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Adopted and dated at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, this 8th day of March, 1933.
ARTHUR W. PARNELL EDWARD D. PENNIMAN RALPH A. CHASE
Selectmen of the Town of Eastham.
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SELECTMEN'S OFFICE
Town of Eastham
To Freeman C. Hatch : You are hereby notified that we, Arthur W. Parnell, Edward D. Penniman and Ralph A. Chase, as Selectmen of the Town of Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on behalf of said Town, have taken a Public Easement of a Common Landing Place in 9,810 square feet of your land on Great Pond so-called, in the Town of Eastham, and being the same marked "Land Taken as per vote of the Town" as shown and delinated on a plan made by Nelson Bearse, Surveyor, entitled "Plan of a Common Landing on Great Pond in the Town of East- ham laid out by the Selectmen under date of January 30, 1933, and that we have awarded you One Hundred Fifty ($150) Dollars as damages for the taking of said easement in your land, to be paid to you by said Town of Eastham. Any trees or structures upon the land above described are not included in this taking and you are allowed to remove such trees or structures on or before April 1st, 1933. If this award is acceptable to you, payment will be made to you by the treasurer of Eastham forthwith. If this award is not acceptable to you, you have the right to petition the Superior Court for the determination of the damages with- in one year from the date hereof.
EDWARD D. PENNIMAN ARTHUR W. PARNELL RALPH A. CHASE
Selectmen of Eastham.
Dated at Eastham this 8th day of March, 1933.
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WARRANT SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, DEC. 20, 1933
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable, S. S.
To Harvey T. Moore, Constable of the Town of East- ham, in County aforesaid. Greetings =
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants; of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in Eastham, Wednesday, the- Twentieth day of December, 1933, at 8 o'clock, P. M., then and there to act on the following articles :
Article 1. To see what action the Town will take regard- ing the moving of the Old Mill from its present location to either the middle of the lot on which it now stands, or to. the north side of the Town Hall on the Town Hall Lot. or do or act anything thereon.
Article 2. To see what action the Town will take re- garding the transfer of money from appropriations made at the Annual Town Meeting, and on which there is a surplus, to other appropriations which have exceeded the amounts; appropriated to them. or do or act anything thereon.
From School Account $800 00
Special Welfare Account 500 00
$1,300 00
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To Office Supplies Account $ 75 00
Assessors' Salaries and Expense
Account
150 00
Town Hall Account 200 00
Board of Health Account
100 00
Public Welfare Account
675 00
Miscellaneous Account
100 00
$1,300 00
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Blacksmith Shop of Chas. A. Feltis in South Eastham, the Post Office in Eastham and the Post Office at North Eastham, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting as afore- said.
Given under our hands this Twelfth day of December in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty- three.
ARTHUR W. PARNELL EDWARD D. PENNIMAN RALPH A. CHASE
Selectmen of Eastham
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING DEC. 20, 1933
Meeting called to order at 8 o'clock P .M. by the Town Clerk. Warrant read calling the meeting together with the return of the officer who served the same. Rose B. Nicker- son and Maud F. Ellison appointed tellers and sworn by the Clerk.
Article 1. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 2. Voted to appropriate the sum of $1,300.00 to cover amounts exceeded in the following appropriation accounts :
Office Supplies $ 75 00
Assessors' Salaries and Expenses 150 00
Town Hall Account 200 00
Board of Health 100 00
Board of Public Welfare Account 675 00
Miscellaneous Account
100 00
$1,300 00 And that the sum of money stated be transferred as follows : From School Account $800 00
Special Welfare Account 500 00
$1,300 00
to cover appropriations of this meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
LESLIE E. CHASE,
Town Clerk.
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DISTRIBUTION OF 1933 CHAPTER 81 COST
Meadow Street
Scraping
$ 6 50
Patching
7 20
Brushing
16 70
$30 40
Bridge Road
Scraping and widening
$129 40
Patching
51 18
Surface Treatment
331 33
Guard Rail
49 74
Brushing
53 30
$614 95
Depot Road
Scraping and widening
$135 10
Patching
31 65
Surface Treatment
315 08
Drainage
65 53
Brushing
47 80
$595 16
1
West Road
Ssraping and widening
$73 60
Patching
15 35
Surface Treatment
234 47
Brushing
27 40
$350 82
66
Camp Meeting Road
Scraping and widening
$154 00
Patching
3 25
Hardening
198 40
Brushing
21 70
$377 35
Nauset Beach Road
Scraping and widening
$131 45
Patching
26 85
Surface Treatment
582 25
Brushing
36 20
$776 75
Nauset Road
Scraping and widening
$ 99 60
Patching
17 26
Surface Treatment
252 89
Drainage
13 00
Brushing
73 54
$456 29
Cable Road
Scraping and widening
$43 00
Patching
6 50
Surface Treatment
55 68
Brushing
94 34
$199 52
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Pond Street
"Scraping and widening
$115 05
Patching
13 75
Surface treatment
126 88
Brushing
23 75
$279 43
Kingsbury Beach Road
Scraping and widening
$130 50
Patching
35 32
Surface Treatment
242 95
Brushing
85 48
$494 25
Secondary Roads
Scraping and widening
$263 50
Dragging
13 40
Patching
401 44
Surface Treatment
1,145 99
Widening
807 42
Drainage
42 65
Brushing
325 37
-
$2,999 77
Summary
Meadow Street
$ 30 40
Bridge Road
614 95
Depot Road
595 16
West Road
350 82
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Camp Meeting Road
377 35
Nauset Beach Road
776 75
Nauset Road
456 29
Cable Road
199 52
Pond Street
279 43
Kingsbury Beach Road
494 25
Secondary Roads
2,999 77
$7,174 69
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Report of Assessors' Survey
In this report we would like to make a review of what has been accomplished in this important work.
We started the survey in 1929 on an appropriation of $500.00. We based our map upon a carefully calculated system of rectangular co-ordinates figured in from the Massachusetts Land Court base. Points in the Massa- chusetts system of triangulation, as established by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, were used throughout the work as a control upon the accuracy of the survey. We found a map with a scale of one inch equal to 400 feet to be the most adaptable to the purpose of the work. Enlargements of any particular section can be easily ob- tained. Five miles of accurate traverse work was com- pleted and plotted upon the map to serve as a foundation upon which all future work was to be built. This traverse was carefully tied in to the monumented base line of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad at various points, and also to the bounded lines of the State Highway. The entire lines of the railroad and State Highway were co- ordinated and plotted. The town boundary lines between Eastham and Orleans, and Eastham and Wellfleet, were carefully co-ordinated and plotted and the entire town out- line shown, together with important water courses and ponds.
In 1930 another appropriation of $500.00 was made, allowing us to continue with the work. That year we got copies of every available plan that had ever been made in the town and wherever possible we plotted them upon our
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control map. These plans included all on record at the» Barnstable Registry of Deeds, and the Land Court in Bos- ton, as well as our own surveys and those of other engineers. we were fortunate enough to obtain. This was quite an un- dertaking in itself as each plan had to be reduced to the- scale of our map and correctly plotted. That year we also made quite an extensive study of the deeds on record at the- Town Hall and wherever possible plotted same.
With two years' work completed the 1931 appropria -- tion of $500.00 showed a real development in our Assessors" survey. We prepared a set of Atlas Sheets showing the- work that had been accomplished. These sheets include a title and index map sheet and four sheets, 24 x 36 inches in size, so made that they can be readily bound in a large book .. Three more sheets will be necessary to cover the whole town, making a total of seven sheets and a title sheet.
The area surveyed and plotted that year on sheets 1, 2, 3 and 4 was 1,970 acres more or less. We confined our work to the area east of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and north from the Eastham-Orleans town line- to Nauset Road. Each parcel of land was shown with the- present owners name and the area in acres or square feet ..
No appropriation was made for this work in 1932, but in the present year an appropriation of $500.00 was made. Due primarily to the economic condition of the country, we were enabled to give the town of Eastham a great deal more this year than was ever possible before. Mr. Schofield, the- engineer in charge from our office, was on the job for fifteen consecutive weeks. In that time he mapped and plotted some 3,000 acres of property as well as making an extensive study of the Eastham Land Company subdivisions. The area mapped this year was north of Nauset and Doane
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Roads to the Eastham-Wellfleet town lines, and east of the railroad to the Atlantic. We also mapped and plotted the greater part of the Nauset Beach and meadow, but not the marsh islands in Nauset Bay. A good deal of the area map- ped this year was particularly difficult especially the wood lots north of Cable Road to the town line. We were very fortunate to obtain the services of Mr. Adin Gill in con- nection with the survey of the wood lots. Without his able assistance it would have been almost impossible to decer- inine the bounds and ownerships of those parcels, and would have cost the town a great deal more to run out.
In our study of the Eastham Land Company sub- divisions, we have accurately located Sections 2, 6, 7, and 8, and plotted them on our control map and Atlas sheets. We also have several of the ownerships of these lots traced down so that they can once more be put upon the tax books.
We have numbered each block formed by street, rail- road, water and town lines on the Atlas sheets. Each par- cel of land within these blocks has been given an assessors' number. A card index will be made of these numbers giv- ing the year, owner, area block and number of each parcel. From this index an alphabetical card index can be made of property owners which will act as a cross index. As each transfer takes place, the date and new owner can be shown upon the cards and kept up to date at a small expense. This also will do away with making yearly corrections on the Atlas sheets. Another advantage of this index system is that when the town is completely mapped the yearly valuation book can be made up from these cards in conjunction with the previous year's book rather than just copying the pre- vious year's book and carrying along errors from year to year which sometimes creep in.
We would like to give the taxpayers of Eastham some idea of the acreage in the town not being assessed. There
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are about 8,500 acres more or less in the town not includ- ing the ponds, the marsh islands in Nauset Bay or Billings- gate Island. The total area assessed in 1931 was about 6,000 acres. It is very evident from these areas that a large part of the town is escaping taxation. The Assessors have done their job to the best of their ability with what records were available. The omission of these areas is due in most part to vague deeds, deeds not on record, guessed acreage in deeds, and errors carried forward from year to year on the Valuation Book.
We have found, too, property has been transferred within recent years to non-resident parties with vague ad- dresses, making it impossible for the tax-collector to locate owners. We will be pleased to show any taxpayer of the town instances of this practice. With the information we have gathered a great many acres will once more be put on the tax books and if the last recorded owners cannot be found the tax-collector can sell same for taxes. In a good many cases it has been impossible for him to locate or des- cribe these parcels, but with our assistance we are sure he can proceed according to the law.
We would like to ask the taxpayers and residents of Eastham to assist us in this work so important to them. If you have any plans of property in Eastham or know of any, we would appreciate receiving the information so that we might make copies of them. The same applies to deeds, es- pecially old deeds prior to 1910. In a great many cases a plan or deed will save us several hours of work in the field, office and Registry of Deeds. We have been pleased with the co-operation we have received from residents of the town and want to express our sincere thanks to all those who have helped and to the Town Selectmen, Town Clerk
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Mr. Leslie Chase, Mr. Adin Gill and Mr. Carroll Gross, all of whom so ably assisted us in our work.
We have a large portion of the area west of the railroad already mapped and plotted on our control map and have considerable more information which, when checked, can be added to our Atlas sheets.
We feel that an early completion of this survey will benefit the taxpayers in that it will clear up unassessed pro- perty and increase the revenue for the town. We might add that the work accomplished this year for the appropriation was about three times what would have been done in nor- mal times. It is quite evident that the work will pay for it- self in a very few years and the taxpayers will be practicing true economy by continuing the work at this time.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE F. CLEMENTS.
July 17, 1933
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Librarian's Report
Adults
January 1, 1933, Cash on hand
$22 72
Received from fines
17 55
Received from Q. A. Shaw for a lamp
1 00
Total
$41 27
Paid Treasurer
38 00
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1934
$3 27
Total number of books Jan. 1, 1933
7,018
Number discarded during year
131
6,887
Adult by purchase
60
Juvenile by purchase
8
By gift
3
Total of books Jan. 1, 1934
6,958
Circulation :
Adult fiction
6,638
Adult non-fiction
126
Adult magazines
737
Juvenile fiction
1,824
Juvenile non-fiction
482
Juvenile magazines
146
Total for the year
9,471
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ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY, 1934
Green Needles
Spite Wife Girl in the Family
From Nine to Five
Pleasure Bound
Tarpaper Palace
Pink House
Walls of Gold
Skylark
Marriage by Capture
State Fair
Sudden Sweetheart
Charming Sally
Outrageous Fortune
Ranson
Sarah Thornton
Jackson
Murder of Carolyn Bundy Nod
Protecting Margot
Prison Wall
Log of the Sea
Case for Mr. Paul Savory
Beauty
Hatter's Castle
Path of True Love
Old Wine and New
Round Up
Voyage of Capt. Voss
Deputy of Snow Mountain
Ben Sees It Through
Tragedy of X
Jay Forester Morgan M. Wilson Riddle Larrimore Hauck Norris
Reed Stringer Stong Ruck
Lovelace Wentworth Lutz-Hill
Campbell Lincoln Rosman Dell
Riesenberg Gregory Baldwin Cronin Banning Deeping Mulford
Voss Marshall Farjeon Ross
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Murder at Monte Carlo Rocking Arrow Broad Arrow
Inheritance
Kennel Murder Case
Flawed Blades
Gun Justice
Silver Fountain
Flowering Wilderness
From Pillar to Post
Men Act That Way
Young Mr. X
Charmian, Lady Vobart
Lost
Buddies of the Sea
Ring of Eyes
Story of Nancy Meadows
Flaming Gahagans
Invisable Brand
Twenty Notches
Mary's Neck
Back Numbers
Light in the Jungle
Raw Gold
Snow Brand Tarkington Lincoln Marshall Hendryx Robertson
Free Water Range
Cotswold Case
Wynne- Keating Mowery
Forbidden Valley
Woman in the Shadow
Vance
Angel in the House
Vance
Beggars All
Burt
Guardian of the Desert
T. Gilk
Oppenheim Bower® Raine Bentley® Van Dine
Wren: Cole- Abbott Galsworthy Martin Greig: Jordon Farnol Collins;
Wallace® Footner- Hauck Miller-
Riding the Range
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Juvenile
Carrots Secret of Red Gate Farm Nancy's Mysterious Letter Clue of the Dairy Heidi Young Dalfreys
In the Shadow of the Skyscrapers
Secret Stair
Replaced 29 Junevile books.
Molesworth Keene Keene 1
Keene
Spyri Abbott
Widdemer Ginther
BLANCHE KEEFE,
Librarian
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
Town of Eastham
OF
EAS
NMOL
INC
AUSET: 1620
1651.
FOR THE YEAR 1933
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Stanley M. Walker, Chairman
Mrs. James P. Knowles
Austin G. Smith
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1936
Term expires 1935
UNION SUPERINTENDENT
Charles H. Pratt, Harwich
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Walter Nickerson
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Dr. A. P. Goff
SCHOOL NURSE
Bessie 1. Armstrong
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EASTHAM FINANCIAL STATEMENT
GENERAL CONTROL;
Exp.
Needed
in 1933
in 1934
School committee
$200 00
Superintendent of Schools
and Enforcement of Law-
salaries
479 00
Other expenses
115 72
$794 72
$799 00
INSTRUCTION
Supervisors
700 00
Principal and Teachers
4,600 00
Textbooks
152 83
Supplies
176 51
5,629 34
5,600 00
OPERATION :
Fuel
222 36
Miscellaneous
108 91
331 27
300 00
MAINTENANCE :
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep 170 32
170 32
200 00
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AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Libraries
Health
282 00
Transportation
3,407 25
Tuition
4,204 82
Miscellaneous
134 02
8,028 09
7,740 00
TOTAL
$14,953 74 $14,639 00
Balance December 31, 1933
608 26
1933 Appropriation
$15,562 00
NET COST OF SCHOOLS 1933
Expended for schools during 1933
$14,953 74
Received during 1933 :
City of Boston Tuition and
Transportation $786 87
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
Reimbursement on High School
Transportation 1,659 36
Reimbursement for Supt. of Schools 220 31
General School Fund Part I
655 00
3,321 54
Net cost for 1933 $11,632 20
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Report of Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee of Eastham :
Herewith I submit my fourth annual school report which is the thirty-first since the organization of the Super- intendency Union in its present form and the fortieth since the Union of Eastham, Harwich and Orleans was formed.
Last year's report gave special consideration to the matter of accounting for money expended. Facts in this respect retain the same approximate ratio with the excep- tion of tuition. Because of an increased membership and a decreased expenditure, the rate has been somewhat reduced.
Increased membership presents one means of saving which is effective financially and less disastrous in other ways than mere restriction of investment. If the towns of Eastham and Orleans could work out some plans of com- bining elementary schools it would seem to offer advantages for both towns. Advantage would appear in the improve- ment of conditions for learning with a slight saving in teacher time. There would be better utilization of building space without duplication of teaching.
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Present organization at Eastham October 1, 1933 :
Grade 1
12
Grade 2
8
20
Miss Keith
Grade 3
16
Grade 4
17
Grade 5
12
45
Mrs. Horton
Grade 6
14
Grade 7
11
Grade 8
7
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Mr. Nickerson
Total-97 pupils. Three teachers.
Forty-five children filled one room so full that it was; impossible to build a fire in the stove without physical tor- ture to some one. Consequently several children were moved to Miss Keith's room. This seemed the only thing to do. It was a disappointment to some children and it makes an unfortunate distribution from many standpoints.
Conditions at Orleans are of similar nature. If these two schools were combined, one building could house both schools of grades one to six inclusive. Grades seven and eight would form a better group for Junior High depart- mentalized work and could be cared for in the new building when that becomes a reality.
What is equivalent to the full time of nine teachers is now devoted to the eight grades in the two schools. If com- bined these could be effected :
1. A better grouping of pupils in grades per teacher.
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2. A saving of teacher time. This could be spent in greater service in the seventh and eighth grades with a re- vised practical arts program.
3. There would be a saving in building cost and main- tenance.
4. There would be some extra cost for transportation.
It would seem that both Orleans and Eastham could thus improve their educational system. Such a plan would mean co-operation and confidence. These form the basis on which all business is transacted. It is not necessary that one should lose in order that there may be profit in a busi- mess transaction. Both may profit.
It would seem that this might become an instance of that kind.
In spite of the difficulties outlined above, there has been some excellent work done in the school. It should mot appear that the school is in any sense waiting for im- provement. There are three very able and devoted teach- ers working with nearly one hundred children. This is no waiting organization. They are doing their best. I have attempted to suggest one method whereby they might be able to accomplish more. Children are growing up. They are leaving these years behind them. It is our concern that they have the greatest return on their investment as well as that the dollars spent shall produce an adequate return.
The year's work as reviewed by Mr. Nickerson appears, through his eyes, to be a list of achievements by others. He fails to claim his share of credit for results attained by his own individual efforts as well as through the harmonious
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co-operation of his teachers and the supervisors of Art, Music and Health. Mrs. Horton has done an excellent piece of work under very trying conditions while Miss Keith has been ready on any occasion to share the load in the best in- terest of the job to be done.
The Supervisor of Art has carried on her program in a very effective manner. Interest and achievement in this work are plain to be seen. We hope that another exhibit during the Spring may again illustrate some of the activi- ties of this department.
Interest in vocal music has continued to develop. Ability to enjoy good music and ability to participate in it is being stimulated. This school has made an enviable record in its music work. For a school of its size and in consideration of the age of the children it is outstanding.
Mr. Nassi reports nineteen members in his school orchestra. A beginners' class of eleven and a drum and bugle corps of twenty-four. This in an elementary school of ninety-seven is an achievement. Musie will help to make« better and happier lives wherever it is found. These child- ren are greatly enrichd by this contact.
The report of the School Nurse shows the following activities :
Number of schools visited I
Number of class room inspections 5
Number of individual children inspected 668
Number weighed and measured 527
Number 10 percent underweight 6
Number 20 percent overweight 4
87
Number of school visists
49
Number of home visits
50
Number of teachers consultations
36
Number of children's consultations
6
Number of communicable diseases 7
Number of children given toxin anti-toxin 27
Number of children taken to T. B. Clinic
1
Number of children entering school
14
Pre-school clinic conducted by Dr. Goff, June 9 :
Number of children attending
4
Number of children with defects
2
Number of children inspected by dentist
90
Number given certificates at examination
21
Dental Clinic May 17 to 21 inclusive :
Number treated at clinic
43
Number cleanings
41
Number fillings
58
Number extractions
21
Total operations
120
Assisted physician at examinations in March and November.
If any one need is outstanding in order to live success- fully that need is health. This is the foundation of all growth, private or public. Let me take this occasion to urge further interest in cultivating this community asset. The work of prevention of small pox and diphtheria to- gether with the building up of an understanding of the laws and habits of health is more important and beneficial than the treatment of disease which might have been avoided by proper care.
Let me express for myself and my associates our appre- ciation of the co-operation which we have received during
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the year. Let me assure you that our ambition is to be of service in this work to which we are committed.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. PRATT,
Superintendent of Schools
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Barnstable County Health Department
To the Superintendent of School :
Following is a brief review of the work of the Barnsta- ble County Health Department for 1933.
The situation regarding communicable disease has been on the whole quite satisfactory. A number of cases of an- terio-polimyelitis (infantile paralysis) have occurred in three or four towns. All of these cases were sent to hos- pitals and with one or two exceptions progressed favorably. In some other sections there was a considerable incidence of this disease, and Barnstable County was fortunate in hav- ing no more than it did.
A certain amount of chicken-pox has been reported, some of the cases being fairly severe. This disease is im- portant only from the fact that it must be watched care- fully so that one may be sure it is chicken-pox and not mild smallpox. Only two cases of small pox (varioloid) have occurred in this county in ten years.
Cases of scarlet fever have been noted from time to time, usually very mild. At present there is very little in the county.
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