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The shelving facilities of the school librarian's room are not sufficient to accommodate the books during the vacation months,
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and many of them are stored in closets. This is an awkward and unsatisfactory arrangement, and increased shelving accommoda- tion should be installed.
Below are the statistics of this department for the year :-
Books in library
7,376
Increase during year .
265
Libraries out
165
Volumes out
6,649
Volumes delivered
7,983
Circulation during the year :
Fiction
48,564
Non-fiction
58,440
Total
107,004
Reference and Art Department.
The reference and art department, under the supervision of Miss Mabel E. Bunker, has accomplished its usual amount of work during the past year.
Below is given the monthly attendance for the year :-
972
February
1,045
March
.
.
1,130
April
1,148
May ·
665
June
471
August
635
October
1,417
November
1,172
December
1,095
Total
10,181
During the year there have been sixteen art exhibitions, as follows :-
Famous Pictures, No. 2.
Egypt No. 1, Cairo to Luxor.
Yellowstone National Park, Part 3.
Switzerland, No. 2, The Bernese Overland.
Japan, No. 2.
Switzerland, No. 1.
Florence, No. 2.
Babies in Art.
Southern Coast of England.
Local No. 2, Photographs of Milton, Framingham, and Lancaster.
Concord, and Concord Fight, April 19, 1775.
Pompeii and Herculaneum.
The Land of Evangeline.
Famous Pictures, No. 4.
American Parks.
Modern American Sculpture.
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January
619
July
339
September
270
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Some of the books purchased during the year for this de- partment :-
Apocryphal New Testament.
Aria's Costume: Fanciful, Historical, and Theatrical.
Bailey's Cyclopedia of Agriculture, 2v.
Benham's Book of Quotations.
Bing's Artistic Japan.
Capen's Country Homes of Famous Americans.
Cary's Works of James McNeill Whistler.
Clement's Angels in Art.
Coemen's Essays on Glass, China, Silver, etc.
Cyclopedia of Law, 12v.
Dayot's Beautiful Women in Art.
Forbush's Useful Birds and Their Protection.
Frost's Book of Drawings.
Holt's Fancy Dresses Described.
Hooper's The Country House.
Hough's Handbook of the Trees of the Northern States and Canada.
Jackson's Intarsia and Marquetry.
Johnston's Writing and Illuminating and Lettering.
Martin & Campbell's Canada.
Muther's History of Modern Painting, 4v.
Nelson's Encyclopaedia, 12v.
Roger's The Tree Book.
Rowe's Practical Wood-Carving.
Solon's The Art of the Old English Potter.
Strange's English Furniture, Decoration, Wood-Work, and Allied Arts.
"(The) Studio," Year Book of Decorative Art, 1907.
Thompson Genealogy.
Tissot's The Old Testament, 2v.
Twopenny's English Metal Work.
Wakeman Genealogy.
Wood's Scottish Pewter Ware and Pewterers.
Also some German art books :-
Alte Meister.
Eyth's Das Farbige Maberbuch.
Hoffman's Auswahl von Motiven ans der Moderne Stil, 6v.
Meister der Farbe, 1906.
Menzels, Adolf-Das Werk Adolf Menzels.
An actual count has been made during the year of all the books in this department. As the result of this count the follow- ing facts have been ascertained :-
Number in main reference room 66 art room
2,355
66
Americana room
3,512
Somerville alcove
395
66
66 catalogue room
197
66
Massachusetts document room
821
66 United States document collection
1,193
Total
9,413
During the year 171 visitors have used the Americana room and 134 have used the art room. Thus it will be seen that these rooms are used to a very small extent in proportion to the money that is expended upon them. During the year 134 people have used the art room, and $228.85 has been expended upon the art
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940
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department. Consequently it has cost us $1.70 for every visitor that has entered the art room during the year. This is a poor return for the money expended. I cannot think that this fur- nishes a criterion of the artistic taste of the community. It is rather a demonstration of a fact, that has already been many times demonstrated, that the public will not use books that are sequestered from public access.
Increased shelving facilities are urgently needed in this de- partment. Permit me to call attention once more to the struc- tural weakness of this room. This is so apparent that the com- mittee on building and grounds has decided that increased shelving in that part of the room under the dome in the inter- ests of safety should not be attempted. If there is any way to remedy this weakness, I respectfully recommend that it be reme- died during the coming year.
The Children's Department.
The children's department, under the supervision of Miss Anna L. Stone, has done an increasing amount of work during the year. The circulation of this room has been 71,563, of which 58,572 have been fiction and 12,991 other works.
There is no doubt that this is one of the most useful rooms in the building, and perhaps results in greater civic benefit than any other department of the library. But, as I have before men- tioned, the entrance and exit to this room are such that it is more or less of a nuisance to the mature part of our patrons. The noise made by the children in passing up and down the stairs in such near proximity to the reading room is at times very dis- concerting. This room would be ideally located, as far as the general public is concerned, if there were a direct entrance to it from the outside. It is remote from the main body of the li- brary ; and if there were a direct entrance to it, the exuberance of youth, that inevitably results in noise, could let off its surplus energy without a general disturbance. I again respectfully rec- ommend that such an entrance be effected.
A corticine carpet, such as covers the floor of the delivery room, would deaden the noise that is unavoidable in a gathering of children, and, although it would not be appreciated by the children themselves, would result in a great relief to the attend- ants of the room.
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Agencies.
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
·
D
398
525 1,734
18 909
227
13 432
35 1,380
February
348
460
32
186
14
27
Shelves
910
1,395
768
352
1,144
March
356
518 1,537
34 814
211
15
12
Shelves
397
1,197
April
367
574
40
214
6 533
10
Shelves
1,025
1,884
944
May
271
450
14
196
10
6
Shelves
600
1,534
689
349
1,142
June
244
377
4
147
13
8
Shelves
916
1,364
637
316
1,047
July
328
365
19
234
10
9
Shelves
1,115
1,716
709
461
1,196
August
223
280
4
147
12
6
Shelves
802
1,241
605
410
829
September
167
275
8
151
3
6
Shelves
794
1,315
472
362
996
October
302
344 1,696
945
439
1,131
November
265
281
18
136
20
13
Shelves
956
1,365
740
327
S76
December
330
302
20 1,376
216
21
13
Shelves
1,250
.
1,769
Totals .
.
15,080
23,301
9,836
2,223
4,887
13,568
.
General Work.
The general work of the library has been carried on under the supervision of Miss Florence D. Hurter, the assistant libra- rian. Miss Hurter took up this new work with enthusiasm and great efficiency. Her serious illness has been a matter of regret to all the library staff. I am glad to say that she seems to be
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158
20
27
Shelves
1,023
352
1,026
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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Shelves
1,026
1,064
1,432
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well on the way to a full recovery at an early date. During her enforced absence Miss Nellie M. Whipple has served as assistant librarian, and under unusual difficulties, induced by a staff greatly depleted by sickness, she has performed the work to the great satisfaction of the library management and to the public.
The general circulation figures of the year are as follows :-
Fiction.
Other Works.
Total.
January
29,159
14,590
43,749
February
24,857
12,382
37,239
March
27,905
12,976
40,881
April
31,895
14,767
46,662
May
24,658
11,343
36,001
June
21,572
8,480
30,052
July
21,781
4,077
25,858
August
15,415
2,965
18,380
September
15,347
3,531
18,878
October
25,976
10,749
36,725
November
25,476
12,311
37,787
December
31,380
15,947
47,327
Total
295,421
124,118
419,539
Last year the circulation was 410,538; there is consequently a net increase the current year of 8,862, or about 2.16 per cent. This is not as large as our usual increase. In fact, during much of the year there has been an actual decrease from the corre- sponding months of the previous year. But our circulation for December is the largest circulation for that month, or for any other month, in the history of the library, and we seem to be entering upon another period of steady and progressive increase.
Below is given our circulation by classes, exclusive of fic- tion :-
General works
7,918
Philosophy
1,400
Religion
5,643
Sociology
21,078
Philology
611
Natural science
15,141
Useful arts .
4,655
Fine arts
6,462
Literature
16,474
History
31,745
Total of general delivery
111,127
Delivered from children's room
12,991
Total of other works .
124,118
Fiction
295,421
Other works
124,118
Total
419,539
Percentage, fiction
70.42%
Other works
·
29.58%
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Below is the statistical statement of the general work of the year :-
Accession number
92,891
Volumes in library
79,162
added
5,390
Total circulation
Delivered from children's room
72,754
3,599 66
11,481
66
West Somerville agency
4,751
66
66
shelves
18,550 228
66
66
East Somerville agency shelves
9,608
66
66
South Somerville agency
157
66
66
Union Square agency . .6 shelves
4,730 172
6.
66
Highland agency . .
66
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shelves
13,396
66
Knapp school
999
Volumes out in Sunday schools
6,649
Visitors in reference room
3,781
Cards issued
Fines
$794 73
Books
158 12
Telephone
15 82
Total
$968 67
During the year 364 vacation cards were issued. Eleven hundred and twenty-seven books were delivered to the homes of the people by our delivery boys. Thirty-three sets of stereo- graphs are now owned by the library. The circulation of these sets during the year amounted to 678.
The following Sunday schools take books from the library : Broadway Congregational, Flint-street Methodist, Perkins-street Baptist, Prospect-hill Congregational, Second Unitarian, West Somerville Baptist, Winter-hill Congregational, Winter-hill Uni- versalist, Park-avenue Methodist, Second Advent, and the Highland Congregational.
Books are also sent to the Y. M. C. A., the Somerville Boys' club, and to the Somerville hospital.
419,539
66 Teele Square agency 66 shelves
66
2,223
66
1,595
school library
10,708
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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.
Adams, Charles F.
Albree, John
Amherst College
1
Bay State Historic League
1
Boston Atheneum
Boston Children's Friend Society
2
Boston Assoc. for Relief and Control of Tuberculosis
Cacocum Fruits Company
1
Dartmouth College
1
Davos Public Interest Association
1
Dean, F. Stuart
1
Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada Dolbear, Professor A. E.
15
3
10
Duddy, Bessie L.
1
Emma Shipman Pupils Association
1
Fowler, Nathaniel C., Jr.
1
1
Gay, Frederick L.
1
Goss, Ernest C.
1
Graves, Dr. Henry C.
1
Harvard University .
2
Herbert, John
Hincks, Marion F.
1
Lake Mohonk Conference
1
Libbey, L. M.
1
Library of Congress
4
McNeil, G. Leonard
1
Macy, John C.
1
Massachusetts
40
8
Massachusetts Free Library Commission
1
Merchants Association of New York ·
1
Merrill, Frank E. .
4
Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board Morse Institute
1
Nebraska Public Library Commission
2
New Jersey Public Library Commission New Bedford Textile School .
1
Nickerson Home
1
Penn. Home Teaching Society
1
Parker and Lee
1
1
Peabody Institute
2
Perkins Institute
Carried forward
88
36
36
1
1
Canadian Railway
1
22
9
Indian Rights Association
1
Leland Stanford University
Massachusetts Civic League
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1
Massachusetts State Library .
Medford, Mass.
1
1
1
New England Historic Genealogical Society
1
3
Free Library Commission of Wisconsin
1
1
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
LIST OF DONATIONS .- Continued.
Vols.
Pamph.
Period.
Brought forward
88
36
36
Pinn, Edward .
Prtman, Isaac and Sons .
1
Piatt Institute
1
Providence Atheneum
2
Public Libraries :
Allegheny, Pa. (Carnegie Library)
Arlington ( Robbins Library )
Ashland
Athol
1
Atlanta, Ga. (Carnegie Library)
1
Baltimore ( Enoch Pratt Library )
1
Beverly
1
Boston
1
Bradford, Pa. ( Carnegie Library )
1
Brockton
1 1
Brooklyn, N. Y.
1
Cambridge
1
Canton
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1 ·2
Chicago, Ill. (John Crerar Library )
1
Cincinnati, Ohio
1
Cleveland, Ohio
1
Clinton ( Bigelow Library )
1
Concord
1
Concord, N. H.
1
Dayton, Ohio
1
Detroit, Mich.
1
District of Columbia
1
Dover, N. H.
1
Easton, Pa.
1
Erie, Pa.
1
Everett ( Shute Library )
1 1 1
Fitchburg
1 1
Hagerstown, Md.
1
Hartford, Conn.
1
Haverhill
Holliston
Hudson
1
Laconia, N. H. .
Leominster
1
Los Angeles, Cal.
1
Lowell City Library
1 1
Lynn .
Malden .
1 1
Manchester, N. H.
Marblehead (Abbot Library)
1
Marlborough
4
Carried forward .
92
113
36
-
Everett ( Parlin Library ) .
Fall River
Groton
Louisville, Ky.
1 1
22
1
2
1
1
Brookline
Chicago, Il1.
-
1
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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LIST OF DONATIONS. - Continued.
Vols.
Pamph.
Period.
Brought forward Public Libraries ( Continued ) : -
Medford
Melrose
Milwaukee, Wis.
1
Minneapolis, Minn.
1
Newark, N. J.
1
New Bedford
1
Newburyport
1
New Haven, Conn.
1
Newton
1
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
1
North Adams ( Houghton Memorial Library )
1
Northampton
1
Northampton ( Forbes Library )
1
Norwich, Conn. (Otis Library)
1
Omaha, Nebraska
1
Passaic, N. J.
1
Paterson, N. J.
1
Peoria, Ill.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Pittsburg, Pa. ( Carnegie Library )
1
Plainfield, N. J.
1 1
· Portland, Me. .
.
1
Queensborough, N. Y.
1
Rochester, N. H.
1
Rockland St. Louis, Mo.
1 1
San Diego, Cal.
1 1
Stoneham .
1
Syracuse, N. Y.
1
Taunton
1
Toledo, O.
1
Trenton, N. J. Wakefield
1
Waltham .
1
Watertown
1
Westborough
1
Winthrop .
1
Worcester
Yanaguchi, Japan
Rawson, Frederick G.
3 1
1
Sanborn, Mrs. Carrie A. .
2 1
Springfield Library Association
1
Stanford University of California
1
Stone and Webster
1
Carried forward
102
161
36
92
113
36
1 1 1
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ( Adriance Memorial Library ) Providence, R. I.
1 2
Quincy ( Thomas Crane Library )
1
Salem
Scranton, Pa.
1
Woburn
1 1 1
Richter, Emanuel
St. Louis Mercantile Library Association
South wick, Jennie Lea
1
1
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
LIST OF DONATIONS. - Concluded.
Vols.
Pamph. Period.
Brought forward
102
161
36
Tobey, Dr. E. N.
Tufts College
United States
17
8
12
Walker, Hon. T. B.
1
Webster, E. S.
3
Wilmington Institute
1
Wright, Ellen .
1
Totals
127
171
48
.
Conclusion.
The work of the library has been rendered difficult during the past year by an unusual amount of sickness on the part of the staff ; so that at times it has been very hard to perform it with the efficiency with which it should be done. The staff has done excellent work, however, under these difficulties; and I wish to thank them, as well as the members of your board, for co-opera- tion, for forbearance and help.
Respectfully submitted, SAM WALTER FOSS, Librarian.
December 31, 1907.
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Valentine, H. E. '
BOARD OF HEALTH.
1907.
ALLEN F. CARPENTER, Chairman, WESLEY T. LEE, M. D., ZEBEDEE E. CLIFF.
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., Medical Inspector.
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, 1908.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-We respectfully submit the following as the thirtieth annual report of the board of health, in which is pre- sented a statement, tabulated and otherwise, of the sanitary con- dition of the city and the business of the board for the year end- ing December 31, 1907 :-
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 THE CITY IN 1907.
Bakery offensive
..
8
Barber shops
2
Bread left on steps
1
Burning leather
1
Cellar damp
19
Cesspool offensive
4
Cow barn offensive
5
Dogs bred in house
4 1 48
Drainage defective
Drainage emptying into cellar
17
Drainage emptying on surface .
9
Fish offal
3
Gas from power house
1
Goats kept without license
Hens in cellar
6
Hennery offensive
11 7 1
Hens without permit
13
Manure pit defective .
Offal on land
Offensive odor in and about dwellings
1
Pigs kept without license
8
Premises dirty
147
Privy-vault offensive
8
Rabbits in cellar
1
Rubbish in cellar
3
Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive
18
Stable without drainage
8
Stagnant water on surface
41
Water-closet defective
5
Water under stable
572
Total
Slops thrown on surface
Stable infected with glanders
27
Horses under store
Manure exposed and offensive
31
16
13
Pigeons in cellar .
44
38
2
Cows kept without license .
281
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Number of nuisances abated .
. 572
Number of nuisances referred to board of 1908 16 Number of nuisances complained of 588
Number of complaints (many covering more than one nuisance) . 410
In addition to the above, 365 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 .- Thirty-eight cases of glanders have been re- ported during the year. Prompt action was taken in every case, and thirty-three 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 112 cows. Thirty-four permits to keep ninety-nine cows were granted, and seven permits were refused.
Swine .- Eighteen applications were received for permits to keep thirty-five swine. Seventeen permits were granted to keep thirty-four swine, and one permit was refused. The fee is one dollar for each swine.
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Goats .- One application was received for a permit to keep one goat, which permit was granted. The fee is one dollar for each goat.
Hens .- Thirty-nine applications for permits to keep 1,124 . hens were received. Thirty-three permits to keep 1,002 hens were granted, and six permits were refused.
Grease .- Thirteen applications were received for permits to collect grease, all of which were granted. The fee is two dollars. Four of the parties licensed reside in Somerville, three in Charlestown, two in Cambridge, three 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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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Pedlers.
One hundred and sixteen certificates of registration were issued to hawkers and pedlers during the year under the pro- visions of ordinance number 27-a decrease of sixteen from the year 1906. One hundred and seven certificates have been re- newed 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 ashes, garbage, and other refuse materials 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-nine men are employed, and the de- partment owns and uses thirty-two horses, fifteen ash carts, four paper wagons, and thirteen garbage wagons.
Ashes .- The ashes and non-combustible materials are de- posited upon the city dumps at Winter Hill and West Somer- ville. The combustible materials are burned in the incinerator which was built this year near the city stables, except those mate- rials which can be sold at a profit, such as clean paper, rags, and bottles.
The incinerator was put into operation early in September, and has worked very satisfactorily. In order that the combus- tible and non-combustible materials might be kept separate as far as possible, the following circular was distributed through- out the city :-
Office of the Board of Health,
Somerville, September 6, 1907.
An incinerator has been installed at the city farm, where the com- bustible waste materials collected by the board of health wagons will be burned, instead of being deposited upon the city's dumps as has for- merly been necessary.
Hereafter all householders and others having waste materials for removal by the ash and paper wagons are required to keep combustible and non-combustible matters separate. Paper, cloth, and any other material which can be burned must be kept in separate receptacles from ashes, cans, bottles, iron, dirt, and other articles which cannot be burned.
When combustible and non-combustible materials are deposited to- gether in the same receptacle, the board of health employees may refuse to remove them.
ALLEN F. CARPENTER, WESLEY T. LEE, M. D., ZEBEDEE E. CLIFF, Board of Healthı.
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
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During the year 46,516 loads of ashes and 3,258 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.
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.
SATURDAY, DISTRICT NO. 6.
Comprises the entire area extending westerly from Willow avenue to the Medford, Arlington, and Cambridge lines.
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR COLLECTION OF ASHES AND OFFAL.
Ashes must be put in suitable receptacles not larger than an ordinary flour barrel, and must be kept free from all other refuse matter.
House offal or garbage must be kept free from all other refuse mat- ter, and in suitable vessels,
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
All other refuse, such as paper, rags, excelsior, straw, mattresses, old clothes, pasteboard boxes, carpets, etc., must be kept free from ashes and garbage, and placed in suitable packages or barrels to prevent being scattered in handling.
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