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15,000.00
10,000 Dominion of Canada 4, 1960
10,056.25
5,000 Illinois Central Refunding 5, 1955 3,565.59
10,450.00
10,000 Kentucky Utility 4, 1970
10,310.42
5,000 Kings County Light, 1st and Ref. 5, 1954 5,250.00
5,000 Kings County Light 61/2s, 1954
5,250.00
5,000 Louis & Nash 41/2s, 2003
5,225.78
10,000 Louis. & Nash. R. R. Pad. & Memphis Div. 4, 1946
10,240.80
5,000 Louis. & Nash. Ext. & Unif. 4, 1960
5,025.00
7,000 Morris & Essex 1st 31/2s, 2000 6,246.22
5,000 New York Central Consol 4, 1998
4,328.34
10,000 New York Central R. R. Co. 31/2s, 1997
7,482.81
5,000 Northern Pacific Gen. 3, 2047
3,750.79
10,000 Northern Pacific 4, 1997
8,976.26
4,000 Oregon Short Lines 5, 1946
4,203.18
10,000 Oregon-Wash. R. R. & Nav. Co. 4, 1961 10,500.00
10,000 Penn. Cen. Light Power 41/2s, 1977 10,400.00
9,000 Puget Sound Power & Light 414, 1972 9,382.50
10,087.50
5,000 Southern Pacific Oregon Lines 1st 41/2s, 1977
4,900.80
10,000 Southern Railway Co. 5, 1994
9,744.53
10,000 Southern Railway, St. Louis Div. 1st 4, 1951 8,343.59
5,588.00
5,500 Springfield Gas & Electric Co. 1st 5, 1957 . .... 8,000 St. Jos. Rwy. Light, Heat & Power 51/2s, 1947 10,000 Texas Pacific Railway 5, 2000
8,060.00
5,000 U. S. Treasury 2, 1950-52
5,000.00
50,000 U. S. Treasury 2, 1951-53 . .
50,000.00
8,000 U. S. Treasury 214, June, 1952-55
8,000.00
10,000 U. S. Treasury 21/2, 1968-63 10,000.00
5,000 West End St. Railway Deb. 5, 1944
5,000.00
$344,500
$334,146.04
10,000 Illinois Power Light 6, 1953
10,000 Sham. Sun. & Lewis. R. R. 2nd & Ext. 5, 1945
10,057.99
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REPORT OF TREASURER
TABLE V Membership Active Members
With Prior Service Credit
Without Prior Service Credit
General Employees
Male
Female
Firemen, Police- men
Male
Female
Firemen, Police- men
Total
Membership Jan. 1, 1943 Enrolled during 1943
61
78
1
71
197
68
476
....
....
....
23
72
15
110
Withdrawals: Resignation Retirement
....
1
3
....
....
....
....
4
Membership Dec. 31, 1943
60
67
1
84
206
83
501
Retired Members
Membership Jan. 1, 1943 Retirement for : Superannua- tion
11
6
....
....
....
....
17
Disability
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
..
....
....
....
....
....
....
....
1
....
....
....
....
....
1
Membership Dec. 31, 1943
13
6
....
....
....
....
19
Dependent Beneficiaries of Deceased Members
Membership Dec. 31, 1943
....
....
....
....
2
....
2
TOTAL
Membership Dec. 31, 1943
1
73
73
1
84
208
83
522
....
....
....
...
....
3
Ordinary Accidental Deaths
8
....
10
63
....
81
3
General Employees
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CITY OF QUINCY
TABLE VI
Valuation Balance Sheet Showing the Assets and Liabilities of the Funds of the Quincy Retirement System as of June 30, 1943
Assets
Annuity Savings Fund
Annuity Reserve Fund
$138,685 6,185
Pension Reserve Fund
Pension Accumulation Fund
187,436
Total Present Assets $332,306
Present value of the prospective contributions payable
by the City into the pension Accumulation Fund 279,295
Total Assets
$611,601
Liabilities
Present value of benefits on account of which contri- butions have been paid by members into the Annuity Savings Fund
$138,685
Present value of benefits payable on account of bene- ficiaries or their dependents now drawing an- nuities from the Annuity Reserve Fund 6,192
Present value of benefits payable on account of bene- ficiaries or their dependents now drawing pen- sions from the Pension Reserve Fund .....
Present value of benefits payable on account of bene- ficiaries or their dependents now drawing pen- sions from the Pension Accumulation Fund .... 70,848 Present value of benefits to members with prior service credit to be paid by contributions of the City into the Pension Accumulation Fund 221,310
Present value of benefits to new entrants to be paid by contributions of the City into the Pension Accumulation Fund
174,566
Total Liabilities
$611,601
No account is taken of the future contributions of members into the Annuity Savings Fund because the benefits provided by these contributions are exactly equal to the accumulated amount of the contributions and therefore they do not affect the balance in the fund.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
January 1, 1944
HON. CHARLES A. Ross, Mayor,
Quincy, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
The following is respectfully submitted as the report of the Assessing Department for the year 1943:
Valuation
Value of Buildings
$88,646,975.00
Value of Land 33,960,075.00
Value of Land and Buildings $122,607,050.00
Value of Personal 8,301,025.00
Total Valuation of the City as determined Jan. 1, 1943
$130,908,075.00
Tax Rate 30.00
Amount to be raised by taxation
$3,927,242.25
The valuation was increased by omitted assess-
ments levied in December, 1943
17,300.00
Net valuation of automobiles December 31, 1943
3,302,107.00
Total valuation of the City including automobiles
for 1943 was $134,227,482.00
Amount to be raised on Poll Taxes
47,352.00
Recapitulation Budget for 1943
City Appropriations :
Budget
$4,475,882.96
City Debt
645,000.00
General Interest
62,121.25
Temporary Loan Interest
7,500.00
Deficit Overlay
16,300.94
Appropriations from Available Funds
164,462.97
Boston Edison Co.
3,956.49
Water Appropriations
170,969.00
Overlay (current)
65,286.00
$5,611,479.61
State Assessments :
State Tax
$99,650.00
Charles River Basin
11,147.40
Metropolitan Parks
21,711.60
Nantasket Beach
2,116.53
Boulevards
4,059.72
Metropolitan Sewerage
67,967.67
Metropolitan Water
173,111.41
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CITY OF QUINCY
State Audit
37.15
Smoke Inspection
2,241.58
Underestimates in 1943
394.22
$382,437.28
County Assessments :
County Tax
$122,539.23
County Hospital
46,072.79
$168,612.02
Total Expense $6,162,528.91
Estimated Receipts for 1943
Income Tax
$367,183.28
Corporation Tax
219,683.00
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
142,157.51
Licenses
77,350.00
Fines
4,850.00
Special Assessments
25,000.00
General Government
9,625.00
Protection of Persons and Property
7,450.00
Health and Sanitation
45,000.00
Highways
1,050.00
Charities
45,000.00
Old Age Assistance
165,000.00
Old Age Tax (Meals)
7,255.91
Soldiers
Benefits
5,000.00
Schools
31,000.00
Libraries
3,500.00
Water
344,990.41
Cemeteries
26,000.00
Interest on Taxes
23,000.00
Hospital
465,000.00
Miscellaneous
4,000.00
Overestimates of previous years
.58
Available Funds
164,462.97
$2,183,558.66
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES F. A. SMITH, NEIL A. McDONALD, RICHARD J. BARRY, Jr., Board of Assessors.
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REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES
REPORT OF THE 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 Collector's Department for the year ending
DECEMBER 31, 1943
The amount of cash collected on the tax for the various years is as follows :-
Real Estate of 1937
Cash Received
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943 ....
$43.42 24.68
$24.68
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944 .. $18.74
Personal Tax of 1937
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943
$32.40
Amount collected during 1943
32.40
32.40
Amount of interest collected
4.37
Real Estate Tax of 1941
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943 .... $476.67
Charges ....
120.67
$597.34
Credits
76.97
$520.37
Less abatements
508.56
$11.81
Abatement Refunds
$508.56
$520.37
Amount collected during 1943
458.75
458.75
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944 ... $61.62
Amount of interest collected
27.32
Personal Tax of 1941
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943 ... ...
$13.60
Charges
.........
123.76
$137.36
Amount collected during 1943
137.36
137.36
Amount collected during 1943
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CITY OF QUINCY
Water Liens on 1941 Tax Bills
Cash Received
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943
$47.47 18.43
Credits
$29.04
Amount collected during 1943 .... 29.04
29.04
Real Estate Tax of 1942
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943
$472,421.26 259.83
Charges
$472,681.09
Credits
32,182.33
$440,498.76
Less abatements
3,674.90
$436,823.86
Abatement Refunds
2,836.50
$439,660.36
Tax Title abatements
86.80
$439,747.16
Amount collected during 1943
434,715.31
434,715.31
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944
$5,031.85
Amount of interest collected
9,524.69
Personal Tax of 1942
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943 .... $4,811.77
Less abatements
961.14
$3,850.63
Amount collected during 1943
3,763.83
3,763.83
Main Sewer Apportionments of 1942
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943
$3,218.18 11.25
Charges ..
$3,229.43
Credits
595.25
$2,634.18
Amount collected during 1943
2,628.85
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944
$5.33
2,628.85
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944
$86.80
REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES
73
Sidewalk Apportionments of 1942
Cash Received
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943 ... $27.24 6.25
Credits
$20.99
Amount collected during 1943
20.99
20.99
Street Betterment Apportionments of 1942
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944 ...... $700.33
Credits
178.81
$521.52
Less abatements
32.76
$488.76
Abatement Refunds
32.76
$521.52
Amount collected during 1943
521.52
Committed Interest on Betterments of 1942
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943.
$1,051.72
Charges .......
1.53
Credits
$1,053.25 199.64
$853.61
Less abatements
21.81
$831.80
Abatement Refunds
9.70
$841.50
Amount collected during 1943
840.17
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944
$1.33
Water Liens on 1942 Tax Bills
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943
$8,959.80 22.04
$8,981.84
Credits
1,273.95
$7,707.89
Less abatements
16.23
$7,691.66
Amount collected during 1943
7,594.97
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944
$96.69
521.52
840.17
7,594.97
Charges ......
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CITY OF QUINCY
Real Estate of 1943
Cash Received
Total amount committed by Assessors .. $3,678,745.50 Charges ......
97.44
Credits
$3,678,842.94 367.50
Less abatements
$3,678,475.44 30,672.75
$3,647,802.69
Abatement Refunds
3,783.50
$3,651,586.19
Amount collected in 1943
3,278,510.47
3,278,510.47
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944 $373,075.72
Amount of interest collected
1,365.80
Personal Tax of 1943
Total amount committed by Assessors $249,030.75 21.95
$249,052.70
Less abatements
1,916.25
$247,136.45
Abatement Refunds
94.50
$247,230.95
Amount collected during 1943. 243,216.98
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944 .... $4,013.97
Main Sewer Apportionments of 1943
Total amount committed by Assessors .. $10,141.06
Charges
11.31
$10,152.37
Credits
16.94
$10,135.43
Amount collected during 1943
8,189.26
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944
$1,946.17
Sidewalk Apportionments of 1943
Total amount committed by Assessors
$182.65
Amount collected during 1943
158.07
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944
$24.58
Street Betterment Appropriations of 1943 Total amount committed by Assessors $5,493.82 Credits 5.38
$5,488.44
243,216.98
8,189.26
158.07
Charges
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REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Amount collected during 1943 4,569.19
Cash Received 4,569.19
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944 $919.25
Committed Interest on Betterments of 1943 Total amount committed by Assessors .... $3,977.65 Charges
1.99
$3,979.64
Credits
2.34
$3,977.30
Less abatements
86.63
$3,890.67
Amount collected during 1943
3,142.25
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944
$748.42
Water Liens on 1943 Tax Bills
Total amount committed by Assessors .. $19,975.20
Charges ..
128.99
$20,104.19
Less abatements
8.00
$20,096.19
Amount collected during 1943
13,051.76
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944
$7,044.43
Poll Tax of 1936
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943
$6.00
Credits
4.00
$2.00
Amount collected during 1943
2.00
2.00
Poll Tax of 1940
Charges
$8.00
Amount collected during 1943
8.00
8.00
Poll Tax of 1941
Charges
$30.00
Credits
6.00
$24.00
Amount collected during 1943
24.00
24.00
Poll Tax of 1942
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943
...
$1,146.00
Charges
20.00
$1,166.00
3,142.25
13,051.76
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CITY OF QUINCY
Cash Received
Less abatements
760.00
$406.00
Abatement Refunds
2.00
$408.00
Amount collected during 1943
408.00
408.00
Poll Tax of 1943
Total amount committed by Assessors .... $53,276.00 12.00
Charges
$53,288.00
Less abatements
10,990.00
$42,298.00
Abatement Refunds
24.00
$42,322.00
Amount collected during 1943
41,520.00
41,520.00
Motor Excise Tax of 1932
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943 .. $25.03
Amount collected during 1943
25.03
25.03
Motor Excise Tax of 1933
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943 ..
$10.41
Amount collected during 1943 ..
10.41
10.41
Motor Excise Tax of 1941
Charges
$67.80 1.05
$66.75
Amount collected during 1943
66.75
66.75
Amount of interest collected
1.32
Motor Excise Tax of 1942
Amount uncollected January 1, 1943 .... $4,713.59 972.42
$5,686.01
Less abatements
2,793.66
$2,892.35
Abatement Refunds
15.13
Amount collected during 1943
2,897.64
2,897.64
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944
$9.84
Amount of interest collected
38.88
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944 ....
$802.00
Credits
Warrants by Assessors
$2,907.48
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REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES
77
Motor Excise Tax of 1943
Cash Received
Total amount committed by Assessors $119,965.57 .08
Charges .....
$119,965.65
Less abatements
2,158.11
$117,807.54
Abatement Refunds
479.70
$118,287.24
Amount collected during 1943
115,503.87
115,503.87
Amount uncollected January 1, 1944
$2,783.37
Amount of interest collected
64.03
Main Sewer
Amount collected on Sewer Construction
$5,687.60
Amount of interest collected
14.58
Street Betterment
Amount collected on Street Betterment
$4,819.61
Amount of interest collected
3.63
Water Liens
Amount collected on Water Liens
$153.03
Costs collected during year 1943
3,834.53
Total amount of cash collected in 1943
$4,187,610.94
JOHN R. SHAUGHNESSY, Collector of Taxes.
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CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF PURCHASE AND SUPPLY
To the HONORABLE CHARLES A. Ross, Mayor, City of Quincy, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
The annual report of the Purchasing Department is purposely arranged in condensed detail as descriptive tables, showing classi- fied disbursements, department requisitions, total orders filled, contracts awarded, all totalling an expenditure of $450,364.20.
Our office, in addition to the purchasing of necessities for our City departments, is used as a clearing house for distribution to departments of gasoline and fuel oil with all the exacting records regarding the administration of these rationed products; also cus- todian of the W. P. A. office equipment, records, etc., and in charge of property of our Civilian Defense Council.
An inventory of all City merchandise on hand as of January 1944, also the property of Civilian Defense Council and the W. P. A. is immediately available if you call for information.
Having completed my first year as purchasing agent I am fully cognizant of my responsibilities, however, I will always be re- ceptive to and appreciative of suggestions for improvement in the general conduct of this department.
Trusting that the appended report is in sufficient order for ap- proval, I am
Very truly yours, ORRIE D. WILLIAMS, Purchasing Agent.
Analysis of Purchase Orders
1943
No. of Orders
Total Amount
Quincy Orders
Am't of Quincy Orders
Boston Orders
Am't of Boston Orders
Outside Orders
Am't of Outside Orders
January
752
$36,711.49
373
$12,829.80
339
$17,889.60
40
$5,992.09
February
753
27,241.05
338
11,188.74
385
13,088.66
30
2,963.65
March
996
46,046.24
526
24,093.27
422
18,878.59
48
3,074.38
April
749
36,769.04
338
16,536.55
362
17,952.96
49
2,279.53
May
1,064
39,630.58
409
11,581.82
476
23,925.81
179
4,122.95
June
1,818
75,938.15
811
32,702.14
780
37,352.48
227
5,883.53
July
692
29,257.98
385
10,783.33
272
12,077.41
35
6,397.24
August
595
27,148.10
348
10,835.23
207
14,631.17
40
1,681.70
September
705
30,171.76
384
11,918.04
263
16,077.31
58
2,176.41
October
929
45,380.10
499
21,942.55
376
18,351.84
54
5,085.71
November
728
37,228.01
377
18,169.81
291
16,513.10
60
2,545.10
December
384
18,841.70
227
7,626.04
114
8,758.18
43
2,457.48
Total
10,165
$450,364.20
5,015
$190,207.32
4,287
$215,497.11
863
$44,659.77
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REPORT OF PURCHASE AND SUPPLY DEPARTNENT
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80
CITY OF QUINCY
During the year 7,418 requisitions were received from various municipal departments and these were divided as follows:
Aid to Dependent Children 7
Assessors
44
Auditor
37
Building
19
Cemetery
139
City Clerk
135
Defense
327
Engineering
97
Executive
24
Forestry
113
Fire
Fire and Police Signals
126
Health
142
Highway
1,062
Historical Places
5
Hospital
1,557
Legal
9
Library
185
Old Age Assistance
34
Park
280
Police
635
Purchasing
121
Rationing
70
Retirement
15
Sanitary
.330
School
450
Sealer of Weights
22
Sewer
147
Tax
46
Treasurer
40
Water
318
Welfare
249
Wire
25
W. P. A.
53
Vocational Defense
130
7,418
425
Contracts
Department
Date
Contractor
Equipment or Supplies
Amount
Assessor
3-11
Boston Blue Print Co.
Poll Tax List
$1,025.84
12-16
Golden Print
Various Tax Bills
826.20
City Clerk
7-6
Golden Print
Voting List
1,240.00
Executive
3-17
Hampshire Press, Inc.
City Report
2.61 per page
Fire
6-3
American Fire Equipment Co.
1,000 ft. 21/2" fire hose
.95 per foot
5,000 ft. 21/2" fire hose
.65 per foot
500 ft. 11/2'
.65 per foot
Health
5-11
Eastman Kodak Co.
Sound Projector
620.00
Highway
2-8
Air Reduction Sales Co.
Acetylene and Oxygen
Various
2-18
Quincy Oil Co.
Approx. 200,000 gals. gas
.1265 per gal.
4-26 C. P. Gardiner
Allis-Chalmers Bulldozer
$2,200.00 Various
8-14
Granite City Electric Sup. Co. Koppers Co.
Electric Light Bulbs Tarmac
.1225 per gal.
5-14 McIntosh and Savage
Curbing and Edgestone
Various
5-14
Old Colony Crushed Stone Co.
Various size stone
Various
5-14 Old Colony Crushed Stone Co.
Bituminous Concrete
Various
7-7
Walter Reed Corp.
25,000 cu. yds. fill approx.
.54 cu.yd.
6-16
Cities Service Oil Co.
Tires and Tubes
$568.80
6-15
E. A. Forbes & Son Co.
Four-wheel drive chassis with plow and frame
7,600.00
Hospital
2-23
Granite City Coal Co.
8.80 per ton
2-3
Riley Stoker Corp.
5-25
American Hospital Supply Corp.
50 doz. Patient's Gowns
800 tons nut and slack coal 2 Stokers 3,080.00 722.50
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REPORT OF PURCHASE AND SUPPLY DEPARTMENT
5-14
American Oil Products Co.
Road Oils
Asphalt .25 and .26 per gal. Various
5-14
Justin A. McCarthy Co.
6-3
82
CONTRACTS-Continued
Department
Date
Contractor
Equipment or Supplies
Amount
Library
7-8
Granite City Coal Co.
50 tons nut and slack coal
9.00 per ton
100 tons Bituminous r. o. m.
9.20 per ton
72 tons Anthracite
14.59 per ton
Police
5-20
Granite Chevrolet Co.
8 Police Cars
6,395.31
School
6-1
Granite City Coal Co. Riley Stoker Corp.
3,300 tons Bituminous r. o. m. 2 Stokers
3,765.00
Miscellaneous School Supplies
Various
Miscellaneous School Supplies
Various
Gledhill Bros.
Miscellaneous School Supplies
Various
Carter-Rice Co. Corp.
Miscellaneous School Supplies
Various
John S. Cheever Co.
Miscellaneous School Supplies
Various
Papercrafters, Inc.
Miscellaneous School Supplies
Various
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
Miscellaneous School Supplies
Various
CITY OF QUINCY
9.11 per ton
7-28
4-12
J. L. Hammett Co. Henry S. Wolkins Co.
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
January 1, 1944.
HON. CHARLES A. Ross, Mayor of the City of Quincy:
Dear Sir:
Attached herewith are the individual reports of those from whom we require an annual statement. While these show an unusually busy year, only a partial picture of the actual work done, and the accomplishments made, can be visualized from them. Because of extra requirements on the department, due to war activities and the large population movement which we are now experiencing, many unusual and extraordinary duties have been necessary. It has been necessary for practically all of those submitting the en- closed annual reports to assume some of this work, no mention of which is made in them. The office staff has taken on much extra work which is not revealed in any of these reports. I wish, there- fore, to express my appreciation to the entire department for their ready acceptance of this extra work.
It should be remembered that for several years we have been operating with one less man, and one less nurse, than were avail- able ten or twelve years ago. Meanwhile the routine work has multiplied, to say nothing of the extra load required under the present conditions.
Early in the year we learned that Federal authorities were planning a restaurant survey in three cities in Massachusetts, not including Quincy. As mentioned in previous reports of mine, we were far from satisfied with the conditions prevailing in our eating and drinking establishments. Consequently, to get actual facts and figures upon which to base a request for additional funds for control measures of these places, we requested that Quincy be included in this survey. This request was granted and the survey made. It entirely bore out our contention and very shortly I will make a supplementary request for an appropriation to enable us to establish and maintain the recommendations made in the survey report. The amount to be requested will not be large, but is vitally necessary and I feel that I will have the cooperation and endorsement of yourself and the City Council.
At the present time we are conducting lectures and classes for the owners and workers of eating and drinking places. The re- sponse and enthusiasm from them is excellent.
During the year it became necessary to leave Woodward School as a central clinic meeting place. Our requests for more available time was seriously affecting their school work; and the facilities available were fast becoming insufficient. We were offered the full time use of the former Boys' and Girls' Library Building on Spear Street by the Library authorities. With a very small expenditure for equipment and renovation we have occupied it. It has proven a very wise move. I thank the Library for their offer; and like- wise wish to express my thanks to Miss Bacon, principal of
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Woodward School, for her splendid cooperation in the past, to- gether with an apology for the many inconveniences that we have caused her.
Due primarily to the present population movement, there has been a very marked increase in Diphtheria throughout the state. Fortunately we had no cases in Quincy during 1943. It is prob- ably too much to expect that this record which we have enjoyed for so many years, will continue spotless much longer. This con- dition has obtained only through the great percentage of Quincy children that have been immunized against the disease in their early life. We intend to redouble our efforts in this program during 1944.
Following are vital statistics and other tables of interest. I suggest to our citizens a careful reading and analysis of them, as they contain many facts of constant improvement in the health of certain groups.
Population
It is admitted that our population has been considerably enlarged by the influx of workers on war materials, together with their families. The usual procedure in arriving at a population figure upon which to establish mortality or morbidity rates, is to add annually the average yearly growth during the ten years between the last two Federal census enumerations, which in this case was for the years between 1930 and 1940.
Obviously, our growth since 1940 has been greater than for the preceding ten years. It should be taken into consideration that we have nearly six thousand of our young men and women in the armed forces. Since they are away from home they do not have any influence on morbidity reports; and since deaths in the armed forces have not been reported to the City Clerk by Federal authori- ties, it is impracticable to include them in mortality figures.
In our opinion the number of persons to which ration books, still active, have been issued to, is probably the nearest to the actual figure that is obtainable. 76,834 such books were active on October 1st, and we are using this figure as a population count to base our rates for 1943. It should be borne in mind, however, that with nearly 6,000 in the services, we have actually a population of well over 82,000 people.
Deaths
Crude and Residential Death Rates. There were 805 deaths that occurred in Quincy in 1943, indicating a crude death rate of 11.6 per 1,000 population. Subtracting the 107 non-resident deaths, and adding 159 resident deaths that occurred outside of Quincy, we arrive at a figure of 857 residential deaths, or, a rate for 1943 of 11.2 per 1,000 population as compared with a death rate of 10.8 for 1942 and 9.8 in 1941. Table 4 gives the rates for the past ten years.
Sex and Nativity of Decedents. Of the above residential deaths, 471 or 55% were males, and 386 or 45% were females. 505, or 59% were native born, and 352, or 41% were foreign born. For age groups see Table 3.
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Ten Principal Causes of Death 1943
Rate per
Pctg. of
Diseases
Deaths
100,000
Total
Heart Diseases
309
402.2
36.1
Cancer
116
151.
13.5
Intracranial Lesions of Vascular Origin
80
104.1
9.3
Accidents
52
67.
6.1
Pneumonia (all forms)
50
65.1
5.8
Arterial Diseases
32
41.7
3.7
Diseases Peculiar to First Year of Life
31
40.3
3.6
Nephritis
30
39.
3.5
Tuberculosis (all forms)
30
39.
3.5
Cirrhosis of the Liver
15
19.5
1.8
All other causes
112
145.8
13.1
Totals
857
1,115.4
100.
In the above table Nephritis has dropped from 6th place in 1942 to 8th place in 1943; Arterial Diseases has risen from 9th place to 6th place; and Cirrhosis of the Liver has displaced Diabetes. Of the 80 deaths listed under Intracranial Lesions, 70 resulted from Cerebral Hemorrhage. Of the above ten principal causes, Accidents, Nephritis and Diseases peculiar to the first year of life, caused less deaths than in 1942; the balance of causes showed an increase. Table 1 shows the 1943 deaths in more detail.
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