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13.72
13.72
Committed Interest on Sidewalk Apportionments of 1918
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$10.53
Deducted by Assessors
4.83
Amount collected during year 1921.
5.70
5.70
Street Betterment Apportionments of 1918
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$7.31
Deducted by Assessors
3.58
$3.73
Credit by Auditor, 1921
1.47
$2.26
Amount abated during year 1921
2.26
Committed Interest on Street Betterment Apportionments of 1918 Amount uncollected January 1, 1921. $5.46
Deducted by Assessors
4.58
.88
Credit by Auditor, 1921
.47
.41
Amount abated during year 1921.
.41
Street Oiling of 1918
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$25.94
Charge by Auditor, 1921. 1.36
$27.30
Amount abated during year 1921.
17.72
Amount collected during year 1921.
9.58
Gypsy Moth of 1918
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921
$12.45
.30
Charge by Auditor, 1921
$9.58
9.58
$12.75
$5.70
220
CITY OF QUINCY
Amount abated during year 1921.
2.25
$10.50
Amount collected during year 1921.
10.50
10.50
Tax of 1919
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$160,987.20
Credit by Auditor, 1921. 4,027.10
$156,960.10
Amount abated during year 1921.
1,881.70
$155,078.40
Amount collected during year 1921.
147,016.91
147,016.91
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$8,061.49
Amount of interest collected. 13,462.85
Main Sewer Apportionments of 1919
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921
$931.34
Added by Assessors
636.61
$1,567.95
Credit by Auditor, 1921
94.73
$1,473.22
Amount abated during year 1921.
23.64
$1,449.58
Amount collected during year 1921
1,290.07
1,290.07
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$159.51
Committed Interest on Main Sewer Apportionments of 1919
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921
$1,156.15
Deducted by Assessors
636.61
$519.54
Credit by Auditor, 1921.
30.68
$488.86
Amount abated during year 1921.
5.15
$483.71
Amount collected during year 1921.
444.44 444.44 -
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$39.27
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
221
Particular Sewer of 1919
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921. $1,328.22
Credit by Auditor, 1921. 3.58
$1,324.64
Amount collected during year 1921.
1,311.83
1,311.83
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$12.81
Committed Interest on Particular Sewer of 1919
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$116.00
Charge by Auditor, 1921. 5.79
$121.79
Credit by Auditor, 1921.
1.50
$120.29
Amount collected during year 1921. 120.29
120.29
Sidewalk Apportionments of 1919
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$169.83
Credit by Auditor, 1921.
2.16
$167.67
Amount collected during year 1921
158.08
158.08
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$9.59
Committed Interest on Sidewalk Apportionments of 1919
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$55.36 .39
$54.97
Amount collected during year 1921.
52.91
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922.
$2.06
Street Betterment Apportionments of 1919
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$402.25
Credit by Auditor, 1921.
20.51
$381.74
Amount abated during year 1921.
5.96
$375.78
Amount collected during year 1921
372.20
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$3.58
52.91
372.20
Credit by Auditor, 1921.
222
CITY OF QUINCY
Committed Interest on Street Betterment Apportionments of 1919
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$169.54 7.29
Amount abated during year 1921.
2.64
$159.61
Amount collected during year 1921.
158.11
158.11
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922. .. $1.50
Street Oiling of 1919
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$1,495.03
Credit by Auditor, 1921.
36.92
$1,458.11
Amount abated during year 1921.
46.14
$1,411.97
Amount collected during year 1921
1,378.51
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922.
$33.46
Gypsy Moth of 1919
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$352.91
Credit by Auditor, 1921.
1.50
$351.41
Amount abated during year 1921.
9.15
$342.26
Amount collected during year 1921
341.05
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$1.21
Tax of 1920
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$780,758.74
Reconsideration by Assessors, 1921.
98.21
$780,856.95
Amount abated during year 1921.
7,073.84
$773,783.11
Amount collected during year 1921.
497,604.33
497,604.33
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922. $276,178.78 Amount of interest collected. 13,605.55
1,378.51
341.05
Credit by Auditor, 1921.
$162.25
223
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
Main Sewer Apportionments of 1920
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$4,028.96
Deducted by Assessors 2.93
$4,026.03
Added by Assessors
6.75
$4,032.78
Amount abated during year 1921.
17.71
$4,015.07
Amount collected during year 1921
2,368.19
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922.
$1,646.88
Committed Interest on Main Sewer Apportionments of 1920
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921. $1,143.92
Reconsideration by Assessors, 1921. .53
$1,144.45
Deducted by Assessors.
.88
$1,143.57
Added by Assessors
.78
$1,144.35
Amount abated during year 1921.
3.75
$1,140.60
Amount collected during year 1921
644.34
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922.
$496.26
Particular Sewer of 1920
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921. $3,861.78
Deducted by Assessors
6.75
$3,855.03
Amount abated during year 1921
168.01
$3,687.02
Amount collected during year 1921
2,017.49
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922.
$1,669.53
Committed Interest on Particular Sewer of 1920
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$426.95
Deducted by Assessors
.78
$426.17
Amount abated during year 1921.
4.50
$421.67
2,368.19
644.34
2,017.49
224
CITY OF QUINCY
Amount collected during year 1921. 284.18 284.18
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922.
$137.49
Sidewalk Apportionments of 1920
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$437.44
Added by Assessors
2.93
$440.37
Amount collected during year 1921.
260.26
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$180.11
Committed Interest on Sidewalk Apportionments of 1920
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$148.41 .88
$149.29
Amount collected during year 1921.
84.18
84.18
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922.
$65.11
Street Betterment Apportionments of 1920
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921
$1,782.98
Amount abated during year 1921.
2.26
$1,780.72
Amount collected during year 1291.
1,255.25
1,255.25
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$525.47
Committed Interest on Street Betterment Apportionments of 1920
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921
$674.24
Amount abated during year 1921.
.14
$674.10
Amount collected during year 1921.
458.76
458.76
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922.
$215.34
Street Oiling of 1920
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921
$14,482.14
Amount abated during year 1921. 4,402.07
$10,080.07
Amount collected during year 1921.
5,057.61
5,057.61
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$5,022.46
260.26
Added by Assessors
225
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
Gypsy Moth of 1920
Amount uncollected January 1, 1921.
$2,840.66
Amount abated during year 1921. 1,431.33
$1,409.33
Amount collected during year 1921.
456.02
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$953.31
Tax of 1921
Total amount committed by Assessors. $2,249,804.52
Amount abated during year 1921. 11,066.08
Amount collected during year 1921 $2,238,738.44
1,168,371.11
1,168,371.11
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922.
$1,070,367.33
Amount of interest collected 888.24
Main Sewer Apportionments of 1921
Total amount committed by Assessors ....
$6,973.20 .25
$6,972.95
Amount collected during year 1921.
2,684.75
2,684.75
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$4,288.20
Committed Interest on Main Sewer Apportionments of 1921
Total amount committed by Assessors. . . $1,625.59
Amount collected during year 1921.
605.92
605.92
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$1,019.67
Particular Sewer of 1921
Total amount committed by Assessors ....
$5,588.73
Amount abated during year 1921.
16.68
$5,572.05
Amount collected during year 1921.
1,710.37
1,710.37
Committed Interest on Particular Sewer of 1921
Total amount committed by Assessors ....
$726.79 .40
Amount collected during year 1921.
218.73
218.73
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$507.66
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$3,861.68
Amount abated during year 1921.
$726.39
-
456.02
Amount abated during year 1921.
226
CITY OF QUINCY
Sidewalk Apportionments of 1921
Total amount committed by Assessors. . $1,021.33
Amount collected during year 1921. 411.43 411.43
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$609.90
Committed Interest on Sidewalk Apportionments of 1921
Total amount committed by Assessors. $206.53
Amount collected during year 1921.
79.13
79.13
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922.
$127.40
Street Betterment Apportionments of 1921
Total amount committed by Assessors
$4,517.52
Amount collected during year 1921.
2,039.02
2,039.02
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922.
$2,478.50
Committed Interest on Street Betterment Apportionments of 1921
Total amount committed by Assessors
$1,287.81
Amount collected during year 1921.
582.84
582.84
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922.
$704.97
Street Oiling of 1921
Total amount committed by Assessors.
$16,071.60
Amount abated during year 1921.
4.30
$16,067.30
Amount collected during year 1921.
8,340.88
8,340.88
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922.
$7,726.42
Gypsy Moth of 1921
Total amount committed by Assessors $1,694.40
Amount collected during year 1921
807.50
807.50
Amount uncollected January 1, 1922
$886.90
Sewers
Amount collected during year 1921 on
Sewer Construction
8,753.13
Amount of interest collected during year 1921
32.14
Amount collected during year 1921 on Sewer Connection
2,212.80
Amount of interest collected during year 1921 22.89
227
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
Permanent Sidewalks
Amount collected during year 1921 on Per- manent Sidewalks . 1,228.50
Amount of interest collected during year 1921 5.15
Street Betterment Assessments
Amount collected during year 1921 on
Street Betterments
6,929.04
Amount of interest collected during year 1921
45.31
Costs collected during year 1921
2,685.20
Bank interest collected during year 1921 ..
1,124.42
Total amount of cash collected during year 1921
$1,901,995.62
CHARLES A. HADLOCK, Collector of Taxes.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEAURES
Quincy, Mass., January, 1922.
Hon. Wm. A. Bradford, Mayor, City of Quincy, Mass.
Dear Sir: In accordance with the ordinance of the city I submit the annual report of my department, showing in detail the work performed.
Inside Work or Office Work-No Fee Charged
Scales tested and found correct
34
Scales tested and adjusted
1
Scales tested and condemned
5
Total 40
Weights tested and found correct 0
Weights tested and condemned
0
Weights tested and adjusted 0
Measures tested and found correct
15
Measures tested and adjusted 0
Measures tested and condemned
0
Total
15
Outside Work-Fee Charged
Scales 5000 to 80,000 pounds tested and found correct
22
Scales 5000 to 80,000 pounds tested and adjusted 0
Scales 5000 to 80,000 pounds non-sealed
0
Scales 5000 to 80,000 pounds tested and condemned
0
Total
22
Platform scales tested and found correct 244
Platform scales tested and adjusted
5
Platform scales tested and condemned 1
Platform scales non-sealed
4
Total
254
Computing scales tested and found correct
262
Computing scales tested and adjusted
9
Computing scales tested and condemned 6
Computing scales non-sealed
0
Total
277
228
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
229
Slot scales tested and found correct 39
Slot scales tested and adjusted 0
Slot scales tested and condemned 0
Total
39
Spring balances tested and found correct 350
Spring balances tested and adjusted 2
Spring balances tested and condemned 30
Total
382
Beam scales tested and found correct 19
Beam scales tested and adjusted
0
Beam scales tested and condemned
0
Total
19
Counter scales tested and found correct 295
Counter scales tested and adjusted
2
Counter scales tested and condemned
4
Total
301
Prescription scales tested and found correct 20
Prescription scales tested and adjusted
0
Prescription scales tested and condemned
0
Total
20
Apothecary weights tested and found correct 291
Apothecary weights tested and adjusted 0
Apothecary weights tested and condemned
9
Total
300
Metric weights tested and found correct 64
Metric weights tested and adjusted
0
Metric weights tested and condemned
0
Total
64
Avoirdupois weights tested and found correct 229S
Avoirdupois weights tested and adjusted 194
Avoirdupois weights tested and condemned
0
Total
2,492
Dry measures tested and found correct 34
Dry measures tested and adjusted 0
Dry measures tested and condemned
2
Total
36
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CITY OF QUINCY
Liquid measures tested and found correct. 429
Liquid measures tested and adjusted 0
Liquid measures tested and condemned 7
Total 436
Oil measuring pumps tested and found correct 83
Oil measuring pumps tested and adjusted 7
Oil measuring pumps tested and condemned 4
Total 94
Quantity stops tested and found correct 211
Molasses pumps tested and found correct 18
Molasses pumps tested and adjusted 0
Molasses pumps tested and condemned
0
Total 229
Linear measurer tested and found correct 121
Linear measures tested and adjusted
0
Linear measures tested and condemned
6
Total
127
Total
5,396
Amount received in fees and paid city treasurer
$446.81
Amount outstanding
19.34
Total
$466.15
Amount received from hawkers' and pedlars' licenses paid to city treasurer .. $670.00
Amount received from city scale. $10.00
Summary of Inspections
Number of stores in which inspections were made. 136
Inspection of hawkers' and pedlars' wagons 30
Inspection of hawkers' and pedlars' licenses. 46
Inspection of milk dealers' wagons
3
Inspection of ice dealers' wagons.
12
Inspection of coal certificates
19
Inspection of junk dealers' wagons
3
Inspection of marked food packages
44
Number of violations of law found
5
Total
298
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Trial Weighings and Measurements
Commodity
Tested Correct Under Over
Charcoal
9
9
0
0
Coal in wagons
17
7
2
8
Coal in 25-pound
bags
43
42
1
0
Wood
1
1
0
0
Ice
10
3
5
2
Grain or Feed
16
16
0
0
Flour
39
39
0
0
Butter
62
54
8
0
Dry commodities
295
288
4
3
Liquid commodities
9
8
1
0
Meats and provisions
45
32
5
8
Fruits and vegetables
264
208
41
15
Bread
211
45
77
89
Confectionery
42
42
0
0
Berry baskets
50
50
0
0
Gasoline
3
2
1
0
Milk Jars
24
24
0
0
1150
870
145
125
Report of Court Cases
Insufficient measure of milk-placed on file
$5.00 fine
Violation of Itinerant venders, law nolo
10.00 fine
Violation of hawkers' and pedlars' law, 2 com .- convic- tions
20.00 fine
Short weight on 25-pound bag coal, 1 com .- conviction.
10.00 fine
Cases appealed to Superior Court 2 convictions and same fine as in Lower Court.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES M. CANTFILL, Scaler of Weights and Measures.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
January 1, 1922. To His Honor, the Mayor and the City Council: Gentlemen: The following is respectfully submitted as the re- port of the Assessing Department for the year 1921:
Valuation
The valuation of the city April 1, 1921, as determined by the Assessors, follows:
Value of land
$18,370,375.00
Value of buildings. 32,033,150.00
U. S. Housing Corporation. 1,468,750.00
Total
$51,872,275.00
Valuation of personal property other than bank stock separately as- sessed
$7,990,200.00
Valuation of National Banks located in and taxable in the City of Quincy . 88,519.00
8,078,719.00
Total valuation of the city as deter- mined April 1, 1921.
$59,950,994.00
Amount to be raised by taxation Tax rate
$1,747,679.66
36.40
The valuation was also increased by omitted assessments levied in De- cember, 1921 58,749.00
The total valuation of the city upon which all taxes were assessed for the year 1921 when all assess- ments had been made.
$60,009,743.00
Valuation by Wards (Not including valuation bank stock)
Personal
Real Estate
Total
Ward 1
$3,067,275.00
$14,115,700.00
$17,182,975.00
Ward 2
1,962,225.00
9,837,200.00
11,799,425.00
Ward 3
581,775.00
4,895,025.00
5,476,800.00
Ward 4
276,100.00
3,117,550.00
3,393,650.00
Ward 5
1,221,625.00
11,977,600.00
13,199,225.00
Ward 6
881,200.00
7,929,200.00
8,810,400.00
$7,990,200.00
$51,872,275.00
$59,862,475.00
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
The polls returned by the assistant assessors and those regis- tered for the year amounted to 14,765.
The assistant assessors who served during the year were: Ward 1, Walter H. Buchan and James A. D. Mckay; Ward 2, Joseph E. Thomas and William J. Sullivan; Ward 3, Henry Tilden and Daniel McLennon; Ward 4, William R. Teasdale; Ward 5, Mrs. Harriet Bates and George G. Saville; Ward 6, George H. Bean.
Summary from the Table of Aggregates
Resident property owners
9,220
Non-resident owners 2,559
Poll tax only
13,377
Number horses assessed
740
Number neat cattle and cows
675
Number dwelling houses
9,428
Number acres of land
9,310
There has also been added the names of 13,923 women voters, which necessitated the making out for each woman a card giving her name, age, occupation, and residence, and entering same into a separate book of female polls assessed.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK E. TUPPER, CHARLES A. MACFARLAND, MICHAEL T. SULLIVAN, Assessors of the City of Quincy.
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
February 1, 1922.
To His Honor, the Mayor:
The policies of this department during the past year have been as follows :
To give a square deal to everyone.
To be a help and not a hindrance to all persons who are affected by health regulations.
To enforce these regulations by moral suasion and not by re- course to the courts.
To show in facts and figures, choice of material, estimate of costs and additional income the economic gain in sanitary improve- ments.
To remove from the city pigs and privy vaults.
To send to hospitals the most contagious and infectious cases that are a menace to well persons.
To establish a venereal disease clinic.
To establish and operate a bacteriological laboratory particu- larly for the examination of bacteria in milk.
To improve the quality of our ice supplies and to prevent dan- gerous ice from contact with food and drink.
To give even better collection and disposal of the excreta and waste of the city.
To co-operate for our mutual advantage with the health depart- ments of the cities and towns in the vicinity of Quincy and with the State Department of Health.
To bring the health activities of the city as much under one head as is proper and as would work for the best interests of the city.
To change some of our health regulations that they may con- form with modern, safe, minimum requirements.
To give timely medical advice in threatened epidemics.
To apprise our citizens and our children by addresses, news- paper items, literature and personal talks of the healthfulness of our city, of its present health hazards, and by professional advice of better methods for even greater healthfulness.
To improve the personnel and the activities of each member of this department.
To co-operate with the other departments of the city.
These policies have been faithfully carried out. A few failures must be recorded. Much remains to be done. The results, how- ever, have been gratifying.
The appropriations for this department have been expended in a reasonably economical manner.
Our laborers, a most efficient group of men, voluntarily ac- cepted a reduction in wages from $5.00 to $4.50 per day.
Doing our own automobile repairs promises a substantial re- duction in cost.
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
The pensioning of the city's Sanitary Inspector, which his age and long honorable service in this department called for, and the appointment of a level-headed, energetic young man in this position has trebled the work done and minimized the supervision required.
Valuable assistance has been rendered by your Harbor Master in one of our most trying health problems, the nuisance of odor in the air and oil on the water from the Mass. Oil Refining Company at East Braintree.
The departure of this department from the damp dungeons of City Hall greatly increased its efficiency.
Hearty co-operation and assistance have always been accorded your Commissioner of Health by the City Council, yourself and your official family.
The kindly co-operation of physicians, nurses, churches, health organizations, other organizations and groups of citizens have im- pressed me with the community spirit in our city.
The loyalty and productiveness of the personnel of this depart- ment are generally excellent.
For these things I am deeply grateful.
The detailed activities of the department are shown in the re- ports appended.
FRED. E. JONES, M.D.,
Commissioner of Health.
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
I hereby submit the annual report of the Department of Health for the year ending Dec. 31, 1921.
The personnel of the department is as follows:
Commissioner of Health and Inspector of Milk.
Superintendent.
Clerk.
Sanitary Inspector.
Assistant Milk Inspector.
Foreman of the Ash and Garbage Collection.
Plumbing Inspector.
Inspector of Meats and Provisions.
Dispensary Physician.
Child Welfare Physician.
Venereal Disease Physician.
Bacteriologist.
Tuberculosis Nurse.
Contagious Nurse.
Child Welfare Nurse.
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering.
Under date of June 1, 1921, the City Council, upon your recom- mendation, retired Edward J. Lennon, Sanitary Inspector, on a pen- sion, and the position was very ably filled by Alexander A. Rob- ertson. Under date of Aug. 18, 1921, the department took four offices in the Central Building, as the office in City Hall was en- tirely inadequate for the amount of business we were required to handle.
The Sanitary Inspector, Mr. Robertson, has had a great amount of work to perform and he has performed his duties in an able and conscientious manner.
The foreman of the ash and garbage collection, Mr. Brogan, has also had a great deal of work to perform the past year. It must be taken into consideration that each new house being built adds work to this department, and as there were approximately 300 new houses built last year, some idea of the extra work of this de- partment can be obtained. I also wish to add that the complaints as regards the collection of ashes, rubbish and garbage have been reduced to a minimum, which is very gratifying to the office.
The assistant inspector of milk, Mr. O'Dowd, has improved this part of the department to a very appreciable extent and with the addition of a laboratory, where we can get a bacteria count, I look to see the milk situation well taken care of.
The Inspector of Meats and Provisions, Mr. Rogers, has given freely of his time for the amount of salary received and the condi- tion of the markets in this city will compare favorably with the markets of any other city in the state of like size.
Appended you will find the reports of the various inspectors and also my report of diseases and deaths reported for the year 1921.
In conclusion, I wish to thank you and all the members of the department for the co-operation and courteous treatment in all matters pertaining to this department.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS G. SMITH, Superintendent of Health Department.
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
REPORT OF FOREMAN
I hereby submit my annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1921:
Ashes and rubbish collected by months:
January 2,678 cubic yards
February
2,151 cubic yards
March
2,364 cubic yards
April
2,416 cubic yards
May 1,823 cubic yards
June
940 cubic yards
July
953 cubic yards
August
712 cubic yards
September
640 cubic yards
October
1,680 cubic yards
November
2,496 cubic yards
December
2,742 cubic yards
21,595 cubic yards @ $1.36 per cu. yd .. $29,369.20 Amount of garbage collected, 8,217 cu. yds. @ $3.56 per cu. yd.
29,252.52 Cesspool matter collected, 797 cu. yds. @ $2.83 per cu. yd.
2,263.48
Vault matter collected, 313 cu. yds. @ $4.60 per cu. yd. 1,439.80
Total
$62,325.00
The equipment of my department is in good condition. I would recommend the purchase of a Ford truck at a cost of not exceeding $725, for the collection of garbage at Houghs Neck, Squantum, and Germantown. I would also recommend two collec- tions a month of ashes and rubbish during the summer months.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES BROGAN, Foreman of Health Department.
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF THE SANITARY INSPECTOR
To the Commissioner of Public Health:
I herewith submit my report as Sanitary Inspector for the Department of Health for the seven months ending December 31, 1921. With the exception of the report of inspections, all figures quoted are for the year 1921, those for inspections being for the seven months beginning June 1, 1921, the date I took over the duties as Sanitary Inspector for this department.
Survey of Privy Vaults
During the past few months a survey has been made to ascer- tain the number and location of privy vaults in the city. The elimination of these privy vaults, is, I believe, the big problem for this department and every possible effort should be made during the coming year to eliminate as many of these nuisances as possible. Persons owning property on streets where there are public sewers should be compelled to have their houses connected. In cases where the public sewer is not accessible, I would recom- mend that steps be taken to educate the owners to the ever pres- ent danger, from a health standpoint, of privy vaults. They should be requested to install inside plumbing as soon as possible. I would suggest that you recommend to His Honor the Mayor, that the public sewer service be installed, as speedily as the financial condition of the city will permit, on streets where the large per- centage of houses have privy vaults. Particular attention should be paid to the West Quincy section of the city as over fifty per- cent. of the vaults in Quincy are in that section. The figures quoted below give some idea of the prevalence of vaults. The figures for Houghs Neck (included in Ward 1) are estimated as it has been found impossible to make an accurate survey there this winter, most of the cottages being closed for the season.
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