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Marriages registered
1,089
More than previous year
46
Both parties American
764
Both parties foreign
92
American groom and foreign bride
105
Foreign groom and American bride
128
1,089 couples
First marriage
1,978
Second marriage
188
Third marriage
12
2,178
known nationality
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ANNUAL REPORTS
DEATHS 1936
(Exclusive of Stillbirths)
Number of deaths in Somerville in 1936
965
More than previous year
467
Females
498
965
Under ten years of age
74
10 and under 20 years of age
16
20 and under 30 years of age
26
30 and under 40 years of age
47
40 and under 50 years of age
73
50 and under 60 years of age
145
60 and under 70 years of age
215
70 and under 80 years of age
226
80 and under 90 years of age
123
90 years of age and over
20
Age of oldest person deceased
105
Born in Somerville
142
Born in other places in the U. S.
433
Of Foreign Birth
390
Of Unknown Nationality
0
Number of deaths in January
102
February
90
April
91
,,
June
72
July
73
„,
August
44
September
67
October
74
November
88
December
88
965
March
100
May
76
965
103 Males
The number of stillbirths during the year was forty-one. In addition to the above, 270 deaths occurred elsewhere, were recorded in Somerville. Almost the entire number of persons deceased having been residents of this city.
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CITY CLERK
CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1936
MAYOR
LESLIE E. KNOX, 275 Alewife Brook Parkway
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
President, G. EDWARD BRADLEY Vice-President, ARTHUR S. WALSH
ALDERMEN-AT-LARGE
JOHN F. FOSTER, 62 Willow Avenue GEORGE W. PRATT, 35 Clark Street IRVING L. STACKPOLE, 36 Lowden Avenue JOHN E. WHITNEY, 2 Bigelow Street
ALDERMEN
WARD ONE
WALTER J. MORAN 28 Kensington Avenue
WARD TWO
TIMOTHY J. CRONIN 103 Beacon Street
WARD THREE
ARTHUR S. WALSH 44 Laurel Street (Died December 18, 1936)
WARD FOUR
G. EDWARD BRADLEY 10 Madison Street
WARD FIVE
JOHN L. CARROLL
19 Norwood Street
WARD SIX
ALLAN ROY KINGSTON 77 Liberty Avenue
WARD SEVEN
EDWARD A. ROSE
229 Powder House Boulevard
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ANNUAL REPORTS
City Clerk, NORMAN E. CORWIN Assistant City Clerk, WILLIAM C. ARBUCKLE City Messenger, DANIEL A. DOWNEY Assistant City Messenger, RICHARD A. KEYES
Regular meetings, second and fourth Thursday evenings of each month, at eight o'clock, except when such Thursday is a holiday, in which case, the meeting is held on the preceding Tuesday evening.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS-Chairman Cronin, Foster, Carroll. FINANCE-Chairman Bradley, Cronin, Moran, Pratt, Stackpole, Rose, Whitney.
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY-Chairman Kings- ton, Stackpole, Rose, Moran, Foster.
LICENSES AND PERMITS-Chairman Walsh, Carroll, Kingston, Whit- ney, Stackpole.
PUBLIC PROPERTY AND PUBLIC WORKS-Chairman Carroll, Pratt, Foster, Rose, Walsh.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE Chairman, EDWARD M. MCCARTY Vice-Chairman, CHARLES A. CAMPBELL HON. LESLIE E. KNOX Mayor, ex-officio G. EDWARD BRADLEY President of the Board of Aldermen, ex-officio
WARD ONE
CATHERINE E. FALVEY 15 Rush Street
WARD TWO
LAWRENCE J. DONOVAN 68 Elm Street
WARD THREE
EDWARD M. MCCARTY 40 Highland Avenue
WARD FOUR
EDITH L. HURD
125 Central Street
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CITY CLERK
WARD FIVE
WILLIAM J. KOEN
34 Lexington Avenue
WARD SIX
63 College Avenue EDWIN A. SHAW
WARD SEVEN
CHARLES A. CAMPBELL 22 Barton Street
Superintendent and Secretary EVERETT W. IRELAND
Assistant Superintendent WALTER P. SWEET
Regular meetings last Monday of each month, except July and August, when none are held.
ASSESSORS
MAURICE F. AHEARN, Chairman (term expires 1939) JOSEPH J. BORGATTI (term expires 1938) JOHN A. COLBERT (term expires 1937) MICHAEL J. CONNOR (term expires 1938)
HORACE A. LEWIS (term expires 1939)
BOARD OF APPEALS
HERBERT W. CARR, Chairman (term expires 1938)
ROBERT J. MOSELEY, Secretary (term expires 1939) WILLIAM J. WRIGHT (term expires 1937)
RICHARD J. SLINEY (term expires 1937)
CHARLES BRUNELLE (term expires 1939)
Associate Members
JOHN CARDILLO (term expires 1938) JOSEPH SOUZA (term expires 1939)
BOARD OF HEALTH
CRAWFORD K. SWEELEY, M. D., Chairman (term expires 1938) JAMES A. KILEY (term expires 1937)
CHARLES F. McCROSSMAN, M. D. (term expires 1937)
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Clerk, LAURENCE S. HOWARD Agent, GEORGE I. CANFIELD Medical Inspector, FRANK L. MORSE, M. D. Veterinarian, E. WILLIAM JOHANSEN Inspectors of Animals and Provisions HENRY T. MURRAY - JAMES A. DWYER Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, WILLIAM H. WALLIS Assistant Milk Inspector, JAMES C. MOORE Supervisor of Dental Hygiene, DR. ANTHONY F. BIANCHI
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
WALTER V. ROBINSON, Chairman (term expires 1938) QUINLAN J. SULLIVAN, Vice-Chairman (term expires 1937) ARTHUR C. COFFEY (term expires 1939)
Agent, WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE Warden, City Home, HERMAN M. REYNOLDS Matron, City Home, MARY REYNOLDS
LICENSING COMMISSION
EUGENE M. FLANAGAN, Chairman (term expires 1937) EUGENE W. DRISCOLL (term expires 1938)
LAWRENCE SHEEHAN (term expires 1939)
PLANNING BOARD
EUGENE C. McCABE, Chairman (term expires 1939) WILLIAM J. CALLAHAN (term expires 1938) WILLIAM L. O'BRIEN (term expires 1936) JAMES HIGHET (term expires 1937)
PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES
JOHN D. KELLEY, President (term expires 1938) ANNA J. COLL (term expires 1939 ) JOHANNA N. CLOUGH (term expires 1937) CHARLES L. DOHERTY (term expires 1938) KATHRYNE HUEBER (term expires 1939) JOHN J. GRIFFIN (term expires 1938) WILLIAM H. McKENNA (term expires 1937) ALFRED C. WALTON (term expires 1937)
Librarian and Secretary GEORGE H. EVANS
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CITY CLERK
SOMERVILLE RECREATION COMMISSION
REV. NAZARENO PROPERZI, Chairman (term expires 1937) DR. WILLIAM E. DENVIR (term expires 1937) DR. WINNIFRED P. DAVIS (term expires 1937) MRS. ARTHUR W. HURLBURT (term expires 1937) DR. SOTER G. ZAHAROOLIS (term expires 1937) DR. LOUIS SOLANO (term expires 1938) MARIE SANBORN (term expires 1938) NELLIE FITZPATRICK (term expires 1938) ELIZABETH McKENNA (term expires 1938) DANIEL COTTER (term expires 1938)
BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
WILLIAM F. BURNS, Chairman (term expires 1938) ARTHUR C. BURTNETT, Secretary (term expires 1938) WARREN C. DAGGETT (term expires 1936) DENNIS L. DONOVAN (term expires 1937)
RETIREMENT BOARD
EUGENE M. CARMAN, Chairman LAURENCE S. HOWARD (term expires 1938) FREDERICK W. HALE, City Auditor
City Clerk NORMAN E. CORWIN
Assistant City Clerk WILLIAM C. ARBUCKLE
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes IRVING G. WESSMAN
City Messenger DANIEL A. DOWNEY
Assistant City Messenger RICHARD A. KEYES
Mayor's Secretary, Confidential DONALD F. BRIDGE
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Mayor's Secretary, Executive MARION KNOTT
City Auditor FREDERICK W. HALE
City Solicitor DAVID H. FULTON
Assistant City Solicitor ANTHONY DI CECCA
City Engineer LEON G. AYER
Commissioner of Streets WILLIAM J. SULLIVAN
Commissioner of Public Buildings and Inspector of Buildings JAMES E. MULLANEY
Water Commissioner TIMOTHY F. HARRINGTON
Superintendent of Sanitary Department JOHN F. MESKELL
Clerk of Committees FREEMAN L. NELSON
Assistant Clerk of Committees JOHN J. MANSFIELD
Assistant to Clerk of Committees FRANCIS L. McGONAGLE
Chief of Police THOMAS DAMERY
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CITY CLERK
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department JOHN C. MCNALLY
Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights JAMES J. CUDDIHY
City Physician CIRO GIOBBE, M. D.
Assistant City Physician HAROLD P. FREEMAN, M. D.
Agent of Military and State Aid and Soldiers' Relief and Burial Agent THOMAS F. MCGRATH
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar WILLIAM H. WALLIS
Sealer of Weights and Measures BENJAMIN S. ABBOTT
Constables
Charles M. Austin
Philip J. Beyer, Jr.
Henry A. Blackman
Daniel A. Downey
Maurice Gilbert
Daniel J. O'Donoghue
Frank H. Gilmore
John F. Scannell
Generoso D'Alelio
William R. Judson
Frank Karcher
Hyman S. Kramer
Francis MacDonald
Samuel L. Terhune
James E. Votour
162
ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Board of Public Welfare WALTER V. ROBINSON, Chairman QUINLAN SULLIVAN, Vice-Chairman ARTHUR C. COFFEY
Committees On Finance, Investigation and Relief, and City Home MR. ROBINSON, MR. SULLIVAN, MR. COFFEY
Clerks and Social Workers
HELEN E. LINEGAR
DOROTHY C. WATKINS FRANCES V. SHARPE M. ETTA NEYLAN MARGARET C.CONLEY
CHARLES J. WILLWERTH
MARGARET KOEN JOSEPH E. Dow
WILLIAM T. CASEY
ELMER E. HASELTON
DOROTHY F. WHITE RAYMOND AHERNE JOHN J. GRIFFIN
LORETTA ROBINSON HELEN HAVICAN
EUGENE F. DALEY MARY I. ROACH EILEEN HENNESSY
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WELFARE DEPARTMENT
General Agent WILLIAM E. COPITHORNE
City Physician CIRO GIOBBE, M.D.
Assistant City Physicians HAROLD P. FREEMAN, M.D. EDWARD M. MCCARTY, M.D.
Warden and Matron, City Home MR. and MRS. HERMAN M. REYNOLDS
Office : City Hall, Highland Avenue
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1936.
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,
WALTER V. ROBINSON, Chairman QUINLAN J. SULLIVAN, ARTHUR C. COFFEY,
Board of Public Welfare.
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WELFARE DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE GENERAL AGENT
City Hall, January 2, 1937.
To the Board of Public Welfare, Somerville, Mass.
Gentlemen :
The General Agent submits the following as his report for the year ending December 31, 1936 :
Table No. 1 FULL SUPPORT (During the year)
In City Home (nien, 78; women, 36) 114
In City Home, December 31, 1936 66
In hospitals for the sick in other cities, towns and state. .... 77
Table No. 2 PARTIAL SUPPORT (Outside Relief)
Families
3,070
Persons aided (including hospital cases)
14,278
Burials
27
Table No. 3
CHILDREN
In private families
27
In case of state division of child guardianship 48
Table No. 4 AID UNDER CHAPTER 118 (Mothers' Aid)
Number of mothers' aid cases, January 1, 1936
75
Number of families aided at close of year
80
Number of families aided during the year
87
Number of children.
316
Amount allowed each family, from $5.00 to $22.00
Number of out-of-town families
11
Number having no settlement
8
COST TO CITY
Somerville settlement
$51,087.00
Settled in other cities and towns (reside here)
5,931.00
State
5,235.00
Somerville families living in other cities and towns
2,026.07
$64,279.07
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Table No. 5
REIMBURSEMENTS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$172,958.62
City of Chelsea
949.48
Everett
1,491.42
Fall River
165.25
=
Haverhill
90.15
Lawrence
393.68
Lowell
48.00
Lynn
2,409.23
„
Revere
1,190.59
Salem
152.80
Worcester
620.63
Town of Andover
312.42
Arlington
2,095.56
Belmont
385.97
Brookline
183.82
Chelmsford
8.00
Duxbury
304.74
East Bridgewater
214.24
"
Groveland
7.00
Hull
16.00
Ipswich
26.25
"
Middleboro
392.26
"
" Milton
475.82
"
North Carver
16.00
Norwood
329.37
"
Rockport
870.00
Saugus
64.00
Shrewsbury
126.00
Stoneham
37.95
Stoughton
165.45
Swampscott
906.04
Topsfield
142.50
Wakefield
156.75
"
Ware
467.09
Wareham
68.31
Wilmington
35.00
"
Winchester
180.10
·
Winthrop
179.00
Individuals
88.78
$189,428.53
REIMBURSEMENTS OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$64,477.62
United States Government
76,740.02
Cities and towns
2,163.54
$143,381.18
" Williamstown
292.50
Melrose
411.76
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WELFARE DEPARTMENT
During the year 1936 five hundred to six hundred men worked an average of three days each week for aid granted. No appropriation credit was made to this department by the other city departments for whom the work was performed.
Table No. 6 AID UNDER CHAPTER 118A (Old Age Assistance)
Number of old age assistance cases January 1, 1936
567
Number of old age assistance cases aided at close of year ....
1,009
Cost to City
$234,129.58
Reimbursements and refunds
144,949.77
Net cost to City
$89,179.81
Table No. 7 SOMERVILLE HOSPITALS (City Patients)
Patients having settlement in Somerville
937
Patients having settlement in other cities and towns
199
Patients having no settlement (chargeable to state)
483
Total number of patients sent to hospitals
1,619
Amount paid to hospitals
$56,073.75
The chairman of this board has recommended the erection of a municipal hospital.
Table No. 8 POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1900 TO 1936
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
"
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
-
25,044.32
1907
74,000
17,852.20
7,001.23
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ANNUAL REPORTS
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
.,
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
1933
104,000
„
594,108.10
13,643.51
607,751.61
1934
104,000
747,993.71
13,499.64
761,493.35
1935
*100,773
551,351.15
13,722.16
565,073.31
1936
100,773
897,986.79
15,238.88
,,
913,225.67
* Census.
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
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 1919-1935) .. Oct.,
1918
Jan. 1935
George G. Brayley Jan.,
1922
Jun. 1928
James D. Sharkey
.Dec.,
Wilbur F. Lewis
Jun.,
1928 Jan. 1931
John C. McNally
Jan.,
1931
1933
Frank Cole
1933
Jan. 1934
*Arthur C. Coffey
1933
date
"
*Quinlan Sullivan
1934
date
*Walter V. Robinson date)
(chairman 1935 to
1935
date
"
* Present member.
177,499.26
14,382.34
191,881.60
1930
*103,604
,
1924
1933
„,
May,
RECAPITULATION FOR THE YEAR 1936
1936
Salaries
Ali Other Maintenance
Cash In Advance
Office Supplies
State Infirmary
Board
Burials
Local Hospitals
Cash Paid Out
Groceries
Medicine
Nursing
Cash Allowance
Cities and Towns
Chapter 118
Clothing and Shoes
Glasses
Other Institutions
Totals
January
$4,382.19
$131.95
$183.04
$200.00
$160.57
$2,619.97
$90.00
$4,432.50
$30,590.50
$12,356.77
$889.42
$123.98
$117.02
$1,969.38
$118.25
$199.71
$62,985.56
February
5,722.86
192.50
191.64
174.53
123.56
16.00
4,575.00
31,152.00
22,040.34
1,168.35
136.69
1,396.88
5,281.66
217.76
450.78
72,839.62
March
4,850.57
113.45
191.64
49.89
66.42
140.00
5,411.25
32,017.00
23,078.02
606.49
147.41
1,394.00
4,279.50
321.25
703.65
73,370.54
April
3,024.89
18.39
163.30
81.67
963.09
2,665.15
87.00
6,996.25
39,615.00
13,362.12
1,657.19
132.86
2,803.36
2,446.66
851.41
73,858.33
May
3,528.60
13.25
166.64
144.60
242.42
397.00
5,448.75
29,477.60
30,467.77
2,128.64
168.26
43.00
727.99
24.50
201.65
829.50
74,009.87
June
2,946.80
99.65
166.64
99.82
64.29
86.00
4,166,25
34,551.60
42,571.74
778.95
171.43
1,192.62
415.10
435.66
87,745.45
July
3,305.47
13.60
166.64
144.24
695.91
2,783.85
25.00
4,878.76
31,809.50
21,700.22
1,146.79
169.40
1,323.16
193.10
796.02
69,141.65
August
3,100.78
86.60
166.64
261.88
66.42
102.00
5,066.25
29,347.00
25,999.99
918.44
159.40
700.00
1,583.50
98.00
450.00
661.65
68,758.45
September
2,723.70
86.15
266.64
71.32
64.29
85.00
4,575.00
33,483.00
18,986.92
667.66
162.86
1,582.01
329.00
681.76
63,766.30
October
3,219.96
109.50
149.98
255.98
620.35
82.42
97.00
3,813.76
27,223.00
19,566.07
1,476.83
169.40
124.29
1,672.46
136.20
407.00
1,196.35
60,309.53
November
2,902.37
7.26
224.98
22.75
2,541.14
75.00
3,960.00
23,951.50
20,918.27
1,392.94
24.65
154.29
343.30
907.50
2,805.00
398.30
659.35
61,288.69
December
3,217.03
39.30
190.10
65.34
978.00
2,721.11
82.00
3,750.00
33,606.50
35,782.40
2,282.32
159.40
33,683.65
2,026.07
3,982.93
6,746.50
228.40
1,473.06
129,913.11
Totals
$42,924.10
$911.39
$2,227.83
$200.00
$1,532.49
$3,247.35
$14,041.04
$1,283.00
$56,073.75 $376,723.00
$286,830.63
$15,113.01
$24.65
$1,835.38
$35,011.26
$2,026.07
$20,534.79
$25,238.30
$3,279.80
$8,928.90
$897,986.79
Auto
Fuel $4,420.30
.....
......
ALBER
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WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Table No. 10 RECAPITULATION (Miscellanoeus)
Expenditures and transfers
$897,986.79
Reimbursements and refunds
191,869.53
Net cost to City
$706,117.26
Respectfully submitted,
WVM. E. COPITHORNE,
General Agent.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME
City Home, January 1, 1937
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, 1936 :
Table No. 1
Number of weeks' board of inmates
3,218-6
Number of males admitted during 1936 33
Number of females admitted during 1936 20
Number of males discharged during 1936 31
Number of females discharged during 1936 17
Number of males supported during 1936
78
Number of females supported during 1936
36
Number of males died during 1936
4
Number of females died during 1936
4
Number of inmates in home December 31, 1936
66
Table No. 2 CITY HOME HOSPITAL
Number of weeks' board 616-1
Number of patients admitted
48
Number of patients in hospital, December 31, 1936
15
Table No. 3
Expenditures
$15,238.88
Reimbursements and refunds
6,585.28
Net cost to City
$8,653.60
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN M. REYNOLDS,
Warden.
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WELFARE DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN
Somerville, January 1, 1937.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen
Gentlemen :
The work of your city physician and his staff during the year 1936 is presented in the following abstract:
Office consultations and treatments
15,429
Total outside visits
7,362
Confinements
4
Visits at City Home
78
Examinations :
For police department
293
For fire department
187
For pension
6
Respectfully submitted,
CIRO GIOBBE, M.D.,
City Physician.
172
ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER
Office of the City Engineer,
City Hall, Somerville, January, 1937.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen :- The undersigned presents herewith the 64th annual report, for the year ending December 31, 1936, of the Engineering Department, including sewer, park and play- ground divisions.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
In previous reports the general work, charter require. ments and city ordinances relating to the duties of the City Engineer have been fully described. City Engineer is also Su- perintendent of Sewers and Superintendent of Parks and Play- grounds.
GENERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Divisions
Appropriations or Balances
Transfers and Credits
Expenditures
Balances
City Engineer
Sewers Maintenance ..
$16,650.00 22,610.00 570.72* 13,465.00
$13,448.59 22,415.19
194.81
Sewers Construction Parks Maintenance .. Playgrounds Mainten- ance
16,600.00
31.99
16,527.17
104.82
John M. Woods Play- ground
4.14* 254.56*
4.14
254.56
Improvement Walter Ernest Shaw Play- ground
110.93*
..........
..
.....
110.93
Playground Improve-
ment and Exten-
132.99*
132.99
P. W. A. Sewer Ac- count
22,019.73
138.34
Glen St. Playground
22,158.07+ 300.00*
....
............
300.00
..
13,404.69
60.31
Playground Foss Park
........ ...
...........
..
..
.......
...
* Balance from 1935
+ Balance from 1935 plus Federal grants
.........
sion
$3,201.41
570.72
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CITY ENGINEER
Sewers and Storm Drains,-comprising surveys, estimates, profiles, lines, grades, titles, plans, assessments, all en- . gineering work relating to same and supervision $2,787.79
Highways,-comprising plans, estimates, titles, profiles, lines and grades, inspection of paving and all other en- gineering work relating to the department 38.00
Sidewalks,-comprising profiles, lines, grades, measure- ments, inspection, titles, costs and assessments ...........
Water Works,-comprising giving lines and grades and other matters relating to the department
..................
Parks and Playgrounds,-comprising surveys, plans, es- timates, profiles, and grades, including laying out of parks, playgrounds, boulevard and supervision
601.25
Public Buildings,-comprising surveys, estimates, lines and grades, and other work relating to construction and lay- ing out of grounds of public buildings
Street Numbering, - comprising locations of buildings, plans, assigning street numbers, etc.
Street Lines and Grades,-comprising establishment of lines, grades, and miscellaneous data given parties for building and grading
Subways, Bridges and Grade Crossings,-comprising sur- veys, plans, profiles, estimates, lines and grades, etc. .... .......
City Survey,-comprising establishing of street lines, ac- ceptance plans, and miscellaneous survey work for city map, etc. 578.19
Middlesex Registry and Land Court,-comprising copying of plans, and abstracts from deeds and examination of titles filed at East Cambridge, also tracing of street ac- ceptance and sewer taking plans, filed for record
.........
Private Corporations, Railway, Telephone, Electric Light and Gas Light Companies,-comprising grades, plans, profiles and office notes, locations of poles and conduits
14.25
Setting Stone Bounds and Brass Rods,-defining street lines and city boundary lines
...............
Office Work,-comprising record of all locations, indexing, typewriting, bookkeeping, calculations, reports, and gen- eral drafting
3,705.33
Miscellaneous Work,-comprising designs, sketches, etc., re- lating to various schemes for committees, etc.
52.25
Holidays, Vacations and Sickness
881.51
Preliminary Work W. P. A. and P. W. A.,-comprising making of plans, estimates, and all engineering relating to same ....
Engineering,-General Departmental expenses (all divi- sions) comprising City Engineer's salary, automobile maintenance, telephone, carfares, and supplies 4,790.02
Total
$13,448.59
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ANNUAL REPORTS
The total cost of maintaining the Engineer's Division since it was established, 1872-1936, both years inclusive, has amount- ed to $680,773.18.
Five assistants have been employed the greater part of the year on engineering work.
There are plans for acceptance of fifteen streets on file in this office, that for various reasons have not been made public ways.
LENGTH OF STREETS
Miles
*Public
90.254
Private
10.107
100.361
* Includes 1.406 Miles City Boulevard and Park Roadways
2.331 Miles Metropolitan District Boulevard
0.98 Mile State Highway
(A revision of lengths of public and private streets show- ing that, owing to abandoned and duplicated streets and streets incorporated into the Northern Artery, the total length has decreased.
LENGTH OF PUBLIC STREETS IN EACH WARD
Miles
Ward one
13.922
Ward two
14.671
Ward three
10.321
Ward four
14.737
Ward five
11.799
Ward six
11.591
Ward seven
13.213
Total length of public streets in the city .. 90.254
1
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CITY ENGINEER
A table of former names of certain streets was printed in the 1910 report, also a table of public squares.
There are at the present time 665 street boundaries con- sisting of stone bounds and brass rods set in cement for defin- ing street lines, and the number should be increased each year ; definite boundaries do much to simplify surveying and are con- venient to use for bench marks. Previous reports give loca- tions of existing bounds.
The total length of permanent paved streets in the city amounts to 25.88 miles.
Permanent street pavement should be extended as rapidly as possible, using a base of cement concrete and some kind of high type wearing surface.
TABLE OF STREET CONSTRUCTION
** Streets paved with granite blocks
Streets paved with vitrified brick
Square Yards 218,759 1,648
Miles 9.013
Streets constructed with concrete base and asphaltic mixed top
289,046
12.826
¿Streets constructed with concrete base and bituminous penetrated top
19,245
0.461
¿Streets constructed with broken stone base and asphaltic mixed top
57,834
3.757
§Streets constructed with broken stone base and bituminous penetrated top
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