Report of the city of Somerville 1888, Part 13

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 410


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BOOTS AND SHOES, $164.65.


In most cases, where boots and shoes have been given out, they have been given so that children could attend the public schools. I have refused to give them in some cases (when perhaps the children really needed them) when asked to do so by teachers or the truant officer, where the parents were not paupers and did not ask aid from the city.


DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING, $47.05.


A very small amount has been expended under this head. Orders have been given only when help of this kind seemed strictly necessary.


BURIALS, $175.15.


Orders were given for the burial of fourteen persons. It would be a great convenience to have a cemetery near by in which the city owned a lot, for the burial of paupers.


FUEL, $677.60.


Wood and coal have been given during the winter to a large extent. It seems to me that aid in this way really helps more than in any other. If a family of children can be kept warm in winter, their friends, in most cases, will supply them with food. The custom has been to give a quarter of a ton of coal and a half a foot of wood each month, from November to March inclusive. We have given a little in the summer, in cases of sickness.


221


REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


I would suggest the expediency of purchasing a few cords of hard wood in the autumn, and having it housed in some con- venient place. Where a family in which there is a man calls for aid, as is frequently the case, let him work for what aid they re- ceive. This plan has been successful in other cities, and will in most cases prevent coming for help except when it is really needed. Arrangements could be made to dispose of the pre- pared wood, so that the city would be financially the gainer in the end.


SALERIES, $1,450.


The amount paid for salaries is only $50.00 more than it was prior to 1885, when the law governing the Overseers of the Poor was changed. The General Agent receives $1,200, and the Secretary, $250.


SUNDRIES, $289.46.


This item includes the travelling expenses of the General Agent, cash paid to paupers, stationery, &c:


GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD, -It affords me great pleasure to thank you for your uniform courtesy, and for the readiness on your part to give me your support and advice in all matters brought before you for consideration. I will refer you to the statistical tables, prepared by the Secretary, for further infor- mation.


Respectfully submitted,


C. C. FOLSOM, General Agent.


222


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE NO. 1.


PARTIAL SUPPORT (OUT-DOOR RELIEF).


Families aided during the year . 191


Persons “ 66


. 761


Persons having a settlement in Somerville


. 387


" other cities and towns


201


no settlement, chargeable in part to the State . ·


173


Persons aided in other cities and towns chargeable to Somerville


· 40


TABLE NO. 2.


FULL SUPPORT.


No. of Persons.


During the whole year


39


part of the year


29


Sane


38


Insane


30


In almshouses .


12


In private families


17


In Boston hospitals .


10


TABLE NO. 3.


PAY ROLLS FOR


1884.


1885.


1886.


1887.


1888.


January


$2,913 20


$2,578 43


$3,296 01


$2,769 44


$3,139 51


February .


980 45


1,198 38


965 30


834 62


852 68


March .


1,487 43


2,293 47


908 12


1,296 90


1,245 99


April


1,716 54


1,400 97


1,805 75


1,073 43


1,035 71


May


718 23


639 81


662 41


691 49


523 61


June


1,750 43


1,211 58


972 22


927 13


1,480 64


July


1,415 09


2,373 39


1,663 89


1,500 01


883 96


August


1,231 11


710 83


590 00


510 11


755 07


September


2,072.35


898 50


774 84


1,431 86


1,571 43


October


1,023 72


1,773 42


1,395 11


725 01


678 14


November


928 79


434 94


669 28


696 69


727 12


December


1,135 18


916 60


638 90


974 20


478 12


Total,


$17,272 52


$16,430 32


$14,341 83


$13,430 89


$13,375 98


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TABLE No. 4. EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR 1888.


Rent.


Board.


Groceries.


Towns and Cities.


Public Institutions.


Boots and Shoes.


Dry Goods.


Burials.


Salaries.


. Fuel.


Sundries.


Totals.


January


$121 50


$126 05


$222 55


$949 41


$1,374 15


$7 75


$7 00


$5 00


$120 83


$152 20


$53 07


$3,139 51


February .


116 50


120 69


160 17


66 00


45 80


7 00


35 00


120 83


146 25


34 44


852 68


March .


112 50


126 05


169 88


553 82


1 50


15 00


120 84


115 00


31 40


1,245 99


April


136 50


143 42


153 00


75 36


354 71


21 85


5 15


120 83


3 50


21 39


1,035 71


May .


109 00


122 19


69 75


18 86


4 50


8 00


50 00


120 83


2 00


18 48


523 61


June


99 00


137 63


212 12


13 75


802 75


18 60


25 00


120 84


21 00


29 95


1,480 64


July . ..


104 00


94 18


129 77


97 05


309 66


3 75


4 50


5 00


120 83


15 22


883 96


August . .


99 00


95 01


122 12


299 78


1 50


8 55


120 83


8 25


755 07


September


99 00


90 78


141 00


53 43


1,029 63


16 10


10 00


120 84


10 65


1,571 43


October


103 00


114 48


111 00


76 58


101 80


5 25


-


-


-


45 20


678 14


November


99 00


86 78


220 20


-


1


33 05


2 00


15 00


120 83


141 15


9 11


727 12


December


95 00


114 48


14 00


-


1


5 00


10 00


10 00


120 84


96 50


12 30


478 12


Total . .


$1,294 00


$1,371 77


$1,725 56


$1,631 36


$4,545 38


$164 65


$47 05


$175 15


$1,450 00


$677 60


$289 46


$13,375 98


223


REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


-


-


-


-


.


·


.


.


-


-


-


120 83


-


-


.


.


224


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE NO. 5.


RECEIPTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES FOR THE SUPPORT OF PAUPERS.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


$609 24


City of Boston .


397 60


" Cambridge


" Fall River


3 25


.. Lowell .


33 90


" Lawrence


9 35


66 Salem


43 10


66 66 Taunton


8 00


Town of Arlington


35 60


" Groton


11 90


" Leominster


20 15


4. Manchester


49 50


" Stoneham


26 15


" Sandwich


12 40


" Woburn


60 30


Guardians and relatives of paupers and insane persons, 842 12


Total .


· $2,293 07


TABLE NO. 6.


RECAPITULATION.


Received from the Commonwealth, cities, towns,


and individuals


$2,293 07


Appropriation


14,000 00


Total receipts


16,293 07


Total expenditures


13,375 98


Balance ·


2,917 09


Net expenditures


11,082 91


.


" Brookline


29 50


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FRANK W. KAAN, Secretary.


101 01


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


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CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Feb. 13, 1889.


Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual re- ports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 13, 1889.


Concurred in.


CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, MASS., Jan. 30, 1889.


To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council.


GENTLEMEN, - Agreeably with law and usage the Board of Health presents herewith its eleventh annual report, consisting of a condensed statement of the sanitary conditions of Somer- ville, and the doings of the Board during the year ending Dec. 31, 1888.


MEMBERSHIP.


Mr. George C. Skilton, after seven years of honorable service, retired from the Board Feb. 6, he having changed his residence to Bedford, Mass. April 11, Albion A. Perry was appointed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen a member of the Board, but declined to serve. April 25, Charles H. Crane was appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen a member of the Board for the remainder of the current year, and for the year commencing the first Monday in February, 1889, and at once entered upon the duties of the office.


ORGANIZATION.


The Board organized May 2, by electing officers as follows : - Chairman, THOMAS M. DURELL, M.D. Clerk, GEORGE I. VINCENT.


Mr. William H. Brine, (40 Houghton Street), continued to serve as Inspector until May 14.


May 29, the name of Caleb A. Page, a war veteran, having, at the request of the Board, been certified by the civil service examiners for the office of Inspector, the Board proceeded to the election of an Inspector, which resulted in the choice of Caleb A. Page.


228


ANNUAL REPORTS.


NUISANCES.


The tabulated method of reporting nuisances abated is con- tinued in this report; the arrangement being by the months when the complaints were received.


NUISANCES ABATED IN THE YEAR 1888.


January. *


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


'Total.


Bedding used in Typhoid Fever on premises


Cellar damp


4


1 + 1


1


-1 |


2


1


1


-


-


-


16


Cows kept in basement of house


1


1


2


Drainage defective


3


4


12


1


1


2


2


1


5


1


1


1


19


Drainage emptying on sur- face


1


1


2


1


3


2


1


3


3


2


-


19


Drainage not ventilated


5


6


3


2


1


1


1


19


Drain-pipe defective


1


2


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


I


1


5


3


2


10 01


1


1


1


21


Offal on land


Offensive odor in and about dwellings .


1


1


1


1


1


1


-


-


1


1


1


1


1


2


1


1


1


1


2


1 8


1 13


2


4


55


8


10


8


12


8


16


4


1


82


1


1


1


1


1


1


-


1


1


1


-


5


1


3


3


1


-


1


13


Stagnant water in house cellar


1


2


1


10


3


2


1


1


1


18


4


11


5


1


4


4


1


2


11


supplied with water .


4


1


1


-


-


-


1


1


1


-


12


Water-closet not supplied with water


1


1


1


5


Water-closet offensive


2


1


1


4


1


1


1


12


Wooden waste-pipes drains


and


1


1


-


1


-


-


2


Total .


38


57


45


30


82


59


39


80


24


23


15


5


497


.


19


Cesspool defective offensive overflowing


1


1


Connections of drainage pipes defective


2


wo


9 01


1


1


1


16


emptying into cel-


lar


1


Drying hair, offensive


Furnace without cold-air box


1


1


,


1


-


1


Hennery offensive


1


-


1


Hens kept in cellar " privy


1


1


1


1


I


6


Opening in drain-pipe in cellar


1


1


Premises filthy


4


4


1


2


1


12


Privy-vault defective


1


6


3


1


11 9


1


-


Slops thrown on surface .


3


Stagnant water on surface . Waste-pipe defective


not trapped .


39


Water-closet defective insufficiently


1


2


1


1


2


-


1


1


3


1


9 16116


-


1


I


6


1


1


1


-


1


1


8


Slaughtering


1


Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive .


-


* Including nuisances referred to us by the Board of 1887.


-


1


1


5


1


1


1 1


?


1


Manure exposed and offen- sive


1


5


1


13


17


untidy


full offensive


-


3


1 1


ʹ


-


-


3


1


2


1


1


229


REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.


.


Number of nuisances abated .


497


66 referred to the Board of 1889 107


66 66 66 complained of 604


66 " complaints (many covering more than one nuisance)


318


of tenements ordered vacated


25


66


" same since made habitable


23


66 66 " vacated in compliance with our orders


1


Number of notices mailed 327


66 66


served by constables 18


66


" letters written 9


Verbal notices from the Inspector have, in many cases, led to the abatement of nuisances without further action.


PRIVATE STREETS. - In our last report we called attention to the bad sanitary condition of some of the private streets. It is true the city is not responsible for their maintenance; but, as concerted action by the abutters can hardly be expected, good judgment would seem to require that they be cared for suffi- ciently, at least, to protect the public health. This can often times be done at very little outlay, by levelling the surface with surplus materials of no value.


Dane Court has been put in good order during the past year by the Highway Department, at our request. A neighboring street was being graded and the surplus filling was spread in the court and covered with ashes.


South and Willow Streets have also been improved by the same department, by placing several hundred loads of gravel thereon. A serious nuisance, to which attention was called in the last annual report of this Board, has thus been abated.


Chestnut Street, extending eastwardly from Poplar Street, still needs attention, and also Franklin Avenue, near Franklin Street, the difficulty in the avenue being due chiefly to the flow of water from Franklin Street, for which a catch basin should be provided.


PERMITS.


Deeming that the density of the population in many sections of the city required some restriction upon the keeping of cows,


230


ANNNAL REPORTS.


the following regulations were adopted May 2, and published in the three following issues of the Somerville Journal and the Somerville Sentinel :


REGULATIONS CONCERNING COWS.


IN BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE, May 2d, 1888.


Ordered: That on and after July 1st, 1888, no person shall keep, or allow to be kept, within the limits of the City in any building, or on any prem- ises, of which he may be the owner, lessee, tenant, or occupant, more than one cow, without a written permit from the Board of Health. Every person keeping a cow shall cause the place where it is kept to be well ven- tilated and drained, and kept at all times in a cleanly and wholesome con- dition. Such permit may be revoked at any time when such revocation shall appear to the Board to be necessary for the public health and safety. All such permits shall expire on the first day of May annually.


A true copy of regulations passed by the Board of Healthı of Somerville, May 2, 1888. Attest :


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


Since the adoption of these regulations several parties who kept large numbers of cows have either gone out of the business or removed elsewhere. One party has been prosecuted for keeping cows without a permit, and conviction secured.


Applications for permits to keep cows, swine, and goats, to collect grease and to remove manure, have been disposed of as follows : -


Cows. - Applications were received from 65 parties for per- mits to keep 319 cows. Permits were granted to 55 parties for 257, and were refused for the balance. No fee.


SWINE. - Applications received for 198; permits granted for 194 and refused for 4. Fee, $1.00 for each swine.


GOATS. - Applications received for 22 and they were all granted. Fee, $1.00 for each goat.


GREASE. - Number of applications received, 5; all of which were granted. Fee, $2.00. One of the applicants resided in Boston and the others were citizens of Somerville. An inspec- tion of the wagons is made monthly. We learn from the Board of Health of Boston and Cambridge that 15 Somerville parties were licensed during the year to collect grease in the former city, and 4 in the latter.


231


REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.


MANURE. - We have granted 14 permits to haul manure through the streets of the city in the day time between May 1 and Dec. 1, and 16 permits to remove manure from stables within the city, during the same period, and convey it through the streets, under the restrictions stated in our last report.


PEDLERS.


In pursuance of ordinance No. 40, entitled " Hawkers and Pedlers," 102 certificates of record have been given to pedlers of goods in our streets. This number is in addition to the 137 who received such certificates last year, but a great many of them have given up the business.


A monthly inspection is made at the Police Building, to see that the name and number are properly painted on the wagon and that the wagon is kept clean.


ASHES.


The contract with Jeremiah McCarthy for the removal of ashes expired April 29.


The collections up to that time had been once a week in each ward; but in the more densely populated wards, especially Ward Two, it had been found impracticable to collect all the ashes in one day. Accordingly new districts, to take effect with the new contract, were established as follows : -


DISTRICT 1. Beginning at the Boston line and bounded by the northerly line of Washington Street, the westerly line of Prospect Street, the northerly line of Concord Avenue extended across Beacon Street to the Cambridge line, and by the Cam- bridge and Boston lines.


DISTRICT 2. Beginning at the Boston line, and bounded by the northerly line of Washington Street, the easterly lines of Medford and Cross Streets (the latter prolonged to the Mystic River), Mystic River and the Boston line.


DISTRICT 3. Beginning at the junction of Cross and Medford Streets, and bounded by the easterly line of Medford Street, the northerly line of Highland Avenue, the easterly line of Cedar Street prolonged to the Medford line, the Medford line, Mystic River, and the easterly line of Cross Street prolonged to the river.


232


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DISTRICT 4. Beginning at the intersection of Medford and Washington Streets, and bounded by the northerly line of Washington Street, the westerly line of Prospect Street, the northerly line of Somerville Avenue, the easterly lines of Moss- land and Cedar Streets, the northerly line of Highland avenue, and the easterly line of Medford Street.


DISTRICT 5. Beginning at the intersection of Prospect Street and Somerville Avenue, and bounded by the westerly line of Prospect Street, the northerly line of Concord Avenue prolonged to the Cambridge line, the Cambridge line (extending west- wardly) and the northerly line of Somerville Avenue.


DISTRICT 6. All of that portion of the city lying west of the easterly lines of Cedar and Mossland Streets.


It will be seen by these descriptions that the side lines of streets are used as boundaries, and not the middle lines; so that ashes are removed from the sidewalks on both sides of the street on the same day.


In response to solicitations published in the Somerville Journal of April 14, and mailed to various parties, proposals to remove ashes during the year commencing April 30, were received as follows : from


Martin Gill


$2,700


T. F. Crimmings


2,575


Jeremiah McCarthy


2,575


John P. Downey


2,490


and the contract was awarded to John P. Downey, he furnishing a bond, with sureties, in the sum of three thousand dollars.


The collections are made on the following named days : -


Monday in District 1.


Tuesday in District 2.


Wednesday in District 3.


Thursday in District 4.


Friday in District 5.


Saturday in District 6.


The collector is required to remove all ashes, rubbish, and house dirt (free from filth and offal) that is placed in barrels or boxes on the outer edge of the sidewalk before 8 o'clock A.M. of the day for collection.


233


REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.


HOUSE OFFAL.


House offal has been collected by Henry Gray, under a three- years' contract dating from June 26, 1886, for the sum of nine hundred dollars per annum.


He is required to make the collections at least once every week in December, January, February and March ; twice a week in April, October, and November, and three times per week in the five remaining months.


The contractor informs us that about four hundred and fifty cords were collected during the year.


NIGHT SOIL.


Night soil has been removed during the year by Mr. R. M. Johnson of Arlington; his contract, which expired Feb. 1. 1888, having been renewed for three years. Orders are taken at the Police Station on Bow Street, and at Knowles Bros.' grocery store on the corner of Perkins and Franklin Streets. The removal is made by the " odorless " process, and the price is four dollars for every load, or part of a load, of eighty cubic feet.


We are informed by the contractor that 568 loads have been removed in the year 1888.


SEWERS.


In the last two reports of this board, the necessity for sewers in Madison, Montrose, and Woodbine Streets has been noted. We understand that petitions for sewers have been presented to the Board of Aldermen by the owners on the two streets first named, and we hope they will be favorably considered. The soil is a heavy clay, and the land sloping, so that a great part of the sewage runs on the surface. In Wood- bine Street the land is wet, and a sewer is needed both for house and surface drainage. A sewer should also be laid in Kent Court. The preliminary steps for this sewer were taken last year, but final action was postponed, because a few of the abut- ters objected on account of the expense. The neighborhood is thickly settled and the land flat, and cesspools are inadequate.


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234


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEATHS.


The number of deaths in the city in 1888 was 601, and there were 25 still-births.


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1888.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Miasmatic.


Scarlet fever


Diphtheria


1


3


1


1


Croup


1


1


9


Typhoid fever


3


Erysipelas


Diarrhœa .


4


3


-


9


Cholera infantum


10


8


13


1


35


Septicemia


1


2


1


1


1


8


Whooping cough


1


1


1


2


Dysentery


1


1


I


1


1


1


Remittant fever


1


Rheumatism


1


I


1


CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.


Diathetic.


Cancer of womb


3


Cancer .


14


Cancer of liver .


1


1


Cancer of stomach


1


1


5


Tubercular.


Tubercular meningitis


1


-


-


1


3


LOCAL DISEASES.


Nervous System.


Apoplexy .


1


1


3


-


2


4


14


Paralysis .


1


1


4


22


Insanity


2


6


12


Meningitis


4


1


3


3


1


4


3


23


Convulsions .


3


1


1


2


Locomotor ataxia


1


Spinal disease .


1


1


1


1


1


1


Organs of Circulation.


Heart disease .


4


6


6


3


3


3


3


3


3


6


5


45


Respiratory organs.


Pneumonia


10


9


14


6


5


4


3


1


4


3


2


1


62


Bronchitis


3


1


1


1


1


3


2


1


1


14


Hemorrhage


1


-11


3


4


11


5


12


7


8


9


9


81


Pleurisy


1


1


1


- 1


1


Asthma


1


1


1


1


Digestive Organs.


Gastritis .


1


6


Peritonitis


1


9


Liver disease


8


Obstruction of bowels


1


1


1


-


1


-


-


1


1 1


1


-


1


11 11


1


1


5


Brain disease


1


IHINI HITTA


1


-


15


1


21


1


2


17


1


2


Measles


1


2


1


3


Malarial fever


-


1


2


1


5


Phthisis pulmonalis


6


1 HIGI


1


1


1


Tuberculosis


7


1


-


-


1


3


235


REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1888 - Continued.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


Genito-Urinary Organs.


Bright's disease


Diabetes .


Cystitis


Nephritis .


1


1


DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.


Of Children.


Marasmus


4


2


1


2


2


4


3


6


1


27


Premature birth and infan- tile debility.


4


2


16


Of Old People.


Old age


2


6


1


2


3


25


General debility


1


1


1


9


VIOLENT DEATHS.


Strangulated hernia


Accident .


1


Accidental drowning


Railroad .


Burn


1


Hemorrhage


1


1


Suicide


1


1


-


1


-


-


1


Unknown


2


1


1


1


1


1


5


Total


66


36


61


46


43


29


56


63


63


18


46


601


Still-born


3


2


2


3


2


2


-


2


2


2


3


25


Population (estimated) .


35,969


Death rate per thousand


16


DISEASES DANGEROUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH.


Of the diseases classed by this board as dangerous to public health, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever are the only ones that have visited our city during the year.


SCARLET FEVER. - This disease, which was specially preva- lent in the last three months of 1887, subsided in the winter of 1887-8. 123 cases and 15 deaths were reported during the year 1888, of which 88 cases and 13 deaths occurred in the first four months.


In 1887 there were 202 cases and 31 deaths, of which 118 cases and 27 deaths occurred in the last three months. Warning


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cards are placed on the houses, and the premises are fumigated after the termination of the disease.


DIPHTHERIA. - This disease has increased over the year 1887, but its prevalence has not been greater than in the average of previous years. 75 cases and 21 deaths were reported, as com- pared with 44 cases and 11 deaths in 1887, and 91 cases and 20 deaths in 1886.


We use warning cards and fumigation in dealing with this disease, the same as with Scarlet Fever, and we also have the sanitary condition of the premises investigated. The Inspector's table of the sanitary condition of premises visited by this disease, which has been published in the reports of previous years, is omitted from this report.


TYPHOID FEVER. - More deaths have occurred from Typhoid Fever during the past year than in any other of the last ten years, there having been 63 cases and 17 deaths, of which 42 cases and 10 deaths occurred in September, October, and November. This result was probably due to the great rain-fall, the warmth, and the exposed condition of the ground.


We examine the sanitary condition of premises where this disease occurs, but do not use a warning card or fumigate.


SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER REPORTED IN 1888.


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


MONTHS.


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5


16


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30


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33


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17


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