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Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00 for the observance of Memorial Day. The above sum to be ex- pended under the direction of Supervisor of Soldiers and Sailors lots.
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for Forest Fire Protection.
Motion to discontinue plotting the Town for Assessors' maps was not carried.
. Then voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of continuing plotting, surveying and mak- ing of Assessors' maps and to instruct the Selectmen to in- struct the Surveyor to first survey that land where ade- quate bounds cannot be established sufficient for tax pur- poses.
Voted to pay a bounty of $1.00 each for woodchucks killed within the limits of the town and to appropriate the sum of $50.00 for the same.
Voted to appropriate the sum of $25.00 for the purpose of correcting the spelling of the name of Alfred L. Gill on the World War Memorial. To be expended under the direc- tion of the Supervisor of Soldiers and Sailors Lots.
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Voted to give the John R. Mckay Post, American Le- gion the use of the hall free of charge one night each month for 1930.
Motion to appropriate the sum of $300.00 to indemnify the State against claims for damage arising from relocat- ing certain portions of the State Highway. After much dis- cussion, the motion was lost. Voted to instruct the Select- men to investigate further and to report at a later meeting upon Article 20.
Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the eradication of mosquitoes.
Voted to erect a flag-pole on the Town Hall grounds and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the same. To be in one section and to be at least 30 feet above the ground. Said work to be completed on or before Memorial Day next. Voted to appoint a committee to have charge of erecting said pole. Committee William B. Higgins, Harvey T. Moore and George E. Hardwick.
Voted to accept the road as surveyed and relocated from the Old Mill northerly to the home of Mrs. Rose B. Nicker- son.
Voted to lay out a road from a point near the home of Mrs. Rose B. Nickerson, easterly to the State Highway as the roads now run and to appropriate the sum of $75.00 for the same.
Voted to lay out a road from a point near the home of Mrs. Rose B. Nickerson, northerly to Locust Road near the home of Abbott S. Knowles and to appropriate the sum of $75.00 for surveying and locating the same.
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Voted to accept the layout of the road as surveyed through the land of Townsend, Horton & Higgins.
Voted not to accept the road running westerly from near George P. Brackett's residence to the road running past Brackett's store.
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 for repairs of the Old Windmill and that the repairs of the said Mill be under the direction of the Committee elected in 1929 and known as the Old Windmill Committee, they having been authorized to act for the town in 1930.
Motion to raise and appropriate the sum of $700.00 for protection of the shellfish industry was not carried. Bal- ance of Article 29 indefinitely postponed.
Voted to apply $5,000.00 of the free cash in treasury as of Jan. 1, 1930 to the reduction of the tax levy of 1930.
Voted to pay the Moderator $10.00 for his services at this meeting.
Minutes of the meeting read and accepted.
Voted to adjourn without day.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
August 27, 1930
Elected :
Ralph A. Chase, Moderator.
Elected Mrs. Prince H. Hurd, Trustee of the Public Li- brary for the unexpired term of Mrs. Harriet B. Knowles, resigned.
Elected Abbott H. Walker, Tree Warden, for the unex- pired term of Charles A. Rogers, deceased.
Voted that the official ballot as defined in Sec. 1, Chap. 50 of General Laws of Massachusetts be used at all Annual Town Meetings for the election of officers required by law to be by ballot.
Voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to appoint minor Town Officers at all Annual Town Mettings.
Voted to repair the heating system now in use in the Town Hall and to appoint a committee to confer with the selectmen regarding the installation of a new heating sys- tem. Committee appointed Daniel W. Sparrow, John F. Crosby and Manuel Meads. Voted not to install new heat- ing system.
Voted not to indemnify the State for claims for land damage that may arise from relocating portions of the State Highway.
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Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $115.00 for the Eradication of Mosquitoes.
Voted to pay the Moderator the sum of $5.00 for his services at this meeting.
Minutes of the meeting read and accepted.
Voted to adjourn.
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Town Clerk.
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Librarian's Report
January 1, 1930, Cash on hand
$8 84
Received from fines and damaged books
36 31
Received from magazine
1 00
Total
$46 15
Paid out :
Gave treasurer from fines
$5 00
Postage and insurance on books
1 77
Supplies at Gaylord's and Demco's 4 44
Express and carting on books
3 84
Fred Dill, two books
1 50
Stool
4 55
Snow's-shellac, paste, blotters, twine
and paper
2 20
Book and postage
1 12
24 42
Cash on hand January 1, 1931
$21 73
Total number books in library. Jan. 1, 1930
6,508
Number discarded
24
6,482
Adult by purchase
131
Adult by gift
5
Juvenile by purchase
50
Juvenile by gift
1
Total books, Jan. 1, 1931
6,669
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Circulation :
Adult fiction
4,788
Adult non-fiction
201
Adult magazines
676
Juvenile fiction
1,425
Juvenile non-fiction
311
Juvenile magazines
97
Total for the year 7,498
ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY, 1930
Adult
Duskin
(Lutz) Hill
Queer Judson (replaced)
Lincoln
Understanding Heart (replaced)
Kyne
Nevada (replaced)
Grey
Hedges (replaced)
Payne
Gun-Tamer
Brand
Listening Post
Richmond
Glenlitten Murder
Oppenheim Norris
Incredible Year
Baldwin
Sea Mystery
Crofts
Velvet Hand
Guarded Halo
Prodigal Girl
Footner Pedler Hill (Lutz) Shannon
Catspaw
Snow Blind
Louisa M. Alcott
Treynor Ticknor
Love Changes
Tune in the Tree
Ayers N. White
Red Silence
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Swift Water Top Kick
Mystery of the Blue Train Raider
Secret of Sea Dream House
Man Who Rang the Bell
Silver Hawk
Moby Dick
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Master Sea Stories
Cloud By Day
Gate Through the Mountain
Fifth Latch Key
Fish Hawk
Freckles Comes Home
Satan as Lightning
Ginger Buffer
Fighting Tender Foot
Frontiersman
Black Ace
Grim Vengence
Murder By the Clock
From Immigrant to Inventor
Magic for Merigold
Cape Cod Sarah and Son
Under the Greenwood Tree
Fisherman's Luck
Blue Eyes and Grey
Wit's End
Black Gold
Between Twelve and One
White Shadows in the South Seas
Loring Nason Christie Seltzer Terhune
Kennedy Mowery Melville Greenslet Russel Stile Pendexter N. Lincoln Marshall J. Porter B. King Sias Rice
Raine Bindloss Dilnot Connington R. King Pupin Montgomery Kittredge Shea Hardy Van Dyke Orczy Paradise McBlair Loder O'Brien
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Sooner Land
Mystery at Spanish Hacienda Rodeo
Happy Parrott
Secret Trail
Merivales
Wolves of Chaos
Golf Club Murder
Mystery of the Ashes
Leopard Woman (given)
Omnibus of Crime (given)
Sayers
Fool Errant
Black Camel
Young Mrs. Greeley
Golden Highlander
Jim, The Conqueror Mavericks Tiger of Cloud River
Great Horn Spoon
Water Weed
Penrod Jasper
Margaret York
Valley of Vision (given)
Ruthledge Trails the Ace
Wagon and the Star
Mulberry Square Gold Shoe Fire of Youth
In the Days March
Lion and the Lamb Trail to Paradise
High Fences
Blowing Clear Wild Wind
Odgen Gregory Bower Chambers Armstrong McCuteh .on MacGrath Jerome Wynne
Wentworth Biggers Tarkington Roberts Kvne Coburn Cullum
E. Wright Campbell Tarkington Norris Van Dyke Raine Larrimore Larrimore Lutz (Hill) Pedler Ayres Oppenheim Gregory Richmond Lincoln Bailey
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Charlie Chan Carries On
Make Believe
Cap'n Bailey and the Widder Dyer
Lighted Windows
Forbidden Range
Crystle Pagoda
Interrupted Night
Red-Headed Goddess
Lovejoy
Coldstone
Blood on the Yukon Trail
Destry Rides Again
Murder in Paris
Years of Grace
Shepherd of Guadaloupe
Tiger Eye
. Rancher Jim
Last Full Measure
Golden Roof
Day of Small Things
Voice in the Closet
Glory's Net Waters of Strife
Heart of the North
Crime in the Dutch Garden
Mystery of the Folded Paper
Mote and the Beam
Red Bill Day the World Ended Green Isle
Gay Procession Tender Talons
Gunpowder Lightning
American Marquis
Biggers Baldwin C. Burton Loring Dorrance Berger I. Alden Colver Burton Wentworth Hendryx Brand Campbell Barnes Grey Bower Bindloss Morrow Fuller O. Douglas Landon Tilden Lynde
Mowery Adams Footner Stiles Chisholm Rohmer Miller
Patterson Martin Sinclair West ,1l
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Candle in the Wilderness
Blue Rajah Murder Love-Hater Rider of San Felipe
Disraeli
Mirthful Haven
Old Peabody Pew (given)
Scarab Murder Case
Cradle of the Deep (given)
Chances
Young and Secret
Prelude to Love
Break of Day
Emily
Jenny Fowler
Strange Pursuit
Soundings (given)
Island of Lost Women
Clara Barton
Hilltop on the Marne
Bachelder MacGrath Ruck Snow Maurois Tarkington Wiggin Van Dine Lowell Gibbs Rosman Banning King Jenkins Jackson Wynnton Gibbs Stackpool Epler Aldrich
Juvenile
Lefty O'the Training Camp
Standish
Brick King Backstop
Standish
Making of a Big League
Standish
Ruth Fielding at Cameron Hall
Emerson
Bud Bright
Powell
Sunny Boy in the Far West
White
Santa Claus Brownies
Phillips
Betty June and Her Friends
Ellingwood Perkins
Farm Twins
Janet's Tea Host
Osborn
Rusty of the High Towers
Sterrett
Gloom Creek
Porcher
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"Old" Jim Bridger Mystery of Adventure Island Mystery at Star Ranch Sea Girl
Letty's Springtime
Letty-Grey Heiress
Joy and Pam at Brookside
Sunny Boy. on the Ocean Ruth Fielding Clearing Her Name Black Flower
You Make Your Own Luck
Peter and Polly in Winter
Base Ball Joe on the School Nine
Base Ball Joe of the Silver Stars
Strange Likeness
Hit and Run
Marise
Rusty Ruston
Hidden Staircase
Nan of the Gypsies
Judy
Peggy in Her Blue Frock
Flight of the Mystic Owls Pinnochio
Boy With the Parrot (given) Sky High
Aviation Stories
Mark Gilmore Scout of the Air
Luckiest Girl in the School A. B. C. Game Book Tea Time Tales
Coastworth (Mrs. Beston) Hodgins Thompson Fitzhugh Brazil M. King Fyleman Barton
Two Girls and a Mystery
Boys and Girls at School
White
Boys and Girls at Work and Play
White
Sabin Radford Hawthorne Aspinwall Griffith Griffith Whitehill White Emerson Abbott Singmaster Lucia Chadwick Chadwick Grove Sherman Hauck McNeely Keene North Baldwin White Hart Collodi
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Our Friends at Home and School Little Miss Sunshine Elson Primer Reader Secret of the Armor Room Barrel of Clams
White Barton Elson
Wyckoff Lesher
Owing to the resignation of Mrs. Harriet Knowles as one of the trustees as she was leaving town, the office was filled by Mrs. Prince Hurd for the remainder of the year.
Besides the new books added, we replaced four adult books and nine juvenile books, also had about twenty four books rebound.
I attended the Cape Cod Library club for a two days' session at Falmouth Heights.
BLANCHE A. KEEFE,
Librarian.
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EXPENDITURES FOR 1930
January, 1931.
Jan. 23 Cape & Vineyard Electric Co.
$1 58
Jan. 31 W. G. Smith, insurance 11 75
Feb. 12 H. W. Meserve 1 32
Feb. 19 W. G. Smith
10 40
Feb. 19 A. W. Parnell, conveying books
35 00
Feb. 27 Blanche A. Keefe
42 50
Feb. 27 Cape & Vineyard Electric Co.
1 34
Mar. 22 Cape & Vineyard Electric Co.
1 10
April 10 Brackett & Young
5 00
April 23
F. J. Barnard & Co. Inc.
12 33
April 23
Ryder's Inc.
123 41
April 25
Blanche A. Keefe
45 00
April 28
Cape & Vineyard Electric Co.
1 10
May 7 Blanche A. Keefe
6 80
May 19
Eleanor B. Collins
5 00
May 31
Cape & Vineyard Electric Co.
50
June 3 Mrs. J. W. Ryder
5 00
June 26
Blanche A. Keefe
45 50
July 3 Wellfleet Market & Co.
27 00
July 3 H. W. Meserve & Co.
70
July 3 Ryder's Inc.
50
July 26
Harvey D. Moore
4 00
July 26
Chester I. Crosby
1 00
Aug. 6 Cape & Vineyard Electric Co.
1 84
Sept. 2 Blanche A. Keefe
45 00
Sept. 2 Cape & Vineyard Electric Co.
50
Oct. 4 Cape & Vineyard Electric Co.
1 22
Oct. 4 Blanche A. Keefe, expenses to Falmouth
8 21
Oct. 21 £ Emma A. Garrison, magazines 53 00
Oct. 24
Cape & Vineyard Electric Co.
50
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Oct. 24 W. G. Smith
8 25
Oct. 30 Blanche A. Keefe
42 50
Oct. 31 National Geographic Society 3 00
Nov. 12 William J. Hoffman
3 50
Nov. 20 W. H. Snow & Son
2 70
Nov. 20 Ryder's Inc.
108 97
Dec. 20
Library of Congress
15 12
Dec. 31 Blanche A. Keefe
45 00
Dec. 31
Cape & Vineyard Electric Co.
3 04
Dec. 31
F. J. Barnard & Co., Inc.
17 97
Dec. 31
Janitor services
80 00
Dec. 31
H. T. Moore
4 00
$832 15
M. LOUISE KNOWLES,
Secretary.
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Public Library
TRUSTEES' REPORT
Receipts
Jan. 1, 1930, Cash in treasury $120 50
Jan. 2, 1930, New England Trust Co. Dividend $350 00
Feb. 11, 1930, refunded account Munsey magazine 3 00
March 13, 1930, refunded account Yachting magazine 1 00
May 6, 1930, Blanche A. Keefe, Librarian, fines 5 00
July 8, 1930, New England Trust Co. Dividend 350 00
Dec. 24, 1930, Timothy Smith Fund 100 00
Dec. 24, 1930, Town appropriation 25 00
$834 00
$954 50
Expenditures
Order of Trustees $832 15
Dec. 31, 1930, cash in treasury 122 35
$954 50
ARTHUR W. PARNELL, M. LOUISE KNOWLES, MRS. PRINCE HURD, Trustees.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Receipts
Jan. 1, 1930, cash in treasury
$120 50
Jan. 2, 1930, New England Trust Co. Dividend $350 00
Feb. 11, refunded account Munsey magazine 3 00
March 13, 1930, refunded account Yachting magazine 1 00
May 6, 1930, Blanche A. Keefe, Librarian fines 5 00
July 8, 1930, New England Trust Co. Dividend 350 00
Dec. 24, 1930, Timothy Smith Fund 100 00
Dec. 24, 1930, Town appropriation 25 00
$834 00
$954 50
Expenditures
Orders of Trustees $832 15
Dec. 31, 1930, cash in treasury
122 35
$954 50
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Treasurer.
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Report of Director of Accounts
To the Board of Selectmen,
Mr. Arthur W. Parnell, Chairman, Eastham, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the Town of Eastham for the period from January 1, 1929 to September 11, 1930, made in accordance with the provi- sions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Accountant of this Division.
Very truly yours,
THEODORE N. WADDELL,
Director of Accounts.
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Mr. Theodore N. Waddell,
Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston.
Sir :
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Eastham for the period from January 1, 1929 to September 11, 1930, and submit the fol- lowing report thereon :
The financial transactions of the town as recorded on the books of the several departments were examined and checked for the period covered by the audit.
The selectmen's appropriation accounts were compared with the town clerk's records of appropriations granted by the town, and the charges were checked with the select- men's orders authorizing the treasurer to 'disburse town funds.
An analysis of the appropriation accounts was drawn off, the general ledger accounts were compiled from infor- mation obtained during the audit, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on September 11, 1930.
As may be seen from the balance sheet, many accounts are already overdrawn, contrary to the provisions of Sec- tion 31, Chapter 44, General Laws.
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In accordance with the recommendations contained in the report of the previous audit, the town has appropriated annually for a reserve fund. This fund, however, appears to have been used to adjust overdrawn accounts at the end of the year rather than for transfers during the year to provide for extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures.
The reserve fund authorized by Section 6, Chapter 40, General Laws, is for the purpose of preventing overdrafts due to extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures, by means of transfer from the reserve fund before any liability is in- curred in excess of appropriations, and should not be used to piece out appropriations after the department officials have incurred liabilities in excess of the sums voted by the town.
An appropriation should be voted by the town for state aid, as the reimbursement received from the State on account of expenditures by the town must be paid into the town treasury and may not be used except by specific appro- priation by the town.
In connection with the amount due the town from the State for public welfare cases, attention is called to Section 1, Chapter 241, Acts of 1926, which reads as follows:
All accounts against the Common- wealth for allowances to counties, cities and towns on account of moneys paid for which they are en- titled to reimbursement by the commonwealth un- der the provisions of section five, chapter one hundred and two, section one hundred and sixteen of chapter one hundred and eleven, sections seven- teen and eighteen of chapter one hundred and sev-
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enteen, section six of chapter one hundred and eighteen and sections twelve, fifteen and eighteen of chapter one hundred and twenty-two shall be rendered to the department on or before the first day of October annually, and shall be for the twelve months ending on the thirtieth day of June preceding, and, if rendered as aforesaid, approved by the department and certified by the comptroller but not otherwise, shall be paid by the common- wealth; provided, however, that such accounts may be allowed and paid for any period subsequent to said thirtieth day of June upon approval by the department and certification by the comptroll- er. Failure to comply with the rules and regula- tions of the department shall be ground for dis- approval of any account.
It was found that the receipts of the moth depart- ment for private work are still being credited to the appro- priation account, although this violation of Section 53, Chapter 44, General Laws, was called to the attention of the officials in the previous audit report.
The books and accounts of the treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury ; and the payments were checked with the selectmen's orders authorizing the treasurer to dis- burse town funds.
The cash book was footed and analyzed, the cash on hand September 11, 1930, was verified by an actual count, and the bank balance was reconciled with a statement fur- nished by the bank.
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The books and accounts for the collection of taxes were examined. The commitments were analyzed and proved to the assessors' warrants to the collector. The col- lections as shown on the cash books were checked to the commitment books, and the payments to the treasurer were verified by a comparison with the treasurer's cash book.
The abatements were checked to the assessors' rec- ords of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.
The outstanding accounts were further verified by mail- ing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies there- to indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The town clerk's records of dog licenses issued for the county, and of sporting licenses issued for the State, were examined, the payments to the county and to the Division of Fisheries and Game, respectively, being verified, as was the cash on hand.
In checking the records of the library department it was found that the fines are being used for library expen- ses instead of being turned into the town treasurer as re- quired by Section 53, Chapter 44, General Laws.
The accounts of the treasurer of the library trustees were examined. The cash book was footed and the balance was verified by a reconciliation of a statement furnished by the bank.
The bank books representing the investments of the trust funds were examined, the income and withdrawals be- ing proved and found to be correct.
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The surety bonds furnished by the various officials for the faithful performance of duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
For the assistance rendered by the various officials dur- ing the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assist- ants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD H. FENTON,
Chief Accoutant.
TOWN OF EASTHAM BALANCE SHEET-September 11, 1930 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities
Cash :
Temporary loans :
In Bank and Office
$8,191 26
In anticipation of revenue $5,000 00
Accounts receivable :
Taxes 1927, to be refunded 1 37
Appropriation balances 15,286 83
Levy of 1928 $242 13
Levy of 1929 2,316 65
2,558 78
Overlays-Reserved for abatements : Levy of 1928 $79 10
Levy of 1929 73 82
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1929
$47 77
Levy of 1930 208 73
256 50
Reserve fund-Overlay Surplus 499 34
Departmental :
Town hall rental
$25 72
Oyster lease
157 33
State aid
72 00
State highway,
Chapter 81 1,009 97
1,265 02
152 92
Motor Vehicle Excise tax revenue 256 50
Surplus revenue 19,372 39
Taxes :
Overdrawn accounts :
Janitor $320 00
Soldiers' relier
133 12
State aid
55 00
Insurance
02
Snow removal
444 09
Orleans Fire Department
26 75
Moth
252 33
Eastham, Wellfleet
boundary line
84 00
Board of Health 72 38
1,387 69
Current year's revenue to be raised $29,610 57
Less estimated receipts collected 2,700 47
26,910 10
$40,569 35
TRUST
Trust funds-Cash and securities : In custody of Town Treasurer $12,261 60 In custody of Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company 2,434 00
$40,569 35
ACCOUNTS
Eastham World War Memorial fund $324 42 Timothy Smith Trust Fund income 11,195 84 Old Wind Grist Mill fund 511 46 Cemetery perpetual care funds 229 88
Town hall fund
$12,261 60 2,434 00
$14,695 60
$14,695 60
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Barnstable County Health Department
I have the honor to present a brief report of the work of the Barnstable County Health Department for the year 1930.
The regular force has been in operation as heretofore, and the work of the employees has been faithful and satis- factory. All officials have uniformly supported the work and have taken a most gratifying interest in all matters con- cerning health in the County. Local periodicals have pub- lished our commuications regularly and others have request- ed information from time to time.
The situation regarding communicable diseases has been fairly satisfactory considering the incidence throughout the State and Country. Several cases of typhoid fever developed during the year. One of these cases was from a distant State and well within the incubation period. Several others had been on vacation shortly before the incidence of the disease. No local source of infection has been found as yet. A cer- tain number of cases of scarlet fever have been encountered, nearly all mild as is usually the case in recent years. Such cases of diphtheria as have been located have been as a rule mild also, several being nasal cases, with quite a number of "carriers." It should be remembered, however, that these two diseases are still occasionally very severe. A consider- able amount of immunization against diphtheria is being ac- complished. Three cases of infantile paralysis developed in widely separated places, one of them having been undoubted-
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ly infected in another State. A good many cases of measles and other so called minor communicable diseases have oc- curred in various towns. Some of these common diseases such as measles, chicken pox, and whooping cough etc., are extremely difficult to control, due to various well known reasons. It is not believed that undue extension has oc- curred in any of the diseases above mentioned.
On the whole little difficulty has been encountered in en- forcing the regulation regarding tested cattle now in effect in Barnstable County. In two cases persons suspected of bringing un-authorized cattle into the County have been fined.
Increasing interest is being taken in all of the towns in regard to the importance of improving such dumping grounds as exist, and also in the institution of such means of garbage disposal as appears possible. This is a very import- ant question in all of the towns and is attracting considera- ble attention. These grounds of course require constant sup- ervision if they are to be kept in anything like a decent con- dition.
The usual health Associations have held their regular meetings in the County, including the Cape Cod Health Bureau Association, the Southeastern Association of Boards of Health and others. Frequent talks have been given on health matters, at various meetings including the New Eng- land Health Institute, which met in Boston this year. Great interest is being taken of late in rural health sanitation, and information regarding this matter is being constantly sought in this County. During the year various Officials from the State Health Department visited the County. The cooperation of the State Health Department can in every
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way be relied upon, all officials of this Department being most willing to help in every way at all times. Quite a large number of students from the Harvard School of Public Health visited the County and made such observations as were possible during the limited time at their disposal.
Health week was of course observed throughout the County, and regular pre-school and other clinics have been held. The portable dental outfit has been in constant use since its purchase, and will be during the coming year also. The condition of school children is constantly improving, and increasing efforts are being made to assure the correc- tion of defects whenever possible. All of the regular in- spections, examinations, etc., have of course been made, and all of the regular work continued. It may be mentioned that special effort is being made to encourage the early recogni- tion of tuberculosis in children, and also as regards a more general recognition and reporting of venereal disease, par- ticularly some of the more obscure cases.
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