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It can easily be seen that in case of a large fire it would be an easy matter to expend several hundred dollars on labor alone. This we hope will not occur, but in order to prevent such a contingency it will be necessary to take certain precau- tions. Every deputy should be furnished with an equipment for fighting fire such as a half dozen chemical fire extinguishers with material for reloading. These, along with shovels, rakes, hoes and other tools necessary can be kept handy and taken to the fire in an old spring wagon furnished by the deputy. Notices regarding the fire laws of the State should be posted in conspicuous places and everything done to co-operate with the State officials in their efforts to decrease the terrible forest fire damage done every year.
Anyone who has followed the papers for the past few months could not help but have noticed the account of the forest fires in Massachusetts this past year and what the State Forester's office is doing to diminish them. The figures of the State Fire Warden's report show that for the eleven months end- ing Dec. 1, 1911, over half a million dollars worth of timber has been destroyed and 100,000 acres of land laid waste by fires.
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REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN
Unless this rate of destruction is stopped very soon there will be no woodland left in Massachusetts in a very few years. The further progress of modern forestry can never be successfully carried on until we stop this fire hazard.
In order to thoroughly protect our woodlands every town and city must co-operate with the State officials and Fitchburg should not be backward in doing her share. We were the last city in the State to establish the department and to report progress to the State Warden. Let it not be said of us that we are behind other cities in getting results under this new system.
The amount of money necessary to equip and maintain this department would be a variable sum, depending on the number of fires occurring during the year. Therefore, I would respect- fully recommend for this department a separate appropriation which can be drawn from during the year for necessary ex- penses, the sum total of which to be replaced at the beginning of each year, thereby retaining the principal intact at all times.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM W. COLTON, Forest Warden.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
OF THE
CITY OF FITCHBURG
MASSACHUSETTS
1911
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A CITY
FITCHBURG: H. M. DOWNS PRINTING CO.
1911
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
CITY HALL, FITCHBURG, Dec. 1, 1911.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the City Council of the City of Fitchburg : -
GENTLEMEN : - In compliance with the City Ordinance, Section 4, Chapter 17, I have the honor to submit the following report of this department for the year ending Nov. 30, 1911 : -
Repair and care 1911, (as per Auditor), $37,606 58
Credit by transfer of bills to other departments, 1.04 93
Total expenditure, repair and care,
$37,501 65
Appropriation, repair and care, $31,000 00
Receipts for rental of Assembly Hall,
983 25
Sale of old furniture,
15 00
Sale of old settee,
4 00
Received from county for Court House,
400 00
Total receipts, 32,402 25
Overdrawn,
$5,099 40
Expended in the following manner :
School houses, twenty-two in use.
School janitors' salaries,
$9,723 95
Janitors' salaries, evening school, Fuel,
309 83
8,389 93
Janitors' supplies,
335 99
Repairs and furnishings on school buildings, 9,992 43
$28,752 13
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
Fire Stations, six in number.
Central Fire Station,
$350 29
Hose 1, Summer street,
169 75
Hose 2, West Fitchburg,
154 37
Hose 3, Factory square,
96 98
Hose 4, Water street,
290 38
Hose 5, Oak Hill road,
403 13
$1,464 90
City Farm,
$566 80
City stables, W. F.
40 37
City stables and sheds,
88 59
Central Police Station,
324 19
Police Station, W. F.
2 20
Subway,
12 91
Wallace way,
2 40
Wallace library,
195 14
Superintendent of Buildings office,
507 06
$1,739 66
City Hall,
5,544 96
Repair and care-Total expended,
$37,501 65
CITY HALL EXPENDED.
DIVISION.
Expended,
$5,545 96
Janitor service,
$1,995 21
Lighting,
828 97
Fuel,
929 39
Cleaning,
479 26
Officer service,
38 50
Repairs on elevator,
66 82
Furnishings and supplies,
116 63
Renewal of insurance on elevator,
31 50
General repairs,
1,058 68
$5,544 96
City Hall repairs :
Plumbing, tiling in comfort station, furniture repairs. Mason work, whitewashing basement.
Hat rack for check room.
369
OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Total receipts for rental of Assembly Hall for 1911 was $983.25. This amount would have been increased by $192.50, but for free use of hall granted to parties by Committee on City Property.
PRINCIPAL REPAIRS AND DIVISION OF FUEL AND NIGHT JANITOR SERVICE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
ASHBURNHAM STREET SCHOOLS, EAST AND WEST.
Steam heat plant. Two 4-room buildings. Fan ventilation.
Expended,
$694 43
Fuel,
$409 92
Janitor service, evening school, 52 50
232 01
Repairs,
$694 43
Repairs :
Painting, plumbing, carpenter work.
CLARENDON STREET SCHOOL, NORTH AND SOUTH.
Steam heat plant. Two 4-room buildings. One fan ventila- tion. One gravity.
Expended,
$1,755 53
Janitor service, evening school, $54 75
Fuel,
705 72
Repairs,
995 06
$1,755 53
Repairs :
Retaining wall, concrete walks, painting,
Bubble fountain, carpenter work.
DAY STREET SCHOOL.
Ten-room building. Fan ventilation. Steam heat plant.
Expended, Fuel, Repairs,
$1,116 02
$491 72
624 30
$1,116 02
370
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
Repairs :
Steel ceilings, boiler repairs, painting, roof repairs. Snow guards, cement platform, stools, new lavatory.
DEAN HILL SCHOOL.
Stove. Window ventilation. One room.
Expended, repairs, $165 98
Steel ceiling, plastering walls.
Painting, carpenter work.
EAST STREET SCHOOL.
Steam heat plant. 4-room building. Fan ventilation.
$361 00
Expended, Fuel,
$220 43
Repairs,
140 57
$361 00
Repairs :
On Bubble fountains.
Cement walk, bulletin boards.
GOODRICH STREET SCHOOL.
Steam heat plant. 8-room building. Fan ventilation.
Expended,
$1,317 35
Fuel,
$587 78
Repairs,
729 57
$1,317 35
Repairs :
Book cases, pump, plumbing, bubble fountains. Painting, carpenter work.
ACADEMY STREET SCHOOL.
Academy Street School, 14-room building. High Street School. 8-room building. Steam heat plant. Fan ventilation.
Expended, $2,477 28
Janitor service evening school,
$60 08
Fuel,
1,748 64
Repairs,
668 56
$2,477 28
371
OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Repairs : Cement walk, plastering, painting. Carpenter work, plumbing. Furniture.
HOSMER SCHOOL.
Steam heat plant. 8-room building. Fan ventilation.
Expended, Fuel,
$620 86
Repairs,
814 22
$1,435 08
Repairs :
Storm porches, furniture, electric work.
Plumbing, boiler grates, new shade trees.
HIGHLAND AVENUE SCHOOL.
Hot air plant. Gravity. 2-room building.
$277 10
Expended, Fuel,
$133 40
Repairs,
143 70
$277 10
Repairs : Plastering and whitening, varnishing.
Bubble fountains, furnace repairs.
NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
Steam heat plant. Fan ventilation. 30-room building.
$3,852 94
Expended, Fuel,
$1,283 30
Janitor evening service,
23 25
Repairs,
2,546 39
$3,852 94
Repairs : Changing, for industrial department. Roof windows, boiler repairs. Painting, plumbing, changing water supply system. New damper regulator.
$1,435 08
372
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
LAUREL STREET SCHOOL.
Hot air plant. Gravity. 6-room building.
$1,269 35
Expended, Fuel,
$316 77
Repairs,
952 58
$1,269 35
Repairs :
New stairway, repairs to slate roof and valleys.
Painting ceilings, walls and desks.
Bubble fountains, new shades.
Mason work, plumbing, tar concrete walks.
MAVERICK STREET SCHOOL.
Hot air plant. Gravity. 2-room building.
Expended,
$596 92
Fuel,
$178 07
Repairs,
418 85
$596 92
Repairs :
Bubble fountains, new desks, painting.
Plumbing, carpenter work, cement walk.
Furnace repairs.
PEARL HILL SCHOOL.
Stove. Window ventilation. 1-room building.
Expend,
$90 60
Fuel,
$27 00
Repairs,
63 60
$90 60
Repairs :
Painting, carpenter work, repairs on brick wall.
ROLLSTONE STREET SCHOOL.
Hot air plant. Gravity. 4-room building.
$250 97
Expended, Fuel,
$89 35
Repairs,
161 62
$250 97
373
OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Repairs :
Furnace repairs, tar walk, roof repairs.
Plumbing, painting, carpenter work.
SCHOOL STREET SCHOOL.
Steam heat plant. Fan ventilation. 4-room building.
$710 64
Expended, Fuel, Repairs,
$365 88
344 76
$710 64
Repairs :
Pointing brick walls, electric wiring.
Painting, tar walks.
SOUTH FITCHBURG SCHOOL.
Steam heat plant. Gravity. 8-room building.
Expended,
$1,087 36
Janitor service evening school,
$44 25
Fuel, Repairs,
423 47
$1,087 36
Repairs : Painting, bubble fountains, electric work.
Carpenter work, boiler repairs.
SALEM STRRET SCHOOL.
Steam heat plant. Fan ventilation. 4 rooms.
Expended,
$1,017 17
Janitor service evening school,
$45 00
Fuel,
514 72
Repairs,
457 45
$1,017 17
Repairs : Plumbing, boiler grate, carpenter work. Window guards, tar walk, kindergarten chairs.
619 64
374
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
WOODBURY SCHOOL.
Stove. Window ventilation. 1 room. Expended,
$99 39
Fuel,
$34 50
Repairs,
64 89
$99 39
Repairs:
Stove repairs, new coal bin.
Replacing desks, carpenter work.
WACHUSETT SCHOOL.
Stove. Window ventilation. 2 rooms.
Expended,
$53 85
Fuel,
$9 00
Repairs,
44 85
$53 58
Repairs :
Plastering, painting, carpenter work, stove repairs.
PLEASANT STREET GREEN HOUSE.
Expended,
$63 23
Extra janitor service,
$30 00
Fuel,
33 23
$63 23
375
OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
TABLE
Showing the location, size and value of the schoolhouse lots belonging to the city of Fitchburg, used by the School Depart- ment, value of buildings and condition :
Location
When
Erected
Material
Stories
Number of
Sch. Rooms
Condition
Estimated
Value
Size of lot,
square feet
Total Value
of Houses and Lots
Ashburnham
Brick
2
4
Good Good
$24,000
61,677
$10,080
$34,080
Ashburnham New ..
1890
Brick
2
4
Clarendon.
1887
Brick
2
4
Fair
28,000
22,050
4,400'
32,400
Clarendon New.
1893
Brick
2
4
Good
Day Street
1847
Brick
2
10
Fair Fair
250
12,512
50
300
East Street
1903
Brick
2
4
Good
20,612 24,500
40,000
2,000
26,500
Highland Avenue. .
1885
Brick
2
2
Good
6,000
12,200
2,000
8,000
High St. Grammar ..
Brick
2
8
Good
35,576
30,976
12,350
47,926
Hosmer ..
1906
Brick
2
8
Good
39,962
33,073
7,500
47,462
Laurel Street.
1893
Brick
2
6
Good
6,000 175,000
15,600 50,089
25,500
200,500
Old High.
1869
Brick
2
14
Fair
52,000
24,863
14 500
67,250
Pearl Hill.
Brick
1
1
Good
1,500
12,000
300
1,800
Rollstone Street
1884
Brick
2
4
Good
12,000
68,424
10,000
22,000
School Street.
Brick
2
4
Good
20,000
10,570
6,000
26,000
South Fitchburg.
Brfck
2
8
Good
20,000
44,060
3,500
23,500
Salem Street.
1902
Brick
2
4
Good
20,000
28,611
2,500
22,500
Woodbury.
1872
Brick
1
1
Good
2,500
51,352
300
2,800
Wachusett.
Brick
2
2
Fair
3,500
27,000
1,000
4,000
Kimball ..
Brick
1
1
Poor
50
9,625
50
100
Rockville Dist. 8
Brick
2
2
Poor
50
14,000
1,000
700
$548,750
$125,530
$674,480
Maverick Street
1885
Brick
2
2
Good
New High
1895
Brick
2
25
Good
15,000
26,235
5,000
25,612
Goodrich Street.
1891
Brick
2
8
Good
42,000
31,644
16,000
58,000
Dean Hill.
Wood
1
1
15,000
2,000
8,000
Amount
376
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
TABLE
Showing the location, size and value of Fire Stations belonging to the city of Fitchburg, used by the Fire Depart- ment :
Location
When
Erected
Material
Stories
Condition
Estimated
Value
Size of lot,
square feet
Amount
Total Value of Houses and Lots
Central Station.
1893
Brick Brick
2
Good Good
8,500
Leased land
1,000
Summer Street ..
1893
Brick
2
Good
1,000 13,000 7,000
5,926
3,700
16,700
. Water Street .. Oak Hill Station
1900
Brick
2
Good
14,125
6,918
1,800
15,920
$65,425
$13,500
$79,025
OTHER PROPERTY.
Location
When
Erected
Material
Stories
Condition
Estimated
Value
Size of Lots,
square feet
Total Value
of Houses and Lots
Wallace Library
1884
Brick B & W
Good Fair
$70,000 19,250
12,086
$27,200 20,500
$97,200
City Farm ..
39,750
Clocks and Bells.
1,000
River Street Lot. .
2,080
2,080
Central Police Station
5,000
43,600
W. F. Police Station ...
1882
Brick Brick
2
Good Good
1,500
31% acres 2,998
2,400
3,900
City Barn.
Brick
2
Good
7,550
10,000
1,000
2,000
City Hall ..
1852
Brick
2
Good Good
1,000 20,000
14,516
40,000
90,000
$167,300
$104,180
$293,086
TOTAL VALUATION OF BUILDINGS AND LAND.
School buildings,
$674,480
Fire stations and land,
79,025
Other buildings and land,
293,086
$1,046,591
7,345 10,000
$5,100
$26,900
West Fitchburg.
1869
2
1,000
9,500
Hose 3 ..
Wood
2
Good
1897
Brick
2
Good
4,500
2,000
9.000
6,000
13.550
City Barn, W. F
Brick
2
1
Taylor Farm.
1901
1895
38,000
Amount
$21.800
377
OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
PRINCIPAL REPAIRS ON FIRE STATIONS.
CENTRAL FIRE STATION. 5-run building.
Expended, repairs only, $350 29
Plumbing, painting, glazing.
Horse stall repairs. Carpenter work. Extinguishers.
HOSE 1 - SUMMER STREET FIRE STATION. 2-run station.
Expended repairs only, $169 75
Carpenter work, plumbing. Electric work, new shades.
HOSE 2 -- WEST FITCHBURG FIRE STATION. 2-run station.
Expended, $96 98
Repairs on stalls. Ground rent.
HOSE 4-WATER STREET FIRE STATION.
1-run station.
Expended repairs only, $290 38
Tar walk, repairs on stalls. Plumbing, mason work.
HOSE 5 - OAK HILL FIRE STATION. 2-run station.
Expended repairs only, $403 13
Painting, tar walk, new shades. New floor in barn, traps in stalls. Electric work.
-378
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
PRINCIPAL REPAIRS ON OTHER BUILDINGS.
CITY FARM.
Expended, $566 80
Repairs :
Plumbing, mason work, new floors.
Carpenter work ; new urinal. Boiler repairs ; electric work.
CITY STABLES AND SHEDS.
Expended, $88 59
Repairs : Traps in stalls.
Setting glass.
Repairing gravel roof.
Carpenter work.
CITY STABLES, WEST FITCHBURG.
Expended,
Repairs on floors and stalls. 1
$40 37
CENTRAL POLICE STATION.
Expended,
$324 19
Repairs :
Mason work ; repairs on boiler.
New floor in barn.
Painting ; carpenter work.
Electric work.
Roof repairs.
POLICE STATION, WEST FITCHBURG.
Expended,
$2 20
Repairs : Plumbing.
SUBWAY.
Expended, $12 91
Repairs :
Ladder and locks.
Repairs on lights.
379
OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
WALLACE WAY.
Expended, $2 40
Repairs on lights.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Expended, $195 14
Repairs :
Plumbing ; painting ; storm porches.
Extinguishers.
SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS OFFICE.
Expended, $507 06
Clerical work.
Office supplies.
Horse hire.
Car fares. Sentinel Printing Co. (500 Building Code). Anemometer.
INCIDENTALS.
Diebold Safe and Lock Co., (For Central Fire Department), $79 53
Charles F. Wilson, (Insurance on twenty-two boilers in public buildings), 327 80
Otis Elevator Co., (Elevator in- spection), 55 73
$463 06
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS
For year 1911.
Repair and care (as per Auditor), $37,606 58
Credit by transfer of bills to other departments,
104 93
Repair and care total expenditure, Incidentals,
$37,501 65
463 06
$37,964 71
380
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS.
During the year 1911, the total number of applications taken out to build and alter was 289, an increase of 33 over that of last year. Most of these buildings are already erected, and the remainder in process of erection are receiving close atten- tion, in order that the building laws of this city will be com- plied with in every way.
PERMITS TO BUILD GRANTED, 1911.
No. of Permits
Cost of Building
Wooden buildings, including veneered buildings,
155
$410,856 00
Additions, alterations and repairs to wooden buildings,
111
92,544 00
Total for wooden buildings,
266
$503,400 00
Brick buildings,
10
165,500 00
Brick alterations,
9
63,450 00
Stone buildings,
1
8,000 00
Cement buildings,
3
7,850 00
Grand total,
289
$748,200 00
Wooden buildings-Ward 1,
26
2,
55
3,
14
4,
20
5,
10
6,
30
155
Alterations wooden buildings-Ward 1,
21
2,
29
3,
13
4,
16
5,
10
-
6,
22
111
-
381
OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Brick buildings-Ward 1,
3
1
2, 3, 4,
0
0
5,
3
6,
3
Brick alterations-Ward 1,
1
2, 3, 4,
4
5,
1
6,
1
Stone buildings-Ward 1,
2,
1
3,
0
4,
0
5,
0
6,
0
Cement buildings-Ward 1,
0
2,
0
3,
0
4,
1
5,
1
6,
1
Grand total permits-Wooden buildings,
155
Alterations-Wooden buildings,
111
Brick buildings,
10
Brick alterations,
9
Stone buildings,
1
Cement buildings,
3
289
10
2
0
9
0
1
3
382
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
INSPECTIONS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 27, CHAPTER 104, REVISED LAWS.
ELEVATORS.
I find on record that in the month of March, 1911, the late lamented Superintendent of Buildings, J. H. Kirby, in company with an expert elevator mechanic, inspected all elevators in the city, and found the same to be in a safe condition, and the owners living up to requirements.
There are in the city at the present time one hundred and twenty-five (125) elevators, fifteen (15) new ones being added this year.
INSPECTIONS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 34, CHAPTER 104, REVISED LAWS.
Accompanied by the Chief of Fire Department, all hotels and lodging houses were visited and found conditions good, and the evident intention of proprietors to conform to the law.
Respectfully submitted, J. D. O'KEEFFE, Superintendent Public Buildings.
THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
OF THE
CITY OF FITCHBURG
MASSACHUSETTS 1911
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TY, MAR. 8,1872
FEB.3, 1764.
FITCHBURG .: H. M. DOWNS PRINTING CO. 1912
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POOR DEPARTMENT
BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF POOR. 1911.
HON. M. FRED O'CONNELL, Mayor and Chairman, ex-officio. WILLIAM P. ESPIE, President Common Council, ex-officio.
JOHN R. SMITH, Term expires 1912
BENJAMIN A. COOK,
Term expires 1913
WILLARD L. HUMES, Term expires 1914
ROBERT M. JONES, Clerk of Board. WILLARD L. HUMES, Acting Clerk.
EZRA COLEMAN, Superintendent Almshouse. MRS. EZRA COLEMAN, Matron Almshouse.
GEORGE P. NORTON, City Physician, Residence, 24 Prichard Street.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
FITCHBURG, MASS., December 1, 1911.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the City Council of the City of Fitchburg :
GENTLEMEN : - The Board of Overseers of the Poor re- spectfully submit this, their annual report, for the fiscal year ending November 30, 1911 :
The favorable business conditions prevailing during the last two years and more, have continued during the year just closed and the following report shows that these favorable con- ditions have a direct effect upon the net results of this depart- ment, but the conditions named could not, and would not, have had the desired results except for the faithful and untiring work done by Mr. Willard L. Humes, (who again took up the duties of acting clerk) during the eleven months in which he performed the work of the office, by reason of the severe illness of the regular clerk, who was on December 6, 1910, attacked by a very critical return of the sickness that kept him away from the duties of the office for nearly six months during the earlier part of the year, this attack, and its attendant weakness, kept him out of the office until November 13, 1911.
During the month of April, 1911, Miss Minnie L. McGrail, who for ten years had been the very efficient assistant clerk, was on her request granted an indefinite leave of absence, and resigned her position in October, much to the regret of the members of the board and of the clerk. The vacancy occasioned by her leave of absence and resignation, was very acceptably filled by Miss Mabel L. Deane, who had formerly held the same position from June, 1899, to March 16, 1901.
OUTSIDE POOR.
The number of persons aided during the year was 508, representing 142 families, as follows : 68 families, consisting of 308 persons having settlement in Fitchburg ; 33 families, con-
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR
sisting of 79 persons having settlement in Fitchburg, aided in other towns and cities through the Overseers of the Poor of those places ; 18 families, consisting of 51 persons residing here and having settlement in other cities and towns which refund amount of relief granted ; 23 families, consisting of 70 persons having no settlement in the Commonwealth, and known as "State Cases."
This department has also furnished burials for 29 bodies. We have supported one person at the Massachusetts Hospital school, Canton; one at the Union Aid Home for Children, Fitchburg ; two partially supported at St. Anne's Orphanage, Worcester. Fifteen persons have been sent to the State In- firmary at Tewksbury.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$17,000 00
From Commonwealth,
725 03
From towns and cities,
471 75
From miscellaneous sources,
216 06
From Superintendent of Almshouse,
963 69
Due from state, towns and cities,
293 67
$19,670 20
EXPENDITURES.
Amount expended for outside poor, $6,370 12
Amount expended for supply house, 2,174 78
Amount expended at almshouse, 8,919 02
$17,463 92
Unexpended balance,
$2,206 28
Groceries on hand, $346.95.
ALMSHOUSE.
The expenditures at the Almshouse were $8,919 02; the receipts, $963.69; the net cost, $7,955.33. Number of inmates at Almshouse Dec. 1, 1910, 41; admitted during the year, 14; discharged, 12; died, 10. The total number of inmates Dec. 1, 1911, 33. The average number of inmates for the year, 37; average cost per capita, $4.13.
389
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR
The thanks of the Board are hereby extended to the City Council for the installation of electric lights in the Almshouse, barn and other buildings during the year, thus reducing the danger from fires and giving a far better system of lighting than was ever in use before at the City Farm, and for the other needed improvements that have been made during the year.
The Board would again renew the recommendation that the proper and necessary steps be taken so that the name City Farm and Almshouse can be legally changed to the more modern and certainly pleasanter one of City Home. This name has been adopted by Worcester and other cities. Why should Fitchburg be in the background?
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Coleman still remain in charge of this branch of the Poor Department and are faithful and earnest workers, well liked by all connected with the institution either as inmates or employees.
Our City Physician, Dr. George P. Norton, has during this, his second year of service, shown his undivided interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the city and of those who have been placed under his care by this department.
The Assessors' valuation of the City Farm property Dec. 1, 1911, is as follows :
Real estate, Personal property,
$39,900 00 8,001 87
$47,901 87
Valuation Dec. 1, 1910 :
Real estate,
$39,900 00
Personal property,
8,001 87
$47,901 87
Respectfully submitted,
M. FRED O'CONNELL, Mayor, Ex-Officio, Chairman.
WILLIAM P. ESPIE, President of Common Council. WILLARD L. HUMES. JOHN R. SMITH. BENJAMIN A. COOK. ROBERT M. JONES, Clerk.
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THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CITY PHYSICIAN
OF THE
CITY OF FITCHBURG
MASSACHUSETTS
1911
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Y, MAR. 8,1872
FEB.3, 1764.
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FITCHBURG: H. M. DOWNS PRINTING CO. 1911
REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN
FITCHBURG, MASS., Dec. 1, 1911.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and. City Council :
GENTLEMEN : - I have the honor to submit herewith my report as City Physician, from Dec. 1, 1910, to Dec. 1, 1911 :
City Poor
Soldiers and Sailors
Police Dept.
Other
Depts.
Total number of calls, 1,731.
House visits,
740
130
Office visits,
210
240
City Farm calls,
170
Police station calls,
102
Calls made by order Board of Health, 58
Vaccination of school children, 72
Obstetric cases,
3
Examination by request of Chief,
4
Examination by request of City Solicitor, 1
Examination by request of Supt. of Streets, 1
The work of the City Physician has been increased this year through the ruling of the City Solicitor, giving the Board of Health authority to call upon the City Physician to attend all contagious diseases among the poor, which has resulted in a great saving in expense to the city. In years past physicians attending such cases presented their bills to the Board of Health and received pay from the city. The early part of the year 1911 an epidemic of diphtheria cost the city nearly $2,000 for services rendered by local physicians. The ruling of the City Solicitor places largely increased responsibility upon the City Physician, and should a severe epidemic of any contagious disease break out he would be obliged to devote practically all his time to the services of the Board of Health.
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REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN
The bill for medical supplies for the year 1911 is as follows : Poor department, $166 51
Soldiers and sailors,
184 20
$350 71
MEDICAL CASES ATTENDED.
Alcoholism,
59
Arterio-sclerosis,
2
Asthma,
5
Bronchitis, acute,
9
Bronchitis, chronic,
11
Cancer, breast,
1
Cerebral hemmorrhage,
1
Cerebral softening,
2
Cirrhosis, liver,
1
Cystitis,
2
Diarrhoea, fermentive,
2
Dyspepsia, chronic,
14
Dyspepsia, acute,
2
Endocarditis,
5
Entero-colitis,
1
Feeble-minded,
2
Grippe,
7
Insanity,
1
Impetigo Contagiosa,
4
Nephritis, chronic,
2
Lumbago,
4
Paralysis,
2
Pleurisy,
3
Pregnancy,
3
Purpura Gemorrhagica,
1
Rachitis,
2
Rheumatism, chronic,
4
Syphilis,
2
Tonsilitis,
3
Tuberculosis,
6
Urticaria,
1
Vaccination,
72
Valvular heart disease,
2
:
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REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN
SURGICAL CASES ATTENDED.
Abscess, neck,
1
Abscess, leg,
1
Appendicitis,
1
Bruises, multiple,
14
Bullet wound, neck,
1
Fracture, humerus,
2
Fracture, rib,
4
Fracture, wrist,
1
Hemmorroids,
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