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Kent's Hill (Me.) Seminary . 1908
A. Louise McCormick
VI.
Wheaton Seminary .
1891
Edith M. Maxwell. .
V.
Farmington (Me.) Normal School . 1902
Nellie G. Dempsey .
IV and III
Salem Normal School 1891
Annie G. Balch . .
II.
Wakefield High School. .1900
Mary A. Livermore School, Main Street.
Name.
Grade.
Where Educated.
When Elected.
Annie C. Washburn.
Principal.
Wellesley College .
1900
Bertha (. Hatch .
VIII .
Gorham (Me.) Normal School .
1904
Harriet Buck Witham .
VII
Farmington (Me.) Normal School .
1906
Leonora W. Goodsoc .
VI.
Gorham (Mc.) 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.
I.
Salem Normal School . 1896
77
78
Sewall School, Upham Street.
Name.
Grade.
Where Educated. When Elected.
Annie C. Washburn
Principal .
Wellesley College .
1900
Lena D. Marshall .
IV. .
Salem Normal School . 1900
Claribel P. Fisher
III .
Gorham (Me.) Normal School .
.1905
Maude E. Norton
II.
Elliman Kindergarten Training School N. Y ... . 1906 City . . Miss Symond's Kindergarten .. 1902
Emma C. French
I.
Winthrop School, Cor. Eleventh and First Streets.
Name.
Grade.
Where Educated.
When Elected.
Florence M. Gogin.
Principal, IV
Boston Normal School . 1907
Mary L. Loring . .
IV and III . .
Salem Normal School . 1897
Jennie S. Prescott .
II and I
Miss Symond's Kindergarten .. .1895
Whittier School, Franklin Street.
Name.
Grade.
Where Educated.
When Elected.
Carl D. Lytle . .
Principal .
Brown University
1909
Katherine L. Locke
IV.
Newburyport Training School . 1904
Mary A. Chisholm .
III .
Salem Normal School .
1896
Annie M. Jenness
II.
Froebel Kindergarten Training 1903
Marion P. Goodwin .
I.
Miss Symond's Kindergarten .
1901
Ripley School, Swain's Pond Avenue.
Name.
Grade.
Where Educated.
When Elected.
Dora F. Whittredge I, II and III . ..
. 1903
CITY OF MELROSE.
CITY OF MELROSE.
Supervisors.
Mary E. Coyle. Edw. N. Griffin . . Aimee C. Ferson .
Robert S. Schoonmaker ...
. Drawing . Music Manual Training . Penmanship
Janitors.
Name and Residence.
School.
Charles H. Adams, 4 Cherry Street . ..
. Horace Mann School
Fred S. Boardman, 106 Grove Street . ..
. Washington School . Livermore and Sewall Schools
Eugene E. Estes, 322 E. Foster Street ..
Winthrop School Warren and Whittier Schools
James Fahey, 23 Albion Street . .
George E. Fogg, 10 West Linden Street . . High School
Samuel Lear, 931 Main Street .
Franklin School
Archie B. McIlwraith, 5 Allen Place
Lincoln School
John Thyng, 43 Winthrop Street .
D. W. Gooch School
Elmer P. Whittredge, 317 E. Foster Street .. . Ripley School
:
Engineer in High School. Joseph H. Tessier, 4 Rendall Place.
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Charles J. Critchett, 39 Essex Street ..
Annual Report
of the
Board of Health
of the
City of Melrose
for the
Year Ending December 31, 1909.
MELROSE THE MELROSE FREE PRESS, INC. 1910
Report of the Board of Health.
January 1, 1910.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Mel- rose.
Gentlemen :-
The Board of Health respectfully submits herewith its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1909.
Membership and Organization.
The membership of the board continues the same as dur- ing the previous year, viz: Clarence P. Holden, M.D., Arthur A. Hayden, Esq., and Mr. Fred H. Rounds. The Board organized with Clarence P. Holden, Chairman; Fred H. Rounds, a member of the Board of Examiners of Plumbers; Miss Grace A. Colby, Clerk; John T. Barker, Inspector of Plumbing and Sanitary Inspector; Dr. F. P. Sturges, V. S. Inspector of Food Products; W. S. Briry, Ph.G., Inspector of Milk and Vinegar; Dr. A. E. Small and Dr. R. R. Stratton, Medical Inspectors of Schools, and during the last half of the school year, Dr. Caleb W. Clark was also appointed a Medical Inspector of Schools.
On April 1st, Mr. John T. Barker, since 1898, so well- known as the Inspector of Plumbing and Sanitary Inspector,, resigned to engage in private business and was succeeded by Andrew J. Burnett of Melrose, who was then performing the duties of Inspector of Plumbing in the Town of Stoneham.
Meetings.
Regular meetings of the Board of Health have been held Tuesday evenings as heretofore and special meetings when necessary.
Regulations.
The following additional regulations and changes have been made by the Board, approved by the Mayor, and pub- lished in a local paper as the law requires.
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Chap. 1. Sec. 17. No person shall enter the Contag- ious Hospital or the grounds thereof without a permit from the Board of Health.
Chap. 1. Sec. 18. Under Chap. 164, Acts of 1907, rela- tive to the keeping of medical and surgical appliances in fac- tories, the Board of Health of the City of Melrose, requires an emergency kit, consisting of gauze, adhesive plaster, two inch bandages, tourniquet, 4 ounce sulpho naphthol, 2 ounce aromatic spirits of ammonia.
Chap. 6. Sec. 1. To be amended as follows :- House- holders and the landlords of tenement houses shall provide separate receptacles of sufficient capacity for household waste.
Chap. 6. Sec. 17. Under Sec. 2, Chap. 503, of the Acts of 1907, in amendment to Sec. 41, Chap. 104 of the Revised Laws, relative to factories and workshops, the Board of Health of the City of Melrose, will approve of spitoons or cus- pidors, constructed of hygienic paper, wood fibre, metal or mineral of suitable size, and will require not less than one for each twenty women employed therein, and not less than one for each six men or boys employed therein.
Chap. 6. Sec. 18. A common drinking cup in any school, public or private, in the City of Melrose, is hereby de- clared to be a nuisance, source of filth and cause of disease, and the use of the same is forbidden.
Chap. 8. Sec. 14. No person shall sell, offer for sale or distribute any milk in the City of Melrose containing more than 500,000 bacteria to the cubic centimeter.
Contagious Diseases.
There were reported to the Board of Health during the year only 18 cases of diphtheria, the smallest number of cases since the year 1899, when only 8 cases were reported.
The year began with a large number of cases of scarlet fever, which continued without abatement during the whole year, the expenditures for the care of contagious diseases being the largest ever made except during the year 1902, on account of small pox. As reiterated over and over again the cause was
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the neglect of parents to take proper precautions in mild cases.
In October the Board prepared and circulated through the schools the following :-
To Parents and Others having the care of Children,-
For more than one year Melrose has not been free from scarlet fever, and the sole cause has been the neglect of parents to pay attention to mild cases. Every case of sickness having sore throat, or swollen glands of the neck, or nasal discharge, with raw edges of the nose, should immediately be confined in a room apart from all other children and a physician called. If for any reason it is desired, the Board of Health will provide a physician free of charge to examine any and every case that is brought to their notice. I repeat: the sole cause of the large number of cases that have continued for over a year, is due to gross neglect.
By order of the Board of Health, CLARENCE P. HOLDEN, Chairman.
October 2, 1909,.
Tuberculosis.
The largest number of cases of tuberculosis was reported that has ever been reported to the Board, but the report and registration is far from being as prompt as it should be. The board has been greatly aided in its work during the year by the organization of physicians and citizens known as the Mel- rose Anti-Tuberculosis Association, and in a considerable degree the financial burden has been assumed by the organiza- tion. One case has been maintained by the Board during the whole year, part of the time at the Massachusetts State Hos- pital at Tewksbury, and the remainder of the time at the North Reading Sanatorium. The total number of deaths during the year was 17, while the average annual deaths for the last ten years is 18.9.
Medical Inspection of Schools.
Medical inspection of schools has been carried on in much the same manner as in previous years. The prevalence of
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scarlet fever has thrown a great deal of work upon the school physicians. The board has compiled the following list of cases of diseases found in the schools. Many of these cases, especially the contagious skin cases, received treatment at the office of the board. At the time of this report the board in conjunction with the School Committee is considering the matter of a complete physical examination of all the pupils in the public schools, and it is hoped during the year to begin this much needed work.
Indigestion 38
Grippe 3
Ringworm. 13
Rheumatism 1
Pharyngitis
19
Headache 4
Tonsilitis 31
Scabies 5
Adenitis
4
Toothache. 2
2
Dermatitis
4
Croup
2
Abscess
2
Conjunctivitis
4
Impetigo
13
Coryza. 27
Eczaema
19
Asthma . 2
Urticaria
3
Sore throat 1
Enlarged tonsils.
3
Whooping Cough. 1
Ringworm of Scalp
2
Blepharitis 2
Otitis .
1
Icthyosis
Flea bites 1
2
Chicken pox .
12
Bronchitis 5
Myopia
1
Adenoids
1
Mumps .
1
Measles .
1
Scarlet fever
4
Diphtheria 1
Cases examined and no sickness found, 143.
Isolation Hospital.
The hospital was open 301 days during the year, taking care of a total of 45 cases of scarlet fever at a cost of $2,537.07. The average cost per day per patient was $1.57.
The Board has given aid to the following cases of con- tagious disease :-
1
Pediculosis
19
Infected wound
2
Felon
Cold
3
Diarrhoea
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Location
Scarlet Fever 45
Diph.
Tubercu- losis
Typhoid
Total
Melrose Isolation Hospital
45
Malden Isolation Hospital
4
4
At their homes
2
.
2
Tewksbury and No. Reading
1
1
Boston Hospital
1
2
1
4
-
48
6
1
1
56
Of these fifty-six (56) cases cared for, 41 had a settlement in Melrose, 7 in other cities and towns, and 8 had no settlement in Massachusetts.
Vaccination.
Thirty-five successful vaccinations were performed at the office of the Board of Health, and forty-nine certificates of vaccination were issued to children vaccinated elsewhere, for admittance to school. Eighteen returns of successful vaccina- tion were made to the office by physicians using vaccine furnished from this office.
Disinfection.
Premises disinfected with formaldehyde gas for the follow- ing diseases :-
Tuberculosis 25
Diphtheria . 13
Scarlet Fever 81
Measles
1
Typhoid Fever
3
School rooms . 21
Books from all cases of contagious disease. . .
Licenses and Permits Issued in 1909.
To hawkers and peddlers. 39
To collect grease and bones 4
To maintain dumps. . 4
To sell milk from wagons. 34
To sell milk from stores 22
.
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To maintain a rendering plant 1 To maintain slaughter houses 3 To build new cesspools . 29
Undertakers licensed: Albert J. Walton, 369 Franklin St., John H. Gately, 20 Circuit St., S. W. Harvey, 40 Essex St., Ansel B. Pierce, 10 E. Emerson St., James H. Bunce, 11 Cass St., Fred T. Churchill, 435 Main St., Henry W. Clark, 33 So. High St.
Boarding Houses for Infants.
The Board has approved applications for license to board infants with the following families :- Mrs. Minnie Taylor, 18 Adams St., Mrs. F. A. Chandler, 21 Ashland St., Mrs. Clara J. Manley, 335 E. Foster St., Mrs. Mary Bourne, 17 Heywood Ave., Mrs. Charles Fester, 28 Hunnewell Ave.
Nuisances.
The following is the list of nuisances abated by order of the Board of Health or its agent during the year, and in par- allel column nuisances abated during the previous year.
1908
1909
Privy nuisances
1
7
Privies abolished
0
7
Cesspool nuisances
8
17
Cesspools abolished
46
28
Premises connected with sewer by order of the Board of Health
9
16
Hen nuisances .
2
4
Dumping nuisances
12
18
Garbage pail.
0
3
Uncleanly premises
15
23
Dumping garbage
0
1
Pig nuisances .
1
0
Stable nuisances
2
1
Collecting garbage without license
1 0
Cow barn nuisance .
1 0
No water supply
2
3
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Manure .
2
0
Open manhole
1
0
Stagnant water
1
1
Insufficient sanitary provision
1
1
Obstructed house drains.
5
2
Offensive water closets
3
0
Defective plumbing.
0
9
Committing nuisance
0
1
Exhaust steam.
0
1
Burning rubbish .
0
1
Open cellar hole.
0
1
Ell pond brook.
0
1
Private sewer leaking
0
1
Offensive catch basin .
0
3
Complaints investigated and no cause for com- plaint found 0
8
Complaints on file
0
6
Dead animals buried.
52
58
New Sewers.
The Board recommended the construction of new sewers in Reading Hill avenue, a portion of Union street, and Upland road, only one of which was constructed.
Milk.
An important change of law now places the appointment of the Inspector of Milk and Vinegar with the Board of Health, and gives the Board greater authority. While there are still conditions in the dairies and among milk dealers in the city that should not continue, the Board feels that considerable progress has been made and that conditions are improved in many respects. The importance of a careful supervision of milk cannot be over-estimated.
Ice.
Under date of September 9, the Board received a com munication from the Board of Trade asking that the Board re-
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quest the State Board of Health to investigate the condition of the water of Ell Pond as to whether it is safe to use ice cut from the same.
In accordance with the report of the State Board of Health, the Board ordered at a regular meeting November 30, 1909, that the first inch of ice that forms upon the pond and all of the ice which forms above the first inch, whether by rain or snow or flooding, shall be removed and that all ice containing particles of foreign matter shall be rejected.
At a meeting December 6, 1909, the same order was issued as to ice harvested from all other sources of supply in the City of Melrose.
Table I. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES REPORTED TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH IN 1909.
Diseases
Jan.
Feb.
Mch.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Scarlet Fever . .
18
10
7
6
6
10
3
2
9
15
15
5
106
Typhoid Fever .
7
43
36
26
7
2
1
·
2
2
1
1
18
Whooping Cough .
3
1
1
1
3
1
Diphtheria .
5
1
2
5
2
3
2
.
3
2
5
6
39
Cihcken Pox .
2
1
2
4
4
2
4
4
Tuberculosis .
1
1
. .
·
5 .
. .
. .
2
4
. .
Measles .
. .
.
. .
1
Tetanus : Opthalmia .
..
. .
. .
..
. .
.
1
·
. .
. .
. .
. .
·
2
.
2
Tub. Meningitis .
.
..
. .
..
2
Inf. Paralysis .
Totals ..
37
60
53
42
30
23
13
13
25
21
23
17
357
.
.
2
1
·
.
·
.
.
2
22
3
1
.
. .
1
2
24
Mumps .
. .
1
1
. .
. .
. .
2
.
. .
.
HEALTH REPORT
1
15
3
7
1
1
1
124
.
2
2
8
.
91
92
Table II. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES SINCE 1890.
Diseases
1890
'91
'92
'93
'94
'95
'96
'97
'98
'99
'00
'01
'02
'03
'04
'05
'06
'07
'08
'09
Scarlet Fever
36
27
59
93
32
33
25
23
20
19
38
33
23
26
23
59
36
80
89
106
Diphtheria .
17
52
18
15
31
41
19
16
5
8
44
52
35
41
19
30
40
50
58
18
13
19
17
12
10
11
14
9
8
13
15
Typhoid Fever
5
18
41
15
10
27
22
Whooping Cough
75
32
76
459
63
18
379
24
Measles
1
1
4
11
20
22
28
39
Tuberculosis
2
·
:
.
:
·
4
17
German Measles
Ophthalmia Neon ..
. .
1
Erysipelas
Tetanus .
2
Tub. Meningitis
2
Inf. Paralysis .
. .
. .
9
3
. .
3
4
2
30
22
13
1
77
14
7
124
Cerebro-Sp'l Men.
3
.
. .
6
3
Mumps .
.
1
.
1
1
CITY OF MELROSE
Chicken Pox
467
Table III. MORTALITY FROM PRINCIPAL DISEASES SINCE 1890.
Diseases
1890
'91
'92
'93
'94
'95
'96
'97
'98
'99
'00
'01
'02
'03
'04
'05
'06
'07
'08
'09
Diphtheria . .
1
8
2
3
10
6
2
2
H . 1
1
3
·
.
.
3
6
5
4
2
2
1
6
1
4
1
1
1
3
1
2
3
Typhoid Fever .
15
11
19
19
20
13
24
20
24
16
20
17
18
18
20
20
21
23
15
17
Pneumonia .
10
13
9
17
20
7
9
23
12
19
14
6
16
16
18
8
13
21 .
14
21
Heart Disease
9
12
15
12
26
14
22
19
20
18
27
21
30
17
29
37
27
39
31
33
Old Age
2
8
9
8
8
5
11
6
11
9
9
6
4
8
6
2
5
3
6
7
Cancer .
4
8
6
3
9
2
5
6
12
11
10
11
12
10
14
20
18
15
17
15
. .
5
3
2
1
2
3
3
2
. .
Scarlet Fever .
3
5
1
2
1
.
.
·
:
1
1
1
1
1
.
Consumption .
.
HEALTH REPORT
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DEATHS.
Deaths by Sexes. (Still births excluded).
Number of deaths of males
80
Number of deaths of females 129
Deaths by Ages. (Still births excluded).
Total
Males Females
Deaths of persons under 1 year
24
11
13
66
from 1 to 2 years
3
3
0
2 to 3 years
3
2
1
66
66 66
4 to 5 years
1
0
1
66
66
66
15 to 20 years
5
3
2
20 to 30 years
12
5
7
66
"
30 to 40 years
11
6
5
66
66
66
66 50 to 60 years
28
10
18
30
11
19
6 70 to 80 years
33
12
21
66
66
over 80 years
33
9
24
209
80
129
Deaths by Months.
(Still births excluded).
Deaths in January 14
Deaths in July 20
August 16
66
" March . 18
6
" September
23
66
" April.
25
66
" October.
17
" May
17
66
" November
16
" June
17
" December
14
Total number of deaths from all causes (exclusive of still births), 209. Still births, 5.
I. General Diseases.
(a. Epidemic Diseases).
Typhoid Fever
3
Malaria
1
Measles
1
Scarlet Fever
1
Influenza
1
Erysipelas
3
66
66 66
3 to 4 years.
0
0
0
5 to 10 years
4
1
3
10 to 15 years
2
1
1
66
40 to 50 years
20
6
14
66
60 to 70 years
6
66
" February 12
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(b. Other General Diseases).
Tuberculosis of Lungs 17
Tubercular Meningitis 4
Abdominal Tuberculosis 1
Cancer of Stomach and Liver 4
Cancer of Intestines and Peritoneum 3
Cancer of Genital Organs 2
Cancer of Breast 2
Cancer of other or unspecified organs 4
Diabetes
3
II. Diseases of Nervous System.
Apoplexy 20
Softening of Brain . 1
Other Diseases of Brain . 1
Tetanus
1
Other Diseases of Nervous System 8
III. Diseases of Circulatory System.
Pericarditis 1
Endocarditis 1
Valvular Disease of Heart 12
Other Diseases of Heart 19
IV. Diseases of Respiratory System.
Acute Bronchitis . 2
Chronic Bronchitis 3
Broncho-Pneumonia 3
Pneumonia
21
V. Diseases of Digestive System.
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) 4
Obstruction of Intestines 1
Other Diseases of Intestines. 3
Cirrhosis of Liver 2
Other Diseases of Liver 2
Appendicitis
4
VI. Diseases of Genito-Urinary System.
Brights Disease 16
Disease of Prostate . 1
Uterine Tumor (non-cancerous) 1
Ovarian Tumor
1
VII. Child-birth.
Placenta Praevia
1
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VIII. Diseases of Skin.
IX. Diseases of Locomotor System.
X. Malformation.
XI. Early Infancy.
Premature Birth 5
Other Diseases 7
XII. Old Age 7
XIII. Violence.
Suicide by Poison . 1
Suicide by R.R. Train .
1
Inhalation of Illuminating Gas 1
R.R. Accidents and Injuries 3
Injuries by Horses and Vehicles 1
Injuries at Birth . 1 Other External Violence 2
XIV. Ill Defined Diseases 1
The above list contains 8 non-residents dying in Melrose, excluding these and taking 15,246 as the officially estimated population, gives the death rate 13.18 per one thousand of population as against a rate of 12.63 in 1908.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Contingent.
Balance.
$3.82
Appropriation .
500.00
$503.82
Received from:
Milk Licenses.
28.00
Grease and Bone Licenses 8.00
Slaughter House Licenses. .
4.00
Plumbing Licenses.
14.50
Charity Dept., Tel.
28.27
School Comm. (fumigating)
33.25
Sundry Receipts .
8.30
$124.32
$628.14
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Expended for:
Fumigation.
$219.05
Stationery and Postage
41.57
Printing
139.85
Telephone.
48.23
Office Furnishings
18.20
Bacteriology
15.15
Burial Dead Animals
51.00
Dumps
9.80
Milk Inspection
27.25
Incidentals
51.98
Med. Supplies for Office. . .
5.69
$627.77
Balance
.37
$628.14
Salaries.
Appropriation
$1,112.00
Expended for:
Plumbing Inspection
$650.00
Sanitary Inspection.
105.00
Clerical Service
318.00
Medical Inspection
37.50
$1,110.50
Balance.
1.50
$1,112.00
Medical Inspection of Schools.
Appropriation .
$150.00
Paid to Physicians for Medical
Inspection of Schools . 150.00
Removal of Garbage.
Balance.
$129.62
Appropriation .
1,170.38
- -- $1,300.00
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Expended for collection of Gar-
bage.
$1,279.80
Balance.
20.20
$1,300.00
Contagious Diseases.
Appropriations
$1,501.00
Appropriations on Acc. Receipts
1,758.22
Deficiency
466.80
$3,726.02
Contagious Hospital.
Expended for :
Food.
$800.59
Fuel.
108.45
Nursing
1,189.15
Medicine
29.05
Laundry
140.28
Labor .
74.03
Telephone
29.09
Repairs
34.23
House Supplies
70.28
Ice.
12.65
Sundries
49.27.
$2,537.07
At Other Hospitals.
Boston Hospital
$400.94
Malden .
375.25
North Reading
12.57
Rutland .
9.71
Tewksbury
179.60
$978.07
99
HEALTH REPORT
Aid Outside Hospital.
Food
$4.00
Nurse
84.00
Rent
34.50
$122.50
Carriages.
84.50
3.88
Quarantine.
$3,726.02
Of the total expenditure, $3,726.02, there was expended for persons not having a settlement in Melrose, $681.55, leav- ing a balance of $3,044.47, total expenditures of the Board in the care of contagious cases.
Clarence P. Holden, Arthur A. Hayden,
Fred H. Rounds.
Report of Inspector of Plumbing.
January 1, 1910.
To the Board of Health, City of Melrose, Mass. Gentlemen :-
I submit the following as the annual report of plumbing inspection for the year ending December 31, 1909. I began my duties as Inspector on April 1st, 1909, at which time, 36 applications had been granted by my predecessor, Mr. John T. Barker, which services comprise the following :-
Number of applications received 36
Number of permits granted . 36
Number of new houses connected with the sewer 9
Number of old houses connected with the sewer. 6
Number of new buildings connected with cesspools.
7
Number of sinks installed . 32
Number of wash trays installed . 21
Number of water closets installed . 37
Number of bath tubs installed . 24
Number of wash bowls installed 24
Number of new traps installed .
4
Since April 1st to December 31, 1909, I submit the follow- ing :-
Number of applications received 120
Number of permits granted . 120
Number of new buildings connected with the sewer 36
Number of old buildings connected with the sewer 39
Number of new buildings connected with cesspools. 11
Number of old buildings connected with cesspools . 5
Number of sinks installed. 79
Number of wash trays installed . 57
Number of water closets installed 111
Number of bath tubs installed 75
Number of wash bowls installed 91
Number of new traps installed. 6
Number of slate urinals installed . 1
Total number of fixtures for the year ending December 31, 1910, 586.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) ANDREW J. BURNETT Plumbing Inspector,
Report of the Inspector of Milk and Vinegar.
To the Honorable Board of Health, Melrose, Mass.
Gentlemen :-
It gives me pleasure to state in my final report as Inspector of Milk and Vinegar in the City of Melrose, that the analyses of milk samples during the past year have been the most satis- factory of any year since I have been acting as Inspector. The samples from the stores have improved. The milk men have had execllent dairy milk and with two exceptions their milk as shown by the analyses has been good. Only one milk dealer who brings milk into this city, has been prosecuted, and was fined in the Malden court. The Board of Health are doing all they can to secure for the public clean and pure milk, and the public ought to assist them all they can. A great amount of the trouble with our milk is the way it is taken care of after it is delivered to the people. They permit it to get warm and then try to cool it improperly. Our milk may be costing more than it did some years ago, but the people are getting purer and cleaner milk.
The standard of the vinegar in the city has improved since the fining of some who had it below the standard.
Yours respectfully, (Signed) WILLIAM S. BRIRY, Inspector of Milk and Vinegar.
Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
January 1, 1910.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Mel- rose, Mass.
Gentlemen :-
We submit herewith the annual report of the Overseers of the Poor for the year ending December 31, 1909.
Partial Support. Jan. I,-Dec. 31, 1909.
Individuals aided 254
Males Fe- Ad- males ults
Minors over under I6 16
Total
Having settlement in Melrose . . 65
96
51
10
100
161
Having settlements elsewhere in
the State.
32
42
25
3
46
74
Having no known settlement .. . 10
9
8
1
10
19
107 147 84
14 156 254
Families aided . .71
Having settlement in Melrose 47
Having settlements elsewhere in State. 18
Having no known settlement. 6
Families aided for the first time 17
Individuals receiving medical aid only.
13
Full Support.
Males
Females
Totals
Supported at City Farm
6
6
12
Boarded in private families
1
1
2
Boarded in institutions
2
1
3
-
-
-
9
8 17
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR 103
Deaths at City Farm during the year 1 Cases admitted during the year. . 8 Cases discharged (one re-admitted) . . 4
Remaining at City Farm, Jan, 1, 1910. 8
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Balance carried.
$1,170.64
Appropriation .
5,000.00
Receipts from Farm:
Sale of Milk .
$367.85
" Produce
27.92
66
" Eggs
59.44
" Fowl.
31.20
66
" Groceries. 34.74
66
" Wood
41.00
66 " Stock .
41.00
$603.15
Receipts from cities and towns
554.44
Receipts from State .
86.41
Receipts from Individuals.
64.15
$1,308.15
$7,478.79
EXPENDITURES.
Outside Aid.
Food
$1,111.02
Fuel
248.50
Board in private families.
323.79
Board hospital for epileptics. . 82.65
Board hospital for dipsoman- iacs . 14.89
Board in other institutions. 122.57
Shoes
51.15
Clothing
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