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$1,000
1889
3.
Mrs. Lillian M. Wentworth, 248 Highland Avenue
950
1911
2. Olevia M. Woods, 116 Powder House Boulevard
950
1908
1. Hortense F. Small, 91 Electric Avenue
950
1912
...
1914
4. M. Eunice Young, 209 Washington Street, Winchester
950
1912
1916
3. Mrs. Katie L. Harmon, 187 Elm Street
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 29 .- Teachers in Service January, 1919 .- Continued.
Name and Residence.
MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL.
Began Serv-
Grade.
Morrison Avenue, near Grove Street. Salary. ice.
George I. Bowden, Master, 92 Monument St., W. Med.
1908
4. May E. Small, Principal, 181 Orchard St., Camb. $1,100
1900
4. Stella M. Holland, 29 Hall Avenue 950
1903
3. Mrs. Jane M. Taaffe, 159 Morrison Avenue
950
1888
2. Katherine E. Hourahan, 15 Summit Street
950
1892
2. Clara G. Hegan, 100 School Street
950
1897
1. Martha A. Jencks, 38 Chester Street
950
1898
1. Octavia A. Stewart, 15 Kenwood Street
950
1917
EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.
Everett W. Tuttle, High
$6.00
John S. Emerson, Bell 5.00
Charles E. Brainard, Highland
4.00
CADET TEACHERS. ....
Catherine E. Giles, 5 Bradbury Avenue, Wellington $400
1918
Helen A. Moran, 483 Medford Street 400
1918
SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Music.
12, 7. James P. McVey, 29 Hammond Street, Cambridge $1.800
1915
6, 1. Mrs. Charlotte D. Lawton, 121 St. Stephen St., Boston 1,100 1898
Drawing.
9, 1. Clara M. Gale, 21 Willoughby Street
1,200
1911
Sewing.
Mary H. Brown, Supervisor, 5 Linnaean St., Camb.
*200
1913
6, 5. Mary L. Boyd, 74 Heath Street 950
1888
6, 5. Mrs. Emma J. Ellis, 54 Marshall Street 950
1900
6,5. Stella G. Bucknam, 319 Highland Avenue
±220
1918
Penmanship.
9,1. Ruth L. Whitehouse, 40 Highland Avenue
1,000
1915
Manual Training.
Harry L. Jones, Supervisor, 137 Pow. House Blvd.
+200
1911
Physical Instruction.
12, 1. Ernst Hermann, 9 Humboldt Street, Cambridge
¥1,250
1914
12, 1. Alma Porter, 43 Ossipee Road
800
1918
Atypical.
Mary A. Holt, 13 Pleasant Avenue
$1,000
1910
Mrs. Bertha M. Morton, 62 Highland Avenue Julia M. Riordan, 165 Albion Street
1,000
1913
* Additional to salary as Principal of Girls' Vocational School.
+ Additional to salary as Principal of Boys' Vocational School.
# Part time.
850
1914
3. Maude C. Valentine, 1098 Broadway 950
1901
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 30 .- OFFICERS, ETC., IN SERVICE JANUARY, 1919.
Name and Address. SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY
Salary.
Charles S. Clark, 75 Munroe Street
$3,850
Joseph A. Ewart, Assistant Superintendent, 11 Bigelow St., 2,750
CLERKS.
Mary A. Clark, 42 Highland Avenue
1,000
Mildred A. Merrill, 26 Cambria Street
950
H. Madeline Kodad, 1067 Broadway
15.35 per wk.
Ethel G. Carvell, 29 Minnesota Avenue
15.35 per wk.
ATTENDANCE OFFICER.
Benjamin R. Jones, 25 Loring Street 1,500
TABLE 31 .- SCHOOL JANITORS, JANUARY, 1919.
School.
Name.
Residence.
Weekly Salary
High School, assistant.
Robert A. Burns
58 Beacon St. $21.00
High School, assistant.
Jeremiah M. Brennan
482 Medford St. 20.00
High School, assistant.
John N. Quirk
202 Somerville Ave. 20.00
High School, assistant.
Nicholas J. Lacey 85 Franklin St. 25.00
High School, fireman
Charles Hoyt
18 Trull St.
25.00
E. Som. J. High, S, 11
James J. Quirk
3212 Tufts St. 22.50
Prescott, S, 12
H. L. Duren
163 Willow Ave.
23.50
Hanscom, S, 10
Charles F. Rose
15 Brastow Ave. 21.50
Boys' Vocational, F, 4
Charles B. Kelley
25 Clark St.
21.00
Bennett, S, 12
Michael Mullaney
167 Somerville Ave.
23.00
Baxter, S, 6
Andrew H. Finnegan
94 Concord Ave.
19.00
Knapp, S, 12
Maurice T. Mullins
13 Fremont Ave.
23.00
Perry, S, 6
Dan'l E. Cunningham
23 Fitchburg St.
19.00
Pope, S, 12
John J. Kilty
662 Somerville Ave.
23.00
Bell, S, 12
William Meskill
53 Partridge Ave.
25.00
Southern Junior High
Joseph F. McCormack 206 Washington St. 20.00
56 Prescott St.
16.50
Edgerly, S, 12
Charles P. Horton
22 Everett Ave.
23.00
Glines, S, 14
Roy C. Burckes
20 Jaques St.
24.00
Forster, S, 12
George W. Coombs
73 Bonair St.
23.00
Winter Hill J. High, S, 11 *Michael A. Mullin
16 Bowdoin St.
22.50
Bingham, S, 16
John F. O'Brien
347 Lowell St.
26.00
Carr, S, 16
John H. Lane
5-A Belmont St.
29.00
Morse, F, 12
John W. Cremen
69 Oxford St.
23.50
Proctor, S, 8
James F. Flynn
31 Linden St.
20.50
Durell, S, 4
Ellsworth C. Lundgren 50 Harrison St.
16.50
Burns, S, 8
Charles J. Elkins
35 Mansfield St.
20.50
Brown, S, 10
James J. Cooper
105 Willow Ave.
21.50
Highland, S, 12
E. Parker Cook
103 Willow Ave.
23.00
Hodgkins, S, 14
George A. Givan
17 Henry Ave.
24.00
W. Somerv' le J. High
James T. Eddy
38 Wallace St.
26.00
Cutler, S, 12
Daniel Campbell
85 Lexington Ave.
23.00
Cutler, Assistant
Walter M. Burns 23 Avon St.
20.00
Lincoln, S, 4
Thomas F. O'Day
134 Lowell St.
16.50
Lowe, S, 8
Frank H. Flagg
22 Clyde St. 20.50
Girls' Vocational, F, 6
Thomas G. Pullen
6 Madison St. 16.50
Buildings heated by steam are marked "S," by furnace "F." The num- bers show the number of rooms.
The high school is heated from the Central heating plan.
*Leave of absence.
Thomas H. Dickinson 5 Berkeley St.
22.50
Cummings, F, 4
Lewis G. Keene
200
ANNUAL REPORTS.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D., President. J. FRANK WELLINGTON, Vice-President.
FREDERICK W. PARKER. HERBERT E. BUFFUM, M. D.
WILLIAM L. BARBER.
GILES W. BRYANT, M. D.
CHARLES L. NOYES, D. D.
DAVID H. FULTON.
HERMON C. BUMPUS, Sc. D., LL. D.
COMMITTEES. On Administration.
The President, Messrs. Wellington, Parker, Noyes, Fulton.
On Books and Cataloguing.
The President, Messrs. Barber, Buffum, Bryant, Bumpus.
On Buildings and Property. The President and the Vice-President.
Secretary of the Board. GEORGE H. EVANS.
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Report of the Trustees.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen,-The forty-sixth annual report of the Trustees of the Public Library is herewith respectfully submitted.
We wish at this time to call attention to the valuable serv- ices rendered the Library War Service by Mr. Geo. H. Evans, our Librarian, and, as evidence of the splendid work done by him, we will quote from a letter of the American Library Asso- ciation, "Our gratitude would be great if an extension of Mr. Evans's service at Hampton Roads could be arranged. We do not know where else to look for another man fitted, as Mr. Evans is, to carry on the matters there at the present time."
We wish also to commend the work done by Miss Carrie L. Williams at the Base Hospital Library at Camp Devens, Mass.
The report of the Librarian and tables of statistics is appended.
Very respectfully, The Board of Trustees, by THOS. M. DURELL, President.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
ORGANIZATION OF LIBRARY AND STAFF PERSONNEL.
December 31, 1918.
GEORGE HILL EVANS, Librarian. NELLIE M. WHIPPLE, Assistant Librarian.
CENTRAL LIBRARY AND LIBRARIAN'S OFFICE.
Highland Avenue and Walnut Street.
Main Delivery and Reading Room. Open week days, except holidays, 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Children's Room.
Open during school term, Monday and Thursday, 3 to 8 p. m. Satur- day, 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. Other week days, 3 to 6 p. m. Open during. vacation, week days 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
GRADED SERVICE.
DEPARTMENT HEADS AND SPECIAL POSITIONS.
CARRIE L. WILLIAMS. (On leave in U. S. Hospital Service. Branch Librarian rank.)
VIVIAN J. MORSE, Executive Assistant."
CORA B. EAMES, Reference Librarian.
EDITH B. HAYES, Chief Cataloguer.
MARY S. WOODMAN, Reviewer and Classifier.
EDNA C. WOODBURY, Children's Librarian.
MARGARET M. KNEIL, High School Librarian.
ANNA L. STONE, Periodicals.
SUSAN W. CURTIS, Graded and Junior High School Deposits.
Senior Assistants. MYRTLE NICHOLSON, Desk Chief. HELEN P. SMITH, Assistant Cataloguer. MARGUERITE C. KELLY. NINA L. WINN.
Junior Assistants.
RUTH G. MARKLE. RUTH H. STRETTON.
UNGRADED SERVICE. Catalogue Department MARION L. FALL,
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT.
Pages
LILLIAN MCGOWAN. EDITH LYNCH.
Attendants on Part Time.
LEILA BEARDSLEY.
BERNICE WATT.
MILDRED COOK.
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Training Class Attendants. RUTH BURCKES. FLORENCE M. KENNEDY. BERNHARDENA H. MORRISON.
WEST SOMERVILLE BRANCH. Established 1909. 40 College Avenue. Open week days, except holidays, 1 to 9 p. m. Saturdays, 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
GRADED SERVICE. ESTHER M. MAYHEW, Branch Librarian. MABEL E. BUNKER, 1st Assistant.
Senior Assistants. GLADYS B. HASTINGS, Children's Librarian. EDYTHE L. MILLER. HELEN E. PULSIFER.
UNGRADED SERVICE. Pages MAE L. GORMLEY.
Attendants on Part Time.
S. LEONE WARREN. DUDLEY MOORE. HELEN CURRIE.
PAUL PARKER. HAZEL MOORE. WILBUR STANLEY.
EAST SOMERVILLE BRANCH. Established 1912. Broadway and Illinois Avenue. Open week days, except holidays, 2 to 9 p. m.
GRADED SERVICE. BEATRICE E. KELLIHER, Branch Librarian.
Senior Assistants. RUTH S. FALES, 1st Assistant. AGNES F. JUDKINS.
UNGRADED SERVICE. Attendants on Part Time.
CECIL MCDONALD. MARION DOw.
PHYLLIS MCDERMOD .. DORIS MCDONALD.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
UNION SQUARE BRANCH. Established 1912. Washington Street and Bonner Avenue. Open week days, except holidays, 2 to 9 p. m.
GRADED SERVICE.
MILDRED R. HOLT, Branch Librarian.
Senior Assistants. ABBIE G. GLOVER, 1st Assistant. EUGENIE CARTER, Children's Librarian. ETHEL M. NUTE (On leave).
UNGRADED SERVICE.
Attendants on Part Time.
BESSIE BERMAN. MILDRED CARTER. F. ADELAIDE FURLONG.
NOTE: For changes in staff personnel during the year see Librarian's report.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Report of the Librarian.
Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees :-
The Forty-sixth Annual Report of the Somerville Public Library, for the year 1918, is herewith submitted.
The abnormal and trying year now past brought with. it new and difficult problems arising from unprecedented social and economic conditions. The inadequacy of salaries in our. second and third grades has now become so serious as to affect adversely the efficiency of our staff. The approach of a crisis was recognized by the Trustees early in the year and a care -- fully considered revision of salaries, which could be put into effect within the limits of the present appropriation, was recom- mended by vote of the Board. The measure, however, failed to secure official approval. Somerville now has the unenviable reputation of paying its library assistants in these grades the. smallest salaries of any municipality of its class in the State. In fact, Somerville is now lagging in the rear of many smaller cities like Woburn, Malden, Quincy, and numerous towns. As. a result we are in the position of a training school for sur- rounding libraries that are able by the payment of better sal- aries to secure our younger assistants as soon as they become competent, while we are unable to fill our vacancies. This problem is entirely distinct from the competition of salaries paid by business positions, from which we have also suffered. It is most unfortunate that for the lack of a few hundred dollars a year the Somerville Public Library, which has for many years held a position of leadership, should be allowed to drop into a secondary place. particularly at a time when our national energies are being directed toward the processes of Americanization in which the library is emphasized as one of the two or three most potent agencies.
Our Central Library was open two hundred and twenty- two days in 1918. It was closed on account of fuel shortage and the prevalence of influenza eighty-one days. Our Branches were not affected by the fuel shortage but were closed fourteen days during the epidemic.
On account of a reduced appropriation at Central it was impossible to maintain the book collection. One thousand five hundred and fifty-seven more books wore out than we were able to purchase.
Under such adverse circumstances it is not surprising that- the total circulation of books, 354,343, was less than in 1917. Two of the Branches. however, show a creditable increase. Union Square of 4.938 and East Somerville of 16,386. The latter is noteworthy even for the most favorable of years. An in- crease of 31 per cent. in circulation and of over 100 per cent. in
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
registration, is conclusive evidence of the interest of the people of East Somerville in their new building. Its more accessible location has brought a large influx of new readers. On the whole there has been less reading during the year in all public libraries. Our young men in the service have been reading their books in the Camp Libraries, to the support of which our public and library have contributed. Their relatives and friends at home have quite properly spent less time in reading and more time in working for the various civilian organiza- tions for war relief.
Through its Reference Department the Library makes a specialty of answering questions and finding information upon every subject under the sun. Some people not well informed concerning the resources of their own city send their questions to the Boston papers and then wait several days for the answers to be printed. The knowing ones of Somerville bring their problems to the library or call it on the telephone. We supplied the needed facts in reply to over forty thousand such questions in 1918. In the majority of cases only a few minutes were required to find the answer. Occasionally we were handed a har i nut to crack, that required a few hours of patient hammering to get at the kernel. Our six thousand, four hundred and thirty-six reference books, and long files of technical periodicals with their minute indexes, in the hands of trained specialists, make a source of information incom- parably superior to any similar agency possessed by a news- paper. The library is equipped to furnish authoritative in- formation promptly.
It cannot be too often reiterated that the Public Library is a part of the public educational establishment of the city. To supplement the work of the schools it has maintained a special collection of professional books for the use of teachers. it has lent to the graded schools over five thousand specially selected books, it has brought together for the use of the newly organized Junior High Schools another special collection al- ready numbering nearly two thousand, seven hundred. For the administration of this work it devotes the full time of two, and part time of a third, specially trained, college-bred, assistants.
The educational work of the library, however, is not con- fined merely to the provision of books for pupils and their ad- ministration, excellent as this work is. Beginning with the child barely able to enjoy pictures it initiates a program of American citizenship. The child who comes to the library is taught cleanliness, good manners, respect for public property, obedience to constituted authority, and intelligent patriotism. During the years of school attendance the schools deal with the pupil in the mass. The problems of the individual can receive but slight consideration. The library, on the other hand, deals
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with the individual. It provides for him a continuation school after his days of formal instruction are over. It guides him in the choice of a vocation, and provides material for ad- vancement in his occupation. It teaches him the sources of information and the use of books as tools. It offers him the opportunity of acquiring an increased earning capacity where- by his standard of living may be raised, and of securing a better future for his children.
During 1918 the library suffered the losses by resignation of Mrs. Lucinda F. Spofford, Branch Librarian of the West Somerville Branch, who was succeeded by Esther M. Mayhew, transferred from the Reference Department; Helen Luitwieler, Director of the Training Class; Helen Martin, Children's Librarian at Union Square; Anna B. Truesdale, Children's Librarian at West Somerville; and the following assistants in the Second and Third Grades: Nectar M. Eksergian, Frances E. Haggens, and Evelyn V. Snow. The library granted an indefinite leave of absence to Carrie L. Williams, who volun- teered her services as Base Hospital Librarian at Camp Dev- ens ; it also granted a leave of absence to Ethel M. Nute for the purpose of additional study at Simmons College. The following appointments have been made: Cora B. Eames. Reference Librarian ; to the Second and Third Grades, Nina L. Winn, Ruth G. Markle, Ruth H. Stretton, Helen E. Pulsifer. Agnes F. Judkins. In September the library was glad to welcome back Miss Susan W. Curtis from a year's absence in study at Boston University. Miss Curtis has been placed in charge of work with graded and Junior High Schools.
During the year every member of our staff has contributed service of varying periods for war relief, through such agencies as the Red Cross and the American Library Association Camp Libraries. The Librarian was given a three months' leave of absence from October 6 for the purpose of organizing a Camp Library at the United States Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Virginia. The Central Library has acted as a clearing house for the forwarding of books given to camp libraries at home and over-seas. The Trustees have allowed the United States Exemption Board free use of the second floor of the West Somerville Branch during the entire year.
The appended tabulations are submitted as a part of this report.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. H. EVANS, Librarian.
The Public Library of the City of Somerville APPENDIX A. Statistics of Use and Growth, 1918. Circulation.
Central
West
East 44,920
Union 30,942
Total 242,533 111,819
Volumes circulated, juvenile .
25,781
32,044
22,918
31,067
Total circulation (A. L. A. rules)
107,035
117,461
67,838
62,009
354,343
Accessions.
Volumes in library (January 1, 1918)
94,344
11,499
4,602
4,771
115,216
Volumes added
2,978
1,015
1,004
822
5,819
Volumes transferred to
43
141
381
178
743
Volumes restored
11
16
3
5
35
Total added
3,031
1,172
1,388
1,005
6,596
Volumes withdrawn
3,722
751
364
648
5,485
Volumes transferred from
700
42
0
1
743
Volumes lost
166
23
34
21
244
Total loss
4,588
806
398
670
6,472
Net gain or loss
1,557 (loss)
356
990
335
124
Volumes in library (December 31, 1918) .
92,787
11,855
5,592
5,106
115,340
Registration.
882
1,014
845
657
3,398
New borrowers registered Valid borrowers' cards, i. e. registered or re -. newed within two years
14,206
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Volumes circulated, adult
81,254
85,417
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APPENDIX B.
American Library Association Form for Uniform Statistics.
Annual report for year ended December 31, 1918.
Name of Library, The Public Library.
City or town, Somerville; State, Massachusetts.
Population served (1917 draft estimate)
90,000:
Terms for use-Free for lending. Free for reference.
Total number of agencies.
Consisting of-Central Library
3 Branches (separate buildings)
1 Station
High School Department 157 School Rooms
4 Institutions
Number of days open during year (Central Library) 220 for lending, 220 for reading. (Closed 81 circulating days on account of fuel shortage and influenza).
Hours open each week for lending (Central Library) . . .
72
Hours open each week for reading (Central Library) ....
72
Number on staff (library service, adding part time em-
35
ployees to make whole units) December 31, 1918. .. . Number of volumes at beginning of year.
115,216
Number of volumes added during year by purchase 5,614
Number of volumes added by gift or exchange
85
Number of volumes added during year by binding ma- terial not otherwise counted.
90
Number of volumes withdrawn during year
5,485
Total number at end of year. 115,340
Adult. Juvenile
Number of volumes of fiction
lent for home use. . 180,870 62.486
243,356
Total number of volumes lent for home use. 242,533 111,810
354,353:
All books except 7 day and juvenile (2 weeks) lent for one calendar month.
Number of borrowers registered during year.
3,398
Total number of valid cards December 31 (used within two years) . 14,206
Number of newspapers and periodicals currently re- ceived, 210 titles, 550 copies.
167
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Receipts from :
Local Taxation :
Library Department
$33,238 14
Public Buildings Department
9,629 75
Endowment Funds:
Total Credit
1,417 89
Fines
1,438 01
Other sources: Dog licenses
2,168 85
$47,892 64
Payments for:
Books
$ 7,945 85
Pictures
45 00
Periodicals
1,153 09
Music
176 29
Binding
2,308 99
Salaries, library service
22,900 56
Other maintenance
2,778 43
Public Buildings Department:
Janitor service, heat, light, etc.
8,132 37
Transferred to other accounts
1,090 00
Balance
407 33
Balance from Appropriation
3 67
Balance from Endowment funds
951 01
$47,892 64
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
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BOARD OF HEALTH 1918
RALPH F. HODGDON, M. D., Chairman (resigned Nov. 8, 1918). ROBERT M. LAVENDER, Chairman from Nov. 15, 1918. WARREN C. BLAIR.
JOHN E. GILLIS, M. D. (from Nov. 15, 1918).
Clerk and Agent to Issue Burial Permits. LAURENCE S. HOWARD.
Agent. GEORGE I. CANFIELD.
Acting Medical Inspector. C. CLARKE TOWLE, M. D. (resigned Oct. 28, 1918). HERBERT E. BUFFUM, M. D. (from Oct. 29 to Nov. 8). RALPH F. HODGDON, M. D. (from Nov. 9, 1918).
Acting Bacteriologist. HERBERT E. BOWMAN, Ph. G.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions. CHARLES M. BERRY, V. S.
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. HERBERT E. BOWMAN, Ph. G.
Milk Collector.
GEORGE E. PLIMPTON (resigned Dec. 1, 1918).
Plumbing Inspector.
DUNCAN C. GREENE.
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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, City Hall Annex, January 1, 1919.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen :- We respectfully submit the following as the forty-first annual report of the Board of Health in which is pre- sented a statement, tabulated, and otherwise, of the sanitary condition of the city and the business of the board for the year ending December 31, 1918.
Nuisances.
A record. of nuisances abated during the year, in compli- ance with notices issued by the board, or under the board's di- rection, is presented in the following table :-
Complaints referred from 1917 26
Complaints received during 1918 565
591
Complaints referred to 1919 .
48
Nuisances abated 1918
543
Second and third notices sent on nuisances . 60
Received during 1918
565
Total notices sent . 625
In addition to the above, 294 dead animals have been removed from the public streets. 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 .- Eight cases of glanders have been reported during the year. Prompt action was taken in every case, and seven of the horses were killed, one being released from quar- antine by order of the cattle commissioners.
Record of Permits and Licenses Issued.
Cows .- Ten applications were received for permits to keep thirteen cows, all of which were granted.
Swine-Forty-nine applications were received for per- mits to keep ninety-four swine, forty-one of which were granted to keep seventy-nine swine. The fee is one dollar for each swine.
Goats .- Four applications were received for permits to keep six goats, all of which were granted. The fee is one dollar for each goat.
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Hens .- One hundred and ninety-seven applications for permits to keep 3,320 hens were received. One hundred and eighty permits to keep 2,921 hens were granted, and seventeen permits were refused.
Grease .- Twelve applications were received for permits for fourteen teams to collect grease, which were granted. The fee is two dollars for each team.
Melting and Rendering .- Three parties have been licensed to carry on the business of melting and rendering, under the provisions of the revised laws of 1902, chapter 75. Section 111, for which a fee of one dollar is charged.
Massage and Manicure .- Eight persons have been licensed to practice massage and manicure. The fee is one dollar for each license.
Stables.
No person has the legal right to erect, occupy or use any building in this city, as a stable, without obtaining a license from this Board for such occupancy. Each application is re- ferred to the Agent of this Board and no license is granted un- less all regulations of the Board are complied with. The fol- lowing is a record of applications received and licenses granted :-
Applications pending from 1917
23
Applications received during 1918 .
19
42
Licenses granted
17
Licenses refused
8
Stables vacated
11
36
Licenses pending
6
Board of Infants.
Twenty-six parties, whose applications were first approved "by this board, have been licensed by the state board of charity to care for fifty-two children in this city, under the provisions of chapter 83 of the revised laws of 1902.
Deaths.
There were 1,533 deaths and seventy-four stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following table, which shows an increase of deaths over the previous year of 466, due largely to influenza or complications thereof.
Deaths at Somerville hospital during the year · Deaths at hospital for contagious diseases and tuberculosis
38
Deaths at home for aged poor (Highland avenue) ·
50
Deaths at city home 12
Deaths at other institutions .
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