Report of the State Board of Health upon sanitary condition of the Neponset Meadows in the towns of Canton, Sharon, Norwood, Dedham, Milton and Hyde Park.

  • Massachusetts. State Board of Health
Date:
1897
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Credit: Report of the State Board of Health upon sanitary condition of the Neponset Meadows in the towns of Canton, Sharon, Norwood, Dedham, Milton and Hyde Park. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    various towns has been collected. At Norwood, Dedham and Hyde Park it w:is possible to obtain a practically complete list of all the separate lots in the meadows within these towns and the assessed value of each lot, and the area assessed corresponds very nearly with the area found by survey. In Canton, Sharon and Milton no such detailed information as to the different lots and the assessed value of each was obtainable ; but in the first two towns an approximate esti- mate of the value has been obtained from the assessors, who have gone over the' plans and indicated the valuation of portions of the meadows, showing the limits of the areas having approximately the same valuation. By subsequently measuring these areas, an estimate of the valuation of the meadow lands in these towns has been obtained. The amount of meadow in Milton is small, and the assessors state that it is all valued at practically the same rate. In the following table is given the area of the meadow land in each town, as obtained by survey, and the area obtained from the assessors' records and statements in cases where such information was obtainable : — Towns. Area measured on Map. Assessors' Estimate. Towns. Area measured on Map. Assessors' Estimate. Canton, Dedham, . Hyde Park, Milton, Acres. 1,302 443 54 69 Acres. 1,302* 437 61 69* Norwood, Sharon, . Acres. 1,583 243 Acres. 1,543 243* .Totals, 3,694 3,655 Classifying the areas according to the valuation per acre, the num- ber of acres in each town having approximately a given valuation is as follows : — Towns. Canton, . Dedham, Hyde Park, Milton, . Norwood, Sharon, . Totals, Number of Acres valued below $10.00 per Acre. Number of Acres valued from $10.00 to $19.99 per Acre. Number of Acres valued from $20 00 to $29.99 per Acre. Number of Acres valued from $30.00 to $39.99 per Acre. Number of Acres valued from $40.00 to $49.99 per Acre. Number of Acres valued from $50 00 to $99.99 per Acre. 85 88 211 222 813 953 93 244 144 57 206 38 129 51 64 19 69 55 11 173 1,276 1,434 263 167 269 * No figures could be obtained from the assessors, and figures from map are given instead*
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