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· 561
833
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640
Pheasant Avenue
120 Ronald Rd. to 273 Washington Street 40
James Street to Lexington Line
40
·
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·
.
Pioneer Road
38 Bay State Rd. to Spy Pond Parkway 626 Mass. Ave. to 557 Concord Turnpike
65
4820
40
333
. .
Pond Lane .
Pond Terrace
..
Railroad Avenue .. Raleigh Street .
March 20, 1916; March 24, 1920; March 19. 1954
187
REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER
August 4, 1884
644
Quincy Street
April 4, 1931; formerly Bowen St. March 23, 1938; formerly Bowen St.
230
77 Grand View Road to 70 Cedar Avenue 101 Pleasant Street, westerly
345
200
77 Dickson Ave. to 120 Ronald Road
40
750
225
Width
Public Private
Ramsdell Court Randolph Street
791 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly 25 Lake Street to Elmhurst Road .. ..
17
. .. .
March 20, 1916
Rangeley Road
151 Mystic Street to Glen Avenue .. ..
40
602
. . ... .
Ravine Street
43 Irving Street to 33 Gray Street
40
368
. .. ....
Rawson Road
200 Broadway to Mystic Valley Parkway
40
1734
Reed Street
Thesda Street to 725 Summer Street .
10
375
Regis Road
51 River Street to Everett Street ·
40
461
Renfrew Street
235 Cedar Avenue to Florence Avenue .
40
2245
Reservoir Road
15 Nourse Street, westerly ·
40
240
Revere Street .
37 Walnut Street to Menotomy Road
40
370
Rhinecliff Street
411 Florence Ave. to 891 Concord Turnpike
40
1910
March 22, 1950
Rhinecliff Street
300 Appleton St. to 214 Florence Ave. ..
50&40
1004
.....
March 28, 1951
Richardson Avenue
1246 Massachusetts Ave. to Appleton St.
40
398
......
Richfield Road
30 Victoria Road to 107 Summer Street .. 40
2302
. .
A portion formerly Cutter Avenue, March 31, 1937; March 22, 1950 March 20, 1953
Ridge Street
50
2000
80
+Ridge Street
50
2800
Ridge Street
South of Cherokee Road to north of Osceola Path
50
2400
*River Street
15 Warren Street to Medford Line
40
1800
March 2, 1857; Laid out by County Comm., 1855
Roanoke Road
180
Robbins Road
24 Colonial Drive to Spy Pond Parkway 1019 Mass. Ave. to 16 Hawthorne Ave. .. 372 Mystic St. to Lake Shore Drive
40 40&45
1370
1200
Robin Hood Road
40
1000
Rockland Avenue
43 Millet St., north and south
40
551
Rockmont Road
99 Richfield Road to 11 Oak Hill Drive .. 15 Overlook Road to Pheasant Avenue ..
40
1270
May 6, 1924
Roslin Road
17 Aberdeen Road to Kilsythe Road
40
150
Rublee Street
149 Hibbert Street, westerly
10
500
Rublee Street
142 Hibbert Street to Williams Street .
40
273
Rublee Street
Williams Street to Appleton Street
40
870
Russell Street
14 Mystic Street to Water Street
40
791
40
390
Ryder Street
430 Summer Street to B.&M. R. R.
40
364
Sachem Avenue
127 Mystic Street, easterly
40
... .
·
Sagamore Road
40
811
Saratoga Road
40
201
Sawin Street .
40&30
215
200
School Street
1060 Massachusetts Avenue to Gray St. . .
40
1363
Schouler Court
887 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly .
30
340
March 16, 1908 April 8, 1931 March 31, 1927
188
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
April 14, 1896
March 20, 1953
Ronald Road
40
795
...
.....
March 4, 1871 March 14, 1892
Russell Terrace
28 Russell Street to Winslow Street
.
40
940
200
March 31, 1927 March 6, 1893 April 15, 1926
March 13, 1946; March 22, 1950; March 23, 1955 Formerly Nourse Road April 3, 1929
March 26, 1930
182 Mystic Street to Pamela Drive Pamela Dr. to north of Morningside Dr.
·
100
31 Brewster Rd. to east of Standish Rd. 57 Richfield Road to 55 Oak Hill Drive .. 46 Henderson St. to Teel St., westerly . .
Scituate Street Scituate Street
23 Gloucester Street to Longfellow Road 154 Longfellow Rd. to 743 Concord Turn- pike
40
1923
40
433
631
10
500
40
557
978
Spy Pond Parkway, northerly
.
106 Medford Street to Webcowet Road . .
40
· 732
Chapman Street, southerly
40
735
¿Short Street ..
40
201
Silk Street
35 Broadway to Michael Street
40
560
Sky Line Drive
19 Philemon Street to Winchester Line
40
343
Smith Street ..
44 Arnold Street to Lancaster Road
40
.....
2450
Spring Road
20 Sutherland Road, southerly
40
300
591 Concord Turnpike to 244 Highland Avenue
Spring Valley
144 Pleasant Street to Spy Pond
25
520
916
Spy Pond Lane . . ·
119 Lake Street to Princeton Road
10
590
42 Alfred Road, south and north
60
600
201 Lake Street to East of Pioneer Road
60
2006
2 Pilgrim Road to Belmont Line ·
40
785
Philemon Street to Winchester Line ·
40
300
89 Spring Avenue, northeasterly
40
400
Morningside Drive to Dickson Avenue . .
40
1405
Stony Brook Road
44 Hillsdale Road, easterly
40
650
21 Ridge Street to Spurcliff Road
40
108
1353
10 Upland Road to Spurcliff Road .
40
911
131 Mystic Street to Brattle Street .
50
3920
Summer Street
90 Brattle Street to Lexington Line .
50
6750
170
Summit Street . Summit Street
600 Summer Street, northeasterly
10
118
Sunapee Road
15 Massachusetts Avenue, northeasterly .
40
483
Sunnyside Avenue
17 Broadway to near Decatur Street ...
40
2012
Sunset Road
75 Bow Street to 537 Summer Street . .
40
1357
627
Surry Road
Sutherland Road ..
106 Paul Revere Rd. to Aberdeen Rd. .. .
40
766
March 28, 1934; March 13, 1946 Formerly Yale St., March 19, 1941 March 24, 1952
March 31, 1927; March 31, 1937
Old Town Way named Spring Place, November 9, 1846 November 11, 1850; April 15, 1867
October 17, 1949
April 7, 1873; Old Town Way, Nov- ember 9, 1846; March 16, 1908; Laid out by County Comm., 1918 September 18, 1914; State Highway
March 23, 1955 March 28, 1934; March 31, 1937
Sunset Road
537 Summer Street to 176 Forest Street 16 Daniels Street to Davis Road .
10
520
...
.
.
...
·
·
.
.....
600
Spring Avenue .
133 Highland Avenue to Buena Vista Road
40
.....
·
Spurcliff Road
Mystic Street to Crosby Street
40
·
·
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.
. . .
.
.
.
Stowecroft Road .. Stowecroft Road . *Summer Street ..
Summer St. Place
214 Summer Street, southwesterly .
20
40 Alpine Street, northeasterly
40
900
April 2, 1925 March 27, 1935; April 1, 1940
189
REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER
Selkirk Road
3 Aberdeen Road to Perth Road
Shawnee Road ·
41 Bonad Road to High Haith Road ·
Browning Road to Wadsworth Road ·
40
.
40
460
tShelley Road . . Sheraton Park . Sherborn Street . . +Shore Road · Ely Road, easterly
Spring Street
2830
.
+Spy Pond Pkwy. . Spy Pond Parkway Standish Road ... #Steep Rock Road . Stevens Terrace ..
¿Stone Road
40
Width
Public
Private
Sutherland Terrace
19 Sutherland Road, northwesterly
40
100
Swan Place
480 Massachusetts Avenue, southerly .
30
600
Swan Street
40 Pleasant Street to Swan Place ... .
40
250
·
Sylvia Street
Lexington Line to Rublee Street ·
40
800
Sylvia Street
115 Rublee Street to Malvern Street .
40
2001
Tanager Street ·
35 Wollaston Ave. to Wollaston Ave. 77 Massachusetts Ave. to 15 Cross Street
40
970
206
Temple Street
60 Highland Ave. to Lockeland Ave. .
40
336
. .
Temple Street
50 Lockeland Ave. to Endicott Road .
40
606
Thesda Street
100 Wright Street to Reed Street .
40
1620
Third Street .
19 Peck Avenue to Perth Road
10
..
100
Thomas Street
200 Forest Street to Wright Street .
40
. . . . .
425
+Thorn Road
146 Forest Street, southwesterly
40
185
Thorndike Street
86 Massachusetts Ave. to Margaret St.
40
1707
330
Trowbridge Street Tufts Street
287 Massachusetts Ave. to 26 Warren St. 413 Appleton Street to Rublee Street .
45
1300
960
University Road
37 River Street to Everett Street
40
465
+Unnamed Street .
129 Sylvia Street, westerly
40
170
Unnamed Street .. ¿Unnamed Street +Unnamed Street Upland Road
Park Place, southerly .
40
525
190
March 20, 1916
March 22, 1950
Valentine Road
206 Appleton Street to Virginia Road ....
1713
200
Valley Road
114 Gray Street to Churchill Avenue .
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 Street to 76 Hillsdale Road 37 Summer Street to 174 Mystic Street ..
40
777
March 19, 1941
March 31, 1937
Village Lane
40
·
.
40
852
Wachusett Avenue
62 Wollaston Avenue to 207 Appleton St. 40
650
.
November 13, 1894 March 23, 1955
Wachusett Avenue
206 Appleton Street to Florence Avenue 146 Florence Avenue to Park Avenue
50
1725
Wadsworth Road
Appleton St. to east of Wollaston Avenue
50
2146
190
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
March 20, 1916; March 27, 1935 March 26, 1914 April 2, 1866
Udine Street
40
.
· ... .
.
. .
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38 Kensington Park, southeasterly
40
. .
340
Upland Road West
20 Falmouth Road to 162 Crosby Street .. 162 Crosby Street to west of Hodge Road
40 50&40
467
501
March 26, 1930; March 22, 1950
.
Victoria Road .
285 Lake Street to 279 Lake Street · Virginia Road 344 Appleton Street to Dow Avenue · . Vista Circle
50 Woodside Lane, southerly
40
450
744
.
.
March 14, 1877
November 22, 1906 March 9, 1881; March 10, 1884
Teel Street
Teel Street Place . 60 Teel Street, westerly
30
1150
.
April 3, 1929 March 31, 1937
+Thompson Place
49 Lowell Street to Mill Lane
40
147 Massachusetts Ave. to 21 Waldo Road
45
1050
1422 Mass. Ave. to Paul Revere Road
40
400
280
40
746
363
·
Wachusett Avenue
March 23, 1938
.
350
40
Waldo Road
57 Cleveland Street to 71 Amsden Street
45
940
40
·
40
593
20 Walnut Street, easterly
25
1360
40
613
. .
.. . .
*Warren Street ...
59 Medford Street to 133 Broadway .
50
2680
·
.
Warwick Street . . Washington Ave. .
27 Marathon Street to Trowbridge Street
45
.... .
250
Washington Street
46 Brattle Street to Summer Street
40
700
Washington Street
334 Summer Street to Ronald Road
40
1442
·
880
Water Street
40
680
1300 ·
Waverley Street
158 Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue ..
40
1390
790
Webcowet Road
128 Medford Street to Orchard Terrace
40
473
..
Webcowet Road
22 Orchard Terrace northerly to Mystic Lake Drive
40
608
40
2390
402
Wellesley Road .. Wellington Street .
86 Pleasant Street, easterly
40
737
November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911
tWellington St. Ex. West Court Terr. . Westminster Ave. Westmoreland Ave.
221 Lowell Street to Orient Avenue
40
555
340
West Street
50
450
Wheaton Road
40
401
Wheeler Lane .
40
400
White Street
29 Margaret Street to 16 Burch Street .. .
40
375
April 1, 1940 November 23, 1909
Whittemore Street
406 Massachusetts Ave. to B. & L. R. R. 58 Williams Street to Ely Road
40
466
1082
Wildwood Avenue .
10
1110
March 29, 1939; formerly Trent St. April 3, 1929
Wildwood Avenue . Wildwood Avenue .
Williams Street .
40
1509
.. .
March 28, 1951
Wilson Avenue
170 Lake Street to Concord Turnpike 74 Old Mystic Street to 2 Greenwood Road
40
·
40
896
2159
March 29, 1939
191
REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER
April 15, 1898; April 15, 1926; March 26, 1930; formerly Laurel Street
March 7, 1870 April 1, 1940; March 19, 1954 May 27, 1873; Old Town Way, November 9, 1846; Laid out by County Comm., 1874
April 8, 1931
Washington Street
79 Ronald Road to west of Aerial Street 675 Massachusetts Ave. to Russell Street Summer Street to Russell Street
40
306
April 15, 1936 March 15, 1894
March 22, 1950
March 31, 1937
April 15, 1926 March 25, 1861, and April 15, 1926
Webster Street . .
267 Broadway to Mystic Valley Parkway 63 River Street to Everett Street
40
40
191
40
211
March 13, 1946
50
2310
August 4, 1884; March 17, 1881
March 19, 1954; March 23, 1955
82 Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street 118 North Union Street to Everett Street 165 Mountain Avenue to north of Dickson Avenue
40
40
370
40
365
April 3, 1929; formerly Trent St.
March 23, 1955
Willow Court .
30
170
585
Winchester Road
·
Wall Street
202 Spring St. to 723 Concord Turnpike .
....
275
Walnut Court
998 Massachusetts Ave. to 252 Gray Street 33
Walnut Street .
Walnut Terrace . .
55 Walnut Street to 269 Gray Street ·
55 Madison Avenue to Orient Avenue ..
40
. .
.
+Water St. Ext.
50
38 Wellington Street to Addison Street 167 Lowell Street, 200 feet northwesterly 118 Lowell Street to Orient Avenue ....
+Wilbur Avenue . .
31 Bartlett Avenue to Lockeland Avenue 17 Lockeland Avenue to 14 Highland Ave. 14 Highland Avenue to 14 Coleman Road 12 Arnold Street to 43 Piedmont Street .. 801 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly ...
. .
. . . . .
Waldo Road
71 Amsden Street to 70 Teel Street
341
200
Width
Public
Private
Windermere Ave. Windermere Park . Windmill Lane
48 Bartlett Avenue to Churchill Avenue 12 Windermere Avenue, southerly
40
441
March 27, 1906; April 3, 1929
30
400
2 Old Middlesex Path to 21 Morningside Drive
40
1580
Windsor Street
127 Mass. Ave., 577 ft. northeasterly
...
Windsor Street .
38 Waldo Road, 423 feet southwesterly
40
423
Winnick Place .. Winslow Street
30 Mystic Street 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
Winthrop Road Wollaston Avenue
97 Summer Street, northerly
40
265
103 Park Avenue to West Street
60
1340
September 23, 1878; November 13, 1894; March 16, 1908
#Wollaston Avenue
3 West Street to Nicod Street
50
. ..
...
Wollaston Avenue
344 Appleton Street to Concord Turnpike 347 Appleton Street to Nicod Street . .
60
. .....
900
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 Street 28 Oak Hill Drive to north of Brattle St. 607 Summer Street to Winchester Line ..
40
240
2044
Wright Street
347 Massachusetts Ave. to 84 Warren St.
40
1050
. . .
March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906 March 20, 1916
Yale Road
75 River Street to Everett Street
40
454
Yerxa Road
95 Hemlock Street to Ridge Street
40
1269
*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 ....
Length of Proposed Private Streets
37.07 miles 5.70 miles
192
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
March 22, 1909 March 25, 1915 Portion formerly Brattle Avenue
Woodside Lane
10
40
1930
Wyman Street
Wyman Terrace . .
341 Massachusetts Ave. to 352 Mass. Ave.
751
1332
Wollaston Avenue
40
. . . . . .
.
..
126 Medford Street to Sherborn Street
20
111
Portion formerly Sawyer Road March 25, 1915 May 6, 1924
40
577
600
. . .. ·
75.80 miles
193
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, 286.2 acres.
Parks: Town 150.54 acres; Metropolitan 52.25 acres.
Total cemetery areas, 51.20 acres.
Public streets and Town ways; Macadam, 21.40 miles; Mac-asphalt, 0.27 miles; Colprovia, 0.29 miles; Kyrock, 0.47 miles; oiled gravel, 24.29 miles; concrete, 0.38 miles; bituminous concrete, 28.70 miles; total 75.80 miles.
State Highways and parkways, 5.87 miles. Private streets open for travel, 37.07 miles.
Length of proposed private street, 5.70 miles.
Permanent sidewalks; Tar concrete, 21.88 miles; brick, 3.12 miles; cement concrete, 57.86 miles. Edgestones, 54.10 miles.
Sewer system, 103.80 miles. Water system, 114.16 miles. Storm drain system, 58.76 miles. Catch basins, 2,374.
194
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Report of the Board of Health
Mr. Edward C. Monahan Town Manager Arlington, Massachusetts
Dear Mr. Monahan:
We respectfully submit the following summary of the activities of the Board of Health for the year 1955, which reports the usual services rendered by the Department, together with statistical reports on vital statistics.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN S. CROSBY, Chairman CARL E. BARSTOW, M.D. PAUL F. BURKE, D.M.D. Arlington Board of Health
FINANCIAL REPORT
Appropriation
Personal Services
$ 20,418.56
General Expense
1,925.00
Communicable Diseases
10,000.00
Mosquito Control Project
2,000.00
Premature Baby Care
2,000.00
Removal of Garbage
86,500.00
Capital Outlay
272.00
Total Appropriation
$123,115.56
EXPENDITURES
Personal Services
$ 20,380.62
Collection of Garbage
85,314.32
Mosquito Control Project
2,000.00
Premature Baby Care
1,164.00
Capital Outlay
250.77
195
BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT
Communicable Diseases:
Hospitalization for Tuberculosis:
Middlesex County Sanatorium
$5,083.50
Lakeville State Sanatorium
42.00
Other Hospitals
583.50
Ambulance Service
28.00
$5,737.00
Hospitalization for German Measles
501.45
Hospitalization for Scarlet Fever.
216.95
Hospitalization for Meningitis
178.00
896.40
Antirabic Clinics
Vaccine
232.40
Expense
318.90
551.30
Polio Clinics
385.03
Miscellaneous Expense
77.00
Total for Communicable Diseases
7,646.73
General Expense
Maintenance of Office
$ 329.23
Maintenance of Automobile
72.97
Dental Clinic Supplies
219.27
Telephone
208.85
Laboratory
39.05
Milk Inspection
600.00
Miscellaneous
105.67
1,575.04
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$118,331.48
RECEIPTS
Licenses Issued :
Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix (Retail)
$ 30.00
Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or Ice Cream Mix (Wholesale)
100.00
Massage and Vapor Baths
3.00
Massage and Vapor Baths (Establishment)
2.00
Collection of Meat Trimmings
10.00
Sale of Oleomargarine
32.50
Sale of Milk from Stores
53.50
Sale of Milk from Vehicles
18.00
To operate Pasteurizing Plants
20.00
Cesspool and Septic Tank
19.00
Pick up Garbage
2.00
Day Nursery
5.00
Total receipts from licenses $ 295.00
Dental Clinic (Total Receipts)
665.00
Communicable Disease
3,896.56
TOTAL RECEIPTS $4,856.56
196
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Total Expenditures
Total Receipts
$118,331.48 4,856.56
Net Cost to operate
$113,474.92
Cost per Capita
2.40
Including debt and maintenance of Middlesex County Sanatorium
51,235.96
Net Cost to operate
113,474.92
$164,710.88
PER CAPITA COST ......
$3.49
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Cases reported during the year 1955
Cat Bite
1
Chicken Pox
193
Dog Bite
151
German Measles
46
Gonorrhea
2
Hepatitis, Infectious
5
Measles
563
Meningitis
1
Mumps
38
Poliomyelitis
Paralytic
25
Non-Paralytic
15
Salmonellosis
2
Scarlet Fever
73
Septic Sore Throat
4
Syphilis
8
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
17
Whooping Cough
17
TOTAL 1,161
Tuberculosis Report
Total number of cases
as of December 31, 1955 118
Deaths during 1955
5
Case removals during 1955
10
New cases reported during 1955
14
Contacts X-Rayed
34
Persons having a legal settlement in the Town of Arlington were hospitalized in Sanatoria as follows:
Middlesex County Sanatorium 19
Lakeville State Sanatorium
1
Persons without a legal settlement in Arlington or in any com- munity in the Commonwealth, were hospitalized through this Board as follows:
Middlesex County Sanatorium 3
197
BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT
Persons residing in Arlington with settlement elsewhere within Middlesex County were hospitalized as follows: Middlesex County Sanatorium 2
Persons with residence elsewhere but having a legal settlement in Arlington were hospitalized as follows:
Middlesex County Sanatorium 2
Persons residing in Arlington but without settlement in any com- munity within the Commonwealth were hospitalized as follows:
. North Reading State Sanatorium 1
SERVICES RENDERED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Periodic visits were made to homes of those with histories of reportable diseases.
Inspections and visits were made to places which were licensed as Boarding Homes for Infants.
Assisted at the several clinics which were conducted by the Board of Health.
Assisted the physicians in attendance at the two parochial schools in the physical examination of the pupils enrolled. Gave professional advice and first aid assistance when needed. With the assistance of principal, gave eye and hearing tests to children as required and followed cases needing correction.
Visited the private and nursery schools in the Town regularly during the year.
Attended conference with State Supervising Nurse on cases of private and pre-school children born with crippling defects. Followed up on these cases.
REPORT ON CLINICS CONDUCTED BY BOARD OF HEALTH
POLIO VACCINATION CLINICS SPRING 1955
TOTAL ENROLLMENT
NO. CHILDREN VACCINATED
Grades 1-4 3181
One dose 1435
Two doses 501
Percent Vaccinated 61
198
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
A
DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION BY IMMUNIZATION
Year
Number of Children Immunized
Percentage below Age 5 of those Immunized
Percentage between Age 5 - 10 of those Immunized
Diphtheria
Cases
Deaths
1951
21
87
13
1
0
1952
37
92
8
0
0
1953
34
91
9
0
0
1954
9
78
22
0
0
1955
20
92
8
0
0
DENTAL CLINIC
Report on work performed during 1955
Total Number of Patients
1331
"
Hours
420
Sittings
1331
"
Operations
2057
Extractions
Permanent
0
Deciduous
59
Fillings
Permanent
395
Treatments
Prophylactic
465
Total Number of
Dismissals
502
CLINICS FOR VACCINATION OF DOGS AGAINST RABIES
Clinics were held April 18, 20, 21, 22, 23.
Number of Dogs Vaccinated
1030
REPORT OF MILK AND SANITATION INSPECTOR
Licenses Issued
For Sale of Milk and Cream 143
For Sale of Oleomargarine 65
Inspections
Milk Plants
29
Milk Trucks
90
Milk Analysis
Samples Taken for Analysis 120
Average for the year of samples taken
Fat
Solids
Coliform
Bacteria
GRADE A
4.44
13.44
0
7,200
Regular
3.96
12.66
0
5,700
School
4.25
13.09
0
700
Deciduous
1138
Phosphatase negative
199
BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT
SANITATION REPORT
Inspections
Food Stores inspected and re-checked 328
Eating establishments inspected and re-checked 169
Stores other than food 175
Complaints 169
Installations (Cesspools and Septic Tanks) 99
Public Rest rooms 98
Barber Shops 10
Investigations
Flood Control 12
Rodent Control
28
REPORT OF SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR
There was no slaughtering in the Town of Arlington during the year ending December 31, 1955.
MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS LICENSES AND PERMITS ISSUED WITHOUT FEE CHARGE
To keep poultry 11
To hold rummage sales 27
To act as Funeral Directors 16
Burial Permits
414
BIRTHS AND DEATHS OF ARLINGTON RESIDENTS DURING 1955
Total number of deaths 547
Total number of births 1164
SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN ARLINGTON DURING 1955
Number of deaths
Number per 1,000 of population
Heart Disease (All Forms)
176
3.7
Cancer
56
1.5
Cerebral Hemorrhage
40
.8
Pneumonia (All Forms)
23
.5
Accidental or Violent
16
.3
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 1955
To the Citizens of Arlington:
With two elementary schools now under construction the School Committee has turned its undivided attention this year toward the solution of the secondary school housing problem.
There are four possible solutions to this problem which have been carefully studied by this Committee:
a) The building of additions on each of the three secondary schools.
b) The building of a third junior high school and of an addition on the High School.
c ) The building of an addition on the High School so that it can accommodate grades 9 through 12 and transferring the 9th grade from junior high to the High School. In other words, changing from a 6-3-3 to a 6-2-4 organization.
d) Operating the junior and senior high schools on a two platoon system.
Plan a -The State Building Assistance Commission, which reimburses the Town of Arlington approximately 26% for all school building construction it approves, has studied the junior high buildings and feels that no addition can be put on either the Jr. High East or West which would be satisfactory. There- fore, any addition built on the present junior high schools would have to be done without State aid. We feel we cannot afford any building construction without State aid.
Plan b- A good deal of study has been made concerning this proposal, but no adequate site could be located for a third junior high school. The available sites in locations to ease the junior high problem would necessitate pupils walking past the Jr. High East to get to the new school. This plan would also be the most expensive solution to our housing problem.
Plan c - This plan has been selected as the most practical and economical by the School Committee, the Arlington School Survey Committee and the Massachusetts School Building As- sistance Commission. The total cost of this building program would be about $350,000 less than plan a. It is now estimated that on a 20 year loan the addition on the tax rate would be less than 1.25.
Plan d-A two platoon system for any length of time is most undesirable for both pupils and teachers and is only to be used as a last resort.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
At the secondary school level educational standards would, of necessity, be considerably lowered. Standards at the elemen- tary level on a two platoon system can be maintained in major subjects with greater facility than at the secondary level.
The recommended school budget submitted by the School Com- mittee for 1956 exceeds the 1955 budget by $145,137. This increase is the result of:
1. Equipping two new elementary schools in the process of construction, which must be staffed with teachers and cus- todians.
2. Anticipated increases in pupil enrollment which require addi- tional teachers.
3. Additional purchase of books and equipment to take care of the increased enrollment.
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