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Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep
4,264.81
Auxiliary Agencies
Transportation.
695.00
Tuition and Miscellaneous
1,561.29
$108,280.82
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SCHOOL REPORT
AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL School Year 1914-15 Based on average membership (2,726.61)
General Control
General Administration Salaries $1.06
Other General Salaries . 47
Other General Expenses .22
Instruction
Teachers' Salaries
27.28
Text Books and Supplies
2.09
Operation of School Plant
Janitors' Services 3.04
Fuel and Light.
2.59
Water and Miscellaneous.
.56
Maintenance of School Plant
Repairs, Replacement and Upkeep 1.57
Auxiliary Agencies
Transportation.
.26
Tuition and Miscellaneous.
.57
$39.71
ANNUAL FINANCIAL EXHIBIT Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1915
Receipts
Appropriation, regular items. $102,479.99
Appropriation, from tuition. 3,042.09
Appropriation, special High School Telephone and Grammar School Blackboards. 700.00
Appropriation, additional maintenance of Buildings and Grounds. 2,640.00
$108,862.08
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CITY OF MELROSE
Expenditures
General Expenses
$4,846.49
Teachers' Salaries
74,753.03
Text Books and Supplies
5,478.84
Tuition .
1,198.38
Transportation.
658.00
Janitors' Services
8,211.42
Fuel and Light
5,857.95
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
6,581.01
Furniture and Furnishings.
163.35
Other Expenses .
397.37
$108,145.84
Special High School Telephone and Grammar School Blackboards. 651.77
$108.797.61
Unexpended balance, regular items.
16.24
Unexpended balance, High School Telephone
and Grammar School Blackboards. 48.23
$108,862.08
SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, 1914-1915
I. By Schools
Schools
No. of Dif- ferent Pupils Enrolled Exclusive of Re-Enroll- ments
No. of Boys
No. of Girls
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Per Cent. of Attendance
High
805
340
465
751.38
723.07
96.23
Franklin
332
174
158
315.60
303.19
96.07
Whittier
125
60
65
124.52
116.15
93.28
Warren
158
89
69
158.10
147.50
93.30
Livermore.
190
94
96
170.78
163.96
96.01
Sewall .
153
84
69
141.30
134.10
94.91
Washington
378
199
179
355.30
334.74
94.22
Lincoln.
325
168
157
309.99
294.03
94.85
Gooch .
238
136
102
244.25
228.03
93.36
Winthrop
138
64
74
134.69
121.84
90.46
Ripley .
24
12
12
20.70
19.08
92.17
Total.
2,866
1,420
1,446
2,726.61
2,585.69
94.83
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SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. 1914-1915
2. By Grades
Grades
No. of Dif- ferent Pupils Enrolled Exclusive of Re-Enroll- ments
No. of Boys
No. of Girls
Average Membership
Average Attendance
Per Cent. of Attendance
High .
805
340
465
751.38
723.07
96.23
Eighth
246
129
117
230.12
220.79
95.95
Seventh
276
151
125
259.97
250.70
96.44
Sixth
221
116
105
215.21
204.62
95.08
Fifth
242
134
108
232.51
221.35
95.20
Fourth
228
116
112
233.32
222.48
95.35
Third.
271
148
123
254.73
240.56
94.52
Second
292
138
154
273.59
253.20
92.55
First.
285
148
137
275.78
248.92
90.26
Total.
2,866
1,420
1,446
2,726.61
2,585.69
94.83
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SCHOOL REPORT
NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS DECEMBER 31, 1915
Male
Female
Total
High (Grades X, XI, XII, XIII)
7
21
28
Grammar (Grades V, VI, VII, VIII)
1
28
29
Primary (Grades I, II, III, IV)
0
28
28
Supervisors, Music.
1
0
1
Drawing .
0
1
1
Manual Training.
1
0
1
Primary
0
1
1
Penmanship .
0
1
1
Total
10
80
90
NUMBER OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES DECEMBER 31, 1915
Primary,
Grade I.
259
Grade II
286
Grade III
289
Grade IV.
235
Grammar, Grade V.
253
Grade VI
217
Grade VII.
261
Grade VIII.
268
High,
Freshmen Class
213
Sophomore Class
170
Junior Class
156
Senior Class
144
Post Graduate
10
Total
2,762
AVERAGE AGE OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES SEPTEMBER, 1915
Primary, . Grade I
6 years 5 months
Grade II
7
6
Grade III
8
5
Grade IV 9
10
7
0
66
Grade VII
12
8
Grade VIII.
13
66
6
High,
Freshman Class
14
9
Sophomore Class
15
4
Junior Class
16
9
Senior Class
17
6
66
2
Grammar, Grade V.
Grade VI
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APPENDIX
Melrose High School
GRADUATION EXERCISES Class of 1915 Memorial Hall, Evening of June Twenty-Third, at Eight O'clock.
PROGRAM
MARCH-"America" Tellam High School Orchestra
INVOCATION
Rev. Louis C. Wright
PROLOGUE-SALUTATORY
Margaret L. Ilsley
CHORUS-"Habanera" (from Carmen) G. Bizet
Glee Clubs
ESSAY-"The Immigrant Child's Dream"
Amanda Gertrude Curit
ESSAY-"Humor-A Valuable Asset"
Ellie May Corbett
INTERMEZZO --- "After Sunset" Pryor
High School Orchestra
AWARD OF PRIZES, given by the Franklin Fraternity Hon. Sidney H. Buttrick
VALEDICTORY-EPILOGUE Jennie Lucile Bond
CHORUS-"Amyrillis" (Arr. by N. C. Page) Girls' Glee Club
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Dr. Lowell F. Wentworth Chairman of School Committee
CHORUS-"Twilight Reverie (Traumerei) Schumann
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SCHOOL REPORT
SENIOR CLASS HONOR LIST
Pupils who have maintained a general average of 90% or over during their
whole course.
Jennie Bond
Margaret Anderton
Margaret Ilsley
Hilda Allstrin
Ellie Corbett
Charles Doucette
Amanda Curit
Ethel Welch
Ruth Driver
Alice Wright
Constance Wheeler
Helen Chesley
Dorothy Hall
Phyllis Buck
Corris Emerson
Victor Lovejoy
Leslie Garrett
Ernest Perkins
Everett Stebbins
Marjorie Lynch
HONOR LIST FOR OTHER CLASSES
Pupils who have maintained an average of 90% or over in each subject
Junior Class
Edward Donovan Doris Jennings
Miriam Loring Mary White
Sophomore Class
Frederick Deering
Ruth Eldredge
Freshman Class Edwin Carpenter
MELROSE WOMAN'S CLUB HONORS
Ruth Driver
Ellie Corbett
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CITY OF MELROSE
FRANKLIN FRATERNITY PRIZES
English (Senior Class) Charles Doucette
English (Junior Class) Warren Hussey
English (Sophomore Class)
Elizabeth Thompson
English (Freshman Class)
Edwin Carpenter
Algebra (Freshman Class)
Edwin Carpenter
Algebra (Open to all)
Roland Hussey
Geometry (Sophomore Class)
Melvin Jenney
Geometry (Open to all)
Miriam Loring Kenneth Redding
Assessors' Report
Hon. Charles H. Adams, Mayor,
Dear Sir :- The Board of Assessors herewith submit their report for the year ending December 31, 1915.
TAXABLE VALUATION OF THE CITY
Buildings
$10,494,300.00
Land 5,823,300.00
$16,317,600.00
Personal Estate, including Resident Bank
Stock
2,623,780.00
Total Real and Personal Estate
$18,941,380.00.
RATE OF TAXATION $23.70 PER $1,000.00 Appropriations
State Tax
$39,780.00
County Tax
20,682.55
Met. Sewer Tax.
17,201.57
Met. Park Tax
10,796.50
State Highway Tax
52.40
Charles River Basin Tax
1,621.29
Fire Prevention Tax
133.25
City Budget
359,016.29
Overlay.
9,236.85
$458,610.70
Tax on Real Estate
$386,727.11
Tax on Personal Eestate .
62,183.59
Tax on 4850 polls at $2.00.
9,700.00
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$458,610.70
Moth Tax Assessed.
$992.94
Street Sprinkling Assessed
10,654.05
Excise Tax Assessed (Bay State Street Ry. Co.)
2,251.94
Number of resident individuals, firms, etc., assessed .
2,823
Number of non-resident individuals, firms, etc. assessed
750
Number of persons assessed for poll tax
4,850
Number of horses assessed.
334
Number of cows assessed
353
Number of swine assessed
120
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CITY OF MELROSE
Valuation of property exempt from taxation
Houses of religious worship
$370,775.00
Benevolent Institutions
169,225.00
$540,000.00
We herewith include a statement of the assessed valuation of taxable property for each of the preceding years, the abatements thereon allowed previous to the thirty-first day of December preceding, and the average of such valuations reduced by such abatements.
Valuations
including
Abatements
Net
Additionals
Valuation
1913
$18,236,875.00
$416,775.00
$17,820,100.00
1914
18,652,005.00
493,750.00
18,158,255.00
1915
19,006,555.00
185,475.00
18,821,080.00
3)$54,799,435.00
Net average valuation for 3 years .
)$18,266,478.00
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK R. UPHAM, L. F. HINCKLEY, CHARLES C. SWETT,
Assessors
Year
Census
Dwell- ings
Polls
Value Buildings
Value Land
Total Val. Real Estate
Value Personal Estate
Total Valua- tion
Rate per $1,000
City Appro- priation
Sewer- age Tax
Park Tax
State Tax
County Tax
Overlay
Total Tax Levy
Year
1900
12,715
3,237
3,650
$7,582,525
$4,398,150
$11,980,675
$797,690
$12,778,365
$18.00
$199,837.41
$9,431.01
$6,645.00
$11,857.11
$9,540.04
$237,310.57
1900
1901
12,781
3,248
3,711
7,610,850
5,993,025
13,603,875
1,286,890
14,890,765
16.20
206,635.82
9,727.23
7,437 50
13,388.55
*11,463.29
248,652.39
1901
1902
13,369
3,280
3,931
7,781,400
5,927,575
13,708,975
1,656,505
15,365,480
17.20
237,107.27
10,561.13
$1,977.83
6,375.00
13,365.88
2,861.15
272,148.26
1902
1903
13,641
3,312
4,052
7,865,250
5,915,375
13,780,625
1,397,005
15,177,630
18.00
237,087.74
10,808.84
5,169.59
10,625.00
13,917.89
3,692.28
281,301.34
1903
1904
14,021
3,319
4,137
7,945,700
5,867,625
13,813,325
1,424,530
15,237,855
17.40
225,003.32
11,744.15
5,696.87
11,625.00
15,716.05
3,627.28
273,412.67
1904
1905
14,559
3,334
4,235
8,020,150
5,845,800
13,865,950
1,463,745
15,329,695
18.00
227,044.58
12,077.04
5,922.31
18,600.00
15,272.57
5,488.01
284,404.51
1905
1906
14,572
3,363
4,235
8,131,450
5,787,100
13,918,550
1,559,330
15,477,880
17.80
229,006.55
12,222.49
6,183.01
16,275.00
16,188.40
4,100.81
283,976.26
1906
1907
14,860
3,382
4,318
8,288,850
5,781,500
14,070,350
1,664,060
15,734,410
17.00
219,753.24
9,264.95
7,183.32
18,000.00 }
15,880.08
6,038.36
276,120.97
1907
1908
15,122
3,393
4,344
8,450,675
5,788,475
14,239,150
1,733,810
15,972,960
18.50
234,100.42
14,397.93
7,868.56
24,750.00 }
15,606.50
7,444.60
304,187.76
1908
1909
15,246
3,416
4,438
8,627,425
5,775,725
14,403,150
1,746,675
16,149,825
19.30
250,100.51
13,567.95
8,158.34
20,250.00 }
17,350.17
11,220.90
320,567.62
1909
1910
15,735
3,447
4,490
8,865,325
5,771,450
14,636,775
1,827,090
16,463,865
19.40
255,567.13
14,834.95
8,494.76
23,760.00 }
16,478.32
9,224.31
328,378.98
19IO
IQII
16,118
3,503
4,515
9,164,225
5,757,450
14,921,675
1,975,950
16,897,625
20.40
276,517.13
15,496.52
11.634.39 }
23,760.00
15,170.07
7,067.28
353,741.55
19II
1912
16,241
3,564
4,596
9,452,650
5,757,150
15,209,800
2,213,000
17,422,800
20.40
283,731.71
15,804.48
9,412.75 ₺
27,000.00
14,860.33
12,466.03
364,617.12
1912
1913
16,612
3,611
4,620
9,791,425
5,791,425
15,582,625
2,420,900
18,003,525
20.40
289,544.80
17,103.24
10,262.39 }
32,640.00
16,466,40
7,316.90
376,511.91
1913
1914
17,037
3,674
4,685
10,144,550
5,816,700
15,961,250
2,606,080
18,567,330
21.70
316,917.47
17,437.18
10,558.39 }
35,700.00 ₺
19,577.92 }
10,154.95
412,281.06
1914
1915
17,096
3,748
4,850
10,494,300
5,823,300
16,317,600
2,623,780
18,941,380
23.70
359,106.29
17,201.57
10,796.50 {
39,780.00 52.40 )
20,682.55 {
9,236.85
458,610.70
1915
1,621.29 5
133.25 J
*Charles River Basin. * State Highway. * Miscellaneous.
136.46
1,731.04 )
67.65 J
*1,655.79
.
*20.00
*1,502.39
$4,076.16 )
*20.00
*1,323.37 )
*18.75
*19.51 )
*102.00 S
*19.75)
*19.75)
Report of Inspector of Wires
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Melrose, Mass.
Gentlemen :- I respectfully submit the following report of the Wire Department from July 7, to December 31, 1915.
Fire Alarm System
The Fire Alarm System has been kept in good repair, two miles of wire has been run in on outside circuits, and thirty-five cross arms have been replaced.
Three new boxes have been installed at locations as follows: Wyoming Depot, cor. Mt. Vernon and Brown Streets, Wyoming Avenue, near Whittier Street.
Two traffic gongs have been installed, one at Franklin Square and the other at the corner of Grove and Main Streets.
Police Signal System
The Police Signal System bas been kept in good repair. Fifty cross arms have been rplaced and the wires insulated from trees in many places. The instruments in Police Headquarters have been kept in first-class condition.
Inspection of Wires
Four hundred and thirty-eight inspections have been made of old and new houses. Two hundred and twenty-five permits have been issued, allowing current to be turned on.
Great care has been taken in the so-called "reconnections" which should be looked after very carefully, as some of them are in such bad condition that it is dangerous to allow the current to be turned on until repairs are made.
Since the new Ordinance calling for the collection of fifty cents (.50) for Inspection has gone into effect, I have collected and turned over to the City Treasurer, Twenty-nine Dollars and Fifty cents ($29.50).
Recommendations
I recommend that a new eight-circuit repeater and protector board be purchased and installed at Fire Alarm Headquarters to replace the old one which has been in use for over twenty-five years.
Some of the outside circuits should be made smaller as they cover altogether too much territory. One circuit covers the whole west side of the city from Sewall Woods Road to the Boston Rubber Shoe factory. If a wire should break, or for any reason that circuit should go out of commission, that whole section would be unprotected as far as fire alarm boxes are concerned.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED A. EDWARDS, Inspector of Wires.
Report of Inspector of Buildings
To His Honor the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :--
Gentlemen :- In making this, the annual report for the Building De- partment, I can say that this has been the most prosperous year of any in the history of the City of Melrose. The number of permits issued in 1915 was 288, with an estimated valuation of $570,699.00, against a record of 200 permits, and an estimated value of $388,445.00 in 1914, a gain of $182,254.00.
I think I am safe in saying that a much larger proportion of the buildings, for which permits have been granted, are either built or are in process of construction than in the year previous, so that the assessors ought to find more than half a million of new taxable property,
Eighty-one permits have been granted for the construction of single houses valued at $303,300.00 and 27 permits for two-family and tenement houses with a valuation of $147,700.00, making a residential valuation of $451,000.00, $62,555.00 more than the total building valuation for the year 1914.
Permits have been granted for 41 private garages valued at $9,350 and three blocks of stores valued at $27,000. The balance of the permits were for alterations and the erection of shops, hen-houses, coal sheds and repairs after fires, etc.
The spirit of co-operation has been solicited on the part of the builders and foundation men to bring about a more uniform and much higher standard of building construction than ever before, and there is a feeling to-day that all are working on the same basis. This has taken much time, and more than 400 official visits have been made by the present Inspector between April 23, 1915 and January 1, 1916, to say nothing of the many conferences given in regard to interpretations of the ordinances and advice.
Every building in process of construction ought to be visited at least four times by the inspector and in many cases more.
There seems to be a thoughtlessness on the part of many of our citizens, and alterations and even small new buildings are in process of construction, and in some cases nearly completed, before it comes to the knowledge of the Inspector. There ought not to be an opportunity for such conditions to occur. This could be obviated if it were possible for the Inspector to make a circuit of the whole city at least once every week.
The Inspector is indebted to the police and many private individuals for information he could have received in no other way.
As the standard of building construction is'raised, the services of the Building Inspector is more and more sought after, and even under the present conditions no man could be engaged In any business requiring definite time and hours and do justice to the requirements of the Building Department.
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CITY OF MELROSE
Financial Statement.
Appropriation.
$25.00
Expended
Advertising Office hours
$5.00
Printing abstracts of Building Ordinances
10.00
Balance
10.00
$25.00
$25.00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM S. ALLEN, Inspector of Buildings
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures
To the Mayor and Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen :- I submit herewith a report of the work of this department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1915.
Platform
Adjusted
Sealed
Condemned
Scales, over 5,000 lbs.
5
12
2
under
6
29
7
Counter
6
121
Spring
11
88
2
Computing.
1
33
2
Slot (Personal)
14
4
66 Druggist
5
Weights (Avoirdupois)
56
633
Apoth and Troy
3
109
18
6 Metric
15
Measures, Dry
21
Wet .
177
Pumps (Oil, Gasolene)
3
35
Ice Cream Molds
713
Yard Sticks
20
Totals 91
2109
38
16 Loads of Coal, even weight, 2 loads
over 66
6 66
average 26 lbs.
under 66 8 66
66
31 "
E-penses, $48.14
Receipts, $63.69 paid to Treasurer. Receipt on File.
Inspection in Stores and from Teams
Packages reweighed 668
found correct 609
under 9
66 over . 44
Other inspection, i.e., condition of scales, measures, etc. 206
Pedlars' wagons
9
License
3
66
Milk wagons.
2
66
Ice
18
66
Junk
6
Total Inspection
912
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CITY OF MELROSE
Many minor inspections and corrections made were not, recorded, being a matter of routine.
A full report has been rendered to the State Department. The Standards in this office are in good condition and are inspected frequently by State Officers. The working sets are equal to any city in the State and are kept in as good condition as possible. Very little trouble is en- countered in our stores. The Personnel of our Merchants is above the average. We met with a ready response to all our suggestions. Care- lessness is the one point that keeps the department on the lookout.
We are troubled but little with pedlars, and under the New State law with State help things will be even better.
Respectfully,
CHARLES E. MERRILL, Sealer of Weights and Measures
Annual Report
OF THE
Board of Health
OF THE
City of Melrose
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31st, 1915
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CITY OF MELROSE
MAYOR Honorable Charles H. Adams
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HEALTH AND CHARITY
Alton W. Eldredge, Chairman; Lorin A. Presby, William T. Fahy, Charles Drew, Adonis D. Howard, Frank H. Noyes, Esq., Dr. Forrest F. Pike.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Dr. Clarence P. Holden
Dr. Ralph R. Stratton
Philip B. Carter, Esq.
21 Vine Street 654 Main Street 26 Poplar Street Chairman, Clarence P. Holden, M.D.
OTHER OFFICERS
Grace French, Clerk.
Andrew J. Burnett, Plumbing Inspector.
Frank P. Sturges, V. S. Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering.
David O. Parker, Inspector of Slaughtering.
Robert N. Hoyt, Inspector of Milk.
Dr. Ralph R. Stratton, Dr. Arthur T. Gage, Dr. Albert E. Small, Medical Inspectors of Schools.
Report of 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, 1915.
There were two changes in the Board of Health during the year, Dr. Ralph R. Stratton and Philip B. Carter, Esq., succeeding Arthur A. Hayden, Esq., and Melvin A. Walter.
DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH
The total expenditures for the care of contagious cases was much less than for the previous year.
While the general health of the City has been good, yet there have been serious outbreaks of scarlet fever, typhoid fever and diphtheria.
Diphtheria .- In January there were nine cases, the last of an epidemic coming over from the previous year. During the balance of the year there were only occasional cases, there being forty-one in all with only one death.
It is probable that recent investigations have added the most im- portant knowledge with respect to certain phases of diphtheria that has been gained since the discovery of antitoxin, which has robbed diphtheria of so much of its danger and terror.
This is the discovery that a considerable per cent of the people are naturally immune to diphtheria, ranging from thirty per cent in the new born to ninety per cent in adults.
The method of determining who is immune and who not is being worked upon by many bacteriologists, including our own State Department of Health, and it seems reasonable to expect that the method will soon be available for general use.
Scarlet Fever .- We began the year with a considerable number of cases of scarlet fever, which apparently were under control, when in May in two days six cases were reported, five of which had the same milk supply. There were fifteen cases in all in this group. Upon investigation, a case of scarlet fever was found in the family of a milk man, and sub- sequently two more desquamating cases were found in his family. With the approval of the State Department, orders were adopted for the dairy.
The outbreak was very early under full control and no new cases were traced to this source.
In the opinion of the Board, the milk man was guilty of gross neg- ligence and he was prosecuted in the courts for not reporting the case and ead guilty.
There was a total of sixty-two cases during the year with two deaths.
Typhoid Fever .- In April there was reported a group of six positive cases in various parts of the city, all having milk from the same supply. In addition to these, as many more cases were investigated which it seemed probable were genuine cases, but positive diagnosis was not made.
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There was a total of fifteen cases reported during the year but seven of these were of foreign origin. There were no deaths.
Measles and Whooping Cough .- During the first half of the year there was an epidemic of measles, there being in all 476 cases reported with on e death. During the month of December 1915 there were reported six cases of whooping cough, which at the time of writing this report in January 1916 is reaching the stage of an epidemic. It is unfortunate that people do not recognize the gravity of these diseases and make more effort to isolate cases during their early stages.
Tuberculosis .- The total number of cases on the list December 31 1914, was sixteen. Thirty new cases were reported during the year, three of which proved upon investigation not to be living in Melrose, making a total of forty-three cases. The disposition of these cases was as follows: Arrested four, deaths fourteen, removals five, leaving twnety cases on our records December 31, 1915 as against sixteen on December 31, 1914.
Of twenty-seven new cases reported, twenty-four were pulmonary, one tuberculosis of glands, one tuberculosis of the spine and one tubercular meningitis. As to the origin of the twenty-seven new cases twenty-four should be classified as having their origin in Melrose and three outside. Of these twenty-seven cases four were reported only by death and twenty- three were found living. Two of these had been in Melrose less than one month. Four of these cases had been reported elsewhere. One of our cases had been previously reported and placed upon the arrested list but the patient becoming worse, was again placed on the active list.
Of fourteen deaths of tuberculosis cases, thirteen died from tubercu- losis and one from other causes. Of these thirteen deaths, one was men- ingeal, one spinal and eleven pulmonary.
Of fourteen Melrose deaths, three were non-residents and should be deducted while there were three Melrose cases dying outside, which should be added leaving the total of fourteen deaths.
Thirteen cases were admitted to various hospitals, all but two of these being paid for by the city. Five cases were aided in their homes, the total expenditure for the care of tuberculosis cases being considerably larger than in any previous year, the amount being $1,714.63 as against $885.91 in 1914. $353.30 was paid for two cases who were non-residents but had a settlement in Melrose.
During the latter part of the year, Miss Irving began her services as Public Health Nurse and has been of great aid in the tuberculosis work.
Tuberculosis Dispensary .- By the generosity of the Melrose Hospital which also maintains Miss Irving as a Public Health Nurse, a Tubercu- losis Clinic was established there, which is open one hour daily except Sundays and every Friday evening from seven to eight o'clock.
The most effective tuberculosis work in the future must be done in the early detection of cases, when they are susceptible to proper treatment. This is the work which the Public Health Nurse and Dispensary will be of the greatest aid in accomplishing.
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Table I FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1914
1914 Totals $8,710.00 100.00
1915
1915 Totals $9,525.00
Total Appropriation.
Special appropriation for safe.
Expenditures
General Administration
1,094.91
1,146.16
Salaries of Board
$650.00
$650.00
Salary of Clerk.
270.13
270.86
Stationery, postage and printing .
52.13
58.75
Telephone
48.51
50.02
Office furnishings.
31.20
55.20
Reports and adds.
23.15
Other Expenses
1,124.32
978.15
Examination of cultures
10.00
6.00
Sanitary Inspection
208.31
40.80
Plumbing Inspection
650.00
650.00
Fumigation and Disinfection .
221.76
128.28
Dumps.
8.71
Burial Dead Animals
50.50
43.00
Office furnishings
8.86
13.72
Care of Insane
9.00
12.00
Inspection of Ice.
42.00
33.00
Use of Automobile and Carriages.
14.50
8.00
Sundries .
9.39
34.64
Quarantine and Contagious Dis. Hosp.
4,425.54
2,362.44
Outside Aid .
408.18
84.37
Maintenance of Contagious Hospital .
3.00
1.80
Maintenance of patients at other hosp.
3,787.00
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