Report of the city of Somerville 1884, Part 11

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 364


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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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