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CITY OF QUINCY
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0
0
0
2
6
Scarlet fever
18
COMPARATIVE MORBIDITY-TEN YEARS
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
Diphtheria
60
88
78
94
167
122
95
148
129
131
Scarlet fever
249
47
58
141
164
88
135
314
161
129
Typhoid fever
9
19
9
15
9
4
8
14
8
23
Measles
91
124
979
23
163
722
867
152
889
819
Cerebro-spinal meningitis
0
2
2
6
7
1
0
0
1
0
Tuberculosis, pulmonary*
91
104
79
86
77
72
94
84
80
62
Tuberculosis, other forms.
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ophthalmia neonatorum
9
16
7
3
3
4
6
2
3
1
Whooping cough
49
42
88
33
115
42
189
221
86
194
Chicken pox
52
73
84
82
68
116
83
53
151
59
Anterior poliomyelitis
66
2
1
0
12
4
2
2
4
4
Mumps
34
118
21
21
47
13
118
162
28
26
Lobar pneumonia
12
8
29
47
56
59
73
37
49
Influenza
861
615
245
5
93
11
17
165
Encephalitis lethargica
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
Tetanus
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
Septic sore throat.
6
0
0
Totals
710
647
2,275
1,151
1,124
1,250
1,751
1,254
1,623
1.686
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
*Includes all forms of tuberculosis up to the year 1923.
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28
19
Smallpox
1
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF TUBERCULOSIS NURSE
JANUARY 1, 1926.
DR. FRED A. BARTLETT, Health Commissioner.
DEAR DOCTOR :- I herewith submit to you my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1925, of the Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Cases of tuberculosis in city
277
Active cases 150
Arrested cases 56
Hospital cases 71
New cases reported during the year Pulmonary
68
Hilum
3
T/B other
8
Disposition of new cases
Admitted to sanatoria
38
Died
19
At home
20
Moved away
2
Diagnosis revoked 1
Suspicious cases
14
Diagnosis changed from suspicious to Hilum T/B
4
Admitted to hospital
1
Discharged improved not T/B
Condition on discharge from Sanatorium
Arrested
16
Improved
11
Against advice
3
Dead
22
Absconded
1
Quiescent
2
Transferred to other Sanatoria
2
All homes were visited after death of a patient, and sanatorium cases and disposition of clothing advised etc. Sputum cups were provided free of charge to active cases.
Deaths
At sanatoria
22
At home
21
Quincy City Hospital 3
Municipal hospitals 1
20
Clinics held
52
Attendance at clinics 289
Visits made
840
Referred to Welfare Department
5
Referred to city physician
3
Referred to Dr. Harkins
2
Referred to dentist
1
Clothing provided patient entering sanatoria
10
Milk provided by Anti T/B Association (quarts) 464
Cases closed, addresses forwarded to State department. 22
Cases opened 7
Information obtained from doctors regarding condition of
private patients
25
79
1
Transportation provided to sanatoria
231
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Contacts of Tuberculosis
Contacts examined
79
Referred for X-ray 20
Results of X-ray
Hilum
1
T/B adenitis
0
Pulmonary
0
Suspicious
18
Negative
1
Von Perquet Tests
27
Positive
8
Negative
19
All cases referred for X-ray were provided with transportation to the Norfolk County Hospital.
Undernourished and Contact Clinic
Attendance 399
Clinics held
48
Referred for T&A
7
Vaccination 5
Report of Camp Cases for summer
Admitted to Preventorium at Norfolk County camp.
8
Admitted to summer camps at Mansfield 5
Admitted to summer camps at Foxboro 4
Eleven of these cases showed a positive reaction to the Von Perquet test and definite X-ray findings consistent with tuber- culosis.
These children were in camp for the months of July and August, and were discharged showing a marked physical improvement, with increase in weight. They have been and are at the present time regular attendants at the Saturday A. M. clinic, and are still im- proving.
It is to be regretted that the girls of this group were not as fortunate as the boys in obtaining ideal preventorium care. The need is very great for such a preventorium as Norfolk County Camp for the girls of this city.
In closing, I wish to extend my appreciation and thanks to Dr. Fred A. Bartlett for his help and interest in the work; also Dr. Lynch, the Dispensary physician, who personally attended to all the clinics, the physicians of the city and the personnel of the Health Department.
Respectfully submitted,
GERTRUDE T. RUSSELL, R.N., Dispensary Nurse.
REPORT OF VENEREAL DISEASE PHYSICIAN
JANUARY 1, 1926.
DR. FRED A. BARTLETT, Health Commissioner.
DEAR SIR :- Herewith my report of work performed in Venereal Diseases. Clinic at the Dispensary during the past year:
Total number visits to clinic 340
Total number of admissions to clinic 28
One visit only (for diagnosis) 8
Treated for syphilis 14
Treated for gonorrhoea 4
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Lapsed treatment 3
Discontinued treatment, still under observation (syphilis) 2
Discharged cured (gonorrhoea) 2
Referred private physician
1
Referred correctional institution
1
Remaining under treatment gonorrhoea
Remaining under treatment syphilis
Injections mercury
215
Injections sulpharsphenamine
46
Wassermann tests
38
Urethral irrigations
20
Prostatic massage
8
Gyn smears
7
Urethroscopic examinations
2
Notices sent to V. D. patients
34
Follow up visits 18
In conclusion I wish to thank Mr. A. A. Robertson for his assist- ance in the important matter of "follow-up."
Yours truly,
EDWIN E. SMITH, M.D.
REPORT OF BACTERIOLOGIST
DR. FRED A. BARTLETT, Health Commissioner.
DEAR SIR :- I have made the following examinations during the past year :
Smears for pus and streptococci 787
16
Plate counts (milk) 673
Plate counts ice cream 24
2
Chemical examinations milk (routine) 688
Chemical examinations ice cream
24
Chemical examinations cream
2
Chemical examinations blood
25
Chemical examinations urine
42
Refractometric examinations milk
2
Milk solids evaporated and weighed
74
Total number examinations 2359
The above tabulation does not include the hours spent cleaning and sterilizing glassware, making culture media, water blanks, stains, volumetric solutions, keeping records and writing reports.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWIN E SMITH, M.D.
REPORT OF CHILD WELFARE PHYSICIAN
JANUARY 1, 1926.
DR. FRED A. BARTLETT, Health Commissioner.
DEAR DOCTOR :- The following is my report of the work that has been accomplished in the Child Welfare Clinics during the past year.
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JANUARY 1, 1926.
Smears for gonococci
Plate counts cream
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
For the figures as to growth of the clinics, mortality, cases re- ferred to other agencies, etc. I shall refer you to the report of the Child Welfare Nurse. There are certain facts that may be of interest that I shall discuss.
There were approximately six times as many babies referred to private physicians than to public health agencies. The clinic in- fant mortality is even lower than the low figure of last year (some- what less than three per thousand live births). The three deaths were of diseases commonly considered as non-preventable and all three babies had attended the clinics for a short period.
The policy of putting physicians in as many clinics as possible produce a marked increase in attendance.
The comparative tables of percentage increase for 1925 and de- crease for 1924 show the results attained
1924
1925
Ward I
49% increase
2% increase
Ward II
11% decrease
28% increase
Ward JII
No clinic
Ward IV
4% decrease
16% increase
Ward V
Open for six months
Ward VI
35% decrease
36% increase
Total
35% increase
50% increase
During the year the policy of putting physicians from the grad- uate school of Harvard Medical School in charge of the clinics in Wards II, III, and VI has proven highly successful.
The infant mortality for 1924 was the lowest in the history of Quincy. The figure of 53 put Quincy in second place (tie with Berkeley, California) in that group of American cities between the population figures of 50,000 to 100,000.
The fifty-three deaths among children during the first year of life occurred as follows :
Deaths Population (1920)
Ward I
11 9,185
Ward II
14* 8,415
Ward III 7 8,450
Ward IV
3 5,834
Ward V
8 9,161
Ward VI
10
6,927
It is easily seen that the lowest infant mortality is in Ward II and that the lowest mortality is in Ward IV providing, of course, that we assume the baby population as proportionately the same in each ward.
Of the fifty-three deaths twenty-five occurred during the first two weeks of life. This figure is not quite so high as that for 1924. There were fory-six stillborn babies. On analyzing the different causes of death as given in the death certificates one notices only five due to contagious diseases and only three due to gastro-intestinal diseases.
In the publication of the American Child Health Association en- titled "A Health Survey of 86 Cities" Quincy is ranked among the upper 29 cities in infant and pre-school health activities for 1924. The ranking would not be so good for 1925, however, because on ac-
*One death was that of a visiting baby.
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count of the large clinic attendance there is now no pre-school health activity whatsoever.
Due to the interest of the Department of Mental Hygiene of the State Department of Health it is now possible to predict the estab- lishment of a "Habit Clinic" for children between the ages of two and six. This will be managed entirely by the personnel of the State Department of Mental Hygiene.
Recommendations for Improvement
1. Securing of some more suitable location for the Atlantic Clinic.
2. Establishing of a Pre-School Age Clinic. Ninety percent of the cases of measles and whooping cough occur under the age of five as well as more than 95% of the deaths caused by these dis- eases. Almost the same is true of diphtheria and scarlet fever. One-fourth of all deaths occur before the end of the fifth year, or six times as many as in the next ten years of life.
3. Establishment of a "Posture Class" for children suffering from postural defects.
4. Establishment of a "Health Centre" for the correlation and centralization of tuberculosis prevention, dental hygiene, pre-school clinics, infant welfare clinics, posture and nutrition classes, habit clinics and diphtheria prevention.
For their interest and assistance in this far-reaching and logical beginning of personal health, as far as Quincy's babies are con- cerned and therefore the beginning also of public health as far as Quincy is concerned I wish to thank Mrs. Fowler, the Child Wel- fare Nurse and the personnel of the Health Department, the Fore River Club, the West Quincy Council of the K. of C., the Presby- terian Church of South Quincy, the M. E. Church of Atlantic, Woodward Institute, the Quincy Women's Club (in particular the Visiting Nurses Committee) and the Wollaston Women's Club. .
Very truly yours, EDMUND B. FITZGERALD, M.D. Child Welfare Physician.
REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR
JANUARY 1, 1926.
DR. FRED A. BARTLETT, Health Commissioner.
DEAR SIR :- As inspector of plumbing I have the honor to sub- mit my thirty-second annual report.
Number of applications received from January 1, 1925, to December 31, 1925. 1,463
Received for permits $3,448
Nature of New Buildings for Which Permits Were Issued
Dwellings 924 Power house
1
Summer cottages
11 Store house
1
Business blocks
30
Machine shop 1
Garages
5 Band stand 1
Gas stations
5 Club house
1
Office buildings
2 Battery station
1
Dwellings and stores.
1 Theatres 2
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Stores and garage 1 Hospital
1
Stores and dance hall
1 Work shop
1
Stores
2 Police station
1
Church
1 Factory
1
Bakery
1 Stores and offices.
1
Nature of Old Buildings for Which Permits Were Issued
Dwellings
380
Stone shed
1
Summer cottages
13
Park building
1
Stores
34
Work shop
1
Factory
1
Club house
1
Barber shop
5
Institution building
1
Restaurants
2 Polishing shop
1
Hair dressing parlor
1
Stores and offices
1
Dental parlors
2
Fire stations
5
Hospital
1 Barn
1
Drug stores
3
Hospital
1
Offices
3 Bakery
1
Dance hall
1
Schools
3
Dairy
1
Restaurant
1
New Buildings Connected to Sewer
Dwellings
479
Band stand
1
Summer cottages.
1
Stores
2
Block of stores
28 Stores and offices
1
Church
1
Stores and dance hall 1
Bakery
1
Garages
5
Store house
1 Battery station
1
Offices and stores.
1 Theatres
2
Machine shop
1
Hospital
1
Gas stations
3
Office
1
Stores and garage.
1
Police station
1
New Buildings Connected to Cesspools
Dwellings
445
Power house
1
Summer cottages
10
Club house
1
Office
1
Blocks of stores.
2
Dwelling and stores
1
Work shop
1
Gas stations
2
Old Buildings Connected to Sewer (New Connections)
Dwellings
175
Stone shed
1
Summer cottages
12
Office
1
Block of stores
1 Club house
1
Dairy
1
Store
1
Old Buildings Connected to Cesspools (New Connections)
Dwellings
28 Office
1
Summer cottages.
1
Barn
1
Store
1
Vaults abandoned
110
Water tests made
1,491
Peppermint tests made
6
Inspections made
1,275
Respectfully submitted,
J. J. KENILEY, Inspector of Plumbing.
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRES
JANUARY 1, 1926.
HON. PERLEY E. BARBOUR, Mayor of Quincy, Mass.
DEAR SIR :- I respectfully submit my annual report as Inspector of Wires for the year ending December 31, 1925.
Inspection in Buildings
The following specified schedule of electrical inspections made of lights and other appliances installed:
Number of permits issued with fee, 1925 ..
1,694
Number of permits issued without fee, 1925. 234
1,928
Fees received from January 1, 1925, to December 31, 1925, in- clusive:
January
104
July 170
February
111
August 158
March
125
September 137
April
163
October
172
May
183
November 136
June
156
December 79
Total
1,694
Number of electricians doing work in 1925
245
Inspections made as per permits issued.
2,577
Number of defects noted
561
Number of unfinished installations
339
Number of installations reinspected
80
Number of defects in installations reinspected.
204
Total inspections made during the year.
2,781
Permits issued to Quincy Electric Light & Power Co., to install service and electrical appliances. 1,978
Number of lights wired for ..
37,106
Number of motors wired for horse-power, 793HP
223
3 electrical ranges installed, total watt cap.
16,500
17 rectifiers, total watt cap
18,000
1,538 electric irons, total watt cap.
922,800
28 electric signs, total watt cap.
39,500
Temporary lights wired for parties, fairs, street dec- orating and building operations .. 2,500
4 moving picture machines, total watt cap.
11,200
Number of New Buildings Wired
Single houses
653
Two apartment houses
191
Three apartment houses
10
Four apartment houses
12
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRES
Mercantile houses
36
Manufacturing
9
Garages
63
Miscellaneous
38
1,012
Number of Old Buildings Wired
Single houses
266
Two apartment houses
116
Three apartment houses
27
Four apartment houses
11
Mercantile houses
20
Manufacturing
19
Stables, etc.
1
Garages
24
Miscellaneous
14
498
Additional Wiring in Old Buildings
Single houses
260
Two apartment houses
67
Three apartment houses
9
Four apartment houses
3
Mercantile houses
71
Manufacturing
20
Stables, etc.
9
Garages
15
Miscellaneous
50
504
Alterations, Rewiring and Repairs in the Following Buildings
Single houses
31
Two apartment houses
19
Three apartment houses
6
Four apartment houses
4
Mercantile houses
12
Manufacturing
11
Garages
7
Miscellaneous
3
93
Respectfully submitted,
A. J. SOUDEN, Inspector of Wires.
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF DOCK AND WATER FRONT COMMISSIONER
QUINCY, MASS., JANUARY 1, 1926.
Received by Water from January 1, 1925, to January 1, 1926 For Quincy Point Power Station:
Fuel oil (bbls.) 33,338
Soft coal (tons) 63,904
Number of R. R. ties. 15,011
For J. F. Sheppard & Sons, Inc .:
Amount of coal of all kinds (tons) 18,054
For City Fuel Company:
Amount of coal of all kinds (tons) 25,670
Amount of Lumber Received by Water from Jan. 1, 1925, to Jan. 1, 1926
For Quincy Lumber Company (feet) 6,109,980
Number of laths. 210,300
Total openings of draw at Fore River Bridge. 1,332
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD M. WIGHT, Commissioner.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
HON. PERLEY E. BARBOUR, Mayor of City of Quincy.
I herewith submit the report of the Highway Department for the year ending December 31st, 1925:
Highway Maintenance
Net Appro- priations
Expenditures
Balances
Labor
$112,470 16
$112,470 16
Pensions
10,888 44
10,837 44
$51 00
Stable
16,549 25
16,549 25
Sidewalks
11,426 75
11,426 75
Autos
16,871 44
16,687 34
174 10
Brooks
3,962 19
3,962 19
.....
Bridges
9,420 59
8,102 42
1,318 17
Equipment
21,569 85
18,178 96
3,390 89
All others
56,907 97
52,433 46
4,474 51
Street sprinkling
9,516 29
9,516 29
Street lighting
64,045 05
63,993 05
52 00
Clerical
2,900 00
2,900 00
Office expenses
706 42
706 42
Repair public buildings
14,322 10
14,278 35
43 75
Care City Hall
13,067 73
12,475 49
592 24
Labor
Expenditures
$112,470 16
Timekeeper
$2,133 56
Clerk
1,561 26
Street cleaning
25,781 48
Drainage
10,129 42
Patching
19,992 74
Snow
11,642 72
Street repairs
22,048 09
Equipment
2,385 93
Blacksmith
3,370 50
Fences
606 30
Paving
1,688 15
Street signs
239 40
Vacations
6,483 10
Compensation
670 75
Curbing
806 18
Lanterns
2,212 66
Skating ponds
623 10
Public landing
38 44
Clerical
45 00
Shop
11 38
...
...
$112,470 16
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CITY OF QUINCY
Automobiles
Expenditures
Mechanics
$5,037 85
Gasoline
4,121 07
Tires and tubes Oil
1,424 06
Garage
346 51
Supplies
250 27
Equipment
430 81
Parts and all others
4,180 15
$16,697 34
Stable
Expenditures
$16,549 25
Labor
$7,291 93
Repairs
798 11
Upkeep of horses
5,569 08
Lighting
364 08
Heating
596 16
Suplies
138 71
Telephone
119 04
Insurance
263 00
Office
5 33
Addition
1,403 81
$16,549 25
The stable addition is a building for the housing of equipment and includes an office. This addition is made necessary on account of the new tractor, the snow loader, Champion plow and Walsh plow for heavy duty, the Conant loader for gravel and the cement mixer.
Sidewalks
Expenditures
$11,426 75
Labor
$1,387 65
Materials
1,606 67
Granolithic repairs
461 90
Amiesite
7,141 01
Curbing
689 88
Teams
35 88
Loam areas
103 76
Amiesite sidewalks
Hancock street at Amory
$963 55
Butler road
150 08
Old Colony avenue
578 85
Robertson street
2,099 79
Algonquin road
1,388 85
Edison street
1,798 19
Washington street
161 70
$7,141 01
Maintenance of Brooks
Expenditures
Town, brook
$801 67
Sachem, brook
830 89
Furnace, brook
173 50
Montclair, section
313 44
$16,697 34
$11,426 75 $7,141 01
$3,962 19
906 02
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
Franklin avenue, section
$145 63
Liberty square, section
123 00
Roberts street, section
158 02
Roberts street, culvert
619 66
Sagamore street, section
41 00
Hayward street, section
91 89
Houghs Neck, section
162 63
Teel Pond, outlet
115 50
South Quincy, section
45 00
Little, brook
118 00
Newport Avenue, section
100 50
West Street, section
31 00
Printing, signs
65 00
Placing, signs
21 26
Hardware
4 60
$3,962 19
Maintenance of Bridges
Expenditures
$8,102 42
Assessments-Fore River bridge
$4,290 00
Fore River bridge repairs
433 14
Beale street bridge repairs
608 20
Atlantic railroad bridge
2,728 70
Intervale street bridge
18 00
Cherry avenue bridge
12 75
Tools
11 63
$8,102 42
New Equipment
Expenditures
$18,178 96
Tractor
5,827 34
Snow loader
5,491 38
Gravel loader
1,068 20
Care horses
2,400 00
Trucks
711 65
Coupe-time-keeper
500 00
Concrete mixer
1,070 00
Garage equipment
252 75
Snow plow blades
277 50
Pump ..
466 64
Sweeper broom
55 00
Shop equipment
58 50
$18,178 96
All Others
Expenditures
$52,433 46
Equipment
$6,068 72
Teams
2,408 75
Tools
1,975 51
Drains and catch basins
1,810 00
Snow and ice
5,682 83
Fuel
805 02
Fences
912 54
Materials
25,143 23
Signs
926 15
Lanterns
848 80
Telephones
181 35
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CITY OF QUINCY
Transportation
$298 20
Shop
209 01
Office
90 55
Curbing
2,970 46
1924-bills
327 03
Public landing
297 00
Pound
50
Water
department.
126 68
Legal
443 54
Trees
200 00
Government beach
18 00
Cemetery gun
12 40
Food and lodging
64 85
Express
26 25
Engineering department
148 30
Waiting room
7 68
Extra clerks
340 69
Telegraph and postage
48 98
Sundries
33 44
$52,433 46
Streets Repaired (Maintenance)
Resurfaced
Adams street- City Square to President's Bridge-Amiesite.
Billings Road-Hancock street to R. R. Station.
Bicknell Street
Canal Street
Holbrook Road-Safford street to R. R. Station.
Newbury Avenue-Glover Avenue to Hollis Avenue.
Old Colony Avenue.
Pond Street
Sagamore Street-Widened-Newbury Ave. to R. R. Station.
Valley Street.
Wollaston Avenue.
Repaired
Adams Street
Montclair Ave. Main Street
Buckley Street
Bedford Street
Nightingale Ave.
Berlin Street
Newport Ave.
Desmoines Road
North Payne St.
Elliot Street
Newcomb Place
Elm Street
Phipps Street
E. Squantum Street
Penn Street
Farrington Street
Park Street
Franklin Street
Quarry Street
Federal Avenue
South Street
Fort Hill Street Grand View Ave.
Union Street
High School Ave.
Smith Street
Hollis Ave.
Woodbine Street
Water and Franklin
Independence Ave. Larry Place
Sea Street
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
Street Sprinkling
Expenditures
$9,516 29
Labor
$2,133 70
Oil
3,437 42
Tar
2,479 61
Trucks
108 00
Sand
768 40
Supplies
83 11
Engineering
205 00
Assessments (clerical)
264 35
Damages
15 00
Equipment for men
21 70
$9,516 29
Street Lighting
Expenditures
$63,993 05
Electric lights
$62,216 43
Gas lights
1,196 00
Subway Wollaston
15 73
Footbridge-Saville street
156 56
Traffic beacons
335 94
Sign illumination
50 40
Traffic island
12 24
Printing police reports
9 75
$63,993 05
In use December 31, 1924
Added
In use December 31, 1925
per
Gas lights
50
48
$23.00
Incandescents
1768
86
1854
16.80
Novalux units
331
59
390
75.00
Shedd Memorial cluster ..
4
4
16.80
Public landing
1
1
16.80
Flood lights
3
3
75.00
Spot lights
7
7
60.00
Clock lights
3
1
4
36.00
Traffic island
2
2
24.00
Traffic unit
1
1
75.00
Traffic beacons
6
6
72.00
Sign illumination
6
6
16.80
Maintenance Public Buildings
Expenditures
$14,278 35
Central fire station
$2,726 38
Ward 2 fire station
1,876 84
Ward 4 fire station
1,195 15
Ward 5 fire station.
1,663 16
Ward 6
919 91
Houghs Neck station
181 63
Dispensary
3 25
Police station
111 49
City home
819 46
Total
$9,497 27
Contracts
4,781 08
$14,278 35
Cost
year
244
CITY OF QUINCY
Contracts for the various fire stations :
Modernization of electrical installation .... $2,097 97
Modernization of plumbing installation .... 1,772 61
Painting Central fire station. 910 50
$4,781 08
ALMSHOUSE SPECIAL ROOFING
Expenditures
$631 00
Contractor
$622 75
Advertising
8 25
$631 00
Care of City Hall
Expenditures
$12,475 49
Janitors
$3,150 00
Repairs
2,867 24
Supplies
497 78
Heating
1,635 80
Lighting
2,225 49
Furnishings and equipment
1,254 55
Flags and flagpole
99 66
Special flooring
354 00
Telephone system repairs
70 00
Window cleaning
195 00
Extra cleaning
117 97
Box rent
8 00
$12,475 49
The special flooring was a rubberized covering laid over the floors in the mayor's offices and the council committee room to correspond with the flooring in the main council chamber.
Gypsy Moth
Expenditures
$14,267 34
Labor
$3,792 79
Superintendent
1,974 00
Trees
5,395 76
Materials
1,237 30
Truck upkeep
537 76
Sprayer upkeep
125 40
Insurance
229 72
Telephone
25 96
Teams
817 00
Convention expenses
10 00
Printing
53 00
Damages
9 00
Equipment for men
35 25
Hardware
14 56
Assessments
9 84
$14,267 34
Sanitary Department
Expenditures
$106,111 08
Labor
$73,098 83
Foreman
2,184 00
Pensions
877 50
Nuisances-abating
1,328 88
Dumps, care of
2,647 97
$4,781 08
245
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
Mechanics
$4,008 41
Garage upkeep
883 91
Fuel and lights
307 82
Horses-upkeep
3,442 24
Shoeing
640 92
Equipment
1,906 94
Equipment repairs
748 39
Gasoline and oil
3,985 66
Transportation
9,761 13
Garbage platform materials
288 48
$106,111 08
Labor
$73,098 83
March 1st to December 31st, 1925:
Garbage collections
$32,879 69
Garbage platform
983 73
Ashes-collection
21,427 15
Cleaning vaults
715 48
Cleaning cesspools
1,985 03
Vacations
2,409 00
$60,400 08
January 1st to March 1st
12,698 75
$73,098 83
The total collections made by this division for the entire year :
Rubbish, yards
56,498
Garbage, yards
13,239
Cesspool matter, gallons
297,500
Vault matter, barrels
961
Two new trucks
$6,400 00
Rebuilding Budget
Expenditures
$24,000 00
Labor
$6,392 51
Material
17,244 32
Teams
202 20
Equipment
90 25
Supplies
70 72
$24,000 00
City Square-Amiesite
$10,472 82
West Elm avenue
7,201 39
Palmer street
5,231 66
East Elm avenue
1,094 13
Squantum Causeway rebuilding:
Expenditures
$14,000 00
Labor
$3,070 56
Materials
10,537 49
Equipment
391 95
Palmer Street rebuilding:
Expenditures
$3,860 74
Labor
$1,052 97
Materials
2,783 21
Equipment
24 56
$24,000 00
$14,000 00
$3,860 74
246
CITY OF QUINCY
Surface Drains-New Streets
Expenditures
$22,084 33
Arnold road, 1925
$50 00
Campbell street
4,435 30
Cushing street
1,020 72
Commonwealth avenue
2,388 67
Franklin avenue
965 25
Ferndale road
1,401 88
Hughes street
2,855 32
Hovey street
1,615 68
Lurton street
957 66
Lyndon road
604 40
Marshall street
1,103 89
Narragansett road
641 21
Russell street
1,815 94
Sixth avenue
574 75
Willett street
1,558 67
Tools and sundries
94 99
$22,084 33
Surface Drain Special COTTAGE AVENUE
Expenditures
$1,724 31
Labor
$660 16
Materials
798 87
Basins
259 03
Tools
6 25
$1,724 31
Surface Drains
Expenditures
$50,816 87
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