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Stone's Book-plates of To-day.
Van Millingen's Constantinople.
Wedmore's Fine Prints.
Wigram's Northern Spain.
Williamson's How to Identify Portrait Miniatures.
Wood Genealogy.
Zur Geschichte der Costüme.
Also the Vital Records of a number of Massachusetts towns.
This department suffers more from overcrowding than any other department of the library. If it is possible, by any re- arrangement of lights and heating registers, to put in more shelving, it should be done during the coming year.
The Children's Department.
The children's department, under the supervision of Miss Anna L. Stone, continues one of our most useful departments of the library. During the year the circulation of this room has been 67,382, of which 54,458 have been fiction, and 12,924 other works. But it should be remembered that the children by no incans confine themselves to the books in the children's room.
Agencies.
The five agencies of the library continue to do their usual work. These agencies are located in stores, and of course the distribution of the library books is not the primary end for which the stores are established. As the agencies are paid per volume for the books circulated, they naturally desire the books that will insure the largest circulation. So the matter of mercantile gain rather than the distribution of the best literature is naturally the motive that influences them. It is a matter of regret that a trained library attendant who knows the resources of the central library and is familiar with library work cannot be employed in each agency. This, of course, is out of the range of possibility, and the agencies are at present doing as good work as the con- ditions under which they operate will permit. Indeed, the faith- ful service of some of them deserves high commendation. But it has long been apparent that in the western section of the city the community has outgrown the agency system, and a public library branch of some kind, under trained supervision, should be established there.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Below is a table of circulation of the different agencies dur- ing the year :-
Agencies.
Teele
Square.
West
Somerville.
East
Somerville.
South
Somerville.
Union
Square.
Highland.
January
562
441 1,719
55
269
46 797
1,178
February Shelves
1,033
1,476
744
510
1,087
March
512
391
48 757
231
13
17
Shelves
1,115
1,389
April
430
365
24
219
9 452
1,168
May
524
449
79
311
21
19
Shelves
1,132
1,804
1,073
502
1,250
June
369
344
36
237
8 355
964
Shelves
854
1,236
704
July
326
445
34
290
11
16
Shelves
1,133
1,707
922
349
1,330
August
228
277
16
228
1
13
Shelves
776
1,283
724
381
999
September
259
256
17
228
14 376
1,054
October .
317
426
22
252
13
4
Shelves .
1,079
1,790
980
474
1,422
November
320
352
20
205
12 354
11
Shelves
1,000
1,530
707
1,047
December
279
38
29
206
12
9
Shelves .
806
1,266
648
82
979
Totals .
.
16,722
22,518
10,162
2,890
5,307
13,974
.
Shelves
1,275
815
501
341
53
214
.30
12
485
1,355
13
Shelves
988
1,444
810
11
Shelves .
804
1,409
795
7
9
General Work.
The general work of the library is carried on under the im- mediate supervision of the assistant librarian. Miss Adele Smith resigned this position September 15 of the present year. She had served in that capacity for over eight years, to the great sat-
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
isfaction of the library management and with the general good will of the public. Her resignation was a matter of general re- gret. The position of assistant librarian was filled by the selec- tion of Miss Florence D. Hurter, who had been a member of the staff for a period of seven years. The appointment of Miss Hurter to this position was a reward for faithful and conscien- tious service. We feel sure that the duties of the position will be faithfully and ably performed by her.
The general circulation figures of the year are as follows :-
Fiction.
Other Works.
Total.
January
30,988
15,414
46,402
February
25,415
12,929
38,344
March
26,507
13,623
40,130
April
25.546
12,711
38,257
May
30,275
14,795
45,070
June
20,140
8,568
28,708
July
21,586
4,653
26,239
August
15,799
3,498
19,297
September
16,563
4,086
20,649
October
26,398
11,449
37,847
November
24,269
12,067
36,336
December
22,456
10,803
33,259
Total
285,942
124,596
410,533
Last year the circulation was 391,783. There is conse- quently a net increase the current year of 18,755, or about five per cent. While there has been an increase of our circulation for the entire year, for some reason not discoverable there has been a decrease during the last five months. It is an unusual thing in this library to have a smaller circulation for any month than the circulation for the corresponding month of the previous year.
Below is given our circulation by classes, exclusive of fiction :-
General works
6,784
Philosophy
1,506
Religion
4,262
Sociology
18,186
Philology
734
Natural science
13,052
Useful arts
4,120
Fine arts
7,615
Literature
18,108
History
37,305
Total of general delivery
111,672
Total of children's room
12,924
Total of other works
124,596
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Fiction
285,942
Other works
124,596
Total
410,538
Percentage, fiction
69 2-3%
Other works
30 1-3%
Below is the statistical statement of the general work of the
year :-
Volumes in library
75,720
Volumes added
5,980
Total circulation
Delivered from children's room
67,382
66
6
West Somerville .6 shelves
18,046
60
66
East Somerville
443
6.
shelves
9,729
66
South Somerville
2,890
66
66
Union square
190
66
shelves
5,117
66
Highland
141
66
66
shelves
13,833
Volumes out in Sunday schools
1,646
66
-
school libraries
7,400
Visitors in reference room
10,181
Cards issued
Fines
$709 35
Books
121 35
Telephone
15 55
Total
$846 25
60
Teele square
4,627
12,095
4.472
66
66 shelves
Knapp school
878
3,364
During the year 323 vacation cards were issued, upon which 1,913 books were taken out, 1,634 fiction and 279 other works. Fourteen hundred and forty-six books were delivered to the homes of the people by our delivery boys. The following Sunday schools take books from the library: Bow-street Methodist, Day- street Congregational, Flint-street Methodist, Highland Congre- gational, Park-avenue Methodist, Prospect-hill Congregational, the Second Adventist, Second Unitarian, Spring-hill Baptist, West Somerville Baptist, and Winter-hill Universalist. The Somerville Boys' club has out fifty-one books, and the Somerville hospital 100. There are also 100 books at the police station.
In accordance with the authorization granted me by a vote of your board, many departments of the library will be carefully. examined with a view to withdrawing from the general collection books that have become obsolete. These books should not be discarded ; and I think. upon mature reflection, that they should not be sequestered from the general view or the general access of the public. They should be put in ranges by themselves, open to general access; but these ranges should be plainly labeled
410,538
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
"Obsolete Books," and bear a placard stating that they have been withdrawn from the general stock of books because they are be- lieved to be outdated, and consequently untrustworthy in the light of more recent knowledge. Room for all these books can be easily found, for the present, on the upper floor of the new stack room.
Early in the coming year each member of the staff will be asked to make a specialty of some one department of the library. and to become acquainted to as thorough an extent as possible with the bibliography of that department. Of course it cannot be expected that busy members of the staff can become thorough students in any one of the classes of the Dewey classification. Such an expectation would be absurd, even if it were directed toward a college professor. But each member of the staff will be expected to know in a general way the books that are in the library relating to her specialty, and to understand something of the relative value of the books. The best books on each spe- cialty that are not in the library will be looked up; and thus it is hoped deficiencies may be noted and supplied.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The library has received the following donations of books, pamphlets, and periodicals during the past year :-
List of Donations.
Vols.
Pamph.
Period.
Allen, Frederick J. .
1
American Lumberma
American Unitarian Association
Amherst College
2
Boston Atheneum
1
1
Boston Schoolhouse Department
1
1
Boston Transit Commission
1
1
Carnegie, Andrew .
1
Cemetery Department, Boston
1
Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum
1
Connecticut Bureau of Labor Statistics Cox, Ethel Louise .
1
Cushman, H. E.
1
Dalton, Mrs. Charles X. .
2
Department of Education, N. Y.
18
Dows, Azro Milton .
1
1
Eaton, C. C.
1
Eldridge, E. D.
·2
First Universalist Church
1
Flint, George C.
1
Foss, Sam Walter
2
Freeman, John R. .
1
Frye, George E.
1
16
Goldberg, Henry
1
Goldsmith, Benjamin W.
1
Green, Samuel A.
1
Higgins, John J.
2
Homecrofters, The .
1
Kidder, Miss S. B.
1
Kimball, John E.
1
Library of Congress
1
Lombard, Louis
4
Loring, E. J.
6
15
Luce, Hon. Robert
27
10
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Civic League
1
Carried forward
95
41
16
1
Graves, Henry C., D. D.
2
Grimmons, Hon. Charles A.
1
Holmes, Clay W.
1
Iowa College
2
Lake Mohonk Conference
5
1
Dolbear, Professor A. E.
Drexel Institute
1
Elliot, Charles D.
1
Chipman, R. W.
1
Boston Trade School for Girls
1
1
1
Boston, Mass.
Boston Museum of Fine Arts .
California State Library
Gage, Miss Esther
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
LIST OF DONATIONS .- Continued.
Vols.
Pamph.
Period.
Brought forward
95
41
16
Massachusetts Civil Service Reform Association
Massachusetts Commission for Adult Blind
1
Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs
3
Massachusetts State Library .
1
Merchants.Association of New York
Morse Institute
National School City League
New Bedford Textile School .
New York Chamber of Commerce
1
New Zealand Government
1
Ohio State University
1
Oregon Library Commission .
2
Parker, Mrs. Jos.
2
Peabody Institute
53
Perkins Institute
1
2
Pratt Institute
1
Providence Atheneum
.
Public Libraries : -
Arlington ( Robbins Library )
1
Atlanta, Ga. (Carnegie Library )
1
Baltimore ( Enoch Pratt Library )
1
Beverly
1
Boston
1
Bradford, Pa. ( Carnegie Library )
1
Brockton
1
Brookline
1
Brooklyn, N. Y.
1
Cambridge
1
Candia, N. H. (Smythe Library)
1
Canton
1
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1
Chelsea ( Fitz Library )
Chicago, Ill. ( John Crerar Library )
Chicago, Ill.
1
Cleveland, Ohio
1
Concord
2
Concord, N. H.
1
Dayton, Ohio
1
Detroit, Mich.
1
District of Columbia
1
Dover, N. H.
1
Everett ( Parlin Library ) .
2
Everett ( Shute Memorial Library )
1
Fall River
1
Fitchburg
1
Groton
1
Hagerstown, Maryland
1
Carried forward .
162
95
16
1 11111 1 1
New York Merchants' Association
1
10
Massachusetts Free Public Library Commission
1
Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society
2
Perkins, George W.
Cincinnati, Ohio
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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LIST OF DONATIONS. - Continued.
Vols.
Pamph.
Period.
Brought forward Public Libraries ( Continued ) : -
162
95
16
Hartford, Conn.
Haverhill
Holyoke
Hyde Park
1
Jersey City, N. J.
1
Laconia, N. H. .
1
Lancaster
1
Lawrence
1
Leominster
1
Los Angeles, Cal.
1
Louisville, Ky.
1
Lowell City Library
1
Lynn .
1
Malden
1
Manchester, N. H.
1
Marblehead (Abbot Library)
1
Medford
1 1
Milwaukee, Wis.
2
Newark, N. J.
1
New Bedford
1
Newburyport
1
New Haven, Conn.
1 1
Newton
1
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
1
North Adams
1
Northampton
1
Northampton ( Forbes Library )
1 1 1 1
Philadelphia, Pa.
1
Portland, Me. ·
2
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ( Adriance Memorial Library ) Providence, R. I.
Quincy ( Thomas Crane Library )
1 1
Reading, Pa.
1
St. Louis, Mo.
1
Salem, Mass.
1
Scranton, Pa.
1
Seattle, Washington
Syracuse, N. Y.
Toledo, O.
Wakefield
1
Westborough
1
Weymouth ( Tufts Library )
1
Winchester
1
Winthrop
1
Woburn
1
Worcester
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints Roberts, Charles H.
1
1
Carried forward
164
152
16
Norwich, Conn.
Paterson, N. J.
Pittsburg, Pa. ( Carnegie Library )
1
Minneapolis, Minn.
Nashville, Tenn. ( Carnegie Library )
1
Newington, N. H.
1
1
1
1
Watertown
Waltham .
262
i
:
1
ANNUAL REPORTS.
i
LIST OF DONATIONS. - Concluded.
Vols.
Pamph.
Period.
Brought forward
164
152
16
St. Louis Mercantile Library Association
Schwaek, L. H.
1
Sharpe, Emily
7
Simmons College
1
Soldiers' Home
Southworth, Gordon A.
3
State Board of Charity
1
Stone, Edwin A.
2
Superintendent of Immigration
1
Tobey, E. N., M. D.
2
Tower, W. E.
1
Tufts College
1
1
United States .
27
172
University of Colorado
1
Valentine, H. E.
1
25
Veiller, Lawrence
1
Washington State Art Association
1
Western Theological Seminary
1
Wilcox, Henry S.
1
Wildes, Charles F. .
1
Wilmington Institute, Del.
1
Totals
212
334
41
Remarks.
Prominent educators of late have expressed the fear that the public schools are becoming feminized. As far as the patronage of the public is concerned, the public library is becoming femin - ized. Although the library, of course, does not desire any diminution in the number of its feminine readers, it does sincerely desire an increase in the number of its masculine readers. The number of men in Somerville who have never been in the library probably greatly exceeds the number of men who have visited the library. The number of men who are habitual users of the library is very small in proportion to the entire masculine popu- lation of the city. This condition of affairs may be the fault of the men or the fault of the library; but I am strongly of the view it is the fault of both. It is the business of the library, as far as it is blameworthy, to remedy the fault. In order to reach men, it should go where men are, and carry the books with it that men want. The various manufacturing establishments of the city where men are employed should be made, if possible, dis- tributing agencies for the library, where men may obtain the public books they have already paid for in the places most con- venient for them. Cards might be mailed to the carpenters of
1
1
Union University
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Somerville containing the best books on carpentry the library possesses. Similar lists should also be sent to plumbers, masons, stone cutters, machinists, engineers, and men in all trades and occupations containing lists of the best library books pertaining to their specialties. A series of talks before the various men's clubs that are springing up so rapidly in the city, before the boards of trade, etc., would give a degree of publicity to the li- brary among the masculine element of our population that is urgently needed. In a few talks of this kind that have already been given I have been surprised to learn, from the after-discus- sion, that many of the most successful representative men of the community never enter the library. Here is an opportunity for good-natured and tactful missionary work. The disproportionate circulation of fiction in all public libraries is no doubt due to the preponderance of feminine readers. The best books of fiction are nearly always "out." The best books among other works are nearly always "in." This state of things might be somewhat modified and a larger ratio of masculine readers secured if the library permitted its card-holders to take out as many other works at one time as might be desired up to the limit of six, or possibly ten. It is probable that men are really more extensive readers than women in all lines of human thought outside the domain of fiction ; and it is probable that men would be far more general patrons of the public library if a systematic effort were directed to that end.
My thanks are dite to the members of the staff for their faithfulness, and to your board for your kindly co-operation.
SAM WALTER FOSS, Librarian.
December 26, 1906.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
1906.
ALLEN F. CARPENTER, Chairman, EDMUND S. SPARROW, WESLEY T. LEE, M. D.
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk and Agent to Issue Burial Permits. CALEB A. PAGE, Agent.
FRANK L. MORSE, M. D., Bacteriologist.
CHARLES M. BERRY, Inspector of Animals and Provisions.
JULIUS E. RICHARDSON, Milk Inspector.
DUNCAN C. GREENE, Plumbing Inspector.
EDGAR T. MAYHEW, Superintendent Collection of Ashes and Offal.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, City Hall, January 1, 1907.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-We respectfully submit the following as the twenty-ninth annual report of the board of health, in which is presented a statement, tabulated and otherwise, of the sanitary condition of the city and the business of the board for the year ending December 31, 1906 :-
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 :-
NUISANCES ABATED IN EACH DISTRICT IN 1906.
( SEE DESCRIPTION OF DISTRICTS IN LATTER PART OF THIS REPORT. )
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
Total.
Population (estimated ).
6,988 6,993
5,576
5,740
15,527
10,890
5,379
4,885
5,030 4,992
72,000
Bakery offensive
3
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
2
1
16
Barber shops
2
Cellar damp .
6
2
4
3
1
4
1
2
1
24
Cesspool offensive
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
9
Cow barn offensive
2
1
1
2
1
1
8
Cows kept without license .
1
1
2
1
1
1
7
Drainage defective
9
4
8
6
7
5
4
5
6
8
62
7
3
2
4
1
3
4
2
4
6
36
8
2
4
3
4
5
3
4
2
5
40
2
4
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
16
1
2
3
3
2
2
4
18
1
3
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
13
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
11
5
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
13
Offal on land
2
4
3
1
3
4
2
2
1
25
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
9
1
1
2
Premises dirty
11
17
16
11
13
12
11
10
14
142
Privy-vault offensive
1
1
1
2
6
Rubbish in cellar .
3
5
6
3
2
4
2
5
43
Slops thrown on surface
1
1
1
1
2
6
Squirrels in chamber .
1
15
5
6
1
4
3
3
3
2
2
44
8
4
5
2
4
6
3
2
1
4
39
Stable without drainage .
5
3
4
1
3
4
2
1
1
3
27
Stagnant water on surface . Water-closet defective
10
5
6
4
8
6
7
3
4
6
59
Water under stable
4
3
5
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
27
Total
141
61
81
64
59
75
62
51
46
77
717
1
1
Goats kept without license .
2
4 2
Hennery offensive
1
Hens without permit
Manure exposed and offensive
Manure pit defective
3
Offensive odor in and about dwellings
Pigs kept without license
27
1
9
4
1
.
Stable infected with glanders Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive
2
2
6
2
...
Drainage emptying into cellar Drainage emptying on surface Fish offal
Hens in cellar
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1
:1 1 .
Number of nuisances abated . 717
Number of nuisances referred to board of 1907 13 Number of nuisances complained of 730
Number of complaints (many covering more than one nuisance) . 410
Number of notices mailed
456
Number of notices served by constables 7
In addition to the above, 324 dead animals have been re- moved from the public streets, and many nuisances have been abated on verbal notice from the agent, without action by the board, of which no record has been made. Each spring the whole city is examined, and cellars, yards, and alleyways where rubbish and filth have collected are required to be cleaned.
Glanders .- Forty-four cases of glanders have been reported during the year. Prompt action was taken in every case, and thirty-nine of the horses were killed, five being released from quarantine by order of the cattle commissioners.
Permits.
The record of permits to keep cows, swine, goats, and hens, to collect grease, and to remove manure is as follows :-
Cows .- Forty-one applications were received for permits to keep 118 cows. Thirty-eight permits to keep 112 cows were granted, and three permits were refused.
Swine .- Eighteen applications were received for permits to keep fifty-four swine. Fifteen permits were granted to keep twenty-two swine, and three permits were refused. The fee is one dollar for each swine.
Goats .- Five applications were received for permits to keep six goats, all of which permits were granted. The fee is one dol- lar for each goat.
Hens .- Eighty applications for permits to keep 2,010 hens were received. Sixty-nine permits to keep 1,771 hens were granted, and eleven permits were refused.
Grease .- Fourteen applications were received for permits to collect grease, all of which were granted. The fee is two dollars. Five of the parties licensed reside in Somerville, two in Charlestown, four in Cambridge, two in Boston, and one in Chelsea.
Manure .- Two permits were issued during the year for the carting of manure through the streets of the city in the daytime between May 1 and November 1. All permits issued for the re- moval of manure from the stables in the city in the daytime, or for carting through the streets of the city, remain in force until revoked. No fee is charged for these permits.
Melting and Rendering .- Four parties have been licensed to carry on the business of melting and rendering, under the pro- visions of the revised laws of 1902, chapter 75, section 111.
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Pedlers.
One hundred and thirty-two certificates of registration were issued to hawkers and pedlers during the year under the pro- visions of ordinance number 27 -- a decrease of twenty from the year 1905. One hundred and twenty-one certificates have been renewed during the year. Each pedler is required to present a statement from the sealer of weights and measures, showing that his measures have been properly sealed, before a certificate is issued to him. Pedlers are also required to present their vehicles at the police station the first Monday of each month for inspec- tion by the agent of the board, that he may see if they are kept in a clean condition, and are properly marked with the owner's. name and number.
Ashes and Offal.
The collection and disposal of ashies, garbage, and other refuse materials of the city is under the control of the board of health, and a competent superintendent is employed to take charge of this department.
To do this work sixty-five men are employed, and the de- partment owns and uses thirty horses, fifteen ash carts, four paper wagons, and eleven garbage wagons.
Ashes .- The ashes and refuse material are deposited upon the city dumps at Winter Hill and West Somerville. The ashes are useful for filling, and the combustible materials have been burned as far as possible.
Owing to the fact that the smoke from these dumps had oc- casioned many complaints from citizens, and that the wind had at times blown the papers and lighter materials over extensive areas, the board made a request about two years ago for an ap- propriation sufficient to enable it to build an incinerator on land near its stables, utilizing the unused chimney of the water de- partment works.
Recently such an appropriation has been made, and an in- cinerator is now being constructed. When this is completed, all the combustible refuse material can be burned, and a long- standing source of annoyance will be removed.
During the year 40,000 loads of ashes and 3,000 loads of refuse material have been collected and disposed of.
Collections are made weekly, and the districts and days of collection are as follows :-
MONDAY, DISTRICT NO. 1.
Comprises the entire area extending easterly to the cities of Boston and Cambridge, from a line drawn across Somerville, commencing on Mystic avenue, and extending through Cross street, Central square, Med- ford street, Washington street, Prospect street, Webster avenue, Tre- inont street to the Cambridge line, and including collection on both sides of the above-named streets along the division line described.
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TUESDAY, DISTRICT NO. 2.
Comprises the entire area extending westerly from the previously- described district number 1 to a line drawn across the city, commencing on Mystic avenue, and extending through Wheatland street, across Broadway, through Walnut street, and extending across Bow street and Somerville avenue, through Hawkins street, Washington street, Perry street, Wyatt street, Concord avenue, crossing Beacon street to the Cambridge line, and including collection on both sides of the above. named streets along the division line described.
WEDNESDAY, DISTRICT NO. 3.
Comprises the entire area extending westerly from the previously- described district number 2, to a line drawn across the city, commencing at the Medford boundary line at Main street, and extending easterly along said Main street, across Broadway, through Sycamore street, thence easterly on Highland avenue, through School street, thence west- erly on Somerville avenue, through Dane street and Washington street to the Cambridge line, and including the collection on both sides of the above-named streets along the division line described.
THURSDAY, DISTRICT NO. 4.
Comprises the entire area extending westerly from the previously- described district number 3, to a line drawn across the city, commencing at the Medford line at Magoun square, and extending on Medford street to Lowell street, thence easterly on Somerville avenue and through Park street to the Cambridge line, and including the collection on both sides of the above-named streets along the division line described.
FRIDAY, DISTRICT NO. 5.
Comprises the entire area extending westerly from the previously- described district number 4, to a line drawn across the city, commencing on Broadway, and extending through Willow avenue to the Cambridge line, and including the collection on both sides of the above-named streets along the division line described.
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