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December 31, 1934
The amount of cash collected on the tax for the various years is as follows :-
Tax of 1926
Cash Received
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934. $13 80
Charge by Auditor
48 30
$62 10
Amount abated during year 1934.
6 90
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ....
$55 20
Tax of 1928
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 .. $1,342 53
Charge by Auditor
436 17
$1,778 70
Credit by Auditor
123 28
$1,655 42
Amount abated during year 1934
6 70
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ....
$1,648 72
Tax of 1929
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 .... $674 34
Charge by Auditor
347 22
$1,021 56
Amount abated during year 1934
8 52
$1,013 04
Amount collected during year 1934 ..
2 00
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ....
$1,011 04
Tax of 1930
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934.
$1,496 51
Charge by Auditor
494 89
$1,991 40
Credit by Auditor
126 70
$1,864 70
$2 00
99
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Amount abated during year 1934. 8 40
Amount collected during year 1934. $1,856 30
2 00
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ....
$1,854 30
Tax of 1931
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 .... $10,422 30
Charge by Auditor 1,439 23
$11,861 53
Credit by Auditor
128 59
$11,732 94
Amount abated during year 1934. 418 11
$11,314 83
Amount collected during year 1934. 702 00
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935. ... $10,612 83
Amount collected of interest.
Main Sewer Apportionments of 1931
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 ....
$57 13
Charge by Auditor
10 90
$68 03
Credit by Auditor
26
$67 77
Amount abated during year 1934
3 60
Abatement after payment ....
3 60
$67 77
Amount collected during year 1934.
11 00
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 .... $56 77
Street Betterment Apportionments of 1931
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 .... $91 87
Charge by Auditor
34 19
$126 06
Reconsideration of abatements by As-
sessors
15 00
$141 06
Credit by Auditor
11 14
$129 92
Amount abated during the year 1934 ....
6 88
Amount collected during year 1934. ..... 16 17
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ...
$106 87
2 00
702 00
59 05
$64 17
11 00
16 17
$123 04
100
CITY OF QUINCY
Committed Interest on Betterments of 1931
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934. ... $54 11 Charge by Auditor
22 28
$76 39
Reconsideration of abatements by As-
sessors
11 40
$87 79
Credit by Auditor .... 4 79
$83 00
Amount abated during year 1934
26 09
$56 91
Abatements after payment. .... ...... 2 59
$59 50
Amount collected during year 1934.
10 10
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ....
$49 40
Tax of 1932
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 .. $45,176 99
Charge by Auditor
5,363 48
$50,540 47
Credit by Auditor
11,164 88
$39,375 59
Amount abated during year 1934
4,060 52
$35,315 07
Abatements after payment
3,852 81
$39,167 88
Amount collected during year 1934.
18,475 37
18,475 37
2,306 19
Main Sewer Apportionments of 1932
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 .... $206 52
Charge by Auditor
31 66
$238 18
Credit by Auditor
146 75
Amount collected during year 1934 ... 90 00
90 00
Street Betterment Apportionments of 1932
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 .... $239 99
Charge by Auditor
176 76
$416 75
10 13
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935. ... 20,692 51
Amount of interest collected.
$91 43
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ..
1 43
101
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Credit by Auditor
232 38
$184 37
Amount abated during year 1934.
12 76
$171 61
Amount collected during year 1934 .. 154 96
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ....
$16 65
Sidewalk Apportionments of 1932
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 ...... $49 44
Charge by Auditor
63 34
$112 78
Credit by Auditor
38 19
$74 59
Amount collected during year 1934 ..
53 60
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ....
20 99
Gypsy Moth of 1932
Charge by Auditor
$2 50
Amount collected during year 1934. 2 50
2 50
Committed Interest on Betterments of 1932
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 ....
$202 78
Charge by Auditor
84 16
$286 94
Credit by Auditor
139 64
$147 30
Amount abated during year 1934.
4 82
Amount collected during year 1934 .. 114 02
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ..
$28 46
Tax of 1933
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 .... $1,767,486 54 Charge by Auditor 10,079 62
$1,777,566 16
Credit by Auditor
390,954 05
$1,386 612 11
Amount abated during year 1934 25,755 94
$1,360,856 17
Abatements after payment.
5,013 91
$1,365,870 08
Amount collected during year 1934 1,334,074 19
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ... $31,795 89 Amount of interest collected
154 96
1,334,074 19
51,768 38
53 60
$142 48
114 02
102
CITY OF QUINCY
Main Sewer Apportionments of 1933
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 .... $13,424 36 Charge by Auditor 180 79
Credit by Auditor $13,605 15
4,127 17
$9,477 98
Amount abated during year 1934.
15 05
$9,462 93
Amount collected during year 1934. 9,359 46
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ....
$103 47
Street Betterment Apportionments of 1933
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 ..
$24,444 79 314 26
$24,759 05
Credit by Auditor
7,630 01
$17,129 04
Amount abated during year 1934
93 33
$17,035 71
Amount collected during year 1934. 16,790 12
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ....
$245 59
Sidewalk Apportionments of 1933
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 ..
$6,202 15
Charge by Auditor
45 61
$6,247 76
Credit by Auditor
1,602 35
$4,645 41
Amount collected during year 1934.
4,562 61
4,562 61
Committed Interest on Betterments of 1933
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 .... $14,033 39 227 27
Charge by Auditor
$14,260 66
Credit by Auditor
4,402 73
$9,857 93
Amount abated during year 1934
13 30
$9,844 63
Amount collected during year 1934 ..
9,601 65
9,601 65
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ..
$242 98
9,359 46
16,790 12
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ....
$82 80
Charge by Auditor
103
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Real Estate Tax of 1934
Total amount committed by Assesors .. $3,441,124 89 Amount abated during year 1934 13,358 40
Abatements after payment $3,427,766 49
1,266 35
$3,429,032 84
Amount collected during year 1934. 1,755,542 95
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 .. $1,673,489 89 Amount of interest collected.
1,637 82
Personal Tax of 1934
Total amount committed by Assessors .. $344,542 91
Amount abated during year 1934. 674 95
Abatements after payment. $343,867 96
1 49
$343,869 45
Amount collected during year 1934. 286,299 93
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 .... $57,569 52
Main Sewer Apportionments of 1934
Total amount committed by Assessors $19,396 66
Amount abated during year 1934. 13 36
$19,383 30
Amount collected during year 1934 7,285 13
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935. $12,098 17
Street Betterment Apportionments of 1934
Total amount committed by Assessors $37,917 49
Charge by Auditor 23 81
Amount abated during year 1934 $37,941 30
8 15
Amount collected during year 1934. 14,669 66
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ..
$23,263 49
Sidewalk Apportionments of 1934
Total amount committed by Assessors .. $9,644 26
Amount abated during year 1934. 5 20
$9,639 06
Amount collected during year 1934. 3,977 28
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 .... $5,561 78
1,755,542 95
286,299 93
7,285 13
$37,933 15
14,669 66
3,977 28
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CITY OF QUINCY
Committed Interest on Betterments of 1934
Total amount committed by Assessors $19,691 64 Charge by Auditor 3 35
Amount abated during year 1934 $19,694 99
4 78
$19,690 21
Amount collected during year 1934.
7,534 98
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ..
$12,155 23
Gypsy Moth of 1934
Total amount committed by Treasurer $222 36
Amount abated during year 1934. 24 80
$197 56
Amount collected during year 1934 ..
20 00
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ....
$177 56
Poll Tax of 1933
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 .... $15,904 00
Reconsideration of abatements by As-
sessors
16 00
$15,920 00
Charge by Auditor
20 00
$15,940 00
Amount abated during year 1934
784 00
$15,156 00
Abatement after payment
34 00
$15,190 00
Amount collected during year 1934
7,696 00
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935
7,494 00
Poll Tax of 1934
Total amount committed by Assessors $47,150 00
Charge by Auditor 34 00
$47,184 00
Amount abated during year 1934. 466 00
$46,718 00
Amount collected during year 1934. 31,652 00
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935.
$15,066 00
Old Age Assessment of 1931
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 .... $514 00
Credit allowed by State 118 00
$396 00
7,534 98
20 00
7,696 00
31,652 00
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
105
Amount collected during year 1934 .. 6 00
6 00
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 .... $390 00
Old Age Assessment of 1932
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 ....
$3,065 00 Credit allowed by State 626 00
Amount collected during year 1934
$2,439 00
113 00
113 00
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935.
$2,326 00
Old Age Assessment of 1933
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 .... $8,014 00
Charge allowed by State 10 00
Amount collected during year 1934. $8,024 00
3,935 00
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935. $4,089 00
Motor Excise Tax of 1930
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 ....
$2,878 24
Amount abated during year 1934 2 00
Amount collected during year 1934 ..
$2,876 24
70 56
70 56
Amount of interest collected. 9 27
Motor Excise Tax of 1931
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 ....
$9,823 98
Amount abated during year 1934. 111 43
$9,713 55
Abatements after payment
4 83
$9,718 38
Amount collected during year 1934.
510 40
510 40
Amount of interest collected. 65 59
Motor Excise Tax of 1932
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 ....
$13,748 39
Amount collected during year 1934. 1,595 42
1,595 42
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 .. $12,152 97 Amount of interest collected 226 20
Motor Excise Tax of 1933
Amount uncollected January 1, 1934 .... $36,456 23
Additional warrants by Assessors. 233 93
$36,690 16
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935 ....
$9,207 98
$2,805 68
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935.
3,935 00
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CITY OF QUINCY
Charge by Auditor
3 16
$36,693 32
Amount abated during year 1934
433 74
$36,259 58
Abatements after payment ..
121 43
$36,381 01
Amount collected during year 1934. ... 22,215 55
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935.
$14,165 46
Amount of interest collected 817 55
Motor Excise Tax of 1934
Total amount committed by Assessors $107,104 77 Reconsideration of abatements by As-
sessors 2 00
$107,106 77
Amount abated during year 1934.
3,090 73
$104,016 04
Abatements after payment
648 93
$104,664 97
Amount collected during year 1934
66,047 50
66,047 50
Amount of interest collected 21 15
Main Sewers
Amount collected during year 1934 on sewer construction
6,871 48
Amount of interest collected 56 25
Street Betterments
Amount collected during year 1934 on Street Betterments
3,522 80
Amount of interest collected ...
66 60
Permanent Sidewalks
Amount collected during year 1934 on Permanent Sidewalks
$1,033 50
Amount of interest collected
14 08
Water Liens collected during year 1934
28,494 40
Costs collected during year 1934
6,388 28
Total amount of cash collected during year 1934 $3,706,551 70
EDWARD G. MORRIS, Collector of Taxes.
22,215 55
Amount uncollected January 1, 1935.
$38,617 47
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
MARCH 27, 1935.
To His Honor the Mayor and the President and Members of the City Council.
GENTLEMEN :- In order to give a clear picture of the activities of the Quincy Health Department during 1934 and because it is always advisable to be able to compare the work done with that of previous years, the custom of using the "Appraisal Form" of the American Public Health Association has been continued.
The major activities of a modern health department are enu- merated and to each activity is assigned a certain number of points. A perfect score-needless to say-has never been attained by any health department. Automatically one can see at a glance the activities that need further attention and conversely those activities that are completely and efficiently covered.
This scoring system was adopted in 1927 and, with the exception of two years (1930-1931) has been carried out every year since.
Beginning in 1934, the arrangement of the different activities was changed somewhat and, accordingly, the older scoring has been forced to conform to this newer arrangement. Certain sub- jects have been omitted in the 1934 edition of the "Appraisal form" (viz: Popular Health Instruction, Cancer Control and Heart Disease Control). On the other hand, a certain number of points can be claimed if the Health Department is carrying on a balanced program. Because of the change in the scoring system it is not possible to compare the results attained this year with those at- tained last year. However, it is possible to give the comparative table of the total scoring each year, beginning in 1926.
Year
Total Score
1926
771
1927
797
1928
712
1929
746
1930
No scoring done
1931
No scoring done
1932
612.4
1933
714.2
1934
778
Possible points attainable 1000.
APPRAISAL-1934
Score
Possible Score
I Common Services
A. Vital Statistics
45.00
45
B. Laboratory
45.00
60
II Preventable Disease Activities
A. Acute Communicable Diseases
133.30
155
B. Venereal Diseases
40.95
60
C. Tuberculosis
82.80
90
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III Activities for the Promotion of Hygiene
A. Maternity Hygiene
75.60
90
B. (1) Infant Hygiene
90.00
90
(2) Pre-school Hygiene
53.10
90
C. School Hygiene
73.70
110
IV Sanitation Activities
A. General Sanitation
45.60
80
B. Food and Milk
63.00
75
Total
748.05
950
Additional Credit-Balanced Program
30.00
50
Grand Total
778.05
1000
The scoring was carried out this year, as in most of the previous years, by Mr. Alexander Robertson, Statistician of the Health Department. No points were credited to Health Department ac- tivities if there was any doubt about the propriety of doing so.
I COMMON SERVICES
A. Vital Statistics is a problem that is well taken care of by the City Clerk's office. About one-half the credit is due the Health Department.
B. Laboratory. Actually there was a slight gain in this service during 1934, but due to a revision of the "Appraisal Form" the 1934 score does not equal the score of 1933.
II PREVENTABLE DISEASE ACTIVITIES
A. Acute Communicable Diseases. There was a gain in diph- theria immunization. Approximately 1,000 pre-school children were given the three injections of diphtheria toxoid last fall. It is far more effective to carry on a diphtheria prevention program with the pre-school group than with the school group, and in the "Appraisal Form" they give a value of 10 points to this part of the program compared to four points for immunization with school children.
For the first time since 1929, full credit can be obtained for making the recommended number of nursing visits. The actual increase in efficiency is more than is represented by the increase in points; as the standards set up in the fourth edition of the "Appraisal Form" are somewhat higher than previous editions.
A larger number of scarlet fever cases should have been hos- pitalized and a more extensive diphtheria immunization program should be carried out.
During late January, February and March, the City had one of its largest measles epidemic. This was not a situation peculiar to Quincy inasmuch as the same reports came from all over the country. There were very few deaths, however, in this epidemic. B. Venereal Diseases. Clinic registration has increased and more cases that discontinued treatment came back for further treatment than in the year 1933. This section shows a loss of one point over 1933. If the 1933 form had been used there would have actually been a gain of from 15 to 20 points.
C. Tuberculosis Control. About 600 fewer visits were made in 1934 as compared with 1933, due to the fact that one of the tuber- culosis nurses was on part time and that both tuberculosis nurses made emergency visits only to tuberculosis cases during the
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measles epidemic; 2,096 visits were made on behalf of tubercu- losis cases. Five thousand and three hundred nursing visits would have been required to gain full credit for the necessary number of visits. This is because Quincy, through its active campaign of case finding, has a very high ratio of living cases on the register per each annual death from tuberculosis. There are approximately 10 known living cases for each annual death. The so-called "Ten Year Program" for the detection of childhood cases is to be car- ried on from now on by Norfolk County instead of the State in- asmuch as the tenth year of the State campaign has been finished. It is to be hoped that there will be no let down on the work now being carried on. Greater stress should be given to the detection of early cases of the adult type of the disease.
III ACTIVITIES FOR THE PROMOTION OF HYGIENE
A. Maternity Hygiene. This attained the best score ever. The increase in points was due entirely to an increase in the number of cases under medical supervision at prenatal conferences and to a slight increase in the number of visits per case registered.
Approximately 70 per cent of all the infant deaths in 1934 oc- curred during the first month of life. To cut this percentage down more emphasis than ever must be placed on adequate prenatal care.
Maternity Hygiene service is provided by the Quincy Visiting Nurse Association, co-operating with the Quincy Hospital, in man- aging a prenatal clinic held once a week in the Quincy Dispensary.
B. Infant Hygiene. For the first time in the history of the city a full score has been attained by this section. This is because of an increase in the number of nursing visits to infants. This does not mean necessarily that the infant welfare work done in Quincy is perfect, but it does mean that as far as the standards of the American Public Health Association are concerned that it is completely satisfactory.
Due to many requests from Squantum for a child welfare con- ference, one was instituted beginning in October. This conference is held once a month.
There were five deaths in the babies registered in the clinics. However, not one of these deaths was due to a disease considered as preventable. Three were from whooping-cough; one from a congenital malformation and another from pneumonia. The true test of infant welfare work in any community is whether or not the campaign of preventing deaths from nutritional disturbances is successful. There were no deaths in the registered babies from any nutritional disturbances.
Pre-School Hygiene. There was a marked increase in the scor- ing of this section, particularly due to the pre-school "round-up" last spring, which reached approximately 11 per cent of the chil- dren about to enter school in the fall. However, we have to admit that a lower standard was set up for this item in the new edition of the "Appraisal Form." A perfect pre-school program would ensure a careful physical examination for every child before enter- ing school for the first time, either by the family physician or by some public health agency.
Since the first of October, 1934, the Health Department has been holding a pre-school dental clinic twice a week in the Quincy Dis- pensary for children of that age group needing dental repair work. If this program could be developed to a logical extent in the course of years, the number of children entering the first grade with defective teeth could be cut considerably.
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Because of the improved financial condition of the city, the Health Department budget permitted the reopening of the pre- school conference last spring. This is held once a month at Wood- ward Institute.
C. School Hygiene. The method of scoring in 1934 was con- siderably different from the method in use in 1933, so that it is very difficult to compare the two years. This activity is entirely in the charge of the School Department. However, in the case of the three parochial schools, the Health Department has supervision of school health. During the last few years, in the parochial schools, there has been complete and careful testing of the hear- ing by means of the "Audiometer." This was loaned for the use of the Health Department by Father Quinlan, the Health Director of the Parochial Schools in the Boston Diocese.
The half-time parochial school nurse has also checked the vision of each pupil. The Health Commissioner examined practically all the pupils in the first grade and the parents were present during the examination of most of these pupils. It is highly important to have the parent present during the physical examination when- ever possible. An attempt was also made to repair defective teeth noted in the examination of these first grade children.
The School Dental Program has been terribly neglected for a period of more than two years. I believe that Quincy is one of only two cities in the State where at the present time nothing is being done about the care of the school child's teeth. At the pres- ent writing, it is hoped that a start can be made in this very im- portant phase of school hygiene. The number of defects FOUND in school examinations is unimportant. The number of defects CORRECTED is important.
In Arlington, where unusual pre-school dental activity has been carried on for approximately five years, it has been noticed that the number of first grade children noted with defective teeth has been steadily diminishing as a result of the pre-school dental service.
In the public schools there was a slight loss in the number of nursing visits. There was also a loss in the number of first grade children given health examinations due to the fact that the school physician was ill during the first part of the 1934-1935 school year.
IV SANITATION ACTIVITIES
A. General Sanitation. Here again it is difficult to compare the 1934 and the 1933 score, as there has been a number of changes in the new appraisal form. If the old form had been used, the 1934 score would have shown a gain of two points instead of a loss of eight points.
B. Food and Milk. There was a gain in this section. Addi- tional points could be attained by a periodical check of the steri- lization of eating utensils at food handling establishments.
Additional points could also be attained if 100 per cent of the milk supply was pasteurized. At it is now, 98.7 per cent is pas- teurized. There should be weekly inspections of pasteurizing plants. There was no epidemic due to raw milk this year, a con- trast to the year before when approximately 50 odd cases of scar- let fever was traced to raw milk from a farm outside of Quincy. * * * *
Because of the fact that a certain number of points are given for a well-balanced program, depending on the total number of points attained in all these sections heretofore discussed, it is pos-
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sible to add 30 more points to the score. This brought the total points up to 778.
In glancing over the results of the Appraisal we see two sub- jects in particular that stand out because of their excellence: First, Vital Statistics, for which a considerable amount of credit must be given to the City Clerk's office and second, Infant Hygiene. Both these subjects received a perfect score.
Certain subjects could be improved, such as General Sanitation, School Hygiene, Pre-School Hygiene and Venereal Disease Control. The control of Acute Communicable Diseases, Tuberculosis, Pro- motion of Maternity Hygiene and the control of Food and Milk Supplies show a commendable scoring. In this way (as I have emphasized in the beginning of this report) it is easy to see where an annual Appraisal of the Health Department shows activities that need more attention.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS
(1) The Quincy Dispensary, which was originally intended for only one tuberculosis clinic weekly, now has nine clinics, repre- senting four different health activities and three welfare clinics weekly. The building is small and absolutely unfitted for its pres- ent use. In addition to the clinics, the city bacteriologist has his laboratory in the same building. A new building is badly needed.
(2) There are still inequalities in the salary given certain mem- bers of the department.
(3) At the present time, each nurse, although her duties are supposed to be specialized, has to substitute from time to time for nurses carrying on other public health activities.
The quality of public health nursing in any agency is largely dependent upon the amount and type of supervision. The need for nursing supervision is positive and is not influenced by the size or type of agency, that is, private or public, urban or rural, general or special. "Even where a specialized service is provided, and where the actual routine of the day's work of the nurse may be directed by the medical officers in charge of tuberculosis or infant hygiene, adequacy of technique and uniformity of records and procedure should be secured by nursing supervision, for the morale of a nursing staff is always higher when under the direc- tion of a professional colleague who really understands the proce- dure of nursing."
Quincy has now reached a period when one should recommend generalized nursing service, as is being carried out more and more in all large cities. To do this would necessitate the employment of a nursing supervisor.
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