Report of the city of Somerville 1900, Part 22

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 546


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180


per 1,000.


Number of


Rate


Rate


YEAR.


Rate


per 1,000.


22


696|


16


1893 .


22


44


25


14 17


per 1,000.


Number of


Rate


Rate


70 77


29 46


.


In 1900.


273


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Table Showing the Five Principal Causes of Death in Somerville in 1900, with the Number and Rate in Each District.


PNEUMONIA.


TUBERCULOSIS


HEART DISEASE.


CHOLERA INFANTUM.


DIPHTHERIA-


DISTRICTS.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


I.


17


2.21


17


2.21


7


0.91


16


2,09


11


1.30


II.


00


1.32


11


1.81


10


1.55


3


0.49


1


0.16


III.


11


2.12


9


1.74


9


1.74


7


1.35


7


1.35


IV.


16


2.62


14


2.29


11


1.80


4


0,66


7


1.15


V.


19


1.64


12


1.03


13


1.12


3


0.26


8


0.69


VI.


10


1.49


10


1,49


5


0.75


5


0.75


4


0.59


VII.


10


1.37


9


1.23


9


1.23


1


0.14


2


0,27


VIII.


5


1.51


3


0.91


4


1,21


2


0.60


0,60


IX.


8


1.76


00


1.76


5


1.09


3


0.66


1


0.22


X.


7


2.01


9


2.59


8


2.29


7


2 01


6


1.73


Total


111


1.79


102


1.65


81


1.31


51


0.82


49


0.79


Table of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Typhoid Fever in Each District in 1900.


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


DISTRICTS.


Reported.


Reported.


Deaths.


Cases per


Deaths per


I.


36


1


4.69


0,13


92


11


11.98


1.30


9


1.17


II.


11


.


1.81


43


1


7.09


0.16


9


III.


19


1


3.66


0.19


53


7


10.22


1.35


11


. .


2.12


IV.


29


3


4.75


0.49


97


7


15.88


1.15


13


. .


2.13


V.


48


4.13


59


5.08


0.69


11


5


0.95


0.43


'VI.


17


.


2.55


60


8.99


0.59


6


1


0,89


0.15


VII.


20


2


2.73


0.27


35


4.78


0.27


7


1


0,96


014


VIII.


15


.


4.53


23


6.99


0.30


2


1


0.60


0 30


IX.


17


·


....


31


6 81


0.22


5


1


1,'9


0.22


X.


19


.


5.45


27


7.75


1.73


2


. .


0.58


. ..


Total


231


7


3.73


0.11


520


49


8.39


0.79


72


9


1.16


0.15


1,000 of Pop.


Cases


Deaths.


Cases per


Deaths per


1,600 of Pop.


Reported.


Deaths.


Cases per


1,000 of Pop.


Deaths per


1,000 of Pop.


Cases


1,000 of Pop.


Cases


...


....


912278


..


3.71


1,000 of Pop.


0.99


Rates per Thousand of Population of Cases of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Typhoid Fever Reported, and of Deaths from the Same, in the Last Seven Years.


1894.


1895.


1896.


1897.


1898.


1899.


1900.


Av'age for Seven Yrs.


DISTRICTS.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


I.


( Cases Deaths


13.98 1.44 1.15


4.47 5.19 0.86 0.86 1.04 ....


1.12 11.96 1.40 0.28 2.25 ....


4.29 8.74 1.39 0.28 1.53 0.42


1.35 1.08 0.40 0.13 ....


. . . 19.40 2.43 0.81 0.27


4.69|11.98 1.17 0.13


5.60 6.12 1.03 0.61 1.01 0.08


Cases


4.45 1.30 0.74


2.10 4.27 1.86


0.72 10 73 1.61


3.36 7.07 0.53 0.18 0.53 0.36


0.85 1.36 1.02 2.04 2.04 0.85 . . ... 0.17 0.34 0.51 0.34


1.81


7.09 0.99 0.16 .. ..


0.05 0.56 0.38


III.


S Cases Deaths


11.98 4.44 1.33 1.99 1.33


5.32 7.77 1.33


1.49


5.97 1.07 0.21 0.43


3.77 6.27 0.42 0.21 1.05


1.39 2.19 0.36 0.60 0.36


1.99 5.09 0.39 0.59 0.39


0.19 3.66 10 .: 2 2.12 1.35


4.23 5.99 1.01 0.37 0.83 0.17


IV.


§ Cases Deaths


14.37 3.73 0.74 2.24 1.49 0.18


5.41 |5.60 1.49 0.74 1.68 0.37


2 14


7.32 1.97 1.25 0.36 ...


3.34 3.51 1.04 0.71 1.17


1 69 1.01 0.84


3.21 3.04 1.01 . .. 0.34


0.49 4.75 |15.88 2.13 1.15 ..


0.49 0.95 0.29


V.


§ Cases Deaths


5.75 2.49 1.34 0.38 0.67 0.38


4.13 6.05 0.48 0.09 1 .. 5 0.29


6 09 1.16 0.72 0.72


1.42 3.27 0.62 0.09 0.35 0.18


0.17


3 31 1.74 0.97 10.18 . . . . 0.35


4.13


5.08 0.95 0.69 0.43


3.19 3.63 0.94 0.11 0.53 0.36


VI.


Cases Deaths .


9.85 0.94 0.94 0.75 . . . 0.18


3.03 2.08 0.57


2 84


7.18 1 00 0.67 . .


2.71 7.05 0.95 0.17 0.95 0.17


0.93 1.08 0.77 0.15


0.16


8.99 0.89 -0.59 0.15 ..


3.64 4.27 0.98 10.16 0.39 0.09


VII.


Deaths .


0.15 .. . . 0.31 0.31 0.31


. . . .


3.45 0.15


6.87 1 05 0.75 0.45


2.01 7.55 1.02 10.88 0.14


1.14 2.41 0.85 . . 10.43 0.43


1.54 1.96 2.09 0.14 0.56 ...


2.73


4 78 0.96 0 27 0.14


2.63 3.89 0.96 0.15 0.38 0.29


VIII.


§ Cases Deaths .


8.29 4.56 0.82 0.41 0.82 0.41


4.52 2.49 1.66


8.44 11 00 2.93 0.38


1.83|1 10


4.51 4.19 1.61 0.64 0.32 .


2.80 1.25 0.62


1 22 2.49


4.53


6 99 0 60 0.30 0.30


4.90 4.71 1.18 0.11 0.51 0.35


IX.


§ Cases ¿ Deaths


.


. . . . 0.28 0 28 6.35 1.38 1.92 2.77 2.49 1.65 0.27 ..


1.77 0.25


3.54 2 78


.. 0.51


..


. .


0.23


3.95 3.º6 2.79 .. 0.23 0.47


3.71


6.81 1.09 0 22 0.22


0.08 0.15 0.33


X.


§ Cases Deaths


6.49 2.59 1.73


8.23 4.76 2.60 0.43


6 43


6 03 3.22 0 41 0.81


1.04 2.43 0.36 10.69


1.90 0.32 1.90 1 88 2.19 1.88 .... 0.321. . .


5.45


7.75 0.58 1.73


....


City


.


·


§ Cases Deaths .


8.59 2.09 1.10 4.12 4.68 1.16 0.96 0.53 0.24 |0.32 0.81 0.19


0 09


7 68 1 57 0 96 0.46


2.72 5.51 0.86 0.11 0.76 0.19


1.33 1.^3 0.90


2.62 2.45 1.22 3.73


0.11


8 39 1.16 0.79,0.15


1.66 4.58 1.14 0.24 0.60 0.24


....


....


1.30 .. . .


2.19 4.84 1.69


II.


Deaths


0.18 0.18 ..


10.19 1.11 0.74


1.25 0.72


0.22 0.66


....


10.19 0.38


. ...


....


...


Cases


4 69


0.62 2.81 3.44 1.09


...


1.69 4.56 0.72 0.28


0.70 0.93 1.63


0.31


3.59 2.34 1.72


2.55


0. 7


..


.. 0.55


4.49 3.73 1.76 0.06 0.45 0.12


.. ..


....


2.53


2.24


1.38 0.69 1.04


4.99 5.73 1.32


2.73 0.57 0.14


ANNUAL REPORTS.


2.99 3.28 1.79


0.17 0.18 0. 5 0.18 0.25


275


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Undertakers.


The duty of issuing licenses to undertakers was transferred to Boards of Health by the following provision of law :-


[Acts of 1897, Chapter 437, Section 7.]


"Section 7. The boards of health of cities and towns shall, on or be- fore the first day of May in each year, license a suitable number of under- takers who can read and write the English language, to take charge of the funeral rites preliminary to the interment, removal, or cremation of a human body. Such licenses shall be issued under such terms and upon such conditions as the Board of Health may prescribe, and may be re- voked at any time by the board when such terms or conditions or any requirements of law relative thereto have been violated by the under- taker; provided, however, that an undertaker so licensed shall have the right to act thereunder in any city or town in the Commonwealth."


Under the above law, fifteen undertakers received licenses.


Examiners of Plumbers.


The public statutes provide for a Board of Examiners of Plumbers, consisting of the Chairman of the Board of Health, the Inspector of Buildings, and an expert at plumbing, to be appointed by the Board of Health. This Board appointed Duncan C. Greene, the Inspector of Plumbing, to fill the place of expert. The report of the number of licenses granted will be found in the report of the Inspector of Buildings.


Appropriation for Health Department and Expenditures Therefrom.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$30,000 00


Sale of offal to Hannibal S. Pond


1,025 00


Sale of manure


19 00


Sale of three horses


110 00


Permit fees to keep swine and goats and collect grease ·


44 00


Fees received from Milk Inspectors :-


J. E. Richardson


$140 40


C. S. Philbrick


3 50


143 90


Total credit


$31,341 90


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


For Agent's salary


$1,200 00


Salary of Superintendent of ashes and offal


900 00


Salary of Inspector of Milk and


600 00


Vinegar .


400 01


Collection of ashes . .


8,738 33


Amounts carried forward


$11,838 34


$31,341 90


Salary of Inspector of Animals and Pro- visions


276


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward


$11,838 34


$31,341 90


Collection of offal


.


11,819 00


Burying dead animals


93 50


Stable expenses


626 00


Hay and grain


2,983 94


New horses (six)


1,135 00


Horse doctoring


133 90


Horse shoeing


478 93


Insurance on horses


24 00


Harnesses and horse clothing


512 53


Wagons and sleds, and repairing same .


1,129 76


Vaccine virus


17 43


Expressing culture tubes and anti-toxin


34 05


Office expenses of Milk Inspector (ap- paratus, etc.)


113 54


Tools, and repairing sanie


88 12


Books, stationery, etc.


178 45


Incidentals


357 98


Total expenditure


$31,564 47


Amount overdrawn


$222 57


ALLEN F. CARPENTER, Chairman.


ALVANO T. NICKERSON, ARTHUR R. PERRY, M. D.,


Board of Health.


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS.


Somerville, Mass., January 1, 1901.


To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


Gentlemen,-I beg leave to submit the following report as inspector of animals and provisions for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1900.


The following is a statement of the animals killed during the year at the five slaughtering establishments in the city : John P. Squire & Co. Corporation, Medford street, 518,896 swine; North Packing and Provision Co., Medford street, 707,- 065 swine; New England Dressed Meat and Wool Co., Medford street, 288,435 sheep, 51,493 calves, 16,044 cattle, 372 swine; Sturtevant & Haley Beef and Supply Co., Somerville avenue, 4,905 cattle; Rachel Gunsenhiser, North street, 720 cattle, 229 calves; total number of animals slaughtered, 1,588,159. 27,257 sheep and lambs and 5,437 cattle have been quarantined at Somerville before shipping to Europe. Brighton, Watertown, and Somerville are quarantine stations established by the State Board of Cattle Commissioners.


I have made 327 visits to slaughter houses, 515 visits to grocery and provision stores and markets, finding most of them in good condition, and have inspected 587 peddlers' carts.


There are 284 cows and 68 swine kept in the city for domestic purposes. All cow barns, forty-two in number, were measured this year, under the rules of the cattle commission.


Twelve horses were quarantined, of which three were re- leased, and the remaining nine were killed by order of the com- missioners. Thirty additional horses were affected with conta- gious disease, and killed with the consent of the owners.


I have visited several stables where a large number of horses are kept, examined 855 horses where contagious disease has been reported, and thoroughly cleansed all stables where horses were killed.


In this connection I would say that as an agent of the so- ciety for the prevention of cruelty to animals I have investigated seventy-eight cases, and as a result of such investigation have caused to be killed seventeen horses, nine dogs, and twenty-one cats.


I have condemned and caused to be destroyed 109 cattle, 2,492 pounds of beef, 39 calves, 698 pounds of veal, 617 fowl, 28 pounds of fowl, 28 livers, 386 pounds of corned beef, 17 sheep, 153 pounds of lamb, 71 pounds of pork, 70 pounds of fresh tongue, 344 herring, 607 mackerel, 944 pounds of had- dock and codfish, 4 barrels of spinach, 3 barrels of potatoes, 91 quarts of strawberries, and 135 bananas.


I have endeavored to perform the duties of the office to the best of my ability.


Respectfully,


CHAS. M. BERRY, Inspector.


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR.


OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR, 310 BROADWAY, SOMERVILLE, MASS., January 1, 1901. ) To the Board of Health of Somerville :-


Gentlemen,-I beg to submit herewith my report for the ten months ending December 31, 1900.


Nearly the whole month of March was spent in fitting up a laboratory at my place of business. There being no apparatus or books of any kind for this department, I was obliged to pro- cure them, and have them made specially for this work. As tags and considerable other printed matter were needed, it took much time to prepare for the actual work of the department.


I have given the use of a separate room to this office. It is not all that I would like, but will answer until such time as better and more convenient quarters can be provided.


Notice to dealers was given by publication in our local papers in April that applications for licenses must be made during the month of May; and the inspector's office was open every week day during that month, except Thursdays, from 3 to 6.30, and from 7.30 to 9 P. M. for the issuing of licenses.


There have been 185 licenses issued to milk dealers, and ninety-four storekeepers have been registered. Forty more dealers have been licensed this year than last, including seven who started in business during the year ; thirty-seven of those licensed were dealers who had paid no license fee during the previous year. Some of these had paid none for several years, and a few were found who had never paid any license fee in this city, although engaged in business here for a considerable time.


Of the storekeepers registered, about fifty had been in business the previous year, but were not registered. The re- mainder opened new stores or became the proprietors of old ones. Certificates of registration of storekeepers are not trans- ferable, and considerable work is necessary to properly enforce the law governing them, as many of the stores, especially the smaller ones, are continually changing owners, some having changed hands two or three times within the last ten months.


There has been a tendency on the part of some dealers to carry on their business without regard to the law, which has not been strictly enforced in past years. I have been lenient with them during the ten months I have been in office, but if reap- pointed it will be my purpose to see that all engaged in the business shall be required to live up to the law and the regula- tions of this department.


279


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Cash.


Licenses and certificates issued, 279 at 50 cents


$139 50


Cash received for stamps


90


Total


$140 40


This amount I have paid to the City Treasurer.


Court Records.


Warrants sworn out


19


Cases prosecuted


19


Days spent in court


16


Convictions and Fines.


One case, driver obstructing inspector in performance of duty, fined


$100 00


Two cases, selling milk without license, fined $30, each, 60 00


Two milk dealers, milk not up to standard, fined $10, each, 20 00


One milk dealer, milk not up to standard, fined 20 00


25 00


Four storekeepers, milk not up to standard, fined $10, each,


12 00


Four storekeepers, milk not up to standard, fined $3, each, . One milk dealer, putting preservative in milk, fined


50 00


Two storekeepers, fined $5, each,


10 00


One storekeeper, fined


10 00


Total


$347 00


The amounts received by the court for these fines are eventually paid to the City Treasurer and credited to the police department. In my opinion they might more properly be credited to the health department.


I have taken and analyzed fifteen samples of vinegar, all of which were up to the standard. I shall do much more in this branch of the work next year.


I have taken and analyzed 575 samples of milk since April 15, eighty more samples than were taken in the entire year of 1899. Three hundred and eight of these were taken from milk wagons on the streets, between the hours of 2 A. M. and noon, and 267 were taken from stores during the day.


I find in the stores the poorest milk from numerous causes, such as selling the cream separately, diluting the milk, etc.


I find also that the milk in some stores is kept in filthy places. Some way must be devised to compel all storekeepers to keep the milk in a sanitary way, as it is of the utmost import- ance to our city's health that the milk we, and especially the babies, drink should be pure. This is of special importance to the poor, as they are the largest purchasers of milk from the stores. It is a proven fact that one-half the deaths among children in the summer time are due to the germs in milk which is not properly taken care of.


One storekeeper, milk not up to standard, fined .


40 00


280


ANNUAL REPORTS.


There are, on an average, 7,640 gallons of milk sold to families in our city every day-about a pint of milk for every man, woman, and child in the city, being about 11,154,400 quarts a year, for which our citizens pay approximately $780,- 808.00. There are also daily handled in the city about 15,000 gallons, which are delivered in Boston and Cambridge.


There are five cream teams, one condensed milk, and one modified milk team licensed.


I hope to make many much needed improvements in this department next year. There is ample need yet of improve- ment, and I sincerely hope it may be accomplished, for the health of our citizens and especially for the sake of the little ones.


The amount of money paid into the city treasury for licenses, fines, etc., shows a profit to the city of $154.16 above my salary.


JULIUS E. RICHARDSON,


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar.


SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.


Board of Overseers of the Poor.


EDWARD B. WEST, President. ALBERT W. EDMANDS, Vice-President. HERBERT E. MERRILL.


Committees. ON FINANCE, INVESTIGATION AND RELIEF, AND CITY HOME .- Mr. West Mr. Edmands, and Mr. Merrill.


General Agent. CHARLES C. FOLSOM.


Secretary. CORA F. LEWIS.


City Physician. ARTHUR R. PERRY, M. D.


Office. City Hall Annex, Highland avenue.


REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,


OFFICE OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, City Hall Annex, December 31, 1900.


To the Honorable, the Mayor, and Board of Aldermen, City of Somerville :--


Gentlemen,-The report of the Board of Overseers of the Poor for 1900 is herewith submitted. The year past has been much the same as other years, with the exception that it was the first full year that the Board has had a "City Home" in which to. board those who had no home of their own. This has been a great convenience, and we believe that it has cost very little more (not counting the permanent supplies for the Home) than did the old and unsatisfactory way of boarding the paupers out. in families and in almshouses of other cities and towns.


The supplies that have been purchased, such as furnishings for the Home, horses, wagons, carts, and farming tools, are in good condition, and very little money will have to be spent in this direction the coming year.


The inmates have been well cared for, kept clean and sober, and at the close of the year are in a better condition than when. the Home was opened in November, 1899. John F. Crouch, a very respectable and worthy man who entered the Home May 14, 1900, died very suddenly November 22, of heart trouble. He was a man well liked, not only by the warden and his family, but by the other inmates.


Mr. and Mrs. J. Foster Colquhoun, the efficient warden and matron, are doing good work in caring for the inmates and see- ing that they are made comfortable. Very pleasant relations have existed between the management of the Home and the Board during the year. ' Mr. Colquhoun, under the direction of the Board, is getting the farm and buildings into good condition for the purposes for which they are used, and it seems to us that if we are fairly successful, there will be quite an income from the. farm during the next year.


The State Inspector, in his report, refers to our City Home- as follows :-


(Inspected September 13, 1900.)


"Salary of warden and matron, $600. Three paid help. Wooden building of two and one-half stories and two wings, in good condition, without fire escapes. Drainage by sewer. City water. One sitting: room; nine sleeping rooms, with seventeen beds, all in good condition. Two bath rooms, supplied with hot and cold water. £ Two inside water- closets, in good condition. Ventilation by doors and windows. Heating by hot air. Inmates well fed and clothed. Complete separation of sexes, except at meals.


"Fifteen inmates; eleven men and four women, all sane. No crimi- nals; no tramps.


"Ten acres of land; eight acres tilled."


283


POOR DEPARTMENT.


During the year a veranda has been built across the rear of the ell for the benefit of inmates; the barn also has been re- modeled, so that the part occupied by the live stock is warm and comfortable. The only expense to the city for the above repairs. and many others was the cost of the material. If the walls of the barn could be clapboarded or shingled, it would be in very good condition.


The Board recommends that a shed be erected for the pur- pose of housing the wagons, carts, farming tools, etc .; also as a place for washing vegetables for the market, and for sawing and packing away wood.


The following tables will give an idea of the detail work of the department. We also print the report to this Board of the Warden of the "Somerville City Home," and the report of the City Physician.


EDWARD B. WEST,


ALBERT W. EDMANDS, Overseers


HERBERT E. MERRILL, of the Poor ..


TABLE 1. Full Support ( During the Year ).


In our City Home


34


In private families


11


In Somerville Hospital 140


In hospitals in other cities and towns 16


In Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded


4


Insane persons in private families


1


Insane persons in hospitals


88


TABLE 2. Full Support (at present time, December 31, 1900).


- In Somerville City Home 17


Insane in hospitals (we are reimbursed for two) . 81


Insane in private families


1


In hospitals, sane


6


TABLE 3. Somerville Hospital.


Cases on City's account 140


Cases having settlement in Somerville


53


Cases having settlement in other cities or towns .


33


Cases having no settlement (chargeable to State)


56


Total number of weeks, 437, at $11.44 .


$5,000 00


Money paid Hospital by the City .


$5,000 00


Amount to be reimbursed to the City


1,684 86


Net cost to the City


$3,315 14


Total aid to the Hospital


$5,000 00


284


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 4. Partial Support ( Outdoor Relief).


Families aided


319


Persons aided


1,335


Burials


14


Permits to the Tewksbury almshouse


12


TABLE 5. Reimbursements.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


$1,885 63


City of Boston


865 13


Cambridge


772 67


Chelsea


55 64


66


Gloucester


45 13


60


66 Haverhill


11 25


Lowell


129 00


Lvnn


62 46


66


Malden


155 04


Marlboro


45 40


Medford


4 50


Melrose


14 86


Newburyport


44 86


North Adams


5 65


Woburn


99 74


Town of Canton


3 15


66


Hardwick


26 00


66


North Andover


48 00


66


Plymouth


23 56


66


"


Provincetown


28 14


Sandwich


6 95


66


Watertown


9 35


5 50


66


Winchester


7 00


Guardians and relatives


722 04


Money refunded


4 29


Lexington


1 50


Stoughton


25 72


Wilmington


$5,146 74


Chicopee


38 58


TABLE 6. Expenditures, in Detail, for the Year 1900.


1900.


Rent.


Board.


Groceries.


Towns and Cities.


Public Institutions.


Boots and Shoes.


Dry Goods.


Burial.


Salaries.


Fuel.


Sundries.


Medicine.


Total.


January .


$7 00


$170 43


$397 08


$601 25


*$2.481 11


$9 50


$275 48


$197 69


$68 34


$40 85


*$4,248 73


February


7 00


21 00


563 71


104 00


*450 98


20 70


258 33


140 54


19 51


65 31


*1,651 08


March


7 00


164 51


315 79


1 50


2,371 99


10 60


$6 00


308 33


151 26


56 71


120 80


3,517 49


April .


7 00


52 16


373 82


186 65


10 85


275 00


23 18


9 25


937 91


May .


7 00


37 65


216 37


36 00


385 28


9 10


.


.


$20 00


275 00


45 62


33 65


3,274 24


June .


.


.


7 00


13 86


321 89


425 46


8


00


30 00


275 00


37 88


39 16


1,653 11


August .


7 00


122 72


282 83


47 00


13 85


25 00


275 00,


71 04


22 05


866 49


September .


7 00


83 58


206 45


2,635 96


7 25


20 00


291 00


54 34


17 65


3,323 23


October .


.


·


·


24 87


37 00


555 42


4 00


40 00


283 33


136 23


99 22


84 68


1,599 01


December


.


Totals


.


$63 00


$809 43


$3,974 80


$1,329 61


*$12,133 85


$101 15


$18 00


$195 00


$3,378 14


$676 00


$685 47


$653 14


*$24,017 50


·


·


·


·


·


·


7 00


60 12


552 23


2,480 62


· .


·


.


·


.


.


·


·


.


·


.


.


·


60 00


303 33


70 7


100 77


1,105 05


November


.


.


·


25 29


19 30 .


283 34


50 28


69 45


87 01


773 41


·


69 48


31 96


1,067 84


275 00


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


33 24


334 63


45 00


157 38


·


.


·


494 86


July .


* These items include $319.97, paid to the Somerville Hospital in January and February, and afterwards charged to Somerville Hospital account ; leaving the expenditure from this account (Support of Poor-Miscellaneous) $23,697.92.


286


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 7. Support of Poor, Miscellaneous, Account, Recapitulation.


Appropriation


$16,200 00 3,000 00


Transfer from Interest account


Reimbursements


5,146 74


Total receipts


$24,346 74 23,697 62


Total expenditures


Balance unexpended


$649 12


Net expenditures


18,550 88


TABLE 8. Support of Poor, City Home, Account.


Appropriation


Transfer from Interest account


$4,000 00 . 1,000 00 453 11


Reimbursements


Total receipts


Total expenditures


Account overdrawn


$75 72


Net expenditures


5,075 72


Note .- $?,408.48 of the appropriation for "City Home" was spent for permanent repairs and supplies. For details of the account see report of Warden on page 289.


TABLE 9. Population and Gross Expenditures, 1883 to 1899, Inclusive.


Population (Estimated).


Expenditures $15,959 80


66


1884


.


*29,992


16,430 32


66


1886


32,000


14,341 83


66


1887


34,000


13,430 89


66


1888


36,000


13,375 98


39,000


14,610 92


66


1890


*40,117


15,261 14


66


1891


43,000


15,980 49


46,000


17,015 30


66


1893


48,000


17,799 58


66


1894


50,000


19,733 13


66


1895


.* 52,200


20,755 46


66


1896


54,000


21,999 79


66


1897


56,000


25,681 47


66


1898


· 57,500


28,522 21


1899


60,000


28,924 39


·


27,000


Year, 1883


.


28,000


17,272 .52


1885


.


1889


1892


** Census.


·


$5,453 11 5,528 83


287


POOR DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 10. Showing cost of maintaining poor for last fiscal year, population as given by the 1900 United States Census, cost per capita of population, and value of land and buildings used by Poor De= partment in twenty-six New England Cities, including Somer= ville.


CITIES.


Cost of Maintain- ing Poor for Last Fiscal Year.


Population as given by 1900 Census.


Cost per Capita.


Value of Land and Buildings Used by Poor Dep'tm't.


Brockton,


Mass. .


$30,299 03


40,063


$0 75g


$25,000 00


Chelsea,


30,691 30


34,072


0 90


None.


Chicopee,


25,525 99


19,200


1 32


14,000 00


Fitchburg,


31,186 47


31,531


0 98%


46,596 20


Haverhill,


22,430 04


37,175


0) 60%


41,300 00


Holyoke,


41 387 96


45,712


0 902


37,830 00




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