Town of Arlington annual report 1945, Part 20

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783


March 31, 1937


374


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


..


April 8, 1931 April 15, 1936


Washington Street ...


79 Ronald Road to west of Aerial Street


40


680


March 15, 1894


+Water Street Etx.


1300


400


40


Webcowet Road Webcowet Road


128 Medford Street to Orchard Terrace ...


40


473


March 31, 1937


22 Orchard Ter. northerly to Mystic Lake Drive


40


608


Webster Street


267 Broadway to Mystic Valley Parkway 86 Pleasant Street, easterly


40


737


+Wellington St. Ext. 38 Wellington Street to Addison Street


40


West Court Terrace 167 Lowell Street, 200 feet northwesterly


40


Westminster Avenue ..


118 Lowell Street to Lexington Line


50


2310


August 4, 1884; March 17, 1881


Westmoreland Ave. ..


221 Lowell Street to Orient Avenue


40


West Street


82 Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street 29 Margaret Street to 16 Burch Street


40


375


Whittemore Street


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


40


1082


Wildwood Avenue ....


31 Bartlett Avenue to Lockeland Avenue


40


1110


Wildwood Avenue ....


17 Lockeland Ave. to 14 Highland Ave. ....


40


370


Wildwood Avenue ....


14 Highland Avenue to 14 Coleman Road


40


365


Williams Street


12 Arnold Street to 43 Piedmont Street


40


1250


Willow Place ...


801 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly


30


169


Wilson Avenue


170 Lake Street, southerly


40


300


Winchester Road


74 Old Mystic St. to 2 Greenwood Rd.


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


40


577


March 25, 1915 May 6, 1924


Windsor Street


38 Waldo Road, 423 feet northwesterly ..


40


423


Winnick Place


126 Mystic Street to Russell Terrace


20


111


Winslow Street


30 Mystic Street to Russell Terrace


40


528


March 14, 1892


Winter Street


201 Massachusetts Ave. to 79 Broadway ..


40


1.540


April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, November 9, 1864


Winthrop Road 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


Woodland Street


120 Jason Street to Bartlett Avenue


40


282


Woodland Street


109 Bartlett Avenue to 18 Lincoln Street


40


240


Woodside Lane


28 Oak Hill Drive, northerly


40


246


Wright Street


607 Summer Street to Winchester Line


40


1930


Wyman Street


347 Massachusetts Ave. to 84 Warren St.


40


1050


Wyman Terrace


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


40


751


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 38.18 miles


Length of Proposed Private Streets 8.11 miles


375


65.54 miles


..


White Street


.....


40


466


April 1, 1940 November 23, 1909


*Wilbur Avenue


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


REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER


March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906 March 20, 1916


Yerxa Road


97 Summer Street, northerly


40


265


750


March 22, 1909 March 25, 1915


40


2390


Wellington Street


191 211


985 450


50


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


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


376


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


GENERAL STATISTICS


Arlington is situated six miles northwest of Boston, in latitude 42 deg., 25 min. north; longtitude 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 stanpipe), elevation 377 feet.


Crescent Hill Avenue at Park Place, elevation 281 feet.


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


Area of Town, including that covered by water, 3,5171/2 acres, 51/2 square miles ; area covered by water, 268.2 acres.


Parks: Town 142.03 acres; Metropolitan, 55 acres.


Total cemetery areas, 50.87 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, 15.62 miles ; concrete, 6.26 miles ; reinforced concrete and bituminous macadam, 2.23 miles ; bituminous macadam, 5.56 miles ; total 65.54 miles.


State highways and parkways, 5.87 miles.


Private streets open for travel, 38.18 miles.


Length of proposed private streets, 8.11 miles.


377


REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER


Permanent sidewalks: Tar concrete, 9.46 miles; brick, 3.09 miles ; artificial stone, 52.36 miles.


Edgestones, 46.68 miles. Paved gutters, 15.08 miles. Sewer system, 87.06 miles. Water system, 98.28 miles. Storm drain system, 49.17 miles. Catch basins, 1,973.


378


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL


December 31, 1945


Honorable Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works Robbins Memorial Town Hall Arlington, Massachusetts


Gentlemen :


I herewith submit my report for the year 1945 in com- pliance with Section 3 of Chapter 3 of the By-Laws of the Town.


There have been fifteen accident claims against the Town this year, four have been abandoned by the claimants, two have been settled as authorized by the Selectmen, three have brought suit, and six are in abeyance. Of the previous years' claims and suits, six were abandoned by the claimants without suit and two at the time they were reached for trial, three were settled as authorized by the Selectmen, and one was tried in Court resulting in a verdict for the Town. There have been no verdicts against the Town.


There were two contract claims against the Town, both of which have been abandoned by the claimants.


Actions by Cambridge against Arlington, with a cross action of Arlington vs. Cambridge, and an action by Boston vs. Arlington, were disposed of successfully by Arlington. An action by Arlington vs. Somerville was disposed of by payment to Arlington.


There have been eight claims against third persons for damages to Town property, automobiles, trucks, buildings, etc., and two were held over from the previous year. Six have been collected in full and four are in process, all pay- ments being made to the Town Collector.


There was only one case before the Board of Tax Ap- peals, and the position of the Board of Assessors was suc- cessfully defended.


37.9


REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL


Substantial amounts of money for aid rendered by the Board of Health or by the Symmes Arlington Hospital have been collected and turned over to the Town Collector.


The Town Counsel has been available at regular meet- ings of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Public Works, has rendered opinions as requested by other Boards, Departments, Committees and Officers, has attended hear- ings at State Boards and Commissions, and has been vigilant to all other matters affecting the interests of the Town.


For the kind consideration and cooperation extended to me by all the officials of the Town during the past year and especially to the Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, I desire to record my sincere appreciation.


Respectfully submitted,


RUSSELL T. HAMLET Town Counsel.


380


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT


January 1, 1946.


Honorable Board of Selectmen,


Town Hall, Arlington, Massachusetts.


Gentlemen :


I herewith submit my report for the Public Welfare Department for the year ending December 31, 1945.


Under the provisions of Section 3A, Chapter 115 of the General Laws, Tercentenary Edition, as accepted at the Annual Town Meeting in March, 1944, Soldiers' Relief and other veterans' services were separated from the Pub- lic Welfare Department on October 1, 1945, and functioned thereafter under the Department of Veterans' Services.


Report of these activities will be included in the report of the Director of Veterans' Services, and will be found elsewhere in this Town Report.


CASE LOAD PER MONTH


Welfare Aid


Old Age Assistance


Aid to Dependent Children


January


58


431


35


February


55


423


35


March


55


419


34


April


52


413


35


May


47


410


35


June


47


406


35


July


49


399


34


August


47


401


34


September


43


397


33


October


45


403


34


November


46


404


35


December


49


407


32


381


PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT


Medical and Dental Clinic


1,027 visits were made to our Medical Clinic by persons in Direct Relief families in need of out-patient care and treatment.


Summary :


Welfare 127


Old Age Assistance 752


Aid to Dependent Children 148


1,027


235 visits were made to the Clinic for dental care.


Welfare Aid


Total Expenditures $28,395.88*


Less Reimbursements :


State


$5,532.26


Citites and Towns


2,358.86


Individuals and Estates


83.13


7,974.25


Net Expenditures $20,421.63


* $8,791.88 paid other Cities and Towns included in this amount.


Welfare Aid was granted 94 cases including 217 persons.


SETTLEMENT STATUS


Arlington 71 cases


State (unsettled)


14 "


Other Cities and Towns


9 "


Total


94 cases


.


382


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Old Age Assistance


Total Expenditures $195,627.60*


Less Reimbursements and Grants :


Federal Grants


$80,325.23


State


94,406.02


Cities and Towns


4,888.87


Individuals and Estates ..


324.92


179,945.04


Net Expenditures $15,682.56 * $4,846.22 paid other Cities and Towns included in this amount.


CASE LOAD SUMMARY


Cases, January 1, 1945


433 cases


New cases, 1945 76 "


Total case load, 1945 509 cases


Cases closed, 1945. 102


Cases, December 31, 1945


407 cases


SETTLEMENT STATUS


Arlington 331 cases


State (unsettled)


112 "


Other Cities and Towns


66 "


Total


. . . . . . . . 509 cases


REASONS FOR DISCONTINUANCE


Death 48


Moved from Arlington . . 34


Sufficient income and resources 16


Transferred to Institutions .... 4


102


383


PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT


Aid to Dependent Children


Total Expenditures


$37,202.75


Less Reimbursements : Federal Grants $7,174.50


State


12,572.66


19,747.26


Net Expenditures $17,455.49


39 families were aided under this category of relief including 133 persons, 73 children under 16 years of age and 22 children between 16 and 18 years of age.


I wish to express my appreciation to the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town Departments and Officials, em- ployees of this department, private relief agencies, civic organizations and individuals for their cooperation during the year.


Respectfully submitted,


CLIFFORD W. COOK Agent.


384


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


REPORT OF TOWN PHYSICIAN


Honorable Board of Selectmen,


Town Hall,


Arlington, Massachusetts.


Gentlemen :-


I have the honor to submit herewith the report of the Medical Inspector of the Department of Public Welfare for the year ending December 31, 1945.


House Office


Total


Aid to Dependent Children


41


127


168


Old Age Assistance


283


752


1035


Temporary Aid


79


148


227


Veterans' Benefits


27


70


97


The total number of calls for the year 1945 was 1527. Therefore for the current year there has been a decrease of 132 calls. This decrease involved every form of relief ex- cept Old Age Assistance, in which there was an increase of 5 calls and Veterans' Benefits cases with an increase of 44 calls.


As time goes on the problem of caring for the aged increases in importance as well as in the number of cases. This care includes mental care as well as medical care. As these patients get older, many of them become irritable, fussy, noisy and at times almost unmanageable. In many cases their families are not able to manage them, nor, are the owners of convalescent homes. Under the present setup there is left to us only one procedure, namely, to commit them to a State mental hospital. Our experience in com- mitting aged people to mental hospitals has been a very un- pleasant one because many of them live only a few weeks or a few months after they are committed. In other words, what the community needs is an institution of a type about half way between a convalescent home and a mental hospi- tal, a place where a patient could get satisfactory dom- iciliary care and at the same time be allowed a certain


385


REPORT OF TOWN PHYSICIAN


amount of freedom to visit relatives and friends. They should be provided with opportunities for doing chores and occupational therapy to keep their minds occupied. In other words, it might seem desirable to revert to the old fashioned "poor farm" but of course, with a new label applied to it, such as "work center," "manual training center," "Therapy home" or some other suitable title.


Very truly yours, EDWARD W. FEELEY, M. D.


386


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,


Arlington, Massachusetts


Gentlemen :


I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the year ending December 31, 1945.


The Director of the Division of Livestock Disease Con- trol did not ask for Inspection of cattle and premises this past year.


Number of dogs and cats quarantined for bites. 147


Number of calls made after quarantine (to release) 178


Number of animal heads to Laboratory 1


Number of Rabies cases in Arlington during year. None


Total number of calls made during year 325


Many of the bite cases were on heads of children this year.


I wish to express my appreciation to the Board of Health and the Police Department for their hearty cooper- ation.


Respectfully submitted,


CHESTER L. BLAKELY, M. D. V. Inspector of Animals


387


REPORT OF DOG OFFICER


REPORT OF DOG OFFICER


Honorable Board of Selectmen


Arlington, Massachusetts


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit my report as Dog Officer for the Town of Arlington for the year ending December 31, 1945, in accordance with Section 3 of Article 3 of the Town's By- Laws.


Complaints registered with me are as follows:


Dogs impounded


377


Court complaints


1


Dogs destroyed at pound


14


Dogs returned to owners


120


Dogs contacted on Warrant


679


Dogs caused to be licensed


612


Dogs licensed


2091


Complaints registered with me to remove dead or mu- tilated animals from the highway are as follows:


Dogs


126


Cats


242


Skunks


51


Pigeons


41


Squirrels


33


Turtles


1


Rats


9


Pigs


1


Hens


1


Raccoon


1


At this time I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen for advice rendered me in settlement of controversies arising between dog owners and complainants, and to thank Chief Bullock for his splendid cooperation through his depart- ment.


388


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


My thanks to the dog owners of Arlington for prompt attention in the licensing of their dogs during the past year.


Respectfully submitted, SAMUEL F. FEMIA Dog Officer, Town of Arlington.


389


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 ending December 31, 1945.


At the annual Town election held March 5, 1945, Dr. Carl E. Barstow was elected a member of the Board of Health for a term of three years. Dr. Barstow qualified and was sworn to the office March 6, 1945.


The Board organized for the year as follows:


Ernest R. Brooks, D. M. D., Chairman John S. Crosby Carl E. Barstow, M. D.


CLINICS


At the Spring Clinic held for innoculating dogs against rabies, one thousand one hundred and sixteen dogs were vac- cinated without charge to the owners.


One hundred and sixteen children completed the course of immunization against diphtheria by attending the Fall Diphtheria Clinic, at a cost of sixty cents per child.


Five hundred and eighty-one children, totaling fourteen hundred and forty-seven sittings, received dental treatment during the year at the Dental Clinic operated by the Board. Sixteen percent of the five hundred and twenty-two man hours of professional work was devoted to children of pre- school age.


GENERAL SERVICES


The Physician and Bacteriologist made, and reported on, bacteriological examinations of specimens that were sub- mitted to him. He released from quarantine all placarded cases of dangerous diseases that had been reported to the office, and made examinations and investigations upon as- signment.


390


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


The usual services of the nurse employed by the Board were performed throughout the year. These services, ad- visory in nature, consisted principally of visits to the homes of patients carried on the reported list of tuberculosis cases, numbering two hundred and fifteen as of December 31, 1945, and making visits to the homes of several patients who had been reported ill with various communicable diseases. In- fant Boarding Homes were inspected by the nurse at inter- vals and conditions as found reported. Visits in an advisory capacity were made by the nurse, at her discretion, to the St. Agnes parochial school.


Spy Pond was treated with copper sulphate in the con- trol of the growth of algae. This year for the first time, the Town participated in the East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project which was a group project sponsored by Cambridge, Waltham, Watertown, Belmont, Lexington and Arlington, for the control and eradication of mosquitoes in these sev- eral communities.


It is with regret that the Board announces the resigna- tion of Dr. Ezekiel Pratt, Physician and Bacteriologist to the Board since June 1914. The friendly relations enjoyed by all who came in contact with Dr. Pratt and his unselfish and efficient service to this Board and to the Town of Arl- ington will be missed.


Reports of appointed officers and statistical forms are appended.


Respectfully submitted,


ERNEST R. BROOKS, D. M. D. JOHN S. CROSBY CARL E. BARSTOW, M. D.


Board of Health


391


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


FINANCIAL REPORT


Appropriation


Personal Services


$ 9,450.00


General Expense


2,450.00


Communicable Diseases


17,500.00


Mosquito Control Project


1,000.00


Total


$30,400.00


Expenditures


Personal Services


$ 9,449.83


Hospitalization for Tuberculosis:


Middlesex County Sanatorium,


Board and care of patients for year ending Dec. 31, 1945 ....


$6,953.78


North Reading State Sanatori- um


1,539.00


Lakeville State Sanatorium


565.00


Westfield State Sanatorium


11.00


Rutland Training Center


159.28


Other Hospitals


755.50


Costa Ambulance Service


85.00


$10,068.56


Hospitalization and Expenses for other Communicable Diseases :


Mosquito Control Project


$1,000.00


Puenmonia


106.40


Scarlet Fever


1,568.72


Whooping Cough


32.00


Miscellaneous Supplies and Expenses


186.77


2,893.89


392


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Antirabic Clinic, Vaccine


284.00


Antirabic Clinic, Expense


247.25


531.25


Paid Chester Baker, Inc.


Antirabic Vaccine


20.75


Paid Physicians Administering


Antirabic Vaccine


97.00


117.75


Total Expenditures (Communicable Diseases) Other Expenditures


$13,611.45


Maintenance of Office


$166.15


Telephone


134.80


Maintenance of Auto


770.32


Milk Inspector Expense


366.00


Dental Clinic Supplies


84.57


Spy Pond and Reservoir


28.33


Laboratory


3.42


Burial of Animals


350.00


Travel in State


2.00


$ 1,905.59


Total Expenditures


$24,966.87


RECEIPTS


Licenses Issued :


5 Sale of Alcohol $ 5.00


5 Manufacture of Frozen Des- serts or Ice Cream Mix (Retail) 25.00


1 Manufacture of Frozen Des- serts or Ice Cream Mix (Wholesale) 100.00


5 Practice of Massage and giv- ing of Vapor Baths 5.00


1 Practice of Massage and giv- ing of Vapor Baths (Es- tablishment Owners) ...... 2.00


393


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


3 Collecting Meat Trimmings 6.00


43 Sale of Oleomargarine 21.50


106 Sale of Milk from Stores ...... 53.00


43 Sale of Milk from Vehicles .. 21.50


2 Operating Pasteurizing Plants 20.00


5 Constructing Cesspools 5.00


1 Cleaning Cesspool 1.00


2 To keep goats


2.00


Total Receipts from Licenses Issued $267.00


Receipts from Dental Clinic 647.80


Receipts from Communicable Diseases :


From Tuberculosis $3,919.94


Reimbursements from County


Commissioners for dog bites 99.45


From other Communicable


Diseases 1,265.22


Total Receipts (Communicable Diseases $5,284.61


Miscellaneous Receipts 4.10


Total Receipts $6,203.51


Total Expenditures $24,966.87


Total Receipts 6,203.51


Net Cost to Operate


$18,763.36


Cost per Capita .43


Including debt and maintenance of Middlesex


County Sanatorium .. $17,660.60


Net Cost to Operate 18,763.36


Total


$36,423.96


Cost per Capita .84


394


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


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 1944 and 1945:


1944


1945


Anterior Poliomyelitis


5


5


Chicken Pox


210


174


Diphtheria


1


1


Dog-bites


184


175


German Measles


11


8


Gonorrhea


18


13


Malaria


0


2


Measles


279


49


Meningitis


4


3


Mumps


100


180


Paratyphoid Fever


1


1


Pneumonia, Lobar


5


10


Scarlet Fever


142


122


Septic Sore Throat


2


2


Suppurative Conjunctivitis


1


0


Syphilis


11


16


Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)


23


22


Whooping Cough


73


70


Total


1,070


853


Number of Arlington residents hospitalized through this office, with Arlington settlement, during the year for: Scarlet Fever


10


Meningitis


1


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


Scarlet Fever


6


Whooping Cough 3


Pneumonia


1


Bronchitis


1


395


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


Persons with Tuberculosis and having a legal settle- ment in Arlington placed in Institutions as follows:


Middlesex County Sanatorium


18


Lakeville State Sanatorium 1


North Reading State Sanatorium


3


Westfield State Sanatorium 2


Rutland Training Centre


1


396


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION BY IMMUNIZATION Arlington, Mass., 1922-1945


Percentage Percentage


Year


Number Children Immunized


below Age 5 of those between Age 5-10 of those Immunized 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


1942


143


90


10


0


0


1943


164


85


15


2


0


1944


145


86


14


1


0


1945


116


83


17


1


0


Population :


1925-24,943


1930-36,094


1935-38,539


1940-40,000


1945-43,575


397


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


BIRTHS AND DEATHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON, RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DURING 1945 With Five-Year Comparative Death Rate and Infant Mortality (Stillbirths Excluded)


1941


1942


1943


1944


1945


Population estimated


40,000


40,000


40,000


40,000


43,575


*Number of deaths


358


341


396


511


335


*Apparent Death Rate per 1,000 Population


9.0


8.5


9.9


12.7


7.7


Births


271


269


312


420


250


Deaths of Children under


one year of age


20


6


7


8


20


Rate of Infant Mortality per 1,000 births


73.8


22.3


22.4


19.04


80.


*Crude Rate.


Age of oldest persons dying in Arlington (1945) Male, 94 years Female, 100 years


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.


Deaths of residents occurring in Arlington 289


Deaths of residents of Arlington occurring elsewhere 139


Total 428


Death rate per 1,000 population


9.8


BIRTHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS DURING 1945


1945


Population estimated


43,575


*Number of births ... *Apparent Birth Rate per 1,000 Population


250


5.7


*Crude Rate.


398


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 251


Births of residents of Arlington occurring elsewhere 375


Total 626


Birth rate per 1,000 population 14.4


SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN ARLINGTON DURING 1945


Heart Disease


Cerebral Hemorrhage


Cancer


Accidents


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


144


3.30


49


1.12


47


1.08


19


41


16


36


399


REPORT OF THE 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, 1945.


Inspections


Food and other establishments serving the public ...... 960


Complaints


Investigated and settled 127


Legal Settlements


Investigated 65


Licenses Issued


To sell alcohol 5


To manufacture Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix .... 1


(Wholesale)


To manufacture Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix. 5


(Retail) )


To Practice Massage and giving of Vapor Baths 5


To Practice Massage and giving of Vapor Baths 1


(Establishment owners)


To collect Meat Trimmings 6


To sell oleomargarine 43


To sell milk from stores 106


To sell milk from vehicles 43


To operate pasteurizing plants 2


To act as Funeral Directors 18


400


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Permits Issued


To construct cesspools and septic tanks


5


To empty cesspools




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