Report of the city of Somerville 1932, Part 18

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Accountant-Investigator WILLIAM F. FITZGERALD


General Agent WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE


City Physician EMIL GODUTI, M. D.


Assistant City Physician EDWARD M. MCCARTY, M. D.


Warden and Matron, City Home MR. AND MRS. HERMAN M. REYNOLDS


Office CITY HALL, HIGHLAND AVENUE


311.


WELFARE DEPARTMENT


Somerville, Mass.,


December 31, 1932.


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, Board of Public Welfare. J. C. MCNALLY,


312


ANNUAL, REPORTS


REPORT OF GENERAL AGENT


City Hall, January 2, 1933.


To the Board of Public Welfare, Somerville, Mass. :-


Gentlemen :- The general agent submits the following as his report for the year ending December 31, 1932 :-


Table No. 1 FULL SUPPORT (During the year)


In City Home (men 70, women 19) 89


In City Home, December 31, 1932 60


In hospitals for the sick in other cities, towns and state .... 22


Table No. 2 PARTIAL SUPPORT (Outside Relief)


Families


1,776


Persons aided (including hospital cases)


8,792


Burials


23


Table No. 3


CHILDREN


In private families 14


In care of state division of child guardianship 33


Table No. 4 AID UNDER CHAPTER 118 (Mothers' Aid)


Number of mothers' aid cases, January 1, 1932


49


Number of families aided at close of year


57


Number of children


216


Amount allowed each family, from $5.00 to $20.00 per week


Number of out-of-town families


5


Number having no settlement


9


Cost to City


Somerville settlement


$28,796.00


Settled in other cities and towns (reside here)


3,434.00


State


6,976.00


Somerville families living in other cities and towns 687.73


$39,893.73


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Table No. 5 REIMBURSEMENTS


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


$122,938.97


City of Boston


6,391.98


Brockton


6.25


Cambridge


10,524.63


Chelsea


86.00


Everett


441.95


Fitchburg


498.10


Haverhill


619.66


Malden


2,188.41


Medford


60.12


New Bedford


283.98


Newburyport


507.07


,,


Newton


961.62


North Adams


40.00


"


Pittsfield


86.00


Taunton


719.81


Waltham


644.12


Woburn


505.56


Worcester


614.30


Town of Amesbury


102.50


Belmont


47.80


Bourne


618.36


Brookline


396.84


Clinton


100.00


Concord


2.50


Hudson


63.98


Leominster


522.12


Methuen


264.48


Millis


129.00


" Needham


19.50


"


Norwood


2,772.95


"


"


Orange


8.33


Plymouth


939.31


„ Randolph


75.00


Swampscott


62.50


Townsend


16.00


Wakefield


25.00


=


Watertown


1,289.80


273.59


Winchendon


12.50


Winchester


245.00


Individual


189.00


Weymouth


$156,294.59


Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Old Age Assistance) $37,238.24


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Table No. 6


AID UNDER CHAPTER 118A (Old Age Assistance)


Number of old age assistance cases January 1, 1932 ...


161


Number of old age assistance cases aided at close of year Cost to city


$86,803.88


Reimbursement and refunds


37,528.08


Net cost to city


$49,275.80


Table No. 7 SOMERVILLE HOSPITALS (CITY PATIENTS)


Patients having settlement in Somerville


323


Patients having settlement in other cities and towns


156


Patients having no settlement (chargeable to state)


160


Total number of patients sent to hospitals


639


Amount paid to hospitals


$23,057.00


Table No. 8 POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1900 to 1932


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


17,955.34


=


6,875.56


24,830.99


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


83,471.34


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


1931


103,604


,,


402,742.58


13,374.66


416,117.24


1932


-104,000


650,893.45


14,983.46


665,876.91


* Census.


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RECAPITULATION FOR THE YEAR 1932


1932


Board.


Burials.


Cities and Towns.


Cash Paid Out.


Chap. 118


Cash Allowance


Fuel


Dry Goods


Groceries.


Other Institu- tions.


Stationery and Printing.


Nursing.


Salaries.


Local Hospitals.


State Hospital


All Other. Telephone.


Totals


January


$57.56


$163.32


$ $120.00


$ 27,561.00


$ $219.19


$520.00


$10.40


$713.99


$305.59


$149.21


$


$1,329.00


$268.00


$ $ 25.35


$6.96


$40.324.29


February


1,788.60


163.32


305.00


25,164.75


205.06


260.00


6.18


456.18


65.78


1,303.68


4,228.00


649.92


8.00


55,112.26


March.


57.56


163.32


205.00


27,983.50


219.19


910.00


35.00


9,457.12


430.01


79.86


1,303.68


1,924.00


7.55


17.40


42,793.19


April


1,752.70


163.32


78.50


292.00


33,555.00


212.13


33,937.58


235.00


441.82


110.14


1,542.10


1,636.00


934.82


8.25


3.38


74,902.74


May


159.70


163.32


27.00


29,811.50


219.19


32,015.47


505.35


347.35


47.40


2,803 68


2,833.00


6.55


10.49


68,950.00


June


42.86


163.32


129.00


30,843.25


212.13


22,773.84


87.50


251.77


76.71


24.80


1,303.68


1,944.00


8.05


57,860.91


July.


1,995.70


163.32


7.00


31,854.00


219.19


14,437.65


218.77


147.20


1,666.34


1,824.00


925.43


191.15


6.96


53,656.71


August


44.28


150.82


67.00


32,285.00


219 19


5.40


10,332.13


242.73


248.90


5.00


1,892.60


2,896.00


13.10


13.62


48,415.77


September


42.86


138.32


7.00


28,544.50


194.99


20,655.90


42.50


317.45


98.84


1,610.16


1,968.00


61.00


5.15


6.86


53,693.53


October.


2,128.17


138.32


305.00


31,714.94


201.48


50.00


13,971.60


326.36


57.63


1,993.95


1,716.00


608.00


4.35


10.49


53,226.29


November


42.86


138.32


97.00


888.83


30,420.00


2 16.42


16,155.75 4,719.15


345.20


365.77


38.25


1,665.16


1,092.00


4.70


6.76


51,467.02


December.


44.28


133.48


72.00


5,081.59


36,007.00


687.73


219.19


292.50


387.35


111.83


1,996.39


728.00


5.25


50,490.74


Totals


$8,157.13


$1,847.50


$1,114.50


$6,567.42


$365, 744. 44


$687.73


$2,547.35 $1,982.50


$106.98


$207,838.70 $2,172.27 $4,097.32


987.85


$24.80 $20,410.42 $23,057.00


$3,179.17


$287.45


$82.92


$650,893.45


$ 8,874.72 20,507.79


Medicine


Auto Mainte- nance


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WELFARE DEPARTMENT


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR IN SOMERVILLE Since the reorganization in 1885


*Hon. Mark F. Burns, chairman, ex-officio


*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, Feb., 1912)


1.888


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


1899


*James H. Butler


March,


1898


1899


*Hon. George O. Proctor, chairman, ex-officio


1899


*Henry F. Curtis, M.D., (president 1912-1919) *Philip Koen


*Michael Coll


Nov.


1916 Dec. 1924


1918


date


"


*James D Sharkey


Dec.


1924


date


Wilbur F. Lewis


June


1928 Jan. 1931


*John C. McNally .


Jan.


1931


date


+ Present member.


* Deceased.


Table No. 10 RECAPITULATION (MISCELLANEOUS)


Expenditures and transfers


$650,893.45


Reimbursements and refunds


158,351.12


Net cost to city


$492,542.33


Respectfully submitted,


WM. E. COPITHORNE,


General Agent.


"


1912 Nov. 1916


Fred E. Durgin (chairman 1919 to date) Oct. George G. Brayley


Jan.


1922 June 1928


1910


1921


1885


1888 inclusive.


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REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME


City Home, January 1, 1933.


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, 1932 :-


Table No. 1


Number of weeks' board of inmates


2101-6


Number of males admitted during 1932 40


Number of females admitted during 1932 14


Number of males discharged during 1932 28


Number of females discharged during 1932 11


Number of males supported during 1932


70


Number of females supported during 1932


19


Number of males died during 1932


12


Number of females died during 1932


7


Number of inmates in home December 31, 1932


60


Table No. 2 CITY HOME HOSPITAL


Number of weeks' board


680


Number of patients admitted


31


Number of patients in hospital, December 31, 1932


12


Table No. 3


Expenditures


$14,983.46


Reimbursements and refunds


5,670.63


Net cost to city


$9,312.83


Respectfully submitted,


HERMAN M. REYNOLDS,


Warden.


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REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN


Somerville, January 2, 1933


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


Gentlemen :-


The work of your City Physician during the year 1932 is presented in the following abstract :-


Office consultations and treatments


3,117


Total outside visits


2,580


Confinements


6


Vaccinations


188


Visits at City Home


63


Attended at Police Station


32


Examinations :-


For Legal Department


14


For Fire Department


53


For Pension


18


For Police Department


23


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.


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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEAL


January 30, 1933.


To THE HONORABLE THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


Gentlemen :


The Board of Appeal of the City of Somerville respectfully submits the following report of its activities during the year ending December 31, 1932.


In the past year the Board held twenty-seven meetings for the consideration of appeals taken from decisions of the Com- missioner of Public Buildings, refusing to grant permits which conflicted with the provisions of the Zoning, Building or Fire District Ordinances.


It has been the endeavor of the Board in its consideration of all appeals to render decisions in a scrupulous manner, hav- ing regard for the best interests of the city, the welfare of the appellant, and proper concern for the rights of those appearing in opposition to the granting of such appeals, and has striven to extend to all parties the courtesy and time to which they are entitled as property owners or residents of the city of Somer- ville.


In most of the cases coming before the Board, appeals have been acted upon favorably on account of there being only slight variations from the provisions of the ordinances, and in more difficult matters the Board has tried to make its decisions in a practical way and for the best interests of the city.


The powers of the Board of Appeal are regulated by statute and favorable decisions may only be made by a unanimous vote of the full Board when in its judgment there is involved practi- cal difficulty or unnecessary hardship on the appellant. It is therefore incumbent upon the individual members of the Board to become thoroughly familiar with the facts in every case. This we have endeavored to do before forming our opinions and giving decisions. After favorable decisions have been rendered it is then the duty of the Building Department to enforce the


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conditions imposed, and it is a pleasure to report that the full- est cooperation has been received from the Commissioner of Public Buildings.


The Board of Appeal has completed seven years of work, having been organized early in 1926. In the opinion of the Board it is evident that, due to the steady growth of Somerville and the construction of the artery through the city and now named the Monsignore McGrath Boulevard, in the near future alterations should be made in the existing building zone map and ordinance. We believe there are several changes which on account of constantly changing conditions should be made and we feel that the City Government may well give consideration to such changes which seem proper after hearings in the matter and this Board pledges its cooperation and assistance in mak- ing suitable recommendations.


There have been 50 appeals on which hearing have been given by the Board during the year 1932 of which 49 have been granted and one refused. Reconsideration has been given on two former appeals and they have been granted.


Respectfully submitted,


FREDERICK J. WHITE, Chairman WALTER T. LITTLEFIELD, Secretary FRANCIS R. GAFFNEY, WILLIAM T. CROTTY, JOHN D. MEDEIROS.


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REPORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES


REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES


To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :


Gentlemen: The sixtieth annual report of the Trustees of the Public Library is herewith respectfully submitted; be- ing the report of the librarian and tables of statistics of opera- tion.


Very respectfully,


The Board of Trustees, By WILLIAM L. BARBER, President.


REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN


Members of the Board of Trustees :


The sixtieth annual report of the Somerville Public Li- brary, being that for the year 1932, is herewith submitted.


In cooperation with efforts for all possible economy in the administration of city departments the report will be brief. · Detailed statements of the work of the year, setting forth in statistical form the use and growth of the library, will be found in the appendices. In outline the picture of the year's work is as follows :


The total number of recorded home book loans is 680,622, a gain of 49,703 over last year. All circulating agencies. except one, share in the increase, the best relative showing being made in the School and Deposit Division. 10,439 borrowers have registered, making our active, two-year registration 21,006. For purposes of comparison with those libraries that employ the three-year term of registration it may be noted that our registration for the last three years is 30,572. The total num- ber of books added to the library system is 11,008. This is a decline of 2,656 from last year's figure of 13,664, resulting from a reduction of $3,917 in our appropriation for book purchase in 1932, coupled with a large increase in use by the public. De-


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clining resources and increasing use burns the candle at both ends.


It is an interesting fact that the loan life of a book is comparable to the years of man. A loan is to a book what a year is to a man, and some loans like some years are more devastat- ing than others. Taken by and large the books in this library have a life of 72 loans. If as now looks probable, we make 700,000 loans in 1933, we may confidently expect our book reduction figure to be approximately 9,700. At present prices, taking into consideration all types of books, we shall need about $14,000 to replace what may be termed lapsed-life re- ductions in the working collection of books. Less than this sum will not maintain our present level, and will mean a de- cline in the usefulness of the library ; a larger sum will mean continued progress and increased usefulness.


By executive order of the Mayor on January 20 automatic salary increases of all city employees were suspended. On August 15 the Board of Aldermen transferred from the appro- priations of the Public Library Department the sum of $3,000, substantially the amount required to provide the expected automatic increases of the year. In response to a request of the Mayor every member of the staff signed an agreement to. contribute 10% of his or her salary to the Welfare Depart- ment for the year 1933.


In Board of Aldermen, .Jan. 28, 1932, the following action; was taken.


ORDERED :- WHEREAS, J. Frank Wel- lington, late of Somerville, Mass. died October 25, 1930 and by his last will and codicil, duly- filed in Middlesex Probate records No. 180852, be- queathed to the City of Somerville the sum of four thousand (4,000) dollars under the second para- graph of the codicil of his will to be known as the "J. Frank Wellington Library Fund", it is here- by


ORDERED :- The City of Somerville gratefully accepts the legacy of four thousand (4000) dollars bequeathed to it under the second paragraph of the codicil to the will of J. Frank Wellington, late of Somerville, a copy of which paragraph is herewith attached, to be known as the "J. Frank Welling- ton Library Fund" for the uses and purposes as stated in the second paragraph of the codcil of


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said will, and the City Treasurer is hereby author- rized to receive the said legacy in behalf of the city and shall be held in the custody of the City Treasurer and invested and reinvested by him in such securities as may be approved by law for in- vestment by Savings Banks in Massachusetts, and the income thereof be expended under the direc- tion of the Trustees of the Somerville Public Li- brary and the Librarian for the time being for the uses and purposes mentioned in the second para- graph of the codicil of said will.


Signed (George J. Moran)


Copy of Second Paragraph of Codicil to will of J. Frank Wellington, late of Somerville, deceased.


"Second : I hereby cancel and revoke Para- graph Fourteenth of my said will and in place thereof I substitute the following :


I give to said City of Somerville the sum of four thousand dollars to be known as the J. Frank Wellington Library Fund to be held in trust by it and the net income only of said Fund to be expended as follows :


One half of said income shall be expended under the direction of the Trustees of the Som- erville Public Library in their discretion for the purchase of new books, but upon the express condi- tion that the annual appropriation of the City of Somerville for the purchase of new books shall not in any year be diminished by reason of this gift, as it is not my intention to relieve the city of any part of its appropriation for the purchase of books, but to enable the Library to secure books in addition to and beyond what it would otherwise be able to do from the usual appropriation.


The other one-half part of said yearly income shall be expended by the Librarian for the time being of said Library in his discretion, for special library purposes for which funds are not usually available by city appropriation, such as special equipment, staff welfare, expenses incidental to special library activities, promotion of high stan- dards and professional fitness, and similar extra- ordinary expenses, it being my intention not to re-


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lieve the city of any part of its normal support of the library, but rather to provide service and conveniences in addition to and beyond those that the city may reasonably be expected to supply."


The only resignation during the year was that of Unetta Quinn Carberry, whose vacant position was filled by the ap- pointment of Margaret M. O'Neill.


On May 1 the following members of the Training Class, having completed their six months course of training, were appointed to the staff : Ruth Holmes, Eleanor Lloy, Eleanor Martin, Mary M. Noonan, G. Elinor Smith, and R. Vivian Smith.


The appended statistics of operation for the year 1932 are submitted as a part of this report.


Respectfully submitted,


GEO. H. EVANS, Librarian.


APPENDIX A Statistics of Use and Growth Circulation


Volumes circulated adult.


Central 166,102 43,441


West 107,887 36,770


70,727


Unior 54,948 40,087


Winter Hill 17,441 13,970


Schools


Total 417,105 263,517


Volumes circulated juvenile


92,080


Total circulation (A. L. A.


rules)


209,543


144,657


107,896


95,035


31,411


92,080


680,622


Accessions


Central


West


East


Union


Winter Hill


Total


Volumes in Library, Dec. 31, 1931


93,167


19,591


10,600


11,996


2,344


137,698


Volumes added


5,656


1,877


1,492


1,438


545


11,008


Volumes transferred to


12


25


1


2


0


40


Volumes restored


152


15


7


1


2


177


Total additions


5,820


1,917


1,500


1,441


547


11,225


Volumes withdrawn


2,332


811


950


926


85


5,104


Volumes transferred from


34


1


2


2


1


40


Volumes lost


1,058


221


274


148


15


1,716


Total reductions


3,424


1,033


1,226


1,076


101


6,860


Net gain


2,396


884


274


365


446


4,365


Volumes in Library, Dec.


31, 1932


95,563


20,475


10,874


12,361


2,790


142,063


Registration


Central


West


East


Union


Winter Hill


Total


Registered borrowers, Dec. 31, 1931 Expirations in 1932


7,611


5,623


2,861


3,193


845


20,133


3,647


2,719


1,377


1,487


336


9,566


Registrations in 1932


4,146


2,913


1,433


1,474


473


10,439


Registered borrowers, Dec. 31, 1932


8,110


5,817


2,917


3,180


982


21,006


Expenditures in Library Department


Per capita expenditure for library service. $0.758


Expenditure per book lent


$0.115


....


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..


East


37,169


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APPENDIX B


American Library Association Form for Uniform Statistics


Annual Report for year ended December 31, 1932.


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:


(1933 World Almanac)


103,908


What government unit served:


City


$123,285,500.00


Assessed valuation is what per cent of true cash value:


True cash value


Rate of tax levy for library purposes .802 of a mill


Terms of use: Free for lending


Free for reference


Total number of agencies 271


Consisting of Central Library 1


Branches (in separate buildings) 3


Station


1


High School 1


School Rooms 254


Clubs


3


Institutions


8


Number of days open during year (Central Library)


343


Hours open each week for lending (Central Library)


79


Hours open each week for reading (Central Library)


79


Hours service per week required of staff


41


BOOK STOCK


Number of volumes at beginning of year


Adult 109,523 5,264


Juvenile 28,175 5,460


Totals 137,698 10,724


Number of volumes added by purchase ..


Number of volumes added by gift or ex- change


184


13


197


Number of volumes added by binding.


81


6


87


Number of volumes added by lost books restored


118


59


177


Total number of volumes added


5,647


5,538


11,185


Number of volumes lost or withdrawn.


3,764


3,056


6,820


Total number of volumes at end of year.


111,406


30,657


142.063


Number of volumes in Reference Depart- ment


6,374


Number of volumes in Children's Depart-


ment


..


30,657


MISCELLANEOUS STOCK


Number of newspapers and periodicals cur- rently received :


Titles


219


Copies


534


Number of publications issued during


year


9


Assessed valuation of city


326


ANNUAL REPORTS


USE


Adult


Juvenile


Totals


Number of volumes of non-fiction lent for home use


90,015


78,826


168,841


Number of volumes of fiction lent for home use Total number of volumes lent for home use Number of volumes lent through School Deposit collections


327,090


184,691


511,781


417,105


263,517


680,622


Per cent fiction lent of total volumes lent .. Circulation per capita


.........


...


.....


Number of pictures, photographs and prints


lent for home use


............


.......


1,312


REGISTRATION


Adult


Juvenile


Totals


Number of borrowers registered during year


6,088


4,351


10,439


Total number of registered borrowers


11,666


9,340


21,006


Registration period, years


... ........


.. .........


2


Per cent registered borrowers of popula- tion served


...


...... ...


............


20.2%


STAFF


Library


Janitor


Number of individuals on payroll


59


6


Full time equivalent of above individuals


47


6


FINANCE


Receipts From:


Local Taxation:


$98,925.00


Library Department


$81,375.00


Fines included in above ...... $2,147.55


Dog Licenses in above. 2,497.34


17,550.00


Invested Funds:


1,556.56


Income, current year


1,041.36


Balance, previous year


515.20


Total


$1.00,481.56


Payments For:


Maintenance:


1. Library Operating Expenses


Librarians' salaries


$53,581.43


Books


15,014.49


Periodicals


1,155.14


Binding


3,761.95


Supplies, stationery, printing


2,123.93


Furniture, equipment, etc.


607.85


Telephone, postage, freight, express


2,251.16


Other items


305.26


Total


...........


..


92,080


.......


..


...


75.1%


6.5


Service


Service


Public Buildings Department


$78,801.21


327


PUBLIC LIBRARY


2. Building Operating Expenses


Janitors, mechanics, wages


$9,758.83


Cleaning supplies and equipment


331.24


Building repairs and minor alterations


330.37


Rent


610.00,


Heat and light


5,445.34


Other items


132.98 :


Total


$16,608.76


Total maintenance expense


$95,409.97


Extraordinary Expenses:


Transfer to Welfare Department


$3,000.00.


Unexpended Balance:


Library Appropriation


$18.16


Invested Funds


1,112.19


Public Buildings Appropriation


941.24


Total


$2,071.59


Grand Total


$100,481.56


Maintenance expenditure per capita


$0.918.


328


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


Organization, 1932 LOUIS J. GRANDISON, M. D., Chairman JAMES A. KILEY GERALD L. McSWEENEY


Executive Clerk LAURENCE S. HOWARD


Assistant Clerk OLIVE M. STANLEY




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