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Every town clerk shall, within ten days after his qualification and thereafter, at intervals of not more than one year, so long as he continues to hold said of- fice, give bond to the town for the faithful perform- ance of his duties, in such sum as the selectmen shall approve. If he does not give bond as herein required the selectmen may declare the office vacant and fill the vacancy in the manner prescribed in the following sec- tion.
The records of the library for fines collected were found to be inadequate, and it is recommended that a proper record of receipts be kept and that all such receipts be paid into the town treasury as required by Section 53, Chapter 44,
General Laws, previously quoted.
Ledger accounts were compiled and analyzed, and a bal- ance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town as of July 6, 1931. Appended herewith are also tables showing a recon- ciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax ac- counts, as well as tables showing the trust fund transactions.
For the co-operation received from the several town of-
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ficials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistant and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD H. FENTON,
Chief Accountant
RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Balance January 1, 1930
$ 17 247 43 145 425 46
Receipts 1930
$ 162 672 89
Payments 1930, $ 154 470 00
Balance December 31, 1930
8 202 89
$ 162 672 89
Balance January 1, 1931 $ 8 202 89
Receipts January 1 to July 6, 1931
66 743 58
$
74 946 47
Payments January 1 to July 6, 1931 $ 62 909 10
Balance July 6, 1931 : Cash in office $ 177 87
Rockland Trust Company 11 859 50
12 037 37 $ 74 946 47
ROCKLAND TRUST COMPANY
Balance July 6, 1931, per statement $ 13 455 76
Balance July 6, 1931, per check book $ 11 859 50 Outstanding checks July 6, 1931, per list 1 596 26 $ 13 455 76
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TAXES-1920
Outstanding May 24, 1927, per previous audit :
Taxes
Moth
$ 2 46 38 $ 2 84
Outstanding July 6, 1931, per list:
Taxes
$ 2 46 38
Moth
$ 2 84
TAXES-1921
Outstanding May 24, 1927, per previous audit, $ 25 00
Abatements 1927
25 00
TAXES-1922
Outstanding May 24, 1927, per previous audit, $ 31 11
Abatements 1927 $ 31 11
TAXES-1923
Outstanding May 24, 1927, per previous audit
$69 24
Abatements 1927
$ 69 24
TAXES-1924
Outstanding May 24, 1927, per previous audit :
Taxes, $ 102 54 2 88
Moth
105 42
Interest collections 1927
5 77 $ 111 19
Payments to treasurer:
May 24 to December 31, 1927 Taxes 5 87
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Interest
5 77
11 64
1928: Taxes 12 99
Abatements :
May 24, to December
31, 1927,
45 28
1928
24 20
Abatement not reported 2 00
71 48
On commitment but not on cash book:
Transferred from account of
W. H. Spencer, collector
5 03
Outstanding July 6, 1931, per list
10 05 $ 111 19
TAXES-1925
Outstanding May 24, 1927,
per previous audit $1 693 87
Re-assessment 9 90
$1 703 77
Abatement after payment, refunded
9 90
Payment after abatement, adjusted 2 52
Interest collections :
May 24 to December
31, 1927 129 11
1928 48 16
177 27
. Taxes and interest 1926 reported as 1925:
Taxes 16 15
Interest 82
16 97
Overpayment to treasurer by collector
23 24
$ 1 933 67
Payments to treasurer :
May 24 to December 31, 1927,
$1 486 53
1928 245 22
1 731 75
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Abatements :
May 24 to December 31, 1927, 190 22
1928 Abatement not reported
1 80
9 90
201 92
$ 1 933 67
TAXES -- 1926
Outstanding May 24, 1927, per
previous audit
$11 279 36
Abatement and re-assessment
25 50
Interest collections :
May 24, to December
31, 1927
$312 19
1928
330 65
1930
98
643 82
Abatement after payment
· adjusted
10 50
Over-abatements
46 33
56 83
$12 005 51
Payments to treasurer :
May 24 to December 31, 1927
$8 618 14 3 052 29
1928
11 670 43
Abatements :
May 24 to December
31, 1927 173 23
2 13
Abatement not prevously entered 13 60
188 96
16 97
Taxes and interest 1926 reported as 1925 Underpayment to treasurer:
Transferred from account of W. H. Spencer, collector 98 96 Outstanding December 31, 1930, and July 6, 1931, per list, 30 19
$12 005 51
1928
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TAXES-1927
Cash on hand May 24, 1927 .. . $ 46 00 Outstanding May 24, 1927 (polls) 200 00,
246 00
Commitment per warrant (prop-
erty and moth) 60 648 43
Additional commitment 4 00
Commitment list in excess of warrant 29 95
60 682 38
Interest collections 712 90
Overpayments by collector to treasurer 41 94
Abatement after payment, refunded 3 81
$61 687 03
Payments to treasurer:
1927
$47 015 19
1928
11 842 73
1929
2 031 88
1930
381 55
$61 271 35
Abatements:
1927
227 98
1928
56 73
284 71
Outstanding July 6, 1931, per list
130 97
$61 687 03
TAXES-1928
Commitment per warrant $63 682 34
Commitment list in excess of warrant 12 88
Interest collections
842 99
$64 538 21
Overpayments to collector by treasurer
209 20
$64 747 41
Payments to treasurer:
1928
$48 416 96
1929
10 592 70
1930
4 919 05
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January 1 to July 6, 1931
491 07
$64 419 78
Abatements :
1928
$135 99
1929
6 65
January 1 to July 6, 1931
81 01
223 65
Taxes 1928 reported as taxes 1929
30 30
Outstanding July 6, 1931, per list 73 68
$64 747 41
TAXES-1929
Commitment per warrant
$61 857 27
Interest collections
603 90
Collection not committed
2 00
$62 463 17
Taxes 1928 reported as
. taxes 1929
$30 30
Over-abatement
13 18
Overpayments by collector to treasurer
147 75
$62 654 40
Payments to treasurer:
1929
$45 226 89
1930
12 093 63
January 1 to July 6, 1931
2 377 89
$59 698 41
Abatements :
1929
$77 16
1930
24 65
101 81
Outstanding July 6, 1931:
Taxes
$2 811 64
Moth assessments
42 54
2 854 18
$62 654 40
TAXES-1930
Commitment per warrant
$66 812 13
Interest collections
143 78
$66 955 91
43 48
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Overpayments by collector to treasurer 48 80
$67 004 71
Payments to treasurer:
1930 $46 756 26
January 1 to July 6, 1931 6 455 55
$53 211 81
Abatements:
1930
$67 65
January 1 to July 6, 1931 16 50
84 15
Warrant in excess of commitment list
1 00
Outstanding July 6, 1931, per list:
Taxes $13 486 58
Moth assessments 221 17
13 707 75
$67 004 71
POLI TAXES-1931
Commitment per warrant $1 006 00
Commitment list in excess of warrant 2 00
$1 008 00
Payments to treasurer to July 6, 1931 $842 00
Outstanding July 6, 1931, per list $162 00
Due from collector July 6, 1931 4 00
166 00
$1 008 00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX-1931
Commitment per warrant $513 00
Commitment list in excess of warrant 1 00
$514 00
Payments to treasurer to July 6, 1931 $221 00
Outstanding July 6, 1931, per list $271 00
Due from cellector July 6, 1931 22 00
Paid treasurer July 9, 1931 293 00
$514 00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1929
Commitments per warrants $6 202 60
Commitment lists in excess
of warrants 104 34
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Interest collections 36 38
$6 343 32
Abatements after payment, refunded 41 11
Overpayments by collector to treasurer 81 67
$6 466 10
Payments to treasurer:
1929
$4 810 10
1930
1 066 89
$5 876 99
Abatements :
1929
$498 89
1930
10 45
509 34
Outstanding July 6, 1931, per list 79 77
$6 466 10
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1930
Commitments per warrants $5 340 56
Commitment list in excess of
warrants
59 34
Interest collections 33 98
$5 433 88
Abatement after payment, refunded
1 46
$5 435 34
Payments to treasurer:
1930
$4 471 68
January 1 to July 6, 1931 416 81
$4 888 49
Abatements
1930
$408 00
January 1 to July 6, 1931
3 54
411 54
Underpayment by collector:
Transferred from account of
13 73
W. H. Spencer, collector Outstanding July 6, 1931, per list
121 58
$5 435 34
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1931
Commitments per warrants $4 345 70
Interest collections 73
$4 346 43
Abatements after payment, refunded 45 25
$4 391 68
Payments to treasurer January 1 to July 6, 1931 $2 765 77
Abatements January 1 to July 6. 1931
265 92
Outstanding July 6, 1931, per list $1 297 19
Due from collector July 6, 1921
62 80
1 359 99
$4 391 68
CASH ADJUSTMENTS
. William H. Spencer, Collector
Collection per commitment book
but not on cash book·
Levy of 1924 $5.03
Underpayments to treasurer:
Levy of 1926 $98 96
Motor vehicle excise taxes 1930 $13 73
$117 72
Excess cash
434 88
$552 60
Overpayments to treasurer:
Levy of 1925
$23 24
Levy of 1927
41 94
Levy of 1928
209 20
Levy of 1929
147 75
Levy of 1930
48 80
Motor vehicle excise taxes 1929
81 67
$552 60
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MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES
Licenses issued 1930:
Used car
3 @ $5 00
$15 00
Gasoline
17 @ 2 00
34 00
Pool
1 @ 5 00
. 5 00
Sunday
22 @
2 00
44 00
Victuallers'
12 @
2 00
24 00
Inn Holders'
4 @
5 00
20 00
Golf
1 @
1 00
1 00
Auctioneers'
1 @
2 00
2 00
$145 00
Payments to treasurer
$129 00
Outstanding December 31, 1930
16 00
$145 00
Outstanding January 1, 1931 Licenses issued January 1, to July 6, 1931:
$16 00
Used car
3 @ $5 00
$15 00
Gasoline
16 @ 2 00
32 00
Pool
1 @
5 00
5 00
Sunday
23 @
2 00
46 00
Sunday sports 1 @
4 00
4 00
Victuallers'
11 @ 2 00
22 00
Slaughtering
1 @ 1 00
1 00
125 00
$141 00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to August 18, 1931
$131 00
Outstanding August 18, 1931, per list
10 00
$141 00
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TOWN CLERK Dog Licenses
Licenses issued 1930:
Males
137 @ $2 00
$274 00
Females
22 @ 5 00
110 00
Kennels
3 @ 25 00 75 00
Payments to county treasurer
$415 80
$459 00
.
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Fees retained, 162 @ 20c 32 40
Due county December 31, 1930 10 80
$459 00
Due county January 1, 1931 $10 80
Licenses issued January 1 to August 13, 1931:
Males 107 @ $2 00 $214 00
Females 14 @ 5 00 70 00
284 00
$294 80
Payments to county treasurer January 1 to August 13, 1931 $238 80
Fees retained January 1 to August 18, 1931 121 @ 20c 24 20
Cash on hand August 13, 1931, verified 31 80
$294 80
TOWN CLERK Sporting Licenses
Licenses issued January 1 to August 13, 1931 : Resident citizens' sporting, 37 @ $2 75 $101 75
Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game, January 1 to August 13, 1931 $92 50
Fees retained January 1 to August 31,
1931 37 @ 25c 9 25
$101 75
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Fees for sealing, 1930
$41 90
Payments to treasurer
$41 85
. Due from sealer December 31, 1930 05
$41 90
Due from sealer January 1, 1931
05
Fees for sealing, January 1 to July 6, 1931 8 91
$ 8 96
Payments to treasurer January 1 to July 6, 1931 $8 91
Due from sealer July 6, 1931
05
$ 8 96
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INFIRMARY
Receipts 1930:
Sale of milk and produce
$200 45
Disbursements by warden
$130 13
Payments to treasurer 1930
70 32
$200 45
Receipts January 1 to August 13, 1931
$54 31
Disbursements by warden January 1 to August 13, 1931 $31 90
Cash on hand August 13, 1931, verified
22 41
$54 31
COFFIN CHARITY FUND
Savings
Bank Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1930
$2 602 01
$2 602 01
On hand at end of year 1930
$2 467 93 $2 467 93
On hand July 6, 1931
$2 529 61 $2 529 61
1930 Receipts
$265 81
Income
$131 73
$397 54
Payments
Added to savings accounts
$131 73
Expended by selectmen for worthy poor
265 81
$397 54
January 1 to July 6, 1931 Receipts
$61 68
Income
Payments
Added to savings accounts $61 68
Withdrawn from Savings Bank
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ABIGAIL T. OTIS CHARITY FUND
Savings Bank Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1930
$2 641 30
$2 641 30
On hand at end of year 1930
$2 735 56
$2 735 56.
On hand July 6, 1931
$2 700 34
$2 700 34
1930 Receipts
Withdrawn from Savings Bank
$39 00
Income
$133 26
$172 26
Payments
Added to savings accounts
$133 26
Expended by selectmen for worthy poor
39 00
$172 26
January 1 to July 6, 1931
Receipts
Withdrawn from savings bank
$103 60
Income
68 38
$171 98
Payments
Added to savings accounts
$68 38
Expended by selectmen for worthy poor
103 60
$171 98
ANNABEL WAKEFIELD CHARITY FUND
Savings Bank Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year 1930
$1 061 05 $1 061 05
On hand at end of year 1930
$1 101 66 $1 101 66
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On hand July 6, 1931
$1 087 19
$1 087 19
1930 Receipts
Withdrawn from Savings Bank Income
$12 85
53 46
$66 31
Payments
Added to savings accounts
$53 46
Expended by selectmen for worthy poor
12 85
$66 31
January 1 to July 6, 1931
Receipts®
Withdrawn from savings bank
$42 00
Income
27 53
Payments
Added to savings account
$27 53
Expended by selectmen for worthy poor
42 00
$69 53
ABIGAIL T. OTIS CEMETERY AND TOMB FUND
Savings Bank Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1930
$1 750 00
$1 750 00
On hand at end of year 1930
$1 683 25 $1 683 25
On hand July 6, 1931
$1 697 83
$1 697 83
1930 Receipts
$154 25
Withdrawn from savings bank
87 50
Income
$241 75
$69 53
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Payments
Added to savings accounts
$87 50
Expended by selectmen for care
154 25
January 1 to July 6, 1931 Receipts
Withdrawn from savings accounts
$27 50
Income
42 08
Payments
Added to. savings accounts
$42 08
Expended by selectmen for care
27 50
$69 58
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY PERMANENT FUND
Savings
Bank Deposits Total
On hand at beginning of year 1930
$476 59
$476 59
On hand at end of year 1930
$549 39
$549 39
On hand July 6, 1931
$708 40
$708 40
1930
Receipts
Sale of lots
$50 00
Income
22 80
$72 80
Deposited in savings bank
$72 80
January 1 to July 6, 1931
Receipts
Sale of lots
$129 00
Income
30 01
$159 01
Payments
$72 80
$241 75
$69 58
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Payments
Deposited in savings bank $159 01
$159 01
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Savings Bank Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1930
$5 453 49
$5 453 49
On hand at end of year 1930
$5 612 89 $5 612 89
On hand July 6, 1931
$5 647 14
$5 647 14
1930 Receipts
Withdrawn from savings bank
$214 04
Income
273 44
Bequest
100 00
$587 48
Payments
Added to savings accounts
$373 44
To First Parish Church Association for care
123 04
Expended by selectmen for care
91 00
$587 48
January 1 to July 6, 1931 Receipts
$105 88
Withdrawn from savings bank
140 13
Income
$246 01
Payments
$140 13
Added to savings accounts
61 52
Paid First Parish Church Association for care
44 36
Expended by selectmen for care
$246 01
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TOWN OF NORWELL BALANCE SHEET-JULY 6, 1931
GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS
Cash
$12 037 37
Accounts Receivable
Taxes:
Levy of 1920
$2 46
Levy of 1924
10 05
Levy of 1926
30 19
Levy of 1927
130 97
Levy of 1928
73 68
Levy of 1929
2 811 64
Levy of 1930
13 476 58
Levy of 1931 (poll taxes)
166 00
16 711 57
Old Age Assistance Taxes 1931
293 00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1929
$79 77
Levy of 1930
121 58
Levy of 1931
1 359 99
1 561 34
Special Assessments:
Levy of 1920
$
38
Levy of 1929
42 54
Levy of 1930
221 17
264 09
State Aid to Highways
4 700 00
Overdrawn Accounts 1931:
Tree Warden
$ 47 35
Moth Extermination
627 17
Tent Caterpillars
17 00
County Hospital Maintenance
11 71
Public Welfare
67 90
Vocational Training
83 82
854 95
Revenue 1931
$87 206 61
Less Estimated Receipts Collected 10 206 85
76 999 76
$113 422 08
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LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of Revenue
$45 000 00
Income Sawyer Lot Fund
15 95
Overpayment by collector (to be refunded)
434 88
Appropriation Balances
51 588 17
Overlays-Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
Levy of 1920 $ 2 46
Levy of 1924
10 05
Levy of 1926 30 19
Levy of 1927
130 97
Levy of 1928
73 68
Levy of 1929
1 660 01
Levy of 1930
550 76
2 458 12
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
6 355 28
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$1 561 34
Special Assessment
264 09
1 825 43
Surplus Revenue
5 744 25
$113 422 08
DEBT ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$28 000 00
$28 000 00
LIABILITIES
Departmental Equipment Loan
$4 000 00
24 000 00
School Loans
$28 000 00
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TRUST ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Trust Funds-Cash and Securities:
In Custody of State
$200 00
In Custody of Selectmen
14 370 51
$14 570 51
LIABILITIES
Coffin Charity Fund
$2 529 61
Abigail T. Otis Charity Fund
2 700 34
Annabel Wakefield Charity Fund
1 087 19
Abigail T. Otis Cemetery and Tomb Fund
1 697 83
Washington Street Cemetery, Permanent Fund
708 40
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
5 647 14
Sawyer Cemetery Lot Fund
200 00
$14 570 51
Collector of Taxes
1929
Uncollected, Dec. 31, 1930
$4 844 74
Interest Collected 451 25
$ 5 295 99
Paid Treasurer
$ 5 702 53
1930 EXCISE
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1930
497 31
Interest Collected 25 69
-$ 523 00
Abatements 92 31
481 59
Paid Treasurer
-$ 573 90
1930 PROPERTY
Uncollected, Dec. 31, 1930 $20 015 40
Interest Collected 451 35
$20 466 75
Abatements 16 50
Paid Treasurer 12 960 34
$12 976 84
7 489 91
$20 466 75
Uncollected Dec. 31, 1931
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1931
503 Polls $ 1 006 00 30
Interest Collected
$ 1 006 30 $ 1 021 30
Old Age Assistance
$
513 00
Paid Treasurer
497 00
Uncollected
16 00
$
513 00
1931 Excise
$ 4 949 17
Interest Collected 13 50
$ 4 962 67
Abatements $ 279 62
Paid Treasurer 4 323 30
Uncollected
359 75
$ 4 962 67
1931 Property, Personal, Real
and Moth 67 882 82
December Warrant
38 19
$67 921 01
Interest Collected
12 17
$67 933 18
Paid Treasurer $44 221 10
Overpaid as per Audit of
State Examiner 434 88
Uncollected, Dec. 31, 1931 23 277 20
$67 933 18
W. H. SPENCER, Collector of Taxes
Paid Treasurer
Norwell Visiting Nurse Association
TREASURER'S REPORT 1931
Incredible as it may seem the Nursing Association is suf- fering from a lack of proper publicity. Combined subscrip- tions and donations are some One Hundred and Sixty Odd Dollars less than in 1930, and we attribute it in part to our failure to advertise the needs and benefits of the nursing ser- vice. Maybe we were wrong in trying to save the cost of letering the sides of the car with our name.
A new family in town, wishing the services of the nurse, called the State Police Station and asked if Norwell had a Public Health Nurse and was told that there was nothing of the sort in the Town! This proves not only that our nurse has not been stopped for speeding, but also that we must do more blowing of our own horn. So please ex- cuse a few blasts.
Norwell not only has a Nursing service but it is available twelve months in the year, six days in the week, and often on Sundays if the condition of some cases is sufficiently des- perate. Night calls which are distinctly emergency cases are also made under certain restrictions. Fees for visits are fifty cents and double the charge for emergency night calls. The nurse can be reached by telephone either at the High school or at Norwell 5-6. And if this does not im- press you as service it may help you to get a picture of the work to know that the automobile has been driven over
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thirteen thousand five hundred miles during the eleven months that the nurse was on duty, and we paid for the use of another car furnished by the substitute nurse while our nurse was on vacation.
The nurse's hours are from 8.00 a. m. to 5.00 p. m .- Sat- urdays 8.00 a. m. to 1.00 p. m.
It also conducts such a valuable Well Baby Clinic that the neighboring towns of Hanover and Scituate have been glad to co-operate with us and send their babies to our monthly clinic. This is held the second Monday of each month at the High school, and is presided over by a child specialist. Dr. Edmund B. Fitzgerald. All parents are in- vited to bring their babies for examination and consulta- tion. The fee if fifty cents per visit. The Clinic costs over Three Hundred Dollars and is self-supporting. How- ever, with more funds more work could be done.
The Dental Clinic, conducted during the school year, is held every Wednesday, all day, at the High school. Every child enrolled in the public schools is entitled to free examination once a year, and then if the parents desire, may have all necessary dental work done at fifty cents per visit. The Clinic is conducted by a well known dentist and his feelings are never hurt when parents prefer to take their children out of town to any other dentist at several dollars per hour against our charge of fifty cents. The only thing that gets hurt is the children's teeth and general health if the parents refuse to let the necessary work be done in the Clinic and then neglect to take them elsewhere.
Some of the things the nurse has been asked to do, but cannot or will not do are :
She will not mind the baby while mother goes out for an afternoon of bridge.
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She will not wash the dishes or put the house in order.
And she cannot accept for herself gifts of any nature, however well intended, as tokens of appreciation for her services.
However, do not let this deter you from showing your appreciation of the Nursing Service. The treasurer will accept and acknowledge any gifts you see fit to send to the Association.
If you believe in the work we are doing for the babies, the children, and the older people who have benefited from our ministrations you will respond to our annual appeal for funds as readily as you have in the past, and we hope even more so.
We make grateful acknowledgement to the Union Ath- letic Association and to all other organizations and individ- uals who have made our work possible through their gen- erous financial support, and we invite anyone who knows of illness which is not having proper care to call it to our attention regardless of the sufferer's ability to pay. We have never yet and never expect to refuse to render aid on that account.
Statement of Income and Expense
RECEIPTS
Subscriptions and Donations $ 238 65
Fees (Nursing)
305 50
Bank Interest
8 92
Dental Clinic
107 00
Well Baby Clinic 208 12
Transportation 150 99
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Tuberculosis Stamps 68 70
$ 1 087 88
Cash on hand January 1, 1931 698 17
$ 1 786 05
DISBURSEMENTS
Nurse's Salary $ 275 01
Substitute Nurse 39 00
Dental Clinic & Pre School Clinic 152 50
Well Baby Clinic 300 00
Auto Insurance and Registration 34 06
Auto Expense 214 20
Printing, Postage and Supplies
41 79
$ 1 056 56
Cash on hand December 31, 1931 729 49
$ 1 786 05
JAME H. BARNARD,
Treasurer
VISITING NURSE
January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1931
Number of patients cared for 51
Number of nursing visits 657
Number of free visits 59
Number of Prenatal visits 19
Number of Infant Welfare visits 116
TOWN OF NORWELL
Number of Babies attending clinic 104
Number of Tuberculosis visits 17
Number of visits made for hospitals and clinics 70 Number of visits made for Selectmen, Board of Health 97
Number of Conferences attended 15
Number of other visits 136
Total Visits 1171
Respectfully submitted, CATHERINE A. ROE
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture
Through local and county-wide meetings of farmers and homemakers, through timely circular letters, through the 4-H clubs organized for the boys and girls of the County, and by means of personal correspondence, individual ser- vice to the farmers and members of their families, and by assisting in the orderly marketing of agricultural products, the Plymouth County Extension Service, during 1931, co- operated with every town in the county in bringing to its citizens information regarding agriculture and homemak- ing. Very nearly six thousand families in the county have received assistance, information, or advice from the Ex- tension Service this past year.
Attendance at agricultural meetings increased from 4000 to over 6300. Office calls have doubled and telephoned requests for information increased by 50 per cent. There was a 50 per cent increase in homemakers attending ex- tension groups and the number attending single meetings . was doubled.
Norwell poultrymen and fruit growers haye attended many of the Extension Service meetings. One hundred and eleven men received circulars containing suggestions on pest control in orchards, poultry management and other agricultural matters. Personal calls were made by the county agent to poultrymen and fruit growers to give ad- vice on individual problems. He served as speaker at one of the meetings of the Laymen's League. During the
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county-wide rat campaign, 69 packages of especially pre- pared bait were supplied citizens of the town at cost.
In the home projects, Norwell has participated in our clothing program. Homemakers are also enrolled for Mothers' Service letters which give suggestions in child care and seasonal letters in nutrition, gardening, and can- ning.
Four-H club members were enrolled in the garden and poultry clubs during the past year.
Approximate value of products raised by garden club members was $1000.
Oscar Gooch, club member for five years, was selected às one of the Plymouth County delegates to the first state 4-H training camp.
LOUIS H. OGDEN. Director
Report of Committee on Water Supply
The Committee on supply which was continued in office at the last Town Meeting to employ engineers to make a detailed study and submit estimates of approximate costs of a water system at the annual meeting in 1932 herewith makes its report and offers the engineer's report in its en- tirety.
The sum of $2,000. was appropriated to cover the cost of the survey. Your committee secured the services of X. Henry Goodnough Inc., who are well and favorably known in their profession and the committee feels fortunate in ob- taining their services for the very modest sum of $600.00. We trust the taxpayers will find the complete plans both worthwhile and sufficient.
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