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$100 09
$166 42
$1,456 31
Assessed in Taxes, 1926
62 35
49 10
20 02
16 64
-148 11
$177 45
$441 90
$459 00
$80 07
$149 78
$1,308 20
ANNUAL REPORTS
Total
Apportioned, 1926
$491 00
$166 42
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726 11
$26 13 20 10
$52 93
SIDEWALK Int.
WATER DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTS
Metered 1925 $33,299 79
Metered 1926
Annual 1926
Addi- tional
Maint.
Service Assessments
Annual 1925
Total
Bal. Dec. 31, 1925
Committed
$293,299 18
$2,291 50 253 01
$3,288 46
$10,680 19
$13,709 58
$15 00
$33,299 79 323,268 91 376 76
Total charges ..
$33,393 42
$293,314 30
$2,544 51
$3,288 46
$10,680 19
$13,709 58
$15 00
$356,945 46
Collected
$33,205 35
$253,003 42
$2,147 18
$3,264 74
$10,223 66
$13,709 58
$315,553 93
Abated
188 07
472 15
397 33
23 72
456 53
15 00
1,552 80
Total credits .. Bal. Dec. 31, 1926
$33,393 42
$253,475 57
$2,544 51
$3,288 46
$10,680 19
$13,709 58
$15 00
$317,106 73 $39,838 73
$39,838 73
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
101
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Refunds
93 63
15 12
102
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS FOR COLLECTION AND DEPOSITS
Balance Dec. 31, 1925
Committed
Total
Abated
Collected
Balance
Deposits $2,059 59
Assessors
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943 22
Weights and Measures
480 00
Fire Department
$26 00
$26 00
$26 00
66 80
Police Department
$521 44
$1,590 14
2,111 58
$36 00
1,633 85
$441 73
Contagious Hospital
2,878 25
8,096 00
10,974 25
343 00
7,376 50
3,254 75
Contagious Hospital Bldgs.
365 00
1,594 75
1,959 75
1,955 75
4 00
3 22
Sanitary Department
400 00
400 00
400 00
2,544 90
Sanitary Buildings
606 96
606 96
606 96
Sewer Buildings
1,006 83
13,814 31
14,821 14
318 78
14,130 84
371 52
Sewers Construction
45 00
45 00
45 00
Sidewalks Construction
23 29
23 29
23 29
Welfare Misc. (Comm. of Mass.) ..
10,896 45
31,637 79
42,534 24
18 74
26,202 05
16,313 45
Welfare Miscellaneous
2,648 28
12,470 73
15,119 01
33 00
9,650 20
5,435 81
Welfare, City Home
45 43
6,389 13
6,434 56
5,797 71
636 85
2,219 46
Public Library Buildings
5 00
5 00
5 00
2,447 42
School Department
174 34
15,659 94
15,834 28
3,209 58
11,307 95
1,316 75
49 37
School Buildings
755 00
755 00
755 00
Bathhouse
82 70
Shower Baths
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$18,536 02
$93,114 04
$111,650 06 $3,959 10 $79,847 81 $27,843 15 $11,688 54
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Municipal Buildings
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ANNUAL REPORTS
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552 35
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Board of Appeals
199 01
Health Department
25 00
Inspection of Milk & Vinegar
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5 00
Highway Maintenance
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City Clerk
103
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
REVENUE LOANS In anticipation of Revenue
$600,000 00
Nos.
1319-1330 277 days @ 3.70 disct.
$200,000 00
1331-1348 259 66
3.82 66 * ($2.25)
200,000 00
1349-1364 231
3.63 66 *($5.00)
400,000 00
1365-1380 196 66
3.51 66 *($6.00)
300,000 00
1381-1400 167 66
3.34 66 *($7.50)
300,000 00
1401-1404 174 66
3.31
66
*($8.00)
200,000 00
1405-1410 183
3.37
*($7.00)
100,000 00
1411-1418 199 66 3.50
100,000 00
1419-1424 197 66
3.87
66
*($2.00)
100,000 00
1425-1430 218
3.87
* ($2.00) 100,000 00
1431-1436 238
3.89
*($3.75)
100,000 00
1437-1442 266
3.89
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100,000 00
2,200,000 00
Paid notes maturing in 1926
Maturing in 1927
$600,000 00
*Premium
Amount paid for discount on amount borrowed in 1926
$47,707 34
3,365+ Average for 1924, 216 150-195 days and average rate
4.07+
The funded debt December 31, 1926, was $1,457,000 00 classified as follows :
Met. Park Asst. Loan at 31/2 per cent ...
$3,000 00
Lowell Street Bridge at 31/2 per cent 23,000 00
Sewer at 31/2 per cent 28,000 00 Sewer at 4 per cent
121,000 00
Sewer at 41/4 per cent
17,000 00
City at 31/2 per cent
3,000 00
City at 4 per cent
85,000 00
Highway at 4 per cent
145,000 00
Highway at 41/2 per cent
12,000 00
Highway at 5 per cent
45,000 00
City Hall Addition at 4 per cent
56,000 00
City Hall Addition at 414 per cent
70,000 00
Public Building at 4 per cent 94,000 00
Public Building at 41/2 per cent 45,000 00
Schoolhouse at 4 per cent 710,000 00
$2,800,000 00
2,200,000 00
Notes averaged to run 215 4 / 22 days and the average rate 3.6288- Average for 1925, 213 days and the average rate
Balance from 1925
Borrowed by authority of an order of the Board of Aldermen on city notes, as follows :
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Funded debt within the limit fixed by law
Lowell Street Bridge
$23,000 00
Sewer
166,000 00
City
88,000 00
Highway
202,000 00
City Hall Addition
126,000 00
Public Building
139,000 00
Schoolhouse
710,000 00
$1,454,000 00
Beyond limit fixed by law
Met. Park Asst. (Chap. 325, Acts 1902) .... $3,000 00
3,000 00
$1,457,000 00
OUTSTANDING BONDS DECEMBER 31, 1926
1927
City $19,000
Sewer $20,000
Park Outside $1,000
Bridge $1,000
$35,000
$8,000
$17,000
School $45,000
Total $146,000
1928
17,000
18,000
1,000
1,000
32,000
8,000
16,000
44,000
137,000
1929
16,000
17,000
1,000
1,000
32,000
8,000
16,000
44,000
135,000
1930
15,000
16,000
1,000
28,000
8,000
16,000
44,000
128,000
1931
12,000
16,000
1,000
22,000
8,000
15,000
44,000
118,000
1932
9,000
14,000
1,000
17,000
8,000
15,000
44,000
108,000
1933
14,000
1,000
12,000
8,000
14,000
43,000
92,000
1934
14,000
1,000
12,000
7,000
14,000
43,000
91,000
1935
13,000
1,000
12,000
7,000
8,000
43,000
84,000
1936
6,000
1,000
7,000
4,000
43,000
61,000
1937
6,000
1,000
7,000
4,000
43,000
61,000
1938
4,000
1,000
7,000
43,000
55,000
1939
3,000
1,000
7,000
43,000
54,000
1940
2,000
1,000
7,000
43,000
53,000
1941
1,000
1,000
7,000
43,000
52,000
1942
1,000
1,000
7,000
43,000
52,000
1943
1,000
1,000
7,000
15,000
24,000
1944
1,000
1945
1,000
1,000
1946
1,000
1,000
1947
1,000
1,000
1948
1,000
1,000
1949
1,000
1,000
$88,000
$166,000
$3,000
$23,000
$202,000
$126,000
$139,000
$710,000
$1,457,000
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
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Highway
City Hall Addition Pub. Bldgs.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
BONDS DUE IN 1927
January
April
July $1,000 00
October
Total $1,000 00
Met. Park ..
Lowell Street
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Bridge
$1,000 00
1,000 00
Sewer
$1,000 00
9,000 00
10,000 00
20,000 00
City
2,000 00
10,000 00
7,000 00
19,000 00
Highway
22,000 00
13,000 00
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Public
Bldg.
5,000 00
5,000 00
7,000 00
17,000 00
Schoolhouse
15,000 00
17,000 00
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$23,000 00 $64,000 00 $38,000 00 $21,000 00 $146,000 00
BOND INTEREST DUE IN 1927
April
July $52 50
October
Total $105 00
Lowell Street
Bridge
$402 50
$385 00
787 50
Sewer
1,305 00
1,966 25
1,285 00
1,790 00
6,346 25
City
1,080 00
672 50
1,040 00
475 00
3,267 50
Highway
2,240 00
2,055 00
2,240 00
1,555 00
8,090 00
City Hall
Addition
2,607 50
2,607 50
5,215 00
Public Bldg.
2,132 50
760 00
2,032 50
660 00
5,585 00
Schoolhouse
5,100 00
9,100 00
4,800 00
8,760 00
27,760 00
$11,910 00 $17,563 75
$11,450 00 $16,232 50 $57,156 25
BONDS OUTSTANDING DECEMBER 31, 1926
With Interest to Maturity
Bonds
Interest
Total
Met. Park
$3,000 00
$210 00
$3,210 00
Lowell Street Bridge
23,000 00
9,257 50
32,257 50
Sewer
166,000 00
35,676 25
201,676 25
City
88,000 00
10,057 50
98,057 50
Highway
202,000 00
31,595 00
233,595 00
City Hall Addition
126,000 00
46,147 50
172,147 50
Public Bldg.
139,000 00
27,445 00
166,445 00
Schoolhouse
710,000 00
234,760 00
944,760 00
$1,457,000 00
$395,148 75
$1,852,148 75
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35,000 00
City Hall
Addition
$8,000 00
8,000 00
13,000 00
45,000 00
Met. Park'
January $52 50
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES
YEARLY BOND MATURITIES WITH INTEREST
Date Due
Principal
Interest
Total
1927
$146,000 00
$57,156 25
$203,156 25
1928
137,000 00
51,343 75
188,343 75
1929
135,000 00
45,771 25
180,771 25
1930
128,000 00
40,366 25
168,366 25
1931
118,000 00
35,348 75
153,348 75
1932
108,000 00
30,781 25
138,781 25
1933
92,000 00
26,613 75
118,613 75
1934
91,000 00
22,926 25
113,926 25
1935
84,000 00
19,361 25
103,361 25
1936
61,000 00
16,073 75
77,073 75
1937
61,000 00
13,603 75
74,603 75
1938
55,000 00
11,173 75
66,173 75
1939
54,000 00
8,983 75
62,983 75
1940
53,000 00
6,831 25
59,831 25
1941
52,000 00
4,716 25
56,716 25
1942
52,000 00
2,621 25
54,621 25
1943.
24,000 00
846 25
24,846 25
1944
1,000 00
192 50
1,192 50
1945
1,000 00
157 50
1,157 50
1946
1,000 00
122 50
1,122 50
1947
1,000 00
87 50
1,087 50
1948
1,000 00
52 50
1,052 50
1949
1,000 00
17 50
1,017 50
$1,457,000 00
$395,148 75
$1,852,148 75
MEMORANDUM OF PAYMENTS IN 1926 ON ACCOUNT OF DEBT
Bonds, General City Debt
Revenue Loans
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Interest $63,373 75 47,707 34
Total $219,373 75 47,707 34
Metropolitan District Debt:
Sewers
33,770 82
30,455 26
64,226 08
Parks
5,441 72
14,517 53
19,959 25
Charles River Basin
305 69
3,543 50
3,849 19
Alewife Brook
818 39
150 40
968 79
Water
15,295 66
82,043 95
97,339 61
Somerville's proportion for debt requirements:
In State Tax
7,639 83
12,821 41
20,461 24
In County Tax
12,555 00
5,580 00
18,135 00
$231,827 11
$260,193 14
$492,020 25
On account of
Principal $156,000 00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 1926
Appropriated in budget
Salaries and Wages:
Treasurer and Collector
$4,000 00
Deputy Collector
2,200 00
Cashiers
2,571 95
Clerks
11,423 99
Investigator
280 00
Other Expenses:
Books, postage and supplies
3,005 40
Printing and advertising
975 66
Telephone
195 79
Bonds
1,283 12
Brink's Express Co.
113 00
All other
140 64
Special Items:
Convention expenses
75 30
Typewriter and sealing machine
291 40
Repairs to machines
108 75
$26,665 00
Transferred to Auditing Dept ... $70 00
Balance unexpended
.... 515 00
585 00
$27,250 00
$27,250 00
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WELFARE AND RECREATION COMMISSION
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Board of Public Welfare FRED E. DURGIN, Chairman JAMES D. SHARKEY, Vice-Chairman GEORGE G. BRAYLEY
Committees On Finance, Investigation and Relief, and City Home MR. DURGIN, MR. SHARKEY AND MR. BRAYLEY
Clerks
HELEN E. LINEGAR
MARGARET J. PREBLE
General Agent WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE
City Physician FRANK E. BATEMAN, M. D.
Warden, City Home J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN Died Oct. 30, 1926
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Matron, City Home MRS. J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN
Office City Hall, Highland Avenue
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1926.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :
Gentlemen,-
The Board of Public Welfare 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, GEORGE G. BRAYLEY, JAMES D. SHARKEY,
Board of Public Welfare.
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
REPORT OF GENERAL AGENT
City Hall, January 1, 1927.
To the Board of Public Welfare, Somerville, Mass. :-
Gentlemen :-
The general agent submits the following as his report for the year ending December 31, 1926 :-
Table No. 1 FULL SUPPORT (During the year)
In City Home (men 35, women 26) 61
In City Home, December 31, 1926 42
In hospitals for the sick in other cities, towns and state 47
Table No. 2 PARTIAL SUPPORT (Outside Relief)
Families
136
Persons aided (including hospital cases)
675
Burials
4
Permits to State Infirmary
5
Table No. 3 CHILDREN
In private families 21
In care of state division of child guardianship 25
Table No. 4 AID UNDER CHAPTER 118 (Mothers' Aid)
Number of mothers' aid cases, January 1, 1926
62
Number of families aided at close of year
60
Number of children
252
Amount allowed each family, from $5.00 to $20.00 per week
Number of out-of-town families
10
Number having no settlement 16
Cost to City
Somerville settlement
$25,286 00
Settled in other cities and towns (reside here) 4,687 00
State
10,797 00
Somerville families living in other cities and towns 4,503 83
$45,273 83
112
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table No. 5 REIMBURSEMENTS
Commonwealth o Massachusetts
$26,202 05
City of Boston
4,354 78
Cambridge
515 65
66 Chelsea
627 04
66
Everett
632 89
Fall River
276 00
Fitchburg
77 00
Lynn
771 08
Malden
10 50
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Melford
130 00
Woburn
260 00
Town of Arlington
16 24
¥
Belmont
360 00
North Abington
64 28
Plymouth
477 46
66
Shrewsbury
512 72
Waltham
38 50
Watertown
11 06
66
66
Winchendon
97 00
Winchester
15 00
Individual
403 00
$35,852 25
Table No. 6 SOMERVILLE HOSPITAL (City Patients)
Patients having settlement in Somerville
67
Patients having settlement in other cities and towns
25
Patients having no settlement (chargeable to State)
23
Total number of patients sent to hospital
115
Amount paid to hospital
$10,000 00
Table No. 7 POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1900 to 1926
Year
1900
-* 61,643
Misc.
$23,697.62
Home,
$5,528.83
Total $29,226.45
1901
62,500
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
20,476.64
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
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
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Table No. 8 EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL FOR THE YEAR 1926
1926
Board.
Burials.
| Somerville Poor in other Cities and Towns.
Cash Paid Out.
Somerville Poor In other Cities and Towns Chap. 116.
Cash Allowance
Fuel
Groceries.
Other Institu- tions.
Med. Att. and Medicine
Stationery end Printing.
Salaries.
Somerville Hospital.
State Institu- tions.
All Other.
Telephone.
Totals
January
$1,112.54 $16.66
$
$504.53
$7,460.88
$68.94
$11.50
$180.21
$235.95
$41.44
$
$47.66
$586.89
$833.33
$351.43
$
$11.53
$11,474.22
February
137.72
16.66
1,982.39
5,858.00
1,151.98
50.00
73.36
€8.34
42.00
567.74
833.33
2.40
10.44
10,794.34
March
1,230.90
16.66
199.00
1,345.09
6,055.00
53.56
55.37
147.94
11.00
3.50
567.74
833.33
10.88
10,530.07
April
175.71
16.66
40.00
1,425.48
5,811.50
53.57
159.11
164.30
28.31
98.94
567.74
833.33
18.00
12.84
9,937.20
May
181.56
16.66
110.00
256.85
7,375.80
173.33
55.37
120.91
105.20
25.84
19.25
17.57
661.76
833.33
14.06
9,967.49
June
1,269.94
16.66
504.71
5,900.60
327.77
53.57
182.91
34.34
45.90
8.50
567.74
833.37
14.55
9,755.65
July
172.70
16.80
3,194.47
7,443.70
1,086.81
55.37
110.00
72.12
18.00
796.72
833.33
285.14
14.56
14,098.58
August
172.70
16.66
476.49
623.44
48.51
128.94
25.03
1.57
521.74
833.33
13.17
8,687.08
September
1,225.79
16.66
582.42
5,841.46
45.00
104.40
8.00
10.00
17.25
567.74
833.33
12.54
2,519.36
October.
159.42
16.66
50.97
7,242.00
53.37
145.10
39.00
38.15
6.00
5.00
661.76
833.33
184.00
12.08
9,444.82
November
154.28
16.60
772.24
5,917.52
832.09
62.14
157.13
29.53
8.75
567.74
833.33
13.36
9,364.77
December.
159.42
16.74
6,116.50
64.22
92.74
12.54
1.53
647.65
833.33
15.05
7,959.72
Totais.
$6,152.68
$200.
$349.00
$11,095.64
$76,830.46
$4,503.83
$663.43
$11.50
$1,603.48
$586.79
$406.29
$25.25
$265.27
$7,291.96
$10,000.00
$1,352.28
$20.40
$155.04
$121,513.30
Nursing.
Auto Mainte-1 Dance
531.71
5,807.50
254.77
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
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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
78,831.58
1919
- 91,000
67,682.53
15,789.34
83,471.87
1920
-* 93,033
¥
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
1923
- 98,000
88,909.21
14,770.97
103,680.18
1924
-100,000
100,013.27
14,891.79
114,905.06
1925
*99,032
108,009.99
=
17,138.03
125,148.02
1926
-101,000
121,513.30
16,896.89
138,410.19,
*Census
114
ANNUAL REPORTS
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF SOMERVILLE Since the reorganization in 1885
+Hon. Mark F. Burns, chairman, ex-offico
1885
1888
inclusive
+Col. Herbert E. Hill .
1885
1889
¿Charles S. Lincoln, Esq., chairman
1885
1887
+Hon. Edward Glines
1885
1887
+Charles G. Brett (president 1888-1892)
1885 Apr. 1893
+Edward B. West (president May, 1894 February 1912)
1888
1912
..
+Daniel C. Stillson
1888 Apr. 1892
¡Hon. Charles G. Pope, chairman ex-officio
1889
1891
+Nathan 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
+Herbert E. Merrill
May,
1894
1909
¡Ezra D. Souther
1895 Feb. 1898
Hon. Albion A. Perry, chairman ex-officio
1896
1898
+James H. Butler
March
1898
1899
Hon. George O. Proctor, chairman ex- officio .
1899
Henry F. Curtis, M. D. (president 1912- 1919)
1910
1921
Philip Koen
1912 Nov. 1916
¡Michael Coll
November
1916 Dec. 1924
*Fred E. Durgin (chairman 1919 to date)
Oct.
1918
date
*George G. Brayley
Jan.
1922
date
*James D. Sharkey
Dec.
1924
date
Table No. 9 RECAPITULATION (Miscellaneous)
Expenditures and transfers
$121,513 30
Reimbursements and refunds
36,354 25
Net cost to city
$85,159 05
Present member
+ Deceased
Respectfully submitted,
WM. E. COPITHORNE,
General Agent.
..
115
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME
City Home, January 1, 1927
To the Board of Public Welfare, Somerville, Mass. :-
Gentlemen :-
I submit the following as the report of the Warden and Matron of the City Home for the year ending December 31, 1926 :-
Table No. 1
Number of weeks' board of inmates
1643
Number of males admitted during 1926
11
Number of females admitted during 1926 6
Number of males discharged during 1926
11
Number of females discharged during 1926
2
Number of males supported during 1926
35
Number of females supported during 1926
26
Number of males died during 1926
4
Number of females died during 1926
3
Number of inmates in home December 31, 1926
42
Table No. 2 CITY HOME HOSPITAL
Number of weeks' board
612-3
Number of patients admitted
19
Number of patients in hospital, December 31, 1926
11
Table No. 3
Reimbursements
$8,017 17
Net expenditures
8,879 72
$16,896 89
Appropriation and transfers
16,896 89
Respectfully submitted,
CATHERINE COLQUHOUN,
Matron.
116
ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN
Somerville, January 1, 1927
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen :-
The work of your City Physician during the year 1926 is presented in the following abstract :-
Office consultations and treatments ...
275
Total outside visits
768
Confinements
4
Vaccinations
10
Visits at City Home
155
Attended at Police Station
36
Examinations :-
For legal department
22
For police department
2
For fire department
6
For highway department
1
For soldiers' relief department
5
For sanitary department
1
For pension
3
Much of the important work of the city physician, such as attendance at hearings, conferences and the like, does not admit of tabulation.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. BATEMAN,
City Physician.
117
CHIEF OF POLICE
REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, Mass .:-
Gentlemen :- I respectfully submit the annual report of the Somerville Police Department, for the year ending De- cember 31, 1926.
Arrests
Whole number of arrests made 2,996
With and without warrants
2,466
On summons and notification
530
2,996
Males
2,908
Females
88
2,996
Americans
1,922
Foreign born
1,074
2,996
Residents
1,749
Non-residents
1,247
2,996
1,-Crimes and Offenses Against the Person.
Aduction
1
Assault with intent to kill
2
Assaults and assault and battery
142
Assaults and assault and battery on officers
3
Assault with dangerous weapon
2
Assault, felonious
5
Attempt to assault officer with dangerous weapon
1
Attempt to extort money
1
Carnal abuse
1
Manslaughter
4
Robbery and robbery attempts
7
Threats
8
177
2,-Crimes and Offenses Against Property.
Breaking and entering 25
Breaking and entering, attempt
2
118
ANNUAL REPORTS
Breaking and entering and larceny
42
Breaking glass
22
Evading fare
1
Injury to property
1
Larceny
142
Larceny, attempt
3
Leased property, concealment of
1
Leased property, selling
2
Malicious mischief
3
Receiving stolen goods
12
Trespass and trespass, wilful
24
280
3,-Crimes and Offenses Against Public Order, Etc.
Accosting a female
1
Adultery
1
Bail surrender
3
Burglar tools, possession of
2
Business, no permit to do
1
Capias
22
Contempt of court
3
Cruelty to animals
7
Default
35
Desertion from United States Coast Guard
2
Desertion of wife
3
Disturbing the peace
5
Disturbing a public assembly
2
Dog keeping, unlicensed
1
Drunkenness
1,414
Drunkenness, common
3
Escaped prisoners
3
Forged instrument, uttering
2
Fugitive from justice
3
Funeral procession, interfering
2
Gaming
2
Giving false alarm of fire
2
Glass, thrown in street
1
Incest
1
Kidnapping
1
Lewd cohabitation
2
Lottery, promoting
1
Neglected children
4
Neglect to support
124
Obstructing police patrol vehicle
1
Peddling, unlicensed
1
Promissory note, fraudulent
1
Rescue prisoner, attempt
1
Runaway child
1
Safe keeping, demented and insane
37
Safe keeping, escaped prisoners
2
Safe keeping, escaped insane immates
4
Safe keeping, feeble minded
1
Safe keeping, infirm
1
Safe keeping, runaway children
7
Selling merchandise, no license
1
·
119
CHIEF OF POLICE
Stubbornness
10
Suspicious persons
3
Vagrancy
2
Violation of city ordinances
51
Violation of health regulations
11
Violation of illegitimate child act
17
Violation of immigration law
1
Violation of labor laws
11
Violation of liquor laws
214
Violation of Lord's Day
14
Violation of medical law
1
Violation of motor vehicle laws
390
Violation of probation
50
Violation of narcotic law
1
Violation of protection to children law
2
Violation and revoke of parole
14
Violation of school laws
17
Violation of weights and measure laws
2
Walking on railroad track
12
Weapons, carrying without permit
5
2,539
Recapitulation
(1) Crimes and Offenses Against the Person
177
(2) Crimes and Offenses Against Property 280
(3) Crimes and Offenses Against Public Order, etc.
2,539
Total number of arrests made ..
2,996
Bailed to appear elsewhere
15
Cases in which nolle prosequi was entered and dismissed
43
Released by probation officers, drunkenness
5
Released from custody
2
Surrendered to court, other officers, institutions, etc.
252
.. 317
Number of cases held for trial 2,679 NOTE :- Two hundred and eleven of the above number of cases were juveniles and delinquents.
Miscellaneous Reports
Abandoned automobiles 101
Accidents reported
1,375
Amount of property stolen
$131,493 72
Amount of stolen property recovered 258,468 25
Amount of property damaged 5 00
Amount of property lost
1,916 50
Amount of property found
922 13
Assault and battery, assaults and attempts
28
Assault with intent to kill
1
120
ANNUAL REPORTS
Assault with intent to rape
1
Attempts to break and enter
78
Attempts to commit larceny
16
Attempts to commit suicide
13
Buildings broken and entered, nothing stolen
101
Buildings found open
519
Burglar alarms, false
14
Dead animals found
18
Dead body found
1
Defective bridges and subways
14
Defective buildings
8
Defective catch basins, manholes and sewers
29
Defective drinking fountains
10
Defective electric lamps
13
Defective fences and railings
8
Defective fire alarm box
1
Defective hydrants, gas and water gates
64
Defective poles and posts
8
Defective police signal service
16
Defective sidewalks
409
Defective signs and sign posts
186
Defective streets, curbs and driveways
165
Defective wires
46
Demented persons
2
Desertion of family
1
Disturbances
27
Dog keeping, unlicensed
1
Dogs killed
58
Dogs, vicious
8
Drowned person found
1
Elopement
1
Fire, alarms given for
3
Fire, danger of
6
Fire, extinguished without alarm
1
Fire, false alarms for
41
Fire, needless alarms for
6
Fires reported
275
Gas leaks
6
Gas poisoning
4
Houses unoccupied
60
Indecent exposure of person
8
Larcenies, no value given
307
Larcenies
723
Lost children
244
Lost children, found
244
Malicious mischief
11
Missing persons
110
Missing persons found
11.0
Neglected family of children
1
Obstructions on sidewalks, streets and subways
44
Obstructions on sidewalks and streets, lighted
4
Obstructions on sidewalks and streets not light- ed
2
Panes of glass broken
115
Permits granted to carry firearms
199
Permits granted to labor on Lord's Day
140
Persons bitten by dogs
59
Persons helped home
8
121
CHIEF OF POLICE
Property damaged and destroyed
81
Property lost, no value given
71
Property found, no value given
98
Rape
1
Robbery and attempt to rob
31
Runaway children
13
Runaway children, found
18
Runaway team
1
Runaway teams stopped
2
Sidewalks and streets dangerous from and ice
snow
Sidewalks, streets, cellars and subways flooded
27
Stray bullet fired
1
Stray dogs and other animals
145
Stray dogs and other animals found
66
Stray teams
5
Stray teams found
5
Street lights reported
3,753
Sudden deaths
4
Suicide
1
Summonses served for witnesses and defendants
to appear in court at other places
1,089
Suspicious persons Threats
84
Trees dangerous
20
Trespass and wilful trespass
38
Violation of accosting law
1
Violation of building laws
4
Violation of city ordinances
91
Violation of health regulations
3
Violation of Lord's Day
4
Violation of motor vehicle laws
10
Water pipes leaking
125
Windows broken
79
2
65
122
ANNUAL REPORTS
OFFICIAL ROSTER OF DEPARTMENT
Chief of Police
Charles A. Kendall
Captain Eugene A. Carter
Lieutenants
James M. Harmon John A. Ray Thomas Damery
Michael T. Kennedy Ernest Howard
Sergeants
Frank H. Graves
James M. Lynch
William G. Kenney
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