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*Hubbard, Curtis
*Earl, Evelyn
*Ilsley, Donald
*Ilsley, Priscilla
*Hadley, Leonard
Loomis, Ethel Munn, Catherine
*Litchfield, Wallace
*Simpson, Miriam
*Rapp, Richard
*Todd, Alberta
*Robertson, Albert
*Wahlgren, Frances
*Sampson, Earl
*Walker, Louise
*Sears, Richard
*Waterman, Clara
*Stewart, Albert
*Woglom, Dorothy
*Turner, Wilson
*Webber, Marie
*Underwood, Donald
*Westhaver, Loren Woodland, Lloyd
*Yeadon, Frank
*Young, Lydia
*Lalumiere, David
*Blackford, Hilda
Florence Josephine Hughes
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CITY OF MELROSE
Eighth Grade (B) Franklin School
*Clark, Hazel E.
*Beard, Welden
*Chesley, Harriet
*Canney, Treue
*Cox, Mary A.
*Cutter, Paul Earl, Donald ยท
*Dean, Mary
*Derrington, Genevieve
*Farland, George
*Flagg, Maude
*Grossman, David
*George, Rebecca
Harmon, Victor
Hermon, Alma
*Luce, Stewart
*Hirst, Helen
*Mclaughlin, Frank
*Lagg, Estelle
*Moody, Norman
*Mace, Dorothy
*Muskavitz, Philip
*Manson, Eleanor
*Sawtelle, Herbert
*Ormsby, Ernestine
*Parks, Marion
*Raymond, Dorothy Reed, Winifred
*Ruderman, Edith
*Sweet, Margaret
Eighth Grade, Lincoln School
*Bernhard, Louise E.
*Devlin, Earl M.
*Breer, Eleanor L.
*Driver, Robert P.
*Gershon, Hattie
*Fall, Leroy G.
*Goss, Barbara
*Fuller, Paul
*Hall, Carmilla M
*Higgins, Harris A.
*Higgins, Whitney
*Hansley, Daisy Harrison, Eunice
*Hulsman, Hilda R.
*Johnson, Ernestine F.
*Kennedy, James F.
*Von Klock, Werner MacDowell, Walter C.
*O'Donnell, Walter F.
*Scenna, James
*Piper, Nesta
*Selik, Rachel
*Shorey, Alice L.
*Sonier, Mildred A.
*Taylor, Demetria
*Thomas, Louise
Wilk, Jennie M.
Eighth Grade, Mary A. Livermore School
*Babson, Charlotte R.
*Batchelder, Sydney H.
*Babson, Ruth S. *Brackett, Harold A.
*Bricher, Gwendolyn B.
*Sellers, Wendell F. Sloane, Arthur C.
*Sylvester, Richard E.
*Thompson, Clifford
*MacKeon, Ruth G. Moscovitz, Olive
*Patten, Helen G.
*Hills, Franklin C. Hulsman, George W.
*Lilly, Dorothy R.
*Sayward, Henry
*Standley, Frederick
*Broderick, Arthur W.
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SCHOOL REPORT
*Cleaveland, Hope A.
*Carr, George E.
*Hooker, Alice G.
*Cutting, Clifford
*Knight, Dorothy E.
*Davison, Leroy A.
*Lougee, Helen W.
*Dole, Kenneth
*Lovejoy, Catherine O.
*Dole, Malcolm
Maguire, Helen
*Flanders, Jackson
*Manley, Marion
*Fletcher, Boynton J.
*Marden, Marion
*Hall, Appleton
*Marshall, Gertrude K.
*Habberley, Robert R.
Page, Geneve I. Page, Evelyn
*Perkins, Louise
*McKie, James B. Norris, G. Edward
*Richards, Edna W.
*Robertson, Doris K.
*Perley, Roscoe L. Rendall, Philip F.
*Smith, Miriam H.
*Robertson, Russell E.
*Sewall, David R.
*Sherman, Frank J.
*Wentzell, Raymond E.
Eighth Grade, Washington School
*Doucette, Alma G.
*Ehrenberg, Greta K.
*Eldredge, Esther
*Davis, Frederic
*Harrington, Anna
*Desmond, J. Henry
*Lucey, Marguerite E.
*Fuller, Frank P.
*Morse, Harriett E.
*Garvey, Francis M.
*Myers, Edith F.
*Hall, William A.
*Stromquist, Ruth A.
*Hayes, Sewell W.
*Tibbetts, Margaret A.
*Judkins, Richard C. Judkins, Theodore R.
*Von Horn, Bertha C. Wells, Dorothy
*Montgomery, Harold F.
*Pratt, Leslie C.
*Somes, Edward W.
Eighth Grade, D. W. Gooch School
*Armstrong, Helen M.
*Clarke, Kathleen E. W.
*Coburn, Lois *Bolton, Chas. O.
*Cronin, Mary A.
*Calton, Robert
Fearer, Eva
*Kilday, Virginia
Alkins, William G. Anderson, Russell F.
Conn, George
*Corthell, Leslie N.
*McDowell, Mary E.
*Hynes, Charles H.
*Lindsay, George L.
*Luckett, Francis E.
*Solberg, Elvira C.
*Wheeler, Mabel F.
*Barnes, Lester F. Bertoldo, Ravochol
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*Sansom, Helena B. *Sprague, Dorothy J.
*Stanley, Isabel Zelck, Dorothy A.
*Dieter, Dean C. *Gibbons, Percy *Gittes, Daniel
*Hart, Burt J. Robinson, Charles A. *Scarboro, Robert E.
*Sturges, Alton V. *Swain, Elden F.
*Entered High School in September-84 per cent.
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Assessors' Report
January 1, 1917.
Honorable Charles H. Adams, Mayor :-
Dear Sir :- The Board of Assessors herewith submit their report for the year ending December 31, 1916.
TAXABLE VALUATION OF THE CITY
Buildings
$10,957,650.00 5,891.700,00
Land .
Total Real Estate
$16,849,330.00
Personal Estate
2,795,800.00
Total Valuation April 1, 1916.
$19,645,150.00
Rate of Taxation $22.00 per $1,000.00.
Amount Raised on Property and Polls as Follows:
Real Estate
$370,685.70
Personal Estate.
61,507.60
4949 Polls at $2.00
9,898.00
$442,091.30
Divided as follows:
State Tax
$32,000.00
County Tax .
20,650.93
Met. Sewer Tax
16,153.54
Met. Park Tax.
8,183.80
State Highway Tax.
200.00
Charles River Basin Tax
1,834. 04
Fire Prevention Tax
289.30
City Tax.
350,771.03
Overlay
12,008.66
$442,091.30
Supplementary Assessments
$22,044.00
Street Watering Assessed.
11,156.74
Moth Tax Assessed.
195.06
Excise Tax Assessed (Bay State Street Ry.) .
2,446.24
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CITY OF MELROSE
Number of residents assessed 3,182
Number of non-residents assessed . 678
Number of persons assessed for poll tax only. 3,549
Number of horses assessed 297
Number of cows assessed.
287
Valuation of Exempted Property :
Houses of religious worship. $370,775.00
Literary and benevolent institutions 188,825.00
$559,600.00
Respectfully submitted, L. FRANK 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
3,027.28
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
5,7$7,100
13,918,550
1,559,330
15,477,880
17.80
229,006.55
12,222.49
6,183.01
16,275.00
10,188.40
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
8,450,676
5,788,475
14,239,150
1,733,810
15,972,960
18.50
234,100.42
14,397.93
7,868.56
*19.75 }
15,606.50
7,444.60
304,187.76
1908
1900
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
IQIO
*19.51 )
23,760.00
15,170.07
7,067.28
363,741.55
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
3,074
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 }
19,877.92 }
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
359,106.39
17,201.57
10,796.50 }
39,780.00 }
20,682.55 }
9,230.85
458,610.70
1915
1916
17,317
3,864
4,949
10,957,650
5,891,700
16,849,350
2,795,800
19,645,150
22.00
350,771.03
16,153.54
8,183.80 }
32,000.00 } *200.00 !
20,650.93 }
12,008.66
442,091.30
1916
*1,834.04 )
*289.30 )
276,517.13
15,496.52
11.634.39 }
*4,076.16 )
*20.00
*1,323.37 )
*18.75
*1,655.79 )
*20.00
*1,502.39 $
1,731.04
67.65
136.46
1,621.29
52.405
133.25 5
16,118
3,503
4,515
9,164,225
5,757,450
14,921,675
1,975,950
16,897,625
20.40
*102.00 $
24,750.00
*19.75>
*Charles River Basin. State Highway. Miscellaneous.
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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 for the year ending December 31, 1916.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
The Fire Alarm System has been kept in very good condition. Three iniles of weather-proof iron wire has been run in on outside circuits in place of old bare wire.
Sixty-five two-pin and thirty-two four-pin arms have been replaced with new ones.
Two new boxes have been installed, one the corner of Youle Street and Warwick Road, and the other on Linwood Avenue opposite Glen Avenue.
A Punch Register was purchased to take the place of the old visual Indicator at Combination A's house, which has been giving some trouble.
One thousand, five hundred and fifty-four (1,554) inspections of boxes were made and the box movement cleaned and oiled at least once.
POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM
Thirty-five two-pin and forty-two four-pin arms have been replaced with new ones.
One mile and a half of wire has been run in and insulated from trees.
Each box was inspected twice a month, making a total of three hundred and eighty-four inspections.
The instruments at Police Headquarters have been kept in first class condition.
INSPECTION OF WIRES.
One thousand and three inspections were made of old and new houses, issuing five hundred and forty-five permits allowing current to be turned on.
Starting January 1, 1916, new rules were enforced changing the class of wiring for cellars, garages and 550-volt motor work, greatly improving the same.
The Inspector of Wires has collected thirty-six dollars and fifty cents for Inspection Fees, which was turned over to the City Treasurer.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
The purchase of an eight-circuit repeater and protector board to be installed at Fire Alarm Headquarters to take the place of the old one. which has been in service for twenty-six years and second hand when purchased.
The city wires on Main Street from Goodyear Avenue to the Wake- field line should pulled in under ground.
The purchase of a Diaphone Horn to be installed at Central Fire Station or other convenient place, as the present bell system of giving the alarm to the call men cannot be heard at any great distance.
Ten new fire-alarm boxes should be purchased to take the place of old Municipal Non-interfering type of box, the movement of which is old and not positive in operation.
Respectfully,
FRED A. EDWARDS, Inspector of Wires
Report of Inspector of Buildings
Melrose, January 22, 1917.
To His Honor the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen,
Melrose, Mass.
Gentlemen :- In making this, my second annual report, I am glad to report what seems to me a much better building construction throughout the city.
The number of permits issued during the year is 284 with an estimated valuation of $436,715.00. One hundred and nineteen permits for addi- tions and alterations; 70 for garages, and 95 for new construction. The latter at a valuation of $354,027.00
Our Building Ordinances are the best in greater Boston, if not in the whole Commonwealth. A proof of which is the fact that they are being sent for from all over the State, and even in the Middle West, yet there has developed a need for added Ordinances to cover seemingly vital questions.
First :- There should be an Ordinance governing the construction of stores simply as stores,or stores with tenements above, within the fire limits
Second :- There should be an Ordinance prohibiting the altering of a two-story, or two-story and attic type of house in such a way as to admit of one, or more tenements or apartments on the third or attic floor, unless the building is a first, second or third class building.
Third :- The shack is ever a nuisance, and is becoming more and more so in certain sections of the city. A detriment to the proper develop- ment of property and a material decrease in value to owners of property in the immediate vicinity. There seems to be no way of remedying this as long as the material used and the construction conforms to the Building Ordinances, other than very stringent, sanitary and plumbing ordinances are made to cover both the inside and outside of the building. Thus naturally bringing about a better class of building on account of the cost of plumbing that must be done. This ordinance, to my mind, should be a part of the Building Ordinances.
On the plan for remodelling the City Hall for office purposes, there is a room for the Building, Plumbing and Wire Inspectors. This is as it should be. Developments the past year have shown that these three depart- ments should be consolidated into one department, possible called the Building Department.
In view of the above seeming needs and the fact that the supply of Building Ordinances is nearly exhausted, would it not be wise to appoint a committee of three persons, as soon as possible, to take into consideration the above recommendations and any other needs that may present them- selves, and report their findings and recommendations at an early date, and that a contingent fund of not less than $75.00 be appropriated to print 500 copies of the Building Ordinances, when revised and completed.
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There are still contractors in the various lines of building that need constant watchfulness, not realizing that it is for the best interest of all concerned that every Ordinance of the city should be carried out to its fullest interest. More than 500 official visits have been made to the buildings under process of construction or alteration, besides many con- ferences on matters pertaining thereto.
I wish to thank any and all who have in any way aided in the carrying on the work of this Department.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM S. ALLEN, Inspector of Buildings.
Financial
Appropriation
$425.00
Salary
$400.00
Printing.
25.00
$425.00
$425.00
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
To the Mayor and Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit a report of the operations of the Department of Weights and Measures for the year ending Dec. 31, 1916.
Total number of articles tested. 352
Total number of correct weight 10
Total number under weight. 35
Total number over weight. 297
But one instance required interference: that case was one of 34 bags of coal (all short), this lot was condemned and taken back by the whole- saler (out of town dealer). On follow ng this up we found that the weighing was done by boys. We have made frequent inspections of stores, pedlar , milk teams, ice wagons, junk wagon , coal certificates (carried by drive s), licenses, etc.
Fish pedlars are now required to have a license. We are fortunate in having a good class of merchants. All incorrect weights found in stores were on the average overweight and traceable to carelessness of boys.
Total recipts for the year amounted to $68.91.
We are supplied with all necessary standard of weights and measures required.
Would recommend that some provision for transporting apparatus from stores to store be made.
Respectfully,
CHARLES E. MERRILL,
Sealer
Annual Report
OF THE
Board of Health
OF THE
City of Melrose
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31 st, 1916
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CITY OF MELROSE
MAYOR Honorable Charles H. Adams
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HEALTH AND CHARITY,
Mr. Alton W. Eldredge, Chairman; Lorin A. Presby, Frank H. Noyes, Thomas H. Gilman, Charles Drew, Harold P. Waterhouse, H. Ray Wilson.
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
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 and Henry E. Berger, Inspectors of Milk.
Dr. Ralph R. Stratton, Dr. Arthur T. Gage, Dr. Albert E. Small, Medical Inspectors of Schools.
Miss Jennie M. Irving, Public Health Nurse.
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, 1916.
The membership is the same as in 1915, to wit: Clarence P. Holden, M.D., Ralph R. Stratton, M.D., and Philip B. Carter, Esq.
DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH
Diphtheria .- There was a total of fourteen cases and one death. This is a very small number of cases and there was at no time an epidemic and many of the cases were contracted elsewhere.
Scarlet Fever .- There were only eleven cases with one death. This is the smallest number of cases on record during the past ten years.
Typhoid Fever .- Total number of cases, fourteen; deaths, one. Some of these cases were of foreign origin. Two cases had their origin on a dairy farm and were probably of the same origin as a large number of cases were reported in Lynn and received milk from this farm. In Oct. and November there was a total of six cases developed in one family. The Board of Health assisted by the State Department of Health was unable definitely to determine the cause or origin, but it seems entirely probable that it was due to some article of infected food which had been brought into the house from outside.
Whooping Cough .- In the report for 1915 the Board of Health called attention to what appeared at that time to be the beginning of an epidemic of whooping cough. There were during the four months of January to April one hundred and seven cases with four deaths. More deaths than were caused by the much dreaded infantile paralysis, yet people persist in regarding whooping cough as a mild disease and neglect to use proper care for the isolation of cases.
Infantile Paralysis .- Melrose was one of the last cities to become infested with infantile paralysis. During the three months September, October and November, there were reported a total of seventeen cases with three deaths. This gives Melrose a rather high rank as to the number of cases because in the worst epidemics there is seldom more than one case to the thousand of the total population.
While the experience of the National Health Bureau, various State Boards of Health, and a large number of local Boards was very greatly increased by the epidemic of 1916, yet absolute knowledge as to how this disease is transmitted is not known. Before 1916 cases of infantile paralysis were treated in the wards of General Hospitals and in the homes
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of patients without dangerto other inmates of hospitals,or other members of families, and it seems reasonable to suppose that the strict quarantine of families in which a case occurred during the last epidemic was undoubtedly unnecessary and ought not to be repeated in future outbreaks.
The Board examined many individuals for certificates of health, who were traveling to other states or foreign countries and all families and all persons coming here from infested districts were reported and were visited and kept under observation for a period of two weeks.
Tuberculosis .-- The total number of cases in the list December 31, 1915 was twenty and twenty-six new cases were reported during the year, making a total of forty-six cases. The disposition of these cases were as follows: arrested six cases; death, thirteen cases; removals, three; one diagnosis withdrawn, leaving twenty-three cases on our list December 31, 1916, as against twenty on December 31, 1915. Of the twenty-six new cases reported, twenty-five were pulmonary and one abdominal. As to the origin of the twenty-six cases, eighteen should be classified as having their origin in Melrose and eight outisde. Of these twenty-six cases, one was reported only by death and twenty-five were reported during life. The total amount expended in the care of tuberculosis cases was $1,635.71 as against $1,686.63 in 1915.
Tuberculosis Dispensary .- The Tuberculosis Dispensary at the Melrose Hospital has been open Friday evenings as heretofore and a large number of children in families where there have been cases of tuberculosis have been examined.
Bacteriology-The bacteriological examination of milk has been done by the Milk Inspector and full reports will be found in his annual report to the Board of Health. Other bacteriological work, to wit; the examina- tion of sputum for the diagnosis of tuberculosis, the examination of blood and other secretions for typhoid fever, malaria, and ophthalmia neona- torum, also the examination of throat cultures for diphtheria have been made by the State Department of Health.
Antitoxin .- Antitoxin for the treatment of diphtheria, furnished without charge by the State Department of Health, has been distributed to physicians as heretofore.
Vaccination .- Seventy-one successful vaccinations have been per- formed at this office and seventy-five certificates of successful vaccination have been issued.
Disinfection .- Disinfection at the close of cases of transmissible diseases by formaldehyde gas has largely been discontinued because of the belief that the danger comes from direct contact with the case or by use of infected food, rather than by other infected things. This Board, however, has not wholly discontinued terminal disinfection.
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HEALTH REPORT
SCHOOL INSPECTION
Medical inspection of schools has been carried on substantially as in previous years except the work has been very materially aided by the work of the Public Health Nurse. During the epidemic of infantile paralysis all the schools were visited daily and all pupils were examined previous to their admittance to school, the regular staff of school physicians being aided by several volunteer workers. No case of infantile paralysis occurred among pupils of the schools,
The diseases found among the pupils during the year include the following, to wit: measles, mumps, whooping cough, chicken pox, tonsilitis, adenoids, bronchitis, conjunctivitis, pediculosis, impetigo, ringworm, eczema and dermatitis.
During the coming year the Board expects to make physical exam- inations of school children in the lower grades of the grammar schools. Eighty examinations of children who wish to go to work have been made.
GARBAGE AND RUBBISH
Chapter 6, Section 1 of the Regulations of the Board of Health ha been amended and reads as follows, viz:
"Householders and the proprictors of stores, groceries and markets, or any other places where garbage is m de, kept or stored, and the land- lords of all apartment and tencment houses, shall provide separate recep- tacles, of sufficient size, for household waste and garbage.
First .- A covered, watertight, fly-proof bucket for offal, refuse, animal and vegetable waste, such receptacles to be kept covercd, in a place secure from the depred: tion of dog and other animals, and con- venient of access. The contents thereof to be removed on'y by the persons authorized by the Board of Health.
Second .- All garbage must be drained and water kept out of the garbage bucket. No tin cans, broken crockery or glass bottles shall b put in the offal bucket but these should be put in the ash b rrel Raw meat, fish or fowl or any parts thereof shall be wrapped in paper be ore placing them in a garbage receptacle. OFFAL ON THE GROUND WILL NOT BE COLLECTED.
Third .- Barrels, preferably of iron, shall be provided for ashes and other dry household waste, to be removed by or under the supervision of the Superintendent of Public Works. All paper should be securely bundled or baled, and kept separate from the ashes.
The Board was obliged to cancel the contract for the collection of swill and garbage and after August 1st the city was divided into three districts and contracts made with different individuals for the collection of garbage in each district. This plan has been much more satisfactory than giving a single contract for the whole city.
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CITY OF MELROSE
ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO HEALTH
An Ordinance Relative to Cesspools and Privies.
Section 1. No cesspool shall hereafter be constructed, and after May 1, 1917, no cesspool shall be maintained within the limits of the City of Melrose, unless the same shall conform to the following requirements; where the ground is suitable, a leaching cesspool shall be built of concrete construction within three feet from the top, tightly covered and made fly-proof; where the ground is not suitable for a leaching cesspool, a water- tight cesspool shall be constructed, tightly covered and made fly-proof. The kind and size of cesspool shall be determined by the Board of Health and shall depend upon the soil foundation and amount of sewage or drainage to be emptied into such cesspool. No cesspool shall be covered until inspected and approved by an agent or inspector of the Board of Health.
Section 2. No privy shall hereafter be constructed and after May 1, 1917, no privy shall be maintained within the limits of the City of Melrose unless the same shall conform to the following requirements :- the privy vault shall be water-tight with eight-inch concrete wall, sides, ends and bottom and properly covered at the rear and made fly-proof, the size to be four feet by four feet by four feet, inside measurements. Provided, however that this section of the ordinance shall not apply to temporary privies constructed by contractors or builders who receive a permit from the Board of Health to maintain a vault for the use of employees; such temporary privy, however, to be kept and maintained under such restric- tions and regulations as the Board of Health may from time to time prescribe.
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