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Genieve R. Barrows.
. IV.
Framingham Normal School . 1903
Mary I. Loring.
. III.
. Salem Normal School .. 1897
Helen L. Patten ..
.II ..
Salem Normal School. 1903
Mary A. Bailey. .I.
. Miss Wheelock's Kind. Training Class .1896
Helena M. Hocking . 1.
. Miss Wheelock's Kind. Training Class. 1904
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LINCOLN SCHOOL, WYOMING AVENUE.
NAME.
GRADE.
WHERE EDUCATED.
WHEN ELECRED'
Augustus O. Burke.
Principal.
Bridgewater Normal School. 1898
Edith S. Blake. .
.IX
Bates College.
1903
Annie P. O'Hara
IX.
. Boston Normal School. 1903
Mary R. Clarke.
VII.
Franklin Academy. .
1894
Mary S. Haley.
V ..
Framingham Normal School.
1901
Harriet H, Dowe ..
.IV.
Mt. Holyoke College
1894
Harriet A. Saunders.
III.
. Malden High School. 1898
Jeannette A. Doane.
.II.
. Templeton High School. 1895
Grace C. Albee. .
. I.
. Wellesley College. . 1898
Grace A. Lynde. .I.
. Miss Page's Kindergarten Training Class. . . . . 1897
D. W. GOOCH SCHOOL, COR. FOSTER AND FLORENCE STREETS.
Augustus O. Burke.
Principal
. Bridgewater Normal School. 1894
Lydia Mendum.
VIII.
Salem Normal School.
1874
Harriet E. Benson .
VII.
. Gorham (Me.) Normal School. 1902
Alice H. Long.
VI.
. Boston Normal School. 1877
Lois M. Holmes.
V.
. Melrose High School 1896
Minnie F. C.Snow
IV.
. Orono (Me.) High School 1892
Annie P. Long
. III.
Melrose High School
. 1894
Amelia F. Trowbridge
II.
1889
A. Arline Merrill
1894
Mabel Price. 1 ..
.1.
Miss Symond's Kindergarten Training Class. . 1897
CITY OF MELROSE
HORACE MANN SCHOOL, COR. GROVE AND MYRTLE STREETS.
NAME.
GRADE.
WHERE EDUCATED. WHEN ELECTED.
Alice M. Swett.
. Principal
. Plymouth (N. H.) Normal School. .1882
Mary S. Wentworth
. VIII .
. Wakefield (N. H.) Academy.
. 1896
Aubigne Lermond ..
. VII.
. Bridgewater Normal School.
1902
Edith M. Maxwell.
. VI.
. Farmington (Me) Normal School. 1902
A. Louise McCormick
. Wheaton Seminary.
1891
Anna W. Atkins . IV.
. Provincetown High School.
1897
Nellie C. Dempsey .
. III.
. Salem Normal School. . 1891
Anastatia G. Riley
. II.
. Salem Normal School. .1900
Annie G. Balch.
. Wakefield High School. .1900
Lillian M. Tufts. .
.I.
. Miss Symonds' Kindergarten Training Class .. 1901
MARY A. LIVERMORE SCHOOL, MAIN STREET.
Annie M. Washburn ..
Principal.
. Wellesley College. 1900
Linnie M. DeMeritt.
. VIII. .
.1904
Bessie A. Conway.
VII.
Partial Course Tufts.
1903
Lucy E. Shute.
VI.
. Pinkerton Academy .. .1895
Bertha C. Hatch. . V.
. Gorham (Me.) Normal School. . 1904
JOSEPH WARREN SCHOOL, WARREN STREET.
Alice J. Coffin.
Principal IV
Gorham (Me.) Normal School. 1895
Mary E. Tupper. .
. III.
. Framingham Normal School. 1892
Ruth M. Knowles. .
. II.
. Mt. Holyoke College. . . 1894
Margaret E. Grady ..
. I.
. Salem Normal School. .. 1896
G. Rose McConnell. .
. Miss Symonds' Kindergarten Training Class. . 1903
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SCHOOL REPORT.
WINTHROP SCHOOL, COR. ELEVENTH AND FIRST STREETS.
NAME.
GRADE
WHERE EDUCATED
WHEN ELECTED.
Edith S. Dermot.
. Principal V and IV.
.Framingham Normal School. 1896
Linnie M. Demeritt.
Principal's Assistant .
. New Hampton Institute. . 1904
Annie Dinnie.
III.
. Quincy Training School. 1900
Mabel G. Gilbride.
. II.
. Quincy Training School. . 1900
Mary E. Deans.
.I.
. Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten Train. Class .. . 1902 . Miss Symonds' Kindergarten Training Class .. 1903
Jennie S. Prescott.
I
SEWALL SCHOOL, UPHAM STEET.
Martha A. Briggs.
. Principal IV.
. Edw. Little High School. .1898
Lena D. Marshall.
III.
. Salem Normal School. 1900
Mary A. Chisholm
. II.
. Salem Normal School. 1896
Alison M. Scott.
I.
. Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten Tr. School .... 1904
Emma C. French
I.
. Miss Symonds' Kindergarten Class. . . 1902
WHITTIER SCHOOL, FRANKLIN STREET.
Alton C. Churbuck
Principal.
. Bridgewater Normal. 1904
Katherine Locke ..
. IV.
. Newburyport Training School. 1904
Isabelle L. Atwood ..
. III.
. Robinson Seminary. 1892
Gertrude B. Stewart.
. II.
. Melrose High School.
. 1894
Annie Jenness.
I
. Froebel Kindergarten Training School. .1903
Marion P. Goodwin. .
.1
. Miss Symonds' Kindergarten Training Class. . 1901
CONVERSE SCHOOL, FELLS.
Nellie W. Riley .. . I, II, III . Salem Normal School. .1903
CITY OF MELROSE
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RIPLEY SCHOOL, SWAIN'S POND AVENUE.
Dora F. Whittredge. .I, II, III.
GENERAL ASSISTANT.
Florence R. Norton
1904
SUPERVISORS.
Alvin C. Saunders.
Music.
1901
Willis S. Carter . .
. Drawing. .
. 1891
G. W. Williams. .
. Penmanship.
. 1903
Aimee Clara Ferson
. Manual Training Director. .1904
JANITORS.
NAME AND RESIDENCE.
SCHOOL.
Charles J. Critchett, 180 Whitman Avenue.
. Livermore and Sewall.
George E. Fogg, 24 Stevens Place. .
. High.
James Fahey, 62 School Street.
. Warren and Whittier.
John Hitchins, Waite Street ..
Winthrop. . Franklin.
Samuel Lear, 931 Main Street.
Henry S. Payne, 28 Albion Street. .
. Washington
William P. Hunter, 5 Brazil Street.
Converse
John Thyng, 43 Winthrop Street ..
. D. W. Gooch and Horace Mann
Archie McIlwraith, 5 Allen Place ..
Elmer P. Whittredge, 317 East Foster Street.
Lincoln. . Ripley.
ENGINEER IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Charles Brown. .50 Porter Street.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
.1903
Report of the Board of Health.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Melrose.
GENTLEMEN :- The board of health respectfully submits herewith its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1904.
MEMBERSHIP.
There has been a complete change in membership during the year, the former board having declined further service. It is fitting that this board bear witness to the good work done by their predecessors, more especially that of the chairman, who had been connected with the board since Melrose became a city. The new appointees were Dr. Clarence P. Holden, a former member of the board, Mr. E. L. Grundy, formerly inspector of plumbing, and G. Houston Smith, Esq., a lawyer whose resignation on account of removal from the state was much regretted by his associates.
ORGANIZATION.
The present organization is Clarence P. Holden, M. D., chairman. Miss Grace A. Colby as clerk and Mr. John T. Barker, inspector of plumbing, continue in service with satis- faction to the board. Mr. Barker also serves as sanitary inspector. Dr. F. P. Sturges, V. S., inspector of animals and food products. W. S. Briry, Ph.G., inspector of milk and vinegar.
MEETINGS.
The board has held regular meetings every Tuesday evening, besides special meetings whenever necessary.
REGULATIONS.
A new issue of the manual of rules and regulations being required, they were revised with the approval of the mayor, making some slight changes deemed necessary.
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CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
The city has been remarkably free from contagious diseases during the year and especially from the more serious ones. An epidemic of measles, beginning in the Fells district early in December, gained great headway by reason of delay in report- ing the cases. and later involved the whole city, but at this time is subsiding. The control of measles by boards of health is a matter of great difficulty from the fact that in its early stages when most easily communicable the symptoms are those of a hard cold. Again many cases are mild, a physician is not called and the householders do not report to the board. Many municipalities do not require that cases of measles should be reported nor put up the warning sign. Future work will doubtless require a more rigid quarantine of measles with the endeavor to suppress totally the disease, but at this time the board has not felt warranted in going further than other munici- palities in this vicinity, that is to require a report of cases and posting a card upon the infected houses, and excluding sick persons and those liable to become so from the public schools.
An outbreak of typhoid fever seems worthy of mention. From September 1, 1903 to January 1, 1904, there were re- ported to the board of health six cases of typhoid fever, not an unusual number for that season, but from February 1, 1904 to March 16, 1904, six cases were reported and later one more, making seven in all. This seemed to require investigation, and it was found that four of these families had milk from the same milkman regularly, and one family irregularly, mak- ing five families in all having a milk supply from the same source. A further investigation disclosed the fact that in an adjoining town from a farm and dairy which sent milk to this dealer there had been two cases of typhoid fever. The milkman was advised to discontinue buying milk from this dairy which was done. There are several points of interest in these cases. First, unusual care was taken in the dairy to prevent any infection of the milk supply, yet doubtless infection did take place. Another point of interest is the fact that if the infection came from this source that there were not a much larger number of cases. A third point of interest is the fact that the source of infection arose outside the limits of Melrose beyond the jurisdiction of this board.
While examination of the milk in the hands of the dealer is of great value in many ways and should be continued, it is not less imperative that a regular inspection of all dairies should be made by the Central Authority, the State Board of Health.
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CONTAGIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.
Owing to the entire freedom from smallpox and very few cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever during the year, it has been necessary to treat but one case at the hospital, a case of diphtheria.
CONSUMPTION.
The most important work devolving upon boards of health today in this community as in all others is without doubt the prevention and treatment of consumption. The first step in all cases should be an early report to the board either by the householder or the attending physician in order that a record may be kept of the patient and the infected premises. Examination of suspected cases and the bacteriological exam- ination of the sputum is furnished without charge by the board. The circular of information furnished by the board should be placed in the hands of every patient or some responsible member of the household. Every case of consumption, no matter what the station in life, should be sent for a time and preferably during the early stages to some sanitorium where they may be taught how to care for themselves with safety to their families and the community. The patient having this instruction is by far less a menace to the community. Cases in the advanced stages that cannot be cared for at home with safety to their families should be provided a place where they will not be a menace to health. After removal or death, disinfection of infected premises is done without charge by the board of health. This brief outline seems to constitute the least demands that any intelligent community in the light of present knowledge should be satisfied with, but even this demands not only the co-operation of the profession but also that of the general public.
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS.
Information came to the board in November that a consid- erable number of pupils in some of the public schools in this. city were suffering from skin diseases. An inspection dis- closed so many cases of communicable skin disease that with the assistance of two physicians, the chairman of the board began an examination of all the grammar schools in the city, when 15 cases of itch, 23 cases of impetigo contagiosa, 2 cases of ring worm, 2 cases of chicken pox, and one case of tubercu- losis were found. Fourteen pupils were found more or less. seriously infected with lice, not including pupils found infected
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in the Highlands. All the infected cases were excluded from school until cured and many of them were treated without charge at the office of the board of health. It is the judgment of the board of health that regular medical inspection of the schools in this city is needed and in their estimate for the ensuing year, they have asked for an appropriation of $150 to begin this work.
VACCINATION.
At the beginning of the fall term of school a large number of pupils were vaccinated without charge at the office of the board and a much larger number examined and given certificates to attend school. The board is now receiving free vaccine virus from the State Board of Health laboratories.
BACTERIOLOGY.
Culture tubes for the diagnosis of cases of diphtheria have been sent to the State Board of Health as heretofore. When there was necessity of a speedy report Dr. Stratton was em- ployed to do the work. Antitoxine furnished by the State Board of Health has been distributed to physicians as usual. Sputum cups, to collect sputum for examination of suspected cases of tuberculosis and slides for specimens of blood for tests for malaria and typhoid fever are also furnished to physicians. The board in this connection can only reiterate the opinion of previous boards that it would be desirable to have all the bacteriological work done in the office of the board.
DISINFECTION.
The board has fumigated with formaldehyde gas for the following diseases, viz:
Tuberculosis.
30 Rooms
Scarlet Fever
26
66
Typhoid Fever 3
66
Cancer.
3
66
General Filth
3
66
Hospitals
6
66
Diphtheria. 21
RUMMAGE SALES.
At a meeting of the board December 6, the following regu- lation relative to rummage sales was adopted. "No person or persons shall hold a "rummage sale" so called, until all articles
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which shall have been received for said sale shall have been disinfected to the satisfaction of the board of health, and a permit for said sale shall have been granted by the board."
LICENSES AND PERMITS ISSUED IN 1904.
To hawkers and peddlers . 34
To keep swine. 3
To keep cows .. . 47
To collect grease. 1
To clean cesspools and vaults. 83
To build new cesspools 1
For slaughter houses. 1
Undertakers licensed :- Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Churchill, Albert J. Walton, S. W. Harvey, Ansel B. Pierce & Son, John H. Gately, Richard Philpot and J. Herbert Bunce.
Fees received and paid into the City Treasury :
Milk licenses. $35.00
Grease and bones 4.00
Pig licenses. 4.00
$43.00
NEW SEWERS.
The board recommends that sewers be constructed in the following streets, viz., Clifton Park extension, East Foster Street from Larrabee to No. 352 Goodyear Avenue and Brazil Streets.
DUMPS.
The dumping ground on land owned by the Gilbert estate and others on Pleasant Street, was, by order of the board, cleaned up and dumping discontinued. Similar action was taken in regard to several other places from which complaints have been received. The board has located a public dump on land of the City on Tremont Street, being a part of Ell Pond Park, where any person may dump any kind of rubbish except offal.
This is the only dump in the city that the board undertakes to take care of.
WET, ROTTEN AND SODDEN LANDS.
A petition from Frank G. Meyer and others to abate a nui- sance of wet, sodden and rotten land near Lebanon Street in the Maplewood district was received. The board viewed the premises and a hearing was granted. In the judgment of
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the board a nuisance existed but the report of the Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works showed that there was a very slight fall in the stream over a considerable portion of this land and at the lower end in the City of Malden where of of course this board had no jurisdiction, the course of the brook was obstructed. For these reasons the board voted that the facts should be communicated to the petitioners with the rec- ommendation that they seek by private arrangement or other- wise to secure an increased width and depth of the water course in the obstructed portion of the brook in Malden, and the hearing of the matter was therefore adjourned subject to the call of the chairman.
BOARDING HOUSES FOR INFANTS.
The licenses of the State Board of Health to persons in Mel- rose to maintain boarding houses for infants, after an exam- ination have been approved.
PUBLIC CONVENIENCE STATIONS.
The board earnestly recommends the necessity for the im- mediate construction of public convenience stations in Melrose, not less than three, one at the center, one at the Highlands, and one in the Wyoming district being imperatively needed.
NUISANCES.
The following is a list of nuisances abated by order of the board of health or the agent of the board:
Privy nuisances.
6
Privies abolished.
5
Cesspool nuisances
18
Cesspools abolished. 15
Premises connected with the sewer by order of the board of health ..
15
Hen nuisances.
6
Dumping rubbish in streets.
2
Dumping garbage ..
1
Uncleanly premises.
9
Premises vacated on account of filth
1
Pig nuisances.
1
Defective plumbing.
4
Leaks in water pipes.
1
Order to build cesspool.
1
Permit to build cesspool.
1
No cause for complaint.
12
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STATISTICS.
Statistics of mortality and morbidity are as follows :-
TABLE 1.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES REPORTED TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH IN 1904.
DISEASE.
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Deaths
Chicken pox
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4 4 18
Diphtheria.
5
3
3
0
3
0
1
0
1
1
0 2 19
1
Measles.
0
1
6 12 14 10
5
1
0
0 2 26 77 ..
Scarlet fever.
0
5
2 0
1
0
1
1
0
5
3 5 23
Typhoid fever.
1
2
5'
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0 1 11 1
Tuberculosis. .
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0 0 4 20
Whooping cough.
0
0
0
2
4
3
0
4
0
0
0 0 13 4
TABLE II. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES SINCE 1890.
Diseases. 1890'91'92'93'94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '991900'01 '02 '03 '04
Scarlet fever.
36
27 59 93 32 33 25 23 20 19 38
33 23 26 23
Diphtheria.
17 52 18 15 31 41 19 16 5 8 44 52 35 41 19
Typhoid fever.
9 3 0 13 19
17 12 10 11 3 5 18
Whooping cough.
2 30 22 13
Measles.
467 75 32 76
Small pox.
1
9
1 . .
Tuberculosis
1
1
4
TABLE III.
MORTALITY FROM PRINCIPAL
DISEASES SINCE 1890.
Diseases.
1890'91'92'93'94'95'96 '97 '98'991900'01 '02 '03 '04
Diphtheria
1 8
2 3 10
2
1
0
1
3
0
1
1 0
Typhoid fever.
0
3
6
0
5
4
2
2
1
6
1
4
1
1 1
Consumption
15 11 19 19 20 13 24 20 24 16 20
17 18 18 20
Pneumonia.
10
13 9 17 20
7 9 23 12 19 14
6 16 16 18
Heart disease 9
12 15 12 26 14 22 19 20 18 27
Old age
2
8
9
8
8 5 11
6 11
9
9
6 4 8 6
Cancer
4
8
6
3
9
2
5 6 12 11 10
11 12 10 14
MORTALITY FOR 1904.
Total number of deaths from all causes (exclusive of still births)
199
Number of still births.
13
DEATHS BY SEXES. (Still births excluded.)
Number of males. 99 Number of females 100
5
3
2
1 2
Scarlet fever
0
0
3
5
1
6 2 2 0 0 1
21 30 17 29
Chicken pox.
77
HEALTH REPORT.
DEATHS BY AGES. (Still births excluded.)
Deaths of Persons
Total.
Males.
Females.
Under one year ..
29
18
11
From one to two years.
8
5
3
From two to three years.
1
.
From three to four years
3
1
2
From four to five years
. .
.
From five to ten years.
3
2
1
From ten to fifteen years.
2
1
1
From fifteen to twenty years.
6
2
4
From twenty to thirty years.
13
9
4
From thirty to forty years.
17
9
8
From forty to fifty years.
12
6
6
From fifty to sixty years.
24
11
13
From sixty to seventy years
24
10
14
From seventy to eighty years.
31
12
19
Over eighty years.
26
13
13
Total
199
99
100
DEATHS BY MONTHS.
(Still births excluded.)
Deaths in
Deaths in
January
12
July 16
February
22
August. .
16
March ..
21
September .
21
April
24
October
16
May.
13
November
17
June.
8
December
13
CAUSES OF DEATH.
(Still births excluded.)
Deaths from
Deaths from
Phthisis or consumption 20
Bronchitis. 10
Diphtheria and croup.
2
Diseases of the heart .. 29
Whooping Cough.
4
Diseases of the brain and spinal cord. 20
Typhoid fever.
1
Influenza.
2
Diseases of the kidneys. 11
Cholera infantum.
1
Cancer 17
Pneumonia.
18
Suicide.
2
Accident.
11
Deaths from unknown or ill-defined causes. 9
Deaths from all other causes not specified above (not including still births.
49
Total. 199
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CITY OF MELROSE.
The board presents the following financial statement for the year ending January 31, 1905.
CLERICAL.
Appropriated.
$200.00
Expended.
200.00
DISINFECTION.
Appropriated.
$200.00
Expended. .
$139.83
Transferred to contingent account. .
60.00
Unexpended balance
. 17
200.00
DEAD ANIMALS.
Appropriated.
$75.00
Expended. .
$54.00
Transferred to garbage account.
20.00
Unexpended balance.
1.00
75.00
INSPECTION OF PLUMBING.
Appropriated.
$650.00
Expended. .
650.00
SANITARY INSPECTION.
Appropriated.
$150.00
Expended.
150.00
MILK INSPECTOR'S CONTINGENT.
$25.00
Expended.
$24.39
Balance.
.61
25.00
INSPECTION OF STABLES.
Appropriated.
$34.25
Expended.
34.25
REMOVAL OF GARBAGE.
Appropriated.
$1200.00
Transferred from dead animals.
20.00
$1,220.00
Expended.
$1,208.75
Reserved in treasury.
11.25
1,220.00
Appropriated.
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CONTINGENT.
Appropriated.
$350.00
Transferred from disinfection.
60.00
$410.00
Expended.
$409.92
Balance.
.08
410.00
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Appropriated.
$582.95
Expended .
582.95
Of the amount expended for contagious diseases, $582.95, sixty-eight (68) dollars has been reimbursed from the Town of Needham and there is due from the Commonwealth $283.99 and from the City of Boston $75.50, leaying a balance of $223.99 as the total expense in the City of Melrose for the care of cases of contagious diseases.
CLARENCE P. HOLDEN. EDMUND L. GRUNDY.
Report of Inspector of Milk and Vinegar.
March 1, 1905.
The year"1904 shows a larger amount of work done by this department than ever before. This year for the first time we have had a vinegar outfit for testing vinegar and of the twenty samples tested, four were slightly under the strength required. The grocery firms looked after the same at once One lot was caused by carelessness of the clerk mixing vinegar and cider, another by the vinegar freezing.
The milk tested this year has averaged better than any year since I have kept a record of it. The milk from the contract- ors has stood better this year than the past. Melrose is for- tunate that she has so many dairies near at hand. One dairy's milk (2 samples taken) was analyzed by one of the food com- panies near here and gave one of the best tests they had found in cream and total solids. Of the number of samples tested a very few were under that standard required by law and we were unable to prosecute as there was not enough difference. Most of the milkmen are giving special attention to their milk, for the calls for milk for the babies have been so numerous, they have to be able to have a dairy's milk that they know about. This has been caused by the doctors looking out to see how the milk acts with the babies to a great extent.
Yours, WILLIAM S. BRIRY,
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar.
Report of Inspector of Animals and Food Products.
Inspected 155 cows and 1 bull for tuberculosis. Found most of them in good condition. The barns as a rule were in good shape with the exception of a few poorly ventilated ones.
Inspected 69 live pigs.
Inspected 939 slaughtered pigs.
Quarantined 2 cases of suspected glanders, one reacting on test and being killed, and premises properly disinfected.
Respectfully yours, F. P. STURGES.
Report of the Inspector of Plumbing.
To the Honorable Board of Health, Melrose, Mass.
GENTLEMEN :- Below you will find a copy of my annual report as Inspector of Plumbing for the year 1904.
Number of applications received.
162
Number of applications granted
162
For sewer connections. 86
For cesspool connections.
5
Alterations and repairs.
39
Additional fixtures.
26
Relocation of fixtures.
6
Number of new buildings (3 stables)
20
Wash bowls.
62
Bath tubs.
60
Water closets.
98
Sinks.
65
Wash trays
53
Ice chests. . 4
Watering troughs.
3
Washing stands for carriages
3
New traps installed on permits alone.
10
Horse stalls. 7
-365
JOHN T. BARKER,
Inspector.
162
Total number of fixtures installed.
365
Report of Examiners of Plumbers.
January 1, 1905.
To the Board of Health, Melrose, Mass.
GENTLEMEN :- Below you will find the annual report of the Board of Examiners of Plumbers for the year ending December 31, 1904.
The board has held four meetings, examining two applicants for master plumber's licenses and two for journeymen. Of the four examined only one failed to pass, three being certified and granted licenses by the board of health.
Respectfully submitted, EDMUND L. GRUNDY, JOHN T. BARKER, Clerk.
THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR THE YEAR 1904.
The Trustees of the Melrose Public Library respectfully present their report for the year 1904.
On April 9 occurred the death of Mrs. Maria L. Chapin, a member of the Board and its secretary since 1900.
She had given to the work most loyal, intelligent and devoted service, and only resigned her active efforts in its interests four weeks before the end came. The children's room was planned largely by her and will always be a memorial of her interest in this department of the library work.
Her high character and ability have left their enduring impression on her work, and are most gratefully and appre- ciatively remembered by her associates on the Board.
During the year has occurred a most important event in our history, the completion, dedication and opening of the new building, a substantial edifice of stone erected on the corner or West Emerson Street and Lake Avenue.
To the initial gift of $25,000 by Mr. Andrew Carnegie was added the sum of $7,159.75 from our citizens, collected by Mr. Larrabee. The city appropriated $4,500 for the furnish- ing and equipment of the library, together with $1,800 for grading, curbstones and shrubbery, making the total value of the property $38,300. This sum is exclusive of the price of land and value of the library itself.
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