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of the eyes, and the mental traits of the parents are reproduced in their children, it will no longer be a matter of surprise that certain diseases, or the predisposition to them, are transmitted from parents to their offspring.
The records of insane asylums prove that insanity, in fully one half of the cases, may be traced directly or indirectly to hereditary influences. It is not possible to arrive at a proper estimate of the number of insane persons at large in the State ; but the fact that there are a great many who are not inmates of insane asylums cannot be disproved. They are not considered by their friends as in need of special treatment, and possibly will consider themselves at liberty to marry. Many families carefully guard from the world the fact that there is one among them who is not of sound mind. If in such cases certain " eccentricities of character " are com- mented on, they are passed over as of no account. Such persons, marrying, beget children who will probably, after arriving at the age of manhood or womanhood, develop insanity, or some of the many varieties of nervous diseases, such as hysteria, epilepsy, paralysis, etc.
Certain forms of intemperance are now regarded by eminent medical authority as diseased states of the mind, and as such can be transmitted from parents to offspring. The continued habitual indulgence in alcoholic stimulants produces a change in the struc- ture of the cerebral substance, and as a result there is transmitted to the offspring an almost irresistible craving for such stimulants. By many physicians these cases of " dipsomania " are regarded as evidence of insanity in the individuals thus affected. From a paper on " Insane Drunkards," read by Dr. Fisher, of Boston, before the Massachusetts Medical Society, in June, 1879, I quote : " Dr. Austie states that habitual drunkenness in one generation may be- come dipsomania in the next. The belief in dipsomania as a definite form of insanity, however caused, is universal, as far as I know, among authorities in lunacy. . Dr. Ray follows Esquirol in classing dipsoniania as a partial moral mania. . . . Dr. Sankey, following the example of many writers, traces the close parallel between the gradual degeneration of brain and degradation of mind in the drunkard and the insane person. These processes exactly correspond in some cases, and the cerebral changes are al- most identical." Dr. Hitchcock, president of the Michigan Board of Health, in an address on " Heredity in its Relations to Public Health," quotes Carpenter as follows : " There is one class of cases,
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moreover, in which a particular abnormal form of nutrition that is distinctly acquired by the individual exerts a most injurious influ- ence upon the offspring ; that, namely, which is the result of such habitual alcoholic excess as modifies the nutrition of the nervous system. . · We have a far larger experience of the results of habitual alcoholic excess than we have in regard to any other ner- vine stimulant, and all such experience is decidedly in favor of the hereditary transmission of that acquired perversion of the normal nutrition, which it has engendered in the individual. That this manifests itself sometimes in congenital idiocy, sometimes in a predisposition to insanity, which requires but a very slight exciting cause to develop it, and sometimes in a strong craving for alco- bolic drinks, which the unhappy subject of it strives in vain to resist, is the concurrent testimony of all who have directed their attention to the inquiry." Ribot says, " The passion known as dipsomania or alcoholism is so frequently transmitted that all are agreed in considering its heredity as the rule." It will be seen from these quotations that the drunkard not only injures himself, but becomes the progenitor of others who enter the world with diseased organisms, and who eventually become either drunkards of the most hopeless class, or else lapse into idiocy or insanity, and are striking examples of intellectual and moral degeneration.
It is an interesting question, to what extent the State can inter- fere, if at all, in the prevention of hereditary diseases. At the present day, any attempt in this direction would meet with strong opposition from the masses of the people. But when the fact is understood that persons afflicted with these diseases may be the means of bringing into the world others who will be a cost to the State, and who will themselves beget others who will not only develop the same diseases, but may possibly become criminals, then will an enlightened public sentiment sustain such an interfer- ence. It is to be hoped that the day is not far distant when per- sons who are consumptive, or in whom there is evidence of insanity, will not be permitted to marry ; when ministers of the gospel will require of those about to enter the married state, a certificate of good health from a physician ; when habitual drunkards will be under the constant supervision of the State; when the present system of three and six months' imprisonment in some jail, of such persons, shall be a thing of the past, and in its stead a detention in some asylum until there is evidence of cure. Then, and not till then, can we hope for the " survival of the fittest " physically, - may
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we not say mentally ? As a member of the Board of Health, I am conscious of the fact that just in proportion as people understand the danger to health attending certain conditions under their own control, just in that proportion they are willing to listen to and carry out our suggestions ; but when they are ignorant of these rela- tions, we find that they do not readily adopt our suggestions. This class of people " can't see how an untrapped drain emptying into a sewer can cause disease," and we are occasionally told by them that " we are perfectly satisfied to take the risk." Having these people in mind, it was thought that such a paper as this might be the means of bringing about in their minds a desirable change, which would result in their anticipating a visit from the health authorities, by removing from their midst such preventable causes of disease as existed there. There is no claim to originality in this paper, nor was its production undertaken because of any supposed special fitness for the task. I have felt that it would be better to present the views of leading medical men than my own unsupported testimony. The good of the community was regarded in its pro- duction ; and if it result in the saving of one life from a " prevent- able disease," I shall feel repaid for my work.
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.
CITY PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE, 17 BOW STREET, Jan. 1, 1880.
To his Honor the Mayor and City Council :
GENTLEMEN, - I have the honor to present the following report of the work performed by me, during the six months ending Dec. 31,1879 : -
I was appointed city physician July 1, 1879, and entered at once upon the.duties of the office.
Most of my patients were seen at their homes. I have made 773 medical and 19 surgical visits to patients who were unable to come to see me. I have been consulted 60 times in my office. Three surgical visits were made to the police station. Eight obstetric cases were attended. I have vaccinated 28 children whose parents de- sired to send them to school. I have given 15 certificates of vac- cination to children, for their admission to school. 12 persons had teeth extracted in my office.
I have viewed the bodies of three persons who died, and given certificates of the probable causes of death. The physicians who had attended them were absent from the city. The Massachusetts Legislature of 1879 passed a law which requires two physicians to examine and give a certificate, stating their reasons for declaring that the person whom they have seen is a fit subject for an insane asylum. As the law provided, I have examined eight persons, and signed seven certificates. All sick people do not need medicine, but they do require good nourishment, and in certain seasons of the year, warm rooms. Our Board of Overseers of the Poor will not let any sick person suffer for the want of either if they can help it, but they are not always to be found readily. They meet but once a week, and they reside in different sections of the city. During the past six months I have been called professionally to several cases where the people were entirely dependent on their neighbors for food and fuel. The supply under these circumstances was inter- mittent, and the sick ones suffered in consequence. Such cases
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need immediate attention, and I think that the city physician should have the power to order for them whatever he may think necessary. In the mean time, the cases would be reported to the Overseers of the Poor as usual, for investigation.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. COUCH, M. D., City Physician.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF 1879.
CHARLES W. SAWYER, Chairman.
GEORGE A. KIMBALL. JOHN F. COUCH, M. D.
CLERK. GEORGE I. VINCENT.
INSPECTOR. WILLIAM H. BRINE, 40 Houghton Street.
INDEX.
PAGE
Alewife Brook
197
Ashes .
200
Certificates of Death
201 194
Dangerous Diseases.
201
Death Rate in 1879
212 201
Districts
214
Expenses.
221
Goats
199 199
House Drainage.
211
House Offal .
200
Licenses
199
Map.
217
Membership
193 204
Mystic Water
200
Nuisances
194
Offensive Trades
197
Organization
193
Privies
196
Rendering.
197 201
Sewers
209
Slaughtering
198
Small-pox
203
Stables
196
Stagnant Water
196
Swine
199
Typhoid Fever
202
193 Work
TABLES.
Diphtheria in 1879, Inspector's Report . 201 a and b
Mortality in Somerville in 1879 . 212
Rates of, in Districts, 1874 to 1879.
218
Nuisances Abated
195
66 in Districts. 220
219
Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Typhoid Fever in 1879. 202
66 66 66
Deaths, 1877 to 1879
203
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in Districts in 1879 219
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Paper on the " Prevention of Disease," by J. F. Couch, M. D. 222
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REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 3, 1880.
Report accepted, and referred to the next city government, to be printed in the Annual Reports for the year 1879, and sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 3, 1880.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
To his Honor the Mayor and the City Council :
GENTLEMEN, - The following report contains a statement of the operations of the Fire Department during the year 1879 ; the con- dition of the apparatus and buildings connected with the depart- ment ; the number of fires and alarms, with the cause thereof ; the loss by fire, and the insurance' thereon ; and an approximate esti- mate of the value of property on fire.
FIRES AND ALARMS.
The number of fires and alarms of fire during the year has been 28.
LOSS AND INSURANCE.
The total loss by fire during the year 1879 was -
Loss,
$3,490 00
Insurance,
25,200 00
Value of property on fire,
50,140 00
A comparison of the loss with former years is as follows :
1872,
$6,375 00
1873,
11,290 00
1874,
9,085 00
1875,
8,860 00
1876,
13,390 00
1877,
42,383 00
1878,
669,945 00
1879,
3,490 00
It will be seen by the above table that the loss was less in 1879 than in any year since Somerville became a city.
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The following are the several causes by which the fires and alarms originated : -
Incendiary,
5
Defective fireplace,
4
Accidental,
2
1
Unknown,
1
Thawing water pipe,
1
Defective stove pipe,
1
Children playing with matches,
1
Tar barrel,
1
Rags on furnace,
1
Burning of corned beef,
2
Fire-crackers,
2
Breaking of kerosene lamp,
2
Carelessness with matches,
1
False alarms,
2
Fire in Cambridge,
1
Fire in Medford,
1
28
MANUAL FORCE.
The manual force of the department consists of 71 men, as fol- lows : -
1 Chief Engineer,
1
1 Assistant Engineer,
1
1 Steamer company of 14 men,
14
4 Hose companies of ten men each,
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1 Hook and ladder company of 15 men, 15
APPARATUS. 71
The fire apparatus consists of 1 steam fire engine, 4 hose car- riages, and 1 hook and ladder carriage ; there is also 1 relief hose carriage, and 1 relief hook and ladder carriage.
HOSE.
There is now in the department 8,000 feet of hose ; 4,050 feet is good and the balance is not reliable.
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FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
The fire-alarm telegraph now consists of about 20 miles of wire, 5 bell strikers, 25 boxes, 7 gongs ; and is run by a battery of 145 cups. The work of taking care of this apparatus has been done by the men stationed at the steamer house, without any extra ex- pense to the city. How well it has been done the telegraph itself speaks, it having never in a single instance failed to designate the location of a fire. I deem it proper to suggest that 3 new boxes be placed in districts now remote from any box, that all may enjoy its benefits in time of need.
TELEPHONE.
This department has the care of the telephone line owned by the city, consisting of 7 stations and 4 miles of wire.
BUILDINGS.
Most of the buildings used by the department are in good condi- tion, and the expense in keeping them so will not be large. The stable used by Hose No. 3 and Hook and Ladder No. 1 is an exception. This stable is old and decayed, and unsafe for heavy horses. I recommend that a new stable be built of brick. As this is the principal item of expense to be called for, I hope it will receive favorable consideration.
During the past year, under the direction of the Committee on Fire Department, the house of Hose No. 1 has been rebuilt ; this work was a matter of necessity. It will, however, answer all requirements for many years.
In closing this report, I desire to express my grateful thanks to his Honor the Mayor, the Committee on Fire Department, and to the gentlemen of the City Council, for their co-operation in all matters pertaining to the efficiency of the department.
The officers and members of this department will please accept my heartfelt thanks for the zeal displayed by them in extinguisli- ing fires, and for their excellent conduct as firemen.
JAMES R. HOPKINS,
Chief of Fire Department.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON STREET WATERING.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 3, 1880.
Report accepted. Referred to the next city government, to be printed in the Annual Report of 1879. Sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 3, 1880.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
YOUR committee beg leave to make the following report of their transactions for the past year : -
Whole amount expended for labor, repairs, etc. $2,525 65
'To city of Boston for water, 1,134 00
$3,659 65
Amount received from abutters as their proportion of the expense, 2,131 40
Balance as cost to the city,
$1,528 25
J. J. UNDERHILL, Chairman.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 3, 1880.
Report accepted. Referred to the next city government, to be printed in the Annual Report for the year 1879. Sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 3, 1880.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, Jan. 3, 1880.
THE Committee on Finance herewith present the report of Robert L. Spear, Esq., on the examination of the books and accounts of the city treasurer and collector of taxes for the year 1878.
As this report is the last to be made by Mr. Spear, the work which he was employed to do having been fully completed, the committee deem it their duty to say that in their judgment he has been most thorough and minute in his examination, bringing to the investigation the skill of a most accomplished accountant ; and your committee deem it their duty further to say that the result of this examination shows that the books and accounts of the treas- urer have been kept in the most systematic and careful manner from the first entry therein until the last covered by this investi- gation ; and that, in the language of Mr. Spear's report, " everything furnishes proof of an honest administration of the duties and trusts pertaining to his office." It is a matter of congratulation that our city has so long possessed the services of a careful, painstaking, systematic, and upright public servant in the person of our city treasurer.
O. J. DAVIS, S. H. LIBBY,
E. GLINES, R. M. BALDWIN, MALCOLM B. COLE, JOHN E. HILL, JOSEPH A. CHABOT,
Committee on Finance.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS.
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 3, 1880. Report accepted Referred to the next city government, to be printed in the Annual Reports of 1879, and sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, City Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 3, 1880.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
YOUR committee beg leave to make the following report of their transactions in the past year : -
Amount of appropriation,
$7,500 00
" expenses, 6,642 80
Amount unexpended,
$857 20
There have been located during the year 23 street-lights, at an average cost of $20 each, making the whole number of lights at present 361.
There have been no accidents or serious damage to any of the posts or lanterns. The expenses above mentioned, aside from the amount paid for new work, have been for the actual running expenses.
J. J. UNDERHILL,
Chairman.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK.
ANNUAL report of the city clerk of the receipts of his office for the year ending Dec. 31, 1879, also the registration of marriages, births, and deaths for the period ending Dec. 31, 1879.
RECEIPTS ENDING DEC. 31, 1879.
For junk licenses issued in 1878, $6 00
" goat 66 66
9 00
" swine 66 .66 66
15 00
" grease license 66 66
2 00
" liquor licenses 66 66
11 00
199 marriage certificates issued in 1879,
99 50
48 junk licenses 6.
96 00
44 liquor 66
66 66
44 00
41 goat 66 66 66
41 00
8 auctioneers' licenses 66 66
16 00
15 grease
66
30 00
156 swine 66 66 66
156 00
Fees for licensing dogs 66 66
98 60
Recording mortgages and assignments in 1879,
153 25
$777 35
All of which has been paid to the City Treasurer, and his receipt taken for the same.
MARRIAGES.
Number of intentions issued in 1879, 199
More than last year, 26
Marriages registered, 203
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NATIONALITY OF THOSE REGISTERED.
Both parties American,
117
Both parties foreign, 44
American groom and foreign bride,
16
Foreign groom and American bride,
21
Unknown,
5
203 couples.
First marriage of
352 persons.
Second “
52 " 2 66
Third 66
406
= 203 couples.
Oldest person married,
69 years of age. 17 “ 66
BIRTHS.
Number of births registered in 1879,
549
More than last year,
2
Males,
281
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Females,
268
Born of American parents,
269
Born of foreign parents,
185
American male and foreign female,
22
Foreign male and American female,
50
Unknown,
3
Number cases of twins,
4
DEATHS.
Number of deaths in Somerville in 1879, More than last year,
398
14
Ages.
Males.
Females.
Totals.
Under 10 years,
85
89
174
Between 10 and 20,
8
13
21
20 “ 30,
9
22
31
€ 6 30 “ 40,
22
20
42
Youngest «
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275
Ages.
Males.
Females.
8.
Between 40 and 50,
11
22
33
66
50
60,
14
19
33
66
60 66 70,
12
13
25
70 66 80,
8
13
21
66
80 66 90.
6
10
16
66
90
66 100,
1
1
2
Oldest person deceased, male, 97 years.
NATIONALITY.
Born in Somerville,
154
Other places in United States,
168
Of foreign birth,
72
Unknown,
4
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The number of deaths returned by the undertakers was 384, and occurred as follows : -
January,
36
July, 38
February,
40
August.
46
March,
27
September,
27
April,
34
October,
35
May,
38
November,
27
June,
22
December,
28
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For classification of diseases, see report of Board of Health.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, City Clerk.
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CITY GOVERNMENT FOR 1880.
MAYOR. GEORGE A. BRUCE. Residence, Highland Avenue ; Office, City Hall.
ALDERMEN. J. J. UNDERHILL, President.
WARD ONE.
MALCOLM B. COLE
ELIJAH C. CLARK .
WARD TWO.
SEWARD DODGE
ABIJAH B. GOOKIN
WARD THREE.
SAMUEL M. PENNOCK
JESSE J. UNDERHILL
WARD FOUR.
ASA DURGIN .
MARTIN W. CARR .
Broadway. Cragie Street.
COMMON COUNCIL. JOSEPH W. BAILEY, President.
WARD ONE.
MARK F. BURNS
JAMES RAWSON
HIRAM A. PRATT . EDWARD MCHUGH .
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Perkins Street. Franklin Street. Pearl Street. Fitchburg Street.
WARD TWO.
JOHN E. HILL
CALEB A. PAGE
DENNIS F. FLYNN . ·
GEORGE B. CLARKE
Union Square. Concord Avenue. Dane Street. Berkley Street.
Pearl Street. Ellsworth Street.
Union Square. Grand View Avenue.
Sycamore Street. Gilman Street.
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WARD THREE.
THOMAS R. ROULSTONE .
J. LELAND NORCROSS
WILLIAM T. HILL
Sycamore Street.
GERSHOM P. BURNHAM .
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Bonair Street. Marshall Street.
Sycamore Street.
WARD FOUR.
JOSEPH W. BAILEY
Appleton Street.
WILLIAM E. WELD
JOSEPH A. CHABOT
WILLIAM E. SHEDD
Morrison Street.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 1880.
ACCOUNTS - Aldermen Cole, Underhill ; Councilmen Burns, Weld, and Hill (Ward 2).
BURIAL GROUNDS. - Aldermen Durgin, Gookin ; Councilmen Hill (Ward 3), Pratt, and Flynn.
CLAIMS. - His Honor, the Mayor, ex officio; President of the Common Council, ex officio; Alderman Dodge ; Councilmen Hill (Ward 3) and Rawson.
FINANCE. - ITis Honor, the Mayor, ex officio; President of the Common Council, ex officio; Aldermen Cole, Carr ; Councilmen Hill (Ward 2), Shedd, Burnham, and Burns.
FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS - Aldermen Underhill, Dodge ; Coun- cilmen Roulstone, McHugh, and Weld.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. - Aldermen Pennock, Clark ; Councilmen Page, Chabot, and Norcross.
HIGHWAYS. - Aldermen Durgin, Gookin ; Councilmen Norcross, Pratt, and Clarke!
ORDINANCES .- Aldermen Carr, Cole ; Councilmen Chabot, Flynn, and Hill (Ward 3).
PUBLIC PROPERTY. - Aldermen Dodge, Clark; Councilmen Burnham, Shedd, and Page.
PRINTING. - Alderman Cole ; Councilmen Clarke and Chabot.
SOLDIERS' RELIEF. - Aldermen Dodge, Underhill ; Councilmen Weld, Rawson, Hill (Ward 2).
WATER. - Aldermen Underhill, Gookin ; President of the Com- mon Council, ex officio; Councilmen Pratt and Roulstone.
Harvard Street. Park Street.
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STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
SEWERS. - Aldermen Carr, Underhill, and Gookin.
ELECTIONS. - Aldermen Gookin and Pennock.
ENROLLED ORDINANCES. - Aldermen Clark and Pennock.
LICENSES. - Aldermen Pennock and Durgin.
POLICE. - His Honor, the Mayor, ex officio; Aldermen Clark and Carr.
STATE AID. - Aldermen Underhill, Gookin, Carr, and Cole.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF COMMON COUNCIL.
ELECTIONS AND RETURNS. - Councilmen Burns, Flynn, and Clarke.
ENROLLED ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS. - Councilmen Roul- stone, McHugh, and Rawson.
CITY CLERK AND CLERK OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN. CHARLES E. GILMAN ; Office, City Hall.
CITY TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES. AARON SARGENT ; Office, City Hall.
CITY MESSENGER. JAIRUS MANN ; Office, City Hall.
CITY ENGINEER. GEORGE A. KIMBALL ; Office, City Hall.
CITY SOLICITOR. SAMUEL C. DARLING.
CITY PHYSICIAN. JOHN F. COUCH, Bow Street.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Summer Street.
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AUDITOR. DOUGLAS FRAZAR ; Office, City Hall.
CHIEF OF POLICE. M. C. PARKHURST ; Office, Police Station, Bow Street.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. JOHN P. PRICHARD ; House, 10 Cutter Street ; Office, City Hall.
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. JAMES R. HOPKINS, Summit Avenue.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. NATHANIEL C. BARKER, Ellsworth Street.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. JOSHUA H. DAVIS, Myrtle Street.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
GEORGE A. KIMBALL, Chairman Office, City Hall.
JOHN A. CUMMINGS
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JOHN F. COUCH ; residence, Bow Street
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GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk
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MYSTIC WATER BOARD.
EDWARD FOOTE, Chairman
. Broadway.
JOHN F. COLE
. Perkins Street.
EDWIN S. CONANT
Pearl Street.
GEORGE F. STURTEVANT
Hawkins Street.
WESLEY C. CRANE .
. Summer Street.
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS. NATHANIEL DENNETT ; Office, Prospect Street.
COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND.
NATHAN TUFTS, JOHN A. HUGHES, HENRY F. WOODS.
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TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
W. G. TOUSEY.
J. HENRY FLITNER.
HENRY H. BARBER.
EDWIN S. CONANT.
WILLIAM VEAZIE.
ALBERT M ROBINSON.
WM. H. BRINE.
THOMAS J. BUFFUM.
CHARLES S. LINCOLN.
LIBRARIAN. MISS HARRIET A. ADAMS.
ASSESSORS.
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, Chairman
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Oak Street.
FRANK G. WILLIAMS
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Albion Street.
STILLMAN H. LIBBY
. Elm Street.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk; Office, City Hall.
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS.
GEORGE SMITH, Ward One
. Myrtle Street.
B. F. THOMPSON, Ward Two
Summit Avenue.
R. A. MELVIN, Ward Three
Bonair Street.
S. H. HOLLAND, Ward Four
. Broadway.
OVERSEERS OF POOR. GEORGE A. BRUCE, Mayor, Chairman ex officio.
ANSEL LEWIS Webster Street ; Office, Police Station.
NELSON HOWE
Warren Avenue ; "
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FRANK G. WILLIAMS
Albion Street ;
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THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, Secretary,
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CONSTABLES.
JAIRUS MANN.
CHARLES C. FOLSOM.
HORACE B. RUNEY.
ANSEL LEWIS.
WM. D. HAYDEN.
SAMUEL R. DOw.
WM. H BRINE.
ROBERT R. PERRY.
C. C. CAVANAGH.
FRANK G. WILLIAMS.
NEWELL F. CASWELL.
JOSEPII J. GILES.
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FENCE VIEWERS.
JOHN C. MAGOUN, DAVID A. SANBORN, WARREN POLLARD.
POUND KEEPER. CHARLES A. SMALL.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD, BARK, AND LUMBER. ANSEL LEWIS, THOS. G. TEMPLE, S. T. LITTLEFIELD, ALEXANDER WOOD.
SURVEYOR OF STONE WORK. JAMES R. HOPKINS.
SURVEYOR OF STONE, BRICK, AND PLASTER WORK. A. M. SIBLEY.
SURVEYOR OE MECHANICS' WORK. CHARLES D. ELLIOT.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS. DANIEL W. DANFORTII, PATRICK O'BRIEN, ALEXANDER WOOD.
UNDERTAKERS.
HORACE B. RUNEY.
HORACE D. RUNEY.
A. L. SANBORN. PATRICK RAFFERTY.
PATRICK H. RAFFERTY.
WVM. A. FLAHERTY.
LOCK-UP KEEPER. MELVILLE C. PARKIIURST.
FIELD DRIVERS.
SETH H. WHITCOMB. JOHN H. MCGARR.
JUDSON W. OLIVER.
JOHN E. FULLER.
ISAAC S. CAMPBELL. JOHN HAFFORD.
ALBERT FISK.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT. M. C. PARKHURST, Chief.
R. R. Perry, Captain. S. R. Dow, Sergeant. C. C. Folsom, Sergeant.
N. F. Caswell.
George W. Bean.
C. C. Cavanagh.
S. H. Whitcomb.
S. C. Rollins. P. W. Skinner.
John E. Fuller.
S. A. Brown.
Howard Lowell. John Hafford.
J. H. McGarr.
Ivan Laighton.
F. W. Slade.
M. H. Kinsley.
A. L. Staples.
I. S. Campbell.
Albert Fisk.
Edward McGarr.
J. W. Oliver.
J. B. Young.
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