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3.64
12.22
223,300
Raw
J. P. Griffin
3.72
12.32
757,500
Raw
J. M. Hager & Son
3.82
12.48
125,300
Past.
M. B. Harris
3.80
12.51
332,500
Raw
H. P. Hood & Sons
3.73
12.27
36,500
Past.
¿Herlihy Brothers
3.82
12.37
58,000
Past.
P. J. Kelley
3.69
12.27
90,000
Past.
Kendall Brothers
3.55
12.07
125,700
Raw
Maple Farm Milk Co.
3.73
12.29
111,100
Past.
E. M. Monahan
3.85
12.47
650,000
Raw
J. J. Mulkerin
3.49
12.01
516,600
Raw
W. F. Noble & Sons
3.90
12.58
15,900
Past.
*P. O'Shaughnessy
3.65
12.24
369,400
Past.
S. E. Paige
3.69
12.33
151,000
Raw
Plymouth Creamery System
3.96
12.64
124,700
Past.
H. A. Prescott
3.63
12.14
25,600
Past.
T. F. Ronayne
3.83
12.42
563,000
Raw
Seven Oaks Dairy Co.
3.81
12.46
34,800
Flash
H. L. Stone
3.83
12.49
65,700
Past.
W. E. Stuart
3.86
12.61
16,000
Past.
Swenson Brothers
3.70
12.32
103,900
Raw
F. P. Thompson & Son
3.72
12.30
347,700
Raw
G. E. Thompson
3.85
12.48
856,600
Raw
Toothaker Brothers
3.81
12.46
50,800
Past.
A. Trepaney
3.92
12.53
40,000
Raw
Turner Centre Creamery
4.05
12.80
16,800
Past.
A. S. Tyler
3.55
12.10
160,400
Raw
E. L. Tyler
3.63
12.16
698,500
Raw
D. Whiting & Son
3.79
12.38
27,200
Past.
C. A. Woodbury
3.89
12.59
55.600
Flash
* Now Pasteurizing. 1 Found guilty and fined in court.
Raw
3.35 p.c.
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
The higher the fat and solids the greater the food value. The lower the bacterial count, the greater care in production, better handling or more efficient pasteurization is shown.
Special Priced Milks.
Milk commanding an increased price due to special care in production or greater food value.
Dealer
Butter Fat
Total Solids
Bacteria
F. S. Cummings Co.
4.21
13.12
21,000
Grade A
F. S. Cummings Co.
...
3.57
12.28
8,000
Codman Farms
F. S. Cummings Co.
5.16
14.15
80,000
Mixter Farm
F. S. Cummings Co.
4.12
13.16
27,000
Baby
H. P. Hood & Sons
3.76
12.49
24,000
Hood Farm
H. P. Hood & Sons
3.80
12.71
41,000
Bonnie Brook
H. P. Hood & Sons
...
3.61
12.38
7,000
Cherry Hill
H. P. Hoods & Sons
4.05
12.62
1,000
Grade A
W. F. Noble & Sons
4.25
13.15
72,000
Grade A
D. Whiting & Sons
...
3.98
12.44
8,300
Grade A
D. Whiting & Sons
3.71
12.43
4,000
Hamp. Hills.
Walker Gordon Lab.
4.54
13.45
15,000
...
....
The General Laws define the terms used in this report as follows :-
"Heated Milk" .- Milk which has been subjected to artificial heat greater than one hundred and sixty-seven degrees Fahrenheit.
"Pasteurized Milk" .- Natural cows milk not more than 72 hours old when pateurized, subjected for a period of not less than thirty minutes to a temperature of not less than one hundred and forty nor more than one hundred and forty-five degrees Fahrenheit and immediately thereafter cooled to a temperature of fifty degrees Fahrenheit or lower.
"Flash" method has not been defined by law, but the method in general use is to heat milk as quickly as possible to about one hundred and fifty-eight degrees Fahrenheit and immediately cooling to below fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
Laws Governing the Sale of Special Milks. Chapter 94 .- Section 13.
"Grade A, Massachusetts Milk" shall consist exclusively of milk produced within the commonwealth from healthy cows under cleanly and sanitary conditions, and so cooled and cared for that in its raw state the bacteria count shall not average more than one hundred thousand per cubic centimeter, upon examination of five samples taken one each day, and each from a different lot of milk, on five consecutive days. When
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sold, kept or offered for sale or exchange, such milk shall be designated and marked by a label, cap or tag bearing the words "Grade A, Massachusetts Milk" in plain, legible bold- faced type. The percentage of milk fat may also be stated upon said label, cap or tag, but the amount of milk fat shall never be less than the standard fixed for milk by the preceding section.
Chapter 94 .- Section 15
If any grade or classification of milk other than "Grade A, Massachusetts Milk" is established, permits for the sale of such other milk shall be granted and may be revoked in accordance with the preceding section with respect to "Grade A, Massachusetts Milk", but such permits shall not be granted until the milk to be sold thereunder has been tested in such manner as the local board of health, to whom application for the permit is made, shall determine. Milk sold or exchanged or kept or offered for sale or exchange under such a permit shall be marked with a label, cap or tag, bearing in the English language in plain, legible, bold-faced type, the name of the grade as it is determined by such board.
This department has received no requests for permits to sell special milks of varying grades though many dealers are offering special priced milks to the public under the head of "Grade A"; "Baby Milk"; "Special Milk"; "Inspected Milk", etc. The dealer alone is responsible for the superior quality of the various grades. A list of the special milks that have come to the attention of this department is published as a part of this report.
Infant Mortality.
The index of an efficient system of Milk Inspection is conceded by health authorities to be the reduced mortality rate from intestinal diseases among infants under one year of age. This rate in Somerville has decreased year by year and those interested are referred to the mortality tables in the health department report.
Country Inspection.
Methods of shipping milk to the large centres of popula- tion have changed considerably in the last few years. The custom formerly was for the individual producer to bring his milk to the railroad and ship it directly to the dealer in the city. This practice has changed somewhat and the cooperative system of marketing milk has been developed.
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Creameries have been developed and the producers now " sell their product to the creamery which in turn sells direct to the distributor. Under this arrangement it becomes neces- sary to promulgate regulations governing the conduct of these creameries. This has been done and an inspection has been made of relatively small numbers of establishments. Un- sanitary conditions have been found at many of these places and much work should be done at the country end if the sale of milk from these places is to be allowed in Somerville. There are about 350 creameries in New England shipping milk to the metropolitan district and it is very evident to those who have visited these places that a careful supervision should be maintained over not only the creameries shipping fluid milk, but also the butter and ice cream factories who come in direct competition with the fluid milk factories.
The same cleanliness should be demanded of producers whether their milk is used for butter, or ice cream or sold as fluid milk and a producer who has been refused permission to ship milk to the city on account of unsanitary conditions, should not be allowed to sell to the butter or ice cream factory next door.
Conclusions and Recommendations.
1. That more time be devoted to country inspection and that a dairy inspector be appointed to look after the country end where the milk is produced, and in some instances processed, that we may inspect creameries and dairys and con- firm the corrections required.
2. That a law or regulation be promulgated making pasteurization compulsory.
3. That all pasteurizers be equipped with an automatic temperature control and that all charts from same be preserved at least six months.
4. This department does not recommend any particular special milk, but we are striving to have all the milk sold in this city safe and wholesome.
Respectfully submitted, HERBERT E. BOWMAN, Inspector of Milk and Vinegar.
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SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
Board of Overseers of the Poor. FRED E. DURGIN, President. MICHAEL COLL, Vice-President. HENRY F. CURTIS, M. D.
Committees. On Finance, Investigation and Relief, and City Home MR. DURGIN, MR. COLL AND DR. CURTIS.
Clerks.
JOSEPHINE M. SANDER
HELEN E. LINEGAR (Appointed April 24, 1921)
General Agent. WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE.
City Physician. C. CLARKE TOWLE, M. D.
Warden and Matron, City Home. MR. AND MRS. J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN.
Office.
City Hall Annex, Highland Avenue.
SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
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Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1921.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville : -
Gentlemen, - The Overseers of the Poor submit here- with reports of the General Agent, the Warden of the City Home and the City Physician, with tables showing the work.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED E. DURGIN,
MICHAEL COLL,
HENRY F. CURTIS,
Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF GENERAL AGENT.
City Hall Annex, January 1, 1922.
To the Overseers of the Poor, Somerville, Mass. :-
Gentlemen, - The following as the report of the general agent for the year ending December 31, 1921, is herewith sub- mitted : -
Table No. 1.
FULL SUPPORT (During the year).
In City Home (men 31, women 32,) . 63
In City Home, December 31, 1921 32
In private families .
19
In Hospitals for the sick in other cities, towns and state .
58
In care of state division minor wards (children)
17
Table No. 2.
PARTIAL SUPPORT (Outside Relief).
Families
Persons aided (including hospital cases) . 170
829
Burials
7
Permits to State Infirmary
·
14
Table No. 3.
AID UNDER 1913 LAW (Mothers' Aid).
Number of applications from widows or deserted women . 86
Number of families aided at close of year
69
Number of children
304
Amount allowed each family, from $4.00 to $20.00 per week
Number of out-of-town families
17
Number having no settlement . .
22
Cost to City.
Somerville settlement
$18,829 94
Settled in other cities and towns (reside here) . 6,499 19
State
8,661 87
Somerville families living in other cities and towns 2,483 05
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$36,474 05
Table No. 7. Expenditures in Detail for the Year 1921.
1921
Cash Allowance
Med. Att. and Medicine
Board.
Groceries.
Somerville Poor in other Cities and Towns.
Dry Goods and Shoes.
Burials.
Salaries.
Fuel.
Sundries.
Cash Paid Out.
Telephone.
Stationery and Printing.
Somerville Hospital.
State Institu- tions.
Other Institu- tions.
Nursing.
Somerville Poor in other Cities and Towns 1913 Law.
Totals
January
$76.36
$27.83
$265.21
$273.00
$304.75
$75.00
$492.98
$499.70
$12.50
$4,696.30
$10.94
$ 4.00
$532.60
$276.58
$242.15
$4.50
S
$7,794.40
February
81.29
15.26
126.57
163.00
458.37
408.54
368.65
18.50
3,777.60
10.38
434.60
5.00
5,867.76
March
54.22
31.70
744.52
227.00
354.29
70.00
498.52
389.85
16.50
3,880.50
19.91
12.50
848.00
192.13
6.50
7,346.14
April
54.36
.....
354.99
209.00
459.44
518.73
16.50
4,931.00
26.75
1,049.00
302.00
6.00
21.33
7,949.10
May
44.79
47.19
198.93
185.00
197.90
10.00
522.05
5.60
17.50
4,052.02
10.27
14.75
682.00
2.00
855.00
6,845.00
June
35.87
661.25
260.00
100.00
80.00
612.05
20.00
4,241.00
10.18
26.20
650.00
194.43
2.00
272.63
7,165.61
July.
36.79
5.00
420.50
255.00
780.94
43.00
629.73
12.50
5,204.20
9.84
29.00
759.00
261.18
40.42
3.00
8,490.10
August
36.79
171.64
261.00
130.00
518.55
12.50
4,149.00
10.11
741.00
7.50
6,038.09
September
35.87
52.98
493.83
314.00
12.25
502.55
12.50
4,305.53
10.57
10.75
416.00
188.94
7.50
6,363.27
October.
36.79
9.02
448.20
193.00
130.00
537.73
12.50
5,365.72
9.17
725.00
532.63
14.50
8,014.26
November
35.87
21.76
313.55
187.00
397.53
522.05
313.13
32.14
4,472.80
9.84
22.80
635.00
92.40
22.50
1,120.17
8,198.54
December
36.79
189.35
136.00
182.00
59.00
607.36
241.33
12.50
5,660.05
10.50
16.33
282.00
186.29
17.00
213.92
7,850.42
Totals
$565.79
$210.74
$4,388.54
$2,663.00
$3,507.47
$337.00
$6,370.84
$1,818.26
$196.14
$54,735.72
$121.71
$163.08
$7,754.20
$1,372.39
$1,136.76
$98.00
$2,483.05 $87,922.69
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Table No. 4. REIMBURSEMENTS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts City of Boston
1,293 52
66
66
Brockton
66
66
Cambridge
66
66
Chelsea
228 00
66
Everett
428 70
66 66
Lynn
66
66 Malden
327 58
66
66 Medford
512 63
66
66 Melrose
82 00
66
Revere
35 00
66
66
Salem
378 67
Town of Arlington
152 60
66 Sheffield
45 55
66
Watertown
9 00
66
Winchester
156 00
Individual
Table No. 5. SOMERVILLE HOSPITAL (PATIENTS ON CITY BEDS).
Patients having settlement in Somerville
74
Patients having settlement in other cities and towns
13
Patients having no settlement (chargeable to State)
20
Total number of patients sent to hospital .
107
Amount paid to hospital
$7,754 20
Table No. 6. POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1900 TO 1921. .
Population (Estimated)
1900
-* 61,643
(Misc.
$23,697.62
Home,
$5,528.83) Total
66
35,793.58
1902 -
63,500
28,667.04
66
7,396.64
66
36,063.68
1903
65,500
30,470.20
66
7,548.39
38,018.59
1904
69,500
66
20,476.54
66
6,563.11
=
25,002.24
1906
72,000
18,237.53
66
6,806.79
66
25,044.32
1907
74,000
66
17,852.20
7,001.23
24,853.43
1908
75,500
17,955.34
60
6,875.56
66
24,830.90
1909
75,500
16,843.17
66
7,562.83
66
24,406.00
1910
77,236
16,110.42
7,695.89
66
23,806.31
1911
78,000
66
16,327.56
7,842.03
24,169.59
1912
81,000
66
19,201.33
8,998.97
28,200.30
1913
82,000
66
21,827.73
66
10,945.95
32,773.68
1914
85,000
66
35,619.68
11,200.25
46,819.93
1915
-* 86,854
66
45,490.98
66
11,218.65
66
56,709.63
1917
- 90,000
53,653.33
66
13,417.77
66
67,071.10
1918
- 90,500
66
63,420.48
60
15,411.20
78,831.68
1919
- 91,000
66
67,682.53
15,789.34
83,471.87
1920
-* 93,033
77,456.57
60
17,308.29
66
94,764.86
1921
95,000
66
87,922.69
66
15,069.81
60
102,992.50
66
1901
62,500
29,171.15
66
6,622.43
1905
-* 69,272
66
17,527.88
66
7,474.36
66
63,353.03
1916
- 90,000
51,759.62
66
11,593.41
.
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·
Year
$29,226.45
* Census
$27,783 12
691 63
935 85
51 43
62 50
Quincy
255 43
$33,429 21
27,039.65
66
66
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF SOMERVILLE.
Since the reorganization in 1885.
¡Hon. Mark F. Burns, chairman, ex-officio . 1885
1888
inclusive
+Col. Herbert E. Hill .
1885
1889
Charles S. Lincoln, Esq., chairman .
1885
1887
¿Hon. Edward Glines
1885
1887
66
¿Charles G. Brett (president 1888-1892) Edward B. West (President May, 1894 February, 1912)
1888
to
1912
66
¿Daniel C. Stillson
1888 Apr. 1892
¿Hon. Charles G. Pope, chairman ex-officio .
1889
1891
66
¡Nathan H. Reed (president 1893 to April 1894) ·
1890 Apr. 1894
66
+Hon. William H. Hodgkins, chairman
ex-officio
1892
1895
"James G. Hinckley
May,
1892
1894
¡Albert W. Edmands
May,
1893
Oct. 1918
(Died)
+Herbert E. Merrill
May,
1894
1909
inclusive
¡Ezra D. Souther
1895 Feb. 1898
(Died)
Hon. Albion A. Perry, chairman ex-officio .
1896
1898
inclusive
James H. Butler
March,
1898
1899
66
Hon. George O. Proctor, officio
1899
Henry F. Curtis, M. D.
1910
to date*
66
.
.
1912 Nov. 9, 1916
Michael Coll
November,
1916
to
date*
66
Fred E. Durgin
October,
1918
to
date*
Table No. 8. RECAPITULATION (Miscellaneous).
Expenditures and transfers
$87,922 69
Reimbursements and refunds .
33,869 63
Net cost to city
$54,053 06
* Present Member.
t Deceased.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. E. COPITHORNE,
General Agent.
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66
·
1885 Apr. 1893
66
chairman, ex-
Philip Koen
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REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME.
City Home, January 1, 1922.
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, 1921 : -
Table No. 1.
Number of weeks' board of inmates .
2,069-1
Number of males admitted during 1921 .
14
Number of females admitted during 1921 .
11
Number of males discharged during 1921 . .
10
Number of females discharged during 1921
14
Number of males supported during 1921
31
Number of females supported during 1921
32
Number of males died during 1921
3
Number of females died during 1921 .
10
Number of inmates in home, December 31, 1921
32
.
City Home Hospital.
Number of weeks' board
537
Number of patients admitted
31
Number of patients in hospital, December 31, 1921
10
Table No. 2.
Reimbursements
$7,457 77 .
Net expenditures
7,612 04
$15,069 81
Appropriation
. $15,625 00
Balance
555 19
.
$15,069 81
Respectfully submitted,
J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN,
Warden.
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REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.
OFFICE OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN,
Somerville, January 1, 1922.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen : -
Gentlemen, - The work of your City Physician during the year 1921 is presented in the following abstract : -
Office consultations and treatments
290
Total outside visits
1251
Confinements
10
Vaccinations
·
49
Visits at City Home
132
Attended at police station
20
Examinations: -
For legal department .
12
For highway department
17
For police department
33
For fire department
19
For water department
2
For soldiers' relief department
1
For pension
24
.
Respectfully submitted,
C. CLARKE TOWLE,
City Physician.
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RECREATION AND PLAYGROUND COMMISSION
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REPORT OF RECREATION AND PLAYGROUND COMMISSION.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen, City of Somerville, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen : -
The Recreation and Playground Commission submits here- with a report of its acts for the municipal year 1921. The work of this Commission has been limited in kind and in extent by the resources which it could use not by its inclination for serv- ice or by the opportunities in its field of action. As the op- portunities for beneficial and constructive effort so far exceed- ed the resources available for dealing with the matter, it be- came necessary to carefully select the things to be done and to conduct those enterprises only to such an extent as was war- ranted by the means at hand.
In making a plan for the year it was decided to carry on the lines of work established during the preceding year and to amplify that work to whatever extent it seemed wise and desirable. In addition to this policy the Commission proposed to promote co-operation among the various departments of City Government whose functions in any way affect public recreation and to assist in whatever way it could the general cause of recreation throughout the city. In addition to the direct appropriation made by the City Government, which this year amounted to $6,000, the Commission had the help of $1,030.75 furnished it by the Somerville Playgrounds Asso- ciation and the co-operation and assistance of the various wom- en's clubs of the city and of the several departments of the City Government.
The three major activities promoted by the Commission during the year were social centers, summer playgrounds, and school gardens. At the beginning of the year social centers were conducted several nights a week in the Clark Bennett and Bingham Schoolhouses. The Neighborhood House on Maple Street was conducted partly under the Commission and partly under the control and direction of the Ways and Means Committee representing the various women's clubs of the city. This work was carried on for the Commission by Miss Min- nette Zuver who had been engaged for this work during the preceding year. Under her leadership, classes for adults were
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organized and carried on in the two schoolhouses already named. These classes attracted a large attendance and developed a good show of interest. Entertainments and lectures were giv- en from time to time. The response to these conferences was such as to show conclusively that the people in the neigh- borhood of these schoolhouses were ready and anxious to take advantage of the opportunity for improvement and social recre- ation which such meetings afford. There were imperfections in the service rendered to the community by these undertakings which were inevitable under all of the circumstances of the case. The schoolhouses themselves are not well adapted to so- cial center activities and the resources in money and personal services were too limited to provide adequately the things necessary to the success of the work. As an outcome of all these conditions, much was accomplished of a distinct benefit to the community while imperfections appeared which were subjects for criticism and improvement. It was clearly demon- strated that well-selected and well-conducted enterprises of an educational and recreational character would receive a hearty welcome in these neighborhoods but on May 1, 1921, the social worker resigned to accept a more important position else- where and since that time the Commission has allowed the social center work to lapse.
The second line of work carried on by the Commission was the supervised summer playgrounds. In this field, as its name indicates, the chief function of this work is to provide trained supervision on certain playgrounds in the city dur- ing the summer months. In addition to this provision, the Commission has furnished playing material and some equip- ment. This year the attendance was large and the services of the play supervisors were of a high and interesting order. The closing demonstration held on Broadway Park on the evening of August 23 was one of the most interesting ever held in connection with the summer playground work. All in all, the playground season of 1921 was, from the amount of money spent upon it by the Commission, one of the most suc- cessful ever conducted under the control of the City. Full particulars of this activity will be found in the report of Stephen H. Mahoney, Supervisor of Playgrounds, which is sub- mitted herewith.
The third line of work promoted by the Commission joint- ly with the School Committee was the school gardens. Again the use of certain public parks for school gardens was author- ized by His Honor, the Mayor. The Commission employed again this year as Supervisor of Gardens, Mr. W. B. Moore, whose efficiency in this office is of the highest order. School
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RECREATION AND PLAYGROUND COMMISSION
gardens were conducted in eleven plots so distributed as to make a school garden accessible in every part of the city. This work was a great success and is fully described in the report sub- mitted by Mr. Moore. The benefit of this work has been not alone in the value of the crops raised by the children but in the fact that the gardens have provided a live and beneficial inter- est for the children during the long summer vacation.
In certain other ways encouragement of recreation has been given by the efforts of the Commission. The general sub- ject of public recreation in Somerville, however, is not fully comprehend by this account of the work of the Recreation and Playground Commission. Other public agencies are related in one way or another to the recreation problem in this city. Those which have worked in co-operation with this Commis- sion are the following :
Commissioner of Public Buildings, who has charge of schoolhouses, school yards, and the Somerville Beach.
City Engineer, who has charge of public parks and public playgrounds. School Committee, which has direct charge of school children, school activities, physical training, gardening, and canning.
Water Commissioner, who has control of wading pool on Trum Play- ground.
Warden of the City Home, who has charge of the City Farm.
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, who has charge of the appara-
tus which was used frequently during the hot weather to give street baths to the children of the playgrounds. .
Chief of Police, who has given police protection whenever needed.
As the year closes, the Commission has made provision for building hockey rinks in various parts of the city. One has been built in Lincoln Park, one on Trum Playground, one in Fellsway East, and one in the Hodgkins schoolyard. Two oth- ers are to be built in other parts of the city. These rinks are provided for the use of organized hockey teams from the High and Junior High Schools and for the use of the public when they are not engaged by the schools. The maintenance of the rinks on the public areas will be assumed by the Engineering Department. The maintenance of the rink in the school yard will be assumed by the Public Buildings Department. It is hoped by the Commission that these rinks will increase the op- portunities for the enjoyment of that most invigorating and delightful winter sport - skating. Unlike most other com- munities Somerville has no natural ponds and waterways for skating. The development of this sport, therefore, is wholly dependent upon artificial ice on public areas. The Engineer- ing Department has done a good work in past years in flood- ing spaces for ice areas but the new rinks will add much to the possibilities of enjoying this sport.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
The Commission wishes to put on record its conviction that recreation both for adults and for children is an important item in public policy and one which should receive careful and consistent treatment at the hands of the City Government. How one spends his leisure time determines to a considerable extent the kind of a person he is or will become. The opportu- nities for intellectual, social and physical recreation are pro- vided either by public or private agencies. Inasmuch as private recreational agencies are conducted wholly for com- mercial purposes, it is not safe to leave the needs of a com- munity wholly to be satisfied in that way. The Commission believes that Somerville has made a good beginning in this particular. Its parks and public areas are devoted to public uses. Its public bathhouses, its bathing beach and bathhouse, its schoolhouses which are increasingly used for social and recreational purposes, are all contributions to the up-building of a good social order by means of wholesome and well-conduct- ed recreation. For the future, the Commission believes that all of these agencies should be brought into harmonious co-op- eration to the end that the largest public service may be secured therefrom. It believes that the beginnings already made should be continued in well-planned policies for the future.
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