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AUDIT REPORT
The figures for 1952 as furnished, have been checked and found to be correct.
L. WILBER ELDRIDGE
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BREAKDOWN OF OLD ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS
Month
No. Recipients
Medical Payments for month
Monthly Payments to recipients
Total For Month
Federal Share
State Share Town Share
January
25
$299.94
$1,555.39
$1,855.33
$679.79
$799.02
$376.52
February
24
139.73
1,464.04
1,603.77
671.80
646.17
285.80
March
24
40.80
1,441.78
1,482.58
664.92
560.91
256.75
April
25
126.09
1,517.27
1,643.36
704.20
652.92
286.24
May
25
88.17
1,549.08
1,637.25
711.64
634.35
291.26
June
25
94.51
1,554.88
1,649.39
709.13
644.29
295.97
July
25
176.20
1,529.73
1,705.93
709.19
679.72
317.02
August
25
287.82
1,480.50
1,768.32
671.33
746.58
350.41
September
25
305.37
1,546.70
1,852.07
676.35
800.65
375.07
October
25
309.22
1,524.83
1,834.05
791.73
712.24
330.08
November
24
85.28
1,529.38
1,614.66
791.52
562.00
261.14
December
24
None
1,535.63
1,535.63
774.22
519.65
241.76
Total
296
$1,953.13
$18,229.21
$20,182.34
$8,555.82
$7,958.50
$3,668.02
Submitted by :- DORRICE M. MAYO, Social Worker
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BREAKDOWN OF AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN PAYMENTS
Month
No. Recipients
Medical Payments for month
Monthly Payments to recipients
Total For Month
Federal Share
State Share Town Share
January
15
$ 3.40
$547.86
$551.26
$220.10
$183.75
$147.41
February
19
30.88
741.86
772.74
274.50
257.58
240.66
March
19
14.90
718.91
733.81
272.07
244.60
217.14
April
19
42.40
774.66
817.06
265.50
272.35
279.21
May
17
30.93
715.96
746.89
249.00
248.96
248.93
June
15
47.99
661.83
709.82
220.50
236.60
252.72
July
14
24.48
576.85
601.33
208.50
200.45
192.38
August
9
33.00
315.20
348.20
132.40
116.06
99.74
September
10
28.00
365.04
393.04
162.79
131.02
99.23
October
10
43.99
416.10
460.09
181.50
153.36
125.23
November
17
17.85
753.51
771.36
306.23
257.12
208.01
December
17
67.00
696.04
763.04
300.00
254.35
208.69
Total
181
$384.82
$7,283.82
$7,668.64
$2,793.09
$2,556.20
$2,319.35
Submitted by : DORRICE M. MAYO, Social Worker
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Report of Barnstable County Health Department
Board of Health
Eastham, Mass.
I would respectfully submit this brief narrative and summarized statistical report of the Barnstable County Health Department for the year 1952.
The year again passed without there being reported to us any cases of preventable communicable diseases with the exception of a few cases of whooping cough. It may be noted that preventive immunizations against this disease are not as effective as they are in such diseases as diph- theria, tetanus and smallpox, and some cases will occur fol- lowing immunizations. However, in the majority of in- stances, these cases are of a mild nature.
With the assistance of the nurses working in the schools of the county, we have made a survey of the rate of immunization among children entering school for the first time in September 1952. Information from twelve of the fifteen towns shows, that in practically all instances, more than 80% of these children had been immunized prior to entering school. The lowest rate was 71% and the highest rate 100%. This indicates that preventive measures against such diseases as diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough have been well carried out. Only one case of diphtheria has been reported to this department since I became Health Officer six years ago. In contrast to this picture, such non preventable diseases as measles, mumps and chicken pox were epidemic throughout the County during the year.
Probably the most prevalent disease in this area, is
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dental caries or decay. The situation is too well known to most people to warrant much emphasis, but the following table shows the results of dental examinations of school children, aged 7, 10 and 13 in one town of the County and the results might be duplicated for other Towns.
Item
Percentage of Children with Evidence of Decay in Perma- nent Teeth
Percentage of Children with Evidence of Some Successful Operative Dentistry in Per- manent Teeth
Percentage of Children in Need of Dental Care at the Time of Examination Number. of, Decayed, Missing and Filled Permanent Teeth per Child
Age of Children 7 Yrs. 10 Yrs. 13 Yrs.
41%
88%
100%
13%
54%
100%
34%
65%
99%
0.7
3.99
8.79
Until recently, there was little that could be done to effectively prevent this disease. Now, however, we have available the results of well conducted experiments indicat- ing the role of the element fluorine in relation to dental decay and the preventive action of this element, when sup- plied in adequate amounts is well established. Three years ago, we instituted a program of prevention by applying fluorine to the teeth of school children. We can expect some results from these measures, but it would be more effective if the public water supplies were treated with a fluorine compound. Analysis show that only a trace of fluorine is found in our Cape water supplies. If the amount is brought up to about one part per million parts of the water, and children use such water from time of birth, they will ex- perience more than 60% less dental decay by the time they reach the age of thirteen years. At the present time, fluori-
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dation of the public water supplies is being seriously con- sidered in the towns of Falmouth, Dennis and Harwich.
In last year's report, we commented on the health problems created by the so-called chronic diseases. As an educational measure, this department has participated with others in organizing a series of classes for the discussion of nursing care in cases of disease affecting the heart and blood vessels. Attending these classes have been nurses from the two hospitals in the county, private duty nurses and public health nurses. The lack of interest on the part of some of our public health nurses in the Towns of this county, we have found difficult to explain on any reason- able basis.
Other routine activities of the department have been carried out as usual. Every year we seem to encounter additional work in carrying out supervision of our food handling establishments during the summer tourist season, and this year has been no exception. We find that inspection visits and laboratory work have exceeded any previous year.
Statistical Summary
Administrative:
Automobile Mileage
54,906
Individuals Interviewed
1,414
Meetings Attended
179
Lectures, etc.
18
Communicable Disease Control:
Visits to Cases
49
Small-pox Vaccinations
267
Diphtheria Immunizations
718
Whooping Cough Immunizations
449
Tetanus Immunizations 718
Maternal and Child Hygiene:
Nursing Visits Antepartum Cases 47
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Nursing Visits Postpartum Cases
56
Nursing Visits Infants
117
Nursing Visits Preschool Children
573
Nursing Visits School Children
56
Preschool Children Examined
112
School Children Examined
209
Children inspected by Dental Hygienists
4,824
Children given Fluorine Prophyloxis
3,484
Total Fluorine Treatments
11,527
Visits to Crippled Children Clinics
273
Sanitary Inspections :
Water Supplies
214
Sewage Disposal
309
Schools
11
Camps
133
Restaurants, etc.
1,174
Markets and Groceries
151
Dairy Farms
70
Pasteurizing Plants
48
All Others
20
Laboratory Specimens Examined:
Water Supplies
146
Milk (Bacteriological)
119
Milk (Fats and Solids)
118
Milk (Phosphatase Tests)
23
Cream
15
Coliform Tests
238
Food Handling Utensils
1,399
Cases of Reportable Diseases :
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis
8
Chicken Pox
191
Dog Bite
89
German Measles
8
Measles
669
Meningitis
3
Mumps
98
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Scarlet Fever Tuberculosis Tularemia Whooping Cough Infectious Hepatitis
18 32
1
10
7
Respectfully submitted,
F. L. MOORE, M.D., C.M., M.P.H. 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 June 3, 1952
To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Maurice W. Wiley, Chairman Eastham, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an aduit of the books and accounts of the town of Eastham for the period from August 5, 1951 to February 19, 1952, made in accordance 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
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for the period from August 5, 1951, the date of the pre- vious examination, to February 19, 1952, preparatory to the transfer of books and of cash and securities to the newly elected treasurer, tax collector, and town clerk, 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.
The ledger accounts were analyzed, the appropriations and transfers were checked with the town clerk's records of town meetings and with the records of the finance com- mittee, and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town on February 19, 1952, was prepared and is appended to this report.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The cash book additions were veri- fied, 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 payments by the treasurer were compared with the select- men's warrants authorizing the disbursement of town funds.
The treasurer's cash balance on February 19, 1952 was proved by actual count of the cash in the office and by reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement furnish- ed 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 ex- amined 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
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sales of tax possessions were verified, and the tax titles and tax possessions on hand were listed, reconciled with the accountant's ledger, and compared with the records in the Registry of Deeds.
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 ex- amined 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 the assessors, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.
Verification of the outstanding accounts was made by sending notices to all persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The total amounts outstanding on each of the tax and motor vehicle and trailer excise levies were given to the assessors for use in preparing the recommitments for the new collector, and detailed lists of all the outstanding accounts were prepared for the tax collector.
The records of departmental accounts receivable were examined. The charges were added and compared with the accountant's record of charges, and the recorded collections were checked with the treasurer's cash book.
The records of licenses and permits issued by the selectmen, the town clerk, and the building inspector were examined and checked, the payments to the State and the town being verified.
The financial records of the sealer of weights and measures, of the school and library departments, as well as
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of all 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 trea- surer's cash, summaries of the tax, motor vehicle and trailer excise, tax title, tax possession, and departmental accounts, together with tables showing the condition and transactions of the trust and investment funds.
While engaged in making the audit cooperation was re- ceived from all 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
HBD :GBS
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TOWN OF EASTHAM Balance Sheet - February 19, 1952 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash:
In Bank and Office
$19,800.56
Temporary Loan: In Anticipation of Reimbursement Payroll Deductions: Federal Withholding Taxes $261.68
$7,500.00
Accounts Receivable: Taxes :
Levy of 1951:
County Retirement System 37.15
School Retirement Fund 29.44
328.27
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1950
$ 47.43
Levy of 1951
378.70
County Tax
286.42
426.13
293.45
Tax Titles and Tax Possessions:
Abatements and Payments and Overpayment to Collector
35.09
Tax Possessions
2,047.68
Overpayment to Treasurer
45.90
Proceeds of Dog Licenses-Due County
1.80
Departmental:
County Dog Fund : Available for Appropriation
197.69
Aid to Dependent Children 932.80
Old Age Assistance
701.58
1,865.10
Aid to Highways:
36.72
State:
Sale of Real Estate Fund
46.91
Chapter 90, Construction $5,000.00
Road Machinery Fund
1,068.86
Tailings
38.69
Collector's Fees
22.30
School Lunch Fund
40.93
Underestimate 1951: State Mosquito Control Assessment
81.96
Expenditures in Anticipation of Appropriations
11,392.19
Aid 12.32
Old Age Assistance: Administration 440.86
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Tax Titles
$ 147.12
2,194.80
Health
$230.72
Trust Funds Income: Timothy Smith $10.00 Robert C. Billings 26.72
County:
Chapter 90, Construction
2,500.00
7,500.00
Federal Grants: Aid to Dependent Children: Administration $146.56
Personal Property Real Estate
$
313.20
1,817.01
2,130.21
Overestimates 1951: State Parks and Reservations Assessment $ 7.03
Assistance
392.80
Appropriation Balances
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
4,159.26
Overlay Reserved for Abatements : Levy of 1951 2,130.21
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $ 426.13
Tax Title and Tax Possession 2,194.80
Departmental 1,865.10
4,486.03
Estimated Receipts Collected to Date Surplus Revenue 17,785.47
$45,390.95
$45,390.95
DEBT ACCOUNT
$42,000.00
Town Hall Addition Loan
$42,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
In Custody of Town Treasurer:
$52,781.91
Town Hall Fund : Principal Income
$2,668.12
64.04
Robert C. Billings
Library Fund
14,000.00
Timothy Smith Fund Income 33,879.47
Old Wind Grist Mill Fund
1,412.17
Eastham World War
Memorial Fund 516.92
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 241.19
In Custody of Trustees: Timothy Smith Fund Principal
30,240.86
$83,022.77
$83,022.77
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
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Trust Funds, Cash and Securities: In Custody of Town Treasurer
In Custody of Trustees
30,240.86
992.54 4,144.22
$52,781.91
2,036.61
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN of EASTHAM
OF
EAST
NMOJ
11
AM
USET 1620
FOR THE YEAR
1952
ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1952
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
James K. Adamson, Chairman Mrs. Elizabeth F. Collins, Secretary James E. Schofield
Term expires 1955 Term expires 1953 Term expires 1954
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Herbert E. Hoyt, A. M.
SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE Nathan E. Clark
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Lysander S. Kemp, M. D.
SCHOOL NURSE Mrs. Joseph Putnam
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REPORT OF THE EASTHAM SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To Our Fellow Citizens :
The Eastham School Committee takes pride in submit- ting its annual report. The accomplishments of this year are many and a summary of them is incorporated in the annual report of the Superintendent of Schools. We believe that Eastham Grammar School is in excellent condition except for the roof which is badly in need of new shingles. We have voted to postpone the roof problem until it is decided whether or not there is to be an addition to the school. Although the present roof has to be patched regularly to avoid leaks, we believed it better to continue patching as long as possible and if we have an addition to the building, to shingle at that time so that all the roof would match. Our report will concentrate upon the proposed expansion program.
First, it should be remembered that in our effort to pro- vide that which is best for all the children of Eastham, we must always consider the financial status of the town, and it is our purpose to present such recommendations as we believe best for the youngsters at the least possible expense to the taxpayer. Thus, understanding that Eastham cannot provide a complete Junior High School Education because it would necessitate the hiring of a Physical Education instructor, a Home Economics teacher, and a shop instructor and the building and equipping of a gymnasium in addition to the necessary individual class rooms for eight grades with four extra class room teachers, the next best solution in the opin- ion of the School Committee, is to send grades seven and eight to Orleans at a minimum tuition fee and provide for the first six grades in Eastham by an addition to the present school for separate grades including a kindergarten. The kindergarten question must be considered at this time be- cause over a period of seven or eight years many mothers and fathers have approached the School Committee asking for
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kindergarten facilities, always to be told that until such time as an addition was built, a kindergarten could not be con- sidered. Now we are anticipating an addition, and in fairness to those who have made repeated requests, we are incorpora- ting kindergarten space into our expansion program. In any case, we believe it wise to add the extra room and if it is necessary to use it as an additional class room before it can be equipped for kindergarten purposes. it can be so used. We believe it wise to add four rooms remembering that for eleven years after the completion of the present grammar school there was an occupied room. Had we not had the extra room you would have been faced with a building problem four years ago when we utilized that room for grades three and four.
Eastham is destined to grow, and with the completion of the new highway making commuting to Boston not only a possibility but a probability, we believe that our present population will increase far beyond any present anticipation. And as the town population increases so will our school pop- ulation increase. Like you, we have no way of determining the future, but in our estimation it is far better to build and hold a vacant room for a few years than to build too little at this time and five years from now be faced with again having to break into the building. Whatever is done now should make provision for the next twenty years if possible. At this time, we have various opinioins as to just what could be done, but until such time as a building committee is appointed and money provided for an architect, plans, and specifications, the recommendations of the School Committee count little. There will be an article in the annual town warrant asking that a building committee be appointed and that funds be appropriated to hire an architect to draw up plans and speci- fications of a proposed addition to the Eastham Grammar School, these plans to be presented at a later special town meeting.
Returning to the subject of Orleans High School, if you
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will consider the fact that Orleans is now the largest shop- ping center between Hyannis and Provincetown, and note the present construction of the new bank plus all the recent construction of growing concerns, you can understand that as a committee, we see Orleans of the future with a tremen- dous valuation, thus enabling them to support an expanded school program. The first question all people with children ask upon moving to a community is relative to the schools. Therefore Orleans will concentrate upon a good school pro- gram, and we in Eastham should take advantage of their facilities for we cannot support our own at the High or Jun- ior High School level. The tuition of Eastham and Brewster contributes toward the support of the High School to the ex- tent that Orleans could not afford to offer the program they now have without tuition students. Therefore, the more tui- tion students, the broader the program and the lower the per pupil cost. There have been many suggestions as to what could be done with grades seven and eight next year to make room for our 1953 entering first grade, and from all the sug- gestions we still arrive at a final agreement to send the seventh and eighth grades of Eastham to Orleans in Septem- ber of 1953 and give them the advantages that Eastham with its overcrowded condition and without a Junior High pro- gram cannot offer. In a crisis of this nature that which is best for the majority over the longest period of time should be the rule. As a committee, we are united in our efforts to provide that which is for the greatest good for the youth of our town with the least possible expense to our people and to that end we shall continue to work.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES ADAMSON, Chairman ELIZABETH COLLINS, Secretary JAMES SCHOEFIELD
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REPORT OF THE REGIONAL SCHOOL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
To Our Fellow Citizens :
We, the Regional School Committee members of East- ham, appointed by the moderator at the Annual Town Meet- ing of February, 1950, hereby submit our second annual report.
The five town Regional School Planning Board was or- ganized on September 15, 1952 to include the towns of Well- fleet, Truro, Eastham, Orleans and Brewster, with Mr. James Adamson of Eastham as Chairman and Mrs. Theresa Daisy of Truro as Secretary. The Eastham Committee has been repre- sented at all the Regional meetings and is equipped with the same facts that the other four towns have.
The estimated net construction costs as presented to us by the state, based upon population and valuation of the five towns considering a regional school for six grades is as follows :
Brewster
17.5%
or $150.569.
Eastham
13.4%
or
115,293.
Orleans
38.7% or 332,972
Truro
12.5%
or 107,549.
Wellfleet
17.9%
or
154,010.
Total $860.393.
These figures show that Orleans and Eastham would carry 52.1% of the burden of the construction of the five town regional school. The estimated cost of the proposed school as presented by the state would be $1,397,025. but after the towns received the State Planning Cost Grant re- imbursement of $73,344. and the State Construction Grant of $463,288. it would leave the net cost of the proposed Regional School at $860,393. distributed as shown on a per- centage basis for the five towns.
At the last meeting on December 1, 1952, the committee
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from the town of Brewster stated that it would be three or four years or more before they could ask Brewster people to contribute toward a program of this size. The Orleans com- mittee stated that Orleans is faced with the construction of a new library and the possibility of town water, and there- fore as a committee they could not ask at this time for funds to enter a Regional program which does not include the utilization of their present high school. The Eastham com- mittee expressed the opinion that faced with an expansion program for the Grammar School and an indebtedness for the Town Hall Auditorium, we cannot ask for funds to enter into a program of this size at this time. No statements were made from either Truro or Wellfleet at this meeting due to the absence of both committees.
The Eastham committee does not favor a five town re- gional plan but would consider a three town regional set-up with Brewster and Orleans in the future, believing that the present Orleans High School is already the nucleus of a Re- gional School. When the time comes for expansion in Orleans, if Regionalization can be proved a better form of education than that which we are now receiving we should be ready to fall in line with such a program. We were told by Dr. Paul Stoddard of Canaan, Connecticut, an authority on Regional Schools, that Regional Schooling is not cheaper than local schooling, but he believes it to be better education for the money. After questioning, Dr. Stoddard, we found that his particular school offers only two different courses than the Orleans High School already offers, namely an extensive Agriculture program and a complete home making program. We are willing to continue as the Regional committee and attend whatever meetings are called for the purpose of re- ceiving more information relative to the merits of a Regional School. Our opinion, based upon the financial status of at least three of the towns concerned is that a Regional School is many years in the future.
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