Report of the city of Somerville 1909, Part 23

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 510


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Typhoid Fever. One hundred and fifty examinations of the blood of patients suspected of having typhoid fever have been made, fifty-two of which proved positive. In fifty-seven cases a positive diagnosis of this disease had been made by the attend-


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ing physician, in five cases it was stated not to be typhoid fever, and in the remainder no statement was made relating to the diagnosis. Of the negative results, twenty-four were diagnosed as typhoid, five were said not to be typhoid, and in sixty-nine no diagnosis was made. Eighty-nine were males and sixty-one females.


Summary for Seven Years, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908,1909. Diphtheria Cultures.


No. Examined


Males


Females


0-5


5-10


10-20


Over 20


Age not No stated growth


1903


817


387


430


282


199


125


185


26


5


1904


1,429


629


800


537


400


231


261


34


29


1905


792


346


446


204


260


139


170


19


4


1906


968


407


561


282


370


153


152


6


6


1907


971


423


548


224


346


185


210


6


3


1908


1,293


542


751


278


421


233


150


6


3


1909


1,537


694


843


375


657


206


284


15


9


For Diagnosis Clinical Diagnosis Diplı. Clin. Diag. not Diph. Clin. Diag. not stated


Positive


Negative


Positive


Negative


Positive Negative


1903


360


56


35


11


122


27


109


1904


406


72


37


11


96


59


131


1905


263


15


23


10


76


36


103


1906


419


55


60


14


130


47


107


1907


462


45


34


10


104


52


217


1908


524


57


48


14


96


92


217


1909


637


54


23


18


121


117


299


For Release


Positive


Negative


1903


95


362


1 :


1904


233


761


1905


139


386


1


1906


85


464


1907


98


408


1908


136


630


1909


165


726


1


Sputum for Tuberculosis.


No. Examined


Males


Females


Positive


Negative


Clin. Diag. Tuberculosis Positive Negative


1903


137


66


71


26


111


15


21


1904


124


54


70


28


96


14


29


1905


162


69


93


22


140


11


38


1906


175


95.


80


9


166


7


44


190


227


100


127


7


220


4


79


1908


173


84


89


14


159


9


59


1909


192


100


92


14


178


10


. 69


Clinical Diagnosis not Tuberculosis


Positive


Negative


Clinical Diagnosis not stated Positive Negative


1903


9


61


2


29


1904


11


43


3


24


1905


5


59


6


43


1906


1


85


1


37


1907


2


84


1


57


1908


3


63


2


43


1909


..


.


.....


3


65


1


44


. ...


..


.. .


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. . ..


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Blood for Typhoid Fever.


No. Examined


Males


Females


Positive


Clin Negative


Diag. Typhoid Fever Positive


Negative


1903


72


39


33


27


45


18


7


1904


76


53


23


32


44


18


4


1905


78


45


33


26


50


11


1


1906


94


57


37


24


70


14


15


1907


110


58


52


45


65


25


10


1908


110


59


51


31


79


20


14


1909


150


89


61


52


98


33


24


Clin. Diag. not Typhoid Fever Positive


Negative


Clin. Diag. not stated Positive Negative


1903


2


6


7


32


1904


0


6


14


34


1905


1


5


14


44


1906


0


8


10


47


1907


0


3


20


52


1908


0


6


11


59


1909


0


5


19


69


Respectfully submitted,


FRANK L. MORSE,


Medical Inspector.


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS.


OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY HALL, Somerville, Mass., January 1, 1910.


To the Board of Health of the City of Somerville :-


Gentlemen,-I herewith submit the report of the inspector of animals and provisions for the year 1909.


The following is a statement of the number of animals killed during the year at the five slaughtering establishments in the city :-


Swine, 1,128,246; sheep, 292,287; calves, 66,820; cattle, 30,569 ; goats, 748. The work of the four large establishments in Somerville have been inspected by me as required by the law.


Somerville is one of the largest quarantine stations for the export of animals in the United States, the number exported last year being: Cattle, 60,563; sheep, 22,662.


The total number of neat cattle kept in the city is 163; swine, 110; cows, fifty-two; goats, one, all of which have been inspected by me several times during the year.


There have been 2,731 horses examined in stables where contagious diseases were reported to exist. Forty-three were quarantined, a decrease from last year of twenty. Of this num- ber, forty were killed and three were released.


All the blacksmith shops of the city have been disinfected and whitewashed during the year.


There are seventy-three barber shops and eighty-four bakeries in the city, all of which have been frequently inspected, most of them being found in excellent condition.


There have been 2,581 visits made to stores and markets, and 816 pedlers' carts have been inspected from which fish, pro- visions, and produce were sold.


The following articles have been condemned and de- stroyed :-


Fish.


Codfish, whole, 38; codfish, salt, 1/2 box; flounders, whole, 168; had- dock, whole, 334; halibut, 41 pounds; halibut, smoked, 3; herring, fresh, 1,063; herring, smoked, 3 boxes; mackerel, whole, 105; pollock, whole, 39; salmon, fresh, 41 pounds; salmon, smoked, 1; shad, whole, 33; smelts, 4 boxes; swordfish, 6 pounds; clams, 3 quarts; lobsters, 67; oysters, 6 gallons.


Meats.


Beef, fresh, 967 pounds; beef, corned, 571 pounds; Hamburg steak, 22 pounds; livers, whole, 28; mutton, 171 pounds; pigs' feet, 11/4 kegs; pork, fresh, 192 pounds; pork, salt, 149 pounds; pork, smoked, 126 pounds; poultry, 943 pounds; sausage,


fresh, 37 pounds; sausage, smoked, 29 pounds; swine, whole, 19; tripe, 26 pounds; veal, 212 pounds.


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Fruit.


Apples, 2 barrels; bananas, 114 dozen; cantaloupes, 16 crates; dates, 1/2 box; grape fruit, 2 boxes; grapes, 34 baskets; lemons, 2 boxes; oranges, 5 boxes; peaches, 6 baskets; prunes, 1 basket; blackberries, 11 quarts; raspberries, 42 cups; strawberries, 61 quarts.


Vegetables.


Beans, green, 2 bushels, 4 crates; beets, 4 bushels; cabbage, 7 bar- rels; carrots, 3 bushels; cauliflower, 18 head; celery, 35 bunches; cucum- bers, 11 crates; greens, 21 bushels; lettuce, 108 head; onions, 31/2 bushels; potatoes, white, 14 bushels; potatoes, sweet, 5 crates; squash, 10 barrels; tomatoes, 1 bushel; turnips, 15 barrels.


I have performed all other duties as required by your board.


Respectfully submitted,


DR. CHARLES M. BERRY,


Inspector.


REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MILK INSPECTION.


OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR OF MILK, 310 Broadway, Somerville, January 1, 1910.


To the Board of Health of the City of Somerville :-


Gentlemen,-I have the honor to present the report of this department for the year ending December 31, 1909. Owing to the death of Dr. J. E. Richardson, who so ably conducted this office for the past nine years, my report will be of necessity somewhat restricted as to detail of work, statistics, etc., but will be confined to recommendations as to the care and handling of milk, and the observance of the statute and board of health regulations now in force. During the eight weeks I have been in office I have examined two hundred forty-nine samples of inilk microscopically and chemically. In all but fourteen samples I found the milk of good standard quality. Notices and warnings were sent to these parties.


One hundred and four licenses have been issued to milk- men to sell milk.


Five hundred and seventy-five licenses have been issued to storekeepers, making a total of six hundred and seventy-nine merchants handling milk in this city during the year 1909. In addition, forty-three grocers' teams have been licensed to de- liver milk to their customers.


Milk.


Few people realize the true food value of pure milk, other- wise the care used in handling this valuable article of food, both before and after it comes into the home, would be doubled.


The elements needed to nourish the body may be obtained from pure milk more cheaply than from meat, and will replace or diminish the quantity of other foods.


Pure milk needs no cooking, pasteurizing or sterilizing, contains no waste, is palatable and easily digested, but no other article of food is more dangerous to health than milk if adulter- ated or carelessly handled. An eminent authority states "that one-half the children born into this world die before the age of five years, and one-fifth die before the end of the first year." He goes further and states "that bad milk kills more babies than any other one of their enemies."


Care of Milk.


In pursuance of the above thought and in view of our knowledge of diseases contracted from contaminated milk it


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would be well to recommend the following simple rules to be observed in the homes :-


1. Do not patronize a milk dealer at any price whose milk after standing for two hours reveals a visible sediment at the bottom of the bottle.


It is evidence of dirty habits, extremely suggestive of dan- ger, and entirely preventable by clean, decent methods without greatly increasing the cost.


2. Subject your milk to low pasteurization (140 degrees Fahrenheit for twenty minutes) and after cooling keep it at a temperature below fifty degrees Fahrenheit.


This will not make bad milk good, but it will destroy germ life and reduce the danger of milk-borne disease to a minimum.


It has been conclusively shown that low pasteurization when done properly does not impair the enzymes or ferments contained in fresh milk, does not alter the chemical composition, does not lessen its food value, either as to nutrition or digesti- bility, and does not alter its taste or physical qualities.


If at any time you have trouble with the milk, notify the milk inspector and he will investigate to the best of his ability.


Bottles.


There seems to be very little violation of the regulation prohibiting the use of milk bottles as containers for substances other than milk, the public being the principal offenders, as they do not realize the danger in using milk bottles for molasses, vinegar, and kerosene. The daily collection of bottles by milk- men would assist in enforcing this regulation.


Where there is a case of infectious disease the bottles should not be collected by the milkman. The consumer should leave some suitable container ready for the milkman in which to pour the milk. If by any chance milk bottles have ac- cumulated during a sickness, they should be sterilized or fumi- gated before they are returned to the milkman. I mention these points, as it is often dark when the milk is left and the card might not be noticed.


Milkmen.


Almost without exception the milkmen have been most courteous and shown a desire to co-operate in every way pos- sible. Carelessness, I think, rather than intentional wrong-do- ing is responsible for the majority of cases of dirty milk.


In one instance a milkman was discovered tasting milk with the same spoon, without washing it in the intervals, and in another case there were several teaspoonfuls of soapy water in each bottle, waiting to receive the daily supply of milk.


Occasionally some dairyman will send milk into the city from cows with infected udders, and storekeepers in the small


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stores are careless about. icing. I call attention to these in- stances to show that eternal vigilance is the price of safety and applies especially to the milk problem. The following rules were posted in all barns where cows were kept and a license granted to sell milk by Dr. J. E. Richardson :-


The board of health issues the following suggestions to milk pro- ducers in the interest of cleaner and purer milk :-


1. Keep cows clean.


2. Keep floors, walls, and ceilings of stable and milk room clean and free from cobwebs. Whitewash frequently.


3. Use clean bedding, and never use manure for that purpose.


4. Air the cow stable frequently.


5. Permit no sick person to handle the cows or milk, but have the sick person examined at once by a physician. Avoid exposure to contagious diseases.


6. Clean and wipe udders dry before each milking.


7. Wash and dry your hands before milking; always milk dry handed.


8. Wear clean outer garments when milking.


9. Do not save milk from any cows which have any disease, par- ticularly of the udder.


10. The first stream of milk from each teat should be thrown away.


11. Do not strain milk in cow barn.


12. Remove milk from barn to milk room at once, strain and cool to fifty degrees Fahrenheit or lower, and keep it there; get a dairy thermometer (twenty-five cents) to try temperature.


13. Protect milk from flies and dust at all times; screen doors and windows of milk room; if trough is used, cover with screen of coarse cheesecloth, tacked to light frame.


14. All milk vessels should be thoroughly cleaned and then rinsed with boiling water.


15. Use milk pails with small opening on top. Don't use wooden pails.


16. Don't feed any food which imparts flavor to milk before milk- ing, always after.


17. See that milk cans are clean and well aired.


Observance of these suggestions will be for your advantage, and of great advantage to the consumer of milk.


Signed, J. E. RICHARDSON, Inspector of Milk.


I consider it absolutely necessary to live up to these regu- lations.


Oleomargarine.


Five persons have been licensed to sell oleomargarine in Somerville during the year, and I believe they all observe the law which requires each package to be plainly stamped with the weight and the word "Oleomargarine."


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Vinegar.


From time to time during the year vinegar samples were seized from grocery stores and analyzed.


According to the records in this office, all samples were found to be above the standard required by law.


Respectfully submitted, HERBERT E. BOWMAN, 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.


Secretary. CORA F. LEWIS.


General Agent. CHARLES C. FOLSOM.


City Physician. C. CLARKE TOWLE, M. D.


Warden and Matron, City Home. Mr. and Mrs. J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN.


Office. City Hall Annex, Highland Avenue,


REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


Somerville. Mass., December 31, 1909.


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


Gentlemen,-In accordance with our usual custom and the requirements of the law, we submit our annual report for the year 1909.


We have passed out of the financial depression of two years ago, and many of our families, which we assisted in their homes, are working and do not require aid.


The laundry machinery which has been put in at the city home has long been needed and we appreciate the courtesy of the mayor and commissioner of public buildings in having the same installed.


We are in need of a hospital in connection with the city home, where we can take care of the sick at the home and others whom we have to care for and who cannot be admitted to the Somerville hospital, and we hope you will be able to give us this addition.


The state has taken part of our land for the Alewife Brook boulevard and there ought to be a fence built from Broadway between the city land and said boulevard; this should be done early this spring.


We wish to thank the general agent, the secretary, the warden, and matron for the work accomplished in their re- spective positions.


The work of the year has been entirely satisfactory in the different departments, and we submit the details as follows, in- cluding the reports of the general agent and warden.


Signed,


E. B. WEST, Overseers


A. W. EDMANDS, of the


H. E. MERRILL, Poor.


REPORT OF GENERAL AGENT.


Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1909. To the Board of Overseers of the Poor, Somerville, Mass. :-


Gentlemen,-The following is the general agent's report for the year just closed. Owing to the fact that the state has paid for the support of the feeble-minded and insane epileptics, and for some other reasons, there is a balance of $785.93 to our credit at the close of the year. The amount expended for food for poor families has been $4,459.58, and for fuel $588.01, 01 about eighty tons of coal. These combined figures show a decrease from 1908 of $752.64. We have paid other cities and towns for aid rendered to the poor living there, who have a set- tlement in Somerville, $3,086.71. In addition to the $5,000.00 appropriated by the city for the support and treatment of the sick poor, who are settled here, we have caused to be collected and turned over to the Somerville Hospital the sum of $2,250.11. There has been established at Canton, Mass., the Massachusetts hospital school for crippled and deformed children. The law ' establishing the same reads as follows: "The board of such children as have a legal settlement in some city or town shall be paid by such city or town at a rate not exceeding four dol- lars a week, notice of the reception of the children by the trustees being given by them to the overseers of the poor of the city or town of settlement as soon as is practicable. .. . Such charges as are paid by the commonwealth, or by any city or town, shall not be deemed to have been paid as state or pauper aid, and no person shall be deemed to be a pauper in conse- quence of his inability to pay for the support of a child in said school."


Although the law requires that the overseers of the poor shall be notified, yet I do not think that the money to pay these bills should be taken from our appropriation, for the reason that we are a pauper department and when we pay for the board of a child it pauperizes the family. I think the law should either be amended or the money for their board should come from some other department. We have one child in this hospital school and we are likely to have others. A special appropria- tion could be made by the mayor and aldermen for this purpose.


We have caused to be collected during the year from other cities, towns, state, and individuals, the sum of $4,129.10; this amount includes the $2,250.11 turned over to the hospital. We have given sixteen permits to the city home and eleven to State Infirmary at Tewksbury during the year. With the consent of the board our old typewriter has been exchanged for a new one at an expense of $95.25. A new carpet for the offices has been


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purchased with the approval of the board costing $99.75. I have tried to keep in touch with the needs of those dependent upon the city for aid, and so far as I am aware their wants have been attended to promptly. I wish to thank the members of the board for their courtesies and co-operation in the work. The usual tables giving a more detailed account of what has been done are annexed.


Very respectfully, C. C. FOLSOM, General Agent.


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table No. 1. FULL SUPPORT (DURING THE YEAR).


In city home (men 29, women 15) 44


In city home December 31, 1909 (men 19, women 9)


28


In private families


2


In Somerville hospital


226


In hospitals for the sick in other towns, cities and state


49


In hospital for dipsomaniacs


2


Table No. 2. PARTIAL SUPPORT (OUTDOOR RELIEF).


Families


203


Persons aided (not including hospital cases)


892


Burials


9


Permits to Tewksbury almshouse


15


Average expense to the city for each (ambulance for two)


$1.92


Table No. 3. REIMBURSEMENTS.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


$958 93


City of Boston


606 08


Cambridge


643 77


66


6. Chelsea


105 50


Everett


115 89


Fall River


22 65


66


Gloucester


40 00


66


Haverhill


31 43


66


Holyoke


24 00


Lowell


156 24


66 Malden


98 85


66 Marlboro


55 71


66


New Bedford


10 85


66


Newton


238 64


Quincy


13 00


66 Springfield


18 90


Taunton


18 00


Woburn


66 44


66


Worcester


132 44


Town of Andover


10 00


66


Arlington


102 86


Attleboro


18 14


"


Boylston


32 43


Braintree


29 14


"


Brookline


11 43


Framingham


12 43


Gardner


8 57


Leominster


52 17


Reading


18 00


Revere


34 00


Saugus


28 01


66


Stoneham


39 45


Stow


28 71


Truro


36 86


Wakefield


16 16


Weston


32 00


Williamstown


14 29


Relatives, individuals, etc.


150 98


.


$4,129 10


Medford


96 15


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SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.


Table No. 4.


SOMERVILLE HOSPITAL (PATIENTS ON CITY BEDS).


Patients having settlement in Somerville


92


Patients having settlement in other cities or towns . 59


Patients having no settlement (chargeable to state)


75


Total number of patients sent to hospital


226


Money paid hospital by the city for patients settled in Somerville


$5,000 00


Amount reimbursed to the city and paid to the hospital for patients not settled in Somerville


2,250 11


Total paid to the hospital


$7,250 11


Table No. 5. POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1883 TO 1909, INCLUSIVE.


Year.


Population (Estimated).


Expenditures.


1883


27,000


$15,959.80


1884


28,000


17,272.52


1885


*29,992


16,430.32


1886


32,000


14,341.83


1887


34,000


13,430.89


1888


36,000


13,375.98


1889


39,000


14,610.92


1890


*40,117


15,261.14


1891


43,000


15,980.49


1892


46,000


17,015.30


1893


48,000


17,799.58


1894


50,000


19,733.13


1895


*52,200


20,755.46


1896


54,000


21,999.79


1897


56,000


25,681.47


1898


57,500


28,522.21


1899


60,000


28,924.39


1900


*61,643


City Home, 5,528.83 5


Miscellaneous, $29,171.15


35,793.58


1902


63,500


City Home, 7,396.64


36,063.68


1903


65,500


City Home,


7,548.39


38,018.59


1904


69,500


Miscellaneous, $20,476.54 City Home, 6,563.11


27,039.65


1905


*69,272


City Home, 7,474.36


Miscellaneous, $18,237.53


1906


72,000


City Home,


6,806.79


1907


74,000


City Home,


7,001.23


1908


75,500


City Home, 6,875.56


5 Miscellaneous, $16,843.17


1909


75,500


City Home,


7,562.83


24,406,00


*Census.


Miscellaneous, $23,697.62


29,226.45


1901


62,500


City Home, 6,622.43


1 Miscellaneous, $28,667.04


Miscellaneous, $17,527.88


25,002.24


25,044.32


Miscellaneous, $17,852.20


24,853.43


Miscellaneous, $17,955.34


24,830.90


5 Miscellaneous, $30,470.20


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Overseers of the Poor of Somerville. SINCE THE REORGANIZATION IN 1885.


tHon. Mark F. Burns, chairman ex-officio . 1885


1888 inclusive


+Colonel Herbert E. Hill .


1885


1889


+Charles S. Lincoln, Esq., chairman


1885


1887


Hon. Edward Glines .


1885


1887


+Charles G. Brett (president 1888-1892)


1885 April 1893


Edward B. West (president May, 1894, to date)


1888 to


date*


*Daniel C. Stillson


1888 April 1892


66


tHon. Charles G. Pope, chairman ex-officio .


1889


1891


66


Nathan H. Reed (president 1893 to April, 1894)


1890 April 1894


*Hon. William H. Hodgkins, chairman ex- officio


1892


1895


James G. Hinckley


May 1892 .


1894


66


Albert W. Edmands


. May 1893


to date*


Herbert E. Merrill


. May 1894


to date*


+Ezra D. Souther


1895


Feb. 1898


(Died)


Hon. Albion A. Perry, chairman ex-officio . 1896


1898


inclusive


James H. Butler .


March 1898


1899


Hon. George O. Proctor, chairman ex-officio,


1899


* Present member.


+ Deceased.


Table No. 7. RECAPITULATION (MISCELLANEOUS).


Appropriation .


$13,500 00 4,129 10


Reimbursements


.


Total receipts


Total expenditures


$17,629 10 16,843 17


Balance


Net expenditures


$785 93 $12,714 07


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Table No. 6. EXPENDITURES, IN DETAIL, FOR THE YEAR 1909.


1909.


Medicine.


Board.


Groceries.


Somerville Poor in Other Cities and Towns.


Boots and Shoes.


Dry Goods.


Burials.


Salaries.


Fuel.


Sundries.


Cash Paid Out.


Telephone.


Stationery and Printing.


Somerville Hospital.


State Hospital.


Foxboro State Hospital.


Feebie- minded School.


Epileptic Hospital and Nursing.


Total.


January . .


$15.50


$31.01


$747.33


$608.03


$11.00


$7.00


$356.66


$172.69


$4.00


$23.70


$7.00


$26.00


. .


$253.50


$2,263.42


February


14.75


24.00


481.50


49.57


$35.00


337.99


100.11


12.35


23.90


$89.71


1,168.88


March .


10.25


52.51


413.50


179.49


35.00


316.66


93.80


2.00


13.15


.60


18.00


. .


$153.21


$29.25


1,317.42


April .


23.48


38.44


339.00


257.15


328.66


4.00


8.06


30.55


3.50


$533.32


.


. .


. .


796.62


June


18.80


36.44


349.50


3.25


15.00


316.66


3.30


6.25


6.25


133.33


·


.


29.71


10.25


1,273.40


August


38.70


37.65


365.50


405.36


25.00


316.66


6.40


22.75


6.25


133.33


123.88


1,481.48


September


37.25


40.72


409.00


135.59


343.33


1.95


11.20


133.33


3.87


35.75


1,151.99


October . .


13.05


47.65


299.50


560.44


316.66


119.75


8.70


7.00


133.33


15.25


1,528.83


November .


15.40


50.73


350.00


214.29


316.66


28.25


10.19


133.33


99.43


11.29


33.00


1,432.48


December .


52.08


179.75


270.94


2.00


336.74


73.80


17.35


10.16


783.48


. . .


. ..


112.75


1,938.80


Totals . .


$202.03


$492.96


$4,459.58


$3,086.71


$21.75


$9.00


$155.00


$3,920.00


$588.01


$236.90


$193.10


$113.27


$76.15


$2,250.11


$341.64


$194.21


$253.50


$249.25


$16,843.17


.


.


.


. . .


·


·


4.30


133.33


24.75


13.00


923.69


July


7.15


37.65


284.00


383.94


316.66


1.00


33.99


· . 30.87


4.85


133.33


.


. .


. .


.


.


. ..


. . .


. ..


. . .


.


·


1,566.16


May


7.70


44.08


241.00


15.00


316.66


2.45


7.35


.


·


. .


7.50


30.00


139.91


99.75


. .


·


21.91


. .


REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME.


City Home, January 1, 1910.


To the Overseers of the Poor, Somerville, Mass. :-


Gentlemen,-I submit the following as the report of the warden of the city home for the year ending December 31, 1909 :-


Table No. 1. REIMBURSEMENTS.


Produce and pork sold .


$4,219 65


Board of sundry persons 1


. 808 10


$5,027 75


Table No. 2. LIVING EXPENSES.


General repairs


$59 72


Salaries and wages


2,649 19


Groceries and provisions


2,050 24


Dry goods


188 61


Boots and shoes


62 80


Hay and grain


587 43


Seeds and fertilizer


141 16


House furnishings


3 60


Kitchen furnishings


54 75


Sundries


114 97


Farm sundries


258 67


Cash paid by warden, car fares for warden, inmates, and laborers


61 28


Medicines


103 49


Shoeing horses


36 75


Repairs on wagons and tools


86 39


Repairs on sash


11 68


Swill and bedding


309 50


New tools


78 47


Live stock


61 50


Telephone


42 69


Ice


26 00


$6,988 89


Credits :-


Produce and pork sold .


4,219 65


Board of sundry persons


808 10


5,027 75


Net living expenses


$1,961 14


Table No. 3.


Number of weeks' board of inmates


1,383 5-7


Number of males admitted during 1909




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