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13.40
4.25
Medicine.
14.21
12.34
Serving notices
4.60
Office Supplies
61.46
69.57
Transportation
3.50
Care of Insane.
21.95
Ads and Reports.
56.04
14.00
Office Furnishings
49.68
35.12
Tank Wagon and Cesspool Cleaning ...
65.85
Inspection of Slaughtering.
4.00
Sundries .
11.01
4.22
Quarantine and Contagious Disease Hos'l.
2,498.89
1,173.27
Maintenance of patients at hospital.
2,136.84
990.16
Reimbursement of other cities.
84.29
Transportation
115.50
90.00
Outside Aid.
22.48
38.54
Nurse.
112.29
54.57
Sundries.
27.49
Inspection
1,104.75
1,400.00
Inspection of School Children.
393.75
375.00
Public Health Nurse
100.00
425.00
Inspection of Animals and Slaughtering
111.00
100.00
Inspection of Milk.
100.00
100.00
Milk Analyses
400.00
400.00
Refuse and Garbage Disposal.
3,847.85
3,783.99
Tuberculosis.
818.66
1,553.49
Outside Aid.
136.68
120.41
Board and supplies in hospitals.
679.98
1,433.08
Sundries .
2.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURES.
$10,663.77
$10,201.17
Revenues of Board of Health.
365.07
693.50
Licenses .
38.00
32.50
Reimbursements.
327.07
661.00
Reimbursed to Tuberculosis Account. .
5.25
Reimbursed to Quar. and Cont. Dis. Hosp.
2.45
Reimbursed to other expense account .... .
42.12
1,193.94
Table II
CASES AND DEATHS OF DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALHS BY MONTHS
This table includes all cases (with their deaths) irrespective of whether cases were transported into the city from elsewherec were contracted outside of the city; also all deaths of Melrose cases dying in hospitals out of town.
Tuberculosis
Diphtheria
Scarlet
·Fever
Typhoid
Fever
Measles
Whooping
Smallpox
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Poliomyelitis
Pulmonary
and Military
Meningeal
Other
Forms
Totals for Months
Months
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
January . . . .
7
2
5
.
16
2
February . . .
4
3
. .
1
15
3
March. .
2
2
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
14
1
April. .
1
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
2
. .
. .
4
1
.
. .
00
1
May. .
2
2
.
2
1
1
12
..
13
2
July . .
·
.
August. ...
4
. .
.
. .
. .
6!
1
September. .
1
2
1
. .
. .
. .
. .
1
. .
October ....
1
. .
.
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
November . .
. .
. .
. .
..
. .
5
1
December ..
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. .
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. .
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.
.
. .
4
.
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Totals. . . .
24
2
20
1
3
1
50
· .
10
2
. .
.
.
00
. . .
23
10
1
1
2 |139
19
1
1
1
22
3
1
2
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2
1
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.
2
1
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24
1
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3
2
2
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10
1
2
1
2
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or
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1
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1
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. .
1
1
. .
1
1
1
1
. .
3
.
.
. .
2
June. .
2
. .
. .
2
7
9
1
5
7
Cough
1
.
2
. .
Table III
CASES AND DEATHS OF CERTAIN DISEASES EACH YEAR FOR TEN YEARS
This table includes all cases (with their deaths) irrespective of whether cases were transported into the city from elsewhere or wer contracted outside of the city; also all deaths of Melrose cases dying out of town.
Tuberculosis
Diphtheria
Scarlet
Fever
Typhoid
Measles
Whooping
Cough
Smallpox
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum
Poliomyelitis
Pulmonary
and
Military
Meningeal
Other
Forms
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
Cases
Deaths
1909
18
.
106
1
15
3
24 18
1
124
1
2
. .
39 27
17 17 10
. .
1910
41
3
32
. .
14
1
·
·
.
1911.
20
36
1
9
129
1
39
0
1912.
18
1
17
0
1
381
1
94
1
. .
. .
.
.
. . ·
71
·
1914.
86
3
69
3
cr
2
29
1915
41
1
62
2
15
476
1
16
·
1916.
14
1
=
1
14
1
11 290
. 2
6
1917
85
4
42
3
.
co
1
50
.
10
. 2
00
.
.
18 23
10
1
1
2
1918.
24
2
1 20
1
7
2
46
. .
31
1
~
4
3
22 15
13 11
1
2
1
. .
1913.
1
.
. .
. .
. . ·
15
13
1
3
1
1
12
. .
.
3
17
3
22
12
. .
. .
1
1
107
A
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.
. .
16
. .
10
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1
1
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.
3
1
15
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15
10
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4
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1
1
2
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. .
2
17
2
. .
9
1
1
3
.
2
.
·
.
Fever
Years
3
21
5
Table IV CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Age and Sex
Diseases
Under 5
5-10
10-15
15-20
20-25
25-35
35-45
45-55
55-65
65-75
Totals
M
Actinomycosis .
F
Anterior Poliomyelitis.
M
Anthrax.
Asiatic Cholera.
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.
M
9
10
4
1
1
25
Chicken Pox ..
F
5
10
3
18
M
1
7
1
9
Diphtheria .
F
2
7
3
1
1
15
M
4
Dysentery (Amebic and Bacillary)
F
3
1
1
1
6
M
9
15
9
4
5
4
1
47
German Measles.
F
2
12
15
15
5
4
7
1
61
M
Glanders.
M
Hookworm Disease
Over 75
1
5
Leprosy .
Malaria.
24
Measles
F
5
7
7
3
1
1
1
1
26
M
1
1
Mumps
F
1
1
2
M
4
4
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
4
4
Pellegra. .
M
Plague.
M
5
2
2
3
4
7
5
2
4
1
2
37
Pneumonia Lobar
F
2
5
3
3
4
8
11
4
5
45
M
Rabies.
F M
1
6
2
2
11
Scarlet Fever .
1
2
2
1
2
1
9
Septic Sore Throat.
1
1
M
Smallpox ..
M
9
9
Suppurative Conjunctivitis
F
7
7
M
Tetanus ..
F
6
6
1
2
M
9
F M
1
1
2
Table IV-(Continued) CONTAGIOUS DISEASES Age and Sex
Diseases
Under 5
5-10
10-15
15-20
20-25
25-35
35-45
45-55
55-65
75-75
Over 75
Totals
M
Trachoma.
F
M
Trichinosis .
F
M
1
2
3
2
2
10
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary).
F
1
2
3
5
2
13
M
Tubercular Meningitis. .
F
M
Tuberculosis (other forms) ..
F
1
1
M
1
1
2
Typhoid Fever ..
M
Typhus Fever .
F
A
3
1
5
Whooping Cough.
F
2
3
5
M
Yellow Fever
F
M
18
36
31
23
17
31
32
16
5
8
218
Influenza.
22
32
32
23
43
82
1
69
7
9
2
1
332
1
1
Table V INFANT MORTALITY
AGES
YEAR 1918
Total Under 1 year
Under 1 day
2-3 days
3 days to 1 week
1-2 weeks weeks
2-3
3 weeks to
1-2
2-3
3-6
6-9
9-12
1month months| month months months months
January . .
3
1
1
1
February
3
1
1
1
March.
7
2
2
1
1
1
April. .
2
2
May.
2
1
1
June.
2
1
1
July. .
2
1
1
August.
1
1
September
2
October .
1
1
December
3
2
1
Male. ...
16
6
3
2
1
1
3
Female. ..
12
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
White. .
28
8
3
4
2
1
2
1
5
2
Colored.
1-2 days
.
2
November
Table VI INFANT MORTALITY
AGES
YEAR 1918
Toral
under 1 year
Under
1 day
1-2 days
2-3 days
3 days to
1 week
1-2 weeks
2-3 weeks
3 weeks to
1 month
1-2 months
2-3 months
3-6 months
6-9 months
9-12
months
·
M
8 Whooping Cough.
F
1
M
1
1
55 Other General Diseases .. ...
F
1
1
M
61 Simple Meningitis ....
1
1
M
1
F
M
1
1
89 Acute Bronchitis.
F
1
M
91 Bronchopneumonia. .
F
1
1
M
F
1
M
9
5
1
1
1
5
2
1
1
152
M
3
1
1
1
1
F
1
M
1
1
168 Absorption of Deleterious Gases (conflagration ex- F cepted ...
104 Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) .
1
151 Congenital Debility, Icterus Sclerema.
F Other Causes Peculiar to Early Infancy . .
71 Convulsions of Infants (under 5 years) . .
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BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT
Table VII INFANT MORTALITY
Year
Births
Deaths of Children under 1 year
Rate of Mortality of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of children born
1912
305
10
32.40
1913
33.
19
62.30
1914
333
22
66.10
1915
393
26
66.10
1916
384
22
56.70
1917
339
23
67.84
1918
430
28
65.11
There were nine stillbirths during the year 1917.
Table VIII ESTIMATED POPULATION JULY 1, 1918, 17,724
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
Apparent death rate per
1,000 population.
. . . .
11.30
11.59
12.58
12.13
15.35
16.00
Corrected death rate per
1,000 population . . .
12.91
11.84 12.00
12.70
15.29
17.00
Note .- The corrected death rate is found by eliminating the records of all non-residents dying in Melrose and adding the records of all Melrose residents dying elsewhere, as shown by the records of the City Clerk.
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CITY OF MELROSE
UNDERTAKERS
The following named undertakers have been licensed: Albert J. Walton, John H. Gately, Stephen W. Harvey, Fred T. Churchill, Henry W. Clark and F. Sears Stetson.
BOARDING HOUSES FOR INFANTS
The Board has approved the applications of the following named persons to maintain boarding-houses for infants: Mary E. Silver, Agnes Thompson, Nellie M. Crosby, Marie Fester, Jane Dieter, Clara J. Manley, Victoria Hobart, Mary Kuchner, Edith Layden, Marion Morrison.
CLARENCE P. HOLDEN, Chairman Board of Health.
Report of Inspector of Plumbing
February 15, 1919.
To the Board of Health, City of Melrose:
Gentlemen :- I submit the following as the annual report of plumbing. inspection for the year ending December 31, 1918:
Number of applications received
171
Number of permits granted.
171
Number of sinks installed .
50
Number of wash trays installed .
29
Number of water closets installed
74
Number of bath tubs installed
61
Number of wash bowls installed.
87
Number of traps replaced . 74
Number of shower baths installed
4
Number of pressure boilers installed
23
Number of lead bends installed .
6
Number of vent pipes installed or changed
8
Number of old buildings connected with sewer .
10
Number of old buildings connected with cesspools
0
Number of new buildings connected with sewer.
8
Number of new buildings connected with cesspools
1
Total number of fixtures installed. 451
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW J. BURNETT, Inspector of Plumbing.
Number of soil pipes replaced. 16
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BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT
Report of Inspector of Animals
Melrose Board of Health :-
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit my report for the year of 1918:
· Made physical examination of 325 cows.
Condemned and had killed one by reason of tuberculosis. Inspected premises in which above animals were quartered relative to sanitation, found nearly all of them in good condition.
Also examined approximately 200 head of swine.
Found no glanders or rabies during the year.
Very truly yours, F. P. STURGIS, V. S. Inspector of Animals.
Report of Inspector of Milk
Board of Health of Melrose :--
Gentlemen .- The Milk Inspector has made monthly chemical and bacteriological analysis of milk supplied by the dealers to the City of Melrose. Owing to the economic conditions of the past year, a few of the producers and dealers were obliged to withdraw from the business. The quality of the product supplied Melrose has on the whole been good as is attested by the results of the analyses set down in tables number one and two.
The results of the year's work bacteriologically has been gratifying. It shows the city is receiving a clean and fresh supply. The average re- sults of chemical analysis as given in the second half of table No. 1 show that the milk in the majority of cases stands much above the requirements of state law.
Table No. II is worthy of much study as it shows those dealers whose product shows consistently low bacterial counts. Low bacterial counts indicate cleanliness in the handling of the product, proper cooling and storage and fresh milk.
Respectfully,
H. E. BERGER, Jr.,
Milk Inspector.
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CITY OF MELROSE
Table No. I
MEDIAN NUMBER OF BACTERIA PER C. C. FOR EACH DEALER AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AVERAGE 1918
Dealer
+Median
number of
bacteria
per C. C.
Number of
Samples
% Fat
% Solids
Atwood, Fred C.
63,000
12
3.9
12.4
Bloss, W. C.
19,000
12
3.9
12.5
Bucci, Alex,
27,000
9
3.9
11.9
City Farm,
60,000
9
6.5
15.2
Forbes Bros., Route No. 4, x.
14,000
8
4.4
12.5
Forbes Bros, Route No. 2, x.
30,000
8
3.7
12.2
Forbes Bros, Route No. 1, x .
19,000
8
3.7
12.4
Goldsmith, G. B.
30,000
12
3.7
12.4
Hood, H. P. & Son, Grade " A," x
13,000
12
4.1
12.6
Hood, H. P. & Son, >
27,000
12
3.7
12.4
Howard Farm.
13,000
12
4.9
13.8
Kiley, R. J.
20,000
10
3.9
12.6
Leach, F. N.
9,000
12
4.6
13.4
Levy, George,
17,000
9
3.6
12.5
Lord, C. G.
43,000
12
3.7
12.4
Manning, J. S.
4,000
12
4.0
12.8
Munn, T. J. & Son
12,000
12
4.1
12.9
Outram, A. W
27,000
12
3.8
12.5
Penney Farm
39,000
12
4.1
12.7
Quinn, M. J.
10,000
12
3.9
12.6
Roulston, R. R.
43,000
12
3.9
12.8
Spratt, Mrs. Abbie
9,000
12
4.6
13.3
Turner Center Cr., x
61,000
12
3.9
12.7
Whiting, D. & Sons, x
13,000
14
3.8
12.3
Maximum bacteria per c. c. allowed by Board of Health is 300,000.
State standard: % Fat, 3.35; % Solids, 12.0.
x-Pasteurized milk. *- Sold out.
+The median number is the middle number selected after the bacterial counts have been arranged in the order of their magnitude.
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Table II PERCENTAGE OF SAMPLES WITHIN CERTAIN LIMITS
Dealer
Excellent
Under 10,000
Very Good
10,000-20,000
Good
20,000-50,000
50,000-100,000
Poor
Bad
Over 300,000
Atwood, Fred C.
8.3
33.2
24.9
33.2
Bloss, W. C.
24.9
24.9
24.9
16.6
8.3
Bucci, Alex,
22.2
22.2
11.1
11.1
22.2
11.1
City Farm,*
11.1
11.1
22.2
22.2
22.2
11.1
Forbes Bros., Route No. 4, x
Forbes Bros., Route No. 2, x
12.5
37.5
12.5
25.
12.5
Forbes Bros., Route No. 1, x.
25.
37.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
Goldsmith, G. B.
41.5
41.5
8.3
8.3
Hood, H. P. & Son, Grade A, x
41.5
49.8
8.3
Hood, H. P. & Son, x
8.3
33.2
16.6
24.9
16.6
Howard Farm
41.5
24.9
24.9
8.3
Kiley, R. J.
30.
30.
30.
10.
Leach, F. N
58.1
8.3
24.9
8.3
Levy, George'
33.3
22.2
22.2
11.1
11.1
Lord, C. G.
24.9
8.3
24.9
8.3
33.2
Manning, J. S.
91.
9.1
Munn, T. J. & Son
41.5
24.9
24.9
8.3
Outram, A. W
24.9
8.3
24.9
16.6
24.9
Penney Farm
8.3
24.9
24.9
16.6
24.9
Quinn, M. J.
49.8
24.9.
16.6
8.3
Roulston, R. R.
8.3
24.9
24.9
41.5
Spratt, Mrs. Abbie.
49.8
8.3
16.6
8.3
16.6
Turner Center, Cr., x
16.6
8.3
16.6
24.9
24.9
8.3
Whiting, D. & Son, x
28.4
35.5
7.1
14.2
14.2
50.
12.5
12.5
25.
. .
-
x-Pasteurized milk. *- Sold out.
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BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT
Fair
100,000-300,000
Report of Public Health Nursing Service
INFANT WELFARE
During the year over two hundred infants under one year of age have been visited in the homes. A number of these are on our visiting list. where the mothers are given help and instruction in the care and preparation of the food. Instruction also is given in the care of infected eyes and the general care of the new-born baby. Every mother has been given a little book obtained by the Health Department in which is an outline of funda- mental care every baby should receive, and contains also valuable sug- gestions in prenatal care, which plays an important part in the welfare of the child. In the coming year we hope to largely increase our work in which we aim to assist in the prevention of disease rather than its cure.
SCHOOL NURSING
In the past year the work has been carried on in the usual way as far as it is possible. Every school is visited twice a week by the nurse and classroom inspection carried on. On examination any child that may seem to need medical attention is referred to the school physician or the parents are notified to consult their family physician. If possible every child is visited that has been absent from school more than one day, and in this way much valuable information is obtained which may tend to prevent sickness. The same method is carried out with the children that are ex- cluded from school and in this way we keep in touch with the absent pupils. The cause for which children are most often excluded, except during epidemics, are the skin diseases, pediculosis, colds and sore throats.
With our system of regular inspection a much greater interest has been shown in the care of teeth. With the valuable assistance of our Free Dental Clinic and co-operation of the parents we hope to accom- plish much better work in this department in the coming year. Our upper grades show a larger percentage of pupils having repair work done. In the primary grades we find many children with decayed six-year molars. Loss of these teeth is very serious because they are the first permanent teeth and if decayed only early attention can save them.
The schools were all closed in September on account of the epidemic, and after opening the attendance was affected during the balance of the year.
Much time was devoted to the inspection of the children in the class rooms and in visiting the children in the homes to prevent as far as possible the spread of the epidemic.
MYRTLE S. MERIAM, Public Health Nurse.
Report of City Physician
Visits made for the Charity Department:
At the City Home. 6
To the patients in their homes
375
381
Office calls,
72
Visits made for the Health Department:
At hospitals .
10
To patients in their homes.
12
Visits of inspection and consultation
179
201
Office treatment for pupils of the public schools.
43
Visits for Police Department 2
Vaccinations. 44
Examinations by order of the Mayor 2
CLARENCE P. HOLDEN, City Physician.
Report of Overseers of the Poor
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PARTIAL SUPPORT
Individuals aided. 297
Adults
112
Children 185
Having settlement in Melrose 174
Having settlement elsewhere in State 23
Having no known settlement. 100
Families aided . 92
Having settlement in Melrose.
58
Having settlement elsewhere in State
5
Having no known settlement.
29
FULL SUPPORT
Supported at City Home.
7
Cases admitted during the year
0
Deaths in City Home.
0
Cases discharged 3
Children boarded by the State.
9
At Massachusetts Hospital School
2
APPROPRIATIONS
General Administration .
$1,050.00
Supplementary Budget.
100.00
$1,150.00
Less transfer to "Relief by Other Cities and Towns" Account.
49.02
$1,100.98
Almshouse.
$3,200.00
Less transfer to "Outside Relief by City" Account.
42.00
Less transfer to "Relief by Other Cities and Towns" Account
36.16
3,121.84
Outside Relief by City
2,600.00
Extra appropriation
1,000.00
Transfer from "Almshouse" Account
42.00 3,642.00
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR
77
Relief by Other Cities and Towns.
2,800.00
Transfer from "General Administration"
49.02
Transfer from "Almshouse" Account.
36.16
Transfer from "Mothers' Aid" Account
180.45
Transfer from "Hospital" Account.
221.87
3,287.50
Mothers' Aid .
4,200.00
Less transfer to "Relief by Other Cities and Towns" Account.
180.45
4,019.55
Maintenance in Hospitals .
1,000.00
Less transfer to "Relief by Other Cities and Towns" Account.
221.87
778.13
Receipts
Almshouse .
$1,820.16
Reimbursements
3,597.93
Expenditures
General Administration
$1,100.98
Almshouse
3,121.84
Outside Relief by City.
3,635.79
Relief by Other Cities and Towns .
3,286.59
Mothers' Aid
4,019.55
Maintenance in Hospitals .
778.13
Eleanor Brown Toothaker Fund
Balance Jan. 1, 1918.
$1,507.02
Interest.
60.28
$1,567.30
Expended during 1918
82.15
$1,485.15
Reimbursed
10.00
$1,495.15
Acting with the full approval of the Charity Committee of the Board of Aldermen, the Melrose City Farm was discontinued, the Overseers finding they could board out their inmates at much less expense than to maintain the City Farm, which fact is true in many cities and towns in the State.
78
CITY OF MELROSE
The Overseers of the Poor wish to gratefully acknowledge the gift of a fifty dollar Liberty Bond presented June 7th, 1918, by the Community Civics Classes of the Melrose High School to the Overseers of the Poor for charity work.
We are enclosing a copy of our first annual report to the Trustees of the A. C. Marie Currier Fund, and also wish to hereby gratefully acknowledge a check for fifteen hundred dollars to be expended during the year 1919 under this fund.
"January 25, 1919
Henry F. Smith, Herman B. Gerade,
Trustees u-w of A. C. Marie Currier
Gentlemen :-
Enclosed please find statement of the expenditures of the A. C. Marie Currier Fund for the year 1918.
The amount of $1,733.30 was spent for clothing for 221 school children from 83 families. The clothing consisted of the following:
389 pr. stockings 21 pr. pants
315 pr. shoes
20 pr. mittens
275 pr. union suits
12 petticoats
193 pr. rubbers
12 rompers
46 pr. children's waists
12 dresses
43 sweaters
8 cap and scarf sets
26 nightgowns
4 boys' suits
22 blouses
3 new baby's outfits
handkerchiefs, ties, garters
The amount of $486.35 was spent for Christmas dinners for 95 families This leaves a balance of $280.35 which has been brought forward to the 1919 account.
Respectfully yours, ADALINE G. REED" Chairman
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION EXPENDITURES
Salary of Clerk.
$327.00
Telephone.
49.85
Office furnishings
16.02
Advertising
. 50
Transportation.
7.61
Total
$400.98
79
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR
OUTSIDE RELIEF BY CITY EXPENDITURES
Food
$867.09
Fuel
509.23
Cash.
492.00
Rent
831.13
Board
729.58
Clothes
15.48
Medicine.
75.26
Transportation
4.25
Burial .
163.00
Housekeeper.
187.38
Totals
$3,874.61
Less amount reimbursed by Friend Bros., Inc. $238.61
$3,635.79
RELIEF BY OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS EXPENDITURES
Board of Children
$1,237.27
Board in Hospitals.
405.15
Board in Institutions .
348.70
Food
488.43
Fue
88.52
Cash
768.58
Medical Aid
37.00
Sundries
96.94
Totals
$3,470.59
Lessa mount reimbursed by Melrose Lodge
B. P. O. E. and Hugh De Payens Com'd'y . .
184.00
$3,286.59
MOTHERS' AID EXPENDITURES
Cash
$2,715.00
Food
654.89
Rent.
201.00
Hospital
86.50
Other Cities
345.66
Burial
15.00
Sundries
1.50
Totals
$4,019.55
80
CITY OF MELROSE
ALMSHOUSE EXPENDITURES
Salary of Superintendent
$416.63
Salary of Matron.
83.33
Outside labor at Farm.
491.91
Food
566.91
Fuel
73.60
Telephone
19.68
Grain.
779.24
Electricity
16.48
Clothes
12.33
Medicine.
7.04
Horsehsoeing
17.50
Ice
89.87
Seeds.
53.99
Repairs and Improvements.
306.32
Equipment
51.11
Water
49.91
Sundries
85.99
Totals
$3,121.84
ADALINE G. REED BERTRAM E. LOVEJOY THOMAS F. TROY Overseers of the Poor
Report of Police Department
Appropriation :
Salaries amd wages
$21,623.16
Expenditures
21,458.59
Balance
$164.57
Equipment and repairs.
356.00
Expenditures
173.51
182.39
Transfer to other expenses
165.00
17.39
Transfer to horses and care of same.
2.75
Balance
14.64
Other expenses.
352.00
Transfer from equipment and repairs.
165.00
517.00
Expenditures
514.56
Balance
2.44
Horses and care of same
475.00
Transfer from equipment and repairs
2.75
$477.75
Expenditures
477.75
Balance
$0.00
Offences for which complaints have been made in Court 120
GEORGE E. KERR, Chief of Police
Report of Fire Department
FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Call Force consists of 1 Chief Engineer, 1 Deputy Chief Engineer, 1 Captain, 2 Lieutenants, 26 Privates.
The Permanent Force consists of 3 Captains, 1 Master Mechanic, 1 Engineman, 7 Privates.
The Department has the following :- 1 Chief's Auto; 1 Auto Hook and Ladder Truck; 2 Auto Combination Chemical and Hose; 1 two-horse Hose Wagon; 1 Steam Fire Engine 1 spare horse-drawn Hook and Ladder Truck; 1 spare horse-drawn Hose Wagon; 1 Supply Wagon; 3 Pungs; 10 Chemical Extinguishers.
There are in the service 5 horses, 3 on the Steam Fire Engine and 2 on the Hose Co. No. 4. During the year one of the Engine Horses died, so that the City now owns four and we have one for his keep during the winter.
There is 5,400 feet of good hose and 150 feet of condemned hose.
FIRES
The whole number of alarms was 203, or 72 bell alarms and 131 still alarms. Eighteen of the bell alarms were false alarms. Two men were fined during the year in the Malden Court for ringing falase alarms.
The number of feet of hose used .
11,300
The number of gallons of Chemical used .
1,130
The number of feet of ladders used 738
The number of rubber covers used.
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TABLE OF VALUATION, LOSSES, Etc.
Insurance
Buildings
Values $103,000 81,050
Losses $13,742.39 5,727.50
$99,850
Ins. Paid $13,339
Contents
66,950
5,102
Totals .
$184,150
$19,469.89
$166,800
$18,441
Value of Personal Property of the Department.
$28,581
JOSEPH EDWARDS
Chief Engineer
Report of Park Commissioners
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1918
Parks, General Administration :
Salaries and wages
$50.00
Other expenses.
100.00
Lighting
360.00
Bubblers
75.00
$585.00
Parks and Gardens:
Salaries and wages.
$1,200.00
Improvements and additions
500.00
Other expenses.
300.00 $1,900.00
Playgrounds:
Salaries and wages
$350.00
Improvements and additions
300.00
Other expenses.
50.00
Messenger's Meadows
200.00
$900.00
Bath-houses and Beaches: ·
Salaries and wages.
$550.00
Improvements and additions
25.00
Other expenses
75.00
$650.00
Total appropriations for 1918
$4,035.00
EXPENDITURES
Parks, General Administration:
Salaries and wages
50.00
Salary for Clerk
50.00
$100.00
Parks, General Administration-Other Expenses:
Appropriation and transfers $181.78
84
CITY OF MELROSE
Expended :
Postage.
$15.24
L. Nickerson, mending flags .
12.91
H. Robertson, flagstaff work
25.00
Casey Florist Co ..
25.00
Mrs. Waldorn, mending flags.
19.00
Dennison Mfg. Co., clasp envelopes
2.95
Eastman's Express .
2.59
Suffolk Engraving Cp., cuts
22.02
Melrose Free Press, report.
47.25
171.96
$9.82
Bubbler Account:
Appropriation and transfer
$185.92
Bubblers (two).
$60.00
Installing same.
135.92
185.92
Lighting Account:
Appropriation.
$360.00
Bill for 15 lights.
$270.00
270.00
$90.00
Parks and Gardens-Salaries and Wages:
Appropriation.
$1,200.00
Expended :
Payrolls, caretaker
$501.36
George DeCost, labor.
344.60
C. L. Hoffman & Son, labor
57.50
John A. Stewart, labor
63.00
Police service
46.90
Flags .
24.00
John A. Stewart, labor.
46.88
Transfer to Bubbler Acct.
110.92
$1,195.16
$4.84
Parks and Gardens, Improvements:
Appropriation $500.00
85
REPORT OF PARK COMMISSION
Expended :
C. L. Hoffman & Son, labor
$69.50
Harry Gittes, wire
11.55
Deering Lumber Co.
39.48
Boston Sign Co.
16.00
M. D. Jones Company .
1.75
Transfer to Development of Ice House property
361.72
$500.00
Parks and Gardens-Other Expenses:
Appropriation.
$200.00
Expended :
Harry Robertson, flag staff
$10.00
F. J. Gilpatrick, filing saws
1.70
Harrington, King Co., rope
3.04
J. Bennett, sharpening tools
.60
F. E. Coyle, material.
50.44
John A. Stewart, labor
8.31
Wing Electric Co., tools
5.05
Standard Oil Co.
.75
Casey Florist Co.
98.95
Phillip Harris, sharpening
8.05
Stanley S. Porter, lamp shade
3.35
Quincy Market, rock salt.
.60
Deering Lumber Co.
1.29
L. Nicoll, sharpening tools
7.25
Transfer to Development Ice House property
.62
$200.00
Playgrounds-Salaries and Wages
Appropriation
$350.00
Expended :
Payrolls, Supervisors
$198.00
Police service .
139.30
Caretakers, flags, etc.
10.00
Transfers to Ice-House property.
2.70
$350.00
Playgrounds, Improvements :
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