Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1935-1936, Part 5

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1935
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 374


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192.00


Military Aid


80.00


Soldiers' Relief


45.90


Schools


3.79


Vocational Training


613.77


Parks


17.11


Memorial Day


3.90


Lowell Street Water Mains


.95


Burnap Street Water Mains


2.13


Cemetery


84.22


Town Plans


28.20


Interest


1,303.67


Reserve Fund


202.01


$4,629.56


From Revenue Account


201.28


Estimated Receipts (Excess)


1,839.79


$32,451.75


Cr. Balance to 1936


$19,664.14


Recapitulation of 1935 Taxes


Total Appropriations for Town purposes


$188,478.84


State Tax


6,365.00


State Parks and Reservations Tax


45.00


Hospital or Home Care Tax


130.00


County Tax


6,385.18


Overlay


1,815.51


$203,219.53


Ralsed as Follows:


Property Tax, $4,360,403.00 @ $36.40


$158,719.21


Poll Taxes, 1266 @ $2.00


2,532.00


Estimated Receipts


41,968.32


$203,219.53


STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT


Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue)


Outstanding January 1, 1935:


Note No. 121


$10,000.00


Note No. 122


10,000.00


90


Note No. 123


10,000.00


Note No. 124


10,000.00


Note No. 125


5,000.00


Note No. 129


10,000.00


Note No. 130


15,000.00


Note No. 131


5,000.00


Note No. 132


5,000.00


Note No. 134


10,000.00


Note No. 135


10,000.00


Note No. 136


10,000.00


Note No. 137


5,000.00


$115,000.00


Borrowed during 1935:


Note No. 138


$10,000.00


Note No. 139


4,000.00


Note No. 140


25,000.00


Note No. 141


25,000.00


Note No. 169


20,000.00


Note No. 171


10,000.00


Note No. 172


10,000.00


Note No. 176


25,000.00


Note No. 177


5,000.00


Note No. 178


20,000.00


Note No. 179


10,000.00


Note No. 180


10,000.00


Note No. 181


10,000.00


Note No. 182


10,000.00


$194,000.00


$309,000.00


Paid during 1935:


Note No. 121


$10,000.00


Note No. 122


10,000.00


Note No. 123


10,000.00


Note No. 124


10,000.00


Note No. 125


5,000.00


Note No. 129


10,000.00


Note No. 130


15,000.00


Note No. 131


5,000.00


Note No. 132


5,000.00


Note No. 134


10,000.00


Note No. 135


10,000.00


Note No. 136


10,000.00


91


Note No. 137


5,000.00


Note No. 138


10,000.00


Note No. 139


4,000.00


Note No. 140


25,000.00


Note No. 141


25,000.00


Note No. 169


20,000.00


$199,000.00


Outstanding December 31, 1935


$110,000.00


Temporary Loans (From Commonwealth-Account Tax Titles)


Outstanding December 31, 1934:


Note No. 133 (Balance)


$8,106.25


Paid during 1935


8,106.25


Borrowed during 1935:


Note No. 170


$15,000.00


Paid during 1935


6,934.85


$8,065.15


Note No. 183


4,000.00


Outstanding December 31, 1935


$12,065.15


School Department Notes


Borrowed during 1935


$28,500.00


Outstanding December 31, 1935


$28,500.00


Water Department Bonds


Outstanding December 31, 1934


$300,000.00


Paid during 1935


12,500,00


Outstanding December 31, 1935


$287,500.00


Water Department Notes


Borrowed during 1935


$14,000.00


Outstanding December 31, 1935


$14,000.00


Summary of Town Debt


Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue)


$110,000.00


Temporary Loans (Account Tax Titles)


12,065.15


School Department Notes


28,500.00


Water Department Bonds


287,500.00


Water Department Notes


14,000.00


$452,065.15


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BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1935


Dr.


$42,895.73


Cash in Treasury


Uncollected Taxes :


1933 Property


$229.59


1934 Property and Polls


12,388.35


1935 Property and Polls


86,077.72


$98,695.66


1933 Old Age Assistance


192.00


1930 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


$558.16


1931 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


2,168.05


1932 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


1,954.89


1933 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1,929.73


1934 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1,702.79


1935 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 2,911.43


11,225.05


$110,112.71


Library Account (Income due from Trust Funds)


25.09


Trust Funds (Income due)


534.48


Tax Titles


22,374.82


Abatement 1934 Taxes


132.66


Abatement 1933 Taxes


578.93


Abatement 1932 Taxes


48.47


State Tax (Balance)


335.00


State Parks and Reservations Tax (Balance)


27.97


Net Funded or Fixed Debt


342,065.15


$519,131.01


Cr.


Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue)


$110,000.00


Tax Title Loan


12,065.15


Appropriation Balances


6,341.16


Tax Titles-Revenue Account


22,374.82


Tax Title Redemptions Reserved


2,347.09


Water Department-Operating Account


607.34


Cemetery Reserve Fund


1,674.00


Abatement 1935 Taxes


1,214.91


Dog Licenses


19.20


Surplus War Bonus Funds


1,475.83


State Highway Damages


84.00


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax-Revenue Account


11,225.05


Hospital or Home Care Tax (Balance)


10.00


93


County Tax (Balance)


27.32


State Old Age Assistance Tax


1.00


Water Department Bonds


287,500.00


Water Department Notes


14,000,00


School Department Notes


28,500.00


Excess and Deficiency Account


19,664.14


$519,131.01


HARRY R. DEMING,


Town Accountant.


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REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL


January 31, 1936


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


In accordance with the requirements of the Town By-Laws, I submit herewith my report as Town Counsel covering the year 1935.


A. On January 1, 1935 there were pending the following actions by or against the Town (exclusive of actions in which the Town was merely summoned as trustee and in which it had no interest) :


Hakey v. Town of Wilmington. Middlesex Superior Court. (Ac- tion of tort by Mary Jane Surrette Hakey to recover damages for per- sonal injuries alleged to have been received by reason of a defect in Middlesex Avenue; ad damnum $5000.)


Bean v. Town of Wilmington. Suffolk Superior Court. (Action of tort by Nellie F. Bean to recover damages for personal injuries al- leged to have been received by reason of a defect in the sidewalk on Main Street; ad damnum $5000.)


City of Woburn v. Town of Wilmington. Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract by City of Woburn to recover for aid furnished in a public welfare case in which $102.64 is claimed to be due.)


City of Woburn v. Town of Wilmington. Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract by City of Woburn to re- cover for aid furnished in a public welfare case in which $68.84 is claimed to be due.)


City of Lowell v. Town of Wilmington. District Court of Lowell. (Action of contract by City of Lowell to recover the sum of $275.96 for special vocational training of certain pupils.)


Town of Wilmington v. City of Lowell. Middlesex Superior Court. (Suit in equity seeking to recover $668.65 for relief rendered in public welfare case.)


Town of Wilmington v. Burton J. Dolliff. First District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract with ad damnum of $250.)


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B. During the year 1935 the following new actions were brought against the Town:


City of Lowell v. Town of Wilmington. District Court of Lowell. (Action of contract by City of Lowell to recover the sum of $657. for special vocational training of certain pupils.)


Louis Elfman v. Members of the Board of Appeal. Middlesex Su- perior Court. (Suit in equity seeking to compel the Board of Appeal to grant a permit for the erection of a filling station.)


Woburn Five Cent Savings Bank v. Town of Wilmington and others. Land Court. (Bill in equity seeking to compel the appor- tionment of taxes assessed on various lots on Clark Street heretofore assessed as a unit.)


City of Woburn v. Town of Wilmington. Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract by City of Woburn to re- cover for aid furnished in a public welfare case; ad damnum $3000.)


The Town brought the following new cases during the year 1935:


Town of Wilmington v. Wyckstrom, Administrator. Middlesex Probate Court. (Suit in equity seeking to collect judgment previously obtained against above administrator in the Middlesex Superior Court.)


C. During the year 1935 the following actions by or against the Town were settled or disposed of:


Town of Wilmington v. Burton J. Dolllff. This action was settled with the approval of the Selectmen by the payment to the Town of the sum of $75.


Town of Wilmington v. City of Lowell. This suit in equity was dismissed because of the opinion of counsel in which the Selectmen concurred that the expense of appeal would be out of proportion to the chance of success.


Louis Elfman v. Board of Appeal. This suit in equity was tried before the Middlesex Superior Court and resulted in judgment in favor of the defendants.


D. Compensation received by the Town Counsel in said matters and in all other matters during the year as follows:


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Compensation Disbursements


$415.00 54.80


(The above payment on account of services was en- tirely on account of services rendered in the calendar year 1934.)


Respectfully submitted,


PHILIP B. BUZZELL,


Town Counsel.


97


REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


I hereby submit my report of the Wilmington Police Department for the year 1935:


The past year has afforded my department many opportunities of service to the community. During the past year, with the acquire- ment of more modern equipment, the department has rendered the people of Wilmington more service and protection than ever before in the history of the town.


Early in April, a new car was purchased and a radio installed. This radio has been hooked up with the State Police at Framingham. This enables this department or any citizen of the town to be in touch with the police car when it is away from the station within five min- utes.


The system for getting in touch with the patrol car is as follows: The state police barracks at North Reading is called and told that the Wilmington police car is to proceed either to the Station or to some specified point. The officer at the sub-station immediately teletypes the message to Framingham. The message is then broadcast, the officer in the patrol car picks up the message, and five minutes is required from the time that the message is started until it is picked up by the patrol car. Many times in the last few months, the speed with which the police car has been located and dispatched has been invaluable.


We have been very fortunate to have obtained the services of Col. Stewart for the instruction of our men in the handling of fire- arms. A very important item in the training of a police officer is his efficient handling of fire-arms for it lends confidence to the officer and prestige to the department. One of our officers has built a mov- able target in the basement of the Town Hall. The marked improve- ment in the accuracy with which the men are now shooting is due to the able tutelage of Col. Stewart.


During the summer months, we were offered a First Aid Station through our local Red Cross Chapter. For three weeks the men of


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the Department and our lay citizens were given two hours intensive training each day in first aid work, and following their training period, passed the examinations. These stations are to be established throughout the country. Wilmington has the distinction of being the second one established in New England. The townspeople are invited to call upon us in any emergency at any time.


Among our outstanding cases of the year were the hold-up of the local bank and the band of counterfeiters which started operations in this locality. In both cases, the criminals were apprehended and con- victions obtained. We had our usual amount of petty crimes and dis- turbances and we, at this time, wish to thank the many citizens who co-operated with the police which in many instances helped material- ly in clearing up matters that had come to our attention.


The success of any police department is somewhat dependent on the co-operation it receives from the other officers and departments of the town government. The help which my department has received from all with whom we have come in contact has been an inspiration and a great aid and my men and I wish to voice our appreciation at this time.


Respectfully submitted,


HARRY AINSWORTH,


Chief of Police.


99


Arrests


Non payment of wages


2


Non support


3


Neglected child


2


Stubborn child


1


Motor vehicle laws violation


35


Assault


2


Breaking and Entering


5


Larceny


3


Suspicious persons


2


Lewd and lascivious cohabitation


1


Armed robbery


3


Rape


5


Counterfeit


3


Drunkenness


38


Suicide


1


Insane.


2


Total


108


Disposition


House of Correction


12


House of Correction (suspended)


10


Probation


3


Placed on file


17


Released


26


Out-of-town police


9


Lyman School


5


Concord Reformatory


2


State Prison


2


Number of fines


24


Amount in fines


$615.00


Value of property recovered


$8,437.30


Warrants and Summons


73


Cancellation of auto plates


23


Persons missing


39


Transfer of plates


167


Accidents reported


66


Permits to work on Lord's day


22


Taken to Danvers


2


Taken to Tewksbury


12


Dogs disposed of


111


Drownings


3


Reported bitten by dogs


32


100


AMBULANCE


The ambulance fund has enjoyed a profitable year during 1935, both from a point of service, and financially.


During the past year, the ambulance served sixty-two cases, fifty- four of which were lccal citizens and the balance, out-of-town cases. The presence of an ambulance in the town has, without doubt, saved several lives and relieved much suffering. It must be appreciated that to travel or handle the sick and injured with the basket afforded by the ambulance is much more convenient and comfortable than the old system of carrying patients in passenger cars.


The ambulance has been well supported in the past by the local townspeople who generously contributed to the fund established with the purchase of that piece of equipment, and we wish to take the op- portunity of expressing our thanks to those who have made the main- tenance of this public convenience possible. We have added to the equipment the insignia and a First Aid kit, and the ambulance at the present time is fitted out to meet nearly any emergency.


We wish to make the announcement that the ambulance is on call twenty-four hours a day, and is at the service of all.


Respectfully submitted,


HARRY J. AINSWORTH


Ambulance cases 62


(Male 23; Females 39)


Town cases


46


Out-of-town cases


9


Accident cases


7


Fund


Balance in Mechanics Savings Bank December 31, 1934


$ 71.94


Cash received


161.64


Interest


3.19


$236.77


Paid Out


111.99


Balance in Mechanics Savings Bank


$124.78


101


REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit my Eighteenth Annual Report as Chief of the Wilmington Fire Department. This Department has answered alarms as follows for the year ending December 31, 1935:


Oil


Month


House Chimney Brush


Auto


Truck Burners Total


January


3


3


February


1


1


March


2


9


2


1


14


April


3


1


24


28


May


3


24


1


28


June


1


4


1


6


July.


1


2


10


13


August


5


1


14


20


September


3


1


5


9


October


2


26


28


November


2


2


4


December


1


6


1


1


9


-


-


26


6


124


5


1


1


163


Calls for Drowning


Valuation of Buildings Destroyed


$


4,350.00


Valuation of Buildings Not Destroyed


25,850.00


Damage to Buildings


1,460.00


Valuation of Contents


4,960.00


Damage to Contents


1,120.00


Valuation of Autos


250.00


Damage to Autos


175.00


Valuation of Trucks


1,350.00


Damage to Trucks


415.00


Number of feet 21/2 inch hose used


14,900


Number of feet 11/2 inch hose used


57,952


Number of chemical hose used


4,250


Gallons of chemical used


1,350


Fire permits issued


275


Oil permits issued


61


Hydrants used


34


-


4


102


Mileage of Trucks:


Reo


554


La France


169


Ford No. 4


514


ROLL OF DEPARTMENT


Chief E. L. Day


Asst. Chief W. W. Rice


Captain C. T. Horton


Clerk C. H. Black


Members


W. G. Buckle


F. Field


H. Pietzsch


J. Castine


J. Gracie


H. Quigley


N. W. Darling


J. MacAndrew


N. W. Rice


E. H. Downing


F. Muse


C. D. Sumner


E. W. Fames


N. W. Perry


R. Wood


Respectfully submitted,


EDWIN L. DAY,


Chief Fire Department.


103


REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit my report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1935:


Sealed Condemned


Platform Scales over 5,000 lbs.


1


Platform Scales under 5,000 lbs.


13


1


Counter, over 100 lbs.


2


1


Counter, under 100 lbs.


8


Beam, under 100 lbs.


1


Springs, over 100 lbs.


12


Springs, under 100 lbs.


38


Computing, under 100 lbs.


18


Personal Weighing Scales


8


Avoirdupois


84


Liquid Measures


69


Gasoline Pumps


35


Kerosene Pumps


1


Quantity Stops on Pumps


221


Oil Measuring Pumps


16


Gasoline Meters


27


2


Sealing fees collected and turned over to Town Treasurer ....


$68.69


The following are reweights of commodities for immediate deliv- ery:


Number Tested


Number Correct 6


Under


Over


Coal in Paper Bags


16


10


Grain or Feed


8


8


Flour


6


6


Butter


8


8


Meats and Provisions


18


9


9


Bread


20


20


-


-


-


76


23


None


53


- Incorrect -


104


Number of Licenses Inspected 14


Hawkers' and Peddlers' Scales Inspected 5


Clinical Thermometers Observed 3


Appropriation and Expenses of Department as follows:


Appropriation $390.00


Total Expense 389.04


Unexpended Balance ..... $ .96


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN F. MUSE,


Sealer.


105


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit my report of the Inspection of Buildings De- partment for the year 1935.


The total number of permits granted for the year was 73.


42 at $1.00 each were new construction.


31 at 50c each were alterations.


The fees of $57.50 were collected and turned over to the Town Treasurer.


Respectfully submitted,


JOSEPH A. CRISPO,


Inspector of Buildings.


106


REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY


The activities of the Library for 1935 are included in detail in the report of the Librarian, which is annexed to this report.


With the available funds we have added books and magazines during the year, trying, as far as possible, to provide reading for various types of readers.


The financial report for the year will be found in detail in the report of the Town Accountant.


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD N. EAMES, Chairman, LOUIS T. McMAHON, HELEN N. BUCK, CHARLOTTE HATHAWAY, PETER NEILSON, PHILIP B. BUZZELL,


Trustees of Public Library.


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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN


To the Honorable Board of Trustees:


I herewith submit my annual report as Librarian:


Public documents, books, pamphlets, catalogues, leaflets, bulletins, maps and posters received, 244. Flyers for distribution have been re- ceived from the State Department of Education.


The National Library Advertisers in Peoria, Illinois have given book marks and book lists for circulation the last two months.


The early Vital Records of Massachusetts, 209 volumes, have been received from the Secretary of State; many have been in our Library before, but for lack of room were returned to the State House several years ago: now at our request we have them again with additional volumes.


The following books have been presented:


Year Book of Agriculture 1935, by Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers; Children of the River, by Mrs. Frank R. Moore, in memory of her mother Mrs. Juliet S. Gowing of Wakefield; Challenge to Liberty, by Charles Scribner's Sons; The Open Door at Home, by Chemical Foundation Incorporated; The Forgotten Fifty Billions, by New York Stock Ex- change; Operation, Care and Repairs of Farm Machinery, by Mr. John Deere; Chemical Industries Contribution to the Nation, 1635-1935, by Chemical Industries, New York. Mrs. Elizabeth Woodman has pre- sented eight volumes and Mr. Alfred Allen six volumes.


A copy of the Local Control Survey-"Leveling in Massachusetts" has also been presented.


Number of new books purchased. 180 volumes


Number of books purchased to replace 9 volumes


Four books have not been returned by borrowers, two have been lost and one worn book discarded, (one borrower replaced the book and another paid for one).


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Number of books taken out during the year 14,471 volumes Number of books in Library 7,183 volumes


Number of persons taking out books during the year 938 Number of magazines taken out during the year. 390 Number of other reading table literature circulated 10


Five books have been borrowed for people through Division of Public Libraries at the State House.


The reading table has been supplied from the Town appropria- tion with the following magazines: Radio News, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Scientific American, National Sportsman, Hygela, Review of Reviews, Nature Magazine, National Geographic, Good Housekeeping, Woman's Home Companion, The American, Country Gentleman, Boy's Life, The Youth's Companion combined with Amer- ican Boy, St. Nicholas, Child Life, Better Homes and Gardens, Outdoor Life, Pictorial Review and Readers' Digest for November and De- cember.


Others contributed by friends are Our Dumb Animals, Living Tis- sue, New England Poultryman, Bell Telephone Quarterly, American Issue, Specialty Salesman, Recruiting News, Travelers' Standard, Se- lected Motion Pictures, Motion Picture and the Family, Foreign Ser- vice and the Town paper Wilmington News. The Christian Science people have given the Wednesday Christian Science Monitor with Weekly Magazine Section and Christian Science Journal for the past six months. Life and Health has been given for one year beginning with August number.


The circulation of books this year has increased 2,800 over last year.


Receipts


Fines on Library Books $82.78


Four old books sold


.40


One book damaged and not returned


.20


Passed in to Town Treasurer


$83.38


Respectfully submitted,


ANNA T. SHELDON,


Librarian


109


REPORT OF MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Wilmington, Mass.


I herewith submit the following report of the Memorial Day Com- mittee:


Memorial Day was fittingly observed and appropriate exercises were held by the military organizations of the Town.


The official program started at 8.00 A. M. A firing squad and bugler proceeding to Nee Park where prayer was offered, the monu- ment was decorated followed by three volleys being fired and taps sounded.


The main procession formed on the common at 9.00 A. M., con- sisting of Detail of Police, Selectmen of the Town, Colors and Guards. (Massed Colors) Firing Squad, automobiles containing G. A. R. vet- erans, Gold Star Mothers and wounded veterans-band of twenty-five pieces followed by the Veterans of the Spanish War, V. F. W., Amer- ican Legion and all the veterans, Sons of the American Legion, Nee Ellsworth Auxiliary, American Legion Auxiliary, and Boy Scouts of America.


Proceeding along Middlesex Ave., a stop was made at Carter's Brook where Comrade John Simpson, the sole survivor of the G. A. R. living in Wilmington, cast a wreath of flowers on the water fol- lowed by the firing of three volleys and the sounding of taps. Reform- ing, the parade continued on to Regan Park where a fitting address was delivered and monument decorated. Prayer was offered by Rev. Fr. J. E. Murphy followed by the firing of three volleys and sounding of taps. Returning to Rogers Park the same program was carried out with prayer being offered by Rev. A. A. Simmons. The Soldiers' Monu- ment in Wildwood Cemetery was then visited where an appropriate program was carried out, including the recitation of Lincoln's Gettys- burg Address by Edward Boyd, a member of the local Boy Scout Troop and the decoration of the monument. The graves of all soldier dead were then decorated with an American Flag and a basket of flowers, after which the parade proceeded to the Soldiers' Lot where the ad- dress was delivered by Dept. Cmdr. Francis X. Cotter, V. F. W., orator of the day. Prayer was offered by Rev. B. G. Seaboyd followed by the firing of three volleys and sounding of Taps.


Reassembling, the parade proceeded to Grange Hall where dinner was served to those taking part in the parade.


Respectfully submitted,


JOSEPH H. WOODS.


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


To the Citizens of the Town of Wilmington:


During the year ending December 31, 1935, the Board of Health of Wilmington has had the following reportable diseases recorded with them:


Dog-bite 19


German Measles


8


Measles


1


Epidemic Parotitis (Mumps)


7


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


2


Pertusis 17


Anterior Poliomyelitis


1


Lobar Pneumonia


3


Erysipelas


1


Others


6


It would seem from the large number of cases of dog-bite that we must make further efforts to eliminate stray and vicious dogs from the town. It was necessary during the past year to administer the Pasteur treatment to four persons in Wilmington.


It is worthy of note that for three years we have not had a case of diphtheria reported.


Attention is called to the fact that we have had but two cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. Parents are urged to co-operate with the school nurse and the State's representative in the field work for the early recognition of the disease.


Typhoid fever has been absent from list of reported diseases for the last two years. Wilmington has had during some of the years in the past a rather high per capita rating for typhoid fever. It is hoped that the increasing use of our water system may be a factor in the control of this disease.


I do not believe that all cases of reportable disease have been recorded with this department and ask for the assistance of the citi- zens in this aid to the protection of the health of the individuals of Wilmington.


Respectfully,


E. C. MacDOUGALL, M. D., Agent for the Board of - Health of Wilmington.


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Together with the Report of SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS For the Year Ending December 31st 1935


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


The year 1935 has been a time of satisfactory progress for the schools of Wilmington.


The erection of the Daniel T. Buzzell School gave increased ac- commodation at a critical time when it was believed that the platoon system in the High School would soon bring a loss of scholastic standing to our graduates.




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