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565 05
Fuel
682 17
Lighting
198 57
Telephone
76 24
Improvements, repairs and fixtures
374 20
$12,172 83
Expended by Board of Managers :
On Institute-repairs
$124 25
painting
648 13
roof
370 00
insurance
303 90
$1,446 28
$13,619 11
Administration of Fund
Expenses on Property :
Linden Place house-repairs
$368 89
water
14 93
$383 82
Safety deposit box, supplies, etc
57 75
$441 57
Income Account, 1928
Received from investments
$16,889 88
(Tuition not included)
Expenses, Institute
$12,172 83
Expended on Institute by Managers
1,446 28
Administration of Fund
441 57
Accrued interest bond sale .
5 00
Unexpended income, 1928
2,824 20
$16,889 88
$16,889 88
Statement of Fund, January 1, 1929
Total Fund January 1, 1928. $351,143 58
Addition to Fund-Sale American Tel. & Tel. Bonds. . 591 00
$351,734 48
Tuition, 1928
$575 00
Tuition previous
2,450 00
Unexpended income, 1928
$2,824 20
Unexpended income previous
5,542 81
$3,025 00
$8,367 01
$363,126 49
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CITY OF QUINCY Invested as Follows
$300 American Telephone & Telegraph Co. 41/2 $299 55
7,500 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4's. 7,500 00
5,000 New England Telephone & Telegraph 5's 4,906 25
5,000 New England Power Co. 5's. 5,000 00
4,000 Pere Marquette Co. R. R. 4's .
4,000 00
5,000 Union Pacific Railroad 4's. . 4,419 00
26 Shares American Tel. & Tel. Co
1,227 85
27 Shares Boston & Albany R. R
4,900 00
9 Shares Central Vermont R. R
500 00
74 Shares Boston & Maine R. R
8,060 98
120 Shares Pennsylvania R. R.
7,200 00
$4,000 Minnesota Power & Light Co. 41/2
3,920 00
Granite Trust Company, certificate deposit.
7,000 00
Quincy Savings Bank deposit.
14,000 00
Weymouth Savings Bank.
5,000 00
Hingham Institution for Savings
5,000 00
Mortgage loans
215,425 00
Linden Place house
2,868 64
$301,227 27
Institute Land and Building
58,900 00
$360,127 27
Cash on hand December 31, 1928
2,999 22
$363,126 49
REPORT OF TREASURER ADAMS TEMPLE AND SCHOOL FUND
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TREASURER OF ADAMS TEMPLE AND SCHOOL FUND
JANUARY 1, 1929.
HON. THOMAS J. MCGRATH, Mayor :
I herewith submit the report of the Treasurer of the Adams Temple and School Fund for the year ending December 31, 1928.
Respectfully yours, HAROLD P. NEWELL, Treasurer Adams Temple and School Fund.
TREASURER'S REPORT
Adams Temple and School Fund
Cash on hand January 1, 1928
$25,037 71
Receipts
Bonds-American Tel. & Tel. Co
$5,971 50
City of Quincy
1,000 00
Mortgage notes
$6,971 50 3,600 00
Income
Interest on mortgage loans
$950 78
Interest on stocks and bonds
7,713 83
Interest on bank balances
355 29
Rents
253 00
Rent-Merrymount Dump
75 00
$9,347 90
$44,957 11
Charles Francis Adams Fund
Income
$500 00
$45,457 11
EXPENDITURES
Administration of Fund
Bonds-Treasurer's Department
$85 00
Commissions-T. S. Burgin, Agt
63 40
Attorneys fees-mortg. discharges
32 00
Safety deposit box rent, etc
115 00
Expenses on Property
Insurance, house off Adams St.
$4 87
Insurance-Academy
73 00
Repairs, painting and electrical work- Academy 2,901 23
Care of grounds-Academy
611 47
$295 40
$3,590 57
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CITY OF QUINCY
Purchase of bonds
$31,760 00
Accrued interest on same
189 52
$31,949 52
By the School Department
Pay rolls $2,170 00 6,356 62
$8,526 62
Charles Francis Adams Fund
Expenses from income by School Dept. .
$225 00
$44,587 11
Cash on hand December 31, 1928
870 00
$45,457 11
HAROLD P. NEWELL, Treasurer Adams Temple and School Fund.
Statement of Fund and Securities
Total of Fund
$172,114 75 14,994 11
$187,108 86
Charles Francis Adams Fund
$10,000 00
Addition by bond sale
396 88
Unexpended income
2,722 28
$13,119 16
$200,228 02
Investments
$12,000 American Tel. & Tel. Co. 41/2
$11,935 00
5,000 Arkansas Power & Light Co. 5
4,950 00
5,000 Associated Electric Co. 41/2
4,712 50
5,000 Birmingham Electric Co. 41/2
4,762 50
8,000 Boston & Albany R. R. 5. .
8,000 00
5,000 Boston Elevated St. Ry. Co. 5
5,000 00
2,000 City of Cleveland 41/2
2,081 60
1,500 City of Salem 4
1,500 00
6,000 Consolidated Water Co. Utica 41/2
5,835 00
5,000 Empire District Elec. Co. 5
5,000 00
3,000 Indianapolis Union Ry. 5.
2,895 00
3,000 Kansas City Power & Light 41/2
2,910 00
5,000 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 5.
4,906 25
5,000 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 5
5,093 75
10,500 Northern Pacific Ry. 6.
10,132 50
5,000 Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. 5
5,137 50
5,000 Public Service Co. of N. H. 5 5,081 25
1,000 00
5,000 So. California Edison Co. 5.
5,000 00
5,000 Wisconsin Power & Light Co. 5 2 Shares Boston & Maine R. R.
520 00
37 Shares Massachusetts Gas Co 25 Shares Quincy Quarries Co.
2,927 62
$10,000 Braintree Savings Bank 5. 10,000 00
5,000 Charlestown Savings Bank 5 5,000 00
5,000 Cohasset Savings Bank 5
5,000 00
1,000 Quincy, City of, 4. .
5,000 00
Bills
$44,362 11
Unexpended income
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10,000 Hingham Inst. for Savings 5
10,000 00
15,000 Quincy Savings Bank 5 15,000 00
5,000 Weymouth Savings Bank 5 5,000 00
10,000 Nat'l Mt. Wollaston Bank 4. 10,000 00
5,000 Granite Trust Co. (Savings) 41/2 . 5,000 00
5,000 Quincy Trust Co. (Savings) 41/2 5,000 00 Notes secured by mortgages. 14,597 55
Charles Francis Adams Fund
10,000 Central Maine Power Co. 5
$10,380 00
Cash on hand-Mt. Wollaston Bank, 12/31/28.
870 00
$200,228 02
HAROLD P. NEWELL, Treasurer Adams Temple and School Fund.
Cibic Meetings and Obserbances Held in the City of Quincy During the Dears 1927 and 1928
State convention of the General Federation of Women's clubs in the auditorium of the High School on Wed- nesday and Thursday, February 23-24, 1927. The Quincy Women's Club was hostess to the visiting dele- gates. The gathering was welcomed to the city by the Mayor and His Excellency Governor Fuller was the special guest of the opening session. At the meet- ing the following day Lieutenant Governor Frank G. Allen and Dr. George H. Bigelow of the State Board of Health addressed the delegates.
On Tuesday, April 19, 1927, the city dedicated the memorial to Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams with exercises in Merrymount Park. This memorial was voted by act of Congress in 1925 through the efforts of Mayor Barbour and the late Congressman Louis A. Frothingham. Preceeding the dedicatory ex- ercises a luncheon to representatives of the Adams family, members of the City Council and guests was given at the Neighborhood Club. The afternoon's exercises were preceded by a parade of civic and military bodies to the park where the formal exercises were held. Governor Alvan T. Fuller, Major General Charles P. Summerall, representing the Government of the United States, Major General Preston Brown, Rear Admiral Phillip Andrews, the Commandant of the Bos- ton Naval District, Congressman Louis A. Frothingham, Senator David I. Walsh, and other representatives of the nation and State took part in the exercises at the bandstand. The monument was unveiled by Miss Abigail Adams, a great-great-granddaughter of the second President who was introduced by Mayor McGrath.
On Wednesday, June 15, 1927, the quarterly meeting of the Norfolk County Grand Army of the Republic and Relief Corps was held in this city.
The thirty-second annual session of the Grand Commandery of Massachusetts of the Knights of Malta was held on Wednesday, June 15, 1927. The visiting delegates were welcomed by the Mayor and by Hon. William A. Bradford, the president of the Chamber of Commerce.
The Sons of Italy in America held its sixteenth Annual State Convention in Quincy on August 19-21, 1928. The convention opened with a banquet in the Masonic Temple, which was attended by visitors from all parts of the State, Lieutenant Governor Frank G. Allen, representing the State, and Senator Walsh. The chair- man of the meeting was Angelo P. Bizzozero, a member of the City Council. The welcome of the city was ex-
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tended by the Mayor. On Tuesday evening, August 21, the delegates and invited guests were invited to a re- ception at the Neighborhood Club given by the Mayor and City Council.
On November 11, 1928, a memorial tablet to the memory of Quincy boys who died during the World War was dedicated. The memorial is a bronze tablet by Gor- ham and stands on the grounds of the Adams Academy. A parade of the veteran and military organizations preceded the exercises at the monument which were held at eleven o'clock in commemoration of the hour at which the Armistice was signed. At these exercises members of the military organizations, Gold Star Mothers, Quincy members of the Legislature, members of the City Council and interested citizens took part. The memorial contains the names of the following Quincy men who died during the World War:
In the Serbice of the United States
CHARLES GRENVILLE ARBUCKLE
ARTHUR JUBB LAKIN .
FREDERICK MITCHELL ATWOOD
HOBART ADAMS LAWTON
WALTER ALOYSIUS AVERY
ARTHUR HENRY LITTLE
ROBERT ELIJAH BALL
DANTE JOHN BARATELLI
RAYMOND SPENCER MACKEIL
JOSEPH ALYRE WILBERT BERTRAND
RALPH STANWOOD BRIGGS
SHERMAN SEAL BROKAW
DANIEL BRUNDAGE, JR.
GEORGE FREDERICK BRYAN
WILLIAM JOHN CHARLES, JR.
GUIDO J. CICCONI
WOLDEMAR EDWARD CROSSCUP
GEORGE TRADENICK NESBITT
WILLIAM TAYLOR CUMMING, JR.
RAOUL WALFRED NORDQUIST
MATTEO DIVESTO
BERT J. PARNELL
SETH ARNOLD ELDRIDGE PHILOP FEDORUK
JOHN SHAW PFAFFMANN
ALBERT FORSBERG
JOHN W. REVENEY
CHARLES A. G. FRANZEN
CLIFFORD ALLEN FRATUS
HARRY KNUT GREEN
DAVID ALEXANDER HALEY
THOMAS J. STAPLETON
GEORGE A. HUNT
JAMES DAWSON MILNE STEWART
FRANK R. JOHNSON
EVERETT CARY SUTERMEISTER
THOMAS DOUGLASS KING
MALCOLM EUGENE WEBSTER
HAROLD JOHN BEATON
WILLIAM AUGUSTINE WEEDEN
In the Service of Allied Countries
WILLIAM ROBERTSON BISSETT
HUGH S. MACDONALD
JOHN HENRY CLIFFE, JR.
JAMES DONALD MACLEOD
CECIL CORKHILL
MALCOLM JOHN MACLEOD
ALBERT CROSSMAN
CHARLES FRANCIS MCGRATH
JAMES HALDANE
IRWIN RUSSELL MILLER
JAMES HARRIS
ARCHIE T. PHILLIPS
A. JOHN LUXTON
JAMES MACNEIL SMITII
WALFORD J. W. SUTHERBERG
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JULIAN EDWARD MACDONNELL
JOSEPH MICHAEL MARTIN NILS ROBERT MATTSON
RAYBERN BLOOD MELENDY
CYRIL PETER MORRISETTE
CHESTER RAYMOND MOYLE
DAVID J. NAGLE VICTOR E. NELSON
ERIC CYRUS PATCH
JOHN SANTOS
MATTHEW SMITH ANTHONY P. SPILENO
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF ASSESSING DEPARTMENT
JANUARY 1, 1929.
HON THOMAS J. MCGRATH, Mayor of City of Quincy.
DEAR SIR :- The following is respectfully submitted as the re- port of the Assessing Department for the year 1928:
Valuation
Value of buildings
Value of land
$81,555,700 00 38,760,300 00
Value of land and buildings $120,316,000 00
Value of personal property
15,626,850 00
Total valuation of the city as determined April 1, 1928
135,942,850 00
Amount to be raised by taxation
3,643,268 38
The valuation was also increased by omitted as- sessments levied in December, 1928
112,625 00
The total valuation of the city upon which taxes were assessed for the year 1928, when all assessments had been made, was.
$136,055,475 00
Recapitulation
BUDGET OF 1928
City Appropriations
Deficit Overlay
$3,015,745 56 25,000 00
State Assessments :
State Tax
144,330 00
Metropolitan Sewers
87,701 71
Metropolitan Parks
63,771 28
Fire Preventive
933 90
Charles River Basin
11,825 48
Neponset Bridge
13,366 28
City Debt
613,500 00
City Interest
175,275 05
Temporary Loan Interest.
65,000 00
Planning Board
864 42
Massachusetts Highway
1,941 03
Auditing
2,341 43
Southern Artery
8,192 60
Cambridge Artery
5,731 59
Street in Brookline
3,141 76
Smoke Abatement
469 14
County Tax
141,500 00
County Hospital
25,488 28
Overlay (of current year) Total
31,904 67
$4,438,024 18
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REPORT OF ASSESSING DEPARTMENT
Estimated Receipts
Income tax
$297,686 48
Corporation tax
114,109 26
Bank tax
4,762 20
Licenses
8,131 50
Fines
14,792 50
Special assessments
110,590 90
General government
10,593 14
Protection of persons and property .
9,474 59
Health and sanitation
16,420 79
Highways
2,665 29
Charities
9,604 07
Soldiers' benefits
2,026 50
Schools
6,750 72
Libraries
2,429 70
Cemeteries (other than from trust funds and sale of lots)
20,137 00
Interest on deposit.
28,425 95
Interest on taxes and assessments . .
56,676 35
All others
3,731 82
Premium on bonds
2,784 33
Grants and gifts
32,374 71
Total estimated receipts
$754,167 80
Poll taxes
$40,588 00
Total deductions
$794,755 80
Net amount raised by taxation on polls and property $3,643,268 38 Number of polls, 20,294 at $2.00 each, $40,588.00.
Total valuation, $135,942,850.00. Tax rate, $26.80. Property tax, $3,643,268.38.
The Assistant Assessors who returned the personal property were as follows :-
1-1 Eileen E. O'Brien 4-2 Emma L. Baldovin
1-2 Ellen E. Johnson 5-1 Clara N. Taylor
1-3 Helen M. Hamilton 5-2 Stephen P. Casey
1-4 Lillian M. Martin 5-3 Anna E. Usher
2-1 Joseph R. Moran 5-4 Susan Noyes
2-2 Charles F. Costello
6-1 Pearl H. Watson
3-1 Rose Marini 6-1 Mrs. Beaton
3-2 Gertrude White 6-2 Sarah Gill
ยท4-1 John Rooney 6-3 Ethel B. Rank
Hattie C. Dunn
Timothy P. Ford
Harriet Pierce
Joseph P. Kerrigan
Elsie M. Ricker
Ernest C. Fleet
Gladys C. Benzaquin
James F. Fryar
Respectfully submitted, MICHAEL T. SULLIVAN, J. WINTHROP PRATT, ALBERT NELSON.
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
To His Honor, the Mayor of the City of Quincy:
I have the honor to submit the following report of the Tax Col- lector's Department for the year ending December 31, 1928.
The amount of cash collected on the tax for the various years is as follows :-
Tax of 1925
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928
$970 72
Reconsideration of abatements by as- sessors
42 53
$1,013 25
Credit by auditor
27 00
$986 25
Amount abated during year 1928. . .
201 74
$784 51
Amount of interest collected
Sidewalk Apportionments of 1925
Reconsideration of abatement by as-
sessors
$25 31
Credit by auditor
25 31
Committed Interest on Sidewalk Apportionments of 1925
Reconsideration of abatement by as-
sessors
$4 56
Credit by auditor
4 56
Tax of 1926
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928
$25,993 31
Additional warrants by assessors .. 330 03
$26,323 34
Reconsideration of abatements by as-
sessors
225 00
$26,548 34
Credit by auditor
3,177 45
$23,370 89
Amount abated during year 1928. .
7,101 89
$16,269 00
Amount collected during year 1928
14,726 37
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929 Amount of interest collected .
$1,542 63
Cash Received
$14,726 37
$1,346 63
Amount collected during year 1928 . 784 51 $784 51 101 53
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Apportioned and Unapportioned Main Sewers of 1926
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928
$726 12 3 96
Cash Received
$497 65
Committed Interest on Apportioned and Unapportioned Main Sewers of 1926
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928
$48 68 99
Additional warrant by assessors ...
$49 67
Credit by auditor
92
$48 75
Amount abated during year 1928. .
2 55
$46 20
Amount collected during year 1928 .
30 12
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$16 08
Apportioned and Unapportioned Street Betterments of 1926
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928
$943 08
Amount abated during year 1928. .
4 22
$938 86
Amount collected during year 1928.
240 43
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$698 43
Committed Interest on Apportioned and Unapportioned Street Betterments of 1926
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928 $109 41
26
Amount collected during year 1928.
39 26
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$69 89
Apportioned and Unapportioned Sidewalks of 1926
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928 $25 31
Credit by auditor 25 31
$30 12
$39 26
Additional warrant by assessors ...
$730 08
Credit by auditor
52 33
$677 75
Amount collected during year 1928.
497 65
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$180 10
Amount abated during year 1928. .
$109 15
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Committed Interest on Apportioned and Unapportioned Sidewalks of 1926
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928 $3 04
Credit by auditor 3 04
Street Oiling of 1926
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928
$85 26
Additional warrant by assessors .. 1 35
$86 61
Credit by auditor
16 32
$70 29
Amount abated during year 1928. . .
5 82
-
$64 47
Amount collected during year 1928.
62 55
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$1 92
Tax of 1927
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928 $1,306,694 61
Additional warrant by assessors ... 811 92
$1,307,506 53
Reconsideration of abatement by as- sessors
37 20
$1,307,543 73
Charge by auditor
1 44
$1,307,545 17
Creditor by auditor
31,468 39
$1,276,076 78
Amount abated during year 1928.
16,185 86
$1,259,890 92
Amount collected during year 1928 .
1,229,686 50
$1,229,686 50
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929 Amount of interest collected.
$30,204 42
43,955 12
Apportioned and Unapportioned Main Sewers of 1927
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928 Additional warrant by assessors ..
$10,177 67 5 68
$10,183 35
Credit by auditor
183 45
$9,999 90
Amount abated during year 1928. .
74 10
Amount collected during year 1928
9,606 74
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$319 06
Cash Received
$62 55
$9,925 80
$9,606 74
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Committed Interest on Apportioned and Unapportioned Main Sewers of 1927
Amcunt uncollected January 1, 1928
$1,331 92
Additional warrant by assessors ...
2 40
$1,334 32
Credit by auditor
16 70
$1,317 62
Amount abated during year 1928
12 64
$1,304 98
Amount collected during year 1928.
1,273 75
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$31 23
Cash Received
$1,273 75
Apportioned and Unapportioned Street Betterments of 1927
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928
$16,760 19 249 14
Credit by auditor
$16,511 05
Amount abated during year 1928.
527 04
$15,984 01
Amount collected during year 1928 .
15,163 75
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$820 26
Committed Interest on Apportioned and Unapportioned Street Betterments of 1927
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928
$3,072 64 45 13
Credit by auditor
$3,027 51
Amount abated during year 1928. .
40 81
$2,986 70
Amount collected during year 1928.
2,869 10
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$117 60
Apportioned and Unapportioned Sidewalks of 1927
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928 Credit by auditor
$2,128 86 25 34
$2,103 52
Amount collected during year 1928.
2,056 49
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$47 03
$15,163 75
$2,869 10
$2,056 49
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Committed Interest on Apportioned and Unapportioned Sidewalks of 1927
Cash Received
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928
$202 93
Charge by auditor
6 30
$209 23
Credit by auditor
1 52
$207 71
Amount collected during year 1928.
205 16
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$2 55
Street Oiling of 1927
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928
$4,632 05 102 09
$4,529 96
Amount abated during year 1928. . .
85 14
$4,444 82
Amount collected during year 1928
4,365 80
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$79 02
Gypsy Moth of 1927
Amount uncollected January 1, 1928 $860 05
Amount abated during year 1928. .
16 30
$843 75
Amount collected during year 1928.
805 49
$805 49
Tax of 1928
Total amount committed by assessors $3,688,831 04
Amount abated during year 1928. . 16,717 58
$3,672,113 46
Amount collected during year 1928.
2,293,187 50
$2,293,187 50
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$1,378,925 96
Amount of interest collected .
$2,559 69
Main Sewer Apportionments of 1928
Total amount committed by assessors Amount abated during year 1928. . .
$9,815 66 74 87
$9,740 79
Amount collected during year 1928.
4,305 01
$4,305 01
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$5,435 78
$4,365 80
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$38 26
$205 16
Credit by auditor
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Committed Interest on Main Sewer Apportionments of 1928
Total amount committed by assessors
$2,495 40 26 75
Amount abated during year 1928. . .
$2,468 65
Amount collected during year 1928.
1,080 77
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$1,387 88
Street Betterment Apportionments of 1928
Total amount committed by assessors
$25,379 54 91 29
Amount abated during year 1928. .
$25,288 25
Amount collected during year 1928 .
10,498 53
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$14,789 72
Committed Interest on Street Betterment Apportionments of 1928
Total amount committed by assessors
$7,495 01 28 47
$7,466 54
Amount collected during year 1928.
3,007 16
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$4,459 38
Sidewalk Apportionments of 1928
Total amount committed by assessors
$6,182 90
Amount abated during year 1928. . .
74 33
$6,108 57
Amount collected during year 1928.
2,658 45
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$3,450 12
Committed Interest on Sidewalk Apportionments of 1928
Total amount committed by assessors
$1,722 61 21 57
Amount abated during year 1928. .
$1,701 04
Amount collected during year 1928.
699 10
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929
$1,001 94
Gypsy Moth of 1928
Total amount committed by Com- missioner of Public Works ... $2,364 52
Amount collected during year 1928. 1,359 47
Amount uncollected January 1, 1929 $1,005 05
Cash Received
$1,080 77
$10,498 53
$3,007 16
$2,658 45
$699 10
$1,359 47
Amount abated during year 1928. .
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CITY OF QUINCY
Main Sewers
Amount collected during year 1928 on sewer con- struction Amount of interest collected
Cash Received $11,144 39 33 17
Permanent Sidewalks
Amount collected during year 1928 on permanent sidewalks $11,133 40 65 31
Amount of interest collected
Street Betterments
Amount collected during year 1928 on street better- ments
$29,286 32
Amount of interest collected
86 81
Costs collected during year 1928
$5,995 05
Bank interest collected during year 1928.
531 65
Total amount of cash collected in 1928
$3,705,448 73
JAMES B. WHITE,
Collector of Taxes.
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
APRIL 18, 1929.
To His Honor the Mayor and the President and Members of the City Council :
GENTLEMEN :- I am continuing the policy instituted in my report for 1927 in that this report for health department activ- ities for 1928 is modeled on the scoring system adopted by the American Public Health Association. A revised form was adopted by the Committee on Administrative Practise in May, 1928. This newest revision was offered for use after January 1, 1929 and Quincy was one of the first cities to be scored by the revised form. The appraisal of public health activities in Quincy was done during March, by Dr. W. F. Walker, Field Director of the American Public Health Association.
"The method of scoring has been changed. The former plan assigned values for items which totalled 1,000 points, the sec- tion totals varying from 20 for Popular Health Instruction to 175 for Communicable Disease Control. In the new section each section totals 100 points and a weighted value or factor is applied to each section to adjust the total score to 1,000.
"The Appraisal form should be looked upon as capable of presenting a reasonably accurate picture of health service ac- tually performed in a city as evidenced by selected typical ac- tivities.
"The new form is longer and contains three new sections: Cancer Control, Heart Disease, Sanitation and Food and Milk Control, the last named section being formed by separating these items from the section on Sanitation."
The following tables show the comparative scores for 1927 and 1928:
Activity
1927
1928
Vital Statistics
100
100
Communicable Disease Control
85
89
Venereal Disease Control
52
40
Tuberculosis Control
80
92
Pre-natal Hygiene
67
70
Infant Hygiene
64
80
Pre-school Hygiene
84
40
School Hygiene
*
61
Milk and Food
5
50
Sanitation
283
66
Laboratory
92
72
Popular Health Instruction
90
93
Cancer Control
Heart Control
12
Totals
.68
71
1927 scored by Local Health Department with assistance of State Health Department.
*No report for 1927 available, 1926 score-61.
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CITY OF QUINCY
"Comparison of scores, using the revised Appraisal Form in- dicates that there is usually a five or ten per cent reduction in the score on this form, due to the inclusion of new items and the raising of standards."
I shall now take up each one of the health department ac- tivities individually; repeating what recommendations for im- provement that Dr. Walker made and adding whatever com- ments made that might be of interest in a report of this nature. From now on all material in quotation marks is from Dr. Walker's report.
Vital Statistics
"It is of interest to note that statistical tables and charts have been kept of each of the locally important causes of death for the past 55 years. This service for the past two years has re- ceived the maximum score and is being administered and carried on in a way that reflects credit to the City of Quincy."
Communicable Disease Control
"For the first time within the history of the Health Department the City had no case of typhoid fever and diphtheria dropped from 54 cases in 1927 to a total of 19 cases in 1928." An epi- demic of measles begun early in December, 1927 and lasted until about the middle of March, 1928.
"The practise of hospitalizing cases of communicable disease is well established in Quincy though in 1928 of the 241 cases of scarlet fever occuring in the City only 38 were hospitalized, a little more than 50 per cent of the number that should have re- ceived hospital care."
"For the improvement of the communicable disease control it is recommended:
(1) That continued effort be made to bring to the attention of the physicians the importance of early diagnosis in com- municable diseases and the valuable service offered through the consultant service of the Health Department, State and local.
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