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Recommendations.
No steps have been taken, during the year, towards the establishment of fire districts, immediate action was recom- mended in last year's report; if it was essential then is is as fully necessary now. Our city is reported to be a conflagration hazard by the National Board of Fire Underwriters and owing to that fact and the imposition of an additional premium, it is my estimate that the property owners of the city are paying between $40,000 and $50,000 more insurance annually than if this additional five cents premium were not imposed. If wind and weather conditions had been different on April 7th at the time of the Clarendon Hill car barn fire, the results might have been more serious and far reaching and an exist- ing fire district or barrier would have been of inestimable value and service in staying the advance of the fire.
I am sensible of the increased cost of new motor apparatus, being at least 40% higher than three years ago, but I am of the opinion that the fire apparatus market will be easier in the near future and therefore recommend an appropriation of $12,000 or $15,000 the coming year for the purchase of the most needful apparatus. There are at present in the depart- ment eleven pieces of motor-driven apparatus and eight horse- drawn. A comparison of figures of the expenditures upon the two equipments shows a confortable margin in favor of the . motor-driven. The total amount expended upon the motor apparatus, including the purchase of a chassis for the relief or service car, has been $3,931.74 as against $5,053,81 for the horse-drawn, which includes the purchase of two horses. As recommended in my previous reports, full motorization of the department equipment will not only add to the efficiency, but will materially reduce the operating expenses, further- more motorized apparatus can be operated with one less man,
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
inasmuch as, upon the arrival at a fire, the driver of the machine becomes available for fire duty.
In Conclusion.
In closing I desire to express my sincere thanks to His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen for their con- sideration, confidence and support given me the past year. To the members of the department I express my appreciation of their co-opertaion and commend them for their efficiency and devotion to duty.
Respectfully submitted,
SEWALL M. RICH, Chief Engineer.
CHIEF OF POLICE.
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
January 31, 1919.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and Board of Aldermen of the- City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen :- I respectfully submit the annual report of the Somerville police department for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1918 :-
Arrests.
Whole number of arrests made .
.
1,650
With and without warrants
1,229
On summons and notification
421
1,650-
Males
1,536
Females
114
1,650
Americans
1,071
Foreign Born
579
1,650
Residents .
1,107
Non-residents
543
1,650
1 .- Crimes and Offenses Against the Person.
Abduction
1
Assault and battery
95
Assault and battery on police officer
3
Assault with dangerous weapon
8
Assault with intent to kill
1
Assault with intent to rob
3
Carnal abuse of female child
3
Manslaughter
4
Murder .
1
Murder, witness to
1
Rape
1
Robbery
6
Threats
2
Throwing missiles
3
.
132
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
2 .- Crimes and Offenses Against Property
Breaking and entering
84
Breaking and entering, attempt
8
Breaking and entering railroad cars
17
Breaking and entering railroad cars, attempt
2
Breaking glass .
10
Concealment of leased property
1
Concealing stolen property
1
Fraudulent claim for money
1.
Larceny
149
Larceny, accessory to
3
Larceny, attempt ·
5
Larceny from person
1
Larceny in building .
9
Malicious mischief
4
Receiving stolen goods and property
7
Unlawful concealment of property
1
Unlawful use of electric current
1
Trespass .
63
Trespass, wilful
6
373
3 .- Crimes and Offenses Against Public Order, etc.
Adultery
2
Bail surrender
14
Bastardy
13
Capias
8
Carrying on a dance without a license
2
Carrying revolver without license .
4
City ordinances, violation of
69
Contempt of court
3
Cruelty to animals
2
Default
9
Deserter from U. S. Army
7
Deserter from U. S. Navy
1
Desertion of famliy .
1
Desertion of wife
3
Disorderly conduct on public conveyance
2
Disorderly house, keeping
2
Disturbing the peace
6
Disturbing a public assembly
2
Dog keeping, unlicensed .
1
Drunkenness
356
Drunkenness, common
10
Escaped prisoner from lockup .
1
Escaped from Industrial School for boys
2
Escaped from Lyman School .
4
Escaped from Middlesex County Training
School
3
False scales, in possession of
2
Filed, case brought forward
1
Fugitive from justice
2
Gaming implements, present when found
95
Gaming nuisance, keeping
2
Giving false alarm of fire .
2
Giving false weight of coal
2
.
.
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CHIEF OF POLICE.
Giving false weight of ice
9
Indecent exposure of person
1
Keeping a junk shop without license .
1
Lewd cohabitation
Lewd and lascivious .
1
Neglected children
13
Neglect of family
73
Obscene pictures, in possession of
1
Peddling, unlicensed
7
Perjury .
1
Polygamy
1
Practicing as a veterinary, unlicensed
1
Rescue of prisoner, attempt
3
Revoke of parole from Mass. Reformatory Safe keeping, attempted suicide
1 22
Safe keeping, demented
Safe keeping, feeble minded
5
Safe keeping, infirm
2
Safe keeping, insane
5
Safe keeping, revocation of sentence
1
Safe keeping, runaway children
17
Selling explosives without permit
1
Selling potatoes, short weight .
2
Selling vegetables, dry measure
2
Selling vegetables, short weight
4
Straggler, U. S. Army
4
Stubbornness
17
Suspicious person
1
Unnatural act .
1
Vagrants
3
Violation of cigarette laws
3
Violation of health regulation
1
Violation of labor laws
4
Violation of liquor laws
3
Violation of Lord's Day
72
Violation of motor vehicle laws
125
Violation of school laws
5
Violation of U. S. draft registration laws ..
17
Violation of parole from Mass. Reformatory
1
Violation of terms of probation
67
Walking on railroad track .
6
Recapitulation.
(1) Crimes and Offenses Against the Person .
132
(2) Crimes and Offenses Against Property 373
(3) Crimes and Offenses Against Public Order, etc. . 1,145 ·
Cases in which nolle prosequi was entered Contempt of court
45
3
Delivered to jail at East Cambridge, bail sur- render, etc.
Delivered to police court Somerville, violation
1,145
1,650
5
1
Safe keeping, runaway from Lyman School
2
Selling sugar, short weight
2
3
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
of probation, capias, default, etc. .
81
Delivered to superior court, bail, surrender, capias, etc., . 2
Discontinued and dismissed in police court Som- erville
2
Escaped prisoner from lockup
1
Released by probation officer, drunkenness 30
Surrendered to other officers, institutions, etc. . 174
357
Number of cases held for trial .
1,650
Note-Three hundred and eighty-eight of the above number of .cases were juveniles and delinquents.
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CHIEF OF POLICE.
OFFICIAL ROSTER OF DEPARTMENT.
Chief of Police. Charles A. Kendall
Captain. Eugene A. Carter
Charles E. Woodman
James M. Harmon John A. Ray
Thomas Damery
William G. Kenney Frank H. Graves
Inspectors.
Michael T .Kennedy
Sergeants. James M. Lynch Ernest Howard
Patrolmen.
1-Edward M. Carter
39-Thomas P. Walsh
2-George L. Smith
3-Francis A. Perkins
41-Augustine J. Fitzpatrick
42-Patrick McGrath
5-Charles W. Stevens
43-Bernard McCabe
6-Daniel G. Simons
44-Harry C. Young
45-Robert D. Dewar
46-Peter Moore
47-Albert C. Hawes
48-Walter C. Oesting 49-John L. Cameron
50-Francis P. Higgins
51-Arthur S. Walsh
14-Frank C. Hopkins
15-Charles W. Allen 16-Hudson M. Howe 17-Ernest S. Goff 18-Sanford S. Lewis 19-Henry A. Sudbey
52-John J. McCahey 53-Alexander Morrison 54-Daniel J. Powers 55-Jeremiah O'Connor 56-Charles E. Wilson 57-William J. Warner
58-Timothy Buckley
59-John J. Killourhy 60-Charles J. Sharry 61-Thomas M. Sharry
23-Robert T. Blair
24-Claude L. Crossman
62-Michael J. O'Loughlin
25-John J. Cummings 26-Edmund J. Keane 27-Denis Neylon 28-Denis Downey
29-Edward M. Davies 30-George A. C. Peters 31-Louis J. Belzarini
32-Walter Reed 33-Dennis G. Mulqueeney
34-Patrick J. Doolin
35-Edward J. Hopkins
36-Walter L. Groves
37-Frederick G. Jones
38-Joseph A. Dwyer
66-Edward G. Butman
67-John P. L. O'Keefe 68-Alfred E. Robitaille 69-Allan S. Burns 70-William H. Donovan
71-George R. Allan
72-Jeremiah Keniry
73-James Murray
74-Charles J. Fulton
75-Edward F. Culliton
7-Samuel Burns
8-Jotham Chisholm
9-William J. Davidson
10-John A. Dadmun 11-George L. Rice 12-Myron S. Gott 13-Charles W. Reick
20-Thomas F. McNamara
21-Louis F. Arnold 22-Charles S. Johnston
63-Charles W. Shepherd 64-John F. Cruise 65-John J. Shay
40-Clyde W .Steeves
4-Theodore E. Heron
Lieutenants.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Reservemen.
76-Elmer E. G. Raymond
80-Augustine F. Sharry
81-Daniel M. O'Connell
82-Chester F. Warner
83-George D. MacDonald
Chauffeurs and Patrol Drivers.
James W. Lundergan James H. White
John H. Mckenzie
Matron. Mrs. Mina T. Weeks
Assistant Matron. Mrs. Katherine Woods
Absent, War Duty for United States Service.
Patrolman John L. Cameron Reserveman Frank J. Roche
Patrolman Charles J. Sharry
Reserveman Alfred J. McFadden
Patrolman Allan S. Burns
Reserveman James A .Fitzpatrick
Patrolman William H. Donovan
Reserveman Augustine F. Sharry
Reserveman Elmer E. G. Raymond
Pensioners, Retired on Half Pay.
John E. Fuller,
Mar. 23, 1906 George H .Carleton, Mar. 27, 1914
Ira S. Carleton, May 9,1907 Frederick H. Googins, Mar. 17, 1914
James J. Pollard,
Feb. 27,1908 Robert R. Perry, Apr. 14, 1916
Melville C. Parkhurst, Oct. 31, 1908
Jacob W. Skinner, Dec. 31, 1917
Herbert Hilton,
Dec. 21, 1911
Elmer E. Drew, July 26, 1918
Ezra A. Dodge, Mar. 14, 1914
CHANGES IN THE FORCE.
Resignations. Ernest S. Leonard, reserveman, resigned, July 26, 1918.
Thomas F. J. Long, patrolman, resigned, August 3, 1918.
Edward M. Bickford, reserveman, resigned, December 4, 1918.
Retirement. Elmer E. Drew, patrolman, placed on pension roll, July 26, 1918.
Appointments.
Daniel M. O'Connell, appointed reserveman, July 12, 1918.
Chester F. Warner, appointed reserveman, July 13, 1918.
Edward M. Bickford, appointed reserveman, July 13, 1918. George D. MacDonald, appointed reserveman, July 27, 1918. John H. Mckenzie, appointed patrol driver and chauffeur, October 16, 1918.
Promotions.
Reserveman Jeremiah Keniry, promoted to patrolman, July 13, 1918. Reserveman James Murray, promoted to patrolman, July 13, 1918. Reserveman Charles J. Fulton, promoted to patrolman, July 13, 1918.
Reserveman Edward F. Culliton, promoted to patrolman, July 13, 1918.
77-Frank J. Roche
78-Alfred J. McFadden
79-James A. Fitzpatrick
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CHIEF OF POLICE.
Police Signal Service.
Number of on duty calls made by the patrolmen 261,544
Telephone calls made by the officers and patrolmen . 40,432
Combination Automobile Service.
Number of runs made in conveying prisoners to station . 458
Number of prisoners conveyed 615
Number of sick and injured conveyed
506
Number of miles run, conveying prisoners to station . .
932.1
Number of miles run, conveying sick and in- jured
1,453.6
Number of miles run, conveying prisoners to and from jail 581.4
Number of miles run elsewhere .
754.4
Total number of miles run during the year . 3,721.5
Horse Drawn Patrol Wagon and Horse Drawn Ambulance Reports. Number of runs made in conveying prisoners to station 8
Number of prisoners conveyed 8
Number of miles run in conveying prisoners to station 12
Number of sick and injured conveyed 440 Number of miles run in conveying prisoners to and from jail 60
Number of miscellaneous runs . 11
Towring Car Reports.
Number of prisoners conveyed to station . 93
Numbor of sick and injured conveyed 9
Number of trips made in conveying prisoners to and from jail
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REPORT OF POLICE MATRON.
January 31, 1919.
To Charles A. Kendall, Chief of Police :-
Dear Sir :-
I herewith submit my report as matron for the year end- ing December 31, 1918. The following females and minor chil- dren have been committed to my care, together with other calls and duties, and have attended and remained during the juvenile sessions of court on Saturdays, reporting at police station each morning, etc. :-
Adultery
1
Assault and battery
18
Bail surrender
2
Common drunkard
2
Continued cases .
·
18
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Default
.
.
.
1
Demented .
13
Disturbing the peace
3
Drunkenness
19
Insane
4
Keeping disorderly house .
2
Larceny
13
Lewd and lascivious conduct
3
Lost children
73
Neglected children
14
Operating automobile without license
1
Patrol calls
7
Perjury
1
Psychopathic calls
6
Receiving stolen goods
2
Runaway girl
1
Stubbornness
6
Trespass
5
Violation motor vehicle laws
3
Violation of probation
1
Violation of school law
1
Warrant
1
Total .
221
Respectfully submitted,
-
MRS. MINA T. WEEKS,
Matron.
Conclusion.
During the past year this department has had additional duties to perform owing to war activities and has rendered valuable assistance to the United States government in all of its branches of service.
To His Honor the Mayor, Charles W. Eldridge, members of the board of aldermen, court officials and members of the department I wish to extend my sincere thanks for their as- sistance.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. KENDALL,
Chief of Police.
.
.
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ..
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
OFFICE OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,
City Hall Annex, Somerville, January 1, 1919.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
The following report of the sealer of weights and measures for the year 1918 is respectfully submitted :-
Chapter 62 of Revised Laws :-
Section 21. Sealers of weights and measures shall an- nually give public notice by advertisement, or by posting, in one or more public places in their respective cities and towns, notices to all inhabitants or persons having usual places of business therein who use weights; measures or balances for the purpose of selling goods, wares, merchandise or other com- modities or for public weighing, to bring in their weights, measures and balances to be adjusted and sealed. Such sealers shall attend in one or more convenient places, and shall ad- just, seal and record all weights, measures and balances so brought in.
Section 23. Said sealers shall go once a year, and oftener if necessary, to every hay and coal scale and to every platform balance within their respective cities and towns which cannot be easily or conveniently removed, and shall test the accuracy of, adjust and seal the same.
Section 34. Each sealer of weights and measures, includ- ing the county treasurers, shall receive a fee of one dollar for sealing each platform balance if weighing five thousand pounds or more, and fifty cents if weighing less than that amount, and three cents each for sealing all other weights, measures, scales, beams or balances. He shall also have a reasonable compensa- tion for all necessary repairs, alterations and adjustments made by him.
When weights and measures are sealed as provided in Sec- tion 21 (that is, brought to the office) no fees are charged for sealing.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
In compliance with the foregoing Section 21, the custom- ary notice was given by advertising in the Somerville papers in March, 1918.
During the year all places where goods were bought or sold were visited and all scales, weights and measures were tested, and all found correct were sealed and all found not correct were condemned.
ANNUAL REPORT.
Work of Weights and Measures Department for 1918.
Number of scales sealed
1,830
Number of weights sealed
3,984
Number of dry measures sealed
90
Number of liquid measures sealed
5,519
Number of oil and gas pumps sealed .
235
Number of yard sticks' sealed .
141
Number of miscellaneous sealed
14
Total .
Number of scales adjusted
35
Number of weights adjusted
26
Total
61
Number of scales condemned
82
Number of weights condemned
30
Number of dry measures condemned
5
Number of liquid measures condemned
58
Number of yard sticks condemned
1
Total .
176
-Number of scales and weights out of use non- sealed
79
Number of inspections in stores and street
2,145
Total tests made in 1918 .
14,274
JOHN H. DUSSEAULT, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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CITY SOLICITOR.
REPORT OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
The annual report of the law department for the year ending December 31, 1918, is as follows :-
An action brought in the Suffolk superior court on a claim for injuries received by reason of a defect in Somerville avenue was tried and before a decision was given a compromise settle- ment was made, with the approval of the finance committee. Settlements. were made of several other claims of a similar nature. Petitions for the abatement of taxes assessed on a large tract of land in West Somerville are pending in the superior court and will probably be taken to the full bench of the supreme court on questions of law.
An action brought by the Union Glass Company for damages to its real estate resulting from the abolition of the railroad grade crossing at Webster avenue was settled for $35,000. with the approval of the attorney general, the rail- road company and the street railway company. This settle- ment was equivalent, making allowance for interest and costs, to an original settlement for about $21,000. A settlement of a claim for damages at the Park street crossing was made for $1,800. with the approval of the attorney general and the railroad company.
Under a single decree of the superior court covering Med- ford street, Webster avenue, Dane street and Park street, the work of construction has been substantially completed for the abolition of all the crossings except that at Park street. The delay at this street has been due to unfavorable conditions, some of them of a general nature growing out of the war, and others specially affecting the railroad companies. The Park street crossing is dangerous and should be abolished as soon as conditions warrant a public improvement of such a kind.
Very respectfully,
FRANK W. KAAN, City Solicitor.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, January 1, 1919.
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-The following is respectfully submitted as: the forty-seventh annual report of the City Clerk of the City of Somerville, and is for the year ending December 31, 1918.
The receipts and payments were as follows :- Receipts.
Balance from year 1917, being for dog li- censes issued in November and De- cember, 1917 :-
14 males at $2.00
$28 00
1 female at $5.00
5 00
$33 00
Less city clerk's fees paid to the city
treasurer, 15 at $.20
3 00
$30 00
For dog licenses issued in 1918 :-
764 males at $2.00
$1,528 00
163 females at $5.00
815 00
77 spayed at $2.00
154 00
$2,497 00.
Recording mortgages, assignments, etc., 691 papers
$435 02
Certificates of marriage intentions :-
947 licenses and 2 duplicates at $1.00
949 00
Furnishing copies of records 312 52
Licenses :
Auctioneers, 18 licenses at $2.00
36 00
Billiard and pool tables and bowling alleys : -
27 licenses for 82 tables and 56 alleys at $2.00
276 00
Drain layers, 3 licenses at $1.00 . 3 00
Engines and motors :-
19 licenses for 18 mo- tors and 1 engine at $1.00
$19 00
1 license for 1 motor granted in 1917 1 00
20 00
Gasoline tanks, 23 licenses including 1 paid in 1917
22 00
Garages :-
86 licenses at $2.00
$172 00
3 licenses granted in 1917 6 00
178 00
Hackney carriages-2 licenses at $1.00
2 00
Amounts carried forward $2,233 54
$2,527 00
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CITY CLERK.
Amounts brought forward . $2,233 54 $2,527 00
Innholders and common victuallers :-
35 licenses for 33 victuallers and 2 innholders at $2.00 . Intelligence offices, 2 licenses at $2.00 Junk and second-hand licenses :-
70 00
4 00
43 licenses at $10 00 . $430 00
I license granted in
1917
10 00
16 licenses at $25.00 . 400 00
license granted in 1917 25 00
865 00
Lord's day, sale of ice cream, confection- ery, soda water and fruit, on :-- 75 licenses at $5.00 .
375 00
Private detectives, 3 licenses at $10.00
30 00
Slaughtering, 7 licenses at $1.00 . 7 00
Street musicians, 4 licenses for 4 per- sons at $0.50 .
2 00
Wagons, 36 licenses for 65 wagons at $1.00 65 00
Permits for projections over sidewalks :--
8 permits for 8 signs and 1 swing arm ,at $1.00 ·
$8 00
and 1 swing arm, at and 1 swing arm grant- ed in 1917 2 00
10 00
Filing certificates, under Acts of 1908, Chap. 502, 2 at $0.50 .
1 00
Interest on deposits , 81
Notices of hearings (public service cor- porations) 24 69
Physicians' registration, 3 at $ .25 .
75
Chiropodists' registration, 2 at $0.50
1 00
Repairing and sale of junk badges . 5 65
Sale of old ballots
7 55
3,710 99
Total receipts 0
$6,237 99
Payments.
To Joseph O. Hayden, county treasurer, June 1 and December 1, receipts for dog licenses from November 1, 1917, to November 30, 1918, both in- clusive : -
771 males at $2.00
$1,542 00
164 females at $5.00
820 00
77 spayed at $2.00
154 00
$2,516 00
Less city clerk's fees, 1,012 at $0.20 . 202 40
$2,313 60
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
To the city treasurer, monthly :-
City clerk's fees for issuing and re- cording dog licenses, 1,004 at $0.20 . $200 80 All the receipts above specified, except for dog licenses 3,710 99
3,911 79
Total payments
$6,225 39
Balance, January 1, 1919, being for dog li- censes issued in December, 1918 :-
6 males at $2.00 $12 00
1 spayed at $2.00 2 00 $14 00
Less city clerk's fees paid to the city treasurer, 7 at $0.20 1.40
12 60
There have been issued during the year, 301 hunters' certi- ficates, the fees for which have been paid monthly to the com- missioners on fisheries and game of the Commonwealth, as fol- lows :-
271 resident at $1.00 $271 00
2 unnaturalized foreign born at $15.00 30 00
$301 00
Licenses and Permits.
Besides the licenses mentioned in the foregoing list of re- ceipts, licenses and permits have been granted by the Board of Aldermen, without charge, as follows :-
Auctioneers (to veterans of the Civil War) 2
Children under fifteen to take part in entertainments . Newsboys . 8
8
To keep lodging houses, under Chap. 259, Acts of 1918 . 34 To hold open-air meetings 3
To parade in streets, with music, etc. 3
To hold religious services in streets and squares 3
To give band concerts (one permit for six concerts) 1
To move buildings through streets . 1
To erect Memorial tablet in public square . 1
Births. 1918.
Number of births reported by physicians and midwives for 1918 :-
Males
971
Females 963
A canvass of the city is at present being made under the direction of the city clerk as required by Section 5, Chapter 29, of the Revised Laws, to ascertain the facts required for record relative to children born during the year.
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CITY CLERK.
As the information derived from such canvass will not be available in time sufficient for its incorporation in this report,. a statement in full of the births of 1918 will be given in the city clerk's report for the year 1919.
1917
The following is a statement in full of the births for 1917 :-
Number of births (exclusive of still births) in Somerville in 1917 registered
2,035
More than previous year
83
Males
1,011
Females
1,024
2,035
Born of American parents
797
Born of foreign parents
792
Born of American father and foreign mother .
198
Born of foreign father and American mother
227
Born of American mother and father of un- known nationality
18
Born of foreign mother and father of unknown nationality .
3
2,035
Number of still-births in Somerville in 1917 as registered
69
Number of births in other places in 1917 reg- istered .
517
2,621
Number of cases of twins
17
Marriages.
Number of intention certificates issued in 1918 .
947
Less than previous year
Marriages registered .
Less than previous year
314
Both parties American
537
Both parties foreign .
169
American groom and foreign bride
127
Foreign froom and American bride
130
963 couples
First marriage of
1,684
Second marriage of
230
Third marriage of
11
Fourth marriage of
1
963 couples
Deaths. (Exclusive of still-births.)
Number of deaths in Somerville in 1918 .
1,532-
More than previous year
465
Males
.
723
Females
809
1,532:
295
963
350
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Under ten years of age
322
10 and under 20 years of age . 68
20 and under 30 years of age .
177
30 and under 40 years of age .
192
40 and under 50 years of age .
116
50 and under 60 years of age
136
60 and under 70 years of age
189
70 and under 80 years of age
205
80 and under 90 years of age .
110
90 years of age and over
17
Age of oldest person deceased
98 years
Born in Somerville
367
Born in other places in the United States
641
Of foreign birth
518
Birthplace unknown
6
Number of deaths in January
106
Number of deaths in February
102
Number of deaths in March
125
Number of deaths in April
117
Number of deaths in May
95.
Number of deaths in June
86
Number of deaths in July
94
Number of deaths in August
70
Number of deaths in September
209
Number of deaths in October
295
Number of deaths in November
87
Number of deaths in December
146
1,532
1,532
1,532
The number of still-births during the year was seventy- four. In addition to the above 317 deaths which occurred else- where and five removals were recorded in Somerville, almost the entire number of persons deceased having been residents of this city.
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