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Franklin St. .
Lincoln St.
1872
4
489.4
Ashland Street .
Sartwell Ave. .
Summer St.
1872
3
488.5
Auburn Avenue
Cross St.
Northwesterly
1872
4
504.6
Austin Street .
Broadway . .
Northeasterly
1872
6
376.2
Autumn Street .
Broadway .
Bonair St.
1874
Avon Street .
School St.
Northwesterly
1872
4
633
Bartlett Street .
Washington
.
Southerly
1872
3
230
Beacon Place
Beacon St.
Southwesterly
1874
4
228
Beacon Street .
Washington St.
Cambridge line
1872
6
1900
Beech Street .
Somerville Ave.
Spring St.
1872
4
805
Belmont Street .
Somerville Ave.
Summer St.
1872
4
1272.6
Benedict Street
Austin St.
Southeasterly
1872
4
380
Berkeley Street
School St.
Northwesterly
1872
6
663
Bonair Street
Cross St.
.
Walnut St. .
1872
4
1534.1
Boston Street
Prospect Hill
Ave.
Bigelow St.
1876
3
670
Bow St. Place .
Bow St.
Northerly
1876
3
300
Broadway
Central St.
Boston Line
1872
8
6600
Broadway
Cross St.
Easterly .
1876
6
230
Broadway
Willow Bridge
Cedar St.
1876
6
600
Broadway Place
Broadway
Southerly
1876
3
70
Brook Street
Glen St.
Cross St.
1872
4
547
Cambria Street
Central St.
Northwesterly .
1884
4
385
Cameron Ave. .
Holland St.
Cambridge Line
1874
6
1077.2
Central Street'
Somerville Ave.
Medford St.
1872
12
3704.6
Chauncey Ave. .
Broadway
Mystic Ave.
.
1883
6
Cherry Street
Elm St.
Northeasterly
1872
4
1379.7
Chester Ave.
Cross St.
Highland Ave.
1872
4
722.4
Church Street .
Somerville Ave.
Summer St.
1872
4
691
Claremon St. .
Holland St.
Mead St.
1872
4
588
Clarendon Ave.
Broadway
.
Southwesterly
1874
6
322
.
.
1882
4
70
1881
4
292
1883
6
310
1872
3
467
2
145
1872
1872
6
1308
361
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
WROUGHT IRON CEMENT PIPE NOW IN USE. TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, DIAMETER, ETC .- Continued.
STREET.
FROM.
To.
YEAR LAID.
DIAMETER LENGTH IN INCHES. IN FEET.
Clark St.
Newton St.
Northwesterly
1872
6
400
Clyde St.
Cedar St.
.
.
1873
4
818
Concord Ave.
Webster Ave.
Beacon St. .
1872
6
2060
Conwell Ave.
Curtis St.
Northwesterly
1873
4
527
Cooney St.
Beacon St.
Line St.
1872
4
297
Craigie St.
Somerville Ave.
Summer St.
1872
4
1333
Crescent St.
Washington St.
Pearl St.
1875
4
530
Cross St.
Broadway
Tufts St.
1872
6
787.1
Cross St.
Broadway
Tufts St.
1874
4
300
Cross St.
Broadway
Tufts St.
1881
6
484
Cross St.
Broadway
Tufts St.
1882
6
617.5
Curtis St.
Broadway
Medford Line
1872
6
2410
Cutter St.
Broadway
Webster St.
1872
4
772.6
Cutter Ave.
Summer St.
Southwesterly
1874
4
443
Dana St.
Everett Ave.
Bonair St.
1874
4
450.1
Dane Court
Dane St.
Easterly
1874
4
574
Dartmouth St. .
Broadway
Evergreen Ave.
1883
6
956
Durham St.
Beacon St. .
Hanson St.
1876
6
468
Eastman Pl.
Highland Ave.
Southwesterly
1875
4
353
Elm St.
Somerville Ave.
Willow Ave.
1872
6
2500
Elmwood St.
Holland St.
Southwesterly
1872
4
500
Evergreen Ave.
Marshall St.
Dartmouth St.
1884
6
289
Fairlee St.
Cherry St. .
Northwesterly
1872
3
139
Fairmount Ave.
Curtis St.
Northwesterly
1883
4
632.5
Flint St.
Cross St.
Franklin St.
1872
6
1092.5
Florence St.
Perkins St.
Pearl St.
1872
4
453
Florence St.
Washington St.
Northeasterly
1872
6
482.2
Fountain Ave.
Cross St.
Southeasterly
1872
4
352
Franklin St.
Pearl St.
Broadway
1872
6
1311.2
George St.
Broadway
Lincoln Ave.
1872
3
297
Gilman St.
Walnut St.
Southeasterly
1874
6
703
Gilman St.
Cross St.
Northwesterly
1874
4
768.4
Glen St.
Broadway
Webster St.
1872
6
790.4
Glen St.
Webster St.
Pearl St.
1872
4
280
Glen St.
Flint St.
Pearl St.
1872
4
405
Grove St.
Elm St. .
Highland
Ave.
1873
4
447
Hadley Court
Franklin St.
Northwesterly
1874
3
110
Hall St.
Cedar St.
Northwesterly
1873
4
348.5
Hanson St.
Washington St.
Vine St.
1872
4
545
Harvard St. .
Beech St.
Summer St.
1872
6
736.1
Harvard Pl.
Harvard St.
Dead End
1872
3
100
.
·
1874
4
35
1872
4
492
Murdock St.
1872
362
ANNUAL REPORTS.
WROUGHT IRON CEMENT PIPE NOW IN USE.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, DIAMETER, ETC .- Continued.
STREET.
FROM.
To.
YEAR LAID.
DIAMETER LENGTH IN FEET. IN INCHES.
Hathorn St.
.
Broadway
Arlington St.
1880
6
376
Heath St.
Temple St.
.
Moreland St.
1872
3
1866.5
Highland Ave.
Walnut St.
Central St.
1872
8
3305.7
Highland Ave.
Elm St.
Grove St.
1872
10
620
Hinckley St. .
Broadway
Southwesterly
1873
6
368
Holland St. .
Broadway
Davis Square .
1872
10
2850
Homer Square
Bonner Ave.
Northwesterly
1872
4
214
Houghton St.
Springfield St .
Southeasterly
1873
4
230
Howe St.
Marshall St.
School St. .
1873
4
489
Hudson St. .
Cedar St.
Southeasterly
1883
4
630
Irving St.
Holland St.
Broadway
1873
6
1251
Jenny Lind Ave
Medford St.
Vernon St.
1872
4
946.3
Kent Ct.
Kent St.
Northwesterly
1874
4
283
Kent St.
Beacon St.
Kent Ct.
1874
3
104
Leon St.
Concord Ave .
Southeasterly
1876
4
14
Lincoln Ave.
Lincoln St.
Mt. Vernon Ave
1872
4
500
Lincoln St.
Broadway .
Perkins St.
1878
8
618
Linden Ave.
Elm St.
Summer St.
1872
6
1130
Line St.
Washington St.
Cooney St.
1873
4
1116
Loring St.
Somerville Ave
Northeasterly
1881
6
105
Lowell St.
Summer St.
Brastow Ave.
1872
6
237
Lowell St.
Medford St.
Vernon St.
1883
6
1164.8
Lowell St.
Summer St.
Southerly
1885
6
250
Madison St.
School St.
·
Northwesterly
1883
6
460.5
Main St.
Broadway
Moreland St.
1876
6
640
Maple Ave.
School St. .
Southeasterly
1872
3
333
Marion St.
Concord Ave. .
Adrian St.
1874
6
265
Marshall St.
Broadway
Pearl St.
1872
6
1669
Mead St.
Claremon St.
Moore St.
1872
4
252
Medford St.
Broadway
Central St.
1872
12
2182
Medford St.
Central St.
Southeasterlv
1872
6
921.8
Medford St.
School St. . .
Northwesterly
1872
6
203
Miller St.
Sacramento St.
Northwesterly
1876
4
145
Mills St.
Walnut St. .
Sargent Ave.
1872
4
551.6
Montrose St.
School St.
Northwesterly
1875
6
885
Moore St.
Holland St.
Southwesterly
1873
4
216
Moore St.
Mead St.
Northeasterly
1876
4
65
Moreland St.
Main St.
Heath St.
.
1876
6
190
Mortimer Pl.
Marshall St.
Sargent Ave.
1872
4
180
Mossland St.
Elm St. .
Southwesterly
1872
4
457.7
Mt. Pleasant St.
Broadway.
Perkins St. . .
1879
6
630
Mt. Vernon St.
Perkins St. .
Broadway.
1881
6
588
Mt. Vernon St.
Perkins St. .
Washington St.
1872
6
1155.4
.
.
.
1877
6
312
.
.
.
.
.
6
371
.
363
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
WROUGHT IRON CEMENT PIPE NOW IN USE.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, DIAMETER, ETC .- Continued.
STREET.
FROM.
To.
YEAR LAID.
DIAMETER IN . INCHES.
LENGTII IN FEET.
Munroe St ..
Walnut St. .
Bigelow St.
1872
6
389.2
Munroe St. .
Walnut St. .
Bigelow St.
1874
6
153
Munroe St. .
Walnut St. .
Bigelow St.
1876
6
63
Murdock St ..
Cedar St.
Clyde St.
1873
6
671.5
Myrtle St.
Pearl St.
Perkins St. .
1877
8
458
Mystic Ave. .
Union St.
Southeasterly
1872
4
310.7
Mystic Ave. .
Union St.
Northwesterly .
1872
6
140
Mystic Ave. .
Temple St. .
Northwesterly
1872
6
2012.2
Mystic St.
Benedict St.
Northerly.
1883
4
175
Nevada Ave.
Village St. .
Hanson St. .
1872
3
256.5
Newbury St.
Holland St.
Southwesterly
1873
6
1283
Newton St. .
Webster Ave.
Concord Ave.
1872
4
728.5
Oakland Ave.
Marshall St.
School St. .
1879
6
433
Orchard St. .
Chester St. .
Russell St. .
1872
4
570
Oliver St.
Glen St.
Franklin St.
1872
4
540
Otis St.
Cross St.
Dana St.
1872
4
883
Otis St.
Dana St.
Wigglesworth St
1875
4
363
Oxford St.
School St
Hersey St.
1872
4
653
Packard Ave.
Reservoir
Broadway. .
1874
12
2596
Park Ave.
Elm St. .
Wallace St.
1872
4
529
Pearl St.
Florence St.
Crescent St.
1872
6
900
Pembroke St.
Central St.
Southeasterly .
1874
4
317
Perkins St.
Florence St.
Mt. Pleasant St.
1872
6
800
Park St.
Somerville Ave.
Beacon St.
1872
4
1316.9
Pinckney St.
Washington St.
Perkins St. .
1872
6
1245.2
Pitman St.
Beech St.
Spring St.
1874
4
426
Professors' Row
Packard Ave. .
Curtis St.
1874
6
944
Prospect Pl. .
E. Newton St.
Prospect St.
1888
4
141
Quincy St.
Somerville Ave
Summer St.
1875
4
832
Rush St. . .
Broadway.
Flint St.
1872
4
1150.5
Sacramento St.
Somerville Ave.
Beacon St.
1872
6
556
Sargent Ave.
Broadway.
Mills St.
1872
4
580
Sartwell Ave.
Cedar St.
Ashland St.
1872
3
190
School St.
Medford St.
Evergreen Ave.
1872
6
921.5
School St.
Montrose St.
Highland Ave.
1875
6
480
Shawmut Pl.
Shawmut St. .
Alston St ..
1873
4
214
Shawmut St.
Washington St.
Medford St.
1876
4
641
Skehan St.
Dane St.
Hanson St. .
1872
4
337
Smith Ave.
Beacon St. .
Line St. .
1874
3
266
Somerville Ave.
Elm St. .
Central St. .
1872
6
1900
Spring St.
Somerville Ave.
Summer St.
1872
4
1311.6
Summer St. .
Cherry St.
Preston St. .
1872
6
4063.3
Summer St. .
Cutter Ave.
Willow Ave.
1874
6
1017
Temple St. .
Broadway. .
.
Jaques St. .
1872
8
730
Tennyson St.
Medford St.
Pembroke St.
1883
4
277
Thurston St.
Medford St.
Broadway.
1872
6
1444
Tufts St. .
Washington St.
Cross St.
1872
6
1034.5
.
.
1
364
ANNUAL REPORTS.
WROUGHT IRON CEMENT PIPE NOW IN USE. TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, DIAMETER, ETC .- Concluded.
STREET.
FROM.
To
YEAR LAID.
IN FEET. DIAMETER LENGTH IN INCHES.
Union St.
Broadway
Mystic Ave.
1872
6
460.5
Veazie St.
Walnut Št. .
·
.
Jenny Lind Ave.
1872
4
813
Villa Ave.
Winslow Ave.
Southwesterly .
1874
3
256
Village St.
Dane St.
Vine St. .
1872
4
422
Vine St.
Beacon St. .
Village St. .
1872
6
670.5
Wallace St. .
Holland St.
Broadway.
.
1872
6
1340
Walnut St.
Broadway. .
Sunnyside Ave.
1872
6
650
Washington Ave.
Washington St.
Northerly.
1872
3
363
Washington St.
Parker St. .
Beacon St.
1872
6
1646
Waverly St. .
Washington St.
Southeasterly
1872
3
210
Webster Ave.
Newton St.
·
Southeasterly .
1872
6
684
Webster St. .
Franklin St.
Glen St.
1881
6
616
Webster St. .
Glen St.
Cross St.
1872
6
532.5
Wigglesworth St
Bonair St.
Otis St.
1872
4
207.5
Williams Ct. .
Porter St.
Northwesterly.
1875
3
157
Willow Ave.
Highland Ave.
Appleton St.
1873
6
933
Winslow Ave.
Elm St.
Villa Ave.
1872
4
318
Winter St.
Elm St.F.
Holland St.
1872
4
461.4
TOTAL OF ALL SIZES.
SIZE.
LENGTH IN FEET.
145
3"
6873.5
4"
44,226
6"
74,224.2
11,711.7
10’’
3470
12"
8482.6
Total .
149,133
.
1872
6
223.5
Vernon St.
Central St. .
Northeasterly .
·
.
365
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
Table showing the length of street and number of apartments in Somerville, supplied with water from the Cambridge Water Works.
STREET.
LENGTH IN FEET.
APARTMENTS SUPPLIED.
Bedford Street
170
14
,
Beech Avenue
260
6
Bolton Street
500
16
Columbia Street
500
46
Conlon Court
100
8
Earle Street
250
5
Harding Street .
115
3
Houghton Street
545
34
Hunting Street
130
9
Norfolk Street
320
29
Oak Street
1212
71
Prospect Street .
1000
73
South Street .
460
13
Tremont Street .
600
41
Warren Street
120
. 4
Water Street
350
4
Webster Avenue
704
44
Willow Place
130
10
Total
7466
430
Estimated cost of laying Somerville pipes in those streets, $8,000 Estimated annual water rates that would be collected , 5,000
366
ANNUAL REPORTS.
STOCK ON HAND JANUARY 1, 1894.
Cast Iron Pipe .
value $11,796.99
Special Castings
2,021.94
Gates
315.00
Hydrants .
162.00
Plugs
83.25
Jute Packing
31.86
$14,411.04
Service Material
784.15
Sundry Material
410.00
NATHANIEL DENNETT,
Superintendent of Water Works.
367
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
ENGINEER OF THE PUMPING STATION'S REPORT.
HIGH SERVICE PUMPING STATION, SOMERVILLE, Dec. 31, 1893.
To the Somerville Mystic Water Board :-
GENTLEMEN,-The fourth annual report of the work per- formed by the High Service pump is as follows :-
Number of days on which the pump was run 365
Total pumping time, in hours 1,825
Average pumping time per day, in hours .
5
Average number of revolutions per minute
2832
Number of tons of coal consumed 260
Total gallons of water pumped
150,281,040
Average steam pressure
50 lbs
Average back water pressure
36 lbs
My report of 1892 contained a schedule of all the furniture, tools, and appliances at the pumping station. There have been no additions required during the year.
The pump is in an excellent condition, and no breaks or acci- dents of any kind have occurred.
The new boiler, which has been in use since November 7, is perfectly satisfactory, and with the new ten-ton Howe scales, helps materially to make a perfect plant.
For four years now, lacking three months, the pump at the station has been in continual use without a break. It has worked all right so far, but there is a possibility, of course, that its opera- tion might be interrupted at any time. Inasmuch as the High Service system is now a necessity, and an interruption of the service would cause great inconvenience, it may not be presumptuous for me to suggest the advisability of putting in a second pump for alternate use.
In closing my report, I desire to express my appreciation of the helpful interest in the work of the pumping station shown by the members of the Water Board and of the superintendent.
Respectfully submitted,
SIDNEY E. HAYDEN, Engineer.
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 24, 1894. Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 25, 1894.
WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk pro tem. .
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY HALL, January 1, 1894.
To his honor the Mayor and the City Council :-
GENTLEMEN,-We respectfully submit the following as the sixteenth annual report of the Board of Health, in which is presented a statement, tabulated and otherwise, of the sanitary con- dition of the City and the business of the Board for the year ending December 31, 1893.
Mr. J. Frank Wellington, who served as a member of this Board for several years, being its chairman during the year 1892, and whose term expired, declined a re-appointment.
Mr. Charles H. Crane also resigned, he being unable to attend to the business of the Board, as he had been elected a member of the Legislature. January 25, Thomas M. Durell, M. D., was appointed a member of the Board for two years; and March 8, Alvano T. Nickerson was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Crane.
ORGANIZATION.
Chairman, Dr. Thomas M. Durell.
Clerk, William P. Mitchell. Agent, Cabel A. Page.
NUISANCES.
A record of nuisances abated during the year, in compliance with notices issued by the Board, or under the Board's direction, is presented in the following table, under the heads of the months when the complaints were made :-
372
ANNUAL REPORTS.
NUISANCES ABATED IN THE YEAR 1893.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
Cellar damp
1
11
1
1
1
·
. .
1
1
19
Cesspool offensive
2
.
4
1
9
Connections of drainage pipes defective .
3
5
2
.
1
1
2
14
Decomposed meat offensive
Dogs kept in kitchen
·2
. .
Dog house offensive
4
1
4
3
1
1
1
15
Drainage emptying into cellar
1
1
1
1
1
5
Drainage emptying on surface
3
3
1
1
.
2
2
Hennery offensive
1
1
1
1
. .
2 1
1
Manure exposed and offensive
1
1
13
1
1
1
Manure-pit too close to house
1
1
10
Offal on land .
1
1
. .
. .
. .
. .
Offensive odor in and about
2
1
3
1
1
1
18
Opening in drain-pipe in cellar .
1
. .
4
14
4
1
1
Premises untidy
5
. .
1
30
4
3
.
.1
47
Privy-vault full .
78
1
8
8
~1
3
7
6
2
·2
2
124 176
Privy-vault offensive
85
5
6
13
12
19
19
11
2
2
5
Sewer-gas in house
2
1
1
3
·
. .
·
1
1
3
Stable infected with glanders
1
6
2
1
3
. .
1
14
Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive
1 1
1
2
. .
3
Stable without drainage
3
1
3
6
1
. .
Ventilation under window offen- sive -
Waste-pipe defective
3
. .
3
1
1
.
. .
1
9
Water-closet defective
1
3
3
8
1
1
1
1
1
20
Water-closet insufficiently sup-
plied with water .
1
..
1
2
3
3
1
1
2
14
Water-closet offensive
3
1
3
1
1
1
13
Water in cellar
Total
250
26
65
140
52
45
48
25
16
18
15
6
706
. .
1
.
1
.
1
. .
1
7
Cesspool overflowing
1
1
.
..
. .
.
.
1
1
1
6
Hens kept in cellar
Horses kept in cellar
.
1
1
21
Manure-pit defective .
1
37
1
3
2
2
Sewage flowing under floor
1
2
1
.
. .
1
1
1
10
Slops thrown on surface
Stagnant water on suface
1
1
4
1
1
.
1
1
11
Waste-pipe not trapped
1
. .
1
. .
. .
. .
Premises filthy
27
43
Privy-vault defective .
2
. .
1
8
Drainage not ventilated
1
Drain-pipe defective
. .
. .
1
1
1
1
2
5
1
Pigs kept without license
4
Rubbish in cellar
1
1
. .
·
. .
· ·
. .
. .
5
. .
2
1
1
2
8
11
1
. .
. .
. .
4
1
1
2
1
Drainage defective
1
6
dwellings
1
1
.
11
373
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Number of nuisances abated 706
Number of nuisances referred to Board of 1894 288.
Number of nuisances complained of 994
Number of complaints (many covering more than one nuisance ) 515
Number of notices mailed .
· 502
Number of notices served by constables
.
8
In addition to the above, many nuisances have been abated on verbal notice from the Agent, without action by the Board, and of which no record has been made.
Glanders .- Fourteen cases of glanders have occurred during the year. Prompt action was taken in every case, and the horses have been killed. We renew our request of previous years, that owners of horses notify the Board or its Agent, at once, on the appearance of this disease. In March last the Board sent a com- munication to the Committee on Highways requesting that the watering troughs be cleaned out occasionally, in order to prevent the spread of this disease.
Sewer Outlet, Mystic Avenue .- In the reports of this Board for the years 1891 and 1892, the bad condition of this sewer outlet was mentioned. It is still in a very offensive state. The drainage of a portion of Winter Hill empties on the northeasterly side of Mystic avenue into an open ditch, which crosses the marshes to a culvert under Middlesex avenue, and thence to the Mystic river. The filth collects at times in this ditch, and causes a nuisance which should receive attention from the Board of Aldermen.
Sewers at Clarendon Hill, West Somerville .- We also re- new our request of last year for sewerage in Jay, Elmwood, and Gorham Streets and Cameron Avenue. The sewage of this district was formerly conveyed in an open ditch from a point about two hundred feet east of Elmwood Street to the Cambridge Line. During the past year this Board has caused to be laid a 15-inch Akron pipe drain, from the easterly line of Elmwood Street to the westerly line of Cameron Avenue. This only affords temporary relief, and we still urge the necessity of proper drainage in this district.
374
ANNUAL REPORTS.
PERMITS.
The record of permits to keep cows, swine, and goats, to collect grease, and to remove manure, is as follows :-
Cows .- Three applications were received for permits to keep eighteen cows. No fees are required for these permits.
Swine .- Thirty-five applications were received for permits to keep two hundred and six swine. Thirty-four permits were granted to keep two hundred and five swine, and one permit was refused. The fee is one dollar for each swine.
Goats .- Fifteen applications were received for permits to keep fifteen goats, all of which were granted. Fee for each goat, one dollar.
Grease .- Four applications were received for permits to collect grease, all of which were granted. The fee is two dollars. Three of the parties licensed reside in Somerville, and one in Charlestown.
Manure .- One permit was issued during the year for the carting of manure through the streets of the city, in the day time, be- tween May 1 and November 1, and eight were issued for the removal of manure from stables in the city in the day time within the same period. No fee is charged for these permits.
PEDLERS.
One hundred and fourteen certificates of registration were issued to hawkers and pedlers during the year ;- an increase of twelve over the year 1892. These certificates are issued under Ordinance number thirty of the Revised Ordinances of 1891, and are good for an indefinite period. All pedlers are required to present their vehicles for inspection by the agent of the Board at the Police Station, the first Monday of each month, so that he may see that they are kept in a clean condition and are properly marked with the owner's name and number.
375
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
ASHES.
The ashes and house-dirt were removed, during the year end- ing July 1, by Jeremiah McCarty, for the sum of forty-five hundred dollars ; and from that date to December 31 they were removed by William J. McCarty, for four hundred and seventy-five dollars per month. The collections are made weekly, as follows :
Monday,
in district one.
Tuesday,
66 two.
Wednesday,
.
three.
Thursday. ·
.
four.
Friday,
five.
Saturday,
six.
-
Materials for removal must be free from filth and offal, must be placed in barrels or boxes, and must be set on the outer edge of the sidewalk before eight o'clock in the morning of the day when the collection is to be made.
The districts were established by the Board of Health of 1890, and are bounded as follows :-
DISTRICT 1 .- Beginning at the Boston line, and bounded by the- northeasterly line of Pearl Street, the southerly line of Walnut Street, the northeasterly line of Highland Avenue, the easterly line of Medford Street, the northerly line of Washington Street, the northwesterly line of Prospect Street, the northerly line of Concord Avenue, extended across Beacon street to the Cambridge line, and by the Cambridge and Boston lines.
DISTRICT 2 .- Beginning at the Boston line, and bounded by the northeasterly line of Pearl Street, the southeasterly line of Walnut Street, the northeasterly line of Broadway, the northeasterly line of Main Street, and by the Medford and Boston lines.
DISTRICT 3 .- Beginning at the Medford line, and bounded by the southeasterly line of Cedar Street, the northeasterly line of High- land Avenue, the southeasterly line of Walnut Street, the northeast- erly line of Broadway, the northeasterly line of Main Street, and by the Medford line.
376
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DISTRICT 4 .- Beginning at the intersection of Medford and Washington Streets, and bounded by the northerly line of Washing- ton Street, the northwesterly line of Prospect Street, the northeast- erly line of Somerville Avenue, the southeasterly line of School Street, the northeasterly line of Summer Street, the southeasterly line of Cedar Street, the northeasterly line of Highland Avenue, and the easterly line of Medford Street to Washington Street.
DISTRICT 5 .- Beginning at the intersection of Prospect Street and Somerville Avenue, and bounded by the northwesterly line of Prospect street, the northerly line of Concord Avenue prolonged to the Cambridge line, the Cambridge line (extending westwardly), the southeasterly lines of Oxford, Mossland, and Cedar Streets, the northeasterly line of Summer Street, the southeasterly line of School street, and the northeasterly line of Somerville Avenue to Prospect Street.
DISTRICT 6 .- All of that portion of the city lying west of the easterly lines of Cedar, Mossland, and Oxford 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 a street on the same day.
HOUSE OFFAL.
Under a contract for two years from June 26, 1892, the offal has been collected by Martin Gill, for the sum of sixty-eight hundred and fifty dollars per year, the wagons and sleds being owned by the city. The Board purchased during the year one new wagon of A. S. Symmes, for the sum of two hundred dollars. There are now in service seven wagons and three sleds. The offal has been removed to land leased to the city in 1892, for two years, on Melrose street, on the shore of the Mystic river.
The service has been very unsatisfactory, and we are of the same opinion as expressed in our last report, that it will be for the best interest of the city to abandon the contract system as soon as possible, and to have the offal collected by its own employees and with its own teams. The amount of house offal collected during the past year was about 732 cords.
377
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
NIGHT SOIL.
The removal of night soil has been made by R. M. Johnson of Arlington, during the past year, and has been carried on by the "Oderless" process.
The contract price which the owner or occupant is charged is four dollars for every load, or part of a load, of eighty cubic feet. About 450 loads have been removed during the year. An order-box for the removal is kept at the Police Station on Bow Street.
DEATHS.
There were 802 deaths and 42 still-births in the city during the year, as specified in the following table, which shows an in- crease of deaths over the previous year, of 84 :-
378
ANNUAL REPORTS.
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1893.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
MIASMATIC.
Scarlet fever
1
Diphtheria
Typhoid fever
·
1
3
Diarrhea
1
1
1
7
4 :: 212
1
-. 1
13
Cholera infantum
1
1
1
5
Dysentery
1
1
1
.
1 3 : 100.
. 1
. : -:
. : :
.
1
1
5
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
DIATHETIC.
Cancer
3
1 1
4
2 . 19
. 2
·
1
: :
11
. 00
5
TUBERCULAR.
Tuberculosis
3
1
2
2
. .
. .
1
1
14
LOCAL DISEASES. NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Apoplexy
Paralysis
1
3
Insanity .
2
. .
.
1
1
1 H. NING. 1
1
2
1
11
Spinal disease
1
. .
.
.
1
. . .
:
·
1
3
ORGANS OF CIRCULATION.
Heart disease
4
3
6
1
4
. . . 57
: 10.01
1 . 1
2
3
11
49
Aneurism
Angina pectoris
Cyanosis
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
Pneumonia
13
12
15
21 3
1
1
Phthisis pulmonalis
3
10
=:
8
4
6
7
12
10
12
97 10
Pleurisy
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