Report of the city of Somerville 1918, Part 24

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1918
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 396


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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


336


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


.


.


337


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


4


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.


.


.


343.


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.


344


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.


345


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


347


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.


349


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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