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28 <br />Report of the Board of Health <br />To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: <br />Town of Mashpee, Massachusetts <br />The Board of Health hereby submits their report for <br />the year nineteen hundred sixty-one (1961), for the months <br />of April through December consecutively. <br />An annual survey of the town was conducted by the <br />Board to familiarize itself with the general conditions within <br />the town, and at the same time make notations of certain <br />situations that warranted future investigations and improve- <br />ment. The clean-up week, previously required, was discon- <br />tinued due to favorable -conditions and the individual partici- <br />pation of the towns -people. <br />In June 1961, the Board of Health established and opened <br />the new town dump; located off Ashers Path, and simultane- <br />ously closed all private dumping areas, thereby eliminated <br />many of the outstanding health menaces and obscured nuis- <br />ances. <br />All motels, restaurants, camps, trailer coach parks, <br />eating establishments, swimming pools and wading places <br />were inspected and given permits to operate in accordance <br />with the sanitary code. <br />The Board maintained the established dental program <br />which offered the school children an adequate and efficient <br />clinical service. Under this system there was a remarkable <br />decrease in the decay rate. This service to the children in the <br />Dentist's office enables the doctor, nurse and assistant to <br />offer a greater interest with each child beyond just the <br />annual visual inspection. Also, the service permits the Board <br />of Health to maintain an adequate control over dental de- <br />ficiences. <br />