Report of the city of Somerville 1893, Part 20

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 680


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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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