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488.40
Stone, Gravel, Fill
3,174.26
Equipment and Repairs
12.40
Insurance
119.70
Lowell Electric Light
6.00
Express charges
5.23
Kerosene
38.05
Telephone
42.24
New Typewriter
82.50
Gilson Corner Work
265.40
Supplies
1.08
$ 9,997.23
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Chapter 81 Roads:
Wages
$ 18,214.89
Asphalt and Top
13,547.44
Culverts, frames, blocks
807.27
Hired Equipment
230.40
$1 32,800.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance:
Wages
$ 39.00
Gravel
2,956.10
$ 2,995.10
Beaver Brook Road:
Wages
$ 6,570.56
Guard Posts
328.25
Fill
907.23
Hired Equipment
30.00
$ 7,836.04
Snow and Ice:
Wages
$ 3,735.73
Hired Trucks
1,092.00
Materials
483.42
Gasoline
1,166.41
Repairs
1,488.61
Salt
819.25
Sand
279.74
Anti-Freeze
49.23
Oil
32.40
9,146.79 $
Street Marking
640.00
Sidewalks:
Top
$ 343.29
Wages
148.80
$ 492.09
Graniteville Road:
Wages
$ 198.20
Posts
175.00
$ 373.20
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Machinery and Equipment Account:
Tires and Tubes
$ 608.75
Lowell Electric
1.00
Supplies
329.07
Batteries
75.17
Oil
169.36
Gasoline
1,295.35
Rent
880.00
Office Supplies
21.50
Lettering
14.50
Insurance
585.40
Kerosene
7.40
Repairs
1,836.77
$ 5,824.27
Road Signs
196.55
New Pickup Truck
1,895.39
New Broom
1,100.00
New Big Truck
4,765.94
Welfare Department: (See reports)
Temporary Aid (Town)
$ 5,543.04
Disability Assistance (Town)
7,347.03
Disability Assistance (Federal)
1,562.75
Aid to Dependent Children (Town)
6,836.92
Aid to Dependent Children (Federal)
4,286.56
Old Age Assistance (Town)
27,161.86
Old Age Assistance (Federal)
18,393.67
Administration (Federal) :
Disability
302.36
Aid to Dependent Children
190.99
Old Age Assistance
979.04
72,604.22 $
Infirmary: (See report)
15,098.51
Veteran's Benefits:
Agent's Salary
$ 579.80
Director of Veterans' Service
100.00
Cash Grants
2,176.00
Fuel
402.93
Medical Care
88.38
$ 3,347.11
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Rebuilding Infirmary:
Salary to Architect $ 1,400.00
12,670.24
Repairs to building Advertisements
47.25
$ 14,117.49
School Department: (See report)
$ 160,591.88
Vocational School
5,085.07
School Milk Program
2,436.84
School Athletics
1,682.26
Repair Urinals at Nabnasset School
875.00
New High School:
Palmer Granite Sales (24 granite bounds) $
84.00
Ned Spaulding, Engineer Services
721.36
Purchase of Land:
Harrington & Perrins $ 500.00
Harrington & Perrins 5,541.65
Harrington & Perrins 19,458.35
Mr. and Mrs. Moses Fecteau 2,000.00
Mr. and Mrs. William Chace
2,500.00
$ 30,000.00
Architects' Fees
30,025.00
(Irving W. Hersey Associates)
Edward Monahan (Legal Services) 1,268.25
A. Cefalo & Sons (Contractor)
23,344.20
Phillip S. Sweetser (Removal of Trees)
14,892.68
Warren Foundry & Pipe Corp. (Pipe Work)
792.62
Westford Water Co. (Pipe Work)
870.51
Lowell Sun (Advertisements)
34.05
102,032.67 $
2,092.79
New High School Bond Issue (Above amount paid to Second National Bank of Boston for preparing and printing Bonds, and all other work connected with handling the Bond issue)
School Planning Committee 333.32
Town Library (See report)
4,776.22
Memorial Day Exercises 363.61
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Work at Parker Village Water Hole
6.26
Publishing Town Reports
1,085.05
Fire Insurance
4,783.09
State Audit
659.03
State Parks
616.06
Unpaid Bills of Previous Years
2,393.73
Quarters for Veterans
600.00
Town Common:
Wages
$ 391.10
Electric Lights
43.89
Flowers
10.00
Water
9.20
New Flag
29.85
Christmas Tree Lighting
15.96
$ 500.00
Whitney Playground:
Wages
$ 882.59
Equipment and Repairs
132.13
Water
20.00
Grass Seed
8.55
Joseph F. Soucy, new backstop
720.00
per contract
$
1,763.27
Metcalf Lot: Wages
100.00
Band Concerts
600.00
Cemeteries:
General:
Wages
$ 3,058.13
Clerk's salary
200.00
Supplies
104.23
Forms
19.75
Maps
32.00
Equipment and Repairs
378.88
Safe Deposit Box
12.00
$ 3,804.99
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Wilkin's Fund
35.00
Perpetual Care
980.00
Perpetual Care Interest
875.85
William L. Wright Fund
12.00
$ 1,902.85
$ 5,707.84
Payments to County:
County Tax
$ 11,550.48
Dog Licenses
1,767.80
$ 13,318.28
Payroll Deductions:
Withholding Tax
$ 24,409.43
Retirement System
5,620.80
Blue Cross
791.85
$ 30,822.08
Mary Atwood Bequest
22.597.40
Metcalf Monument
32.50
Tailings
96.15
Refunds:
Taxes
$ 540.60
Motor Vehicle Excise
1,051.67
$ 1,592.27
Total Expenditures
$ 631,545.28
Balance December 31, 1953
933,939.83
$1,565,485.11
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TOWN OF WESTFORD - BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1953 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash:
Dog Licenses-Due County $ 7.20
In bank and office
$933,939.83
State and County Taxes
321.23
Old Age Assistance Recovery
3,097.24
Sale of Cemetery Lots
864.03
Sale of Real Estate
1,010.00
Road Machinery Fund
4,740.75
Whitney Shade Tree Account
113.11
Tailings
38.26
Levy of 1953:
Poll
16.00
Personal
435.13
Real Estate
12,014.98
$ 14,883.73
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1953 $ 4,437.79
Departmental:
Aid to Dependent Children $ 1,171.76
Old Age Assistance
27.33
Highway
102.25
Cemetery
188.00
$ 1,489.34
Infirmary Fire Loss
7,368.90
:
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes:
Levy of 1952:
Real Estate
$ 2,417.62
Unexpended Federal Grants:
Disability Allowance $ 2,719.84
Old Age Assistance 1,246.34
Aid to Dependent Children
1,186.97
A. D. C. Administration --
25.31
$
5,178.46
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus ---- 12,145.91
Appropriation Balances : Town Hall Heating System $ 300.00
Painting Lower Town Hall --
203.00
Town Forests --
25.00
Beaver Brook Road 1,122.59
Graniteville Road --
3,626.80
Parker Village Water Hole 28.28
State Aid to Highways:
Chapter 81 $ 537.05
Chapter 90 Maint. 1,000.00
$ 1,537.05
Tax Titles
$
3,131.23
Tax Possessions
927.69
$ 4,058.92
State Parks 199.16
Middlesex County T. B. Hospital
1,007.52
New Six Year High School
799,235.58
Premium on Loan 4,031.21
Athletic Fund .66
School Milk 243.50
Library 50.76
Whitney Playground 156.73
Civilian Defense
138.80
Celebrating Veterans
1,000.00
Stock Ponds
150.00
Water Committee 75.00
Cemetery 397.42 --
$818,154.23
Overlay Reserved for Abatement: Levy of 1952 $ 1,242.48
Levy of 1953 183.14
1,425.62 $
Revenue Reserved until Collected: Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $ 4,437.79
Tax Title 4,058.92
Departmental
1,489.34
State and County Aid
to Highways 1,537.05
$ 11,523.10
Surplus Revenue
$102,934.20
$961,553.34
$961,553.34
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds : Cash and Securities : In Custody of Treasurer:
In Custody of Treasurer:
Library Funds : Library General Funds:
Principal
$ 93,681.59
Interest
15,681.91
Income
--
1,676.10
$ 15,482.18
Mary Atwood Library
Lecture Fund :
Principal
$ 22,597.40
Income
38.33
$ 22,635.73
Emily Fletcher Library
Lecture Fund:
Principal
$
2,000.00
Income
470.48 $ 2,470.48
Park Funds:
Whitney Shade Tree Fund:
Principal $ 2,500.00
Income
531.88 $ 3,031.88
Whitney Playground Fund:
Principal $ 10,000.00
Income
223.56
$ 10,223.56
..
Principal $ 13,806.08
Metcalf Monument Fund:
Principal $ 1,300.00
Income 639.69
$
1,939.69
Cemetery Funds : Lyman Wilkins Cemetery Fund:
Principal $ 1,413.11
Income 439.02 $ 1,852.13
William L. Wright Cemetery Fund: Principal $ 5,000.00
Income
177.58 $ 5,177.58
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds: Principal $ 35,065.00
Income
11,485.27
$ 46,550.27
$109,363.50 $109,363.50
State Audit TOWN OF WESTFORD Balance Sheet - September 15, 1953 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash:
General
$ 139,173.63
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes:
Levy of 1952:
Poll
$ 2.00
Personal Property
12.50
Real Estate
4,649.41
Levy of 1953:
Poll
144.00
Personal Property
25,259.95
Real Estate
144,206.09
$ 174,273.95
Motor Vehicle and Trailer
Excise:
Levy of 1952
$ 74.17
Levy of 1953
2,644.60
$ 2,718.77
Tax Titles and Possessions :
Tax Titles
$ 2,587.94
Tax Possessions
927.69
.
$ 3,515.63
Liabilities and Reserves
State and County Assessments 1953: State:
Parks and Reservations ...... $ 416.90
Audit of Municipal Accounts 659.03
County:
County Tax 11,871.71
$ 12,947.64
Employees' Payroll Deductions:
Federal Taxes $ 1,330.35
County Retirement System
194.73
Blue Cross and Blue Shield 64.35
$ 1,589.43
Agency:
County - Dog Licenses 407.40
Tailings:
Unclaimed Checks, etc. 134.41
Trust Fund Income: Whitney Shade Tree Fund
13.11
Recoveries : Old Age Assistance 2,568.19
Departmental:
Health $ 264.28
Highway
51.00
Infirmary
595.00
Aid to Dependent Children
292.94
Old Age Assistance
1,296.17
School
100.72
Cemetery
188.00
$ 2,788.11
Federal Grants: Disability Assistance: Administration $
11.27
Aid
3,373.54
Aid to Dependent Children: Administration
219.95
Aid
1,512.48
Old Age Assistance: Administration 87.57
Assistance
9,023.34
Aid to Highways:
State
$ 18,721.98
County
1,000.00
$ 19,721.98
Estimated Receipts- To be Collected 4,365.94
224.613.80
Loans Authorized and Unissued
700,000.00
Loan Authorized:
High School Construction
700,000.00
Overestimates 1953: Nashoba Associated Board of Health 616.02
Unprovided for or Overdrawn Accounts:
Sale of Real Estate Fund
1,010.00
Underestimates 1953: County : Tuberculosis Hospital
1,007.52
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund 814.03 Receipts Reserved for Appropriations : Road Machinery 3,603.25
$
14,228.15
Revolving Funds:
School Lunch $
93.56
School Athletics 86.54 $ 180.10
Appropriation Balances: Revenue:
General
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus 12,145.91 Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1952 $ 1,344.48
Levy of 1953
1,549.19 $ 2,893.67
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer
Excise $ 2,718.77
Tax Title and Possession
3,515.63
Departmental 2,788.11
Aid to Highways
19,721.98
$ 28,744.49
Surplus Revenue : General:
Current Year $ 781.33
Prior Years
40,274.60 $ 41,055.93
$1,047,565.53 $1,047,565.53
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds :
Cash and Securities :
In Custody of Treasurer:
Principal
$ 90,884.19
Income
15,233.38
--.
In Custody of Treasurer: Library Funds :
Library General Funds:
Principal
$13,806.08
Income
1,678.36
$ 15,484.44
Mary Atwood Library Lecture Fund:
Principal
20,000.00
Emily Fletcher Library Lecture Fund:
Principal $ 2,000.00
Income
470.48
$
2,470.48
Park Funds:
Whitney Shade Tree Fund: Principal $ 2,500.00
Income
594.45
$ 3,094.45
Whitney Playground Fund: Principal $10,000.00
Income
163.52
$ 10,163.52
Metcalf Monument Fund:
Principal $ 1,300.00
Income 714.55 --
$
2,014.55
Cemetery Funds:
Lyman Wilkins Cemetery Fund: Principal $ 1,413.11
Income 432.47
1,845.58 $
William L. Wright Cemetery Fund:
Principal
$ 5,000.00
Income 101.06
$ 5,101.06
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds:
Principal
$34,865.00
Income
11,078.49
-$ 45,943.49
$106,117.57 $106,117.57
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
The Board of Fire Engineers submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1953.
The Department responded to 44 alarms, other than forest or brush fires, namely: 16 buildings, 2 shacks, 1 stone crusher, 1 tar barrel, 1 chimney fire, 3 automobile fires, 2 oil burners, 1 pan of grease, 1 hot water heater, 1 waste basket, 1 for blood donors, 1 to find lost man, 1 dog rescue, 1 false alarm, 10 trips to Worcester for tornado duty, and 1 air raid drill for the district. 54 alarms for brush and grass fires were also answered making a total of 98 alarms.
The usual excellent service by the Ambulance Crew under the di- rections of Robert Spinner has carried on through the past year. 87 calls were answered.
Two additional members were appointed to the Board namely: Ed- ward Lamson and Joseph O'Neil. Mr. O'Neil moved from town and his position has not been filled.
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The interior top floor was painted in the Forge Village Station and is now in fine condition.
34 of the 49 members of the Department attended a 10-week course in fire fighting given by the State Department of Education and di- rected by Assistant Chief Walter Kane of the Lowell Fire Department. It is quite certain that 100% attendance would have been possible, but for conflictions. This course was very helpful and interesting to the men and much credit is due to Chief Kane for his efforts. At the close of the course, diplomas were given at a catered dinner.
New radio receivers were installed in the Forge Village and Granite- ville pumpers. These are very helpful in long distant pumping opera- tions and also to keep the crews informed about various details on an alarm.
A new 2-way radio was installed in the Forge Village Tank Truck which has been helpful.
The new fire truck for the Graniteville Station was received this year, replacing the old Chevrolet. This is a welcome addition to the equipment, and it has proven its ability many times. The large water tank which holds more than five times the amount on the old truck is invaluable especially at fires out of the water district.
We feel that the old Chevrolet in the Westford Station should be replaced with a new truck similar to the above together with an emer-
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gency lighting unit for this station. Also a new 2-way radio should be purchased for the Graniteville Tanker. The usual 500 ft. of new 21/2" hose should be purchased together with a new 35 ft. ladder for Forge Village.
We wish to express our appreciation for the assistance given us in the serious fire in Forge Village on Christmas Eve. This fine example of mutual aid was given by Fire Departments from Ayer, Groton, Lowell, and Chelmsford.
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND ROGERS HAROLD WRIGHT EDWARD LAMSON RICHARD HALL
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER
Balance on hand January 1, 1953
$ 201,125.62
Total Receipts to December 31, 1953 1,364,359.49
$1,565,485.11
Balance on Hand December 31, 1953
$ 933,939.83
Total Payments to December 31, 1953 631,545.28
$1,565,485.11
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLOTTE P. GREIG, Treasurer
REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN
Town of Westford Board of Selectmen Westford, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
The Forest Fire Department answered 145 calls for grass, brush and dump fires. 57 of these calls were for the Town Dump. Not only does this keep fire apparatus tied up that might be needed elsewhere, but it is also a waste of time and money. These fires at the Town Dump have cost the Town over $2,500.00 in the past ten years.
I am asking for $1,800.00 for this Department for the current year and $375.00 for a light weight Forestry Portable Pump for the Forge Village Fire Department.
Respectfully submitted,
LEO R. LARKIN Forest Fire Warden
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REPORT OF THE MOTH AND TREE DEPARTMENT
The Moth Department gave the Town one complete spraying while certain sections received two. Res-A-Tox D-25 was used which is rec- ommended by the State laboratories.
Gypsy moth is on the increase throughout the whole north end of town. In one section bordering Dunstable, the trees were stripped of fo- liage.
Dutch elm disease has entered the town of Westford for the first time. There were three trees in different sections afflicted by it. Two were on Cold Spring Road near the Day Farm and one on Prescott Street in Forge Village, across from Scott's service station.
The Tree Department removed fourteen dead and dangerous trees this year including three with Dutch elm disease. Storms caused ex- tensive damage throughout the town. Trimming was done in Forge Vil- lage, Graniteville and Brookside this year. Eighteen young maples were planted throughout the town.
Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK J. FITZPATRICK Tree Warden and Moth Supt.
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
As Sealer of Weights and Measures for the Town of Westford, I submit the following report for the year 1953.
Number of Platform Scales over 10,000 lbs. 2
Number of Platform Scales 5,000 to 10,000 lbs. 29
Number of Platform Scales under 5,000 lbs. 15
Number of Scales under 100 lbs. 4
Number of Computing Scales
10
Number of Gasoline Meters-Sealed
21
Number of Kerosene Pumps
4
Number of Oil Measuring Pumps
9
Number of Liquid Measures
9
Total 103
Respectfully submitted, ALBERT A. HILDRETH, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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ASSESSOR'S REPORT Year Ending ·December 31, 1953
Value of Buildings, January 1, 1953 $3,431,995.00
Value of Land, January 1, 1953
854,890.00
Value of Personal Property, January 1, 1953
549,195.00
Total Valuation, January 1, 1953
$4,836,080.00
APPROPRIATIONS FOR YEAR 1953
Annual Town Meeting, March 7, 1953
$ 378,409.48
Transfers from Available Funds, September 30, 1952 11,922.50
Transfers from Available Funds, December 22, 1952 13,554.97
State Taxes (including underestimates of previous year)
1,194.77
County Taxes
15,475.28
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health
2,464.02
1953 Overlay Fund
5,935.73
Transfers from Available Funds, February 14, 1953
100,000.00
Transfers from Available Funds, March 7, 1953
41,493.73
Total Amount to be Raised
$ 570,450.48
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
$ 321,039.76
Total Amount to be Raised on Polls and Property
249,410.72
Total Excise Commitments
35,521.59
Tax Rate $51.00 per Thousand.
Number of Polls
1,385
Number of Horses
29
Number of Cows
270
Number of Neat Cattle
111
Number of Swine
241
Number of Sheep
39
Number of Fowl
23,150
All Others
152
Number of Acres of Land
18,000
Number of Dwellings
1,402
ABATEMENTS
Polls
Property
Excise
1951
$
$ 171.00
$
1952
2.00
121.25
353.37
1953
520.00
5,232.59
1,681.61
Respectfully submitted,
CARROLL J. ROLLINS NORMAN K. NESMITH JOHN J. O'CONNELL Assessors of Westford
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REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
I herewith submit my report as Tax Collector for the Town of West- ford for the year ending December 31, 1953.
Any questions in regard to the assessments of taxes should be pre- sented to the Board of Assessors.
Warrants Dated
Amounts
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1953
June 12, 1951 Real Estate
$ 1,859.58
none
May 15, 1952 Real Estate
12,366.14
$ 2,417.72
Dec. 19, 1952 Real Estate
357.50
none
May 15, 1952 Personal Property
625.25
none
Dec. 19, 1952 Personal Property
35.00
none
April 29, 1952 Poll
8.00
none
Dec. 19, 1952 Poll
8.00
none
Mar. 14, 1952 Excise
38.60
none
June 3, 1952 Excise
79.28
none
Aug. 7, 1952 Excise
47.37
none
Aug. 21, 1952 Excise
63.53
none
Sept. 24, 1952 Excise
135.72
none
Oct. 14, 1952 Excise
200.71
none
Dec. 10, 1952 Excise
405.72
none
Dec. 12, 1952 Excise
879.96
none
Dec. 17, 1952 Excise
286.50
none
1952 Excise Dated Jan. 12, 1953
1,206.39
none
1952 Excise Dated Jan. 22, 1953
575.78
none
1952 Excise Dated Feb. 10, 1953
135.05
none
1952 Excise Dated Mar. 10, 1953
25.13
none
May 25, 1953 Real Estate
218,631.76
12,009.88
June 3, 1953 Real Estate
656.63
none
July 17, 1953 Real Estate
64.60
none
Dec. 18, 1953 Real Estate
51.00
51.00
May 25, 1953 Personal Property
28,009.06
435.13
Dec. 18, 1953 Personal Property
5.10
none
April 6, 1953 Poll
2,830.00
10.00
Dec. 18, 1953 Poll
16.00
6.00
April 1, 1953 Excise
2,313.69
none
April 22, 1953 Excise
2,912.33
42.86
May 23, 1953 Excise
4,459.23
25.21
June 1, 1953 Excise
5,169.80
78.15
July 8, 1953 Excise
11,084.99
35.29
Sept. 24, 1953 Excise
1,782.87
21.64
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Nov. 17, 1953 Excise
169.33
73.53
Nov. 27, 1953 Excise
1,334.33
436.22
Dec. 28, 1953 Excise
4,352.31
3,726.42
Total
$303,182.24
Total Outstanding Dec. 31, 1953
$19,369.05
DAVID I. OLSSON,
Tax Collector.
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REPORT OF THE WESTFORD BOARD OF HEALTH
The Board of Health submits the following report for the year end- ing December 31, 1953:
The Westford Board of Health organized March 9, 1953 with Cyril A. Blaney, M.D., as Chairman, Dwight W. Cowles, M.D., as Secretary and Ralph E. Cole, M.D., as the third member.
The milk situation has been supervised by Mr. Henry T. Smith. The water at the various bathing beaches was tested during the summer and found to be safe for bathing. The liquor establishments and res- taurants were inspected at various times and found satisfactory.
Nuisances have been reported and taken care of to the satisfaction of the board of health.
The report of the animal inspector shows a great deal of capable work. We would suggest that all dog owners cooperate with the in- spector by getting their dogs licensed early.
The public dump has been bulldozed periodically during the year. Mr. Winfred Whitton has done a very good job in taking care of the dump. If the public would assist the officer in this respect we would have a public dump to be proud of now and in the future.
The work of the public health nurse has been very cooperative and efficient as shown by her report to follow.
Respectfully submitted,
CYRIL A. BLANEY, Chairman DWIGHT W. COWLES, Secretary RALPH E. COLE Westford Board of Health
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Cyril A. Blaney, M.D., Chairman Westford Board of Health Westford, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
Following is the report of the public health nurse from January 1, to December 31, 1953:
Children taken home from school because of illness 44
Children taken to school physician 81
Nursing Visits :
Acute Communicable 35
Tuberculosis:
Case 185
Suspect
6
Contact 14
Crippled Children 20
Health Supervision Visits:
Under 1 month 3
1-12 months 64
1 year-school 107
School
285
To Treatment Center at Nashoba Building (Crippled Children) 6
To Crippled Children's Clinic at St. John's Hospital 2
To Medical Clinic at St. John's Hospital 1
To Ear, Nose, and Throat Clinic at St. John's Hospital 2
To Orthopedic Clinic at Lowell General Hospital 1
To Lowell General Hospital for treatment 1
To Lowell General Hospital for X-ray 1
To Child Guidance Clinic at Lowell General Hospital 25
To St. Joseph's Hospital for treatment
1
To St. Joseph's Hospital for T. & A. 1
To Children's Heart Clinics, Lowell 4
To Doctor's Office 7
To Dentists' Office 9
To Walter E. Fernald State School for tests 1
To Lowell Board of Health for X-ray 1
To Middlesex County Sanatorium for X-ray 18
To Middlesex County Sanatorium for treatment 10
To Middlesex County Sanatorium to be admitted 2
78
Conferences and meetings attended 36
Well Child Conferences conducted for the Board of Health by Dr. Kenneth I. E. Macleod and doctors from the Children's Medical Center 11
119 children made 229 visits and received 145 immunizations
Immunization Clinics conducted by the Board of Health:
Number of children receiving complete immunization:
Diphtheria-Tetanus Toxoid
22
Diphtheria-Tetanus-Whooping Cough Toxoid
2
Number of children receiving Boosters:
Diphtheria-Tetanus Toxoid
173
Diphtheria-Tetanus-Whooping Cough Toxoid
3
Number of children vaccinated 35
Dangerous Diseases Reported to Board of Health:
Chicken Pox 16
Scarlet Fever 3
Dog Bite 13
Septic Sore Throat 1
German Measles
8
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 6
Measles
3
Syphilis 1
Mumps
21
I wish to thank you and the other members of the Board of Health for your cooperation at all times.
I also wish to thank the Westford Visiting Nurse, Mrs. Ruth Hall, R.N., and the members of the Visiting Nurse Committee for their val- uable assistance at the Well Child Conferences.
Respectfully submitted,
DOROTHY A. HEALY, R. N.
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EXPENDITURES HEALTH DEPARTMENT 1953
Administration:
Salaries and Wages
$ 130.00
All other
46.38
Tuberculosis, Board and Treatment
1,589.50
Contagious Diseases
302.25
Premature Babies
143.27
Nurse, salary
2,300.00
Auto:
Upkeep
488.30
Insurance
70.00
Dump
572.50
Dairy Inspector
50.00
Other Inspections
48.00
Clinics
250.00
$5,990.20
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
Animal Inspector
$ 200.00
Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital
4,611.09
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health
2,464.02
RECEIPTS OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT 1953
Milk Dealers' Permits
$ 15.00
Oleomargarine Permits
1.00
Camp Licenses
2.00
Permits to Manufacture Ice Cream
10.00
Nursery License
1.00
Reimbursement from Tuberculosis Patient
172.50
State Subsidy on Tuberculosis Patients
264.28
$ 465.78
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Board of Health Westford, Mass. Dear Sirs:
Following is the report of the Inspector of Animals from January 1, 1953 to December 31, 1953:
13 Dog Bites No. of Visits 14
Number of barns inspected 65
Number of cows 2 years or older 308
Number of heifers 1 year to 2 years
85
Number of heifers under 1 year
91
Number of bulls
11
Number of pigs
739
Number of steers
18
Number of horses
63
Number of sheep 39
14
Number of goats
4
Inspecting cattle out of state
27
Reports sent to state
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. BLODGETT, Inspector of Animals
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REPORT OF DOG OFFICER
Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1953.
I have answered and acted on the following complaints:
Unlicensed dogs on June 1, 1953 131
Money collected and turned over to town clerk $254.00 6
Dogs destroying poultry
Reports filed with Selectman and County Treasurer for poultry damage
4
Dogs molesting livestock
2
Persons summoned to court
4
Stray dogs returned to owner
10
Excessive barking and disturbance of peace
2
Dogs struck by cars
5
Stray dogs disposed of
12
Vicious dogs
2
Investigations
8
Cruelty to dogs
2
I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen, Chief Sullivan, Officer John Connell and Charles Hildreth for their kind cooperation and assistance during the past year.
Respectfully submitted, LAWRENCE J. CHARLTON
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
The Department of Public Welfare granted assistance in 1953 on an average monthly case load of: Old Age Assistance, 58 cases; Aid to Dependent Children, 9 cases; Disability Assistance, 8 cases; General Relief, 4 cases.
The Infirmary has been undergoing repairs throughout the year and the persons formerly boarded here were housed outside, two in con- valescent homes and two at the Farris Memorial Hospital in Lowell. They will be returned to the Infirmary when work is completed.
The renovation has been under the direction of a Building Commit- tee appointed by the moderator, the Welfare Board members, and ar- chitect Mr. Arthur England. Contract for repairs was awarded to The Thomas W. Johnson Co., Inc. as the lowest bidder. The work is almost completed and the Infirmary should be ready for occupancy soon.
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