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As much as possible of the old cement-lined pipe should be removed each season, and cast-iron pipe substituted. By so doing, and by employing the stronger material for all new work, a marked diminution in the number of bursts and leaks will be observable. and greater safety secured in case of fire.
I again call your attention to certain streets wherein the pipes should be lowered to prevent the services connected with them from freezing. Alterations in grade in parts of Bond and Rush Streets, and in Washington Street near the Lowell Railroad, have left the mains so near the surface that freezing is inevitable and a source of much trouble and expense every winter. There are about five services on Washington Street, and nine on Bond Street, for thawing and repairing which a sum nearly sufficient to relay the pipes has already been expended.
MAIN GATES.
Twenty-three new gates were set, fourteen on the extensions and nine on old mains ; viz. : - On extensions, -
1 six-inch gate, corner of Vinal and Summit Avenues.
1 at Middlesex Bleachery.
1 four-inch gate in Mount Pleasant Street.
1 66 66 corner Eglantine and Gilman Streets.
1
66 . . Glen and Pearl Streets.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
1 six-inch gate, corner New Thurston and Medford Streets.
1 Jaques Street and Chauncy Avenue.
1 one and one-fourth inch gate, corner Pearl Street and Pearl- street Place.
1 six-inch gate, corner Sycamore Street and Highland Avenue.
1 four-inch gate, corner Walnut Street and Highland Avenue. 1 six-inch gate, Pearl Street, near Pearl-street Place.
1.
corner Thorndike and Holland Streets.
I 6.
" Dartmouth and Medford Streets.
1
6: 66 McLean Asylum grounds.
On old mains, -
1 six-inch gate, at Sacramento Street and Somerville Avenue. 1 four-inch gate, at Chester and Orchard Streets. 1 66 Dover, near Orchard Streets.
1
at Bonair and Dana Streets.
1 six-inch gate, Park Street, near Ivaloo Street.
1 one-inch gate, Ivaloo, corner of Park Street.
1 six-inch gate, Linwood Street, near Poplar Street. 1 Somerville Avenue, corner Linwood Street.
1
،، .. Fitchburg Street, near Lowell Railroad.
Gate-boxes were placed over twenty-three new gates and twenty old ones, and fifteen received repairs. Four gates were reset, and seven were substituted. Three were moved ; many were packed and otherwise repaired ; all had great care, and all are believed to be in good condition. The total number of gates in the city is four hundred and sixty-one.
HYDRANTS.
These form an important feature of the public economy, since upon their judicious distribution and proper setting the safety of property largely depends.
Two new hydrants were set, - one for the Middlesex Bleachery, on their extension ; and one on Hawkins Court, about three hundred feet from Hawkins Street. Six hydrants were substituted, six reset, seven repaired, five thawed, and one removed. The last named was a Lowry hydrant on Perkins Street, near the Charles- town line, in place of which a post-hydrant was set. The Lowry
REPORT OF SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD. 171
will be repaired and used when needed. The total number now in the city is three hundred and three. All are in excellent condi- tion, and no instance was reported of their failure to fully meet all the requirements of the fire-department. They are thoroughly examined every two months, and on the approach of cold weather every precaution is taken to prevent their freezing. As the result of a careful estimate by the chief of the fire-department and my- self, based upon the increase of buildings, and the inadequately protected condition of certain localities, I recommend that thirty new hydrants be set in 1886.
I renew my recommendation contained in a former report, that all hydrants set in clay soil have such soil removed from around them, and that it be replaced with soil of a gravelly nature. This is necessary to prevent " heaving " by the action of frost.
STAND-PIPES.
These are all in good order, requiring but slight expense during the year. No new ones were set, but more are much needed, and I therefore recommend the setting of four the present year.
DRINKING-FOUNTAINS.
All these received the customary care, ten having been repaired. Three of the fountains for personal use were discontinued, as it was found impossible to prevent their injury by malicious parties. These were in Davis Square, Union Square, and on the Park.
The large fountain at the easterly end of Union Square required great attention, and caused considerable expense. It was set as an experiment, and, being steadily used by horses, was often injured. It was finally knocked from its foundation by a heavy team. And I recommend that your board confer with the commit- tee on highways, on the subject of replacing it with one better adapted to the requirements of such a thoroughfare as Union Square.
SERVICES.
There were 288 services laid, an increase of 80 over the number in 1884. There were used 11,770 feet of pipe, making a total length in the city of 144,558 feet, or 27 miles 1,998 feet. The
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
total number of services is 4,334. The average cost per service was $18.22.
Twenty new services were substituted for old ones; 143 were cleared of eels, rust, sediment, etc. ; 37 iron service-boxes were set in place of old wooden ones ; 11 new gates and 22 new gate- boxes were set on old services; 3 services were lowered; 68 services and 65 boxes were repaired, and one service hydrant was set. Water was shut off, for repairs and other causes, from 131 dwellings, shops, stables, etc.
The old wooden service gate-boxes in the city, to the number of about five hundred, being all in a decayed condition, are prac- tically useless, and should have improved iron ones set in their places as soon as possible. The loss of their covers (which are. often found kicking about the streets) renders them dangerous to pedestrians ; and, as they become filled with dirt, it is frequently impossible to shut the gates in sidewalks when repairs are needed.
MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
Seventy-two trenches were repaired. and seventy-four places paved.
WORK OF DEPARTMENT SHOPS.
Ninety pieces, or six hundred and thirty feet, of cement-lined pipe were made, many hydrants and gates repaired, gate-boxes constructed, all the fittings for services prepared, and a large amount of incidental work was performed.
BUILDINGS.
The water-works building, corner of Prospect Street and Somer- ville Avenue, received some greatly needed interior alterations and repairs, making the office more commodious and convenient for the board and for citizens. New tables, chairs, etc., were fur- nished. The alterations also gave increased and more desirable shop-room, the want of which had long been felt. The building stands greatly in need of exterior repairs to make it conform to the generally excellent appearance of all other buildings owned by the city.
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STOCK ACCOUNT.
Cast-iron pipe
$5,966 10
Cement-lined pipe
421 90
Sheet iron
337 18
Sheet-iron shells
22 40
Sheet-iron sleeves
6 31
Special castings
211 82
Stand-pipes
27 00
Hydrants and fittings
193 60
Gates
171 85
Clamps .
32 25
Machinery and tools for water-works
1,303 91
Miscellaneous water-works property
228 67
Tools for water-service .
447 70
Water-service materials .
634 72
Stable department
1,234 48
Office furniture
261 65
Total .
$11,501 54
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
DISTRIBUTION-PIPES LAID, AND GATES AND HYDRANTS SET, IN 1885.
NUMBER OF FEET OF DISTRI- BUTION-PIPE LAID.
GATES SET.
LOCATION.
11-in.
2-in.
4-in.
6-in.
1-in.
I1-in ..
4-in.
6-in.
Hydrants Set.
Bonair and Dana Streets,
Bond Street .
95
Chapel Street
47
-
I
1
Chester and Orchard Sts.
Dartmouth Street
423
1
Dover, near Orchard St.
Eglantine Street
.
176-8"
Fitchburg Street .
.
-
-
1 1
1
-
330
1
I
1
Hawkins Court
1
Highland Avenue
268
1
-
1
Jaques Street
215
1
Linwood Street
-
-
McLean Asylum
438
1
-
Medford Street
358
Middlesex Bleachery
160
1
1
Morgan Street
210
-
1
-
1
Mystic Avenue
204
New Thurston Street
238
Park, near Ivaloo
Pearl Street .
528
1
Pearl Place
158-4"
-
1
Richdale Avenue .
138
1
1
Summit Avenue .
160
Som. Av. and Linwood,
-
-
253
1
Tennyson Street .
243
Thorndike Street .
Walnut Street
227
1
Washington Street
.
-
-
358
Winslow Avenue .
.
-
-
100
-
-
.
-
1
1
George Street
28
Glen Street
.
289
1
Ivaloo, corner Park
.
-
Mt. Pleasant Street
255
-
1
1
Sacramento Street
+
-
-
1
1
Sycamore Street
386
1
-
1
-
1
1
1
Granite Street
I
1
1
.
.
-
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NUMBER OF FEET OF WATER-PIPE RELAID IN 1885.
3-inch.
4-inch.
6-inch.
Avon Street
Beacon Street
Bonair Street
7
Cedar Street
5
Chestnut Street
7
-
Emerson Street
14
Everett Street
14
-
-
-
480
Florence Street
13
-
Franklin Avenue
15
132
2,070
London Street
7
Maple Street
12
Mondamin Court
14
-
-
-
7
Prospect Street
7
Vine Street .
7
Walnut Street
5
Warren Avenue
5
Washington Street
1
-
7
-
Everett Avenue
11
Fitchburg Street .
Linwood Street
McLean Asylum .
Prescott Street
6
Professors' Row .
5
Summer Street
Respectfully submitted.
NATHANIEL DENNETT.
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REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 26, 1886. Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 27, 1886.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE, 1885-86.
HON. MARK F. BURNS, MAYOR, Chairman, ex officio.
HERBERT E. HILL .
. Ward One.
CHARLES S. LINCOLN, Chairman
Ward Two.
EDWARD GLINES
. Ward Three.
CHARLES G. BRETT
Ward Four.
COMMITTEES. Finance. - Messrs. GLINES and HILL. Investigation and Relief. - Messrs. LINCOLN and BRETT.
GEORGE T. LINCOLN, Secretary. CHARLES C. FOLSOM, General Agent.
THOMAS M. DURELL, City Physician.
OFFICE: Police Building, Bow Street.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
To the Honorable City Council of the City of Somerville.
THE present Board of Overseers of the Poor was created under Chap. 61 of the Statutes of 1885. Under the provisions of that Act, the members held their first meeting on the first Monday of May last, for the purposes of organization, at which a chairman was elected to preside in the absence of the mayor, who is a mem- ber and ex-officio chairman of the board, and a temporary secre- tary was appointed. By-laws were subsequently adopted, by which the board was to be governed in its work. They provide for the appointment of a general agent and secretary, and in general terms define their duties ; it being voted to keep the two offices separate. The board having been informed that the appointment of these officers come under the provisions of Chap. 320 of the Acts of 1884, entitled " An Act to improve the civil service of the Commonwealth and the cities thereof," a competitive exami- nation of the candidates was subsequently held by the chief examiner of the civil-service commission ; and from the names reported eligible, selection was made, resulting in the appointment of Charles C. Folsom as general agent, and George T. Lincoln as secretary, at salaries fixed by the city council.
These proceedings necessarily caused considerable delay in en- tering upon the course which the board had contemplated in the prosecution of its work.
Thomas Cunningham and George W. Washburne, members of the old board, were temporarily employed to discharge the duties of general agent till July 1, when Mr. Folsom's appointment took effect. It is but just to these gentlemen to say that they mani- fested a sincere desire to carry out the wishes of the new board of overseers, and rendered valuable aid and information whenever required, both to the members and its agent.
181.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
In entering upon the trust imposed on them by the city council, the board of overseers desire to say that they deemed it of first importance, in order to make their labor serviceable, that a thorough system should be inaugurated, and an intimate knowledge obtained of the details of the office, as well as an acquaintance with the laws relating thereto, especially to settlement of paupers ; also, that care should be taken, in administering aid to the poor, to study the effect upon the character of the recipient, as well as his per- sonal needs. Grave questions arise : how much, and in what cases, aid is to be given for the relief of the unfortunate. A wise dis- crimination must be constantly exercised. There are doubtless many worthy objects of charity where immediate succor ought to be granted, yet there are many cases where giving too freely operates injuriously upon the character and condition of the persons who may receive supplies.
To guide him in his work, the duties of the general agent are thus defined : -
DUTIES OF THE GENERAL AGENT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR DEFINED.
In entering upon the duties of his office, the general agent should, as soon as may be, familiarize himself with the laws relating to the poor, especially relating to the laws of settlement.
He should also familiarize himself with the methods or rules to be used in administering the affairs of his office, and especially with the system of books adopted by the board.
The records should be made with care, in detail, and carefully preserved, with proper indexes of cases, and with references to important matters which may arise. All letters received, relating to the affairs of the board, should be filed, or put in a blank binding prepared for the purpose, in the order received, and properly indexed. Copies of all letters and notices sent by the board, either of its members or its officers, should be preserved in a letter-book or otherwise, especially if such letters or notices relate to a set- tlement. The general agent should make a minute of all important matters that occur in the discharge of his duties, call attention of such matters to the board, and make such suggestions as the case may, in his judgment, warrant.
The general agent should give immediate attention to all applications for aid, investigate their merits, and furnish aid, as the pressing nature of the case may demand. In getting the history of applicants, every important fact should be taken and preserved, especially the facts which may determine the settlement of the applicant; his willingness and capacity or ability to work, his trade or calling, the cause of his poverty, and other circumstances, should be ascertained and preserved in some form approved by the board.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Great care should be taken to avoid imposition; and the general agent should, so far as possible, obtain his information and make his investigation in per- son and from any other reliable sources. When applicants are able to work, the general agent should require them to do some work, if he has any, as compensation for aid which may be granted.
In giving orders for supplies, duplicate lists should be preserved, and the applicant's receipt therefor taken.
The general agent shall compare all bills rendered with the orders which shall be returned with the bills; and the persons filling the orders shall require the applicant, in whose favor it is given, to receipt for the supplies on such order itself, and return the same with their bills as vouchers. All money-orders shall be drawn on the city treasurer, signed by the general agent, and countersigned by one member of the board. An order-book for money shall be kept, from which such orders shall be taken for the appli- cant, a memorandum of which, showing the name of applicant, amount, and purpose, shall be preserved in counterpart.
He shall devote his whole time to the duties of his office, so far as it shall be necessary. In case of temporary absence, his place shall be filled by some person to be selected by him, satisfactory to the committee on investigation and relief, and at his own expense.
The books of the old board of overseers, containing their ac- counts, have, with some slight modifications and additions, been continued in use by this board to the present time.
The appropriation of the city council for the maintenance of this department for 1885, -
Annual appropriation
$14,000 00
Subsequent
1,000 00
Received from outside sources (as per statement
"D")
1,495 79
$16,495 79
Total expenditures
16,430 32
Balance unexpended
$65 47
The various purposes to which this amount has been applied, and the corporation expenditures for the years 1884 and 1885, will be seen in the tabular statements annexed, which were pre- pared by the secretary of this board.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
ALMSHOUSE.
The subject of an almshouse and burial lot has been called to the attention of the present Board of Overseers, and the necessity for the same discussed by them. The question is becoming one of serious importance, and should receive a careful consideration, whether viewed from motives of economy, or on the grounds of convenience or necessity.
The overseers do not wish to be regarded as indifferent on the subject ; at the same time they would hesitate to impose upon their fellow-citizens any extravagant outlay, or appear importunate in bringing the matter to public attention, or suggest an expenditure which the condition of the city finances would not justify, or the public good require, nor would they arrogate to themselves the ex- clusive recognition of the events and needs of this department, nor have they any favorite scheme to propose ; but they feel, in bringing this important subject to the attention of the city council, they perform but a plain duty from which they would not escape.
In closing, the Overseers of the Poor desire to add that their work is carried on by them in great harmony, and they are zeal- ously and faithfully supported by the general agent and secretary.
STATEMENT (A) OF NUMBER OF PERSONS SUPPORTED WHOLLY OR IN PART DURING 1885.
Number of families having settlement in Somerville, 157
66 families having settlement in other cities and towns ·
32
. : families support chargeable in part to the State . 33
222
Number of persons having settlement in Somerville,
66 persons having settlement in other cities and towns 123
488
persons support chargeable in part to State 138 persons insane during the year 28
truants during the year . 8
66 persons in almshouse, etc. 12
797
STATEMENT (B) OF THE MONTHLY EXPENDITURES ON THE SEVERAL ACCOUNTS, WITH PAY-ROLLS.
Rent.
Board.
Groceries.
Paid other Cities and Towns.
Paid Public Institutions.
Fuel.
Boots and Shoes.
Dry Goods.
Burials.
Salaries.
Miscella- neous.
Amount of Pay-rolls.
Jan. .
$130 00
$167 86
$376 19
$589 07
$1,206 63
$35 28
$18 75
$7 60
$35 00
$12 05
$2,578 43
Feb. .
129 00
139 14
256 40
134 64
347 95
28 75
22 25
54 00
$50 00
36 25
1,198 38
M'ch,
126 50
217 66
337 86
166 73
864 54
199 33
20 50
1 00
20 00
300 00
39 35
2,293 47
April,
127 50
158 99
202 67
90 13
478 64
97 82
19 50
7 50
90 00
116 67
11 55
1,400 97
May .
121 50
162 51
185 61
9 30
57 56
50 18
19 15
20 00
14 00
639 81
June .
145 50
197 76
135 01
114 75
322 25
52 46
5 75
2 50
25 00
200 00
10 60
1,211 58
July .
133 50
213 56
64 03
526 71
1,181 32
12 95
6 00
145 83
84 49
2,373 39
Aug. .
139 50
168 05
89 17
79 92
57 56
11 40
20 22
116 66
28 35
710 83
Sept. .
129 50
180 60
76 00
282 64
57 00
116 66
56 10
898 50
Oct. .
125 50
263 12
164 69
54 50
825 10
134 00
43 50
25 00
116 66
21 35
1,773 42
Nov. .
126 50
184 78
I
I
-
-
116 66
7 00
434 94
Dec. .
126 50
210 04
116 64
88 00
48 40
146 30
5 00
45 00
116 68
14 04
916 60
$1,561 00
$2,264 07
$2,004 27
$1,719 11
$5,459 28
$1,076 27
$167 30
$66 07
$377 00
$1,395 82
$340 13
$16,430 32
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT (C) OF EXPENDITURES IN THE SEVERAL ACCOUNTS FOR 1884 AND 1885.
ACCOUNTS.
1884.
1885.
Rents
$1,500 93
$1,561 00
Board
1,094 76
2,264 07
Groceries
2,402 36
2,004 27
Dry goods and boots and shoes
243 05
233 37
Salaries .
1,377 50
1,395 82
Fuel
1,193 37
1,076 27
Burials
332 53
377 00
Paid other cities and towns
2,461 16
1,719 11
Paid public institutions .
5,140 56
5,459 28
Miscellaneous
626 30
340 13
Total
$17,272 52
$16,430 32
PAY-ROLLS FOR 1884 AND 1885.
1884.
1885.
January
$2,913 20
$2,578 43
February
980 45
1,198 38
March
1,487 43
2,293 47
April
.
1,716 54
1,400 97
May
718 23
639 81
June
·
1,750 43
1,211 58
First half of year
$9,566 28
$9,322 64
July
$1,415 09
$2,373 39
August
1,231 11
710 83
September
2,072 35
898 50
October .
1,023 72
1,773 42
November
828 79
434 94
December
1,135 18
916 60
Second half year
$7,706 24
$7,107 68
Total amount of pay-rolls
$17,272 52
$16,430 32
Excess of expenditures of 1884 over those of 1885, $842.20.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
STATEMENT (D) OF SUMS RECEIVED FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aid to paupers City of Chelsea, 66
$319 90
Malden,
6666
·
63 70
Lowell,
18 35
Boston,
.. ..
394 48
Newburyport,
.. .. 6
20 35
66
Salem,
18 45
Town of Medford,
Brookline,
Sandwich,
.. ..
66
10 20
Natick,
66
4 35
Arlington,
58 75
Carlisle,
49 95
Warren,
.. 66
66
10 85
Winchester,
.. ..
34 85
66 Hingham,
4 45
Manchester,
66
. .
97 14
Thomas Garvin,
..
66
66
.
.
4 45
S. W. Dow,
66
127 06
George W. Washburne, sale of materials
7 62
George F. Richardson, aid to paupers .
13 00
Sundry persons, moneys not called for
31 80
$1,495 79
HERBERT E. HILL, CHAS. S. LINCOLN, EDWARD GLINES,
CHAS. G. BRETT,
Overseers of the Poor.
SOMERVILLE, Jan. 20, 1886.
66
66
.
66
: .
.
27 95
William Crangle,
43 64
Dorcas Eldredge,
2 45
E. D. Eldredge,
66
.
.
52 85
66
34 80
·
Henry Coffin,
22 50
66
.
.
21 90
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Jan. 26, 1886.
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. 26, 1886.
DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.
. CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY HALL, Jan. 26, 1886.
To his Honor the Mayor and the City Council.
GENTLEMEN, - In compliance with law, we present the eighth annual report of the Board of Health of Somerville, consisting of a condensed statement of our doings, and of the sanitary condition of the city, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1885.
MEMBERSHIP.
No change occurred in the membership of the board during the year. Jan. 28 George A. Kimball was re-appointed for two years, and Thomas M. Durell, M.D., was re-appointed city physician for three years.
ORGANIZATION.
Feb. 2 the board met, and organized by choosing the following- named officers : --
GEORGE A. KIMBALL, Chairman.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk. WILLIAM H. BRINE (40 Houghton Street), Inspector.
NUISANCES.
The number and character of nuisances abated will appear by the following table, arranged according to the months when the complaints were received : -
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
NUISANCES ABATED IN THE YEAR 1885.
* January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
Cellar damp .
12
17
Cesspool defective 66
offensive
overflowing
1
1
1
4
Connections of drainage . pipes defective
6
8
3
Drainage defective
12
2
13
17
13
1
4
6
2
1
1
20
Drain-pipe clogged
5
1
1
37
Hennery offensive .
3
Hens kept in cellar
1
1
1
3
2
1
5
1
20
No house drainage facilities
Offal on land
1
1
1
10
Offensive odor in dwellings
an about
ma ser
1
1
1
1
26
Opening in drain-pipe in cellar
1
1
5
Premises filthy .
1
17
2
3
3
1
1
1
41
Privy-vault defective 66 full
5
S
1
60
offensive .
9
24
24
45
2
14
20
1
175 1
Sink leaking .
Slaughter-house filthy and offen- sive
1
Slops thrown on surfa
1
1
1
3
1
5
-
16
Stagnant water in house-cellar
1
4
2
1
3
1
10
1
1
1
1
S
66 insufficiently sup- plied with water
3
1
1 +
1
4
-
3
1
-
22
Water-closet not properly venti- lated .
2
3
4
5
5
1
1
3
1
1
4
Total
116
32 101
184
112
114
80
68
99
46
28
11
991
Number of nuisances abated
991
referred to the board of 1886
111
66
66
complained of . 1,102 ·
" complaints (many covering more than one nui- sance) .
. 489
66 " houses ordered vacated
· 29
1
46
emptying into cellar
3
66
emptying on surface not ventilated .
8
4
1
1 2
1
1
1
1
1
4
Manure exposed and offensive
1
1
11+1 1 16001111
19 19011 11111
1
1
16
66
66 ' stable-cellar " on surface .
Waste-pipe clogged .
defective
1
not trapped
28
24
26
18
10
12
166
Water-closet defective
1
1
1
-
15
2
12
Water-closet offensive Well-water polluted by drainage, Wooden waste-pipes and drains,
4
9
1
2
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
2
14
Stable and stable-premises filthy and offensive . ·
4
1
2
-
6 - 191
1
21
31
5
2
3
1
·
1
45
1
1
1
1
Į
8
-
6
69
4
25
33
1
defective
1
1 1
23
1.100
1
* Including nuisances referred to us by the board of 1884.
2
S
1
191
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Number of same since made habitable
14
·· same vacated in compliance with our orders 15
.. " notices mailed .
576
. . ": notices served by constables 54
·· letters written 96
The inspector has also, in going his rounds, given out notices to the number of 163, calling attention to minor troubles, such as untidiness of premises, garbage, ashes, and offal in yards, etc.
STAGNANT WATER IN STREETS. - We are pleased to note an improvement in the condition of many of our private streets, some of which have been repaired by the highway department, and others by this board.
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