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L 56 G
312 feet west from Cambridge Somerville line
L
60 G
117 feet west from Cambridge-Somerville line L 60 G
99 feet west from Cambridge-Somerville line L 60
South Street, 95 feet west from Bedford Street
L
62
25 feet west from Hunting Street
L
62
2 feet east from Harding Street
L 62
1 foot west from Water Street
L 63
G
Spencer Avenue, 63 feet east from Hancock Street
L
50
278 feet west from Cedar Street
L
45
Springfield Street, 146 feet south from Concord Avenue 22 feet south from Dickinson Street
L 62
G G
177 feet south from Houghton Street
L 64
Spring Hill Terrace, 331 feet south from Highland Avenue
H 63
H 74
Spring Street, 184 feet north from Atherton Street 11 feet south from Pitman Street
L
58
Sterling Street, 11 feet west from North Street
L
49 G
414 feet east from Alewife Brook Parkway
L 61
G
27 feet east from Alewife Brook Parkway
L
66
G
Stickney Avenue, 209 feet west from Marshall Street
L
52
Stone Avenue, 120 feet north from Washington Street 99 feet north from Stone Place
H
98
G G
107 feet west from Windom Street
L 57
Opp. Elston Street
L 56
G
L 54
36 feet east from Banks Street
H
99 G
Summer Street, 96 feet west from Cutter Avenue
L
58
G
L 63 G
L 53
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H
60 G
457
WATER DEPARTMENT
8 feet west from Hancock Street
L 49 G
7 feet east from Cherry Street
L 43
5 feet east from Cedar Street
H 80
G
25 feet east from Linden Avenue
H 76
H
55
4 feet west from Lowell Street
H
57
5 feet east from Belmont Street
H
56
1 foot west from Spring Street
H
56
33 feet west from Benton Road
H
57 G
236 feet east from Benton Road
H 64 G
58 feet east from Central Street
H 65 G
19 feet west from Laurel Street
H 72 G H 73 G
190 feet west from School Street
H 86
G G
Summit Avenue, 231 feet east from Vinal Avenue
H 69
Sunnyside Avenue, 107 feet west from Wigglesworth Street L
H 70
119 feet east from Hillsdale Road
H 73
Sycamore Street, 18 feet south from Broadway
H
60
61 feet south from Browning Road
H 65
2 feet south from Forster Street
H 66
199 feet north from Medford Street
H 75
119 feet north from Pembroke Street
L
40
Sydney Street, Opp Taylor Street
L
63
Talbot Avenue, 4 feet west from College Avenue
H 93
482 feet west from College Avenue On east line of Latin Way
H 78
Taylor Street, 15 feet south from Mystic Avenue
L
62
Teele Avenue, 173 feet west from Packard Avenue
H 80
200 feet east from Curtis Street
H 78
Temple Road, 23 feet north from Mystic Avenue
L
60
10 feet south from Shore Drive
L 62
Temple Street, 5 feet north from Broadway
H 87
123 feet south from Sewall Street
51
11 feet north from Jaques Street
L
6 feet south from Sydney Street
L 60 52 G
45 feet east from Temple Road
L
51
G
225 feet west from Temple Road
L
53 G G G
Tenny Court, 306 feet north from Mystic Avenue
L 59
L 38
Tennyson Street, 4 feet south from Medford Street 117 feet north from Pembroke Street
L 39
L
58
Thorndike Street, 4 feet south from Holland Street 31 feet north from Kingston Street Thorpe Street, 269 feet south from Highland Avenue Thurston Street, 185 feet north from Medford Street
H
86
177 feet south from Evergreen Avenue
H H
78
347 feet north from Evergreen Avenue
H 80
Tower Street, 17 feet north from Crown Street
H
52
Tremont Street, 12 feet west from Webster Avenue
L 68
G
458 feet west from Webster Avenue
L 67
Trull Street, 3 feet south from Medford Street
L 36
G G
G
G G
G G
L L 50 53
Ten Hills Road, (at angle of street)
L
119 feet east from Shore Drive
L 58
L 56 H 77
81
7 feet north from Evergreen Avenue
H
59
51 feet west from Preston Road
8 feet east from School Street
H 87
47
Sunset Road, 239 feet west from Curtis Street
10 feet south from Derby Street
H 90
34 feet east from Porter Street Opp. Craigie Street
458
ANNUAL REPORTS
276 feet south from Medford Street L
41
520 feet north from Vernon Street
L 44
270 feet north from Vernon Street
L 44
G
Tufts Street, 47 feet east from Cross Street
L 54
53 feet east from Dell Street
L
56
44 feet west from Glen Street
L
57
58 G
Tyler Street, 31 feet east from Vine Street L
H
99
G
4 feet south from Bow Street
H 99
G
Union Street, 2 feet north from Broadway Opp. Benedict Street
L
53
Upland Road, 308 feet west from Curtis Street
H
67 G
89 feet east from Hillsdale Road
H 73 G
Vermont Avenue, 200 feet north from Pennsylvania Avenue L
L
48
1 foot east from Bartlett Street
L 44
2 feet east from Miner Street 48 feet west from Central Street
L
37
G
Victoria Street, 256 feet south from Broadway
H
90
G
501 feet south from Broadway
H 94
150 feet north from Woodstock Street
H
95
Victoria Street, 71 feet south from Woodstock Street
H
99 G G
Villa Avenue, 181 feet south from Winslow Avenue
L 60
Vinal Avenue, 5 feet south from Highland Avenue H 64
9 feet north from Pleasant Avenue
H
71
123 feet south from Summit Avenue
H 77
204 feet north from Summer Street
H 94
16 feet north from Summer Street
H
95
Vine Street, 32 feet south from Somerville Avenue 121 feet south from Tyler Street Opp. Elliott Street
L
61
14 feet north from Beacon Street
L 64
Virginia Street, 45 feet west from Aldrich Street
L
57
Waldo Street, 6 feet north from Highland Avenue
H
67
Walker Street, 140 feet north from Broadway
L
56
213 feet east from Leonard Street
L 58
Wallace Street, 40 feet south from Broadway
L
54
394 feet south from Broadway
L
50
694 feet south from Broadway
L
54
165 feet north from Park Avenue
L
58
11 feet north from Holland Street
L
57
Walnut Road, 268 feet west from Walnut Street
L
52
Walnut Street, 11 feet south from Boston Street
H 65
31 feet north from Pleasant Avenue
H
69 52
39 feet south from Walnut Road
L
53
Walter Terrace, 112 feet south from Jackson Road
L
52
G
Ward Street, 116 feet west from Medford Street 7 feet east from Harding Street
L
Ware Street, 260 feet west from Curtis Street
H 70
43 feet west from Dow Street
H 74
Warner Street, 67 feet north from Broadway
L
54
G G
150 feet east from Glen Street 50 feet north from Washington Street L 59 G
L
63
Union Square, 64 feet west from Stone Avenue
L
48
59
Vernon Street, 72 feet west from Partridge Avenue
L 39
L
66
L 64
114 feet south from Pearl Street Opp. Radcliffe Road
L L
48
G G
L 60 61
459
WATER DEPARTMENT
Warren Avenue, 48 feet north from Bow Street H 91
6 feet north from Sanborn Avenue
H 95
6 feet south from Columbus Avenue
H 83
Warwick Street, 332 feet west from Warwick Street
L 49
110 feet south from Clyde Street Washington Street, 63 feet east from Line Street
L 62
45 feet east from Beacon Street
L
64
7 feet east from Leland Street Opp. Perry Street
L
62
G
243 feet east from Parker Street
L
62
G
6 feet west from Hawkins Street
L 60
G
5 feet east from Kingman Road
L
61
G
15 feet east from Stone Avenue
H 101
G
6 feet east from Sanborn Court
H 101
G
1 foot west from Columbus Avenue
L 58
G
38 feet east from Rossmore Street
L
57
30 feet west from Boston Street
H
93
G
79 feet east from Boston Street
L
56
G
50 feet east from Shawmut Street
L
59
59 feet west from Franklin Street
L
61
151 feet west from Franklin Avenue
L
62 G G
18 feet east from Franklin Avenue 27 feet east from Durant Street
L
63
G G G
3 feet west from Murray Street On west corner of Mt. Vernon Street
L
64
G
4 feet west from Waverley Street
L 64
G
69 feet west from Crescent Street
L
61 G
Washington Terrace, 5 feet east from Washington Terrace L 44
L
63
252 feet north from South Street
L
66
90 feet north from South Street
L 63
Waterhouse Street, 24 feet south from Broadway
H 89
323 feet south from Broadway
H
91
241 feet north from Woodstock Street
H
96
Waverly Street, 171 feet south from Washington Street
L 65
Webster Avenue, 35 feet south from Washington Street
L 61
82 feet north from Newton Street
L 59
G
140 feet north from Prospect Street
L
59
G
19 feet south from Prospect Street
L
62
G
76 feet north from Tremont Street On north line of Beach Avenue
L
68
G
Webster Street, 25 feet east from Cross Street
L
56
10 feet east from Rush Street Opp. Cutter Street
L
57
L 52
Wellington Avenue, 15 feet west from Montgomery Avenue L 60
H 98
Wesley Park, 17 feet north from Summer Street 331 feet north from Summer Street
H 96
Wesley Street, 200 feet north from Pearl Street
L 56
West Street, 92 feet south from Highland Avenue .
L 58
69 feet north from Highland Avenue L
58 G
G
132 feet east from Hanson Street 13 feet west from Magnus Avenue
L
63
G
G
49 feet east from Bowdoin Street
L 65
G
G G
G G
15 feet west from Myrtle Street
L
64
6 feet west from Florence Street
L
65
L
64
G
Water Street, 340 feet north from South Street
G
G
G
L
65
8 feet south from Columbia Court
L
68
G G
L
49
L 62
L 62
6 feet west from Washington Terrace
L 58
L 64
460
ANNUAL REPORTS
West Adams Street, 200 feet north from Conwell Avenue L 46
Opp. Bailey Street
L 43
Westminister Street, 156 feet south from Electric Avenue
H 75
Weston Avenue, 194 feet south from Broadway H 80
297 feet south from Broadway H 80
West Quincy Street, 88 feet north from Bailey Street L
Westwood Road, 91 feet west from Central Street
H
67
Wheatland Street, 127 feet north from Broadway
9 feet south from Jaques Street
L 62
73 feet north from Derby Street
L 63
78 feet south from Mystic Avenue
L
63
G
Whipple Street, 100 feet north from Highland Avenue
L
55
321 feet east from Curtis Street
H
72
G G
G
G
Willoughby Street, 147 feet west from Sycamore Street H
L
54
G
17 feet north from Summer Street
L
53
3 feet north from Lexington Avenue
L
55
38 feet south from Morrison Avenue
L
52
46 feet south from Fosket Street
L
48
84 feet south from Kidder Avenue
L
50
171 feet north. from Kidder Avenue On south line of Mallet Street
L 50
Wilson Avenue, 306 feet south from Broadway
L
50
Wilton Street, 8 feet east from Henderson Street
L
45
7 feet east from Nashua Street
L
44
9 feet east from Hinckley Street
L
47
Windom Street, 6 feet south from Summer Street
L
56
Windsor Road, 45 feet west from Hancock Street L 47
84 feet east from Willow Avenue
L
52
Windsor Street, 30 feet south from Glass House Court L
64
G
224 feet south from Glass House Court
L 63
G
35 feet north from the Somerville-Cambridge Line
L 63
G
Winslow Avenue, 144 feet east from College Avenue
L
57
5 feet west from Grove Street
L
58
222 feet east from Grove Street
L
56
10 feet west from Clifton Street
L
56
Winter Street, 134 feet north from Holland Street
L
57
Wisconsin Avenue, 210 feet south from Pennsylvania Avenue
L 54
Woodbine Street, 222 feet west from Centre Street
L
48
Woods Avenue, 180 feet west from North Street
L 50
G
496 feet west from North Street
L
55 G
318 feet east from Alewife Brook Parkway L 60
G
65 feet east from Alewife Brook Parkway L
65
G
Woodstock Street, 6 feet west from Victoria Street
H 97
Wyatt Street, 8 feet north from Taunton Street L 65
G G G
44
58 feet east from Benton Road
H
60
L
61
Whitfield Road, 86 feet west from Packard Avenue
82 feet east from Curtis Street
H
73
Whitman Street, 170 feet west from Mason Street 211 feet east from Packard Avenue
H
90
Wigglesworth Street, 14 feet north from Pearl Street
L
56
William Street, 31 feet west from College Avenue L 44
H
93
8 feet east from Chandler Street
81
Willow Avenue, 280 feet south from Summer Street
H 75
L 50
L 50
G
461
WATER COMMISSIONER
FIRE HYDRANTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
Dilboy Field
1 L. S.
1 G.
Foss Park
2 L. S. 1 G.
High School Grounds
2 H. S. 1 G.
Highway Department Yard
1 L. S. 1 G.
Sanitary Department
1 L. S. 1 . G.
Water Department Yard
1 H. S. 1 G.
Western Junior High School
1 H. S.
1 G.
FIRE HYDRANTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
American Tube Works
2
L. S.
Boston Elevated Ry. Co. (Car Barns
6
H. S.
Boston & Maine Railroad Co.
24
L. S.
Carlisle Ayer Co.
1
L. S.
M. W. Carr Co.
1 H. S.
Edison Electric Light Co.
1
L. S.
Ford Motor Co.
11 L. S.
Fresh Pond Ice Co.
1 L. S.
Middlesex Bleachery
3
L. S.
New England Dressed Meat & Wool Co.
4 L. S. & 4 H. S.
North Packing Co.
9 H. S. & 1 L. S.
John P. Squire Co.
12
H. S. & 2 L. S.
Tufts College
1 H. S.
Union Glass Works
1 L. S.
Vacuum Co.
3 L. S.
80
462
ANNUAL REPORTS
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Board of Public Welfare FRED E. DURGIN, Chairman JAMES D. SHARKEY, Vice-Chairman WILBUR F. LEWIS
Committees On Finance, Investigation and Relief, and City Home MR. DURGIN, MR. SHARKEY, AND MR. LEWIS
Clerks HELEN E. LINEGAR DOROTHY C. WATKINS FRANCES V. SHARPE
General Agent
WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE
City Physician
FRANK E. BATEMAN, M. D. JOHN D. BENNETT, M. D. EMIL GODUTI, M. D.
Assistant City Physician
WILFRID C. MACDONALD, M. D. PATRICK A. O'SULLIVAN, M. D.
Warden and Matron, City Home
MR. AND MRS. HERMAN M. REYNOLDS
Office City Hall, Highland Avenue
463
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1930.
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, JAMES D. SHARKEY, WILBUR F. LEWIS
Board of Public Welfare.
464
ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF GENERAL AGENT
City Hall, January 2, 1931.
To the Board of Public Welfare, Somerville, Mass :-
Gentlemen :- The general agent submits the following as his report for the year ending December 31, 1930 :-
Table No. 1 FULL SUPPORT (During the year)
In City Home (men 58, women 24) 82
In City Home, December 31, 1930 51
In hospitals for the sick in other cities, towns and state 36
Table No. 2 PARTIAL SUPPORT (Outside Relief)
Families
581
Persons aid (including hospital cases)
4,212
Burials
11
Permits to State Infirmary
3
Table No. 3 CHILDREN
In private families
11
In care of state division of child guardianship 32
Table No. 4 AID UNDER CHAPTER 118 (Mothers' Aid)
Number of mothers' aid cases, January 1, 1930.
47
Number of families aided at close of year
51
Number of children
152
Amount allowed each family, from $5.00 to $23.00 per week
Number of out-of-town families
4
Number having no settlement
11
Cost to City
Somerville settlement
$26,361 00
Settled in other cities and towns (reside here)
1,865 00
State
8,250 00
Somerville families living in other cities and towns
2,307 70
$38,783 70
465
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Table No. 5 REIMBURSEMENTS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$66,915 26
City of Boston
9,321 49
Cambridge
1,749 79;
Chelsea
67 76
=
Everett
124 23.
"
Fitchburg
19 88.
Lynn
918 00
Malden
84 00
Medford
1,614 56
·,
Taunton
180 81
Waltham
16 00
=
Woburn
1,552 70
Town of Amesbury
113 00
"
" Arlington
70 51
=
Leominster
164 02
Milford
453 00
Peabody
15 00
Plymouth
678 20
" Watertown
261 26
Westford
140 00
Weymouth
250 04
Whitman
10 50
Individual
603 00*
$86,071 96
Table No. 6 SOMERVILLE HOSPITALS (City Patients)
Patients having settlement in Somerville
168
Patients having settlement in other cities and towns
60
Patients having no settlement (chargeable to State)
66
Total number of patients sent to hospitals
294
Amount paid to hospitals
$10,994 51
,
Worcester
648 67
Brookline
100 18
466
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table No. 7
POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1900 TO 1930
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
38,018.50
1904
69,500
20,476.64
6,563.11
27,039.65
1905
*69,272
17,627.88
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
„,
16,843.17
",
7,562.83
24,406.00
1910
-* 77,236
16,110.42
"
7,695.89
23,806.31
1913
82,000
21,827.73
10,945.95
32,773.68
1914
85,000
"
45,490.98
"
11,218.65
56,709.63
1916
- 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
83,471.34
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
103,680.17
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
1927
-103,000
135,671.34
16,070.45
151,741.79
1928
-104,000
160,269.41
13,393.85
173,663.25
1929
-104,000
177,499.26
14,382.34
191,881.60
1930
*103,604
230,862.48
14,420.61
245,283.09
1911
- 78,000
,,
16,327.56
7,842.03
24,169.59
1912
- 81,000
35,619.68
11,200.25
46,819.93
1915
-* 86,854
51,759.62
11,593.41
63,353.03
1917
90,000
19,201.33
8,998.97
28,200.30
1909
75,500
17,955.34
6,875.56
"
24,830.99
* Census.
Table No. 8 EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL FOR THE YEAR 1930
1930
Board.
Auto Mainte. nance
Burials.
Somerville Poor in other Cities and Towns.
Cash Paid Out.
Somerville Poor in other Cities and Towns Chap. 118
Cash Allowance
Fuel And Dry Goods
Other Institu- tions.
Med. Att. and Medicine
Stationery and Printing.
Saiaries.
Local Hospitals.
State Institu- tions.
Aii Other. Telephone.
Totals
January
$1,496.61
$16.95
$ 55.00
$1142.61
$ 9,319.30
$
$266.90
$1,558.22
$ $119.98
$
$ 46.49
$718.72
$833.33
$822.63
$23.88
$16,421.72
February
84.00
15.32
74.30
9,918.00
238.00
14.27
2,221.36
115.70
160.15
16.66
738.05
833.33
March. ..
92.99
16.66
137.00
595.56
12.623.25
290.61
3.98
3,561.22
24.00
228.59
8.18
865.55
833.33
22.42
19,303.34
April
1,402.20
16.66
646.98
9,920.00
259.27
3,106.60
153.14
122.06
754.94
833.33
698.55
6.81
17,920.54
May
174.42
41.66
3,699,01
12,624.50
267.90
3,199.66
151.37
58.60
1,031.00
833.33
6.81
22,088.26
June
129.27
41.66
100.00
1,879.53
10,198.00
259.27
3,115.40
25.71
126.57
23.19
788.62
833.37
7.51
17,528.10
July.
1,625.41
41,66
7.00
1,119.87
10,311.00
267.90
39.98
2,850.46
119.78
73,18
1,085.38
852.00
652.82
6.81
19,053.25
August
143.27
41.66
97.00
924.02
12,968.00
267.90
4,077.00
26.57
69.50
2.43
1,056.96
1,070.49
6.76
20,751.56
September
141.42
41.66
85.00
2,771.17
10,357.85
1,924.37
267.84
24.25
3,693.82
13.71
96.80
4.50
772.56
1,000.00
7.21
21,202.16
October.
1,639.74
41.66
7.00
239.84
10,753.10
255.33
304.75
39.00
6,022.22
20.00
.65
899.12
1,124.00
589.86
10.64
21,946.91
November
102.85
41.66
102.00
109.42
13,807.00
128.00
302.12
4,494.60
73.07
213.67
19.25
1,036.40
1,264.00
18.00
3.43
21,715.47
December.
106.27
42.79
545.38
11,333.21
329.31
4,310.14
76.57
72.20
972.68
684.00
10.57
6.91
18,490.03
Totals.
$7,138.45
$400.
$590.00
$13,747.69 $134,133.21 $2,307.70 $3,321.77
$121.48 $42,210.70
$508.47
$1,500.67
$253.13
$10,719.98 [$10,994.51
$2,763.86
$41.67
$109.19
$230,862.48
$ 1.10 12.00
14,441.14
Groceries.
Nursing.
467
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR IN 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
+Charles G. Brett (president 1888-1892)
1885 Apr. 1893
¿Hon. Edward Glines
1885
1887
Edward B. West (president May, 1894, February, 1912)
1888
1912
¡Daniel C. Stillson .
1888 Apr. 1892
¡Hon. Charles C. 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
*James 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 .
Nov.
1916 Dec. 1924
*Fred E. Durgin (chairman 1919 to date)
Oct.
1918
date
George G. Brayley
Jan.
1922 June 1928
*James D. Sharkey
Dec.
1924
date
*Wilbur F. Lewis
June
1928
date
"
* Present member.
Deceased.
Table No. 9 RECAPITULATION (MISCELLANEOUS)
Expenditures and transfers
$230,862 48
Reimbursements and refunds
86,909 82
Net cost to city
$143,952 66
",
Respectfully submitted,
WM. E. COPITHORNE, General Agent.
468
ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME
To the Board of Public Welfare, Somerville, Mass :-
Gentlemen :- I submit the following as the report of the Warden of the City Home for the year ending December 31, 1930 :-
Table No. 1
Number of weeks' board of inmates
2108-5
Number of males admitted during 1930 28
Number of females admitted during 1930 11
Number of males discharged during 1930
15
Number of females discharged during 1930
5
Number of males supported during 1930
58
Number of females supported during 1930
24
Number of males died during 1930
6
Number of females died during 1930
4
Number of inmates in home December 31, 1930
51
Table No. 2 CITY HOME HOSPITAL
Number of weeks' board 428-3
Number of patients admitted
14
Number of patients in hospital, December 31, 1930
7
Table No. 3
Expenditures
$14,420 61
Reimbursements and refunds 7,333 81
Net cost to city
Respectfully submitted,
$7,086 80
HERMAN M. REYNOLDS,
Warden
469
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN
Somerville, January 2, 1931.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen : -
The work of your City Physician during the year 1930 is presented in the following abstract :-
Office consultations and treatments
365
Total outside visits
1,601
Confinements
4
Vaccinations
42
Visits at City Home
86
Attended at Police Station
42
Examinations :-
For highway department
2
For legal department
14
For fire department
28
For soldiers' relief department
2
For pension
3
For police department
3
For water department
1
The work of the city physician has increased to a marked degree, and many of the important duties such as attendance at hearings, conferences and the like, do not admit of tabula- tion.
Respectfully submitted,
EMIL GODUTI, City Physician.
470
ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER
Office of the Street Commissioner,
City Hall, Somerville, January 1, 1931. To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen :- I respectfully submit the fifty-fifth annual report, containing a brief summary of the work performed by the Highway Department, during the year 1930, with recom- mendations for necessary additions the coming year.
This department has charge of the construction, altera- tion, repair, maintenance and management of ways, streets, sidewalks and bridges ; the setting out and care of shade trees ; the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths, elm leaf beet- les and other pests which destroy trees; and the oiling and watering of streets.
Highway Department Appropriations
Appropriations Expenditures
Highway Maintenance
$172,545 97
$172,419 08
Sidewalks Maintenance
22,800 00
22,792 92
Street Sprinkling
40,000 80
40,000 26
Street Cleaning
34,644 00
34,642 58
Suppression of Moths
5,330 00
5,326 75
Care of Trees
8,000 00
7,997 27
New Streets
17,685 81
2,675 25
Permanent Pavement
235,798 40
158,937 51
Sidewalks Construction
8,746 83
8,744 72
Reconstruction and Resurfacing
8,077 07
8,077 07
$553,628 88
$461,613 41
SNOW AND ICE
Due to the purchase of twelve Sterling trucks by his honor, the Mayor, which were equipped with plows, the de- partment was able to keep the streets clear of snow during the past year. A large number of unemployed men were used on this work.
Snow around all public buildings and grounds was re- moved by this department, also at many places where there were weddings, funerals, parties, etc.
STREET COMMISSIONER
471,
Highway Maintenance
Appropriations
$145,589 97
Credits
26,956 00
$172,545 97
Street Commissioner
$3,995 07
Bookkeeper-Clerk
4,004 09
Telephones
232 06
Office Expenses
131 89
Equipment and repairs
1,802 01
Harnesses
936 39
Tools and machinery
4,623 23
Steam Rollers
616 21
Crusher Maintenance
179 20
New Automobiles
996 04
New Trucks
6,530 00
Sand Spreader
1,600 00
Auto Maintenance
11,285 42
Stable expenses
7,609 53
Hay, grain and feed
5,589 88
Shoeing and Veterinary
2,942 37
Fuel
135 29
Emergency calls
1,272 71
Repairs to streets, gutters, crossings
46,664 77
Repairs to subways
758 23
Bridges and approaches
1,853 00
Care of Highway Property
5,561 56
Lantern and. traffic signs
8,515 38
Snow and ice
12,949 95
Cleatractor
357 12
Street signs
5,393 31
Sawing wood
2,349 24
Holidays and vacations
14,754 71
Driveways
5,475 42
Charges to other departments
2,480 18
Bills receivable
317 48
Materials to other appropriations
5,292 89
Band Saw
358 01
New Plows
4,480 00
New Carts
225 00
Miscellaneous
151 44
Balance
126 89
$172,545 97
Many warning signs were erected and ashes spread at the foot of hills where coasting was allowed.
$12,949.95 was expended for the removal of snow and ice 5,755 cubic yards of snow and ice were removed.
142 cubic yards of sand and 115 cubic yards of ashes were used in caring for icy sidewalks, streets and crossings.
472
ANNUAL REPORTS
Bridges
All bridges are in good condition except Lowell Street and I recommend an appropriation of $3,000.00 for its repair.
Street Railways
The tracks on Newton Street, Concord Square and Spring- field Street have been removed as the car lines have been aban- doned.
Underground Wires
There was no construction of conduits in the city this year.
Crushed Stone
Crushed stone purchased during the year :-
213 tons $2.00 from Coleman Brothers
432 tons 1.25 from R. H. Ducey Co.
235 tons 2.25 from Rowe Contracting Co.
806 tons 2.25 from W. J. Sullivan Co.
740 tons from stone crusher.
The portable crusher was used to crush old paving blocks.
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