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Spring Street
591 Concord Turnpike to 244 Highland Avenue
Spring Valley . Spy Pond Lane
144 Pleasant Street to Spy Pond .
25
520
590
+Spy Pond Pkwy. .
42 Alfred Road, south and north
60
600
Spy Pond Parkway Standish Road
2 Pilgrim Road to Belmont Line .
40
785
40
300
89 Spring Avenue, northeasterly
40
400
Stone Road
Morningside Drive to Dickson Avenue . .
40
.....
1405
Stony Brook Road
44 Hillsdale Road, easterly
40
650
40
108
1082
10 College Avenue to Sorensen Court ·
40
3920
800
131 Mystic Street to Brattle Street 50
40
1923
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Scituate Street .
.. Scituate Street
Selkirk Road
3 Aberdeen Road to Perth Road 41 Bonad Road to High Haith Road ·
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Shawnee Road · tShelley Road . Sheraton Park
Browning Road to Wadsworth Road ..
40
· ....
Sherborn Street . . tShore Road tShort Street
106 Medford Street to Webcowet Road Chapman Street, southerly
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..
.
...
20&40
. .
490
Spring Avenue
Spring Road
201 Lake Street to East of Pioneer Road
60
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·
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March 23, 1955 March 28, 1934; March 31, 1937
16 Daniels Street to Davis Road · 106 Paul Revere Rd. to Aberdeen Rd.
40
520
40
766
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.
2006
tSteep Rock Road . Stevens Terrace
Stowecroft Road .. ¿Stowecroft Road . *Summer Street ..
40 Alpine Street, northeasterly
.
40
900
119 Lake Street to Princeton Road
40
2830
735
Ely Road, easterly
Sky Line Drive ·
2450
300
Philemon Street to Winchester Line ...
21 Ridge Street to Sorensen Court
627
April 2, 1925 March 27, 1935; April 1, 1940
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
·
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.
40
1150
Teel Street
77 Massachusetts Ave. to 15 Cross Street
40
970
. . 206
Teel Street Place
60 Teel Street, westerly
30
.
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
40
. . .
350
+Thompson Place
49 Lowell Street to Mill Lane
40
. .
425
+Thorn Road
146 Forest Street, southwesterly
40
185
Thorndike Street
86 Massachusetts Ave. to Margaret St.
40
1707
Trowbridge Street
147 Massachusetts Ave. to 21 Waldo Road
45
1050
330
March 20, 1916; March 27, 1935 March 26, 1914
Tufts Street
287 Massachusetts Ave. to 26 Warren St. 413 Appleton Street to Rublee Street . . 37 River Street to Everett Street 129 Sylvia Street, westerly
40
465
University Road +Unnamed Street .
1422 Mass. Ave. to Paul Revere Road . .
40
. . . . . .
280
+Unnamed Street
Park Place, southerly
40
340
Upland Road . Upland Road West
162 Crosby Street to west of Hodge Road
467
March 22, 1950
March 26, 1930; March 22, 1950;
April 2, 1956
Valley Road Varnum Street
114 Gray Street to Churchill Avenue
50
783
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
40
777
March 19, 1941
Victoria Road
37 Summer Street to 174 Mystic Street ..
50
746
... ·
Village Lane
285 Lake Street to 279 Lake Street
40
363
Virginia Road
344 Annleton Street to Dow Avenue . .
40
827
450
Vista Circle
50 Woodside Lane, southerly
40
·
November 13. 1894
Wachusett Avenue
50
744
. . . . .
Wachusett Avenue
Wadsworth Road .
Appleton St. to east of Wollaston Avenue
50
2146
·
..
Thomas Street
200 Forest Street to Wright Street
40
. .
...
Udine Street
40
960
April 2, 1866
40
.....
400
Unnamed Street .. Unnamed Street .
38 Kensington Park, southeasterly
40
.
March 20, 1916
20 Falmouth Road to 162 Crosby Street ..
40
525
190
Valentine Road ...
206 Appleton Street to Virginia Road
40 50&40
1831
.
March 31, 1937
April 2, 1956
Wachusett Avenue
62 Wollaston Avenue to 207 Appleton St.
40
650
. . .
..
March 23, 1955
206 Appleton Street to Florence Avenue 146 Florence Avenue to Park Avenue
50
1725
·
March 23, 1938
344
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
March 14, 1877
November 22, 1906 March 9, 1881; March 10, 1884
April 3, 1929 March 31, 1937
Temple Street
60 Highland Ave. to Lockeland Ave. .
.
.
250
100
45
1300
170
501
Waldo Road
57 Cleveland Street to 71 Amsden Street
45
940
Waldo Road
71 Amsden Street to 70 Teel Street . . 40 202 Spring St. to 723 Concord Turnpike . 40
593
20 Walnut Street, easterly
25
1360
.. . . . .
40
613
. .....
* Warren Street ..
59 Medford Street to 133 Broadway . ..
50
2680
......
Warwick Street
27 Marathon Street to Trowbridge Street
45
. . .
200
Washington Ave. .
55 Madison Avenue to Orient Avenue ...
40
.... . .
700
Washington Street
334 Summer Street to Ronald Road .
40
1442
·
40
306
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
April 15, 1926
March 25, 1861, and April 15, 1926
Wellesley Road . Wellington Street .
86 Pleasant Street, easterly
40
737
191
tWellington St. Ex. West Court Terr. . Westminster Ave.
118 Lowell Street to Orient Avenue ....
50
2310
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
40
375
·
April 1, 1940 November 23, 1909
Whittemore Street +Wilbur Avenue .
58 Williams Street to Fly Road ..
40
1110
. .
March 29, 1939; formerly Trent St.
Wildwood Avenue .
40
370
.....
April 3, 1929; formerly Trent St.
Williams Street
12 Arnold Street to 43 Piedmont Street ..
40
1509
.
.
·
585
Wilson Avenue
Winchester Road
74 Old Mystic Street to 2 Greenwood Road
40
896
2159
March 29, 1939
345
REPORT OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
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
9 Ronald Road to west of Aerial Street 675 Massachusetts Ave. to Russell Street Summer Street to Russell Street
April 15, 1936 March 15, 1894
March 22, 1950
March 31, 1937
Webster Street
267 Broadway to Mystic Valley Parkway
40
2390
63 River Street to Everett Street
4C
402
November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911
38 Wellington Street to Addison Street .. 167 Lowell Street, 200 feet northwesterly
40
211
March 13, 1946
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
29 Margaret Street to 16 Burch Street .. 406 Massachusetts Ave. to B. & L. R. R.
40
466
1082
Wildwood Avenue .
31 Bartlett Avenue to Lockeland Avenue 17 Lockeland Avenue to 14 Highland Ave. 14 Highland Avenue to 14 Coleman Road
40
365
. . . . .
March 23, 1955
Willow Court .
30
170
March 28, 1951
801 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly ... 170 Lake Street to Concord Turnpike
40
. .
275
Walnut Court
998 Massachusetts Ave. to 252 Gray Street 33
Walnut Street
Walnut Terrace .
55 Walnut Street to 269 Gray Street .. .
250
Washington Street
46 Brattle Street to Summer Street . .
40
#Water St. Ext.
50
341
Wall Street
Wildwood Avenue
40
April 3, 1929
40
Width
Public Private
. Windermere Ave. Windermere Park . Windmill Lane ..
48 Bartlett Avenue to Churchill Avenue
40
441
March 27. 1906: April 3, 1929
12 Windermere Avenue, southerly
30
400
2 Old Middlesex Path to 21 Morningside Drive .
40
1580
Windsor Street
127 Mass. Ave., 577 ft. northeasterly
40
577
·
Portion formerly Sawyer Road March 25, 1915 May 6, 1924
Windsor Street
. . 38 Waldo Road, 423 feet southwesterly ..
40
423
111
Winnick Place . Winslow Street
30 Mystic Street to Russell Terrace
40
528
Winter Street
201 Massachusetts Ave. to 79 Broadway
40
1540
March 14, 1892 April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, November 9, 1864
Winthrop Road Wollaston Avenue
97 Summer Street, northerly
40
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
40
240
Woodside Lane
10
2044
Wright Street ·
40
1930
Wyman Street
40
1050
Wyman Terrace
10
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
76.84 miles 36.06 miles 5.68 miles
346
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
*Wollaston Avenue
40
. .. .. .
·
March 22, 1909 March 25, 1915 Portion formerly Brattle Avenue
751
Yale Road
109 Bartlett Avenue to 18 Lincoln Street 28 Oak Hill Drive to north of Brattle St. 607 Summer Street to Winchester Line .. 347 Massachusetts Ave. to 84 Warren St. 341 Massachusetts Ave. to 352 Mass. Ave. 75 River Street to Everett Street
March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906 March 20, 1916
·
.
126 Medford Street to Sherborn Street ..
20
265
103 Park Avenue to West Street
60
600
1332
347
REPORT OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
GENERAL STATISTICS
Arlington is situated six miles northeast of Boston, in latitude 42 deg., 25 min. north; longitude 71 deg., 09 min. west, at an eleva- tion 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.
Cresent 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, 3,517 1/2 acres, 5 12 square miles; area covered by water, 286.2 acres.
Parks: Town 147.51 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, 29.74 miles; total 76.84 miles.
State Highways and parkways, 5.87 miles. Private streets open for travel, 36.06 miles.
Length of proposed private street, 5.68 miles.
Permanent sidewalks; Tar concrete, 23.63 miles; brick, 3.12 miles; cement, 58.18 miles. Edgestones, 55.60 miles. Sewer system, 105.36 miles. Water system, 115.71 miles. Storm drain system, 60.27 miles. Catch basins, 2,424.
348
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 1956, which reports the usual services rendered by the Department, together with statistical reports on vital statistics.
Respectfully submitted,
ARLINGTON BOARD OF HEALTH
JOHN S. CROSBY, Chairman CARL E. BARSTOW, M.D. PAUL F. BURKE, D.M.D.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Appropriation
Personal Services
$ 23,128.50
General Expense
2,560.00
Communicable Diseases
15,000.00
Mosquito Control
2,000.00
Premature Baby Care
3,500.00
Removal of Garbage
80,000.00
Capital Outlay
425.00
Total Appropriation
$126,613.50
EXPENDITURES
Personal Services
$ 23,128.50
Collection of Garbage
79,660.00
Mosquito Control Project
2,000.00
Premature Baby Care
1,272.60
Capital Outlay
377.50
349
BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT
Communicable Diseases:
Hospitalization for Tuberculosis:
Middlesex County Sanatorium .. $3,702.00
Other Hospitals
43.50
Ambulance Service
81.50 $ 3,827.00
Hospitalization for Whooping Cough 261.00
Hospitalization for Meningitis
843.75
1,104.75
Antirabic Clinics
Vaccine
196.00
Expense
332.33
528.33
Polio Vaccine Clinics
4,149.17
Miscellaneous Expense
35.00
Total for Communicable Diseases $ 9,644.25
General Expenses:
Maintenance of office
$ 199.02
Maintenance of automobile
147.10
Dental Clinic Supplies
222.23
Telephone
522.53
Laboratory
34.89
Milk Inspection
575.00
Miscellaneous
72.75
Car Rental
512.64
$ 2,286.16
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$128,013.26
RECEIPTS
Licenses Issued :
Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or
$ 25.00
Manufacture of Frozen Desserts or
Ice Cream Mix (Wholesale)
100.00
Massage and Vapor Baths
2.00
Massage and Vapor Baths (Establishment)
2.00
Collection of Meat Trimmings
8.00
Sale of Oleomargarine
33.00
Sale of Milk from Stores
51.00
Sale of Milk from Vehicles
17.50
To operate Pasteurizing Plants
20.00
Cesspool and Septic Tank
18.00
To pick up Garbage
2.00
Day Nursery
2.00
Total receipts from licenses
$ 280.50
Total receipts from Dental Clinic 878.00
Total receipts from Communicable Disease
2,962.36
TOTAL RECEIPTS $ 4,120.86
Ice Cream Mix (Retail)
350
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Total Expenditures
$128,013.26
Total Receipts
4,120.86
Net cost to operate Cost per Capita
$123,892.40
2.64
Including debt and maintenance of Middlesex County Sanatorium
$ 50,871.67
Net cost to operate
123,892.40
$174,764.07
PER CAPITA COST
3.72
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Cases reported during the year 1956
Chicken Pox
169
Diphtheria
1
Dog Bite
137
German Measles
110
Gonorrhea
2
Hepatitis, Infectious
10
Measles
19
Meningitis
5
Mumps
68
Salmonellosis
15
Scarlet Fever
128
Syphilis
14
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
12
Whooping Cough
13
Total
703
Tuberculosis Report
Total number of cases as of December 31, 1956 120
Deaths during year 1956 3
Case removals during year 1956 3
New cases reported during year 1956 12
Contacts X-rayed
29
Persons having a legal settlement in the Town of Arlington hospitalized as follows:
Middlesex County Sanatorium 18
Persons without a legal settlement in Arlington or in any Community in the Commonwealth, were hospitalized through this Board as follows:
Middlesex County Sanatorium
1
351
BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT
Persons residing in Arlington with settlement elsewhere within Middlesex County were hospitalized as follows: Middlesex County Sanatorium 1
Persons with residence elsewhere but having a legal settle- ment in Arlington were hospitalized as follows:
Middlesex County Sanatorium Rutland State Sanatorium 1
2
Persons residing in Arlington but without settlement in any Community within the Commonwealth were hospitalized as follows :
North Reading State Sanatorium
1
REPORT ON CLINICS CONDUCTED BY BOARD OF HEALTH
DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION BY IMMUNIZATION
Year
Number of Children Immunized
Percentage helow Age 5 of those Immunized
Percentage between Age 5-10 of those Immunized
Diphtheria
Cases Deaths
1952
37
92
8
0
0
1953
34
91
9
0
0
1954
9
78
22
0
0
1955
20
92
8
0
0
1956
35
63
37
1
0
DENTAL CLINIC Report on work performed during 1956
Total number of
.patients
1759
,
hours
555
sittings
1759
,,
operations
3201
Extractions
Permanent
0
Deciduous
62
Fillings
Permanent
512
Deciduous
1761
Treatments
Prophylactic
866
Total number of
Dismissals
697
CLINICS FOR VACCINATION OF DOGS AGAINST RABIES
Clinics were held April 16, 17, 18, 20 and 21, 1956
Number of dogs vaccinated 1007
352
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
1956 POLIO VACCINATION PROGRAM
Schools
'54 Booster
'55 Booster
1st Vacci- nation
2nd Vacci- nation
3rd Vacci- nation
Bishop
45
26
266
327
0
Brackett
0
1
262
263
0
Bartlett
2
2
59
69
0
Crosby
44
49
209
208
0
Cutter
41
32
309
303
0
Hardy
80
0
623
776
0
Locke
52
52
278
273
0
Parmenter
31
32
236
236
0
Peirce
35
39
385
385
0
Russell
34
0
41
103
0
Industrial Arts
0
0
47
47
0
Jr. High East
0
0
505
505
0
Jr. High West
0
0
628
628
0
St. Agnes
82
60
918
907
0
St. James
58
51
390
394
0
St. Anne's
0
0
36
36
0
Senior High
0
0
736
706
0
Vocational
0
0
46
45
0
School Totals
504
344
5,974
6,211
0 0
Pre-school children
vaccinated at clinics
0
0
2,015
1,863
16
Pre-school children
vaccinated pri-
vately (vaccine
furn. by Board
of Health)
0
0
1,481
1,175
5
O. B. Cases pri-
vately admin. ..
0
0
243
280
20-30 yr. old group
priv. admin.
0
0
21
1
Miscellaneous .. ..
0
0
44
47
TOTALS
.. 504
344
9,778
9,577
21
SERVICES RENDERED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Assisted the physicians in attendance at the two parochial schools in the physical examination of the enrolled pupils. Gave professional advice and first aid assistance when needed. With the assistance of the principal gave eye and hearing tests to children as required.
Visited the private and nursery schools in the Town at intervals during the year.
Made required visits to homes of certain cases with histories of reportable diseases.
Inspections and visits were made to places licensed as Boarding Homes for Infants.
Assisted at clinics which were conducted by the Board of Health.
353
BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT
REPORT OF MILK AND SANITATION INSPECTION
Licenses Issued :
For Sale of Milk and Cream
137
For Sale of Oleomargarine
66
Inspections :
Milk Plants
21
Milk Vehicles
183
Milk Analyses:
Samples taken for analysis
186
FAT SOLIDS BACTERIA COLIFORM PHOSPHATASE
Grade "A" 4.25
13.21
2,500 0
Negative
Regular
3.97
12.73
3,420
0
Negative
School
4.00 12.67
3,330
0
Negative
Inspections :
Food Stores inspected and re-checked 535
Eating establishments, including spas and fountains 505
Complaints and re-calls on complaints 172
Installations (Cesspool and septic tanks)
43
Public Rest Rooms
203
Barber Shops
34
Store rear inspections
220
Bakery and do-nut shops
96
Catering business
7
Ice Cream and Dairy Bars
12
Bakery Trucks
5
Town dump inspections and study
10
Water inspections, ponds, streams, etc.
4
Investigations :
Rodent Control 29
Fly Control (all eating establishments and food stores) .... Percolation Tests, re-installment of septic tanks, cesspools 3
REPORT OF SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR
There was no slaughtering in the Town of Arlington during the year ending December 31, 1956.
MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS LICENSES AND PERMITS ISSUED WITHOUT FEE CHARGE
To keep poultry 8
To hold rummage sales 24
To act as Funeral Directors 17
Burial Permits
419
BIRTHS AND DEATHS OF ARLINGTON RESIDENTS DURING 1956 Total number of deaths 541
Total number of births 1275
354
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Report of the Public Welfare Department
January 10, 1957
Honorable Edward C. Monahan, Town Manager
Town Hall
Arlington, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
I have the honor to submit the report of the Medical Inspector of of the Department of Public Welfare for the year ending December 31, 1956.
House Calls
Clinic Calls
Total
Old Age Assistance
341
210
551
Aid to Dependent Children
11
109
120
Disability Assistance
47
29
76
General Relief
80
150
230
Veteran's Services
6
37
43
Total number of calls represents an increase of eight per cent over the year 1955.
The total number of visits made to the Clinic for dental care was 279.
For the third successive year, the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts has again made available, to cities and towns, large sums of money for the construction of low cost, modern housing for the aged. For the third successive time I again recommend that the Town of Arlington take advantage of this new offer for improving the living conditions of our elderly citizens.
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD W. FEELEY, M.D. Medical Inspector, Department of Public Welfare.
January 28, 1957.
Honorable Edward C. Monahan, Town Manager,
Town Hall,
Arlington, Massachusetts
Dear Mr. Monahan:
I herewith submit my report for the Public Welfare Department for the year ending December 31, 1956.
CASE LOAD PER MONTH.
Welfare Aid
Old Age Assistance
Aid to Dependent Children
Disability Assistance
January
60
532
25
46
February
63
526
26
46
March
65
521
25
44.
April
62
522
24
45
May
65
527
23
45
June
65
526
23
44
July
70
525
22
42
August
68
527
20
42
September
65
526
21
42
October
64
522
22
45
November
66
522
22
47
December
62
524
20
47
355
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
MEDICAL AND DENTAL CLINIC.
498 visits were made to our Medical Clinic by recipients who had established their eligibility to receive assistance under one of the four categories listed below: Summary:
Welfare 150
Old Age Assistance 210
Aid to Dependent Children 109
Disability Assistance
29
498
279 visits were made to the Clinic for Dental Care.
WELFARE AID.
Total Expenditures $ 33,359.39*
Less Reimbursements :
State $ 3,153.49
Cities and Towns 1,760.35
Individuals and Estates 0.00 4,913.84
Net Expenditures $ 28,445.55 $813.25-paid to other Cities and Towns included in this *
amount.
* $2,360.38-paid to Institutions and Division of Child Guardian- ship included in this amount.
$12,000.00-of unexpended balance carried forward to 1957.
WELFARE AID was granted to 87 cases, including 167 persons.
SETTLEMENT STATUS-WELFARE AID
Arlington 53
State
11
Other Cities and Towns 23
87
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE.
Total Expenditures $534,028.74*
Less Reimbursements and Grants: Federal Grants $206,489.99 **
State 232,161.13 ***
Other Cities and Towns 16,418.03
Individuals and Estates 1,297.19 456,366.34
(Undistributed )
Net Expenditures $ 77,662.40
*$4,512.97-paid to other Cities and Towns included in this amount. ** $7,030.42-Transfer from 1955 Recoveries included in this amount. After deduction of $6,324.94 for Recoveries. * After deduction of $3,154.27 for Recoveries.
$206,489.99-total Federal Grants expended. $327,538.75-expended from Town Appropriation. ,
$534,028.74-Total Expenditures. $ 8,000.00-of unexpended balance carried forward to 1957.
256
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
CASE LOAD SUMMARY.
Cases January 1, 1956
531
New Cases 93
Total Case Load 624
Cases Closed 100
Cases December 31, 1956
524
SETTLEMENT STATUS.
Arlington 362
State (Unsettled) 137
Other Cities and Towns 125
624
REASONS FOR DISCONTINUANCE.
Death
55
Moved from Arlington 31
Sufficient Resources 4
Family will support
3
Transferred to Institutions
4
Returned to Employment
3
100
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Total Expenditures $ 28,671.57
Less Reimbursements and Grants:
Federal Grants $11,899.73
State
10,502.31*
Individuals
0.00 22,402.04
Net Expenditures $ 6,269.53
*$2,917.90-due from State.
32 Families were aided under this category of relief includ- ing 90 persons, 56 Children under 16 years of age, and 4 chil- dren between 16 and 18 years of age, attending school.
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Total Expenditures $ 57,686.45
Less Reimbursements and Grants:
Federal Grants $18,243.87
State 24,465.72
Individuals and Estates
565.50
43,275.09
(Undistributed )
Net Expenditures
$ 14,411.36
357
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE was granted to 70 persons.
An analysis of gross and net expenditures for 1956 in comparison with 1955 reveals the following situation:
The 1956 gross for the four categories of aid amount to $653,746 (cents omitted) as against the $691,671 in 1955. This was a decrease of $37,925 or approximately 51/2 %. The 1956 net was $126,788 as against $157,009 in 1955, a decrease of $30,220 or slightly over 19.2%.
Factors contributing to the decreased expenditures, both gross and net, were as follows: (1) a decrease of about 2% in case loads; (2) the State reversal of the former requirement that resources could not be applied to hospital bills; (3) a reduction in the State Medical Care Plan allowing physicians only 1 visit instead of 4 visits monthly for chronic illness; (4) increased reimbursements from the Federal Government effective October 1, 1956, establishing a maximum payment of $39.00 for Old Age Assistance and Disability Assistance where the previous maximum reimbursement was $35.00 per month per case. The Aid to Dependent Children formula for reimbursement was also increased slightly which will amount to about $1.50 per case per month additional reimbursement in this category. Working against decreased expenditures is the cost of living adjustment which became effective July 1, 1956. The 14.2% figure was adjusted to 20.0% over the standard budget.
The Board of Public Welfare meets monthly with the Agent and the two Social Work Supervisors in the Robbins House. These meet- ings are devoted to the consideration of new cases in all categories and taking action on same. Changes of status and adjustment of grants are also reviewed with necessary action taken and recorded. The Agent presents the monthly agenda to the Board and acts as its secretary. The local administration is supervised by the State Depart- ment of Public Welfare which conducts reviews and audits periodi- cally to see if policies, procedures and practices are in conformity with the standards of administration. The standards of administra- tion are set up by the State Department of Public Welfare. The Federal Government also audits at regular intervals since these agencies are financial participants in the three way program of Federal, State and Local.
At the request of Mr. Edward C. Monahan, Town Manager, the Board voted to hold additional meetings beginning in June, 1956. The purpose of these extra meetings is for consideration of matters of administration such as Billings to Other Cities and Towns, Claims for State Reimbursement, Preparation and Processing Liens for Re- covery, Nursing Home Authorizations, Monthly Statistical Reports, and Quarterly Claims for Federal Reimbursement for Administrative Expenses. The Board also plans to study Work Loads of the Staff, Personnel Practices, Compensatory Time-off and Overtime.
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