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One of the certain effects of the National Emergency and the consequent defense effort will be to reduce the avail-
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able manpower on the Cape. Materials, also, will become scarcer.
Therefore, on the minimum in practical planning and preparation, in relation to the probable shortages in new equipment, manpower, and spray materials, I recommend that the Town purchase a Lawrence Aero-Mist Sprayer, Model L-40, at a cost of $1380.00.
This machine, with its range of 700 feet, would do sev- eral times the work that the hydraulic sprayer can, in the proper circumstances. For shade trees, ornamental shrubs, agricultural work and any close work, the hydraulic sprayer is superior to the aero-mist sprayer. However, for roadside and acreage work in control of defoliating insects, the aero- mist is faster, more efficient and cheaper to operate. East- ham's areas which are sprayed consist largely of the latter type.
Four years ago it cost $15.00 per acre to spray with the hydraulic spray, and $3.00 per acre to do the same work with an aero-mist sprayer. Costs have all increased since then.
Respectfully submitted,
E. W. LLOYD, Moth Superintendent.
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Report of Board Public Welfare
Following is an accounting of the Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief accounts for the year 1950 in respect to reimbursements, disbursements and costs.
The Town receives from the Federal Government one- half the salary of the Social Worker and Office Supplies, also a percentage of the salaries of the Board of Welfare who also act as the Bureau of Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children.
Old Age Assistance
Number cases January 1
19
Number cases December 31 18
Total Cash Payments
$14,775.00
Reimbursements :
Federal Government
$6,450.62
State
5,566.79
Old Age Assistance Meal Tax
296.44
$12,313.85
Cost to Town
$2,461.15
Aid to Dependent Children
Number cases January 1 2
Number cases December 31 2 Total Cash Payments $2,429.73
Reimbursements :
Federal Government
$1,202.86
State
809.92
$2,012.78
Cost to Town $416.95
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General Relief
Number cases January 1
2
Number cases December 31 2
Total Cash Payments
$839.50
Cost to Town
$839.50
Total Cost of the Three Departments
Total Expenditures
$18,044.23
Reimbursements
14,326.63
Cost to Town for Three Accounts $3,717.60
GEORGE HOWARD, Chairman ;
MAURICE W. WILEY,
LUTHER P. SMITH,
Board of Public Welfare.
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Report of the Barnstable County Health Department FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1950
Control of Communicable Diseases
Over a period of several decades, there has been a grad- ual downward trend in the severity of many of the common acute contagious diseases of childhood so that control of such diseases is no longer to be considered an important part of the work of any health department. Furthermore, modern medical science has demonstrated that some of the measures, such as isolation and quarantine, formerly thought to be ef- fective means of control, are not by any means adequate. Efforts of this department have largely been aimed at de- creasing the susceptibility of children by active immuniza- tion against diphtheria and whooping cough.
For the second consecutive year, the number of cases of infantile paralysis reported has been above normal. Of the seven cases reported, all except one were permanent resi- dents of the county and six of the seven developed some de- gree of paralysis. There was one death reported as the result of this disease.
Sanitation
The Department continued its efforts for the protection of private water supplies and adequate sewage disposal. Laboratory, as well as sanitary survey work, was carried on at about the same level as during previous years. Several of the Town Boards of Health have adopted new regulations during the year. Contacts have been made with Town Plan- ning Boards to promote more adequate attention to water supplies and sewage disposal when new sub-divisions were under consideration.
By the employment of a part time sanitarium during the
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summer months, we were able to cover more adequately, the increased work entailed by the influx of summer visitors. Our attention has been particularly directed toward the san- itation of food handling establishments, many of which are only in operation for a brief period of time during the sum- mer. By augmenting the laboratory services, concerned with the examination of swabs taken from multi-use utensils in restaurants, we were able to exercise better control over the important item of cleaning and sanitizing glasses, cups and other such equipment.
We have followed closely the studies carried out recently on methods for the control of wood ticks. At the completion of the work, done this year by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, as well as the United States Department of Agriculture, it would appear that effective means for cur- tailing the number of ticks are available. We feel that the control work should be carried out by the moth superinten- dents in the various towns of the County since many of them already have the necessary equipment.
Child Hygiene
During the year we have continued our promotional work in this field and many clinics have been conducted under the auspices of this Department for the health evalua- tion of children of ages from one to six.
In February we were able to secure the services of a den- tal hygienist, and institute a program for the control of den- tal caries among school children by the application of sodium fluoride. We have also been able to secure the aid of workers from the United States Public Health Service and the Massa- chusetts Department of Public Health, and expect to have completed all schools in the County at the end of the year following the beginning of the work.
Personnel of the Department as of December 31, 1950 F. L. Moore, M. D., County Health Officer Mr. George F. Crocker, Sanitary Inspector
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Mr. Ernest C. Eldredge, Sanitary Inspector Miss Mildred Wye, R. N., Field Nurse Mrs. Alice Dalzell, Dental Hygienist Miss Ruth Crocker, Clerk
STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
Administration:
Automobile mileage
43,761
Individuals Interviewed
1,522
Meetings attended
99
Lectures, etc.
16
Communicable Disease Control:
Visits to cases and contacts
35
Consultations with Physicians
7
Smallpox vaccinations
164
Diphtheria immunizations
752
Tetanus immunizations
635
Whooping cough immunizations
376
Child Hygiene :
Pre-school children examined
359
School children examined
255
School children inspected by Dental Hygienist
1,661
School children given fluorine treatments
1,661
Total fluorine treatments
6,600
Visits to Crippled Children's Clinics
257
Sanitary Inspections :
Water supplies
146
Sewage disposal
169
Camp sites
10
Dairy Farms
131
Pasteurizing plants
82
Restaurants
610
Markets, groceries, etc.
77
All others
14
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Laboratory Specimens Examined :
Water supplies
115
Milk (bacteriological)
76
Milk (fats and solids)
96
Milk (phosphatase tests)
30
Mastitis
5
Cream
2
Ice cream
2
Food handling utensils
1,246
Cases of Reportable Diseases :
Chicken pox
75
Dog bite
165
Infantile paralysis
7
German measles
183
Measles
75
Meningitis
1
Mumps
25
Scarlet fever
12
Tuberculosis
38
Tularemia
2
Whooping cough
50
Respectfully submitted,
F. L. MOORE, M. D., County Health Officer.
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Auditor's Report
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation Division of Accounts State House, Boston 33 October 25, 1950
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Maurice W. Wiley, Chairman
Eastham, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Eastham for the period from September 4, 1949 to September 13, 1950, made in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, FRANCIS X. LANG, Director of Accounts.
FXL :GBS
Mr. Francis X. Lang
Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston
Sir :
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Eastham for the period from September 4, 1949, the date of the previous examination, to September 13, 1950, and report thereon as follows :
The records of financial transactions of the several de -- partments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection were examined, checked, and verified by comparison with the reports and records in the office of the town accountant.
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The ledger accounts were analyzed, the appropriations, loans authorized, and transfers were checked with the town clerk's records of town meetings and with the records of the finance committee, and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town on September 13, 1950, was prepared and is appended to this report.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were ex- amined and checked. The cash book additions were verified, and the recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the records of the town accountant and with those of the departments making payments to the treasurer. The pay- ments by the treasurer were compared with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the disbursement of town funds.
The treasurer's cash balance on September 13, 1950 was proved by actual count of the cash in the office and by reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement fur- nished by the bank in which town funds are deposited.
The savings bank books and securities representing the investments of the trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer and the trustees were examined and listed, the income, expenditures, and transfers to the town being verified.
The records of tax titles and tax possessions held by the town were examined. The amounts transferred from the tax levies to the tax title account were proved, the redemptions, sales, and foreclosures were verified, and the tax titles and tax possessions on hand were listed and reconciled with the ledger accounts.
The recorded payments on account of maturing debt and interest were checked with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities on file.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were exam. ined and checked. The commitments of taxes and motor vehicle and trailer excise were proved with the assessors' warrants for their collection, the payments to the treasurer by the collector were checked to the treasurer's books, the abatements as recorded were compared with the records of
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the assessors, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.
Verification of the outstanding accounts was made by sending notices to a number of persons whose names ap- peared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The efficient work of the tax collector in securing prompt settlement of the tax and motor vehicle and trailer excise levies committed to him for collection is worthy of commendation.
The records of departmental accounts receivable were examined. The charges were added and compared with the accountant's record of commitments, and the recorded col- lections were checked with the treasurer's cash book.
The records of licenses and permits issued by the select- men, the town clerk, and the milk and building inspectors were examined and checked, the payments to the State and the town being verified.
The financial records of the sealer of weights and mea- sures, of the school and library departments, as well as of all the other departments collecting money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and checked with the treasurer's cash receipts and with the records of the town accountant.
There are appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, tables showing a reconciliation of the treas- urer's cash, summaries of the tax, motor vehicle and trailer excise, tax title and tax possession accounts, together with tables showing the condition and transactions of the trust and investment funds.
While engaged in making the audit, cooperation was received from all the town officials, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN B. DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts
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TOWN OF EASTHAM Balance Sheet - September 13, 1950 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash,
$82,309.05
Temporary Loan : In Anticipation of Reimbursement,
$11,275.00
Accounts Receivable : Taxes:
Federal Withholding Taxes,
311.88
Levy of 1949 :
Premium on Loan: Reserve for payment of Debt,
253.50
Real Estate,
$1.14
Levy of 1950:
State Assessments 1950:
Personal
Parks and Reservations, $95.58
Property, $5,910.65
Auditing Municipal Accounts, 661.06
Real Estate, 33,735.31
Cape Cod Mosquito Control, 812.12
39,645.96
39,647.10
County Tax and Assessment 1950:
$297.80
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise: Levy of 1950,
77.93
Tax Titles,
225.67
148.91
Tax Possessions,
2,523.73
Proceeds of Dog Licenses-Due County,
108.00
Sale of Real Estate Fund,
46.91
Road Machinery Fund,
Trust and Investment Funds Income:
Old Wind Grist Mill, $78.79
Robert C. Billings Library,
142.78
Post-War Rehabilitation, 25.00
246.57
Collector's Fees,
49.85
Special School Lunch-Chapter 417, Acts of 1950,
199.59
Federal Grants: Aid to Dependent Children:
$56.56
Administration, Aid,
676.88
Old Age Assistance:
Administration, 477.81
Assistance, 2,384.71
School Funds, 563.91
4,159.87
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State Aid to Highways: Chapter 81,
11,275.00
638.75
Estimated Receipts to be Collected,
17,851.60
Appropriation Authorized from Post-War Rehabilitation Fund,
13,100.00
Tax
Retirement,
192.05
489.85
Tailings,
1,568.76
Town Hall Addition-Authorized from Post-War Rehabilitation Fund, 13,100.00
Unexpended Balances,
110,721.80
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus, 2,247.49
Overlay Reserved for Abatement 'of Taxes: Levy of 1950, 3,150.40
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise, $77.93
Tax Title and Tax Possession, 2,749.40
2,827.33
Surplus Revenue,
15,465.62
$167,010.08
$167,010.08
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt,
$46,000.00
Schoolhouse Loan,
$1,000.00
Town Hall Addition Loan,
45,000.00
$46,000.00
$46,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Robert C. Billings Library Fund,
$14,000.00
Timothy Smith Fund Income,
31,025.74
Town Hall Fund Principal,
2,668.12
In Custody of Trustees,
30,065.61
Town Hall Fund Income,
755.73
Old Wind Grist Mill Fund,
1,107.76
Eastham Community Christmas Tree Fund,
1.54
Eastham World War Memorial Fund,
498.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund,
236.19
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund,
13,976.31
Timothy Smith Fund,
30,065.61
$94,335.00
$94,335.00
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Trust and Investment Funds, Cash and Securities:
In Custody of Town Treasurer,
$64,269.39
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
Town of Eastham
OF EAST
NMOJ
NC
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RP
FOR THE YEAR 1950
ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1950
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
James K. Adamson, Chairman Term expires 1952
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Collins, Secretary
Term expires 1953
Mrs. Katherine A. Moore
Term expires 1951
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Herbert, E. Hoyt, A. M.
SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
Nathan E. Clark
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Walter E. Wright, M. D.
SCHOOL NURSE
Mildred Wye
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REPORT OF THE EASTHAM SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To Our Fellow Citizens :
The Eastham School Committee takes pleasure in sub- mitting its annual report.
As usual you have provided funds for a good school. We hope that the financial statement in this report will indicate that we have administered those funds wisely.
Our school has a well balanced curriculum, with drill by conscientious teachers on the traditional 3 R's; plus many physical, social and cultural advantages not enjoyed in many larger schools. The introduction of a few hours instruction in physical education has proved to be bene- ficial and enjoyable to the children.
There have been requests for the establishment of a kindergarten. A short kindergarten session for small chil- dren would be a happy break between life at home and the long day necessary for attendance in the grade school.
Approximately one-third of our school tax dollars goes to Orleans for tuition for our High School pupils. Eastham O. H. S. graduates entering other institutions of learning, or going directly to work seem, on the whole, to justify our expenditure.
There is much to be done in the cause of Education. Your School Committee is grateful for your cooperation in the past. Let us all look forward to a bright future for the school, and for the children of Eastham.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES K. ADAMSON, Chairman ELIZABETH F. COLLINS, Secretary KATHERINE A. MOORE
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Expended 1950
Needed 1951
General Control :
School Committee :
Salary and Expenses $ 203.50
ยท Superintendent of Schools : Enforcement of Law-
Salaries and Travel
1,059.98
Office expenses
30.25
$1,293.73
$1,415.00
Instructions :
Supervisors
$2,503.60
Principal and Teachers
10,563.87
Textbooks
235.14
Supplies
421.57
13,724.18
14,786.00
Operation :
Fuel
$947.80
Electricity
173.56
Miscellaneous
480.22
1,601.58
1,700.00
Maintenance :
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep
1,403.28
1,403.28
590.00
Auxiliary Agencies :
Library
$ 52.91
Health
103.00
Transportation
7,625.00
Tuition
8,088.11
Miscellaneous
862.55
16,731.57
19,910.00
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Outlay :
New Grounds and Buildings
New Equipment 549.83 549.83 300.00
$35,304.17 $38,701.00
Appropriated for 1950
$35,320.00
Expended-1950
35,304.17
Unexpended
$ 15.83
NET COST OF SCHOOL-YEAR 1950
Total Expenditure
$35,304.17
Accounts Receivable :
School Funds and State Aid
for Public Schools- Chapter 70
$1,850.48
City of Boston :
Tuition and Transportation 1,755.36
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
Tuition and Transportation 898.46
Reimbursements for :
Account of Superintendent of Schools
439.22
Transportation-Chapter 71
4,957.08
Cash Collected : Dental Clinic
41.25
9,941.85
Net Cost of Schools-1950
$25,362.32
SCHOOL LUNCH DEPARTMENT 1950
Appropriation $ 3,150.00 *Available Funds by Federal Subsidy Receipts 1,015.54
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Available Funds from sale of School Lunches
(September, October, November, December) 1,280.25
Expended 1950
$5,445.79
4,639.51
$ 806.28
*Includes $147.91 balance from 1949 subsidies and $226.75 for claims for Federal Reimbursement for the months of October, November and December 1949, received in 1950. Does not include $409.18 claimed for November and December 1950 which had not been received December 31, 1950.
Total Cost of Hot Lunch Program
$4,639.51
Reimbursements :
$1189.91
** Federal Aid Sale of School Lunches
2,758.44
$3,948.35
3,948.35
Net Cost of Hot Lunch Program for 1950 $ 691.16
** Includes $409.18 claimed for October, November, De- cember 1950 for Federal Reimbursement which had not been received December 31, 1950. Does not include $234.81 claimed for November and December 1949 but which was received in 1950.
School Lunch Budget for 1951. $1,000.00
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Appropriation for Vocational Education $1,0,00.00 Expended :
Tuition : Bristol County
Agricultural School $735.80
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Toward board in lieu of transportation : .
Donald Lloyd $24.00 24.00
Jerry Emond
$48.00
48.00
$783.80
783.80
Unexpended for year 1950
$ 216.20
Received on account of Vocational Education :
Practical Arts Classes for year ending August 31, 1949 $ 36.65
Town of Orleans-Tuition (Practical Arts Classes) for year ending Aug. 31, 1950
63.00
Bristol County Agricultural for year ending August 31, 1949 358.80
$458.45
Vocational Educational Budget for 1951
$1,000.00
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the School Committee and the Citizens of Eastham :
I approach the preparation of this, my fourth annual report as Superintendent of the Eastham School, with both pleasure and grave concern. It is a pleasure to report the progress of the past year, both in respect to the school building and to the educational function carried on there. My concern stems from the present chaotic world condi- tions which make it impossible to predict what is in store for education in the future. It is impossible to develop a long range educational program, especially in towns which have as fluctuating populations as Cape Cod towns have. However, I believe that for the time being, it is our duty to carry on as nearly normal a program as possible, keeping the tensions of the world out of the classroom.
SCHOOL POPULATION
In the school report of last year, it was pointed out that Eastham should anticipate the need for more space at the elementary school within a very few years. Since the enrollment has continued to increase this year, it might be well to illustrate by means of the following tables the recent trends in our school population.
Year
'36
'37
'38
'39
'40
'41
'42
Births
2
3
8
4
9
7
3
First Grade
14
9
9
12
9
11
3
Year
'43
'44
'45
'46
'47
'48
'49
'50
Births
3
5
9
12
18
18
24
......
First Grade
4
2
6
16
3
15
17
15
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Changes in Membership in our Present Grades
Year
39 '40 '41
'42 '43 '44 '45 '46
6 '47 '48 '49 '50
Twelfth Grade
12 7
9
8
4
7
5
5
5
5
5
4
Eleventh Grade
9
6
5
6
6
6
7
9
8
6
8
Tenth Grade
11
11
7
7
10
8
8
14
14
11
Ninth Grade
3
3
4
7
9
11
10
12
14
Eighth Grade
4
4
4
7
6 5
8
11
11
Sixth Grade
6
7
8
11 16
15
16
Fourth Grade
3
6
7
10
Third Grade
15 17
20
Second Grade
17
19 15
First Grade
Tabular Statement of Enrollment for 15 years
Year
'36
'37
'38
'39
'40
'41
'42
1-8
97
85
86
83
69
72
59
9-12
31
27
32
37
42
39
35
Total
127
112
118
120
111
111
94
Year
'43
'44
'45
'46
'47
'48 .'49
'50
1-8
45
44
49
63
67
87
97
112
9-12
33
32
33
37
30
31
32
37
Total
78
76
82
100
97
118
129
149
7
8
Seventh Grade
2
3
4
13
Fifth Grade
16
17
7
11
A study of these tables will show the increase in our enrollment and will demonstrate the following facts :
(1) It is impossible to estimate with any degree of accu- racy what our school population will be six years from now. It is standard practice to note the birth rate in any particular year and to anticipate that the entering first grade six years later will approximate that figure. It is impossible to apply this practice to our situation. For the past five years, the entering first grade in Eastham has averaged 24% higher than the corres-
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ponding birth rate would indicate. If we continue to follow this pattern, we shall have entering first grades of 11 in 1951, 15 in 1952, 22 in 1953, 22 in 1954, and 30 in 1955. This fluctuation is due in part to the in- creased birth rate of the last few years, but to a larger degree it is due to the growth in our adult population.
(2) That a considerable number of our pupils are new- comers to the Cape is shown in Table 2 where it will be noted that many of the grades have increased in num- ber as they have progressed from the first grade.
(3) The number of children in the elementary classrooms will soon necessitate additional teachers.
(4) Our high school enrollment will exceed 40 in 1951.
(5) The effect of a war upon our school population may be noted in Table 3. Note the decrease at both high school and elementary levels from 1941-44.
The purpose of this section of the school report, then, is to stress the fact that we are fast approaching the time when we must provide more space unless world conditions cause a reversal in our present school population trends.
PERSONNEL
It is gratifying to report that there have been no changes among our regular teachers during the last year. We aim to employ and retain well-qualified teachers, realiz- ing that a strong, coordinated faculty is the backbone of any school system. This coordination can be attained only by a group that has worked together long enough to develop a common philosophy of education.
The one addition to our faculty is Mrs. Ethel Reed who has been employed to establish a part time program in physical education.
FINANCE
Although the total school cost lias advanced con-
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siderably during the last few years, it is important for us to realize that the school enrollment has increased at about the same rate and that the net cost per child has leveled off at about $170.00. This figure compares favorably with the cost per child in the other Massachusetts towns which have populations of less than 5000 and do not support a high school. It is impossible to predict at this point when we may expect the total cost of schools to reach a leveling off point. As long as our enrollment continues to increase and prices of our supplies continue to rise, just so long shall we be faced with increased school budgets.
The table below will show the per unit increased cost of three of our most commonly used types of paper.
Jan. '43 Oct. '46 Oct. '47 April '50 Dec. '50
Arith. Paper $ .20 $ .36 $ .45 .65
$ .31 $ .41 .54
White Comp. .40 .61
Manilla Comp. .25
.375 .50
.42 .31 .47
You will note that these price changes correspond to the changes in prices of other commodities. The tendency to lower prices last spring has been reversed, and we have been warned to expect further advances.
HEALTH
A primary objective in any educational system is the promotion of good health and good health habits among its pupils. Eastham can well be proud of its progress in the field of health. For an analysis of the work of the past year, I refer you to the reports of the school doctor and the school nurse.
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