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1900
Alma J. Guptill
V .
Girls' High School, Boston .. 1884
Evelyn A. Pike
V
Newburyport Training School. 1904
CITY
OF MELROSE
Washington School, cor. Lebanon and Lynde Streets.
Name
Grade Where Educated
When Elected
Eva R. Crane
Principal
Coburn Classical Institute .1889
Rose D. Lanphear
IX
Boston University .
.1903
Anne M. Coveney
VIII
Bridgewater Normal School. . .1906
Grace M. Ricker
VII
Gorham (Me.) Normal School.
.1907
Etta J. Call
VI
Ellsworth (Kan.) Normal Inst ..
.1890
Mabel Van Riper
V .
Normal School, Trenton, N. J. .1907
Mary E. Tupper
IV
Framingham Normal School 1892
Salem Normal School . 1896
Mabel G. Gilbride
II
Quincy Training School.
.1900
Mary E. Deans
I
Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten .1902
Helena M. Hocking
Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten
. 1904
74
Mary A. Chisholm
III
Lincoln School, Wyoming Avenue.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Willis Sikes Fisher
Principal
Mass. Agricultural College.
1906
Grace'M. Carpenter IX
Boston University .
.1905
Annie L. Ricker. ..
LX
Gorham Normal School (Me.).
.1907
Mary I. Coggeshall
VIII
Lowell Training School.
. 1907
Mary R. Clarke
VII
Franklin Academy
.1894
Marguerite E. Hill.
VI
Fitchburg Normal School . 1905
Harriet H. Dowe
V .
Mt. Holyoke College.
1894
Emma M. Thompson
IV
Salem Normal School.
1906
Harriet A. Saunders
III
Malden High School. 1898
Jeannette A. Doane
II
Templeton High School. . .1895
Grace A. Lynde
I
Miss Page's Kindergarten
1897
D. W. Gooch School, cor., Foster and Florence Streets.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Willis Sikes Fisher
Principal
Mass. Agricultural College . 1906
Susie G. Fisher
VIII
Gorham (Me.) Normal School . 1907
Harriet W. Buck
VII
Farmington (Me.) Normal School. .1906
Alice H. Long
VI
Boston Normal School.
1877
F. Ethel Whitney
Bridgewater Normal School. 1907
1892
Annie P. Long
III
Melrose High School ..
1894
Amelia F. Trowbridge
II
Melrose High School. .
1899
Emma L. McCully
I
Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten 1906
Mabel Price I
Miss Symond's Kindergarten .. 1897
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SCHOOL REPORT
V .
Minnie F. C. Snow
IV
Orono (Me.) High School. .
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
Bessie M. Lynde
VII
Fitchburg Normal
. 1906
A. Louise McCormick
VI
Wheaton Seminary .
1891
Edith M. Maxwell
V
Farmington (Me.) Normal School
1902
Anna W. Atkins
IV
Provincetown High School
1897
Nellie G. Dempsey
1II
Salem Normal School .
1891
Anastatia G. Riley
II
Salem Normal School ..
1898
Annie G. Balch .
I
Wakefield High School. 1900
Lillian M. Tufts
Miss Symond's Kindergarten .. 1901
Mary A. Livermore School, Main Street.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Annie C. Washburn
Principal, VIII
Wellesley College .. .1900
Aimee L. Sears
Principal's Assistant
Boston University . ..
.1907
Bertha C. Hatch
VII
Gorham (Me.) Normal School. 1904
Leonora W. Goodsoe
VI
Gorham (Me.) Normal School
1907
Lucy E. Shute
V .
Pinkertown Academy 1895
Joseph Warren School, Warren Street.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Alice J. Coffin
Principal, IV
Gorham (Me.) Normal School. .1895
Helen L. Patten
III
Salem Normal School . .1903
Ruth M. Knowles
II
Mt. Holyoke College. .1894
Margaret E. Grady
I1.
Salem Normal School 1896
G. Rose McConnell
Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten 1903
CITY OF MELROSE
76
Winthrop School, cor. Eleventh and First Streets.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Edith S. Dermott
Principal, V & VI
Framingham Normal School
1896
Laura C. Lamprey
IV & V
Newburyport Training School . 1905
Mary L. Loring . .
II & III
Salem Normal School . .1897
Jennie S. Prescott
I
Miss Symond's Kindergarten 1895
Sewall School, Upham Street.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Etta M. Wilcox
Principal, III
Miss Page's Kindergarten 1905
Lena D. Marshall
IV
Salem Normal School .1900
Claribel Fisher
II
Gorham (Me.) Normal School.
1905
Emma C. French
I
Miss Symond's Kindergarten. . 1902
Maud A. Norton
I
Elliman Kind. Training School, N.Y. City .
1906
Whittier School, Franklin Street.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Frank E. Poland
Principal .
Castine (Me.) Normal School 1906
Isabelle L. Atwood
IV
Robinson Seminary
.1893
Katherine L. Locke
III
Newburyport Training School.
.1904
Gertrude B. Stewart
II
Melrose High School .
.1894
Annie M. Jenness
I
Froebel Kindergarten Training School . .1903
Marion P. Goodwin
Miss Symond's Kindergarten .
. 1901
Ripley School, Swain's Pond Avenue.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Dora F. Whittredge , I, II, III
1903
SCHOOL REPORT
77
78
Name
Converse School, Fells. Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Nellie W. Riley I, II, III,
Salem Normal School
1903
Supervisors.
Mary E. Coyle. Edw. N. Griffin Aimee C. Ferson .
:. Drawing . . Music Manual Training .. Penmanship
General Assistant, FLORENCE M. GOGIN.
Janitors.
Name and Residence.
School.
Charles H. Adams, 4 Cherry street ..
Horace Mann Washington
Charles J. Critchett, 28 Whitman Avenue.
. Livermore & Sewall
James Fahey, 208 Melrose Street.
Warren & Whittier High
George E. Fogg, 10 West Linden Street.
John Hitchins, 6 Waitt Street.
Winthrop
William P. Hunter, 5 Brazil Street
. Converse
Samuel Lear, 931 Main Street.
Franklin
Archie B. McIlwraith, 5 Allen Place.
. Lincoln
John Thyng, 43 Winthrop Street
D. W. Gooch
Elmer P. Whittredge, 317 E. Foster Street. . Ripley
Engineer in High School, Charles Brown, 20 Parker Street.
CITY OF MELROSE
F. S. Boardman, 106 Grove Street ..
C. Ross Appler
Annual Report
of the
Board of Health
of the
City of Melrose
for the
Year Ending December 31, 1907
MELROSE FREE PRESS SHOP PRINT 1908
Report of the Board of Health
January 1, 1908.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Mel- rose, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen : -
The board of health respectfully submits herewith its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1907.
Membership and Organization.
The membership and organization has been the same as in the previous year, viz., Clarence P. Holden, M. D., chairman ; Edmund L. Grundy and Arthur A. Hayden, Esq., members of the board. Miss Grace A. Colby, clerk ; John T. Barker, in- spector of plumbing and sanitary inspector ; Dr. F. P. Sturges, V. S., inspector of animals and food products ; W. S. Briry, Ph., G., inspector of milk and vinegar ; Dr. M. J. Dalton and Dr. R. R. Stratton, medical inspectors of schools.
Meetings.
Regular meetings of the board have been held Tuesday even- ings as heretofore, and special meetings when neccessary.
Contagious Disease.
There has been a large number of cases of diphtheria during the year, viz., fifty cases with three deaths. This number has been exceeded but twice in seventeen years, with fifty two cases in each of the years, 1891 and 1901. Scarlet fever has given us the largest number of cases since 1890, viz., eighty cases.
Fortunately these have been of a mild type with only one death but unfortunately from the fact that with mild and un- recognized cases any effective control is difficult. There have been four distinct outbreaks or groups of cases which are worthy of attention. In May a number of reported cases were
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pupils of Grade 8, Livermore School. Upon inspection by school physician two cases of scarlet fever were found in the desquamating stage. These pupils were excluded and after a brief time no more cases were reported amongst the pupils of this school.
A little later a number of reported cases were found to have their milk from the same dealer and upon investigation it was found that one of the men had been ill two weeks previous with a " Quinsy sore throat." Upon examination it was evident that this was a case of scarlet fever and he was removed from handling the milk and taking care of the cows. During the next twelve days eight cases were reported. One was in a new section of the city. Three were in families where there were one of more cases and four were in families supplied by this dealer. After this time there was but one further case among this man's customers.
During the later part of July and the first of August all the reported cases had milk from the same dealer. From July 19, to Sept. 5th, eighteen cases were reported. Of these, five were in an Italian family keeping a cow and the other thirteen cases all had milk from the same dealer. Upon investigation two suspicious cases were found in the family of a dairy man in North Reading and his milk was excluded, after which but one more case was reported.
Beginning in October again an outbreak occurred in the Highlands and at the same time an outbreak of diphtheria and again cases were found in the schools. The origin was no doubt unrecognized cases, probably so mild as not to have called for a physician's services. There was much criticism of the school and health boards because infested schools were not closed and many pupils were removed temporarily as they were from the Livermore school in May, yet in both cases the outbreaks were promptly suppressed while the schools re- mained in session.
The utmost vigilance of this office has been constantly en- gaged and yet there has been the largest number of cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever taken together of any year since records have been kept in 1890. What is the cause ? It is the judgment of the board that the trouble comes largely from
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the mild and unrecognized cases and from failure of prompt isolation in the beginning of suspicious cases. In other words it is the infected patient that is the greatest menace.
When we consider that four cases of diphtheria and nine cases of scarlet fever are known to have been found and recog- nized in actual attendance in the schools, by the school physi- cians, the value of their work needs no defence.
Consumption.
Consumption has given us as heretofore the largest number of deaths. More cases have been reported than in any year previous. The board has as far as possible investigated fam- ilies where deaths have occurred in previous years for the pur- pose of finding secondary cases. All cases of consumption now requiring aid receive it from the health department instead of through the charity department as heretofore. The board is now maintaining one patient at the Rutland Sanatorium and one at the Massachusetts State hospital.
Insolation Hospital.
The isolation hospital was open 136 days until June 1st, car- ing for seventeen (17) cases of contagious diseases at a cost of $820.73. The average cost per day per patient was $2.37. Since the opening of the Malden Contagious Hospital the board has sent cases requiring hospital treatment to that institution at the rate of $15 per week per patient. The board has given aid to the following cases of contagious disease : --
Location
Sc. Fever
Diph'a
Measles
Tuber.
Obser'n
At Melrose Isol. Hospital
5
8
2
2
At Malden Isol. Hospital
7
1
In their homes.
2
3
1
In other cities.
2
At Rutland .
1
At State Hospital
1
Total
14
1
13
2
3
3
Of these thirty-five (35) cases cared for, twenty (20) had a settlement in Melrose, nine (9) in other cities and towns, four
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(4) had no settlement in Massachusetts and two (2) were boarders received at our isolation hospital for treatment.
Medical Inspection of Schools.
Medical inspection of schools was carried on along the same lines as during the previous year and was found to be of much value in limiting the spread of contagious disease. The follow- ing cases of disease were referred to the school physicians for examination.
Adenitis 4
Conjunctivitis
3
Chorea
1
Diphtheria
4
Influenza
1
Impetigo contagiosa
18
Pediculosis
15
Ringworm
16
Rotheln
1
Scabies
15
Scarlet Fever
9
Tonsilitis
9
Whooping Cough
3
Vaccination.
Fifty" nine successful vaccinations were performed at the office of the board of health and one hundred and twenty-one (121) certificates of vaccination issued. Vaccine virus has been received from the State board of health as heretofore and distributed to physicians requesting it. Thirty seven (37) re- turns of successful vaccination were made to the office by phy- sicians using this vaccine.
Disinfection.
The board has disinfected with formaldehyde gas for the fol- lowing diseases, viz. Premises disinfected for
Tuberculosis 22
Diphtheria 44
Measles 9
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Scarlet Fever 76
Meningitis 2
School Rooms 81
Rummage sales
2
Hacks
12
Books from all cases of contagious disease.
Licenses and Permits issued in 1907.
To hawkers and peddlers 18
To collect grease and bones 1
To maintain dumps 8
To build cesspools 1
To build privy vaults
0
To clean cesspools 12
To clean privy vaults 4
To sell milk from wagons 32
To sell milk from stores 23
For a stable for more than four horses 0
To keep swine . 1
Undertakers licensed : - Albert J. Walton, 369 Franklin street ; John H. Gately, 20 Circuit street ; S. W. Harvey, Essex street ; Ansel B. Pierce, Emerson street ; James H. Bunce, Cass street.
Boarding Houses for Infants.
The board has approved licenses to board infants with the following families : - Mertie H. Chandler, 21 Ashland street ; Mrs. Clara J. Manley, 335 E. Foster street ; Mary Kucherer, Worth street ; Anna M. Pratt, off Swains Pond avenue ; Marie Fester, 28 Hunnewell avenue ; Mary F. Johnson, 431 Swains Pond avenue ; Jennie I. Chapman, 321 E. Foster street ; Mrs. Minnie Taylor, 18 Adams street ; Mary B. Earl, 23 Swains Pond Avenue.
Nuisances.
The following is the list of niusances abated by order of the board of health or its agent during the year and in parallel column nuisances abated during the year 1906.
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1906
1907
Privy nuisances
6
1
Privies abolished
11
28
Cesspools nuisance
21
15
Cesspools abolished
43
30
Premises connected with sewer by order of the board of health
6
13
Hen nuisance
3
2
Dumping nuisances
12
10
Dumping Garbage
1
1
Uncleanly premises
11
6
Pig nuisances
0
1
Permits to build cesspools
11
1
Stable nuisances
0
0
Goat nuisances
1
0
Throwing sewage matter onto ground
6
1
No water supply
3
1
Open drain
1
0
Offensive water in service pipes
1
0
Manure
1
3
Stagnant water
0
1
Water in cellar
0
2
Defective plumbing
0
1
Dead animals buried
88
58
New Sewers.
During the year a sewer was constructed on East Foster street from Larrabee street, east, thereby accommodating a large number of residents of that street. The board recom- mends that sewers be constructed in that part of Union street, which is not yet sewered, also in Reading Hill avenue.
Bakeries.
The inspection of bakeries in Melrose as required by the State laws has been made as usual and the bakeries were found in a satisfactory condition.
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Milk.
The board made inspections during the year af all dairies in Melrose and nearby towns which send milk to Melrose. Conditions were found better than during the previous year, although in one case it was not deemed best from lack of clean- liness to permit the milk to be sold in Melrose. In another case, two cases of scarlet fever were found and the milk ex- cluded as detailed elsewhere in this report.
It is the judgment of the board of health that greater care · should be taken by householders in cleaning milk bottles and returning them to the dealer. The utmost cleanliness at every point in the production, handling and storage of milk is essen- tial.
Table I. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES REPORTED TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH IN 1907.
Diseases
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May .
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
.
·
.
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
10
Whooping cough
5
5
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
14
Measles .
1
0
4
2
2
1
2
3
0
0
0
3
18
Diphtheria
8
4
4
2
1
6
4
1
0
10
1
9
50
Scarlet fever
3
4
7
5
20
3
3
14
2
8
4
7
80
·
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
2
8
Typhoid fever
1
2
7
1
2
0
2
1
1
1
0
4
22
Tuberculosis ..
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Opthalmia
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Total
19
17
25
13
30
12
12
20
3
20
11
25
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HEALTH REPORT
Chicken pox .
German measles
87
88
Table II. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES SINCE 1890.
Diseases
1890
'91
'92
'93
'94
95
'96
'97
'98
'99
1900
'01
'02
'03
'04
'05
'06
'07
Scarlet fever
36
27
59
93
32
33
25
23
20
19
38
33
23
26
23
59
36
80
Diphtheria .
17
52
18
15
31
41
19
16
5
8
44
52
35
41
19
30
40
50
Typhoid fever
.
. .
. .
.
·
9
3
13
19
17
12
10
11
14
9
8
Chicken pox .
3
4
5
18
41
15
10
Whooping cough
. .
.
. .
.
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
..
467
75
32
76
459
63
18
Tuberculosis
20
22
Cerebro-spinal mengitis
.
.
3
0
Mumps ..
.
German measles
. .
.
. .
. .
·
. .
Opthalmia
. .
. .
. .
·
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
2
30
22
13
1
77
14
Measles .
1
1
4
11
.
.
·
. .
.
2
0
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
4
1
CITY OF MELROSE
. .
·
·
. .
Table III. MORTALITY FROM PRINCIPAL DISEASES SINCE 1890.
Diseases
1890
'91
'92
'93
'94
'95
'96
'97
'98
'99
1900
'01
'02
'03
'04
'05
'06
'07
Diphtheria .
1
8
2
3
10
6
2
2
0
0
5
3
2
1
2
0
3
3
Scarlet fever
0
0
3
5
1
2
1
0
1
1
3
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
Typhoid fever ..
0
3
6
0
5
4
2
2
1
6
1
4
1
1
1
0
3
1
Consumption .
15
11
19
19
20
13
24
20
24
16
20
17
18
18
20
20
21
23
Pneumonia
10
13
9
17
20
7
9
23
12
19
14
6
16
16
18
8
13
21
Heart disease
9
12
15
12
26
14
22
19
20
18
27
21
30
17
29
37
27
39
Old age
2
8
9
8
8
5
11
6
11
9
9
6
4
8
6
2
5
3
Cancer
4
8
6
3
9
2
5
6
12
11
10
11
12
10
14
20
18
15
.
.
. .
..
...
...
HEALTH REPORT
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CITY OF MELROSE
Mortality Report for 1907.
Total number of deaths from all causes (exclusive of still births) 223. Number of still births 13.
Deaths by Sexes. (Still births excluded.)
Number of deaths of males
96
Number of deaths of females
127
Deaths by Ages. (Still births excluded.)
Deaths of persons under one year
Total 38
Males 18
Females. 20
From one to two years
From two to three years
2
1
1
From three to four years
2
1
1
From four to five years
2
0
2
From five to ten years
6
2
4
From ten to fifteen years
3
2
1
From fifteen to twenty years
8
2
6
From twenty to thirty years
15
8
7
From thirty to forty years
16
5
11
From forty to fifty years
19
6
13
From fifty to sixty years
24
14
10
From sixty to seventy years
32
15
17
From seventy to eighty years
33
16
17
Over eighty years
22
6
16
Ages unknown
1
1
-
-
-
Deaths by Months. (Still births excluded.)
Deaths in January
23
Deaths in July 17
" August. 13
" March 19
" September. 25
66
" April 20
" October
17
" May
17
" November
17
" June
14
" December
23
-
223
96
127
" February 18
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HEALTH REPORT.
Causes of Death. (Still births excluded.)
Deaths from
Deaths from
Phthisis or consumption 23
Dysentery. 2
Small pox
0
Diarrhoea and cholera morbus 7
Measles 0
Pneumonia 21
Scarlet fever 1
Bronchitis 6
Diphtheria and croup 3
Diseases of the heart .39
Whooping cough 2
Dis. of brain and spinal cord 31
Typhoid fever 1
Cerebro-spinal meningitis 1
Cancer 15
Erysipelas. 0
Deaths from violence
Influenza
3
Homicide 0
Suicide 2
Cholera infantum
0
Accident
6
From unknown or ill-defined causes
1
Deaths from all other causes not specified above 50
The above list includes all residents of Melrose dying out of town and eleven(11) non-residents dying in Melrose. Exclud- ing these eleven non-residents would leave a total of 212 deaths in Melrose in 1907 and taking 14,848 as the present estimated population makes the death rate 14.27 per one thousand, as against a rate of 12.28 in 1906.
The board presents the following financial statement for the fiscal year of 1907.
Contingent.
Appropriation
$650.00 .60
Balance from 1906
Received from milk licenses $27.50
Received from grease & bones
licenses
2.00
Received from fumigation 6.30
Received from Charity Dept. (tel). 26.14
Received from Moth Dept. (tel.) .. 26.14
Received from Charity Dept.,
sundry
3.00 91.08
$741.68
Puerperal fever 0
Malarial fever 0
Diseases of the kidneys
9
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CITY OF MELROSE
Expended for :
Fumigation $298.11
Stationery and postage
24.85
Printing
47.00
Telephone
88.67
Office furnishings
16.14
Bacteriology
88.60
Burial of dead animals
47.50
Dumps 26.37
Milk Inspection
39.50
Incidentals
69.65
Transferred to medical inspection 5.00
Balance
.29
$741.68
Salaries.
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Expended for :
Plumbing inspection
$650.00
Sanitary inspection 150.00
Clerical
200.00
$1,000.00
Medical Inspection of Schools.
Appropriation
$150.00
Transferred from contingent
5.00
$155.00
Expended for medical inspection
of schools, paid to physicians,
$155.00
Removal of Garbage.
Appropriation
$939.40
Balance from 1906
85.40
$1,024.80
. Expended for collection of gar-
bage
$871.08
Reserved for sixty days
153.72
$1,024.80
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HEALTH REPORT
Contagious Diseases.
Balance from 1906
$4.00
Appropriations
1,329.72
Received from :
Individuals
$184.92
Comm. of Mass.
26.57
Cities and Towns
328.76
540.25
$1,873.97
Expended for :
Food at Hospital
$171.57
Fuel at hospital
41.76
Medicine for patients
11.55
Medical supplies.
1.20
Other hospital supplies
7.70
Nursing at hospital
419.55
Janitor at hospital
76.50
Telephone
16.80
Repairs
38.35
Incidentials
35.75
$820.73
Aid elsewhere than at our hospital :
Medicine
.80
Food
102.13
Fuel
4.48
Nursing
42.88
Physician (consultation)
2.00
Patrol
1.12
Rent
16.00
Board on account of quarantine
10.50
Board of Malden Iso. hosp.
671.95
Board at State hospital
62.11
Board at Cambridge Iso. hosp.
64.27
$978.24
Carriage hire, and ambulance.
$75.00
$1,873.97
The total sum expended in the care of contagious diseases for 1907 has been $1,873.97. There has been reimbursed $540.25 and there is due Jan. 1, on account of 1907 cases, from
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individuals, $60.00, from Canton, $42.84, and from the Com- wealth, $100.88, leaving as a net cost to the City of Melrose for contagious diseases, $1,130.00.
(Signed) CLARENCE P. HOLDEN, ARTHUR A. HAYDEN.
January 31, 1908.
Report of Inspector of Milk and Vinegar
To the Board of Health, Melrose, Mass.
Gentlemen : -
During the year of 1907 over one hundred (100) samples of milk have been taken by the collector. These samples have ranged from 11.5 per cent. to 14 per cent. milk fats and solids, the milk from the nearby dairies standing the highest in total milk fats and solids. The larger part of our milk comes from our milk contractor and this milk does not go much above the standard required by law.
The adulteration found in milk here is water. Several deal- ers have been convicted in the Malden court the past year, hav- ing this milk adulterated by water. The coming year I ex- pect this department to do more work in this line and hope it will be better equipped to do the work.
(Signed) WILLIAM S. BRIRY, Inspector of Milk and Vinegar.
Report of Inspector of Animals and Food Products
Melrose, Jan. 1, 1908.
Board of Health, Melrose, Mass.
Gentlemen : -
Following is the report of work done by me as inspector of animals for the year ending December 31st, 1907.
Inspected 114 cows and stables in which they were kept. Inspected 202 pigs for slaughter.
Condemned and had killed two cows having tuberculosis.
Quarantined one case of rabies, the animal dying while in quarantine.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) F. P. STURGES, Inspector of Animals.
Report of the Inspector of Plumbing
Melrose, Mass., January 1, 1908. To the Board of Health, City of Melrose.
Gentlemen : -
I have the honor to submit my annual report as Inspector of Plumbing for the year ending December 31, 1907.
Number of applications received
257
Number of permits granted 257
Number of new buildings connected with the public sewer 15
Number of old buildings connected with the public sewer . 58
Number of new buildings connected with a cesspool 11
Number of old buildings connected with a cesspool. 4
Number of applications for changes, alterations, additions and repairs 174
Number of water closets installed 149
Number of sinks installed 107
Number of wash bowls installed 101
Number of bath tubs installed
89
Number of wash trays installed 67
Number of new traps installed 14
Number of dental spitoons installed
1
Number of steam kettles installed 3
Number of urinals installed 6
Total number of fixtures installed . . 537
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) JOHN T. BARKER,
Inspector.
Report of Board of Examiners of Plumbers
Melrose, Mass., Jan. 1, 1908.
To the Board of Health , City of Melrose.
Gentlemen : -
During the year there have been four applicants for plumber's licenses, three for master plumber's license, the other for a journeyman plumber, and all having passed the examination successfully were certified to the board of health and granted a license.
(Signed) JOHN T. BARKER, Clerk. ALLAN S. SIM, Inspector.
Seventh Annual Report
of the
Trustees of the Public Library
of the
City of Melrose
1907
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1528 OSE.
. CHARLESTOWN 1629
POND FEILDE 1638
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NORTH END
1649.
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MELROSE FREE PRESS PRINT SHOP 1908
THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the Melrose Public Library
FOR THE YEAR 1907
To His Honor the Mayor, Eugene H. Moore, and the Honorable Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen : - The Trustees of the Melrose Public Library present their report for the year 1907.
As customary in previous years, the library has been open seven hours daily, with the exception of Sundays, legal holidays and a half day each week during the summer vacation of the schools. The question of Sunday opening has been suggested, but with the additional expense for heating, lighting and at- tendance which would be required for such an extension of privileges, it seems impracticable with the present appropria- tion for library work. If the Board of Aldermen will vote for this movement, and will appropriate the necessary funds, the library will be opened on Sundays, under restrictions custom- ary in other libraries.
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