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1
2
1
1
121b Appendicitis. . .
1
1
122b Intestinal obstruction. .
1
1
124b Cirrhosis of liver (non-alcoholic)
1
1
2
1
1
129 Peritonitis. . .
1
1
Total .
9
10. Diseases Genito-urinary system (130-139)
130 Acute nephritis ..
1
1
2
131 Chronic nephritis ..
1
1
131a Arteriosclerotic kidney.
1
1
1
131b Other chronic nephritis .
1
1
1
3
Total .
7
112
ANNUAL REPORT
128 Diseases of pancreas. .
CAUSES OF DEATH-Concluded
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
14. Congenital Malformations (157) 157 Congenital malformations .. 157b Spina bifida and meningocele . . . .
1
1
1
1
Total .
2
15. Diseases peculiar to First Year of Life (158-161)
1
2 1
1
5
1
1
161a Atelectasis . 2
9
17. Violent or accidental deaths (163-198)
163 Suicide by poisoning.
1
1
178 Accidental absorption of poisonous gas .
1
1
2
182 Accidental mechanical suffocation
1 1
1
3
183 Accidental drowning. .
2
1
3
186 Accidental injury by fall .
1
1
Total .
10
18. Ill-defined and Unknown Causes (199-200)
200 Ill-defined and unknown causes . . 200a Ill-defined .. .
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
Total .
5
113
BOARD OF HEALTH
159 Premature births. . 160 Injury at Birth. 161 Other diseases
1 112 1 2
Total.
114
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, 1944
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. 23 12 11 6
3
1
3
59
German Measles .
1
1
2
1
3
Lobar Pneumonia . .
4
1
5
Measles .
1
40
29
4
3
18
23
Mumps .
1
1
1
1
Opthalmia Neonatorum
5
Scarlet Fever .
1
1
2
1
2
2
5
Tuberculosis-Pul.
1
2
2
Typhoid Fever.
2
1
4
7
Whooping Cough.
2
1
4
Influenza. .
1
1
1
1
4
1
6
3
1
4
2
4
25
29
16
17
10
45
32
10
2
18
10
29
218
TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN SANATORIUMS, 1944
Jan.
Feb.
8
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
74
Rutland.
1
2
2
2
2
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
30
Total .
9
10
10
9
8
10
10
8
8
8
7
7
104
Oct. Nov.
Dec. Total
Chicken Pox .. .
2
Broncho pneumonia .
1
75
ANNUAL REPORT
Essex
8
8
Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.
Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
Malaria .
1
Anterior Poliomyelitis.
Dog Bite. . .
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE IN SCHOOLS, 1944
Name of School
4
1
2
2
4
5
Curtis. .
1
4
17
36
Brown.
2
57
Pre-School ..
8
7
5
5
19
9
3
1
1
22
2
2
1
5
10
Immaculate Conception
1
Jackman.
4
3
2
3 13 1
St. Aloysius. .
6
Davenport. .
1
Woodbridge .
23
15
11
9
40
30
3
3
7
21
162
Total .
BURIAL PERMITS ISSUED, 1944
Jan.
Feb.
Mar. Apr. May June
12
18
10
16
8
16
17
18
17
197
Residents Died Elsewhere
4
1
1
3
3
3
5
1
2
1 24
Non-Residents Here . .
3
5
2
4
2
3
1
4
4
5
2
3
38
Non-Residents Buried Here.
5
4
1
4
1
1
1
2
2
1
3
6
31
Ashes Buried Here.
1
Reinterments . .
Jan.
Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec. Total
1
3
22
5
3
6
2
Kindergarten School
1
.
1
9
Kelley . .
1
Currier.
2
1
1
1
8
1
Residents Died Here. . .
24
21
20
4
1
1
1
0
.
BOARD OF HEALTH
Dec. Total
July
Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.
115
116
GENITO-INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1944
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
MF
Gonorrhea.
.0 1
1 0
0 0
0 1
2 1
0 3
00 01
2 0
0 1
0 7 0 2
10
17
Syphilis .
0 0
21 00 01
20 00 11
00 00
1 4
0 2 00
6 9
Totals.
.01
310002
4 1 03 11 01 20
1 5 0 9 0 2 11
26
RECAPITULATION MEDICAL UNIT FOR TWELVE MONTHS 1944 (ALL DEPTS.)
Physicians.
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec. $18.00
Total $349.50
Bullard. .
$27.75
$29.25
$29.25
$42.00
$66.00
$22.50
$32.25
$9.00
$40.50
$33.00
Councilman
36.75
18.00
12.75
14.25
$12.00
13.50
27.75
12.75
24.75
29.25
22.50
24.75
249.00
Hall. .
26.25
8.25
12.75
44.25
75.75
18.00
16.50
26.25
24.75
27.00
28.50
15.00
323.25
Hewitt.
52.50
41.25
45.75
53.25
55.50
39.00
10.50
16.50
37.50
49.50
48.00
22.50
471.75
Peirce.
6.00
3.00
17.25
14.25
6.00
11.25
39.00
30.75
9.75
15.75
16.50
17.25
186.75
Peter. .
54.00
45.75
64.50
41.25
25.50
9.00
36.75
7.50
28.50
47.25
56.25
18.00
434.25
Snow.
33.75
54.75
36.75
48.75
35.25
24.00
11.25
22.50
40.50
60.00
10.50
36.75
414.75
Annis ..
$237.00
$200.25
$219.00
$258.00
$210.00
$192.00
$216.00
$197.25
$219.75
$302.25
$282.75
$185.25
$2,719.50
Druggists
Davis .
$44.45
$45.55
$36.51
$55.12
$48.39
$51.56
$52.21
$37.79
$29.35
$41.01
$40.14
$36.50
$518.58
Eaton. ..
24.66
31.29
46.42
40.47
31.46
15.38
16.82
15.14
38.74
27.63
27.52
24.78
348.60
8.29
Hoyt ..
56.94
66.09
59.93
42.36
62.60
51.39
97.50
79.97
46.75
32.38
46.77
55.55
698.23
Lynch. .
26.55
32.06
23.98
32.52
22.08
23.30
14.48
22.65
31.81
8.95
34.48
43.90
316.76
Perry .. .
12.09
30.53
34.02
4.05
21.29
20.76
18.17
24.93
28.87
33.22
10.33
238.26
Saunders .. .
11.78
10.80
3.94
20.86
15.20
13.84
9.78
5.90
2.52
8.80
17.08
120.50
A. H. White ..
.
$164.69 $217.30 $211.66 $178.46
$214.97 $177.59
$194.85 $183.50 $177.48 $141.36
$190.93
$193.75 $2,246.54
ANNUAL REPORT
33.00
290.25
11.25
51.75
48.75
45.00
33.00
67.50
5.61
5.61
.
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Report of the Board of Public Welfare
January 30, 1945. To His Honor the Mayor and Members of the City Council:
The report of the Board of Public Welfare for the year 1944 shows an operating cost of $21,004.44 for General Relief, $10,885.16 for Horton Home and $16,220.61 for Aid to Dependent Children-a gross cost of $49,210.21.
The Department received from the Federal Government for Aid to Dependent Children Administrative costs, the sum of $1,029.21, Federal Grant $4,406.55, State Grant $8,595.86, Returned checks $46.50, for a total return of $14,078.12 credited to Aid to Dependent Children.
Reimbursement for aid given to clients who have settlements in other cities and towns, the City Treasurer received the sum of $978.18 and for clients chargeable to the State, the sum of $2,873.65, returned checks $152.50 for a total of $4,004.33. This money goes into General Funds or estimated receipts and is not returned to the De- partment account. Gross receipts totalled $18,082.45.
While the demand for labor continues, it is probable that operating costs will not vary to any great extent, but when curtailment takes place, then our case load will in- crease. When this will take place, it is impossible to predict.
We wish to express our appreciation and extend thanks to all who, in various ways, have co-operated with the department.
EDWARD F. MURPHY, JOHN W. STEVENS, DENNIS F. O'KEEFE,
Board of Public Welfare.
JAMES F. CREEDEN, Agent.
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN January 1, 1944 to December 31, 1944
Month
Payment
Federal
State
City
January
$1,456.05
$395.00
$485.35
$575.70
February.
1,326.00
349.00
442.00
535.00
March
1,280.45
353.80
426.82
499.83
April.
1,222.10
323.50
407.37
491.23
May.
1,262.00
327.00
420.68
514.32
June.
1,295.75
348.75
431.92
515.08
July
1,362.95
354.00
454.32
554.63
August.
1,349.12
360.00
449.70
539.42
September.
1,555.62
411.00
518.54
626.08
October
1,579.70
397.50
526.56
655.64
November.
1,408.37
374.00
469.46
564.91
December
1,122.50
297.50
374.17
450.83
Total
$16,220.61 $4,291.05 $5,406.89
$6,522.67
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INFIRMARY EXPENDITURES, 1944
Name
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May $240.00
June
July $240.00
Aug. $240.00
Sept. $240.00 70.24
Oct. $240.00 346.08
Nov. $240.00
Dec. $240.00
$2,896.25
Groceries. .
78.43
44.92
55.32
44.97
93.22
55.90
73.03
194.12
216.71
128.79
1,401.73
Fuel and Light ....
45.57
54.11
58.08
93.93
29.28
98.97
16.86
162.93
309.92
869.65
Feed and Grain. ..
213.64
260.89
197.18
334.27
203.13
102.83
240.89
211.44
185.17
126.10
169.15
212.43
2,457.12
Shoes & Clothing.
30.00
14.81
4.13
14.80
107.50
Drugs. .
13.87
18.35
6.07
13.52
8.56
17.01
18.25
12.84
12.28
11.49
22.38
154.62
Lumber
3.75
4.29
2.50
3.04
13.58
Medical.
4.50
3.00
22.50
4.50
8.25
7.50
50.25
Repairs .
224.58
239.18
Telephone
4.98
5.43
4.43
5.12
4.78
4.78
4.28
4.93
4.68
4.33
4.68
52.52
Tobacco.
33.43
55.40
49.80
62.28
51.58
63.88
63.88
65.90
446.15
Truck.
156.50
156.50
Miscellaneous.
52.00
26.30
26.87
9.00
1.50
19.00
26.00
3.25
65.30
41.50
203.39
474.11
Supplies.
112.96
48.67
55.95
15.48
8.76
30.04
73.07
.50
41.98
95.84
229.60
712.85
Barbering .
30.00
24.00
24.00
30.00
24.00
24.00
30.00
24.00
24.00
54.00
30.00
318.00
Slaughter.
12.00
12.00
Dental.
4.00
4.00
Insurance .
97.58
63.36
160.94
Bur!al.
100.00
100.00
200.00
Repairs on Horton
Home Barn. .
84.09
10.38
94.47
Total.
$628.73 $892.79 $713.47
$882.42
$962.92 $578.80
$830.50 $874.23
$650.68 $943.33 $1.062,20
$1,865.09
$10,885.16
ANNUAL REPORT
Total
Salaries .
$256.25
$240.00
$240.00
$240.00
$240.00
171.24
14.60
WELFARE EXPENDITURES, 1944
Name
Jan.
Feb. .
March
April
May $204.00
June
July
August
Sept.
October
Nov. $143.00
Dec. $220.00
$1,849.50
Rent. .. . ..
138.72
144.00
119.87
126.00
94.00
102.00
76.00
92.00
108.00
98.84
216.00
135.23
1,450.66
Fuel.
42.88
144.39
86.21
132.75
14.80
36.98
2.68
13.93
13.44
52.86
59.45
98.90
699.27
Milk. . . . ..
8.68
8.72
47.11
15.26
4.36
8.72
3.27
14.17
10.90
12.55
12.75
9.90
93.85
Shoes & Clo.
5.90
16.30
8.35
8.35
3.20
1.25
Commissary
7.13
12.57
54.90
40.00
58.00
.74
152.00
34.00
752.49
Telephone.
8.00
4.05
4.00
4.35
4.10
4.30
4.65
4.00
4.06
4.65
4.20
5.15
55.51
Office Sup .
13.30
.95
1.88
.54
23.33
.90
13.80
17.46
11.74
83.90
Transpt'u.
4.98
3.32
3.16
5.65
1.66
3.32
3.32
1.66
1.66
28.73
Medical. ..
5.80
80.75
24.75
2.60
66.75
39.75
32.25
28.50
38.00
49.75
33.50
402.40
Drugs. . . . .
36.72
32.50
42.56
28.50
29.93
22.61
41.70
38.03
40.45
313.00
Hospital .. .
4.65
3.50
44.44
Truck. . . . .
12.34
.50
23.45
Bd. & Care
138.00
92.00
273.86
100.00
18.00
334.79
234.93
47.91
1,239.49
Glasses. . . .
Cash. . . ...
540.00
539.00
678.00
534.50
630.50
420.00
430.00
437.50
363.00
374.85
519.50
442.00
5,908.85
Burial .. . . .
100.00
100.00
100.00
200.00
100.00
600.00
Salaries . . .
601.19
578.56
743.25
602.92
706.05
538.92
538.92
673.65
471.20
471.20
581.20
568.44
7,075.50
Dental. ...
5.00
5.00
...
Total. .. $2,237.99 $1,635.87 $2,064.43 $1,981.48 $1,767.16 $1,419.92 $1,697.08 $1,343.99 $1,489. 18 $1,768.86 $1,864.19 $1,734.29 $21,004.44
Total
Groceries. .
$209.00
$177.50
$109.00
$178.00
$75.50
$126.50
$52.50
$187.50
$167.00
15.26
125.55
Travel. ...
. 65
5.10
19.70
T.A .- O.C ..
412.85
242.50
242.50
9.00
9.00
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
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8.85
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF CITY INFIRMARY January 1, 1944 to December 31, 1944
Board of Public Welfare:
Gentlemen:
We present the annual report for the year ending December 31, 1944:
Number of inmates cared for during year. . 39
Number at present time. 27
Number unable to work. 14
Average number 29 2
Deaf Mutes.
Money received from sale of potatoes and paid Treasurer.
$59.50
Wood on hand: Pine-70 cords; Hard-15 cords; wood delivered-2,072 bags.
Live Stock
9 cows, 4 heifers, 1 bull, pair horses, 6 hogs, 4 shoats, 117 hens.
Crops Raised
35 tons hay, 3,000 lbs. squash, 20 bu. onions, 70 bu. No. 1 apples, 30 bu. No. 2 apples, 5b u. dry beans, 20 bu. carrots, 10 bu. beets, 25 bu. rutabaga turnips, 5 bu. par- snips, 200 bu. potatoes, 100 bu. corn on cob, 1,000 lbs. cabbage, 10 bu. green peas, 15 bu. swiss chard, 11 bu. green beans, 14 bu. wax beans, 37 bu. sweet corn, 11 bu. sweet peppers, 25 bu. cucumbers, 50 bu. tomatoes.
Canned Goods
150 qts. squash, 63 qts. peaches, 56 qts. pears, 200 qts. tomatoes, 180 qts. wax beans, 180 green beans, 106 qts. piccalilli, 85 qts. mince meat, 1,975 cans milk, 1,640 lbs. butter, 1,397 doz. eggs.
Poultry dressed and used on farm-240 lbs.
Calf dressed and used on farm-600 lbs.
8 veal calves and used on farm-685 lbs.
15 hogs dressed and used on farm-4,500 lbs.
Filled ice house-65 tons.
Repairs
New shut off in hot water line.
White washed basement. Built new platform to ice chest. Repaired barn from lightning damage.
Repaired and painted front and rear barn doors.
Bought dump cart. Repaired roof and put new roofing paper on brooder house. Painted roof of brooder house. Repaired fence around Infirmary property. Built new pig trough. Built equipment for drying corn. Painted and glazed 22 windows in barn.
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Set post and built new gates at entrance of Powder House field. Bought 2 new fire escape doors.
Electric Light Co. set 2 new poles.
Respectfully submitted,
DUDLEY T. CURRIER,
Superintendent.
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ANNUAL REPORT
RECEIPTS January 1, 1944 to December 31, 1944
Aid to Dependent Children
Administrative-Federal
Quarter Ending:
December 31, 1943
$252.16
March 31, 1944
251.00
June 30, 1944.
267.05
Sept. 30, 1944.
259.00
Federal Grant
Quarter Ending:
December, 1943
$787.00
March, 1944
1,097.80
June, 1944.
999.25
Sept. 1944.
1,125.00
Month ending
October, 1944.
397.50
$4,406.55
State Grant
Period ending:
July, 1943.
$3,679.93
December, 1943
2,310.96
June, 1944.
2,604.97
$8,595.86
Checks Returned
March-Federal.
$25.50
December-City
21.00
$46.50
Other Cities
Newbury.
$555.03
Plymouth
275.00
Woburn.
100.00
Salisbury.
38.50
Amesbury
9.65
$978.18
City
Returned Aid
$60.00
Returned Checks.
92.50
$152.50
State
Temporary Aid-1943-44. $2,873.65
$4,004.33
TOTAL RECEIPTS
$18,082.45
$1,029.21
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
Eighty-Ninth Annual Report of the Public Library NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS
Board of Directors for 1944
James Burke Mrs. Robert M. Driver Herbert W. Fogg Dr. T. Raymond Healy
Dr. Randolph C. Hurd Mrs. Arthur C. Peabody Miss Ellen G. Todd
Trustees of Building Fund and Permanent Members of the Board
William Balch
Peter I. Lawton James E. Whitney
Ex-officio John M. Kelleher, Mayor Edward G. Perkins, President of the Council
Librarian Ruth B. Kimball
Library Staff
Ruth C. Arrall, Cataloger
Teresa B. Castle, Reference Librarian
Olive Fogg, Children's Librarian
Grace Bixby, Assistant
Olive R. Carter, Assistant
Bessie W. P. Hills, Substitute Assistant
Miriam O. Langlois, Assistant
Beulah E. Moody, Assistant Catherine W. Parsons, Assistant
Eleanor E. Gannon, Assistant
Vivian G. White, Assistant
Librarian's Report
To the Board of Directors of the Newburyport Public Library:
The Library and its Branches were open 301 days during the year, circulating 91,976 books to 7,934 borrowers. A slight increase over the 1943 circulation is noticed, particularly in the figures of the Children's Room.
There were various Staff changes during the year. In January the Directors voted a six months leave of absence, without pay, to the Librarian, Mrs. Kimball, because of illness. A committee, consisting of Mrs. Robert M. Driver, formerly a librarian, Chairman, Mr. Peter I. Lawton and Mr. William Balch, was appointed to have charge of the Library during Mrs. Kimball's absence. Effective September first, a duration leave of absence was granted to Olive R. Carter, who left to join the American Red Cross. Miraim O. Langlois, a graduate of Simmons College School of Library Science, was elected as military substitute for Miss Carter. At the October meeting of the Board of Library Directors Eleanor E. Gannon received a similar leave in order to work in a war plant. Bessie W. P. Hills is substituting in Miss Gannon's place.
Representatives from the Library Staff have attended the Boston Herald Book Fair, Massachusetts Library Association meetings, the New England Regional Con- ference held at Simmons College and a Round Table on Library Publicity. Racial
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ANNUAL REPORT
tolerance and the positions of libraries in the present and post-war world, with par- ticular emphasis on the problems of returning soldiers and war-workers, were stressed at these meetings. Full reports of attending representatives were given at the monthly Staff Meetings.
There has been an addition to the regular publicity given to library booklists and special events in the Newburyport Daily News. This is a weekly article, written by the Staff members in turn, dealing either with an outstanding book or author, or featur- ing a library department or particular phase of service given by the library. The co- operation of the Daily News in publishing these articles is very much appreciated.
Book Week, November 13-19, continued to be an outstanding event of the year. On Tuesday, November 14, the Friends of the Library Association sponsored the open- ing of the Ethel Parton Memorial Fund. This was established in honor of Newburyport's own author of children's books. In former years Miss Parton had always participated in our Tuesday program of Book Week. Her death in February left a vacancy which will long be felt. It is a pleasure to report that the Memorial Fund, income to be used for the purchase of children's books for our Library, has reached a total of $700.00 at this writing. Contributions continue to be received from friends, both personal and pro- fessional, her publishers, Viking Press, having made a very substantial gift. This project of the Friends of the Library Association perpetuates in the most fitting manner the personality and spirit of Miss Ethel Parton, herself a true friend of the Library. Thursday, November 16, Miss Sarah E. Mulliken devoted the afternoon to autograph- ing albums for all visitors to the Children's Room, also drawing a picture in each album. This was a high point in the week, the artist and author being kept busy until the room closed at six o'clock. Story Hour, for children from two to ten years old, was resumed at ten o'clock on Saturday, November 18, with such good response that it will be held regularly during the winter months. Miss Fogg, Children's Librarian and Mrs. Langlois Staff Assistant, alternate as story-tellers.
The Library has continued to be the depository for gifts to the Victory Book Campaign. The quality of the donations received is to be commended.
Hobbies of local collectors have been exhibited in the glass case in the Circulation Department. A detailed list of exhibitors and the material shown will be found at the end of this report, as well as the names of all who have given books. The Library is most grateful for the interest thus demonstrated by its many friends.
Bulletin Boards are now in the capable charge of Mrs. Parsons, with Miss Castle assisting, as she has for some time past.
The Main Library circulation statistics include the figures for Inter-Library Loans, all books sent to the schools, the Home for Aged Men and the Home for Aged Women. Separate space is given to the circulation of the Andrews and Belleville Branches.
A special word is due the Staff and Janitor for their services and loyalty to the Li- brary and Directors during 1944.
To all the Directors, particularly to Mrs. Driver and the members of her com- mittee, go thanks and appreciation for their unfailing support during the entire year.
Respectfully submitted,
RUTH B. KIMBALL,
Librarian.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
STATISTICS For the year ending December 31, 1944
Population served.
13,916
Assessed valuation.
$12,352,190 301
Number of days open during year
66
Hours open each week, for reading.
66
Hours open each week, for Andrews Branch
10
Hours open each week, for Belleville Branch
12
Borrowers
Adult Juvenile
Total
January 1, 1944.
7,490
1,617
9,107
Added during the year
320
251
571
Totals .
7,810
1,868
9,678
Withdrawn during the year
1,175
569
1,744
Total December 31, 1944. .
6,635
1,299
7,934
Circulation
Adult
Juvenile Non .- Fict. Fiction Non .- Fict. Fiction
Total
Main Library .
12,945 28,895
2,777
13,660
58,277
Andrews Branch.
4,034
10,555
1,268
4,631
20,488
Belleville Branch
2,086
6,332
773
4,020
13,211
Totals
19,065
45,782
4,818
22,311
91,976
Book Stock
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Number of volumes, January 1, 1944
74,487
4,829
79,316
Number of volumes added in 1944.
1,033
526
1,559
Totals
75,520
5,355
80,875
Number of volumes withdrawn in 1944.
162
153
315
Total December 31, 1944.
75,358
5,202
80,560
Donors to the Library in 1944
American Legion, Mass. Dept.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Monsieur Barbeux-Parry
Middle America Information Bureau
Bernard M. Baruch
Mrs. Ernest Mitchell
George Brinton Beal
Miss Grace C. Moody
Miss Alta Boyd
Mrs. Albert H. Morrill
Miss Alice Brookings
Cecil Morrill
Miss Charlotte Bryant
Mrs. Helen C. Moseley
Miss Betty Butler
Moseley Estate
Hours open each week, for lending.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Miss Mary Chesterman Miss Alice Chorebanian Mr. and Mrs. Colin Clements Mrs. David Coffin C. J. Collins
Miss Florence M. Currier
Laurence P. Dodge
Mrs. Robert M. Driver George E. Folk
Herbert Folsom
Constantin Fotitch
William Marshall French
Mrs. Fred N. Goodwin
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
Grand Army of the Republic, Mass. Dept. Frederick E. Green
Miss Lillian Greenleaf
Miss Joyce Hilchey
Elmer T. Hutchinson
Kalamazoo Veg. Parchment Co.
Miss Helen Lafoe
Miss Hazel Langmaid
Mrs. Nora Leary
Rev. Gilbert Leduc
Miss Agnes Little Henry Bailey Little Robert W. Lull
Ernest M. Lunt
Mrs. Lorenzo Maroni
John P. Marquand A. Marshall Mass., Commonwealth of
Miss Sarah E. Mulliken
National Broadcasting Co.
Newburyport, City of
Newburyport High School
William S. Newell T. J. O'Mara, Capt., USMCR
Louis Orenberg Association
Frank S. Osgood
Philip H. R. Pearson
Pepsi-Cola Co.
Polish Government Information Center
Arthur Upham Pope
Proctor and Gamble Co.
Royal Norwegian Training Center
Rev. and Mrs. Sumner H. Sargent
John Savukinas
Miss Patricia Shea
Miss Eve Sikelianos
Louis A. Sloman
Somersworth Public Library
Mrs. Henry S. Spacil
Mrs. Lena W. Stevens
Miss Cynthia Taylor
Miss Emily Todd
United Spanish War Veterans, Mass. Dept.
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mass. Dept.
Thad F. Wasielewski Wellesley College Alumnae Association
Miss Sylvia Wentworth
Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
George L. Whittmore
Miss Esther Woods
Zionist Emergency Council
Exhibition of Hobbies
Advertising Cards-Loaned by Mrs. Frank McGregor Indian and African Curios-Loaned by Mrs. Robert Taylor Jap Trophies-Loaned by Nicholas Sarantakos Jewish Book Week Exhibit-Loaned by Zionist Emergency Council Pitchers-Loaned by Mrs. Rowland Currier Playground Crafts-Loaned by Playground Instructors
Seed Catalogs-Loaned by Mr. Frank McGregor Souvenir Spoons-Loaned by Miss Grace Bixby Tropical Trinkets-Loaned by Mrs. Arthur J. LaPlante Victory Book Campaign Exhibit
Books Purchased from Income of Funds
Andrews, Emma L. 14
Bradstreet, Charles W. 13
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
Colby, Lucy G. B
71
Currier, John J.
4
Cutter, Abram Edmands.
7
Dodge, Nathan D
28
Dodge, William H. P
14
Foster, Daniel.
3
Frothingham, Joseph A
10
Green, Sarah Ann
4
Haskell, George.
15
Moseley, Edward Strong .
47
Moseley, William Oxnard.
6
Moulton, Alice C.
15
Pathe, Paul.
13
Peabody, George.
112
Pettingell, George B
20
Plumer, Wilhelmina L.
35
Sawyer, Matthias P
8
Spring, John Rand .
255
Stickney, Elizabeth Hammond
183
Stone, Eben F.
50
Sweetser, Benjamin G.
65
Todd, William Cleaves.
4
Wiggin, Mary C.
12
Williams, Abraham.
20
Total
1,068
General
419
Special.
72
Total
491
GRAND TOTAL. 1,559
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ANNUAL REPORT
Report of Water Commissioners
February 1, 1945.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council, City of Newburyport, Mass.
Gentlemen;
The forty-ninth annual report of the Board of Water Commissioners is respectfully submitted.
THOMAS F. MCGRATH, CHARLES F. A. HALL, DANIEL J. REARDON, JOHN F. CUTTER, WILLARD S. LITTLE,
Board of Water Commissioners.
Clerk of Board:
Gertrude C. Gorwaiz
Financial Report, 1944
Balance December 31, 1943.
$7,299.80
Receipts
Water Rates.
$50,256.56
Meter Rates
11,853.91
Sundry Water Receipts .
665.00
City of Newburyport.
5,000.00
Artichoke River Maintenance.
10.00
Artichoke Station Maintenance
300.00
General Distribution.
33.43
Hydrant Maintenance
114.50
Mains Maintenance
79.15
Pumping Station Maintenance
16.00
Service Pipe Maintenance.
162.03
Service Pipe Construction
59.32
Total Receipts
$68,549.90
$68,549.90
Total
$75,849.70
Payments
Artichoke River Maintenance.
$951.95
Artichoke Station Maintenance . 8,865.09
Defense 630.71
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WATER COMMISSIONERS
Filter Bed
$2,844.65
Gate Maintenance.
30.73
General Maintenance .
3,851.55
General Distribution.
2,970.78
Hydrant Maintenance
419.78
Mains Maintenance
125.64
Meter Maintenance
653.27
Pumping Station Maintenance
26,430.67
Service Pipe Maintenance.
4,174.36
Standpipes
136.33
Trucks.
556.41
$52,641.92
Construction
Mains
$16.28
Meter.
47.49
Service Pipe-Newbury
69.63
Service Pipe
150.44
$283.84
Retirement
3,368.00
Bonds ..
7,000.00
Interest
1,955.00
Total Payments.
$65,248.76
Balance December 30, 1944. .
$10,600.94
Balance of Bond Issue of 1938.
2,042.58
Total
$12,643.52
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD S. NOYES,
Treasurer.
Construction and Maintenance Division
Services :
Seventeen services were repaired requiring 226'-2"-1" pipe.
Nineteen leaks in services were repaired using 161'-10"-1" pipe. Four new services were laid requiring 159'-11"-1" pipe. Seven services were renewed requiring 139'-1" pipe and 51'-9"-2" pipe.
Hydrants :
Two hydrants were repaired.
Two hydrants replaced-one on Ashland Street near Merrimac and one on Fair opposite Essex. One hydrant repaired in Newbury which was damaged by automobile.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Mains:
Repaired leaks in Mains as follows: Ferry Road, Otis Place, Beacon Avenue and on Merrimac Street opposite No. 322.
Meters:
Four new meters were set.
Four meters removed for winter months.
Two meters reset and twelve replaced.
General:
Planted 3,000 trees at Artichoke Lot.
Water System Statistics
Newburyport
Newbury
Miles of Mains.
44
4
Total Number of Services.
4,178
166
Total Number of Meters
105
10
Total Number of Hydrants.
278
19
Private Hydrants.
13
Personnel :
Ellis B. Lunt-Foreman
John Lucy-Pipe Layer
John Reardon-Laborer-pipefitter
Raymond Rayno-Laborer-pipefitter
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