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To lay out a road through the property of Harry P. Townsend and others, beginning near the house of Henry Duncan and running northerly a distace of approximately 250 yards to the road leading to Dr. Giles' house, provided satisfactory arrangements can be made with the land own- ers, and appropriated the sum of $50.00 for a survey of the same. It was expressly voted that no action should be taken on this road unless the town was first released from all claims for land damage.
To raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for plough- ing up the shores of the Salt Pond between high and low water marks, provided, the permission of the land owners can be obtained, the work to be done as soon as possible after this date.
Voted to adjourn.
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SPECIAL MEETING, MARCH 19, 1929
Elected :
Ralph A. Chase, Moderator.
Voted :
To rescind the vote taken under Article 9 of the Annual Town Meeting Warrant of February 4, 1929, whereby the town voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,050.00 for upkeep and maintenance of Town Roads, provided, the State made a satisfactory allotment to the town under Chap- ter 81 Sections 26-29, as amended.
To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,075.00 for care and maintenance of Town Ways under Chapter 81 Sections 26-29, as amended, provided, the State will make a satisfac- tory allotment to the town for the same.
To pay the Moderator $3.00 for his services at this meeting.
Voted to adjourn.
SPECIAL MEETING, JUNE 6, 1929
Elected :
Ralph A. Chase, Moderator.
Motion to indefinitely postpone Art. 2 was not carried.
Motion to vote on this Art. 2 by paper ballot was
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amended to read: To vote on all questions at this meeting by paper ballot. Carried unanimously.
Voted not to rescind the vote made in Special Town Meeting in 1910, giving the control of the shellfisheries into the hands of the Selectmen.
To 10 Yes to 1 No to pay the Moderator $5.00 for his services at this meeting.
Mr. Cavalier H. Robbins asked for and was granted a special privilege to ask for information relating to Special Legislation relating to our shellfishery, now pending. Mr. A. W. Parnell for the Board of Selectmen replied, and stated that owing to the fact that we were late in presenting our bill, it could not be taken up at the last Legislative term or session.
Voted to adjourn.
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Town Clerk.
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Public Library
TRUSTEES' REPORT
Jan. 1, 1929, cash in treasury $224 67
Receipts
Jan. 12, 1929, New England Trust Co. Dividend $350 00
Jan. 17, 1929, Librarian, fines
10 00
July 24, 1929, New England Trust Co. Dividend 350 00
ยท Dec. 14, 1929, refund on magazine
4 50
Dec. 31, 1929, Timothy Smith Fund
100 00
Dec. 31, 1929, Town appropriation
25 00
$839 50
$1,064 17
Expenditures
Order of Trustees $943 67
Dec. 31, 1929, cash in treasury
120 50
$1,064 17
ARTHUR W. PARNELL, HARRIETT E. KNOWLES, M. LOUISE KNOWLES.
Trustees.
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EXPENDITURES
1929
Feb. 19 W. G. Smith, insurance
$11 75
Feb. 19 Cape & Vineyard Electric Co. 2 25
Feb. 19
A. W. Parnell, conveying books 35 00
Feb. 19
H. T. Moore, work on mast
8 00
Feb. 23 W. G. Smith
10 40
Mar. 2 Blanche A. Keefe
42 50
Mar. 5 Cape & Vineyard Electric Co.
1 05
May 2 D. W. Sparrow
3 50
May 7 Cape & Vineyard Electric Co.
2 25
Blanche A. Keefe
42 50
May 23
Blanche A. Keefe
11 40
May 28
Ryder's Inc.
137 03
May 28
Mrs. J. W. Ryder
5 00
June 12
Wellfleet Market Co.
27 00
June 29
Blanche A. Keefe
45 00
July 6
Cape & Vineyard Electric Co.
1 80
Aug. 21
F. J. Barnard & Co., Inc.
15 80
Aug. 21
Emma Garrison
1 75
Sept. 5
Blanche A. Keefe
45 00
Sept. 24
Blanche A. Keefe
7 76
Oct. 16
National Geographic Society
3 00
Oct. 26
Blanche A. Keefe
42 50
Oct. 29
W. G. Smith, insurance
8 25
Nov. 19 Ryder's Inc.
117 90
Nov. 19 Library of Congress
16 92
Nov. 26 Cape & Vineyard
4 94
Dec. 2 Emma Garrison, magazines
63 75
Dec. 31
Cape & Vineyard
3 50
A. F. Smith & Sons, furnace
112 50
Dec. 31
Blanche A. Keefe
42 50
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Dec. 31 Brackett & Young
11 17
Dec. 31 Janitor service
60 00
$943 67
HARRIET KNOWLES,
Secretary.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Jan. 1 1929 Cash in Treasury Receipts
$224 67
Jan. 1, 1929 New England Trust Co. Dividend $350 00
Jan. 17, 1929 Librarian (fines)
10 00
July 24, 1929 New England Trust Co. Dividend 350 00
Dec. 14, 1929 Refund on magazine 4 50
Dec. 31, 1929 Timothy Smith Fund
100 00
Dec. 31, 1929 Town Appropriation
25 00
$839 50
$1,064 17
Expenditures
Order of Trustees $943 67
Dec. 31, 1929 Cash in treasury 120 50
$1,064 17
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Treasurer.
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Librarian's Report
January 1, 1929, Cash on hand
$19 25
Received from fines 22 35
Received for damaged books
1 25
Received for old magazines
25
Total
$43 10
Paid out :
Gave treasurer out of fines
$10 00
Stamps, postage on books, 1 96
Magazine 15
Postage and insurance on books returned
to State House 90
Librarian's supplies at Gaylord's and Demco's
10 20
Winston coupon
10
A. L. A. book list
2 00
Freight and carting books
90
Paper, glue and blotters
1 14
Express on books
1 05
Mending flag
1 00
Kerosene
2 00
34 96
Cash on hand, January 1, 1930
$8 14
Total number of books in library Jan. 1, 1929
6,400
Number discarded
79
6,321
80
Added during the year :
Adult by purchase Adult by gift Juvenile by purchase Juvenile by gift
133
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41
1
Total of books, January 1, 1930
6,508
Circulation :
Adult fiction
4,15.7
Adult non-fiction
234
Juvenile fiction
1,777
Juvenile non-fiction
387
Adult magazines 700
Juvenile magazines
110
Total for the year 7,365
ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY
Adult
Little Yellow House
Silver Slippers
Silas Bradford's Boy
Two Flights Up
Cap'n Sue
Pleasant Jim
Brand Pedler Wentworth
Will-o-the-Wisp
At the South Gate
Richmond
Rogue's Moon
Chambers Daingerfield
House Across the Way
Burton Bailey Lincoln Rinehart Footner
Bitter Heritage
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Dimmest Dream
Behind that Curtain
Tick of the Clock Holiday
Redwood and Gold
Blue Ruin
Under Frozen Stars
Secret of Mohawk Pond
Broken
Cherokee Trails
Sea Panther
Beggars Can Choose
Heyday
Shadows by the Sea
Blades
Painters of Dreams
Jeanne
Fortunate Wayfarer
Welcome Home
Fatal Kiss Mystery
Like a Man
Lantern in Her Hand
Cindy
Lane
Enterprising Burglar
Pilgrims of Adversity Betty April and Sally Jane
Vol. 2 of Trader Horn Second Choice
Certain Dr. Thorndyke
Good Red Bricks
Four Ducks on a Pond
Penelope's Web Deep Waters
Colver Biggers Asbury Lenanton Gregory Lutz (Hill) Marsh N. Lincoln
Ayres Ogden McFarland Jackson Abbott Farjeon Mccutcheon
Payne Kenyon Oppenheim Miller R. King Lane Aldrich
Balfour McFee Baldwin Chalmers
Horn Alexander Freeman Synon Sawyer Comstock Gray
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Far Call Queen of Clubs Mystery Reef Ken. the Courageous Clock Strikes Two
With Malice Toward None
Rank and File
Under Turquoise Skies
Empress of Hearts
Swan Song
Rosalie's Career
Breakwater
Hill Country
Rome Haul
All Aboard
Gorilla
Tide of Empire
Wintersmoon
Plains of Abraham
From Kaw Teepee to Capitol
Army with Banners
Skyward
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (given) My Second Year of the War (given) Prince and the Pauper (given) Margot Asquith (given)
Queen Victoria (given) Gold Star Record
Peace Negotiations (given)
Ambassador Morgenthan's Story (given) Face to Face with Kaiserism (given) What Really Happened in Paris (given) Case of Sergeant Grisha (given) Yarns of a Kentucky Admiral
Marshall Footner Bindloss Bennet Webster
Willsie Roosevelt Robinson Harrington Galsworthy Baldwin Dyer Benson Edmonds Cobb Burbridge Kyne Walpole Curwood Seitz Mitchell Byrd Clemens Palmer Clemens
Streachy
Lancing Morgenthan Gerard
Am. Delegates Zueig Rodman
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Gate Marked Private Money for One Gay Courage Tannihal Tangle Around the World Handsome Man David Strange
Garden Oats
White Flower
Black Heart
The Person Called "Z"
Scotch Valley
Honeymoon Millions
My Dear Hinge of Heaven
Strange Sea Mysteries
Diana of Kara-Kara
House of the Three Ganders
Guyfford of Weare
Foolish Virgin Clever One
Cap'n George Fred
Light for His Pipe String of Pearls
Pillar Mountain
Hedges Left in Trust
Grey Mask Trueboy What Everybody Wanted Devil and the Deep Sea Benson Murder Case
Find the Woman May Dust
Dell Ruck Loring Wells Weston Turnbull N. White Baldwin Lutz (Hill) Horler Fargeon Cram
Emery Edginton Cockrell O'Donnell Wallace Batcheller Farnol Norris Wallace Fred Towne Courths M. Brand Payne Tompkins Wentworth Hinkle Singmaster Jordon Van Dine Hultman Hauck
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Eye of Osiris His Elizabeth Tiger Man
Mad Masquerade
Midnight Mystery
Humdrum House
Winds of the World
Professional Guest
Window Eyes of the Village
Werewolf
Blair's Attic
Wings of Healing
She Who Sleeps
Sentinel of the Desert
Uncertain Treasure
Rambie
Fortunate Mary
P. D. F. R.
Irwin
Harbour Lights of Home
Three Musketeers
Stella Marvin
Daughter of the Hawk
World Does Move
Texas Man
Fighting Caravans
West Is West
Mesa
Old Pybus
Singing Gold
Swallowfork Bulls
Juvenile
Mark Tidd in Sicily Plain Jane and Pretty Betty
Freeman Thane Baxter. Gambier Atkey J. P. Gibbs Ayres Garrett Rosman A. Terhune Swem Lincoln Martin Rohmer Gregory Woodbury Salteen Porter
E. Guest Dumas Phillips Forester Tarkington Raine Grey Rhodes Seltza
Deeping Cottrell Bower
Kelland Barton
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Two College Girls Sunny Boy in School and Out Letty of the Circus Letty's New Home Joy and Pam
Brown R. White Griffith Griffith Whitehill
Araminta
Charlie and His Friends
Gordon and His Friends
Harriet's Choice
Tangle Garden
E. Gray
Yes, Virginia
Griffin Davis Hawkes
Patches (story of a pony)
Young America Travels Abroad
Greenbie & Davis Barbour
Balloon Buster
Hall Farjeon
Hunt Holds the Center
Barbour
Corner House Girls Among Gypsies
Hill
Corner House Girls on a Houseboat
Hill
Sunny Boy and his Playmates
White
Sunny Boy and His Games
White
Joy and her Friends
Whitehill
Letty's Sister
Griffith
Letty's Treasure
Griffith
Letty's Good Luck
Griffith
Secret of the Clan
Brown
Mystery of Seven Gables
Baby Animals
Crain Troxell & Dunn Andress & Bragg LaRue
Sunshine School
In Animal Land
Dick Bryd
Green
Baseball Detective
Muller
Mary and Marcia Partners
Forbes
Forbes Hill & Maxwell Bryant Abbott
Magic Fiddle
Boy's Book of Dogs
Come Christmas
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Mystery Gate Boy Scout and his Law Cow Boy Hugh Hallowe'en Tales and Games
Morrison Chalmers Nichols Owen
Mrs. Sarah Smith, who resigned her position as one of the trustees for 1929, passed away during the spring. While holding this office, she was very much interested in the li- brary work. Her office was taken by Mrs. Louise Knowles, who is also very much interested in library work.
Owing to the trouble in heating the library in Decem- ber, the circulation is not quite as large as last year.
Besides the new children's books added, we replaced twelve others which are always in demand with the chil- dren.
I attended the Cape Cod Library Club at Centerville at a two days' session.
BLANCHE A. KEEFE,
Librarian.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
and
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF EA.
TOWN
IN
CAUSET 1620
651
FOR THE YEAR
1929
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Stanley M. Walker
Mrs. James P. Knowles
Mrs. Fred F. Dill
Term expires 1931
Term expires 1930
Term expires 1932
UNION SUPERINTENDENT
(Harwich, Chatham, Orleans, Eastham) Charles H. Pratt-Residence, Harwich
JANITOR
George Hardwick
Attendance Officer
Walter F. Nickerson
School Physician Dr. A. P. Goff
School Nurse
Bessie I. Armstrong
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1930
Winter Term : 7 weeks-December 30, 1929 to February 14, 1930
Spring Term : 7 weeks-February 24, 1930 to April 11, 1930 Summer Term : 9 weeks-April 21, 1930 to June 20, 1930 Fall Term: 16 weeks-September 3, 1930 to December 19, 1930
Winter Term : 7 weeks-December 29, 1930 to February 13, 1931
PUPILS ATTENDING ORLEANS HIGH SCHOOL
September - December.1929
Class of 1930
Emma Knowles William Mahoney Maude Rogers Class of 1931
William Knowles Almond Nickerson
Class of 1932
Emma Atwood Charles Campbell Vivian Murphy
Raymond Nickerson, Natalie Chadbourn-Left school December.
Class of 1933
Christine Crosby Grace Clark Herbert Campbell Gordon Harris Marion Murphy
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Report of the School Committee
To the Citizens of the Town of Eastham :
The usual statistics and reports of teachers, school nurse and County Health Officer are published herewith for your consideration.
We regret very much the loss of our Superintendent and on account of his illness and death the schools have had no supervision this year but with the able corps of teachers that we have the work has been carried on in the usual way with very satisfactory results
Early in the year Mr. Charles H. Pratt will take up the work of Superintendent of Schools for Harwich, Chatham, Orleans and Eastham. Mr. Pratt comes to the Union well qualified to carry on the work of Superintendent of Schools.
The buildings have been repaired and painted which adds to the general appearance.
The latter part of the year the school busses have been. properly marked enabling them to be more easily identi- fied as vehicles used for the transportation of school chil- dren.
The School Orchestra which was started last February under the direction of Mr. Thomas Nassi is still in progress and doing very satisfactory work. It becomes necessary in
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order for this work to continue for the town to help in the payment of the instructor which will amount to four hun- dred (400) dollars per year.
This year it becomes necessary to install a telephone in the school building.
More attention should be given by parents of children attending high school. It has been brought to our attention that many pupils have been absent many days the last year. Every day lost is a financial loss to every person in town and a decided loss to the pupil.
Mrs. Bessie I. Armstrong of Orleans has been employed as school nurse this year in place of Miss Ada Creelman of Brewster.
We have been able to pay our bills and return five hun- dred dollars and forty-two cents ($500.42) to the town.
This year we are asking for thirteen thousand. six hun- dred and fifty (13,650.) dollars.
Respectfully submitted,
STANLEY M. WALKER, Chairman, M. LOUISE KNOWLES, Secretary, NELLIE M. DILL,
School Committee.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT Eastham School Committee Expenditures for the Fiscal Year, January 1, 1929 to December 31, 1929
General Class
Specific Class
Amount
Total
Needed for 1930
Committee Salary
$200.00
Superintendent
361.68
Taking Census
10.00
Clerical Services
53.15
Supervisor of
Attendance
20.00
Miscellaneous
16.00
$660.83
$800.00
Expense of
Teacher's Salaries Books and Supplies
4,727.20
$5,192.23
5,500.00
Operation of
Janitor's Wages
648.00
Fuel
166.50
School Plant
Janitor's Supplies
13.11
821.61
1,000.00
Maintenance
Painting and Repairs
548.17
Insurance
184.80
732.97
300.00
Nurse
250.00
Transportation
3,405.25
Tuition
2,105.42
Miscellaneous
75,27
5,835.94
6,000.00
Outlay
New Equipment
50.00
Total
$13,249.58
$13,249.58
$13,650.00
Appropriation Expenditures
13,249.58
Unexpended Balance
$500.42
SUMMARY FOR 1930
Appropriation
$13,750.00
For Superintendent
$221.78
State Tuition
563.72
Department of Education
1,620.40
2,405.90
Net cost to Town for 1929
$11,244.10
(Note: Still due Town for transportation, $2,003.75)
General Control
Instruction
465.03
Auxiliary Agencies
$13,750.00
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Principal's Report
Though there has been no change in the teaching force for the year, I feel that we have not accomplished quite as much as we might on account of so much sickness, particu- larly in the lower grades. I find our new nurse, Miss Arm- strong, to be very cooperative and efficient, but her activi- ties are somewhat limited because she has no car of her own.
Miss Bertha Keefe is training in all the grades up to the seventh through the courtesy of the school committee. She is doing good work and is a great help in the three- grade rooms.
The primary room is featuring a new and original "Nauset Indian Primer" for its first grade reading. The. rhythm band here is doing excellent work in preparation for later instrumental music.
The intermediate room has done a great deal in picture study work. Its Bird Club, like the one in the upper grades,. is certainly flourishing again this year.
The grammar room has continued its geography scrap- book work with even better results than formerly. Many people have brought or sent us magazines and we wish to. thank them for their thoughtfulness. Anyone having maga- zines (especially those of the geographical type), that he wishes to give away, please notify some one in this room, and we will see that they are put to good usage.
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The big event of the year, and to me the most wonderful opportunity ever coming to our school, or any school, is the instrumental music. With less than a year spent on this under the clever instruction of Mr. Nassi, the progress inade in most cases is really unbelievable. The Loan Fund, in charge of the teachers, has done a splendid work in giv- ing a helping hand in times of need, in buying extra instru- ments for the orchestra, music stands and supplies for the rhythm bands. During the year we have received gifts amounting to $105 and a fine violin. The community has freely given its help in making every entertainment and whist party sponsored for this fund a real financial success. With its continued support we feel that we are building up something in the moral and spiritual stamina of our young- er generation which can never be wasted.
And, who knows but that some day a Chopin, a Kreis- ler or a Paderewski may develop under our very eyes
Respectfully submitted,
OTTO E. NICKERSON.
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Report of Music Supervisor
I submit herewith a report of the work accomplished in music for 1929.
Classes in music this year have been carried on much the same as those of the previous year. The fundamentals ne- cessary in each grade are being taught, and many of the songs learned by the children are used by them in their various holiday exercises. The Junior High group contin- ues to do very acceptable chorus work.
An interesting feature of the lower grades is the rhyth- mic orchestra which was begun last year, and under the guidance and direction of Miss Keith is being continued this year with splendid results. This early introduction of rhythm into the life of the child prepares him more fully for orchestral work in the upper grades.
On December ninth a concert was given in the town hall for the benefit of the musical loan fund. All the grades participated, there being instrumental selections by the school orchestra, instrumental solos, and singing by the various grades. In this way the parents and others inter- ested in the school were able to see for themselves what is being accomplished in school music, both instrumental and vocal.
Extreme interest is being displayed in the subject of music here, which is manifested by the fact that Mr.
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Lawrence G. Brooks, whose father was a teacher in the 'Eastham school sixty-three years ago, has given to the school a very fine violin, and has donated the sum of one hundred dollars to the musical loan fund.
With such encouragement and interest I am sure the pupils will work harder than ever to make their school or- chestra justify the high hopes of their parents and friends. Through the untiring efforts and never-failing interest of our late superintendent, Mr. Sims, these instrumental class- es were made possible last year, and it is gratifying to have the work continued. The classes are instructed by Mr. Thomas Nassi of Boston to whom we are indebted for the splendid training which these young musicians are receiv- ing.
We who are particularly interested in the progress of music in our schools sense perhaps more than others the loss of one who was so musical himself, and so ever ready to help in any possible way toward the musical training of our students, and it is with pleasure that we carry on the work which has been thus instigated and encouraged.
Respectfully submitted,
RUTH H. OSBORNE,
Supervisor of Music.
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Report of Instrumental Instructor
I am pleased to submit a brief report concerning the work of the instrumental classes in Eastham. This work, as you know, was started last February by the late Superin- tendent of Schools, William F. Sims, and to date has been continued with rather unusual success.
The instrumental classes, at present, number twenty- two pupils, and from this group there has been developed a well balanced orchestra of eighteen pieecs, including six violins, one viola, one 'cello, one bass, three trumpets, three mellophones, one .clarinet, drums and piano. The orchestra was featured as a part of the 1929 commencement exercises and has taken part in several church, school, and commun- ity affairs. A stringed quartette which was recently formed from the orchestra has also been well received and is mak- ing notable progress.
Plans have already been developed for a joint concert with the other school orchestras of the union and this will undoubtedly serve to increase a greater interest by the members of the orchestras, and the community in general.
I feel confident that during the coming year that great- er results will be realized.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS NASSI,
Instrumental Instructor and Leader.
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Report of School Nurse
September 3, to December 31, 1929
Number of schools visited
1
Number class room inspections
3
Number of individual pupils inspected
74
Number of skin eruptions
2
Number weighed and measured
220
Number 10% or more underweight
11
Number home visits
4
Number communicable diseases
3
Scarlet fever
1
Whooping cough
1
Chickenpox
1
Number school visits
15
Assisted Health Officer at examinations
78
Number with defects
41
Teeth
29
Tonsils
7
Glands
2
Heart
2
Nose
1
Deformity from disease
1
Defects corrected
3
Improved
1
Respectfully submitted,
BESSIE ARMSTRONG,
School Nurse.
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Barnstable County Health Department
The following is a brief report of the Barnstable County Health Department for 1929. It may be stated that the work of the County Health Department has proceeded in what is thought to be a satisfactory manner, with the same force as heretofore, i. e., County Health Officer, Secretary, Sanitary Inspector and Assistant Sanitary Inspector.
During the spring a considerable amount of smallpox developed in Middleboro and one case developed on the Cape, a direct contact of a Middleboro case. This person had never been vaccinated at the time of exposure and de- veloped a very well defined attack of smallpox. Fortunately this case was under observation from the time of exposure and was carefully quarantined and no other cases develop- ed. This was very fortunate indeed, as a few cases of small- pox in the County at this particular time would have very seriously hurt or ruined what was perhaps the most pros- perous summer the Cape has ever had. Great credit in this matter is due all local officials, physicians and citizens for the cooperation given, especially in securing almost com- plete vaccination, particularly among school children, throughout the county. Some cases of scarlet fever, usually mild, have developed in nearly all towns of the county. This disease has been quite generally prevalent throughout this part of the state but appears to be declining at present. There were a couple of cases of typhoid fever, apparently not contracted locally, with no extension.
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The regulation requiring all milk sold in the county to be from tuberculin tested cattle or pasteurized or both, be- came effective June 1st, and is now observed throughout the county.
During the year the Harvard School of Public Health made certain observations in the County, in an attempt to secure some definite information regarding "cold," "grippe", or "influenza," which was quite prevalent at this time. This survey was quite thorough, and it is hoped that something definite may be discovered.
Pre-school clinics and Health Week excerises have been generally held in nearly all of the towns. The State Health Department has assisted, encouraged and initiated these movements in every way possible. The Devision of Dental Hygiene has recently been very active in encouraging dental clinics among school children. The County Health Depart- ment has purchased a portable dental outfit for use through- out the County.
The condition regarding surface closets, dumping grounds, etc., appears to be improving, and it is hoped that the matter of installing sewer systems at Hyannis and Woods Hole will again be considered in 1930 ..
Several trips have been made to Boston in connection with health and sanitary matters, and a good many talks have been given before various organizations, including the Cape Cod Health Bureau Association and other Health Organizations, Parent-Teachers Associations, Massachusetts Veterinary Association at Springfield, the Rotary, Grange, etc.
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The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce is vigorously carrying on the mosquito eradication campaign with every prospect of success.
Among those visiting the County during the year were more than twenty students from the Harvard School of Public Health, the Deputy Commissioner of Public Health of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and various representa- tives of the State Department o_ Public Health.
All of the regular and routine inspections and examina- tions including the regular physical examination of school children, sanitary inspections of food places, etc., etc., have been made as usual, and all of the regular work continued, with, of course, the usual normal increase. The work of the Health Department has been unfailingly supported by all Officials, and the services of the employees have been efficient and satisfactory. All local and other periodicals have been most considerate, as they have always been. It is hoped and believed that the work of the Health Department will increase in usefulness during the coming year.
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