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Three steamers and hose companies of fifteen men each.
Two hose companies of ten men each.
One hook and ladder company of fifteen men.
One permanent man at the central station.
APPARATUS.
The apparatus consists of three second-class Amoskeag steam fire engines, five hose wagons, two hook and ladder trucks (one in reserve), three pungs, and one set
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of runners for the ladder truck for winter service, one supply wagon, one four-wheeled hose carriage (in reserve), and one exercise wagon. This wagon is loaded with hose and all necessary fire appliances, and stands in a shed in the rear of the central fire station.
The apparatus is in good condition at the present time, steamer No. 1 being in the repair shop of Albert Russell & Sons. When delivered to the city it will un- doubtedly be in as good condition as when first built. We have in its place a steam fire engine kindly loaned us by Chief Butler, of Lawrence.
HOUSES.
The houses of the department are in the same condi- tion as last year, all in good order with the exception of hose seven. This house is situated in a very damp locality, low ceilings, and no modern conveniences, and it is surprising to me why the citizens of ward six don't rise en masse and demand better accommodations for the men who protect their lives and property. The grade in front of steamer three's house should be altered to make the return into the house easier. It is all right going out, but on the return every small boy in the neighborhood is levied upon to give a helping hand.
HORSES.
The horses, controlled by the highway department and used by the fire department only in case of fire, are in excellent condition. A new pair were purchased for steamer three the past year. We also have one horse at the central station at all times for hose one, answer- ing all alarms in the daytime and its own boxes at night.
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HOSE.
The hose in the department consists of 11,100 feet, 1,500 feet of which was purchased since May, 1901. Enough should be purchased the coming year to bring it up to the standard amount of 13,000 feet, which would allow for three shifts for the entire department.
WATER SUPPLY.
The water supply remains the same as last year with the exception of placing five new hydrants. The water commissioners, agreeably to a request from me, pur- chased forty new six-inch hydrants; the balance will be placed as soon in the spring as possible.
FIRE ALARM.
The fire alarm, under the management of J. J. Merrill, continues to give the best of satisfaction. More fire alarm boxes should be placed in various parts of the city.
HALE FUND.
The Hale fund now amounts to $6,773.76. There has been nothing taken from this fund for the last twenty- one months, which is a matter for congratulation.
SICK BENEFIT FUND.
This fund amounts to $1,048.36, deposited in the Institution for Savings, and $251.34 in the Merchants Bank. This will be increased by the profits of the fair held in December, 1902. Quite a number of the mem- bers have received aid from this fund the past year, and it has accomplished a great deal of good.
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APPROPRIATION.
Appropriation . $11,000 00
Income
301 38
'Total $11,301 38
Expenditures
11,411 92
Overdrawn
$110 54
MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Chief Selwyn C. Reed 4 Charter street
First Assistant John P. Atkinson 18 Fair
Second Assistant John L. Lewis 6 Walnut 66
Third Assistant John P. Cutter 18 Broad 66
STEAMER AND HOSE ONE.
Captain George N. Ellery 23 Green street
Lieutenant George W. Henderson 3 Winter
Clerk George E. Currier 16 School 66
Engineer Charles W. Adams 15 Pond
Assistant Engineer Jason E. Lawrence
14 Federal 66
Stoker and Permanent-man Eben P. Allen .
Hoseman Edward P. Chase
30 Madison 66
66 Samuel L. Truesdale
92 Merrimac "
66 Joseph O. Evans
15 Tyng
Robert F. Hart .
22 Liberty
66 Ira E. Patten . 21 Winter
66 John O. Erickson .
1 Franklin 66
66 Charles A. Safford
28 Oakland
Driver of Hose Wagon Albert A. Bray 38 Market square
Driver of Engine Maurice A. Broderick 21 Middle street
George L. Richardson
15 Fair 66
24 Hancock 66
66 William H. Chase
12 So. Pond
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STEAMER AND HOSE TWO.
Captain Thomas E. Colman 21 Smith court
Lieutenant Charles W. Turner 22 Atwood street Clerk George W. Packer . 48 Prospect “
Engineer Frank W. Landford
5 Charles 66
Assistant Engineer Charles S. Blake 22 Liberty .6
Stoker George N. Black . 5 Marlboro ct.
Hoseman George H. D. Leighton
24 Summer street
66 John C. M. Blaisdell
. 48 Temple
Joseph L. Thurlow 55 Marlboro "
66 John A. Bean 52 Middle 66
66 Frank E. Thurlow . 393 Purchase "
66 Thomas Drohan 4 Lime
66 George W. Ross . 18 Bromfield "
66 Edward L. Langlands 7 Beacon avenue
George N. Black, Jr. 5 Marlboro ct.
Driver of Engine Dennis Lucy engine house
Driver of Hose Wagon Frank W. Annis
STEAMER AND HOSE THREE.
Captain Samuel T. Chase 44 Water street
Lieutenant John H. Morrison 9 Kent
Clerk and Engineer Frank E. Davis 7 Broad
Assistant Engineer Ralph S. Bailey 10 Market 66
Stoker Walter R. Bradbury
1673Merrimac .
Hoseman Andrew P. Lewis
9 Carter
22 Warren 66
66 Charles W. Genn
42 Water
. 20 Congress "
66 John N. Brock 175 Merrimac "
66 Charles W. Howard . 293Oakland 66
66 Winthrop P. Davis
7 Broad 66
66 Albert H. Davis 7 Broad
Chester F. Marr 196 Merrimac "
66 Charles A. Davis 17} Essex 6.
Driver of Engine Dennis J. Hale engine house
Driver of Hose Wagon George W. Carter Congress st.
66 John H. Page
Joseph P. Page
13 Boardman "
George G. Ladd .
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HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY.
Captain George P. Osborne 34 Fruit street
Lieutenant Lincoln G. Bradbury 7 Eagle
Clerk and Treasurer William P. Phillips 25 Washington
Steward Herbert Currier . . 42 Temple street
Ladderman Richard K. Pike 87 Prospect "
Bernard McQuade 128 Merrimac "
Charles E. Ives 275
66
James F. Sullivan
. 28 Federal
66 Ernest C. Lang
Jackson 66
Edgar C. Reade
Kent
Andrew C. Hall
132 Water 66
Charles H. Tucker
. 18 Boardman “
66 John A. Wilson 179 Water
George Rollins . , 19 Winter
66 Christopher McGilvery 21 Inn
Driver Dennis Finnegan .
central station
HOSE NUMBER SEVEN.
Captain Joel L. Lancey . 26 Jefferson street
Lieutenant Edwin F. Jackman 7 Ashland 6
Clerk Frank W. Merrill 17} Woodland "
Treasurer Frank B. Ives 275 Merrimac “
Steward William B. Somerby
14 Forester
Hoseman Wilbur C. Randall .
21 Ashland 66
66
Frank D. Huntington 22
66 Thomas W. Mitchell 44 Forester
George A. Coffin 4 Jefferson
66 Edwin Miller 182 Prospect 66
Driver Jeremiah M. Haley 13 Walnut 66
HOSE NUMBER EIGHT.
Captain William B. Porter Lunt street
Lieutenant George W. Stanwood . Madison “
Clerk David A. Wells Water "
Treasurer Daniel W. Jackman Marlboro“
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Hoseman George W. Wilson
Water 66
6. Fred McBirnie Union 66
66 William H. H. Perkins
66 Albert Russell Oak
66
66 Charles A. Caswell . Purchase“
Hoseman and Driver Wilbur S. Porter Hancock "
FIRES AND LOSSES FOR 1902.
January 3. Barn on Toppan street ; Israel Morse ; insurance, $500; loss, $500.
April 11. House on Arlington street; F. Hoyt; insurance, $2,200; loss, $90.
April 18. Barn on Water street; J. A. Stevens ; insurance, $200; loss, $400.
April 22. House on Lime street ; M. Thibeaux; insurance, $2,000; loss, $328.45.
May 2. House on Merrimac street ; Israel Morse ; insurance, $1,000; loss, $50.
May 18. Automobile on Washington street; Ingalls ; insur- ance, $600; loss, $275.
June 1. House on Bridge road; F. K. Piper; insurance, $1,000; loss, $1.50.
June 17. House 16 Water street; F. W. Smith; insurance, $1,000; loss, $18.
July 21. House on High street ; L. I. DeVebber ; insurance, $3,000; loss, $5.50.
August 22. House 51 Middle street ; Dr. J. J. Healey ; loss, $5.00.
October 4. House 14 Merrill street; D. Casey ; insurance, $1,000; loss, $387.
November 13. House 3 Birch street; Miss A. Lane; insur- ance, $1,000; loss, $12.
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November 23. Block 13 State street; A. B. Toppan ; insur- ance, $3,500; loss, $203.15. Mr. Simons, insurance, $1,000; loss, $250. No. 11 State street, L. Barton, water damage, insur- ance, $11,550, loss, $92.20.
December 13. House 91 Water street; A. Reddy ; insurance, $1,500; loss, $98,50.
December 14. Store 86 State street : Mr. Chochos ; insurance, $530; loss, $242.40 .. House 86 State street ; Miss Altar; insur- ance, $3,000; loss, $25.
December 28. House 33 Center street ; D. Connors ; no insur- ance; loss, $75.
There have been 20 bell alarms, 2 of them false; 45 still alarms ; 2 calls from out of the city,- Salisbury beach, July 13, and Newbury, house and barn of G. Haskell. The loss by still alarms ranges from $1 up. the largest still alarm loss being that at Miss Altar's building and the Chochos fruit store. $267.40.
Total insurance, $34,580. Total insurance paid, $2,695.57. Amount of loss above insurance paid, $80. Average fire loss for the year 1902, $50.86. This will compare very favorably with any year since 1880.
In conclusion, it affords me great pleasure to testify to the able assistance and loyal support I have received from the officers and members of the department, and to the most efficient manner iu which they have per- formed their various duties during the year. How efficiently they have done their work and the large amount of property they have saved has been repeatedly demonstrated. For this I desire to tender them my warmest praise. We have an excellent fire department. Give them the necessary articles to work with and they will take care of the fires; hamper them with useless legislation and red tape and the blame will be on your
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own shoulders. Thankful for our general freedom from large fires during the year, grateful to them for the thorough manner in which they have guarded the city from conflagration, I hope and trust we may be alike fortunate in the years to come.
I desire to extend my thanks to His Honor the mayor, the committee on fire department, and members of the city council for courtesies shown myself and the depart- ment; also, to the officers and members of the police force for their assistance at fires; for the watchful care displayed by this force, as well as the various night patrolmen, in detecting fires in their early stages, there- by enabling the depatment to keep the losses down to a minimum, when under other conditions serious losses might have resulted.
I have the honor to be
Your Obedient Servant, S. C. REED,
Chief of the Fire Department.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
To the Committee on Fire Department:
GENTLEMEN : The year for which we were elected to look after the finances of the fire department has come to a close, and this is our final meeting, and as chairman of the committee I take this opportunity to thank you all for the courtesy you have shown me and the efficient work you have done for the city.
At the beginning of the year the committee was crippled on account of the committee on finance making our appropriation $1,000 less than the year previous. The salaries of the department amount to $7,190; add to that $1,095 for hook and ladder horses, which leaves a balance of little more than $3,000 for all other ex- penses. Notwithstanding that, we have kept expenses down as much as possible without injuring the efficiency of the department, and we leave so that very little expense should follow next year.
It is needless for me to speak of the good work done by the department, as every citizen knows that it is
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second to none in the state, and their work the past year only adds another laurel to the many won before.
During the present year the department has re- sponded to 21 bell alarms and 47 still. Many of the still alarms required more work than many of the bell alarms. Most of the still alarms have been responded to by hose one, thereby saving an alarm being pulled in and an extra expense contracted.
The extra cost to the city for an alarm of fire is from $8 to $13.
The committee have, during the year, added to the department an exercise wagon for use of hose one, at an expense of less than $75 This wagon is one of the best pieces of apparatus in the department, and is used to respond to all still alarms during the daytime. It carries 700 feet of hose, chemical, bars, axes, and other fire fighting appliances. A dealer in fire apparatus from Boston offered your chairman $150 for the wagon when it was completed. In fact, it answers all purposes for fires as well as the $350 wagons in the department.
The committee have, during the year, purchased 1,000 feet of new hose, and had 400 feet of condemned hose relined, which gives the department about 12,000 feet of good hose, and unless some emergency happens it will not be necessary to purchase new hose the com- ing year.
Your committee have placed a contract with Albert Russell & Sons to rebuild engine 1, at a cost of about $1,800. This was found necessary on account of an expert pronouncing the boiler dangerous and the engine unreliable. The committee immediately ordered the
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engine out of commission, and asked the city council for an appropriation of $2,000, which was granted.
The remainder of the apparatus is in good condition for fire purposes.
The committee, at the first of the year, put the storage battery system in good order, at an expense of over $100. The alarm, during the year, has done good service, and very little trouble has been experienced with it. The engine houses of engines 2 and 3 have been connected with public telephones, which are very convenient.
As the year has drawn to a close and many of us retire from public life, we can do so with the feeling that we have served the city to the best of our ability, and have left the department over which we have had control, the past twelve months, well manned, well equipped, and in better condition than it has been for some years before, and I would recommend that the committee tender a vote of thanks to the members of the department for the efficient work done.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. SARGENT.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Newburyport:
GENTLEMEN : The board of assessors respectfully report the following statement of the taxes for state, county, and city purposes for the current year, 1902 :
Assessed value of real estate . $7,416,500 00
Assessed value of personal property 2,621,100 00
Resident bank shares 321,215 00
$10,358,815 00
The rate of taxation for the year 1902 was $18.20 on each $1,000 assessed; the poll tax, $2; whole number of polls assessed, 4,471.
Tax on real estate, $7,416,500, at $18.20 $134,980 30
Tax on personal estate, $2,621,100, at $18.20 47,704 02
Tax on bank shares, $321,215, at $18.20 5,846 11
Tax on 4,471 polls, at $2 8,942 00
$197,472 43
The sums required by the state, county, and city are as follows :
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From Edward S. Bradford, state treasurer $5,592 50 From E. Kendall Jenkins, county treasurer 9,924 53 From George H. Stevens, city clerk, under a resolve from the city council . $189,800 00
Less the sum not otherwise appropriated 10,000 00 179,800 00 The amount of overlay 1,795 86
The amount of additional assessments 359 54
$197,472 43
The value of exempted property is as follows :
Religious societies, real estate . $310,500
Literary institutions, real estate 80,300
.6 invested funds 51,577
Benevolent and charitable institutions, real estate . . 66 .6 66 invested funds 426,731
72,300
$941,408
Number of dwelling houses assessed, 2,752. Number of acres of land assessed, 4,576. Number of residents assessed on property : individuals, 1564 ; all others, 432. Number of non-residents assessed on property: individ- uals, 191; all others, 55. [All others means firms, cor- porations, associations, trustees, etc. ] Total number assessed on property, 2,242. Total number assessed for poll tax only, 3,269 ; total number of tax-payers, 5.511. Value of buildings assessed, excluding land, $5,149,800. Value of land, excluding buildings, $2,255,400. Num- ber of horses assessed, 715. Number of cows, 250.
WILLIAM H. HUSE, GEORGE P. SARGENT,
Assessors.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Newburyport:
GENTLEMEN : The board of health herewith submits its twenty-seventh annual report, for the year ending December 31, 1902.
Appropriation $750 00
Credits
1,129 59
Total
$1,879 59
EXPENDITURES.
George W. Knight, salary and cash paid $427 68
Charles W. Page, salary and cash paid for stamps, etc. 53 85
Hunt Printing & Engraving Co., printing, advertising 31 50
News Publishing Co., 66
69 42
Newburyport Herald Co., 66 66
73 42
Dr. E. H. Noyes, professional services 1,884 82
Stephen P. Bray, wood and coal . 1 75
J. E. Bailey, use of office and telephone, horse hire, etc. 59 40 John H. McCollum, professional services 10 00
A. W. Parsons, groceries . 9 56
C. L. Davis, culture tubes, etc. 142 33
William J. Wilkinson, plumbing inspections 43 50
C. H. Sargent, 66 66 162 00
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C. N. Maguire, horse hire $75 00
Edward Osgood, crockery 10 42
Central Pharmacy, drugs and medicines 21 10
C. G. Thomas, furniture 10 00
F. B. Hubbard, clothing 47 35
Directory for Nurses . 2 00
Bay State Bottling Works, medicine 37 70
C. O. Townsend, shades for windows 3 00
Police, quarantine services 706 00
Red Cross Chemical, disinfectants 19 50
W. C. Langley, furniture. 7 95
J. H. Balch, wood and coal 41 95
D. F. Noyes, household articles 56 75
J. M. Greenough, carriage hire 27 00
C. L. Ayers, on account of scarlet fever patient 15 00
Fisher & Co., clothing, etc .. 165 00
I. K. Wells, provisions . 46 39
George H. Plumer, dry goods
30 50
H. A. Wilson, groceries
H. C. Hewitt, fish .
37 17
C. C. Stockman, furniture
108 42
J. M. Akerman, provisions 55 91
E. T. Cook, milk 100 40
C. W. Poor, groceries 57 29
E. P. Stickney, provisions 56 76
H. Hidden, pastry . 3 06
13 11
Samuel Hughes, groceries
12 12
Thomas Noyes, 76 91
C. H. Lewis, fumigating schoolhouse 3 00
A. C. Colby, 6 6 3 00
Carter, Meigs & Co., formaldehyde 25 00
Mrs. Hitching, nursing . 48 00
D). A. Goodwin, groceries 19 74
Jere Healey, wood and coal . 59 75
L. F. Barton, boots and shoes 43 24
37 38
W. C. O'Connell, provisions
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Pike & Elliott, undertakers
$90 00
Oak Hill cemetery 6 00
Yerxa & Co., groceries 46 49
City farm, produce 14 90
D. J. Kelleher, groceries
24 55
J. W. Floyd, 66 12 30
Dessilette Brothers, provisions and groceries 271 31
James Noyes, groceries 8 88
Anna Jaques Hospital, gauze 8 69
L. M. Hatch, lumber 49 72
Merrimac Pharmacy, drugs, etc.
16 71
Dr. Tigh, vaccinations 551 62
S. H. Thurlow, hardware 1 40
A. J. Casey & Co., drugs and medicines 23 00
G. A. Lang, groceries 1 63
Richard Pierce, nurse
588 00
Abbie Taylor, nurse and clothing
T. R. Healey, antitoxin 7 25
George W. Holmes, nurse and clothing
769 50
John Burke, services as agent and cash paid 122 88
Sulpho-Naphthal Co., disinfectants 10 00
W. A. Dickie, lettering signs
1 75
J. C. Colman, lumber 28
Carl Castelhun, formaldehyde 37 50
S. O. Pilling, telephoning to Boston
1 50
Charles P. Kelley, groceries . 2 86
John Collins, wood and coal 3 25
$8,013 59
SMALL POX.
Early in the fall of 1901, small pox having made its appearance in this section of New England, the board deemed it advisable to put the building situated on Crow lane (and supposed to be used for patients afflicted with contagious diseases) in condition for occupancy.
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At an expense of a few hundred dollars it was made comfortable, so that it could be occupied at a short notice.
On February 2, 1902, two small pox cases were dis- covered in our midst. A special meeting of the board was immediately held, and it was voted to immediately furnish the hospital with all necessary household furni- ture, bedding, and bed clothing, under the direction of the agent; and it was also voted to employ efficient nurses and a physician, and power was also given to the agent to employ an assistant. Everything was quickly done, and the two patients were in the hospital within forty-eight hours. Other cases followed, so that within three months thirteen cases were reported. As it was impossible to care for more than four cases at the hospital at one time, other cases were quarantined in their own homes, which of course made it much more expensive to care for. Action should be taken at once by the city council for better accommodations at the hospital, for there should be accommodations for female patients, as well as more rooms for males. It will be seen from this statement that the large overdraft in this department could not be avoided.
On May 28, Mr. George W. Knight resigned his posi- tion as agent of the board, and John Burke was elected to fill the vacancy.
Mr. Knight submitted the following report, ending May 30 : 12 cases of scarlet fever and 8 cases of diph- theria. Complaints attended to, 78; vaults, 17; cess- pools, 14 ; nuisances abated, 39; dead dogs buried, 5 ; cats, 2.
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REPORT OF THE AGENT.
Calls, 657; minor calls, 339; complaints attended to, 130; cesspools, 23 ; vaults, 33 ; neglected garbage, 22 ; pig complaints, 11; offensive culverts, 8; nuisances abated, 57; dogs, cats, woodchucks, and hens buried, 29; minor complaints attended to, 17; wash-water complaints, 5; swill carts, 19; stagnated water, 6 ; sink-drains, 8; water-closets, 3; urinal complaints, 2; notices sent out, 32; sign boards on public dump, 2; cards posted in cottages on Plum island, 149.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Diphtheria, 21; typhoid fever, 19; scarlet fever, 3; measles, 29; tenements placarded, 14; tenements fumigated, 14; schoolhouses fumigated, 3; rooms fumi- gated, 68; families supplied with food and fuel while quarantined. 9.
Agent Knight further reports fumigating 4 school- houses, police station three times, 25 tenement houses, Newburyport jail, room in shoe factory, 2 shops, 3 hearses, 1 carriage house. Also, attended fumigating at Peabody's two days, hospital one day.
According to the report of the agents it will be seen that we have had 15 cases of scarlet fever, 29 cases of diphtheria, and 19 cases of typhoid. Diphtheria has been mostly prevalent at the north part of the city. As the sewerage system has been extended to that part of the city, it is to be hoped that tenement owners will see to it that their tenements are properly connected with said sewer, as in that way the board feels sure that good results will follow, and with other precautions the spread of contagious diseases will in a measure be checked.
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING.
Mr. Charles H. Sargent makes the following report :
I have made 72 inspections of new and additions to old work, comprising 166 new fixtures, divided as follows : Water-closets, 53; sinks, 71; baths, 15; lavatories, 16; wash-trays, 8; refrig- erators, 3; total, 166. The work has been done largely among the cheaper class of tenement houses, as you will notice but 15 baths and 16 lavatories, while the kitchen sink predominates with 71, and closets 53. The work has been in keeping with the houses, mostly of the cheapest. I am glad to mention, however, there is unfinished work of very high character, notably the new high school, together with some residences, which will appear in iny report next year. I strongly recommend a revision of the plumbing rules to better meet the requirements of our city. Par- ticulor stress should be laid on the quality and weight of stock used, having in view perfect sanitation, simplicity, and durability.
REPORT OF THE INSPECTION OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS.
[From January 1, 1902, to May 1, 1902. ]
January 31. I have made 38 visits to slaughter houses. There have been slaughtered during the month 58 cattle, 103 calves, 31 swine, 8 lambs, and 11 horses. One cow and 5 calves were con- demned as unfit for food. Stamp used 1,032 times.
February 28. Visits to slaughter houses, 28; stores, 11. Slaughtered during the month, 39 cattle, 73 calves, 5 lambs, 8 swine, and 7 horses. One veal condemned. Stamps used 701 times.
March 31. Visits to slaughter houses, 29 ; stores, 14. Slaught- ered during the month, 49 cattle, 194 calves, 6 swine, and 4 horses. Two carcases have been condemned. Stamps used 1,142 times.
April 30. Visits to slaughter houses, 51; stores, 50. Slaught- ered during the month, 70 cattle, 201 calves, 5 swine, and 7 horses. Three carcases and 15 calves condemned, unfit for food. Stamp used 1,584 times.
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Total : 214 cattle, 571 calves, 50 swine, 13 lambs, 29 horses. Condemned : 6 cattle, 21 calves. Stamp used 4,459 times.
No report for the remaining nine months of the year has been received.
JOHN E. BAILEY, CHARLES W. PAGE, SIMEON O. PILLING, Board of Health.
NEWBURYPORT, January 5, 1903. To the Board of Health of the City of Newburyport :
GENTLEMEN : Enclosed please find amount of sanitary work for the year ending January 1, 1903.
January, 2 loads ; February, 0; March, 0; April, 62; May, 102; June, 117; July, 73; August, 64; September, 44; Octo- ber, 28; November, 66; December, 32; total, 590 loads.
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