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Name and Residence
Salary
Began Service
Grade
Charles E. Brainard, Master, 12 Pleasant Avenue
1889
6
John W. Healey, 6 Conwell Street
$1500
1931
6
Harriet F. Ward, Weymouth
2000
1895
5
Mrs. Monira C. Blodgett, 8 Teele Avenue
2000
1921
5
Agnes C. McElhinney, 169 Linwood Street
1700
1930
4
Mrs. Carrie Armitage, 57 Madison Street
2000
1899
1
Helen M. Keefe, 31a Trull Street
1900
1926
Began Service
Catherine E. Sweeney, Master, 39 Powder House Terr.
Florence A. Chaney, Master, 49 Boston Street
$3325
1892
2000
1925
1928
Michael B. Dewire, Master, 384 Washington Street
Salary
Service
399
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Table 29-Teachers in Service, January, 1932-Continued
Name and Residence
Began
Salary
Service
4
Josephine M. McCarthy, 353 Broadway
1200
1930
3
Florence E. Baxter, 42 Highland Avenue
1700
1891
3
Cora J. Demond, 146 Massachusetts Ave., Boston
1700
1900
2
Mary McEachern, 14 Sanborn Avenue
1550
1929
2
Ruth M. Drew, 42 Mt. Vernon Street
2000
1945
1
Lillian Andrews, 46 Central Street
2000
1925
1
Berenice C. Coyne, 59 Preston Road
1625
1926
Asst.
Frances I. O'Brien, 65 Central Street
1400
1930
Asst.
Helen Mckay, 36 Oak Street
800
1930
Kdgn.
Ida M. Kane, 28 Fellsway West
1750
1905
Asst.
Martha Gordon, 406 Mystic Avenue
600
1931
CHARLES A. GRIMMONS SCHOOL
Shore Drive
Name and Residence
Began
Grade
Salary
Service
6
Evelyn Macdonald, 50 Bromfield Road
$2150
1924
5
Gertrude Macdonald, 50 Bromfield Road
1900
1926
4
Mary A. Ahearn, 414 Medford Street
1450
1928
3
Lillian Sigel, 52 Dimick Street
1275
1929
2
Margaret Sliney, 88 Glen Street
1375
1928
2:1
Anna M. Dee, 10 Bromfield Road
1625
1928
1
Anna McCarthy, 51 Liberty Avenue
1375
1930
Kdgn.
Mary E. Forrest, 33 Central Street
1475
1928
Asst.
Mary Burke, 114 Oakleigh Road, Belmont
600
1931
(CHARLES) FORSTER SCHOOL Sycamore Street and Evergreen Avenue
Name and Residence
Began
Grade
Salary
Service
6
Bessie J. Baker, 19 Mills St., Malden
2150
1905
6
Alice C. Blodgett, 391 Broadway
2000
1917
5
Irene Allen, 289 Medford Street
1400
1931
5
Hazel C. Wellington, 71 Oxford Street
2000
1924
4
Lillian J. Rollins, 230 Pearl Street
2000
1925
4
Jane A. Doyle, School St., East Billerica
1900
1926
3
Gladys M. Wellington, 71 Oxford Street
2000
1925
3
Florence V. English, 34 Elmwood Street
1700
1928
3:2
Mary Maguire, 432 Medford Street
1550
1928
2
Lillian G. Wells, 61 Bonair Street
2000
1924
2
Mary M. Brown, 11 Harold Street
1900
1926
1
Mary A. Earle, 77 Liberty Avenue
1800
1927
1
Pauline Scully, 134 Oakleigh Road, Newton
1450
1929
Kdgn.
Esther D. Hamilton, 28 Dearborn Road
1950
1924
CONTINUATION SCHOOL
Folsom Building, Sycamore Street and Evergreen Avenue
Name and Residence
Salary
Began Service
Grade
Kells S. Boland, Teacher Principal,
$2700
1920
H. Dunbar Davis, 18 Bay State Avenue
2450
1923
Mrs. Ruth S. Richmond, 6 Sherburne Court
1825
1928
(NORMAN W.) BINGHAM SCHOOL Lowell Street, near Vernon Street
Name and Residence
Began
Grade
Salary
Service
Harry F. Hathaway, Master, 29 Albion Street
$3400
1890
6
Elizabeth J. O'Neil. 82 Benton Road
2150
1894
...
Harry F. Hathaway, Master, 29 Albion Street
1890
Charles E. Brainard, Master, 12 Pleasant Avenue
1889
43 Winthrop Road, Belmont
400
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 29-Teachers in Service, January, 1932-Continued
Name and Residence
Salary
Began Service
6
Anna G. Molloy, 82 Benton Road
1925
1921
6:5
*Clara L. Griffiths, 39 Ames Street
1950
1902
6:5
Esther L. Barrett, 81 Belmont Street
1200
1930
5
Julia M. Riordan, 165 Albion Street
2000
1914
4
Anna R. Canfield, 205 Cedar Street
2000
1914
4
Alice E. Griffiths, 39 Ames Street
2000
1920
4:3
Barbara E. Drummey, 43 Short St., Marlboro
2000
1918
3
Lillian F. Commins, 6 Cypress St., Cambridge
2000
1914
3
Lynda V. Merrill, 26 Brastow Avenue
1700
1912
2
Frances E. Fisher, 215 Eastern Ave., East Lynn
1975
1921
2
M. Gertrude McCarthy, 36 Brastow Avenue
2000
1917
2
Gertrude M. Dewire, 399 Washington Street
2000
1925
1
Mabel E. Mansir, 77 Albion Street
1700
1894
1
Loretta M. Tansey, 108 Bromfield Road
1450
1928
Asst.
Philomena C. Lombardi, 8 Mt. Pleasant Street
1200
1929
Kdgn.
Marguerite M. Driscoll, 396 Medford Street
1950
1921
Asst.
Helen B. Hesson, 33 Lexington Avenue
800
1930
* Leave of Absence.
MARTIN W. CARR SCHOOL
Atherton Street
Name and Residence
Grade
Michael B. Dewire, Master, 384 Washington Street
$3275
1929
6
Eva S. Bent, 10 Steeves Circle
2075
1915
6
Grace A. McElhiney, 82 Benton Road
2000
1925
6
Dorothy L. Lundgren, 93 Lowden Avenue
2000
1915
6
Mrs. Hazel F. Quinn, 85 Norfolk St., Wollaston
1700
1915
5
Lillian E. Haskell, 41 Putnam Street
2000
1913
5
Elizabeth S. Foster, 124 Summer Street
1700
1895
5
Isabella M. Keppe, 22 Belmont Street
1900
1926
5
Helen Hession, 57 Alpine St., Arlington Heights
2000
1924
4
Alice M. Cumming, 117 School Street
2000
1917
3
Margaret M. Brennan, 30 School Street
2000
1917
3
Bessie I. Berry, 11 Oak Ter., Malden
2000
1915
2
Annie B. Russell, 14 Kidder Avenue
2000
1901
2
Mary E. Flanley, 9 Avon St., Wakefield
2000
1915
1
Mrs. Frances E. Savage, 303 Highland Avenue
1975
1908
Asst.
Abbie Drago, 22 Elmwood Street
800
1931
Kdgn.
Mabel R. Ingham, 62 Central Street
2000
1912
Asst.
Adeline Bocchino, 168 Lowell Street
800
1931
(ENOCH R.) MORSE SCHOOL
Summer and Craigie Streets
Name and Residence
Salary
Began Service
6
Mrs. Harriette C. Hamilton, 96 Belmont Street
2075
1900
6:5
Lennie W. Bartlett, 49 Laurel Street
1750
1893
5
Blanche E. Thompson, 52 Montrose Street
2000
1906
4
Mrs. Sarah K. Lake, 5 Stultz Road, Belmont
1825
1921
4:3
Eva A. Wilson, 34 Benton Road
2000
1906
3
Mrs. Agnes C. Rice, 226 Highland Avenue
1925
1900
2
Mrs. Margaret M. Joy, 264 Brookline Ave., Boston
1950
1925
2
Lena Monroe, 275 Willow Avenue
2000
1913
1
Mrs. Helen T. Smith, 47 Bay State Avenue
1875
1912
1
Alena M. Shea, 8 Holton St., Medford
1825
1925
Asst.
Ruth E. Sibley, 42 Oxford Street
1275
1931
Kdgn.
Gertrude Prichard, 5 Webster Street
1850
1920
Asst.
Lucy Kelley, 22 Spencer Avenue
S00
1930
Grade
Frank W. Seabury, Master, 123 Orchard Street
$3500
1911
Salary
Began Service
Helen F. Wiseman, 43 Highland Ave., Cambridge
1975
1922
401
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
GEORGE O. PROCTOR SCHOOL Hudson Street
Name and Residence
Grade
Salary
Began Service
Harry F. Hathaway, Master, 29 Albion Street
1890
6
Winifred I. Macdonald, 308 Commonwealth Ave., Boston $2150
1917
6
Alice G. Hosmer, 158 Summer Street
2000
1906
5
Mrs. Nettie L. Fay, 15 Pleasant Avenue
2000
1901
4
Hazel G. Leith, 208 Powder House Boulevard
1700
1926
3
Edith L. Hunnewell, 41 Mason Street
2000
1894
2
Mary S. Richardson, 347 Boston Ave., Medford Hillside
1850
1906
1
Lucia Alger, 163 Summer Street
1950
1889
GEORGE W. DURELL SCHOOL Beacon and Kent Streets
Name and Residence
Grade
Salary
Began Service
4
Abigail P. Hazelton, 147 Powder House Boulevard
$1800
1902
3
Grace E. Packard, 14 Winslow Road, Belmont
2000
1912
2
Mrs. Alice M. Jordan, &2 LIarion St., E. Boston
2000
1912
1
Mary M. Healey, 61 Dane Street
1525
1929.
MARK F. BURNS SCHOOL Cherry Street, near Highland Avenue
Name and Residence
Began
Grade
Frank W. Seabury, Master, 123 Orchard Street
1911
4
Margaret Beattie, 12 Fairview Ave., Watertown
$2125
1914
4
Lizzie E. Hill, 335 Huntington Ave., Boston
2000
1890
3
Ethel F. Morang, 16 Curtis Avenue
2000
1920
3
Ruth E. Andrews, 173 Highland Avenue
2000
1917
2
Mary E. Lacy, 73 Cherry Street
2000
1890
2
Josephine Lacy, 73 Cherry Street
2000
1921
1
Alice E. Morang, 16 Curtis Avenue
2000
1893
1
Marjorie E. Drew, 123 Orchard Street
2000
1927*
BENJAMIN G. BROWN SCHOOL Willow and Josephine Avenues
Name and Residence
Salary
Began' Service:
Grade
George I. Bowden, Master,
$3500
1908
6
Mary T. Ford, 1138 Boylston St., Boston
2150
1911
5
Eleanor M. Lundgren, 93 Lowden Avenue
2000
1919'
5
Helen M. Smith, 17 Prichard Avenue
1725
1928:
4
Anna N. Johnson, 19 Minnesota Avenue
2000
1913*
3
Helen M. Lawrence, 50 Broadway, Beverly
2000
1923
2
Mrs. Grace H. Bliss, 33 Whitfield Road
2000
1900
3:2
Ruth E. French, 108 Highland Avenue
1850
1928
1
Pauline E. Thiesfeldt, 19 Forest St., Cambridge
2000
1923
1
Olivia H. Norcross, Wilmington
2000
1914
Kdgn.
Margaret Kendall, 64 Vinal Avenue
1600
1927
HIGHLAND SCHOOL
Highland Avenue and Grove Street
Name and Residence
Began
Salary
Service
Grade
Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road
...
...
6
Grace M. Clark, 10 Vernon St., West Medford
$2150
1893
6
Eva M. Barrows, 58 Irving Street
1800
1903
6
Marion Allen, 74 Collins St., Danvers
1700
1911
6
Margaret McLeod, 1180 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington
2000
1923
5
Catharine A. Burden, 25 Kidder Avenue
2000
1902
Michael B. Dewire, Master, 384 Washington Street
1929
Salary
Service .
1897
92 Monument St., West Medford
402
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 29-Teachers in Service, January, 1932-Continued
Name and Residence
Salary
Began Service
5
Mrs. Hazel M. Davis, Coolidge Park, Wakefield
2000
1919
5
Eleanor B. Casey, 28 Bartlett Street
2000
1925
5
Carrie E. Crockett, 26 Whitfield Road
2000
1923
Kdgn. Mrs. Dorothy C. Huddy, 34 Payson Ter., Belmont
2000
1921
(WILLIAM H.) HODGKINS SCHOOL Holland Street
Name and Residence
Grade
Salary
Began Service
6
Lois P. Wilbur, 47 Vinal Avenue
$2000
1923
6
Gladys R. Clark, 64 Lowell Street
2000
1926
5
Anne M. McCarthy, 58 Ibbetson Street
1375
1930
5
Margaret E. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue
2000
1926
4
Eileen M. Bailey, 80 Electric Avenue
1375
1928
3
Isabelle G. Porter, 36 College Avenue
1450
1928
:3:2
Muriel P. King, 77 Wheatland Street
1275
1931
2
Dolphie Berg, 138 Powder House Boulevard
1400
1931
1
Gertrude O. Kohler, 29 Jackson Road
1275
1931
1
¡Margaret Morgan, 71 Park Street
1200
1931
Asst.
Mary Mingolelli, 298 Highland Avenue
800
1930
Kdgn.
Mabel Sheehan, 49 Avon Street
800
1930
" Temporary.
S. NEWTON CUTLER SCHOOL Powder House Boulevard, near Raymond Avenue Name and Residence
·Grade
Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road
$3500
1897
6
Bernice J. Andrews, 10 Locke St., No. Cambridge
2150
1914
6
Mrs. Minnie E. Lougee, 52 Pitcher Ave., W. Medford
2000
1922
6
Ella H. Bucknam, 28 Day Street
2000
1897
5
Alice A. Libbey, 5 Gorham Street
2000
1919
5
Eugenia Carver, 176 Powder House Boulevard
2000
1922
5
Stella G. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue
2000
1917
4
Mildred H. Lunt, 176 Powder House Boulevard
2000
1926
4
Mrs. Natalie B. Plant, 91 Orchard Street
1900
1928
4
Eliza I. Patterson, 102 Powder House Boulevard
1950
1919
4:3
Evelyn G. Stern, 4 Billingham Street
1675
1928
3
E. Mildred Milner, 92 Powder House Boulevard
2000
1920
2
Pauline Emery, 68a Raymond Avenue
2000
1925
2
Almena J. Mansir, 77 Albion Street
1700
1899
2
Gladys G. Stone, 1 Fellsway East, Malden
1850
1924
1
Mildred Lougee, 38 Day Street
1925
1928
1
Mary L. McKenna, 294 Lowell Street
2000
1915
1
Eleanor E. Waldron, 135 Powder House Boulevard
1950
1919
Asst.
Grace I. Harkins, 10 Sargent Avenue
800
1930
Kdgn.
Mrs. Dorothea G. Lamb, 90 Curtis Street
2000
1921
Asst.
Evelyn Magwood, 29 Stone Avenue
800
1930
LINCOLN SCHOOL Broadway, near Teele Square
Name and Residence
Salary
Began Service
Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road
1897
2
Olevia M. Woods, 13 Garrison Avenue
$2100
1908
1 ¿Ruth M. Kelley, 256 Willow Avenue
600
1931
+ Temporary.
1925
1920
Mrs. Nettie M. Humiston, 43 Fairmount Avenue
Salary
Began Service
4
Harlan P. Knight, Master, 22 Hamilton Road
1897
...
Grade
403
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Table 29-Teachers in Service, January, 1932-Continued
MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL Morrison Avenue, near Grove Street Name and Residence
Grade
Salary
Began Service
4
May E. Small, 124 Orchard Street
$1850
1900
4
Marion A. Cannon, 16 James Street
1575
1928
3
Maude C. Valentine, 1098 Broadway
1700
1901
3
Mrs. Jane M. Taaffe, 159 Morrison Avenue
2000
1888
2
Katherine E. Hourahan, 94 College Avenue
2000
1892
2
Clara G. Hegan, 100 School Street
2000
1897
1
Octavia A. Stewart, 15 Kenwood Street
1825
1917
1 Selena G. Wilson, 11 Irving Street
1700
1922
EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
Per Evening
Arthur L. Morrissey, High
$7.00
John J. Hoban, Bell and Cliff
6.00
Mary H. Brown, Practical Arts for Women
6.00
CADETS 1930-1932
Julia Arata, 32 Wilton Street
Helen Kane, 11 Thorpe Street
Isabella Leyden, 207 Powder House Boulevard
1931-1932
Dorothea R. Forrest, 33 Central Street
Thomas J. Horne, 17 Waterhouse Street
Marion K. McCarthy, 371 Broadway
Paul L. McCarthy, 86 Belmont Street
Lorna M. Proudfoot, 75 Wallace Street
Joseph M. Thornton, 27 Brook Street
A. Caroline Tucker, 87 Flint Street
Dorothy A. Wyman, 86 Bromfield Road
1931-1933
Mary R. Egan, 22 Aberdeen Road Iris Membrino, 1 Fairlee Street
SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS
Name and Residence
Salary
Began Service
Elementary Grades
Mary G. Blackwell, 42 Belmont Street
$3500
1900
Music
Grade
Harry E. Whittemore, Director, 42 Powder House Blvd. 3000
1926
6-1
Mrs. Charlotte D. Lawton, 121 St. Stephen St., Boston
2400
1898
12-7
James M. Clark, 15 James Street
2150
1929
6-1
Alice M. Mayo, 18 Aldersey Street
1800
1930
12-1
Mary McGann, 38 Bay State Avenue
1500
1931
Drawing
9-1
Elfrida V. Callister, 30 Kimball Road, Arlington
2400
1925
......
1908
George I. Bowden, Master, 92 Monument St., W. Medford
404
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 29-Teachers in Service, January, 1932-Continued
Name and Residence
Penmanship
Salary
Began Service
9-1 Ruth L. Whitehouse, 173 Highland Avenue
2200
1915
Sewing
Mary Henleigh Brown, Supervisor, 162 Highland Avenue
200
1913
6-5
Mary Rhilinger, 11 Dorset St., Dorchester
1400
1926
6-5 Pia M. Fortini, 87 Josephine Avenue
1300
1930
6-5 Alice Sullivan, 74 Ossipee Road
1300
1930
Manual Training
Harry L. Jones, Supervisor, 77 Lincoln Road, Medford 200§
1911
¿ Additional to salary as Director of Household Arts Courses.
§ Additional to salary as Principal of Boys' Vocational School.
Physical Instruction
Margaret V. Burke, Director, 1 Pearl Street
2800
1923
12-7
Charles A. Dickerman, 81 Willow Avenue
3000
1925
9-1
Alice F. Morgan, 71 Park Street
2500
1925
12-7 William M. Murphy, 40 Laurel Street
2200
1931
Atypical
Helen J. Dervan, 75 Crest Ave., Winthrop
$1600
1928
Margaret Donovan, 82 Wallace Street
1000
1930
Ruth Harrington, 1 Carver Street
1000
1930
Alice M. Hayes, 9 Pembroke Street
2050
1913
Mrs. Fernell B. Houghton, 284 Grove St., Melrose
1750
1926
Ruth C. Kennedy, 19 Kent Court
1000
1930
Mrs: Margaret M. Kuhn, 45 Dartmouth Street
2050
1928
Mrs. Ruth S. Willard, 87 Hancock Street
1500
1929
Sight Saving
Mrs. Amy F. Woodbury, 83 Pearson Road
2050
1917
Lip Reading
Elizabeth M. Warren, 1126 Boylston St., Boston
2075
1897
Thrift
E. Bella Weisman, 17a Melvin Street
2100
1921
Elizabeth Cotter, Assistant, 8 Maynard St., Arlington
1200
1930
Eva Palmer, Assistant, 24 Austin Street
1000
1930
Band
Wesley A. Maynard, 40 Vinal Avenue
2100
1925
Americanization
Mary A. Whitney, 10 Dow Street
2400
1916
Crippled
Mrs. Blanche C. Crowell, 118 Josephine Avenue
1925
1928
405
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
TABLE 30- OFFICERS, ETC., IN SERVICE JANUARY, 1932
Name and Residence Salary Superintendent and Secretary
Everett W. Ireland, 137 Powder House Boulevard $6550
Assistant Superintendent
Walter P. Sweet, 71 Hume Ave., Medford 4300
Clerks
Mary A. Clark, 15 Pleasant Avenue 1754
Mildred A. Merrill, 26 Cambria Street 1589
1589
Marion E. Marshall, 30 Gilman Street S. Regina Truelson, 38 Rogers Avenue Alice I. Amidon, 27 Gorham Street
$27.50 per week
25.50 per week
25.50 per week
Bernice A. Tuck, 17 Irving Street Anita Sumner, 276 Summer Street
22.00 per week
Supervisor of Attendance
Benjamin R. Jones, 65 Fairfax Street 2200 Cecilia Cleary, 59 Church Street, Clerk $22.00 per week
School Visitor
Rose J. Cairnes, 10 Mossland Street 2050
406
ANNUAL REPORTS
TABLE 31-SCHOOL JANITORS, JANUARY, 1932
School
Name
Residence
Weekly Salary
High
Jeremiah M. Brennan
44 Radcliffe Rd. $32.50
High
John N. Quirk
64 Marion St.
31.50
High
Joseph McCormack
104 Bailey Rd. 31.50
High
William L. McLane
25 Clark St.
31 50
High
Thomas Copithorne
23 Gordon St.
31.50
High
William P. Sloane
38 Magnus Ave. 34.00
High
High, Gymnasium
Thomas F. Keane
Martin J. Frazer
95 Heath St. 40.00
Peter McNally
23 Everett Ave. 35.00
Prescott
James J. Quirk
199 Broadway
34.00
Prescott
Joseph A. McNeill
277 Medford St. 36.00
Hanscom
John J. Feeney
7 Dickinson St. 34.00
Boys' Vocational
Charles B. Kelly
37 Clark St. 32.50
Bennett
Michael Mullaney
7 Greene St. 35.00
Baxter
Jeremiah J. Sullivan
60 Newton St. 30.00
Knapp
Maurice T. Mullins
13 Fremont Ave. 37.50
Perry
Daniel E. Cunningham
13 Leland St. 30.00
Pope
John J. Kilty
10 Granite St. 35.00
Southern Jr. High
William F. Meskill
30 Warren Ave. 38.00
Southern Jr. High
George J. Kelley
10 Nevada Ave.
32.00
Southern Jr. High
John T. Donovan
38 Oxford St. 32.00
Southern Jr. High
James F. Dowd
66 Hudson St. 31.50
Edgerly
Vincent Santarlasci
33 Temple St. 35.50
Glines
Earl R. Marsh
121 Ten Hills Rd.
36.00
Grimmons
Nicholas J. Lacey
327 Washington St. 31.50
Northeastern Jr. High
Jeremiah J. Canniff
47 Spencer Ave.
38.00
Northeastern Jr. High
Joseph Binari
14 Evergreen Sq. 32.00
Northeastern Jr. High John F. O'Connell
12 Conwell Ave. 30.00
Forster
James A. Cunniff.
5 Bradford Ave.
35.00
Continuation
Louis F. Conti
3 Sargent Ave.
34.00
Bingham
Charles Hoyt
60 Vernon St. 38.00
Carr
Patrick L. Delmore
3 Harvard Pl. 41.00
Morse
John W. Cremen
69 Oxford St. 35.50
31.50
Durell
Ellsworth C. Lundgren
93 Lowden Ave. 28.00
Burns
Charles J. Elkins
14 Holyoke Rd.
31.50
Brown
James J. Cooper
105 Willow Ave.
33.00
Highland
Michael F. King
25 Bowdoin St.
35.00
Hodgkins
Anthony T. Farrington
15 Dimick St.
37.00
Western Jr. High
James T. Eddy
905 Broadway
41.00
Western Jr. High
George A. Givan
102 Lexington Ave. 34.50
Western Jr. High
Joseph Farrington
463 Somerville Ave.
32.00
Cutler
Thomas J. Flynn
92 Ossipee Rd.
31.50
Cutler
Thomas F. Murphy
46 Hooker Ave.
37.00
Lincoln
Royal W. Brenize
54 Prescott St. 28 00
Lowe
Walter M. Burns
23 Avon St.
31.50
Edward J. Barbour
109 Pennsylvania Av. 31.50 9 Granite St. 33.00
High, Central Heat- ing Plant
High, Central Heat- ing Plant
Proctor
Vincent J. Burke
9 Homer Sq.
407
BOARD OF HEALTH
BOARD OF HEALTH
Organization, 1931
LOUIS J. GRANDISON, M.D., Chairman JAMES A. KILEY J. JOSEPH O'DONNELL Resigned October 10, 1931 GERALD L. McSWEENEY Appointed November 12, 1931
Executive Clerk LAURENCE S. HOWARD
Assistant Clerk OLIVE M. STANLEY
Clerk KATHARINE C. HEALY
Agent GEORGE I. CANFIELD
Medical Inspector and Bacteriologist FRANK L. MORSE, M.D.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions CHARLES M. BERRY, V.S. Retired March 31, 1931
Assistant Inspector of Animals and Provisions JAMES A. DWYER Service Terminated June 10, 1931 HENRY T. MURRAY Appointed June 14, 1931
Inspector of Animals and Veterinarian EINER W. JOHANSON, V.S. Appointed June 14, 1931
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar HERBERT E. BOWMAN, Ph.G., Ph.C.
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408
ANNUAL REPORTS
Milk Collector and Diary Inspector WILLIAM H. WALLIS
Technician GEORGIA H. MORELAND, Ph.G., Ph.C.
Plumbing Inspector DUNCAN C. GREENE
School Nurses GRACE M. ANDREWS, R.N. DOROTHY E. HOOPER, R.N. MARY F. CASEY, R.N.
Health Nurses
HELEN B. BERRY GRACE E. PICKERING, R.N. MARY V. RYAN, R.N.
Superintendent at Contagious Hospital RUTH H. HORNBECK, R.N. Resigned January 17, 1931 JULIA E. FITZPATRICK, R.N. Appointed January 23, 1931
Medical Inspectors of Schools
JOHN D. BENNETT, M.D. FRANCIS SHAW, M.D.
HERBERT E. CHOLERTON, M.D. HARRY M. STOODLEY, M.D.
WILFRED C. MACDONALD, M.D. CRAWFORD K. SWEELEY, M.D.
EDGAR F. SEWALL, M.D. MICHAEL W. WHITE, M.D.
Supervising School Dentist ANTHONY F. BIANCHI, D.M.D.
Clerk M. ETHEL DOHERTY
School Dentists FRED A. SWETT, D.D.S. GEORGE E. JONES, D.M.D. JOHN W. KAUP, D.M.D. Leave of absence from September 10, 1931, to December 10, 1931 Resigned December 10, 1931 ELMER L. PERRON, D.M.D. Temporarily appointed September 10, 1931 Permanently appointed October 5, 1931 JOHN J. MORAN, D.M.D. RICHARD H. WALSH, D.M.D. ARTHUR L. CAVANAGH, D.M.D. Temporarily appointed October 5, 1931 Permanently appointed December 10, 1931
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Dental Assistants ELLEN F. BRINE MARIE HULTMAN MARGARET A. CAMPBELL Services terminated March 7, 1931 MARY T. HOLLAND Services terminated March 7, 1931 MARY C. KNOWLES Services terminated March 7, 1931 Permanently appointed May 6, 1931 HELEN F. KELLER Permanently appointed March 9, 1931 MARGARET H. LAHAN Permanently appointed March 9, 1931 MARY L. MORAN Permanently appointed March 9, 1931
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
City Hall, January 2, 1932.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen :
We rsepectfully submit the following as the Fifty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Health in which is presented a statement tabulated and otherwise, of the sanitary condition of the city and the business of the board for the year ending December 31, 1931.
NUISANCES
A record of the nuisances abated during the year, in com- pliance with notices issued by the board, or under the board's direction, is presented in the following table :
Complaints referred from 1930 20
Complaints received during 1931 294
314
Complaints received with no just cause
11
Complaints abated on verbal notice of Agent.
45
Complaints abated on notices sent
257
Complaints referred to 1932
1
314
First notices sent
249
Second and third notices sent
11
Total notices sent
260
Annually the cellars and alleyways of the city are ex- amined and the owners of the property where unsanitary con- ditions exist are required to remedy the same.
RECORD OF LICENSES AND PERMITS ISSUED
GOATS-Two applications were received for permits to keep three goats, which were granted. The fee is one dollar for each goat.
HENS-Twenty-three applications for permits to keep 348 hens were received. Twenty-one to keep 324 hens were granted and two permits were refused.
GREASE-Twenty-two applications were received for per- mits to collect grease, which were granted. The fee is two dollars for each team.
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! MELTING AND RENDERING. Six licenses have been granted to carry on the business of melting and rendering, for which a fee of one dollar is charged.
MASSAGE AND MANICURE. One hundred twenty-one persons have been licensed to practice massage and manicure. The fee is one dollar for each license.
SALE OF ALCOHOL. The statutes provide that no per- son, firm or corporation other than a registered druggist shall engage in the business of manufacturing, buying, selling or dealing in methyl alcohol, or wood alcohol so called or dena- tured alcohol, or any preparation containing more than three per cent of any of said alcohols, without being licensed so to do by the Board of Health.
Under the provision of this act seventy-eight licenses have been issued. A fee of one dollar was received for each license.
BOTTLING, CARBONATED BEVERAGES. Chapter 303, Acts of 1921 provides that no person shall engage in the manufacturing or bottling of carbonated non-alcoholic bever- ages, soda waters and mineral and spring water without a permit from the Board of Health. Five such permits were granted. A fee of ten dollars being charged in each case.
ICE CREAM. Chapter 74 of the General Laws as amend- ed by Chapter 278, of the Acts of 1927 requires that all per- sons manufacturing ice cream must obtain a license so to do from the Board of Health. Under the provisions of the above law fourteen licenses for the manufacture of ice cream were granted by this board. The fee received was one dollar for each license.
STABLES
No person has the legal right to erect, occupy or use any building in this city, as a stable, without obtaining a license from the board for such occupancy. Each application is re- ferred to the agent of this board and no license is granted un- less all regulations of the board are complied with. There were no applications received for occupancy of stables and one stable was ordered vacated owing to unsanitary conditions.
BOARD INFANTS
Thirty-six applications having been made to the State De- partment of Public Welfare for licenses to care for children in this city were referred to this board under provisions of Chap- ter 119 of the General Laws, and all were approved.
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LYING-IN HOSPITALS
Three applications were made to the State Department of Public Welfare for a license to maintain lying-in hospitals in this city, were referred to this board under the provisions of Section 71, of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, and were ap- proved.
There were 938 deaths and 48 still-births in the city dur- ing the year, as specified in the following table :
Deaths at Central Hospital 62
Deaths at Somerville Hospital 63
Deaths at hospital for contagious diseases 16
Deaths at home for aged poor (Highland Avenue) 37
Deaths at city home 13
Deaths at other institutions 41
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MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1931
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Țoțal.
I. EPIDEMIC, ENDEMIC AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
8 Scarlet Fever
9 Whooping Cough
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
7
11A Influenza.
13 Mumps
Erysipelas
1
1
2
3
2
4
1
4
2
1
1
2
20
32
Tuberculosis of the Ner- vous System. .
1
1
1
3
1
1
3
1
1
1
6
1
1
II. GENERAL DISEASES NOT INCLUDED IN CLASS I.
43 Cancer of the Buccal Cavity
44 Cancer of Stomach & Liver
45 Cancer of Intestines
1
1
3
1
2
2
1
1
3
2
17
1
2
3
3
1
4
1
2
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