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Frances Kenerson
2
M. Lincoln Simpson
2
John Clark
2
Blanks 64
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-For One Year
Thomas S. Cann 201
Frances Kenerson 21
John Kenerson 1
M. Lincoln Simpson 23
1
Edward Cunningham
1
Mary Woodworth
1
Ralph Gordon
1
John Marland
2
Eleanor Gaudette
1
Henry Smith
1
Florence Pinson
1
Blanks 113
BOARD OF HEALTH-For Three Years
Minot F. Williamson 303
John D. R. Woodworth 2
1
Ralph Gordon
Joseph Hallett 1
1
Henrietta Virtue
Blanks 60
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR-For One Year
Perry H. Osborn 329
Arthur Merritt 2
Blanks 37
James Barnard
Constance Dillon
55
TOWN OF NORWELL
TREE WARDEN-For One Year
John T. Osborn 328
Rodman Booth 1 Blanks 39
TRUSTEE WILLIAM J. LEONARD LIBRARY-For Three Years
Pauline W. Leonard 343
Blanks 25
The Town Clerk, Selectman, Assessor, Member of the Board of Public Welfare, Treasurer, Tax Collector, School Committee for one year were sworn in by the Moderator, Cecil E. Whitney, who in turn was sworn in by the Town Clerk, Nellie L. Sparrell.
The Tree Warden, Highway Surveyor, Member of the Board of Health, Member of the School Committee for three years, and the Trustee of Wil- liam J. Leonard Memorial Library were sworn in by Nellie L. Sparrell, Town Clerk.
The meeting was dissolved.
Attest :
NELLIE L. SPARRELL,
Town Clerk
DOG LICENSES ISSUED IN 1945
179 Males @ $2.00
$358.00
47 Females @ $5.00
235.00
82 Spayed Females @ $2.00
164.00
1 Kennel
25.00
$782.00
Fees
61.80
Paid to Town Treasurer
$720.20
FISH AND GAME LICENSES ISSUED IN 1945
31 Fishing Licenses @ $2.00
$ 62.00
Hunting Licenses @ $2.00
130.00
40 Sporting Licenses @ $3.25 130.00
4 Female and Minor Fishing @ $1.25
5.00
3 Resident Trapping @ $5.25
15.75
Fees
35.75
Paid to Division of Fisheries
$342.75
$307.00
ENROLLED MILITIA 393 men were enrolled for military duty, April 1, 1945.
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NINETY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
REGISTERED VOTERS
At the close of Registration, February 23, 1945, there were 1,191 registered voters.
LIST OF PERSONS QUALIFIED TO SERVE AS JURORS IN THE TOWN OF NORWELL From July 1, 1944 to July 1, 1945
Avon, Victor, Insurance
Assinippi Avenue
Baird, Alan C., Salesman
Baldwin, Charles H., Ship Fitter
River Street Central Street Main Street
Barnard, James H., Wool Broker
Bittenbender, S. Theodore, Manufacturer
Cheever, Frederick L., Salesman
Dickman, John S., Machinist Dyer, Arthur H., Machinist Easton, John A., Retired
Forkey, Lyonel D., Proprietor
Fuller, Peirce, Personnel
Gardner, Jared A., Photographer
Graves, Elmer A., Retired
Mt. Blue Street River Street Washington Street Stetson Road Jacobs Avenue Washington Street off River Street Pine Street Prospect Street Stetson Road High Street River Street
Hall, James P., Insurance Hills, William, Fore River Worker Oakman, Stanley W., Farmer
Osborne, George W., Mechanic
High Street
Painten, Ralph, Salesman
River Street
Pike, Charles H., Insurance
High Street
Ramsey, Harold, Salesman
Grove Street Common Street
LIST OF PERSONS QUALIFIED TO SERVE AS JURORS IN THE TOWN OF NORWELL From July 1, 1945 to July 1, 1946
Atwater, W. Clarke, Real Estate
Cheever, Frederick L., Salesman
Clark, John A., Printer
Dickman, John S., Machinist
Dutton, Harold G., Wool Broker
Fuller, Peirce, Personnel Gaudette, Wilder A., Poultryman
Gordon, A. Ralph, Executive
Graves, Elmer A., Retired Guthrie, Douglas A., Clerk Hall, James P., Insurance Handy, William E., Insurance
Hills, William, Fore River Worker
MacFarlane, Francis E., Dealer McManus, Frank, Manufacturer Painten, Ralph, Engineer Pike, Charles H., Insurance
Prouty, Alfred H., Real Estate
Ramsey, Harold T., Fore River Worker Rosebach, Harry E., Cable Splicer
Main Street River Street Green Street Washington Street Main Street off River Street River Street
Main Street Prospect Street Shipyard Lane Stetson Road River Street High Street Central Street High Street River Street High Street Washington Street Grove Street High Street
Sousa, Joseph B., Laborer
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TOWN OF NORWELL
JURORS DRAWN IN 1945
Barnard, James H., Wool Broker
Bittenbender, S. Theodore, Manufacturer
Dickman, John S., Machinist Dyer, Arthur H., Machinist
Gardner, Jared A., Photographer
Oakman, Stanley Ú., Farmer
Sousa, Joseph B., Laborer
Main Street Mt. Blue Street Washington Street Stetson Road Pine Street River Street Common Street
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1945
April 3. Married in Boston, Mass., Harry M. Beach of Norwell and Anna Louise Walke of Boston, by Rev. John H. Loatman, Minister of the Gospel.
April 28. Married in Cohasset, Mass., Lyman A. Weatherby of Norwell and Marion A. Ferreira (McMurray) of Cohasset, by Francis S. Keaney, Priest.
May 2. Married in Rockland, Mass., Charles Joseph LeMotte of Rock- land and Vera Mathilda Ekstrom of Norwell, by George F. Smith, Priest.
May 19. Married in Norwell, Mass., Charles Benson of Newton and Pauline Ethel Durgin of Quincy, by Alfred J. Wilson, Clergyman.
June 4. Married in Quincy, Mass., Arthur C. Smith of Norwell and Mary Frances Reid of Randolph, by Chester A. Porteus, Clergyman.
June 19. Married in Duxbury, Mass., Clifford S. Wyman of Duxbury and Constance Joseph of Norwell, by Walter R. Van Hock, Clergyman.
July 14. Married in Brookline, Mass., Carlton P. Cooke, Jr., of Buffa- lo, N. Y., and Sonja Hedstrom of .. orwell, by Philip E. Osgood, Clergyman.
July 22. Married in Abington, Mass., Russell E. Gauley of Norwell and Beulah E. Fader of Abington, by C. Stanley Knott, Clergyman.
August 6. Married in Watertown, Mass., George Henry Foy of Bel- mont and Mary E. Murphy of Norwell, by Charles F. Henihan, Priest.
September 2. Married in Scituate, Mass., Herbert H. Carl of Norwell and Mary E. Vinal of Quincy, by Rev. Frederick R. Condon, Priest.
September 16. Married in Norwell, Mass., Wilmer A. Morgan of Nor- well and Flora E. Hearn of Weymouth, by Alfred J. Wilson, Clergyman.
November 3. Married in Norwell, Mass., Roy W. Bergren of Boston and Anna Elizabeth Fredrickson of Norwell, by Alfred J. Wilson, Clergy- man.
November 11. Married in Whitman, Mass., Arthur L. Williams of Norwell and Elsa L. Nylander of Whitman, by Harold S. Capron, Minister of the Gospel.
December 29. Married in Hingham, Mass., Basil Quentin Emanuel of Quincy and Marie Annette Sandberg of Norwell, by Raymond S. Johnson, Clergyman.
LATE RETURN
July 5, 1944. Married in New York City, N. Y., Leo Henry Carl of Norwell and Viola F. Flanagan of New York, by Rev. J. R. O'Neill, Priest.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1945
Date
Name
Name of Parents
Mother's Maiden Name
Place of Birth
JANUARY
2
5
Alfred Louis Ferazzi Robert Bailey Brown, Jr. Douglas William Swain
Alfio B. and Marie E. Robert B. and Alice L. Norman and Evelyn
Colombo
Blossom
Johnson
Weymouth Weymouth Norwell
FEBRUARY
16 22
Alfred Kershaw Butler Janet Frances Baril
William A. H. and Elizabeth G. Raymond G. and Mildred L.
Kershaw Busby
Boston
MARCH 6 Sandra Louise Rogean William Thomas Fuller
Edward J., Jr. and Irma I.
Skinner
12
21
Emily Dana Merrill Margaret Stackpole
Joseph B. and Emily Leroy E., Jr. and Priscilla
Hales
Weymouth
APRIL 7 8
Stillborn Hector Joseph Hatch
12
William Francis Carl Frank Linwood Henderson
Wilbur H. and Vera Leo L. and Ethel M. Horace F. and Mildred R.
Ericson
Cohasset
Barnes Robbins
Brockton
MAY 5
21 29
Patricia Florence Monti Jeanne Garforth Marland Paula Elizabeth Scott
Anthony T. and Mary A. William R. and Marguerite E. James B. and Margaret E.
Cronin
Knowles
Legg
Quincy Boston Plymouth
JUNE 7 14
17
John Hamlin Traylor Laurel Gene Tarris Martin Webster Gilbert
John H. and Virginia C. Alton and Genevieve V. Basil W. and Joyce
Peck
Kupliolowski Martin
Boston Weymouth Weymouth
William T. and Ruth B.
Page
Mac Millan
Medford Quincy Weymouth
Brockton
21
21
Boston
8
BIRTHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1945
Date
Name
Name of Parents
Mother's Maiden Name
Place of Birth
JULY
19
David Laurence Joseph James Peter Carl.
Spencer P. and Ellen L. Leo H. and Viola E. Preston N. and Dorothy S.
Flanagan
Brockton
22
Stephen Woodward Baker Janet Talbot Reilly
Douglas F. and Josephine T.
Files
Boston
AUGUST
19
Sheldon Clyde Beach Donna Rae La Marine
William and Grace G. Raymond L. and Mabel E.
Morales Lovendale
Norwell Weymouth
SEPTEMBER
Albert H. and Lucy O. Joseph, Jr. and Eileen E. Edward John and Helen Frances
Gunderway McLeod Davis
Quincy
OCTOBER
6
George Stickney Tenney, 2nd
William L. and Margaret
Essery
Weymouth
8 Lorna Hayes Wilton
Leroy A. and Dorothy
Wiswell
Weymouth
9 Donald Paul Frehill
William A. and Beatrice E.
Hooley
Weymouth
9
Richard Arthur Frehill
William A. and Beatrice E.
Hooley
Weymouth Brockton
24
Doris Ann Peterson
Victor N. and Dorothy V.
Schultz
DECEMBER 12
Edwin Farrar Wood
Stanley M. and Eleanor M.
Farrar
Weymouth
11 William Wright Gunderway
Brockton
Brockton
20
11 Victoria Velann Tolman Richard Hudson Cruise
Merritt
Brockton
20
Chisholm
Norwood
28
30
DEATHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1945
Date of Death
Age YM D
Cause of Death
Place of Death
Cemetery
JANUARY
+
Joseph Franklin Totman Linda Mae Lambert (Jones)
62
9 20 Angina Pectoris
Norwell
Washington Street
9
22 Asa Wilder Robinson
87
0
8 Arterio Selerotic Myocarditis Malignency. Probably carcinoma of Ceacum
Norwell
Mt. Wollaston, Quincy
FEBRUARY
23 Joseph Briggs
70
10
Norwell
Mt. Vernon, Abington
26
Fannie Y. Willers
60
9 Found dead under a frame shed Accidental asphyxiation Pulmonary edema
Boston
Washington Street
27
Natale Rocco Molla
76
2
3
l'ardiac decomp. Myocarditis
Norwell
Holy Family, Rockland
27 Annie L. Jacobs
79
3 13 Coronary thrombosis
Norwell
Woodlawn, Wellesley
MARCH
5 Horace Bradford Hopkins
84
2.
14 Chronic myocarditis
Norwell
Pinehurst
5
William H. Bennett
76
10
Myocarditis and endocaritis
Boston
Forest Hills Crem., Boston Pine Hill, W. Bridgewater
(Brown)
11 Thomas Henry Bates
68
Cerebral hemmorrhage
Weymouth
Washington Street
APRIL
1- Stillborn
48
8
3 Cancer sof intestine
Boston
Washington Street Forest Hills, Boston
10 Howard Baker
47
9
7 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Taunton
First Parish
13 Leonard Hatch
31
Accident. Cardiac failure Multiple fractures
Brockton
First Parish
19 John J. Dixon
69
7
16
Cerebral hemmorrahge. Generalized Arterio- sclerosis
Brockton
St. Mary, Scituate
20 Warren H. Crocker
70
5
1
Coronary thrombosis
Norwell
Forest Hills, Boston
22
Earl C. Gaffney
35
Acute poisoning. Type undetermined
Fort Knox, Ky.
E. Weymouth
MAY
6 William Paul Cronin
65
3
2 Cerebral hemmorrhage
Norwell
St. Joseph's, Boston
JUNE 2
Frederick Winfield Bates
63
9 20
13 George E. Ramsdell
76 2 17
Presumably Myocarditis. Found dead in bed Terminal Bronchopneumonia. Hypertensive Car- dio Vascular disease 7 10 Congenital Hydrociphalus. Spinal bifida
Norwell Lexington
Green Gate, Cohasset Hanover Center, Hanover
30
Cynthia Pike
75
0 11 Heart Disease, Broncho Pneumonia
Weymouth
Hanson
Washington Street Washington Street
25
Margaret A. Murphy
65
49
1
1 Insulin shock. Diabetes Mellitus
10 Doris Florence Williams
Norwell
.
Washington Street
Norwell
9 Alice F. Bartels
DEATHS REGISTERED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1945
Date of
Death
Age Y M D
Cause of Death
Place of Death
Cemetery
JULY
1.4 George Shepard Morton
87
8 27 Carcenoma cf Stomach
Norwell
17
Clara Jane Litchfield
84
22
Mild Cerebral hemmorrhage. Gen. Arterio scler- osis
Norwell
Church Hill Mt. Hope, Scituate
AUGUST
24 Catherine Magoun
68
4 27 Bronchopneumonia. Carcinoma of Stomach
Boston
Washington Street
SEPTEMBER
5 Nellie Florence MacDonald
74
4 26
Cancer of lung
Abington
First Parish
27 Carlo Giorgetti
81
9 30
Sudden death. Carcinomatosis
Norwell
New Calvary, Boston
OCTOBER
14 Leroy A. Wilton
39
6
Rheumatic heart disease. Circulatory failure (cardiac)
Boston
Woodlawn, Everett
NOVEMBER
5 James Patrick Spellman
78
8 14 Carcinoma of stomach and liver
10 Franklin Pierce Tilden
93
3 17 Senilty
Scituate Cohasset
St. Mary's, Scituate Groveland, Scituate
DECEMBER 1 Harry Elwood Rosebach
52
22 Coronary thrombosis
Norwell
6 Wilfred C. Bowker
79
7 5
Fracture of the skull, Said to have been struck by auto.
Weymouth
St. Paul's, Hingham Liberty Plain, Hingham
13 William Hnery Fox
72
7 16 Bullet wound in loft chest through heart. Suicide
19 John W. Johnston
74
- 11 Carcinoma of Bladder
29
Winnifred Dustin Spinney
88
1
3 Myocarditis and generalized arterial sclerosis
Norwell Rockland Norwell
Lowell Cem., Lowell Liberty Plain, Hingham Pinehurst
BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR BURIAL IN 1945
Date of Death
Name
Age YMD
Cause of Death
Death Place of
Cemetery
Jan. 20 Ernest G. Lewis
72
27 Coronary Occlusion
Wareham
Washington Street
Jan. 21 Martha Thompson Cushing
Miami, Fla.
First Parish
Feb. 26 Archibald Bartington
61
2 0 Carcinoma of Pancreas
Hanover
Church Hill
Apr. 1 John Robinson
43
8
1
Carcinoma of Intestines
New York City
Washington Street
May 9 Helen Bacon
58
4 26
Toxic Myocarditis
Rockland
Washington Street
May 30 Frances B. F. Wayworth
61
-1 26 Coronary Thrombosis
North Adams
Washington Street
June 18 Lillian May Josselyn
77
11
29 Probable Cancer of Stomach
East Providence, R. I.
Pinehurst
July 26 Frederick L. Cheever
80
· 6
10 Heart Disease
Quincy
First Parish
Nov. 29 Grace R. Fogg
46
9 4 Carcinomatosis
Hingham
First Parish
Number of Births 33
Number of Deaths 36
Number of Marriages 14
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TOWN OF NORWELL
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
The Board of Fire Engineers wish to express their appreciation to the residents of Norwell, and in particular to the firemen, for the cooperation and assistance they have given this Department during the past year.
We again must appeal to the townspeople to give earnest attention to the cleaning of chimneys . . to the proper care of oil burners-particu- larly range and circulating heater burners ... and to the State requirement for permits for all outdoor fires. These three classifications cover majority of all fires in the Town, and the improper care or use of range- type oil burners has caused nearly 100% of the fire loss to buildings during the past year.
During 1945 the Department responded to 45 alarms as follows:
Buildings
21
Woods and grass 10
Rubbish (including Town Dump) 6 False 4 Lost child 2 Auto and Miscellaneous 2
Due credit should be given here to the members of No. 3 Fire Com- pany, who have painted the station, driven a well, and furnished new window sash for their building. Credit, too, to No. 1 Fire Company, who have voted to paint their station this spring, and to No. 2 Fire Company, who, we have been assured, will add the finishing touches to their new building.
After long but necessary delays, this Board is pleased to note that con- struction of the new No. 2 Fire House is well under way and, we trust by the time this report is published will be an accomplished fact. The new housing for this Company should result in improved morale for the Com- pany and consequent benefit to the Town.
This Board wishes to report that all fire equipment in the Town is in serviceable condition but, in the interest of economy, safety to the firemen, and efficiency, suggests that apparatus should be gradually replaced or modernized.
GEORGE FARRAR DONALD PORTER JOSEPH HALLETT
REPORT OF THE JAMES LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR 1945
To the Selectmen of the Town of Norwell:
The James Library has maintained its services to the community dur- ing the past year with the same desire to provide good reading matter to all the townspeople who come to avail themselves of its facilities. We have added most of the 'best sellers' in fiction and non-fiction, and are continu- ally adding to our shelves.
The circulation of books totalled 2,508 volumes during the year.
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NINETY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
Miss Marion G. Merritt, after thirty-five years faithful service as Li- brarian, resigned at the end of the year and Rev. Alfred J. Wilson was ap- pointed to take her place.
The Library hours are as follows: Monday, 6-8; Wednesday, 6-8; Satur- day, 2-4 and 6-8 o'clock.
Respectfully submitted,
ALFRED J. WILSON, Chairman MRS. ARTHUR L. POWER, Treasurer MISS MARION G. MERRITT MR. H. RODMAN BOOTH MR. A. RALPH GORDON
WILLIAM J. LEONARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Board of Selectmen, Town of Norwell:
During the past year the library has added 162 volumes, 151 by pur- chase and 11 as welcome gifts. As usual, the attempt has been made to divide our purchases equitably among our different classes of readers, so these books include not only a good number of the more notable novels and popular non-fiction but also light romances, adventure and books for young people and children. We have circulated 2,051 volumes.
Hoping to get into new quarters before winter and so avoid heating problems, we began in April to open the library on two different days of the week instead of Wednesday afternoons and evenings, and the new ar- rangement has proved so popular that we are continuing it. The hours are now Tuesdays 2:30 to 4 and Fridays 7 to 8 p. m. The library is free to all residents of the town.
ALFRED H. PROUTY WILLIAM O. PROUTY PAULINE W. LEONARD Trustees
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Norwell was fortunate not to have had even a slight epidemic, in 1945, of any of the communicable diseases common to children. Reference to the table below confirms this statement. This, no doubt, is due to the splendid cooperation of parents in reporting diseases and in the prompt action of the school physician in examining suspects and the Board of Health in establish- ing quarantine of those isolated cases reported.
Dog Bite 10
German Measles
3
Measles
1
Scarlet Fever 3
Scarletina 1
2 Whooping Cough Malaria 1
Mumps 3
Chicken Pox 1
Bacillary Dysentery 1
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TOWN OF NORWELL
For the benefit of any who may not have a copy of the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health, distributed some years ago, the follow- ing extracts are repeated :
DEFINITIONS:
Quarantine
The term quarantine as used in these rules shall be understood to mean that persons in the dwelling, tenement, apartment or other quarters under restriction shall not leave said premises, and that all other persons save the physician, nurse, clergyman and authorized health officers shall not enter such premises, except upon permission of the local health authorities.
Isolation
The term isolation as used in these rules shall be understood to mean the restraint of the patient and nurse or other attendants to a certain room or rooms apart from other members of the household in a manner satis- factory to the local health authorities.
Householder
The term householder as used in these rules shall be understood as meaning the head of the household, or the one in charge of the household, or the one in charge of a hospital, asylum, prison, jail, school or institution, public or private.
Physicians Must Report Diseases
When a physician knows that a person whom he is called to visit is infected with a disease dangerous to the public health, he shall immediately give notice thereof in writing over his own signature to the Board of Health.
Householders Must Report Diseases
A househloder who knows that a person in his family or house is sick with a disease dangerous to the public health shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Board of Health.
Diseases Which Must Be Reported
The following diseases have been declared by the State Department of Health to be dangerous to the public health and therefore must be re- ported to the Board of Health.
Actinomycosis
Anthrax
Anterior Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis)
Asiatic Cholera
Chicken Pox
Mumps
Diphtheria
Pellagra
Plague
Rabies (Hydrophobia)
Scarlet Fever
Septic Sore Throat
Smallpox
Tetanus (Lock jaw)
Trichinosis
Glanders
Tuberculosis (All forms)
Typhoid Fever
Typhus Fever
(a) Ophthalmia Neonatorum (In- flammation of the eyes of the newborn)
(b) Suppurative Conjunctivitis Trachoma
(c)
Leprosy
Malaria
Measles
Dog-Bite (Requiring anti-rabic treatment) Dysentery :
(a) Amebic
(b) Bacillary
Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis German Measles
Hookworm Disease
Infectious Diseases of the Eye :
Whooping-Cough
Yellow Fever
To acquaint the citizens of Norwell with the scope of work covered by the Board of Health, the following is given.
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NINETY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
General Regulations
Section 1. Every householder shall keep his premises free from all sources of filth that are injurious to the public health and safety.
Section 2. Every cesspool shall be substantially built and ventilated in a manner approved by the Board.
Section 3. All privy vaults shall be fly-proof and water-tight when near enough to adjoining property to constitute a nuisance.
Section 4. No person shall empty or cause to be emptied sewerage or refuse of any nature, without it first being properly filtered, into any of the ponds, rivers, brooks, creeks, ditches, catch-basins or public or private way or within the limits of any public grounds.
Section 5. Cesspools and privy vaults shall be emptied and cleaned at least once a year and as often as may be necessary to avoid being a nuisance.
Section 6. No sink or waste water shall be turned into or thrown upon the streets, gutters or sidewalks of the town. All brooks, open drains and sluiceways shall be kept free from such obstructions as in the opinion of the Board may endanger the public health.
Section 7. No person shall throw into or leave in or upon any street, court, lane, public square or enclosure, any vacant or occupied lot owned by the town or the public or into any pond, creek, canal, river or stream of water within the limits of the town, any dead animal or vegetable matter or any waste matter, rubbish or filth of any kind, nor shall any person throw into or leave upon any flats or tide-water within the jurisdiction of this town any dead animal or other foul or offensive matter.
Section 8. No animal affected with an infectious or contagious dis- ease shall be brought within the limits of the town.
Section 9. All complaints in relation to nuisances and sources of filth must be made in writing to the Board of Health, with a description of said nuisance and of the owner's name if known to the complainant. Such complaint must bear the signature of the complainant.
Section 10. No person shall cart swill, the contents of any privy vault, cesspool, slaughter-house, market offal or any other substance from which disagreeable odors may escape, upon any public or private way, ex- cept in water-tight boxes, barrels or wagon bodies, with closely fitting covers so fastened as to prevent the escape therefrom of any obnoxious odors.
Section 11. Each member of the Board shall act as health officer of the Board and order the abatement of any nuisances coming under his ob- servation.
Piggery
No piggery shall be established within the limits of the Town of Norwell without a written permit from the Board of Health after a public hearing of which due notice shall be given, by posting notices in three public places in town one week, at least, before date of hearing.
The keeping of three or more pigs over eight weeks old shall constitute a piggery. This last regulation was changed to read: For the duration of the war, the number of pigs any person shall be allowed to keep shall be five (5) instead of three (3).
A Slaughter House located at Homestead Farm, Main Street, Norwell, has been recently licensed by the Selectmen of Norwell, Mass., and inspected and approved by the Norwell Board of Health.
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TOWN OF NORWELL
According to custom or town ordinance the Board of Health of this town has been paying out of its appropriation the sum of one dollar ($1.00) for each animal slaughtered. The Board of Health does not believe the town should pay this inspection fee as it appears pertinent that this method is unfair to the Board and the citizens of the town.
It is recommended that at the next regular annual meeting that the town accept section 120A, Manual of Health Laws; quote: "require the payment by the Licensee of a further fee of not exceeding one dollar for each animal slaughtered under such license."
It is further recommended that a Slaughter House License not be granted by the Selectmen until the location and equipment be approved by the Board of Health.
The School Physician, who is also a member of the Board of Health, in a communication to School Board (Committee) recommended that the sale of soft drinks at the High School be discontinued as he considered these drinks a menace to the health of the pupils as many of them drink same before the noon lunch or in lieu thereof. This recommendation was not approved by the School Board.
The Board of Health, November 15th, ordered the School Committee not to allow the selling of soft drinks in the Schools as they, the Board of Health, considered the soft drinks a menace to the health of the pupils; order not complied with.
On May 4th, 1945, the Board of Health made the following recom- mendation to the Selectmen relative to the operation of the Town Dump :- that the Dump driveway be fenced and fitted with gate at street entrance and a caretaker hired and enlightening signs be posted. It is believed that unless these precautions be taken there will be recurrences of the grossly unsightly and unsanitary conditions that prevailed some months ago.
Recommended that Section 54, Chapter 71, Manual of Health Laws, relative to physical examinations of teachers and janitors be complied with in the future.
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