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5
12 45
12 45
Mrs. Ellen Buckley
1
Widow.
S
17 80
*4 00
21 80
Lucy Ambrosia .
2
W. & C.
13
55 75
10 00
35 45
Sandwich.
Charles R. Williams
1
Single.
4
9 15
3 00
12 15
Woburn.
J. E. Grush
6
H. W. & Ch.
20
41 30
15 00
56 30 Brookline.
Mrs. H. A. Crosby
3
W. & Ch.
35
62 32
25 00
S7 32
Boston.
Mrs. Michael Holland,
H. W. & Ch.
S
IS 05
16 00
34 05
Milford.
Mrs. Dora Campbell
WV. & C.
15 85
6 00
21 85
Chelsea.
Thomas Devine .
H. & W.
5
10 40
-
10 40
Somerset.
Charles C. Smith
4
H. W. & Ch.
4
10 45
10 45
Waltham.
George E. Jackson .
6
H. W. & Ch.
1
4 00
4 00
Canton.
Fred E. Wilbur .
5
H. W. & Ch.
7 25
-1
15 05
Lawrence.
Dewey Harwood
2
H. & W.
1-
41 55
10 00
51 55
Worcester.
Mrs. Lydia Vinal .
3
W. & Cn.
1
1 55
50 00
51 55
Boston.
Mrs. Dora Cutting
4
W. & Ch.
4
8 45
6 00
14 45 Concord.
Mrs. Ellen Connors
6
H. W. & Ch.
9 45
-
9 45 Boston.
Mrs. D. Eldridge
3
W. & Ch.
3
7 00
7 00 East Boston.
Mrs. Mary O'Reilley .
5
W. M. & Ch.
1
5 45
-
5 45, Boston.
Mrs. Margaret Beggs .
4
W. & Ch.
1
4 45
4 45
Mrs. Nath. Holland
1
Widow.
10
14 80
25 45
40 25 Worcester.
Mrs. E. L. Davenport,
6
W. & Ch.
3
8 00
8 00 Newburyport.
108
33
293 $657 92
$S3 50|
$168 25 $909 67
-
14 00
14 00
Marblehead.
Mrs. Mary Bryant.
6 H. W. & Ch.
13 75
$13 50
5 00
32 25
Medford.
Mrs. Marg. Murphy
6
W. & Ch.
43 00;
20 00
1
63 00
55 75 Manchester.
William Crangle
H. W. & Ch.
13
25 45
-
9 00
$6
Mrs. James McCarty
3
9 00
James Howet
H. & W.
4
9 45
60 55 Arlington.
Michael Cross
Persons.
Total.
-
* Dead.
t Soldier, burial.
197
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
TABLE No. 3.
LIST OF PERSONS AIDED BY OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, LIVING IN SOMER- VILLE, WHO HAVE NO LEGAL SETTLEMENT, CHARGEABLE IN PART TO THE STATE.
NAMES.
No. of
Persons.
Families.
No. ot
Orders.
Amount of Orders.
Charges. Sundry
Amount charged to State.
Remarks.
Mrs. Cornel. Moriarty,
4
W. & Ch.
$7 00
$7 00 State sick.
Mrs. M. Dempsey
3
H. W. & Ch.
6 45
6 45
66
Charles Colson
2
H. & W.
10
15 33
8 00 Law of 1877.
Mrs. E. Furnace
2
W. & Ch.
3
7 35
David H. Griffin
5
H. W. & Ch.
2
4 00
4 00 Law of 1877.
Mrs. Charles Stagg
6
W. & Ch.
6
11 20
11 20
Mrs. John Doherty
6
W. & Ch.
15
39 50
$5 00
39 90
State sick.
Mrs. Julia Murphy
1
Widow.
2
4 00
4 00
Mrs. Amelia Gireaux
4
W. & Ch.
8
14 30
3 50
17 SO
Mrs. Thomas Porter
5
W. & Ch.
9
21 35
36 00
15 90
Nathaniel Flemming
1
Single man.
2
3 00
-
3 00
66
Michael Wallace
1
Single man.
1
1 00
1
Martin Fitzpatrick .
4
H. W. & Ch.
3
7 25
6
W. & Ch.
13
32 33
*12 00
36 33 Law of 1877, State sick.
5
H. W. & Ch.
5
S 45
8 45
Annie Griffith
1
Single.
4
8 00
8 00 Law of 1877.
Mrs. Ann Burke
W. & Ch.
5
11 45
11 45
66
2
H. & W.
5
10 90
10 90
66
1
H. W. & Ch.
2
5 50
5 50
Mrs. Laura Touson
10
W. & Ch.
10
25 S5
25 85
Mrs. Ann Chambers Daniel Curran
4
H. W. & Ch.
4
8 40
5 95
66
Mrs. Thomas Kelley
3
W. & Ch.
5
10 45
10 45
Mrs. Ann Fitzpatrick
7
W. & Ch.
3
10 00
S 00
Mrs. Michael Smith
3
W. & Ch.
10 40
10 40
Mrs. Louisa Hill
2
W. & C.
2
5 00
5 00
Mrs. Isaac Morrin .
4
W. & Ch.
7
21 30
19 ST
Mrs. Honora Dunn
3
W. & Ch.
2
4 95
4 95
John Clark
6
H. W. & Ch.
5
13 S+
13 84
Mrs. Marg. Manning
8
H. W. & Ch.
5
11 40
11 40
Mrs. Mary Shean
9
H. W. & Ch.
1
12 00
12 00
Mrs. Mary Malley
4
H. W. & Ch.
21
30 06
16 00
Gustave Fundklodh
2
H. & W.
1
2 00
1
Mrs. Mary E. Smith
3
W. & Ch.
4
12 00
12 00 Law of 1877.
Dennis Kegnan .
4
H. W. & Ch.
2
4 45
Mrs. Susan Casey
5
W. & Ch.
9
14 65
*13 50
18 94 Law of 1877.
William Morris .
6
H. W. & Ch.
5
10 00
10 00
Edward Nolen
1
Child.
-
5 00
5 00
159
41
203
$445 86
$87 00
$395 53
-
+12 00
Charlotte Gray
1
Single.
W. & Ch.
5
10 45
8 00
~
Everard Evans
1
Single.
1
2 00
1
* Burial.
+ Board.
4
H. W. & Ch.
Willis Canfield
Mrs. Charles Roberts . Desiré Babin .
Francis Gilliland
E. O. Paine
198
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE No. 4.
PERSONS AIDED BY OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES, HAVING A LEGAL
SETTLEMENT IN THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE, AND CHARGEABLE TO SOMERVILLE.
Where.
Names.
F. P.
Amount.
Family.
Remarks.
Boston
Mrs. Eliza Blisch .
126
$32 15
Widow.
66
·
Mrs. James Fenton
126
1 60
H. W. & Ch.
"
.
Mrs. R. C. Havey
126
85 64
WV. & Ch.
David Keefe
126
34 38
Orphan.
Mrs. A. M. Littlefield
126
48 00
Widow.
Mrs. Almina King
126
126
54 92
Single.
Mrs. Susan Prior .
126
8 00
Widow.
Mrs. Catharine Strong
126
30 84
Widow.
Mrs. Mary Tuck
126
5 19
Widow.
Invalid.
Mrs. Catharine Fitz Morris .
127
56 52
Widow.
Mrs. Margaret McNamara,
127
10 80
W. & Ch.
66
William Shea
127
3 35
Single.
&
Mrs. Winnifred Gallagher
127
18 00
WV. & Ch.
Mrs. Mary Burke .
127
16 89
Widow.
Mrs. Ellen Connors
127
14 52
Widow.
William J. Powers
127
3 63
Single.
Mrs. William J. Powers
127
44 00
Single.
66
Mrs. P. O. Sullivan
127
25 95
Widow.
William O. Donovan
127
14 55
64 00
Single.
Valentine Stanley .
127
134 00
Single.
Barnstable
Mrs. Esther Grierson
129
24 00
W. & Ch.
Melrose 66
Mrs. Ann Garvin .
129
9 50
Widow.
Braintree .
James Lynch
129
53 40
Single.
Peabody
Timothy Lyons
130
189 00
H. W. & Ch.
66
Mrs. M. Brennen
130
1 50
Widow.
Lawrence
S. S. Morey .
130
96 00
H. W. & Ch.
Mrs. R. L. Center
131
15 56
W. & Ch.
66
·
Mrs. G. B. Eldridge .
131
1 50
H. & W.
.
Fanny Barker
131
154 57
Single.
.
William Cahill .
131
25 03
H. & Ch.
·
Michael Carlin .
131
3 25
H. & Ch.
66
.
Mrs. Bridget Neville
132
14 53
W. & Ch.
Medford
Mary A. Taylor
133
48 00
Single.
Lexington
.
S. A. Fairweather .
133
220 00
Single.
Chelsea
Charles H. Tyler .
133
60 70
H. W. & Ch.
Andover .
Mrs. J. Mellen
133
72 00
W. & Ch.
Lowell
Thomas Lyons.
134
49 00
H. & Ch.
Holliston .
.
Mrs. Daniel Coffee
135
96 00
W. & Ch.
Newburyport
Mrs. Elizabeth Coffin
317
135 00
Widow.
Total .
$2,461 16
49
¢
.
MIs. D. O. Shea
131
30 21
H. W. & C.
.
Fred Salsbury
131
3 50
Child.
·
.
John Barrett
132
108 00
Single.
John Scanlan
132
105 11
Single.
In Almshouse. In Almshouse.
Mrs. J. Leonard
134
3 00
W. & Ch.
In Hospital.
Mary and Martha Paine
129
71 50
Single.
Two Old Ladies.
·
Mrs. Timothy Connors
126
49 63
W. & Ch.
30 52
Widow.
Clarissa C. Moore .
Mrs. Ellen F. Woodward
126
84 22
Widow.
In Hospital.
H. & Ch.
Daniel McDermott
127
Cambridge
199
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
TABLE No. 5.
LIST OF PERSONS HAVING A LEGAL SETTLEMENT IN SOMERVILLE, WHO ARE SUPPORTED IN DIFFERENT STATE AND CITY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FOR INSANE, ETC.
NAMES.
Board.
Clothing.
Total.
Place and Remarks.
Mary Lahey (dead)
$67 33
$3 75
$71 08
Northampton Lunatic Asylum.
Artenatus D. Moore
169 92
3 80
173 72
Harriet A. Locke .
169 92
1 42
171 34
Simon Hallet .
169 92
4 50
174 42
66
Bridget Bradburn
169 92
7 39
177 31
Ella Garvin
169 92
4 50
174 42
Susan Mclaughlin .
169 92
12 78
182 70
Ellen Cronin .
120 72
11 40
179 77
Robert C. Havey
169 93
21 23
131 16
Mary McGillicuddy
169 93
9 65
179 58
Ellen Crimmins .
169 93
1 22
171 15
66
Bridget Lyons
169 92
7 67
177 59
66
Lydia C. Webster
161 10
2 98
164 08
147 33
66
66
66
Jacob M. Bolby .
18 57
18 57
Taunton
Mary A. Foster .
169 92
11 94
181 86
Elizabeth Dempsey
171 22
171 22
Hannah B. Mayo .
178 75
178 75
William Degnan
221 00
9 95
230 95
Danvers Lunatic Hospital.
Charles C. Hill
119 75
4 25
124 00
Catherine Kelly .
91 92
3 90
95 82
66
66
Donald M. Lewis
54 79
54 79
School for Feeble-Minded.
Annie E. Brown
84 79
84 79
Michael Doyle
28 75
28 75
State Workhouse.
Charles F. Martin
17 15
17 15
Taunton Almshouse.
Margaret Blute .
19 71
19 71
Nellie Blute
19 71
19 71
Nellie Mumford .
39 00
38 00
Massachusetts General Hospital. 66 . .
William H. Quimbey
44 00
44 00
Mrs. Elizabeth Coffin .
137 14
137 14
Newburyport Almshouse.
Fanny D. Barker
154 57
154 57
John Barrett .
105 00
3 00
108 00
John Scanlan .
105 11
105 11
Valentine Stanley
134 00
134 00
Boston Hospital.
Daniel McDermott.
64 00
64 00
Patrick Durant
42 14
42 14
Andrew Collins
115 41
115 41
Roger Williams .
127 20
127 20
John H. Sias .
119 43
119 43
George McIntyre
96 14
96 14
Frank McIntyre
96 14
96 14
William Kelly
95 91
95 91
George H. Moore
43 64
43 64
Patrick Dugan
9 94
9 94
Middlesex House of Correction.
Thomas Garvin
9 94
9 94
Mary Collins .
22 53
22 53
66
Total .
$5,723 30
$146 66
$5,870 96
66
66
Worcester Chronic Lunatic Asylum. Danvers Lunatic Hospital.
66
Edw. R. Prescott
169 92
8 35
178 27
Lucinda Dacy
169 92
52
170 44
Annie Conlan
59 42
1 87
61 29
66
Fanny Frost .
146 79
54
Tewksbury “
Castine, Me.
Catherine Krengle
43 64
43 64
Tewksbury Almshouse. 66
66
66
Cambridge 66
Westborough Reform School. Lowell Truant School.
66
Worcester
66
66
John H. Knowles
169 72
10 05
132 12
66
159 24
159 24
Mary Murphy
16
200
ANNUAL REPORTS.
RECAPITULATION OF TABLE No. 5.
Insane in various Asylums
$4,082 82
School for Feeble-Minded
South Boston
159 58
State Workhouse
Bridgewater
28 75
Almshouse
Taunton
17 15
Almshouse .
Tewksbury
39 42
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston .
82 00
Almshouse
Newburyport
137 14
Almshouse .
Cambridge
367 68
City Hospital .
Boston .
198 00
Reform School
Westborough
42 14
Truant School
Lowell .
693 87.
House of Correction
Middlesex
42 41
$5,870 96
Amount received on account of .
Fanny Frost .
$146 69
Amount received on account of .
Elizabeth Coffin
86 42
233 11
Total
$5,637 85
TABLE No. 6.
BOARD PAID FOR PAUPERS IN PRIVATE FAMILIES.
Names.
No.
Amount.
Names.
No.
Amount.
James Murphy
1
$156 88
Miss A. Wilson
1
$144 00
William McLaughlin
1
60 00
Philip Hughes
1
109 73
Silvester Sullivan
1
130 68
Patrick Conniff
1
73 36
G. W. Littlefield
1
137 00
John Barrett .
1
20 14
Child of Margaret Murphy
1
104 56
Mrs. Margaret Mooney
1
49 72
Children of Thomas Kelly
2
156 88
Mrs. Charles Beers
1
16 00
Edward Dempsey
1
183 00
Charles T. Diebner .
1
21 79
Child of - Garvin
1
130 68
Mrs. J. Abbott and daughter
2
204 00
Child of E. McGrath
1
87 24
Thomas Garvin .
1
209 10
Total
20
$1,994 76
201
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
TABLE No. 7. RENT PAID FOR CITY POOR DURING YEAR 1SS4.
Names.
No.
Family.
Amount.
Mrs. Ann Lyman
1
Widow.
$104 00
Mrs. Nora Boyle
3
W. & Ch.
10 00
Mrs. E. Hayes .
4
W. & Ch.
8 00
Mrs. Rose Connors
2
W. & C.
39 00
Mrs. E. H. Elliot .
1
Widow.
36 00
Mrs. J. Fenton
3
W. & Ch.
37 50
Mrs. Mary E. Nowlin
3
W. & Ch.
60 00
Mrs. Susan Donnelly
5
W. & Ch.
48 00
Thomas Mahoney .
4
H. W. & Ch.
48 00
Mrs. Mary Quinn .
5
W. & Ch.
48 00
Mrs. Ellen Grady
?
W. & C.
48 00
Mrs. J. Purcell .
4
W. & Ch.
60 00
Mrs. P. Gallagher .
5
W. & Ch.
60 00
Mrs. Ann Nolan
1
Widow.
36 00
Mrs. Lydia Vinal
6
W. & Ch.
36 00
Mrs. Hannah Durgin
2
W. & Boy.
55 00
Mrs. M. Goodwin ..
2
W. & Girl.
66 00
Mrs. M. Grady
7
W. & Ch.
66 00
Thomas McDermott
1
Man.
96 00
Mrs. McNamara
3
W. & Ch.
16 50
Patrick Reynolds
H. W. & Ch.
12 00
Mrs. Kate Leonard
4
W. & Ch.
60 00
Thomas Moran .
2
H. & W.
60 00
Mrs. Ellen Sullivan
2
W. & C.
48 00
Mrs. Dennis Tinan
3
W. & Ch.
45 00
Mrs. Thomas Porter
5
W. & Ch.
36 00
John Dennehay
5
H. W. & Ch.
5 00
Mrs. Edward Rooney
9
H. W. & Ch.
45 33
John Cowhig
3
H. & Ch.
10 00
Mrs. H. Blackwell
3
W. & Ch.
28 00
Mrs. Margaret Murphy .
4
W. & Ch.
20 00
Mrs. Mary Bryant
6
H. W. & Ch.
13 60
Mrs. John Morris .
1
Widow.
8 00
Mrs. Ellen Downey
8
W. & Ch.
60 00
Bartholomew Conklin
2
H. & W.
10 00
Total .
131
37
$1,500 93
1
Widow.
50 00
Mrs. P. Flaherty
Mrs. Hennan Yeager .
3
W. & Ch.
12 00
6
202
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE No. 8.
LIST OF BURIALS BY OVERSEERS, FOR SOMERVILLE, OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES, AND STATE.
Names.
To whoin Chargeable.
Amount.
Mary O'Brien
Somerville.
$15 00
Timothy Logan
66
15 00
Annie Leonard .
20 00
William E. Littlefield
66
43 53
Annie Smith .
5 00
Child of J. Crimmins
8 00
Patrick Gallagher .
12 00
John Casey ·
State in Part.
12 00
Unknown found
66
66
6
20 00
Edward Nolan
66
20 00
Michael Greeley
66
66
66
13 50
Stillman Williams
, State.
5 00
William Cartier
State in Part.
12 00
Mrs. T. Horrigan
Boston. 66
10 00
Child of Jerome Rice
6 00
Mary L. Rice
18 50
Richard P.
Boston in Part.
17 00
James Howe
Marblehead in Part. Concord in Part.
30 00
Edith Cutting
10 00
Total .
$332 53
66
7 00
Joseph Kelly
66
66
6 00
Rose Roberts
12 00
Theresa Curry
66
15 00
Mary Curry .
TABLE No. 9.
SHOWING AMOUNTS OF ORDERS DELIVERED FROM OFFICE OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR TO PERSONS HAVING A SETTLEMENT IN SOMER_ VILLE, AND OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES, AND THOSE BELONGING TO THE STATE.
1884.
ORDERS FOR CITY POOR.
POOR OF OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES.
UNSETTLED AND STATE POOR.
TOTAL ORDERS AND EXPENDITURES, 1884.
.
Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes.
Orders.
Gro- ceries.
Orders.
Orders.
Dry- Goods, Clothing, Shoes.
Orders.
Gro- ceries.
Orders.
Fuel.
Orders.
Dry- Goods, Clothing, Shoes.
Orders.
Gro- ceries.
Fuel.
Dry- Goods, Clothing, Shoes.
Total.
Dates of the Meetings.
Orders.
Gro- ceries.
Orders.
71
$169 08
19
$35 25
20
$69 40 18
$39 60
1
$3 00
14
$31 50
13
$31 20
233
$277 33
$239 88
$38 25
$555 46
Feb. . 21.
61
147 25
56
12
20 85!
13
32 05
9
22 00
3
4 00
10
24 65
8
19 20
1
203 95
178 00
27 85
409 80
March . 11.
66
150 40
78
141 90
18
24 20
12
28 30.
10
24 50
5 25
16
36 55
14
33 70
1
1 10
217
215 25
200 10
30 55
445 90
April
72
164 00
54
131 90 13
25 25
17
43 30
9
21 45
2 75
11
21 65
6 75
182
228 95
160 10
28 00
417 05
May
6.
47
112 50
24
58 SO
6
7 25
13
36 001
4
9 80
4
6 75
June
3.
39
90 50|
18
4
5 00
11
30 75
1
2 45
2
3 00
75
124 25
41 75
5 00
171 00
July
. 12.
38
90 941
19 35
6
8 50
16
32 75
-
-
-
12
20 50
-
1
6 71
1
2 45
97
138 33
69 15
10 75
218 23
Oct.
. 31.
46
106 29
33
77 25
4
12 75
14
27 21
7 35
9
14 46
2
4 90
111
147 96
89 50
12 75
250 21
Nov.
28.
102 25
40
94 40
54 15
5
8 00
6
14 70
2 75
5
14 65
C.
22 05
125
124 90
131 15
56 90
312 95
Dec.
20.
71
105 91
49
122 40 6
10 25
19
40 36
12
29 10
12
21 34
14 70
175
217 61
166 20
10 25
394 06
Total,
638
$1,478 25 482
$1,042 79 113
$218 20 160
$378 72 77
$181 25
12
$20 75
103
$207 96
54
$134 95
2
$4 10
1,642
$2,064 93 $1,378 99
$243 05
$3,686 97
Sundry orders given by the overseers outside of the office
137
388 86|
-
-
388 86
Totals
1,78(
$2,453 79
-
-
$4,075 83
-
-
-
91
144 19
19 35
8 50
172 04
Aug.
26.
37
75 76
15 21
3
4 00
3
5 00
1
-
5
6 20
60
86 96
15 21
7 00
109 17
Sept.
. 23.
46
106 02
244
56 40
5
10 75
11
25 60
5
10 30
-
-
.
.
-
-
-
-
155 25
68 60
7 25
231 10
.
S.
.
71
$176 43
Fuel.
Orders.
1
Jan. . 31.
136 80
- $3 00 173
-
98
39 30
19
16
3 00
5
17
Fuel.
TABLE No. 10.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE FOR THE YEAR 1884.
RECEIPTS.
1884.
FROM WHAT SOURCE RECEIVED.
1884.
EXPENDITURES. PAY-ROLLS APPROVED.
Received from : - ,
Feb. 2
For Jan. 31
$2,913 20
City of Somerville, appropriation
$15,000 00
March
2
Feb.
29.
.
·
·
·
.
.
.
.
·
31 . .
1,415 09
'Town of Manchester
86 00
Aug.
26
Aug.
31 .
1,231 11
Town of Marblehead
14 00
Oct.
3
Sept.
30 .
2,072 35
Town of Arlington
31 45
Nov.
3
Oct.
31 .
1,023 72
Town of Woburn .
12 15
Dec.
4
Nov.
30 .
828 79
Town of Milford
34 05
Dec.
23
Dec.
31 .
1,135 18
Town of Sandwich
25 85
Town of Somerset
10 40
$17,272 52
Town of Natick
22 85
Town of Brookline
27 95
Disbursements
$17,272 52
Receipts
.
16,451 22
Town of Medford .
13 75
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Excess over receipts . . $821 30
Highway Committee of Somerville
92 25
Refunding of rent .
6 50
EXPENDITURES : -
Rents
$1,500 93
. Board .
1,994 76
Groceries
2,402 36
Dry-goods, boots, and shoes
243 05
Salaries
1,377 50
Fuel
1,193 37
821 30
-
Miscellaneous
626 30
Burials .
.
332 53
$17,272 52
Other towns and cities
2,461 16
To the city of Somerville, net cost of this department
$15,821 30
1
June
30.
1,750 43
City of Boston .
182 01
July
3
May
31 .
718 23
City of Worcester
88 50
June
5
April 30.
1,716 54
City of Lawrence
· 15 05
May
31
March 31 .
1,487 43
City of Malden
4 90
March
July
30
July
.
.
$17,272 52
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, Secretary Board of Overseers of Poor, Somerville.
204
ANNUAL REPORTS.
S. W. Dow, for Fanny Frost
146 69
Estate of Ansel Lewis
9 41
Henry Coffin
86 42
$16,451 22
Excess of expenditures
State and county institutions
5,140 56
.
Town of Concord .
14 45
501 29
Mrs. D. Eldridge, cash .
2 45
980 45
City of Chelsea
22 85
205
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
TABLE No. 11.
STORE-KEEPER'S REPORT.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE in account with GEORGE W. WASHBURNE, Store-keeper.
Stock on hand Jan. 1, 1884 $85 00
Amount of goods purchased, 1884 . 1,381 70
$1,466 70
Goods delivered on Overseers' orders, 1884 . $1,272 77
66 66 to police, for tramps, 1884 . 418 03
Stock on hand Jan. 1, 1885
105 00
Net gain of merchandise
329 10
$1,795 80
$1,795 80
Net gain of store
$329 10
Salary of store-keeper
$300 00
Insurance .
7 50
307 50
Net gain over all
$21 60
GEO. W. WASHBURNE, Store-keeper.
SOMERVILLE, Jan. 27, 1885.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 28, 1885.
Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Send down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 28, 1885.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY HALL, Jan. 28, 1885.
To his Honor the Mayor and the City Council.
GENTLEMEN, - Agreeably with law and usage, we submit the sev- enth annual report of the Board of Health, which consists of a general statement of the work of the board, and tables of mortality and other statistics, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1884, with certain suggestions to the city council.
MEMBERSHIP.
The membership of the board remained the same throughout the year ; Mr. George C. Skilton having been re-appointed Jan. 10, for a term of two years.
ORGANIZATION.
The board was organized on the 18th of February, as follows : -
GEORGE A. KIMBALL
Chairman.
GEORGE I. VINCENT
.
Clerk.
WILLIAM H. BRINE (40 Houghton Street)
. Inspector.
NUISANCES.
Nuisances have been abated as appears by the following table, which is arranged by the months when the complaints were made.
210
ANNUAL REPORTS.
NUISANCES ABATED IN THE YEAR 1884.
*January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
Cellar damp
Cesspool defective
2
1
1
1
-
-
4
Connections of drainage-pipes de- fective
10
1
6
6
7
3
1
1
3
7
7
52
Drainage defective
25
3
4
1
3
1
4
4
4
4
3
1
57
Drainage emptying into cellar
5
1
2
3
1
4
1
-
1
18
Drainage emptying on surface
5
1
-
2
2
1
3
2
4
3
2
-
-
-
3
Drain-pipe defective
22
1
4
2
2
3
2
2
1
5
1
45
Drain-pipe not trapped
-
1
1
-
3 4 $1011
1
4
1
2
51
Offensive odor in and about dwell- ings
1
5
6
4
1
4
-
3
1
3
1
38
Premises filthy
5
6
5
7
2
10
11
6
2
2
1
57
Privy-vault leaking .
-
!
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
Privy-vault not properly construct- ed .
1
2
2
3
-
-
10
Privy-vault offensive
25
4
6
18
9
9
20
10
17
1
129
School-room crowded
-
1
-
-
-
-
3
1
-
1
1
1
-
1
3
1
1
3
2
1
1
3
3
1
3
1
1
1
15
Stagnant water on surface
ʻ
1
4
2
1
2
2
3
1
-
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
8
Waste-pipe not trapped
52
8
11
17
20
11
15
5
14
9
9
14
185
Water-closet defective .
6
-
-
-
-
1
3
-
-
1
13
Water-closet insufficiently supplied with water
7
-
-
3
1
2
2
1
-
1
2
1
19
Water-closet not properly venti- lated .
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Water-closet
not supplied with
4
Water-closet offensi
12
2
1
37
Water-closet not trapped
1
1
Wooden waste-pipes and drains .
5
-
218
39
79
114
89
59
101
45
76
56
42
38
956
-
-
1
1
6
3
2
2
2
29
Privy-vault full
1
-
5
5
2
1
1
1
19
No house-drainage facilities .
2
-
1
1
3
Offal on land
3
8
11
7
6
5
-
-
-
1
1
Slops thrown on surface
4
3
101
3
6
6
1
Soil-pipe not ventilated
4
2
13
Stable and stable-premises filthy and offensive
2
17
Stagnant water in house-cellar
15
Waste-pipe clogged
1
1
2
Waste-pipe defective
-
* Including nuisances referred to us by the board of 1883.
-
9
-
1
1
5 1 HIIG
LINH
1110
I
-
1
5
Cesspool offensive
-
4
Drain-pipe clogged .
1
1
-
-
-
3
1
1
Hens kept in cellar
1
ʻ
1
Manure exposed and offensive
Opening in drain-pipe in cellar
5
3
3
3
1
1
Slops emptied in gutter on roof of house .
2
-
1
1
11N1
-
6
water .
2 1 INH
1 +1
1 LINH
-
1
8
Total
-
1
2
1
26
Cesspool overflowing
25
1
35
211
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Number of nuisances abated
956
referred to the board of 1885 74
complained of
1,030
66
complaints (many of which covered two or more nuisances) 471
Number of houses ordered vacated
19
66
said houses since made habitable
15
66
same vacated in compliance with our orders
3
66
by order of the chief of police under our direction 4
66 notices mailed .
533
66
served by constables
39
66
letters written
79
STAGNANT WATER IN STREETS. - We have in our city more than twenty miles of private streets, nearly all of which are ungraded ; and after every rain the water remains in the low places, and becomes stagnant and the receptacle for filth and garbage from the surround- ing dwellings. As the street is the common property of the persons owning the abutting estates, it is not easy to hold any one person responsible ; and in many cases, before the proper notices can be served, and the parties brought into court, the water has been ab- sorbed, and the nuisance abated for a time ; but it is sure to return with the next rain. Another source of annoyance in the private streets and alleys is the filth that collects in the gutters.
There is as much necessity for cleaning these streets as any of the public streets, and many of them should receive more attention on account of the filthy habits of the residents.
We feel that it is the duty of the city council to remedy this evil, either by instructing the committee on highways to grade these streets sufficiently to allow the water to drain off, and to clean them when necessary ; or by furnishing this board with sufficient money for the performance of the work.
What we have said in regard to stagnant water and filth in private streets is true, to some extent, of many of our public streets in the lower sections of the city. We are of the opinion that the public health requires that our streets should be so graded as to prevent water from standing in them in pools after a rain, and that some of them be more frequently cleaned.
212
ANNUAL REPORTS.
PERMITS.
Permits to keep swine and goats, and to collect grease, have been granted in the past year in the same manner as in previous years : the charge for a grease-permit being two dollars, and for a swine or goat permit one dollar for each animal ; and all permits expire annu- ally on the 1st of May. Every new applicant for a grease-permit who does not reside in Somerville is required to bring a recommenda- tion from the board of health of the city or town in which he lives.
SWINE. - We received applications for permits to keep 264 swine, and granted permits for 251, and refused them for the remaining 13.
GOATS. - Applications were made for permits to keep twenty-three goats, all of which were granted.
GREASE. - Seventeen parties applied for permits to collect grease. Permits were granted to fifteen of them, and were refused to the other two. Of the fifteen persons who were given permits, nine resided in Somerville, four in Boston, and two in Cambridge. We recommended to the Board of Health of Cambridge six of our citizens as suitable persons to be licensed to collect grease in that city.
The Boston Board of Health licensed, during the year, forty-five citizens of Somerville to collect grease in Boston ; and the Board of Health of Cambridge issued similar licenses to nine of our citizens during the same period.
ASHES.
Ashes and house-dirt have been collected weekly by the highway department, under our direction, - on Wednesdays in Ward One, Thursdays in Ward Two, Fridays in Ward Three, and Saturdays in Ward Four, - and are required to be placed in barrels on the outer edge of the sidewalk, early in the forenoon of the days when the collections are made.
HOUSE-OFFAL.
House-offal is collected by Christopher Burke under a contract for three years, commencing June 26, 1883, without any money compen- sation.
We require at least three collections per week in May, June, July, August, and September ; two in April, October, and November ; and one each week in December, January, February, and March.
We learn from the contractor, that about three hundred cords of offal were collected in 1884.
213
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
NIGHT-SOIL.
The contents of privy-vaults and cesspools have been removed by Messrs. Russell and Fitch. A new contract for one year was made with them May 1, at the following. prices : for each load (of eighty cubic feet), or part of a load, removed in the months of May, June, July, August, September, October, and November, four dollars ; and for the same in the months of December, January, February, March, and April, two dollars and fifty cents.
Order-books may be found at the police-station on Bow Street, and at the grocery-store on the corner of Franklin and Perkins Streets.
The number of loads removed, as reported by the contractors, was four hundred and eighty-seven.
SEWERS.
In the latter part of the year, the Board of Aldermen, by laying common sewers in Cedar, Murdock, and Clyde Streets, furnished the means by which the residents of that section may now abate the many nuisances caused by stagnant water and a lack of house-drainage facilities, which have been referred to in all the previous reports of this board.
Sewers are greatly needed in Wyatt, Woodbine, and Fairlee Streets, and in that part of Lowell Street lying north of the Lowell Railroad and in its immediate vicinity, as the house-sewage is now discharged upon the surface, or into open ditches or cesspools, causing very serious nuisances.
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