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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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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
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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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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
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.
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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