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45
1050
November 11, 1850; April 15, 1867
Spring Valley
144 Pleasant St. to Spy Pond.
25
520
Spurcliff Road
Mystic St. to Crosby St.
40
916
Spy Pond Lane .
119 Lake St. to Princeton Rd.
40
590
+Spy Pond Parkway
. 42 Alfred Rd .. south and north
60
600
Spy Pond Parkway. ..
201 Lake St. to East of Pioneer Rd ..
60
2006
Standish Road
2 Pilgrim Rd. to Belmont Line
40
...
.
+Steep Rock Road
Philemon St. to Winchester Line
40
300
10
400
Stevens Terrace. Stone Road
Ridge St., southerly
40
740
Stony Brook Road
44 Hillsdale Rd., easterly
40
650
Stowecroft Road
21 Ridge St. to Spurcliff Rd.
40
108
1353
+Stowecroft Road
10 Upland Rd. to Spurcliff Rd.
40
911
*Summer Street
131 Mystic St. to Brattle St.
50
3920
Sutherland Road
106 Paul Revere Rd. to Aberdeen Rd.
40
766
30
800 2001
Teel Street
77 Massachusetts Ave. to 15 Cross St.
40
970
April 3, 1929 March 31, 1937
March 20, 1916; March 27, 1935 March 26. 1914
. .
785
89 Spring Ave., northeasterly.
.
October 17, 1949
TABLE SHOWING LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS-Continued
Name
Location
Width
Public
Private
Tufts Street
287 Massachusetts Ave. to 26 Warren St.
45
1300
April 2, 1866
Udine Street
413 Appleton St. to Rublee St.
40
960
+Unnamed Street
129 Sylvia St., westerly .
40
170
Unnamed Street
1422 Massachusetts Ave. to Paul Revere Rd ..
40
400
+Unnamed Street
38 Kensington Park, southeasterly
40
280
+Unnamed Street
Park Place, southerly .
40
340
Upland Road
20 Falmouth Rd. to 162 Crosby St.
40
525
190
March 20. 1916
Upland Road West
162 Crosby St. to west of Hodge Rd.
40
467
501
Valentine Road
206 Appleton St. to Virginia Rd ..
50&40
1713
200
Valley Road
114 Gray St. to Churchill Ave.
50
783
Varnum Street.
120 Massachusetts Ave. to B. & L. R. R. . .
40
1625
92
March 26, 1914; March 28, 1928; April 8, 1931
Venner Road
267 Pleasant St. to 76 Hillsdale Rd.
40
777
March 19, 1941
Victoria Road
37 Summer St. to 174 Mystic St.
50
746
March 31, 1937
Village Lane.
285 Lake St. to 279 Lake St.
40
363
+Virginia Road
344 Appleton St. to Wadsworth Rd ..
40
1512
Vista Circle
Woodside Lane, southerly
40
450
Wachusett Avenue . .. 62 Wollaston Ave. to 207 Appleton St.
40
650
November 13, 1894
+Wachusett Avenue . . 206 Appleton St. to Florence Ave.
50
730
Wachusett Avenue
146 Florence Ave. to Park Ave ...
50
1725
March 23, 1938
+Wadsworth Road
Appleton St. to east of Wollaston Ave.
50
2146
Waldo Road.
57 Cleveland St. to 71 Amsden St .. .
45
940
April 15, 1898; April 15, 1926; March 26 1930; formerly Laurel Street
Waldo Road.
71 Amsden St. to 70 Teel St.
40
341
Wall Street. .
202 Spring St. to 723 Concord Turnpike . .
40
593
Walnut Court .
20 Walnut St., easterly .
25
275
Walnut Street .
998 Massachusetts Ave. to 252 Gray St. .
33
1360
March 7, 1870
Walnut Terrace
55 Walnut St. to 269 Gray St.
40
300
302
April 1, 1940
*Warren Street
59 Medford St. to 133 Broadway
50
2680
May 27, 1873; Old Town Way, November 9, 1846; Laid out by County Comm., 1874
Warwick Street
27 Marathon St. to Trowbridge St.
45
200
Washington Avenue . . 55 Madison Ave. to Orient Ave.
40
250
Washington Street ... 46 Brattle St. to Summer St.
40
700
Washington Street ... 334 Summer St. to Ronald Rd.
40
1442
.
Water Street .
675 Massachusetts Ave. to Russell St.
40
680
tWater St. Ext.
Summer St. to Russell St ..
50
.
1300
Waverley Street
158 Florence Ave. to Cedar Ave ..
40
1390
790
March 22, 1950
+Waverley Street
163 Florence Ave. to Dow Ave.
40
644
-
.
·
.
. .
.
·
April 8, 1931
Washington Street
79 Ronald Rd. to west of Aerial St. ..
40
306
880
April 15, 1936 March 15, 1894
...
307
REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER
.
March 22, 1950 March 26, 1930; March 22, 1950
·
.
-
Length
Date of Acceptance
Webcowet Road Webcowet Road
128 Meatord St. to Orchard Terrace .. 22 Orchard Ter. northerly to Mystic Lake Drive
40
473
March 31, 1937
40
608
Webster Street
267 Broadway to Mystic Valley Parkway
40
2390
Wellington Street
86 Pleasant St., easterly
40
737
+Wellington St. Ext. . 38 Wellington St. to Addison St.
40
191
West Court Terrace .. 167 Lowell St., 200 feet northwesterly
40
211
Westminster Avenue . |118 Lowell St. to Lexington Line
50
2310
Westmoreland Ave. .. /221 Lowell St. to Orient Ave. ...
40
985
West Street
82 Wollaston Ave. to Appleton St. ..
50
450
Wheeler Lane
165 Mountain Ave. to Dickson Ave.
40
200
White Street
29 Margaret St. to 16 Burch St.
40
375
Whittemore Street
406 Massachusetts Ave. to B. & L. R. R. 58 Williams St. to Ely Rd.
40
466
1082
Wildwood Avenue.
31 Bartlett Ave. to Lockeland Ave.
40
1110
Wildwood Avenue.
17 I ockeland Ave. to 14 Highland Ave.
40
370
Wildwood Avenue
14 Highland Ave. to 14 Coleman Rd.
40
365
Williams Street
12 Arnold St. to 43 Piedmont St.
40
1250
Willow Court
801 Massachusetts Ave., northerly
30
169
Wilson Avenue
170 Lake St. to Concord Turnpike
40
585
Windermere Avenue. . 18 Bartlett Ave. to Churchill Ave.
40
441
Windermere Park
12 Windermere Ave., southerly
30
400 1460
Windsor Street
127 Massachusetts Ave., 577 ft. northeasterly
40
577
Windsor Street
38 Waldo Rd., 423 feet southwesterly
40
423
Winnick Place
126 Medford St. to Sherborn St. .
20
111
Winslow Street
30 Mystic St. to Russell Terrace
40
528
March 14, 1892
Winter Street. ..
201 Massachusetts Ave. to 79 Broadway
40
1540
April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, November 9, 1864
Winthron Read Wollaston Avenue.
103 Park Ave. to West St.
60
1340
September 23, 1878; November 13, 1894; March 16, 1908
+Wollaston Avenue . .
3 West St. to Rublee St.
60
980
. . 344 Appleton St. to Concord Turnpike
50
1332
347 Appleton St. to Rublee St.
60
495
Woodland Street
120 Jason St. to Bartlett Ave.
40
282
Woodland Street
109 Bartlett Ave. to 18 Lincoln St ..
40
240
Woodside Lane
28 Oak Hill Drive to Brattle Ave ..
40
1314
Wright Street
607 Summer St. to Winchester Line .
40
1930
Wyman ireet
347 Massachusetts Ave. to 84 Warren St.
40
1050
Wyman "rrace
341 Massachusetts Ave. to 352 Mass. Ave.
40
751
Yerxa Road
|Ridge St. toRend
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 Lenth of Proposed Private Streets
69.59 miles
36.54 miles
10.45 miles
308
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
1
Winchester.Road
74 Old Mystic St. to 2 Greenwood Rd.
40
896
2159
March 29, 1939 March 27, 1906; April 3, 1929
Windmill Lane
2 Old Middlesex Path, southeasterly
40
March 25. 1915 May 6, 1924
97 Summer St., northerly
40
265
+Wollaston Avenue Wollaston Avenue. Woodbury Street
35 Dundee Rd. to Hibbert St.
40
750
March 22, 1909 March 25, 1915
March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906 March 20, 1916
April 15, 1926 March 25, 1861, and April 15, 1926 November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911
March 13, 1946 August 4. 1884; March 17. 1881,
|April 1, 1940 November 23, 1909
+Wilbur Avenue .
40
April 3, 1929 March 29, 1939; formerly Trent Street April 3; 1929; formerly Trent Street
309
REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER
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 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 148.24 acres; Metropolitan, 52.25 acres.
Total cemetery areas, 51.20 acres.
Public streets and Town ways; Macadam, 31.40 miles; Simasco, 1.20 miles; Warren Bitulithic, 0.13 miles; Macasphalt, 0.27 miles; Colprovia, 0.29 miles; Kyrock, 0.47 miles; gravel, 15.46 miles; concrete, 5.41 miles; reinforced concrete and bituminous concrete, 2.23 miles; bituminous concrete, 10.73 miles; total 69.59 miles.
State Highways and parkways, 5.87 miles. Private streets open for travel, 36.54 miles.
Length of proposed private street, 10.45 miles.
Permanent sidewalks; Tar concrete, 12.41 miles; brick, 3.09 miles; artificial stone, 56.20 miles. Edgestones, 50.14 miles.
Paved gutters, 15.08 miles.
Sewer system, 94.13 miles. Water system, 105.72 miles. Storm drain system, 53.61 miles Catch basins, 2154.
310
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Report of the Town Counsel
December 31, 1950
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 1950 in compliance with Section 3 of Chapter 3 of the By-Laws of the Town.
There have been seventeen accident claims against the Town this year. One has been settled as authorized by the Selectmen, four have brought suit and twelve are in abeyance. Of the previous year's claims and suits, eight were abandoned by the claimants without suit, one at the time it was reached for trial, and two were settled as authorized by the Selectmen. There were no verdicts against the Town. A case which was tried in 1949, and which resulted in a verdict for the Town, has been appealed by the plaintiff to the Supreme Judicial Court on a question of law, and will probably be argued in 1951.
There are three contract claims against the Town, but no suit has been brought and the Town has denied liability. There are two damage claims on which suit has been brought, having to do with water damage to property. There were eleven claims against third persons for damages to property of the Town and three held over from previous years; nine of these were collected in full and five are pending.
The exceptions of Lillian Y. Rubin taken in the trial of her case for the taking of her land (the so-called Pierce and Winn property) is pending before the Supreme Judicial Court and will probably be argued in 1951.
The position of the Board of Assessors before the Board of Tax Appeals, the Arlington Board of Appeals before the Emergency Housing Commission, and the Inspector of Buildings and Board of Selectmen before the Outdoor Advertising Authority, has been defended.
Substantial amounts of money for aid rendered by the Board of Health and by the Symmes Arlington Hospital have been collected and turned over to the Town Collector.
The Town Counsel has been available at regular meetings 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 hearings at State Boards and Commissions, and has been vigilant in 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
311
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Report of the Public Welfare Department
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, 1950.
CASE LOAD PER MONTH
Welfare Aid
Old Age Assistance
Aid to Dependent Children
January
84
562
33
February
85
569
35
March
84
576
34
April
80
585
32
May
79
589
32
June
74
590
34
July
66
596
34
August
65
603
35
September
64
604
34
October
66
592
32
November
73
596
32
December
77
596
35
MEDICAL AND DENTAL CLINIC
894 visits were made to our Medical Clinic by recipients who had established their eligibility to receive assistance under one of the three categories as listed below.
Summary:
Welfare
254
Old Age Assistance
526
Aid to Dependent Children
114
894
342 visits were made to the Clinic for Dental Care.
WELFARE AID
Total Expenditures
$ 65,133.86*
Less Reimbursements:
State
$8,409.42
Cities and Towns
5,709.14
Individuals and Estates
2,070.10
16,188.66
Net Expenditures
$48,945.20
*$13,685.29 paid other Cities and Towns included in this amount.
WELFARE AID was granted to 130 cases, including 245 persons.
312
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
SETTLEMENT STATUS
Arlington 83
State (Unsettled)
23
Other Cities and Towns
24
130
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Total Expenditures $465,983.10*
Less Reimbursements and Grants:
Federal Grants
$190,906.21
State
187,426.67
Cities and Towns
847.04
Individuals and Estates
6,163.19
385,343.11
Net Expenditures $80,639.99
*$10,814.42 paid other Cities and Towns included in this amount.
CASE LOAD SUMMARY
Cases January 1, 1950
560
New Cases 1950 145
Total Case Load 1950
705
Cases closed 1950
109
Cases December 31, 1950
596
SETTLEMENT STATUS
Arlington 441
State (Unsettled)
136
Other Cities and Towns
128
705
REASONS FOR DISCONTINUANCE
Death 46
Moved from Arlington
30
Secured employment
0
Sufficient income .. 31
Transferred to Institution
.. . . .. . 2
109
313
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Total Expenditures
$ 50,313.96
Less Reimbursements and Grants:
Federal Grants
$ 15,858.69
State
16,007.44
Individuals
52.90 31,919.03
Net Expenditures
$ 18,394.93
46 families were aided under this category of relief, including 166 persons, 109 children under 16 and 12 children between 16 and 18 years of age.
I desire to express herewith my sincere appreciation to the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town Officials and employees, staff of the Public Welfare Department, private agencies, civic organizations and individuals for their kind consideration and cooperation during the year. It is only through such cooperation that this Agency can fulfill the difficult assign- ment of understanding and meeting human needs.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE V. MORSE
Agent
314
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Report of the Inspector of Animals
January 2, 1951
Subject: Annual Report of Inspector of Animals
To: Board of Selectmen
1. A total of 117 animals in Arlington were examined and quar- antined for biting during the past year.
3. One barn was inspected according to the instructions of the 2. There were no cases of rabies in Arlington in 1950.
Director of Livestock Disease Control. There was one animal (horse) examined during this inspection, and the animal and premises were found satisfactory.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN J. MURPHY, JR .. D.V.M.
REPORT OF THE TOWN PHYSICIAN
315
Report of the Town Physician
January 4, 1951.
Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town Hall.
Arlington, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :-
I have the honor to submit herewith the report of Medical Inspector of the Department of Public Welfare for the year ending December 31, 1950.
House
Office
Total
Aid to Dependent Children
44
114
158
Old Age Assistance
437
526
963
Temporary Aid
144
254
398
Veteran's Benefits
13
40
53
The Total number of calls for the year 1950 has been
1572
342 visits were made to the Clinic for dental care.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD W. FEELEY, M.D.
1
316
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Report of the 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, 1950 in accordance with Section No. 3 of Article No. 3 of the Town's By-Laws.
Complaints registered with me are as follows:
Dogs impounded 467
Court complaints None
Dogs destroyed at pound 21
Dogs returned to owners 153
Dogs contacted on Warrant
1014
Dogs caused to be licensed
920
Dogs licensed
2150
Complaints registered with me to remove dead or mutilated animals from the highways are as follows:
Dogs
135
Cats
198
Skunks
50
Squirrels
70
Pigeons
50
Rats
3
Turtles
3
Rabbits
13
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 coopera- tion through his department.
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
317
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Report of the Board of Health
The Board of Health herewith submits its Annual Report together with the reports of its appointed officers for the year ending December 31, 1950:
FINANCIAL REPORT Appropriation
Personal Services
$ 13,257.00
General Expense
1,850.00
Communicable Diseases
25,000.00
Mosquito Control Project
2,000.00
Premature Baby Care
3,000.00
Capital Outlay
1,100.00
Total
$ 46,207.00
Expenditures
Personal Services
$ 12,248.00
Hospitalization for Tuberculosis:
Middlesex County Sanatorium
$ 9,795.00
North Reading State Sanatorium
2,014.00
Lakeville State Sanatorium
834.00
Westfield State Sanatorium
680.00
13,323.00
Hospitalization and Expenses for other Communicable Diseases:
Poliomyelitis
$ 111.00
Scarlet Fever
197.00
Ambulance Service
16.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
89.14
413.64
Antirabic Clinic, Vaccine
177.28
Antirabic Clinic, Expense
291.65
468.93
Total Expenditures (Communicable Diseases)
$ 14,205.57
Mosquito Control Project
$ 2,000.00
Capital Outlay
$ 915.85
Premature Baby Care
$ 1,121.40
General Expense
Maintenance of Office
$ 212.00
Maintenance of Auto
357.03
Dental Clinic Supplies
138.86
Telephone
214.11
Laboratory
75.54
Milk Inspection
277.00 $ 1,274.54
Total Expenditures
$ 31,765.36
. .
318
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
RECEIPTS
2 Sale of Alcohol $ 2.00
4 Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix (Retail) 20.00
1 Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix (Wholesale) 100.00
6 Practice of Massage and giving of Vapor Baths 6.00
2 Practice of Massage and giving of Vapor Baths (Establishment Owners) 4.00
4 Collection of Meat Trimmings 8.00
114 Sale of Milk from stores 57.00
38 Sale of Milk from vehicles 19.00
2 Operating Pasteurizing Plants 20.00
34 Constructing Cesspools 34.00
2 Emptying Cesspools 2.00
6 Pick up Garbage 12.00
2 Day Nurseries 2.00
Total Receipts from Licenses issued
$
306.00
Receipts from Communicable Diseases
Tuberculosis $ 6,075.33
Other Communicable Diseases 274.50
Total Receipts from Communicable Diseases $ 6,349.83
Total Receipts from Dental Clinic
724.00
Miscellaneous Receipts 2.25
Total Receipts $ 7,382.08
Total Expenditures $ 31,765.36
Total Receipts 7,382.08
Net cost to operate
$ 24,383.28
Cost per Capita 57.
Including debt and maintenance of
Middlestx County Sanatorium $ 38,565.80
Net Cost to Operate 24,383.28
$ 62,949.08
Cost per Capita
1.43
319
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Reportable Diseases recorded during the year 1950
Anterior Poliomyelitis
9
Cat-bites
2
Chicken Pox
292
Diphtheria
2
Dog-bites
119
German Measles
7
Gonorrhea
7
Measles
513
Mumps
47
Scarlet Fever
126
Septic Sore Throat
3
Syphilis
6
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)
18
Tuberculosis (Other Forms)
2
Whooping Cough
39
Total 1192
Number of Arlington residents hospitalized through this office, with settlement, for:
Scarlet Fever
1
Number of Arlington residents hospitalized through this office, with no Arlington settlement, for:
Scarlet Fever
1
Poliomyelitis
1
Tuberculosis Report
Total number of cases as of Dec. 31, 1950 214
Deaths during year
8
Case removals during year 20
Diagnosis revoked during year
2
New Cases reported during year
20
Contacts X-rayed
...... 39
Persons with Tuberculosis and having a legal settlement in Arlington hospitalized as follows:
Middlesex County Sanatorium
29
Lakeville State Sanatorium
3
North Reading State Sanatorium 3
Westfield State Sanatorium . .
1
320
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Persons with Tuberculosis and having no legal settlement in Arlington hospitalized as follows:
Middlesex County Sanatorium 7
Inspections and visits by Nurse
Boarding homes for infants
66
Parochial School 67
Examinations and Releases by Physician
Releases from Quarantine
104
Bakers' Examinations
3
Laboratory-Specimens Examined :
Throat Cultures
32
Sputa
8
Smears
20
Total
60
DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION BY IMMUNIZATION
Arlington, Mass., 1945-1950
Percentage Percentage
Diphtheria
Year
Number Children Immunized
below Age-5 of those Immunized
between Age-5-10 of those Immunized
Cases
Deaths
1945
116
83
17
1
0
1946
91
73
27
3
0
1947
82
67
33
0
0
1948
46
69
31
13
1
1949
37
68
32
2
0
1950
12
75
25
2
0
321
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
BIRTHS AND DEATHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DURING 1950
With Five-year Comparative Death Rate and Infant Mortality (Stillbirths Excluded)
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
Population estimated
43,575
43,575
43,575
43,575
43,984
*Number of Deaths
508
488
446
391
483
*Apparent Death Rate per 1,000 Population
11.6
11.1
10.2
9.1
11.
Births
882
920
910
922
969
Deaths of Children under one year of age
23
23
17
21
25
Rate of Infant Mortality per 1,000 births
26.0
25.0
18.6
22.8
25.8
*Crude Rate
Age of oldest persons dying in Arlington (1950) Male 97 years
Female 94 years 10 months 1 day
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 280
Deaths of residents of Arlington occurring elsewhere 146
Total
426
Death rate per 1,000 population 9.7
322
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
BIRTHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS DURING 1950
Population estimated-43,984
*Number of births 969
*Crude Rate
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 217 Births of residents of Arlington occurring elsewhere 502
Total 719
Birth rate per 1,000 population 16.1
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
323
SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN ARLINGTON DURING 1950
Number of Deaths
Number per 1,000 of Population
Heart Disease (All forms)
123
2.8
Cancer
56
1.2
Cerebral Hemorrhage
36
.82
Pneumonia (All forms)
23
.52
Accidents
21
.48
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST R. BROOKS, D.M.D., Chairman CARL E. BARSTOW, M.D. JOHN CROSBY
Arlington Board of Heath
324
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF AGENT AND CLERK Licenses Issued
To sell alcohol 2
To practice massage
8
To collect meat trimmings 4
To act as Funeral Directors
18
Permits Issued
To construct cesspools or septic tanks 34
To clean cesspools
2
To keep poultry 13
To hold rummage sales
24
To haul offal
13
To pick up garbage
4
Burial Permits
366
Inspections
Food and other establishments which serve the public 413
Complaints
Investigated and settled 37
Legal Settlements
Investigated and determined 17
REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR
Licenses Issued
For the sale of milk from stores
114
For the sale of milk from vehicles
38
For the sale of Oleomargarine
40
To manufacture Ice Cream Mix
5
To operate Pasteurizing Plants
2
Milk analyses made
101
Average for the year as follows:
Fats
Solids
Bacteria
*Grade "A"
4.37
13.28
2,427
*Regular
3.90
12.63
4,125
*Negative Phosphatase
Fat
29 Ice Cream Samples
Average 13.02
Inspections
Pasteurizing Plants
8
Dairies 4
325
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
REPORT OF SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR
There was no slaughtering in the Town of Arlington during the year ending December 31, 1950.
DENTAL CLINIC
Statistical Report on' Work Performed During 1950
Total Number of Patients
431
Total Number of Hours 408
Total Number of Sittings
1565
Total Number of Operations 3378
Extractions
Permanent
0
Deciduous
31
Fillings
Permanent
594
Deciduous
1246
Treatments
Silver Nitrate 1056
Prophylactic
451
Total Number of Dismissals 371
326
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Report of the Cemetery Department
January 10, 1951.
Hon. Board of Selectmen,
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The report of the Cemetery Commissioners for the year ending December 31, 1950, is herewith submitted.
The Board organized March 8, 1950, with Wathen B. Henderson, chairman, and Mrs. Mabel G. Robinson, clerk.
At the Annual Town Meeting held in March 1950, a portion of the land known as Meadow brook Park was transferred from the Park De- partment to the Cemetery Department for future cemetery use. During the summer and fall months the debris was cleaned off and the work of grading preparatory to filling for cemetery use was practically com- pleted. Much of the above work outlined was made possible by the cooperation of the Public Works and Park Departments. When this work is finished several acres of valuable land will be added to the property now under the control of the Cemetery Commissioners.
We want to express our appreciation to the Public Works and Park Departments for their assistance. Also the tree warden for help at various times during the year.
There were 307 bodies interred in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery during 1950.
Valuation of Lots and Graves with Perpetual Care $201,611.50.
Following are the amounts received by the Board of Cemetery Commissioners:
Sale of Lots and Graves $8,022.00
Annual Care
2,607.50
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