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ANNUAL REPORTS.
is ready to meet and assist pupils whose work sends them here. The result of these efforts is becoming evident in an increasing intelligence in the pupils' use of the library.
NOTABLE ADDITIONS
The Trust Funds were given by their donors to enable the library to make purchases of an unusual nature which it could not reasonably hope to make from the ordinary appro- priations allowed by the city. Thereby they perform a valu- able service. During the past year notable additions have been derived from this source. The impoverishment of many of the educated people of England due to the war has brought into the market some exceptional offerings. Our library has been able to secure from the sale of a private library in Eng- land a set of four quarto volumes containing reproductions of the portraits painted by the famous English artists, Thomas Gainsborough, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Sir Henry Rae- burn. In the same manner we also picked up in three portfo- lios the complete etchings of Rembrandt, over 1,600 in num- ber. Another interesting addition is the purchase from the well-known house of Alinari, of Florence, Italy, of eighty-six copies of famous paintings mostly from Italian galleries and churches. These are not produced by any of the usual litho- graphic processes, nor are they colored after printing. They are actual color photographs. The colors are undoubtedly truer to the originals, inasmuch as they do not depend for accuracy upon the human eye, but upon a purely scientific process which registers the actual color values. None of these expensive books may be taken from the library, but they may be used freely by responsible people within the building.
The library is also indebted to the family of the late S. Newton Cutler, donor of one of our funds, for a gift from his library of 193 volumes; also to Dr. Charles L. Noyes, for many years until his recent retirement an active and valued member of the Board of Trustees, for the gift of 225 volumes.
FIRE RISK AND INSURANCE
After many years of good fortune the library suffered the loss of 265 volumes by fire and water damage while at the bindery. A reasonably satisfactory adjustment of the loss was effected by compromise but the episode served to call at- tention to the general subject of fire risks. After consider-
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ation of the subject the Trustees directed the Librarian to place insurance upon library books while at the bindery, and also upon the collection housed in the Union Square building, a wooden structure. Two policies have accordingly been se- cured, one of $5,000 upon the Union Square collection, and one of $1,000 upon books while at the bindery.
THE TRAINING CLASS
The Training Class began its course of instruction on Monday, October 2, with the following members: E. Marion Akerley, Helen Farrar, Elsie L. Knox, Corinne Mead, and Alice D. Williams. This is an intensive study course of twenty-six weeks, with illustrative practice work. A brief summary of the courses of instruction may be of interest.
American literature to 1870. 20 lectures by Prof. R. E. Rogers of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Reference work and source books of knowledge. 24 class sessions with illustrative and test work. 1
Miss Eames.
Children's work. 24 class sessions with illustrative and test work. Reading and review of at leat 50% of a selected list of 44 standard children's books.
Miss Hastings.
Operations of the charging desk. 12 class sessions with illus- trative and test work.
Miss Whipple.
Classification, cataloguing, accessioning and filing. 12 class sessions with illustrative and test work.
Miss Bunker.
Book review and selection. 12 class sessions with illustrative and test work. Credit given for attendance at John Claire Minot lectures.
Miss Mayhew.
Current events of the world. 12 class sessions.
Mr. Evans.
Penmanship and printing. 6 class sessions with additional practice work.
Mr. Evans.
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Book mending. 4 class sessions with additional practice work.
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Mr. Evans.
Book binding for libraries. 3 class sessions with practice work in preparation of books for binding.
Miss Nicholson.
Care of periodicals. 3 class sessions.
Miss Nicholson.
Parts of a book and their significance. 3 class sessions with illustrative material on book making.
Mr. Evans.
Shelving and library arrangement of books. 2 class sessions with daily practice work throughout the course. Miss Bunker.
Miscellaneous lectures on professional topics, such as ; Libra- rianship as a profession. Ethics of the Librarian. Library history and development. Work of the State Commission. High School libraries. Welfare and citizenship work. Book ordering, and publishing houses. By various librarians.
Branch work,-Not less than one month.
Visits of inspection to typical libraries, including the Boston Public, Harvard, Massachusetts State, Boston Athenae- um, and important suburban libraries.
Visits to book binderies, printing shops, publishing houses. Numerous professional readings as assigned.
Keeping of complete note books is required.
Very careful attention is given to the conduct of these courses. Admittedly elementary, they have been laid out and developed upon the basis of the actual demands of our daily work, and are therefore intensely practical. They are only too brief for their purpose, and there is a constant tendency to over-crowd them in the attempt to accomplish the utmost. Pupils without exception find that a considerable amount of outside work is necessary to maintain a satisfactory rank.
For admission to the Training Class the applicant must be not younger than eighteen nor older than thirty, at least a high school graduate of creditable rank, of normal health and strength and possessed of unimpaired faculties, and with- out marked peculiarities of temperament. She must pass an examination of High School graduate standard, including al- so general information relative to current affairs of the world and particularly of our own country. College graduates are
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exempt from educational tests. The final rating is based 40 % upon examination and 60% upon reports of daily work dur- ing the course. Students who pass with a rating of 75% or more are eligible to appointment to the library staff as vacan- cies occur. High School graduates to the Third Grade of the service, and College graduates to the Second Grade. Prefer- ence is given to Somerville residents both for admission to the class, and for appointment to the staff.
Every year since the institution of the Training Class applications for the privilege of taking a single course of instruction, such as Reference work or Children's work, have been received from members of our staff whose appointment antedates the class, or who have come to us from another li- brary. It has been found to our mutual advantage to encour- age these attempts at self-improvement by granting the time necessary. There is no doubt that the Training Class, in ad- dition to its function as a recruiting agency, is a most valu- able factor in the morale of our public service, making for harmony and a real conception of the spirit of service.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
Of interest to librarians and trustees is the May issue of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and So- cial Science. The entire number is devoted to the consider- ation of professional and business ethics. Under each calling the prevailing ethical standards are expounded, discussed, and an attempt is made to codify them. Some of the codes presented are those that have been formally accepted and endorsed by representative organizations of the particular professions. It is a tribute to the progress of the library profession that it has been included by the Annals, a pub- lication representing the highest scholarship of America, in the same professional group with the clergy, law, medicine, architecture, teaching, engineering, and journalism.
STATISTICS
The usual tabulations of the statistics of operation for the year 1922, appended to this report, are submitted as a part of it.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE H. EVANS,
Librarian.
The Public Library of the City of Somerville APPENDIX A Statistics of Use and Growth Circulation
Central
Volumes circulated, adult ·
115,183
West 82,330
East 47,812
Union 37,072
1,835
284,232
Volumes circulated, juvenile .
35,569
25,484
23,640
34,919
46,032
165,644
Total circulation (A. L. A. rules) . .
150,752
107,814
71,452
71,991
47,867
449,876
.
Accessions
Central
West
East
Union
Total
Volumes in library, Dec. 31, 1921
85,629
13,071
6,404
6,711
111,815
Volumes added
5,202
1,336
1,003
1,518
9,059
Volumes transferred to
5
18
4
1
28
Volumes restored
15
4
4
6
29
Total additions .
5,222
1,358
1,011
1,525
9,116
Volumes withdrawn
.
·
2,690
753
293
689
4,425
Volumes transferred from
18
10
0
0
28
Volumes lost
391
30
30
59
510
Total reductions
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·
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..
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2,123
565
688
777
4,153
Volumes in library, Dec. 31, 1922 .
87,752
13,636
7,092
7,488
115,968
Registration
Central
West
East
Union
Total
Borrowers registered Dec. 31, 1921 .
6,339
4,902
2,271
2,457
15,969
Expirations in 1922
.
.
.
2,953
2,042
905
1,068
6,968
Registrations in 1922
3,109
2,291
1,208
1,178
7,786
Borrowers registered Dec. 31, 1922
6,495
5,151
2,574
2,567
16,787
Expenditure in Library Department
Per capita expenditure for library service . $0.528 Expenditure per book lent
$0.111
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3,099
793
323
748
·4,963
Net gain
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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Schools
Totals
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APPENDIX B
American Library Association Form for Uniform Statistics
Annual report for year ended December 31, 1922.
Name of library: The Public Library of the City of Somerville, Mass.
City: Somerville State: Massachusetts
Name of librarian: George Hill Evans
Date of founding
1872
Population served (latest estimate)
97,000
Assessed valuation of city
. $88,166,539 27
Rate of tax levy for library purposes: $0.671/2 on each $1000 valuation.
Terms of use: Free for lending Free for reference
Total number of agencies . 182
Consisting of Central Library
1
Branches
High School Department
1
School Rooms . 165
4
Playgrounds 8
Number of days open during year (Central Library)
302
Hours open each week for lending (Central Library) 72
Hours open each week for reading (Central Library) . 72
INCREASE
Number of volumes at beginning of year .
111,815
Number of volumes added during year by purchase
8,222
Number of volumes added during year by gift or ex- change ·
727
Number of volumes added during year by binding mate- rial not otherwise counted
110
Number of volumes added during year by lost 'books re- stored
29
Number of volumes lost or withdrawn during year
4,935
Total number at end of year .
115,968
USE
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Number of volumes of fic-
tion lent for home use
214,742
92,432
· 307,174
Total number of volumes lent for home use
284,232
165,644
449,876
Number of pictures, photo-
graprs and prints lent for home use
2,168
REGISTRATION
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Number of borrowers reg- istered during year ·
4,223
3,563
7,786
Total number of registered
borrowers
9,670
7,117
16,787
3
Institutions
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Registration period, years .
2
Number of periodicals and newspapers currently re- ceived :
Titles
224
Copies
490
Number of publications issued during year:
Bulletins
5
Special lists .
3
Number of staff, library service
.40
Number of staff, janitor service
.
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FINANCE
Receipts from:
City tax levy :
Library Department
$45,727 72
Public Buildings Department
12,850 00
Endowment Funds
1,382 55
Fines
2,348 57
Other sources (Dog licenses)
2,053 71
Total
.
$64,362 55
Payments for:
Library Department:
Books
$ 9,792 93
Periodicals
1,306 82
Pictures
146 20
Music
213 80
Binding
2,695 71
Salaries, library service
33,625 59
Supplies
890 98
Printing
687 58
Telephone
288 56
Transportation, postage, express, freight, etc.
-
1,113 01
Other maintenance
.
.
Total
51,264 36
Public Buildings Department:
Salaries, janitor service
6,855 91
Heat
2,282 81
Light
2,070 90
Furniture
107 62
Permanent improvements
541 67
Other maintenance
198 30
Total
12,057 21
Total maintenance
Balance from Appropriation, Library Dept.
2 39
Balance from Endowment Funds
245 80
Balance from Appropriation, Public
Buildings Department .
792 79
.
Total balance $1,040 98
$63,321 57
6
503 18
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SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT
SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
Board of Overseers of the Poor. FRED E. DURGIN, President. -- MICHAEL COLL, Vice-President. GEORGE C. BRAYLEY -
Committees. On Finance, Investigation and Relief, and City Home MR. DURGIN, MR. COLL AND MR. BRAYLEY.
Clerks.
JOSEPHINE S. PHILBROOK
HELEN E. LINEGAB
General Agent. WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE.
City Physician C. CLARKE TOWLE, M. D.
FRANK E. BATEMAN, M. D. (Appointed Oct. 11, 1922)
Warden and Matron, City Home. MR. AND MRS. J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN.
Office. City Hall Annex, Highland Avenue.
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... ANNUAL REPORTS.
Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1922.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen,-The Overseers of the Poor submit herewith 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,
George G. Brayley,
Overseers of the Poor.
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Table No. 7. Expenditures in Detail for the Year 1922.
1922
Board.
Burials.
Somerville Poor in other Cities and Towns.
Cash Paid Out.
Somerville Poor in other Cities and Towns 1913 Law.
Cash Allowance
Fuel.
Groceries.
Other Institu- tions.
Med. Att. and Medicine
Stationery and Printing.
Salaries.
Somerville Hospital.
State Institu- tions.
Sundries.
Telephone.
Totals
January
$229.35
$94.00
$306.92
$4,675.00
$1,095.33
$28.79
$447.71
$398.00
$65.40
$66.81
$12.00
$ 8.40
$522.05
$444.00
$25.08
$10.38
$8,429.22
February
769.85
41.40
75.43
4,544.36
745.35
42.00
333.77
321.00
63.85
13.06
8.00
22.25
522.05
559.00
$396.74
12.50
11.06
8,481.67
March
562.65
10.00
132.00
4,665.20
501.88
45.65
363.51
322.43
144.15
22.48
3.50
8.50
522.05
767.00
13.19
10.24
8,094.43
April
362.28
141.36
5,637.00
44.44
37.64
285.00
5.25
55.28
18.00
610.98
356.00
228.49
12.50
10.81
7,805.03
May
225.49
5.00
4.25
4,613.20
302.00
54.51
167.00
121.80
6.00
3.00
528 05
620.00
12.50
10.38
6,673.18
June
553.84
74.00
4,516.00
230.35
53.01
142.00
July.
376.78
979.08
5,437.46
54.51
98.00
8.50
7.50
635.23
858.00
349.00
12.50
12.44
8,829.00
August
152.78
17.00
247.80
4,318.01
2,505.67
61.15
190.00
18.00
2.00
12.25
553.05
578.75
12.50
10.20
8,679.16
September
162.14
1,028.39
5,533.15
654.67
59.44
165.81
122.57
1.50
7.12
568.23
425.75
12.50
10.21
8,751.48
October.
553.06
18.00
1,119.37
4,322.00
61.15
146.00
21.00
7.50
2.50
10.75
528.05
438.75
833.00
12.50
13.95
8,087.58
November
189.17
4,457.00
234.00
59.44
134.00
45.00
48.33
2.50
528.05
461.50
12.50
9.09
6,180.58
December.
600.92
156.00
5,471.00
1,041.13
57.15
135.00
35.00
10.50
88.75
620.91
325.00
12.50
8.69
8,562.55
Totals.
$4,738.31
$259.40
$4,190.60
$58,189.38
$7,310.38
$621.24
$1,182.63
$2,504.24
$642.02
225.46
$45.00
$186.52
$6,666.75
$6,652.75 $1,807.23
$163.27
$125.74
$95,510.92
528.05
819.00
12.50
8.29
6,937.04
Dry Goods and Shoes.
Nursing.
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SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
REPORT OF GENERAL AGENT
City Hall Annex, January 1, 1923.
To the Overseers of the Poor, Somerville, Mass :-
Gentlemen :- The following as the report of the general agent for the year ending December 31, 1922 is herewith sub- mitted :-
Table No. 1. FULL SUPPORT (During the year).
In City Home (men 29, women 22) . 51
In City Home, December 31, 1922 35
In private families . 26
In hospitals for the sick in other cities, towns and state 65
In care of state division minor wards (children) . 12
Table No. 2. PARTIAL SUPPORT (Outside Relief).
Families
249
Persons aided (including hospital cases) ·
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1016
Burials .
11
Permits to State Infirmary
·
Table No. 3. AID UNDER 1913 LAW (Mother's Aid).
Number of applications from widows or deserted women 82
Number of families aided at close of year
65
Number of children
284
Number of out-of-town families
15
Number having no settlement .
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.
Cost to City
Somerville settlement
$22,131 06
Settled in other cities and towns (reside here)
5,248 08
State
10,719 19
Somerville families living in other cities and towns 7,310 38
$45,408 71
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·
3
Amount allowed each family, from $4.00 to $20.00 per week ·
19
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table No. 4. REIMBURSEMENTS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$30,655 38
City of Beverly
45 50
Boston
2,219 18
Brockton
693 05
"
Cambridge
5,181 63
..
Chelsea
58 50
Everett
552 81
Haverhill
24 00
Malden
138 83
Medford
971 92
Newton
32 00
6€
Salem
195 74
Town of Freetown
11 15
Plymouth
152 00
Ware
126 00
Watertown
180 00
Winchester
201 12
Individual
$41,706 66
Table No. 5. SOMERVILLE HOSPITAL (CITY PATIENTS)
Patients having settlement in Somerville
45
Patients having settlement in other cities and towns
24
Patients having no settlement (chargeable to State)
24
Total number of patients sent to hospital
93
Amount paid to hospital .
$6,652 75
Table No. 6. POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1900 to 1922
Population (Estimated)
1900
- -* 61,643
(Misc.
$23,697.62
Home,
$5,528.83) Total $29,226.45
1901
- - 62,5001
29,171.15
6,622.43
35,793.58
1902
-
63.500
28,667.04
7,396.64
36,063.68
1903
65,500
30,470.20
7,548.39
38,018.59
1904
69,500
20,476.54
6,563.11
27,039.65
1905
-* 69/272
17,527.88
7,474.36
25,002.24
1906)
72.000
18,237.53
6,806.79
25,044.32
1907;
74,000
17,852.20
100
7,001.23
24,853.43
1908
75,500
17,955.34
6,875.56
24,830.90
1909
75,500
16,843.17
7,562.83
24,406.00
1910
-* 77,236
16,110.42
7,695.89
..
23,806.31
1911
78,000
16,327.56
7,842.03
24,169.59
1912
81,000
19,201.33
8,998.97
28,200.30
1913
82.000
21,827.73
10,945.95
..
32,773.68
1914
85,000
35,619.68
11,200.25
46,819.93
1915
*86,854
45,490.98
11,218.65
56,709.63
1916
90,000
51,759.62
11,593.41
63,353.03
1917
90,000
53,653.33
13,417.77
67,071.10
1918
90,500
63,420.48
15,411.20
78,831.68
1919
91,000
67,682.53
15,789.34
83,471.87
1920
-* /93,03/3
77,456,57
17,308.29
94,764.86
1921
-
95,000
87,922.69
15,069.81
102,992.50
1922
-
97,000
..
95,510.92
13,577.07
109,087.99
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267 85
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*Census
Year
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SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF SOMERVILLE
Since the reorganization In 1885.
tHon. Mark F. Burns, chairman, ex-officio . 1885
1888
inclusive
+Col. Herbert E. Hill
1885
1889
+Charles S. Lincoln, Esq., chairman .
·
1885
1887
tHon. Edward Glines
1885 ·
1887
+Charles G. Brett (president 1888-1892)
1885 Apr. 1893
Edward B. West (president May, 1894 February, 1912)
1888
to
1912
tDaniel C. Stillson
1888 Apr. 1892
¿Hon. Charles G. Pope, chairman ex-officio
1889
1891
tNathan H. Reed (president 1893 to April 1894)
1890 Apr. 1894
+Hon. William H. Hodgkins, chairman
ex-officio
1892
1895
tJames G. Hinckley
May,
1892
1894
Albert W. Edmands
May,
1893 Oct. 1918
(Dieđ)
+Herbert E. Merrill
May,
1894
1909 inclusive
tEzra D. Souther
1895 Feb. 1898
(Died)
Hon. Albion A. Perry, chairman ex-officio . James H. Butler
1896
1898 inclusive
March,
1898
1899
Hon. George O. Proctor, chairman, ex- officio .
1899
Henry F. Curtis, M. D.
1910
to 1921
Philip Koen
1912 Nov. 9, 1916
Michael Coll
November,
1916
to date
Fred E. Durgin
October,
1918
to date
George G. Brayley .
January, 1922 to date* inclusive
Table No. 8.
RECAPITULATION (Miscellaneous)
Expenditures and transfers .
$95,510 92
Reimbursements and refunds
.
·
Net cost to city
$53,435 89
* Present member.
t Deceased.
. Present member.
+ Deceased.
i: 1
Respectfully submitted,
WM. E. COPITHORNE
General Agent.
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42,075 03
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME
City Home, January 1, 1923.
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, 1922 :-
Table No. 1.
Number of weeks board of immates
1814-2
Number of males admitted during 1922
11
Number of females admitted during 1922 .
5
Number of males discharged during 1922
5
Number of females discharged during 1922
11
Number of males supported during 1922
29
Number of females supported during 1922
22
Number of males died during 1922
5
Number of Females died during 1922
5
Number of inmates in home, December 31, 1922
.
35
City Home Hospital.
Number of week's board .
466-1
Number of patients admitted .
11
Number of patients in hospital, December 31, 1922 8
Table No. 2.
Reimbursements
.
.
.
$6,477 71
Net expenditures
.
7,099 36
$13,577 07
Appropriation
$14,560 00
Balance
982 93
$13,577 07
Respectfully submitted,
J. Foster Colquhoun,
Warden. .
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SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN
Office of the City Physician, Somerville, January 1, 1923.
Gentlemen,-The work of your City Physician during the year 1922 is presented in the following abstract :-
Office consultations and treatments .
95
Total outside visits .
809
Confinements
3
Vaccinations
20
Visits at City Home
129
Attended at Police station
28
Examinations :-
For legal department
( 18
For highway department
8
For police department
9
For fire department .
3
For water department
3
For soldiers' relief department
6
For building department
1
For pension
14
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. BATEMAN, City Physician.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
January 31, 1923.
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, 1922.
Arrests.
Whole number of arrests made .
2,438
With and without warrants
1,973
On summons and notification
465
2,438
Males
2,343
Females
95
2,438
Americans
1,599
Foreign Born
839
2,438
Residents
1,525
Non-residents
913
2,438
1, -Crimes and Offenses Against the Person.
Assaults
4
Assault, indecent
1
Assault on police officer
1
Assault with dangerous weapon
12
Assault and battery .
120
Assault with intent to murder
8
Assault with intent to rape .
3
Assault with intent to rob ·
2
Murder
1
Rape
5
Robbery
.
8
Threats
.
10
.
.
175
121
CHIEF OF POLICE.
2, - Crimes and Offenses Against Property.
Arson, attempt .
1
Breaking and entering
40
Breaking and entering railroad car, attempt
1
Breaking glass .
4
Destroying electric lamps
8
Fraudulent conveyance of property
2
Illegal possession of registered bottles
1
Injury to personal property
2
Injury to real estate
11
Larceny
104
Larceny in building
1
Malicious mischief
3
Receiving stolen goods
5
Trespass
51
Trespass, wilful
15
Unlawful diversion of electricity
1
Unlawfully using unmetered gas
1
251
3, -Crimes and Offenses Against Public Order, etc.
Abortion, accessory to
1
Absent without leave United States Army
1
Accosting female
1
Adultery
2
Bail surrender
2
Bastardy
7
Capias
7
Carrying firearms without permit
4
Cruelty to animals .
5
Default
15
Deserter, United States draft law
1
Disturbing the peace
5
Disturbing a public assembly
1
Dog keeping, unlicensed .
5
Drunkenness
1,030
Drunkenness, common
16
False statement in procuring marriage license
1
Fornication
4
Fugitive from justice
1
Gaming implements, present when found
30
Giving false alarms of fire
12
Idle and disorderly
1
Lewdness
3
Lewd cohabitation
7
Neglected children
3
Neglect to support
135
Neglect to support illegitimate children
3
Polygamy
1
Rescue prisoner, attempt
1
Revoke of parole
2
Runaway children
1
2
Safe keeping, alcoholism
1
:
Obstruction on railroad track .
2
122
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Safe keeping, contempt of court .
1 24
Safe keeping, epileptic
1
Safe keeping, escape from Lyman School 2
Safe keeping, escaped prisoners
2
Safe keeping, escape from Training School
6
Safe keeping, infirm
2
Safe keeping, insane
8
Safe keeping, revoke of parole
2
Safe keeping, runaway children
4
Safe keeping, runaway from Wrentham School
1
Safe keeping, straggler United States Army .
1
Safe keeping, suicide threatened .
1
Safe keeping, violation of immigration law
2
Safe keeping, violation of parole .
3
Stubbornness
7
Suspicious persons
4
Unlawfully riding on freight car
1
Unnatural act
1
Vagrancy
1
Violation health regulation
1
Violation of cigarette law
1 105
Violation of food laws
2
Violation of labor laws .
3
Violation of liquor laws .
95
Violation of Lord's Day .
22
Violation of milk laws
10
Violation of motor vehicle laws
317
Violation of parole .
3
Violation of terms of probation
53
Violation of school laws .
11
Witnesses, assault intent to murder
3
Recapitulation.
(1) Crimes and Offenses Against the Person
175
(2) Crimes and Offenses Against Property . 251
(3) Crimes and Offenses Against Public Order, etc.
2,012
Total number of arrests made .
2,438
Bailed to appear elsewhere
19
Cases in which nolle prosequi was entered . .
47
Cases pending . 2
Released by probation officer, drunkenness, etc.
30
Released from custody . 3 .
Surrendered to court, violation probation, etc. .
53
Surrendered to other officers, institutions, etc. .
163
Witnesses, assault intent to murder
3
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320
Number of cases held for trial . 2,118
NOTE .- Two hundred and seventy-two of the above number of cases were juveniles and delinquents.
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