


378


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


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 communicable diseases.


Respectfully submitted,


EZEKIEL PRATT, M. D., Physician to the Board.


REPORT OF DENTAL CLINIC


To the Board of Health


Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen :


I herewith submit a report of the activities of the Board of Health Dental Clinic for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1942.


Five hundred and ninety-two 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 59% of those examined.


A summary of the work follows:


§ Deciduous 56


Extractions


¿ Permanent 0


§ Deciduous 1,166


Fillings


/ Permanent 540


Treatments, Silver Nitrate


1,129


Treatments, Prophylactic 318


Total number of operations


3,209


Total number of working hours


438


or mornings 146


379


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


Total number of sittings 1,027


Total number of dismissals 283


Total number of patients


338


Respectfully submitted,


ERNEST R. BROOKS, D. M. D.


REPORT OF THE 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, 1942.


During the year 1,061 visits were made to the homes of persons suffering from communicable diseases or visits related thereto.


Four persons were referred to the Board of Health Physician for examination.


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Sixty-six patients and contacts were referred to the Diagnostic Clinic at Middlesex County Sanatorium for X-ray.


Assisted at the Diphtheria Immunization Clinic held at the Board of Health office in the Fall.


Assisted at the five Antirabic Clinics conducted by the Board of Health in April.


In 'accordance with Chapter 119 of the General Laws sixty-three investigations were made to determine the con- dition of the homes of persons applying for or holding licenses to maintain Boarding Homes for Infants.


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Saint Agnes School was visited frequently during school hours.


Taught Red Cross Home Nursing classes two after- noons a week, beginning in November.


Assisted at the daily session of the Board of Health Dental Clinic and with the examination of 592 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, 1942.


The approximate daily consumption of milk, from data shown on application cards submitted by milk dealers dis- tributing milk throughout the Town, is as follows :


Retail, Pasteurized, Quarts 17,947


Wholesale, Pasteurized, Quarts 2,357


Total 20,304


Cream, Pasteurized, Quarts 857


The daily consumption of milk, per capita, is ap- proximately (Qts.) .05


For sale of Milk from stores 126


Licenses Issued For sale of Milk from vehicles 54


For sale of Oleo 17


Total 197


381


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


[Pasteurization Plants


5


Inspections


Dairies


12


Total


17


Taken from Vehicles on Street ..


135


Samples of Milk


Taken from Chain Stores


20


Analyzed


School Milk


4


Total


159


Milk


Fat


Solids Bacteria


Grade A


4.33


13.12


4,116


Family


4.02


12.66


7,434


Chain Stores


3.99


12.62


3,828


School


4.35


13.23


5,300


Respectfully submitted,


J. PHILIP BOWER, 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, 1942.


No Inspections


Respectfully submitted,


ARTHUR TAYLOR, Inspector.


Total Average for Year


382


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, 1942.


Not having been called upon to serve in this capacity, I have no report to make.


Respectfully submitted,


J. PHILIP BOWER, Inspector.


383


REPORT OF CEMETERY DEPARTMENT


REPORT OF CEMETERY DEPARTMENT


January 13, 1943.


The report of the Cemtery Commissioners is herewith submitted for the year ending December 31, 1942. Number of Bodies Interred in Mt. Pleasant:


Private Lots


186


Single Graves


68


Public Lot 6


Private Tomb


1


War Graves


2


Town Tomb


1


Number of Bodies Removed to Other Cemeteries


2


Number of Bodies Received from Other Cemeteries 1


Valuation of Lots and Graves (with perpetual


care)


$276,525.00


Valuation of Office Furniture


240.00


Valuation of Stock and Tools


1,050.00


CEMETERY RECEIPTS


Sale of Lots and Graves


$8,389.50


Annual Care


3,511.33


Opening Graves


3,809.00


Foundations


1,096.18


Miscellaneous


1,604.00


Turned back from Funds


4,429.58


Received for Perpetual Care


10,044.00


Sale of Scrap


499.74


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


384


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD


The Planning Board respectfully submits herewith its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1942.


At the Annual Town Election held Monday, March 2, 1942, Charles H. Bowker was reelected a member of the Board for a three year term.


The Board organized on Friday evening, March 6, 1942, with Harold C. Knight as Chairman and Charles H. Bowker as Secretary.


The Board was represented by its Chairman on the "Special Parks and Playgrounds Committee" and the "Advanced Programming and Budgeting Committee."


We have continued our membership in the Massachu- setts Federation of Planning Boards and maintained close contact with the State Planning Board and Region #1 of the National Resources Committee.


During the year sixteen Board Meetings were held, the chief business of which was the study of the revision of the "Town Zoning By-Laws." It was hoped that this project could be completed and the Proposed Revised Zoning By- Laws presented to the 1943 Annual Town Meeting. How- ever, this is impossible due greatly to the war business pressure on the Board members. This work will be con- tinued and it is the desire of the Board to present it to the Town Meeting as soon as possible.


A study of the "Russell School Problem" was made and recommendations were presented to the "Advanced Pro- gramming and Budgeting Committee." The Planning Board study of new school sites to replace the present Russell School was offered to the School Committee. Arrangements were made to discuss this subject further in the early part of January.


This is the first year for some time that the Board has not been requested to hold a "Public Hearing" on matters pertaining to the changing of the Town's Zoning By-Law.


385


REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD


This, we believe, is attributed to the fact that our country is at war and that construction was limited to "war pro- duction plants" and housing for its workers of which Arl- ington has neither up to the present time.


The Board desires to express its appreciation for the cooperation and assistance of the Board of Selectmen, the Board of Public Works, the Engineering Department, the Building Inspector's Department and the Park Commis- sioners for the use of their office for Planning Board Meet- ings.


Respectfully submitted,


HAROLD C. KNIGHT, Chairman CHARLES H. BOWKER, Secretary HERBERT M. DUTCHER SEROVP P. BASMAJIAN FRANK L. LINCOLN


386


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS


January 11, 1943.


In accordance with Section 3 of Article III of the By- Laws of the Town of Arlington, the Board of Park Com- missioners herewith respectfully submits its forty-seventh annual report for the year ending December 31, 1942.


At the annual town election held Monday, March 2, 1942, Mr. Daniel M. Hooley was re-elected a member of the Board of Park Commissioners for a term of three years.


The Board organized on Tuesday evening, March 3, 1942, with Mr. Nils G. Anderson as Chairman, Mr. George D. Higgins as Superintendent of Parks and Playgrounds, and Miss Ruth Cannell as Clerk.


The regular meetings of the Board are held on Mon- day evening of each week at seven-thirty o'clock for the purpose of considering routine matters, consulting the offi- cials of the several branches of the Town Government and special committees thereof, and the Chairmen of the Town Meeting Members of the several precincts, granting audi- ences to committees, organizations, delegations, and citi- zens of Arlington whose interests are within the jurisdic- tion of the Board of Park Commissioners.


The Board has supervised the completion of the Ethel Wellington Playground this past season, planted trees and shrubbery, loamed and seeded the area and installed a foun- tain. All work at the playground is completed with the ex- ception of the black-top driveway and walks which must be postponed for the "duration" because of priorities. The ent- rance posts and much of the shrubbery and planting were made possible by gift of money made available through the Ethel Wellington Memorial Fund.


The Park Department completed as of April 13, 1942, the taking of the parcel of land known as "Robbins Farm". for the purposes of a public playground or recreation cen- ter, as voted by the Town Meeting of December 15, 1941.


387


REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS


The Board supervised the care and maintenance of twenty-four areas within its jurisdiction, together with five areas owned by the Town of Arlington outside the jurisdic- tion of the Park Commission, as well as the area control- led by the Arlington Garden Club.


Heights Playground (Reservoir Field)


Reservoir Beach Arlington Heights Standpipe


Turkey Hill


Forest and Bow Streets


Appleton Street and Paul Revere Road


Lowell Street and Massachusetts Avenue


Ethel Wellington Playground


Lockeland Delta .


Menotomy Rocks Park


Russell Park


Meadowbrook Park


Orvis Road


River and Warren Streets Delta


Crosby School Playground


Warren A. Peirce Playground


Monument Park


Fowles Pond


Dow Avenue and Appleton Street Delta


Medford and Warren Streets Delta


Florence Avenue Playground


Thorndike Street Playground Teel Street Playground


Ethel Wellington Playground Nathan Robbins Farm


Areas owned by Town of Arlington and cared for by Arlington Park Commission :


Brattle and Summer Streets Delta Junior High West (Crusher Lot) Falmouth Road and Crosby Street Delta


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Thomas J. Robinson Rock (Gray Street and Endicott Road) Grafton Street and Massachusetts Avenue Delta


Area controlled by Arlington Garden Club and cared for by Arlington Park Commission :


Delta, adjacent to Old Town Hall


After more than seven years of service, Mr. Daniel M. Hooley resigned from the Board as of December 28, 1942, because of his current affiliation with the United States Government.


In conclusion, the members of this Board are thor- oughly appreciative of the fact that it is clearly our duty to serve, to the best of our ability, the people of Arlington, who place their confidence in us by electing us to this Board.


NILS G. ANDERSON, Chairman, JOHN B. BYRNE,


Board of Park Commissioners.


REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE ROBBINS LIBRARY 389


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ROBBINS LIBRARY


FOR THE YEAR 1942


Trustees


*ARTHUR J. WELLINGTON, Chairman FRANCIS J. KEEFE, Secretary FREDERICK W. HILL EDWARD H. KITTREDGE, Chairman MISS M. HELEN TEELE MRS. SARAH R. VAUGHN +WILSON D. CLARK, Jr.


Librarian MRS. LUCINDA F. SPOFFORD


Librarian Emeritus ELIZABETH J. NEWTON


Assistants


RUTH SAMPSON, Cataloguer and Senior Assistant MARGARET WEBSTER ERSKINE, Reference Librarian ESTHER GANNETT, Classifier THELMA BRICTSON MONTAGUE, Children's Librarian RUTH FULLER, Head of Circulation


Branch Librarians JEANNETTE FAVREAU, Dallin Branch EVA M. SMITH, East Branch


* Deceased


¡ Appointed to fill vacancy


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


General Assistants


ĮLOUISE CAMPBELL FRANCES MACAULAY RACHEL M. SANTOLIQUIDO SUZANNE MACGILLIVRAY ¿JEANNETTE ANDERSEN MIRIAM WIGHT


Part-time Workers


BARBARA DOE ELOISE L. DOTEN NANCY DUNCAN JEAN MACMASTER NANCY MCDONOUGH JEAN N. YOUNG CARL FULLER


Janitors


JAMES SULLIVAN, Main Library ĮGEORGE A. CAPES, Dallin Branch PHILIP J. McMAHON, Dallin Branch JOHN SMITH, East Branch ĮCHARLES L. O'NEILL, Messenger


Curator Robbins Print Collection MRS. KATHRYN M. ACHUFF


į Resigned


REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE ROBBINS LIBRARY 391


REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR 1942


The Trustees of the Robbins Library present herewith their report for the year 1942.


Mrs. Lucinda F. Spofford, our Librarian, and her faithful and trained staff have kept up the high standards of efficiency and usefulness to the citizens of Arlington un- der conditions which seldom have been experienced in the history of the Library, at least not for many years, and they give assurances that propose to "carry on" service to the people to the best of their ability for the duration of the War and come what may.


The Trustees have opened and equipped a substantial air-raid shelter in the basement of the Main Library. Ow- ing to fuel rationing we have tried in every way possible to save waste of heat by providing additional storm win- dows and a removable vestibule in the main Library. That readers need not be disturbed with the dimout regulations we have provided on all windows necessary curtains to keep in the light. While it has been deemed necessary to curtail somewhat hours when the Library and the Dallin Branch are. open, we have tried to maintain a reasonable temperature of 65° in our buildings for the benefit of the growing number of those who desire to use them.


The Trustees authorized the expenditure of $34,107.53 during the year 1942 of which $33,080.07 was provided by the Town Appropriation and the balance of $1,027.46 spent, for the most part, for extraordinary and non-recurring items enumerated above from the income of trust funds.


We commend to your careful attention the report of our Librarian which gives many interesting facts about how your Library serves the citizens, and we also append the report of Mrs. Kathryn M. Achuff, Curator of the Robbins Print Collection which is housed in our Library and whose work is under our direction.


During the past year the Board of Trustees suffered a severe loss, through the death of its faithful Chairman, whose long and distinguished service to the Board is re-


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


corded in a memorial prepared and adopted by the Trustees which we print in full as follows:


A Tribute to Mr. Arthur J. Wellington


Arthur J. Wellington, Esq., was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Arlington Robbins Library for forty years. During a large part of those years he held the office of Secretary and, at the time of his death, April 2, 1942, he was Chairman of the Board. The presence of Mr. Welling- ton on the Board perpetuated the connected of his family with the management of the library from the date of its organization in 1835 through four generations. In the per- formance of his office Mr. Wellington was unfailing in his devotion to duty, wise in judgment and advice, and so con- siderate that association with him was a privilege, His genial smile and cordial greeting will remain with us as cherished memories. A man of sterling worth, keen mind and fine ideals-his name is written large in the annals of this library.


A copy of this tribute will be added to the next annual report of the Trustees. A copy will also be sent to Miss Vir- ginia Wellington.


For the Trustees M. HELEN TEELE


To fill the vacancy created by the death of the late Hon. Arthur Jefferson Wellington, the Trustees and the Board of Selectmen, in joint session, appointed Wilson J. Clark, Jr., to serve through the unexpired term of the deceased.


We also think it fitting at this time to record the pass- ing in April, 1942, of a former faithful and well-beloved Trustee, Dr. Charles J. Walsh, who served on our board for years and resigned in December 1940.


To Mrs. Spofford and her staff, the Trustees extend their sincere appreciation for their accomplishments dur- ing the past year. The task of administering the affars of the Library has been greatly lightened by their cheerful and intelligent cooperation.


For the Trustees Edward H. Kittredge, Chairman


393


REPORT OF LIBRARIAN


REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE YEAR 1942


To the Trustees of the Robbins Library :


I herewith submit the report for the year ending De- cember 31, 1942.


After more than a full year of war one can be thank- ful that the activities of the Robbins Library in behalf of the community have not been curtailed but one more serv- ice has been added; that of service to the Symmes Hospital.


The war has greatly increased the problems of the library.


Books for the army and navy to the number of 6,652 and magazines without number were sorted and packed. Thanks are due the Boy Scouts who made house to house collection and helped pack. Senior Girl Scouts also gave of their time.


Many books were sent direct to stations designated by headquarters and others collected by the Seaman's Friendly Society.


In time of war, a reduction in recreational reading is inevitable. People can't read while they are making air- planes or sewing for the Red Cross but added inquiry on navigation and plastics is a gain.


The library which has carried the gospel of reading with zeal and related its work to community interests now is also directed by wartime goals. We know that we must have an informed and understanding people. We know that books are essential. We know that books are necessary tools of industry. We know that reading is a great stabilizing factor. We know that life must go on during and after the . war and important activities should be restricted no more than is necessary for the prosecution of the war. We know therefore that our former standards for measuring library sevice just don't apply. We know the library has one


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


business: doing its part in winning this war. There must be no business-as-usual tactics. To exist, we must serve ; and to serve, we must conform to the nation's needs.


HOW HAS THE LIBRARY SERVED ? CIRCULATION STATISTICS - 1942


Adult


Juvenile


Center


148,699


47,181


Total 195,880


Dallin Branch


23,234


19,506


42,740


East Branch


10,423


14,752


25,175


Schools


16,668


16,668


Hospital


78


78


Total


182,434


98,107


280,541


Picture Circulation, 561 Vacation Books, 1,137


HOW MUCH HAVE WE GROWN?


Books added :


1939


1940


1941


1942


Adult


2,319


2,739


2,953


2,757


Juvenile


1,141


1,609


1,712


1,928


Total


3,460


4,348


4,665


4,635


Books withdrawn :


Adult


907


1,290


2,457


1,148


Juvenile


579


1,096


1,408


1,336


Total


1,486


2,386


3,865


2,484


1942-Gain in book stock


2,201


4,458


Added by purchase . Added by gifts and binding


138


Approximate number of pamphlets


3,947


Total books


65,568


395


REPORT OF LIBRARIAN


HOW MUCH DID IT COST?


Comparison Expenditures 1941-1942


1941


1942


Salaries




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