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Waldo ave.
Beacon st ..
Dimick st.
Public
40
277
Waldo
Highland ave.
Hudson st.
Public
40
287
Walker
Broadway
Leonard st.
Public
40
713
Wallace
Holland st.
Broadway
Public
40
1.342
Walnut
Bow st.
Broadway
Public
40
3,753
Walnut rd.
Walnut st.
Kenneson rd.
Public
40
270
Walter ter.
Jackson rd.
Southwesterly
Public
40
222
Ward
Medford st.
Harding st.
Public
30
433
Ware
Curtis st.
Puscell rd.
Public
40
735
Warner
Pow. House sq.
Medford line
Public
60
500
Warren ave.
Union sq.
Public
40
663
...
Warren
Medford st.
Columbus ave. Cambridge line
Public
30 to 40
109
......
...
Public
40
1,420
95
Taylor pl.
Somerville ave.
Southerly
Private
15
722
.....
Sycamore
Sycamore st.
Private
12
13.
Sydney
Grant st.
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Public
20
88
97
Tower ct.
Tyler st.
Northeasterly
Private about 10
....
75
Trull Lane
Highland ave.
Oxford st.
Private
15
Upland pk.
Main st.
Winslow ave.
Arl'ton Br R.R. Vine st.
Private
35
Village
Dane st.
Private
25
370
Northeasterly
Private
19
...
200
Vine ct.
100
Private
20
...
...
..
Villa ave.
Highland ave.
Thorpe
Tremont
Webster ave.
Private
25
With in
Length
Public
35
1,409
Temple
278
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets-Continued
Street
From
To
Public or
With in
Length
Private
Feet Public Private
Warwick
Cedar st.
Clyde st.
Public
30-40
935
........
Washington ave. Washington st.
Northerly
Private
18
350
Washington pl. Washington st.
Southerly
Private about 7.5
114
Washington
Charlest'n line
Franklin ave.
Public
75 1,060
...
Washington
Franklin ave.
Fitchburg R.R.
Public 60 to 100 4,009
Washington
Fitchburg R.R.
Cambridge line
Public 60 2,272
.......
Washington ter. Washington st.
Northerly
Private
30-40
218
Water
South st.
Northerly
Public
25
366
........
Watson
Broadway
Fairmount ave.
Public
40
236
....
Webster ave.
Union sq.
Cambridge line
Public
49.5
1,880
...
....
Webster
Franklin st.
Cross st.
Public
40
997
........
Wellington ave. Walnut st.
Montgomery av.
Public
40
215
........
Wellington ave.
Montgomery av. Easterly
Private
40
...
....
85
Wesley pk.
Wesley sq.
Northeasterly Otis st.
Public
40
515
........
West
Hawthorne st.
Highland ave.
Public
30
192
.... ....
West
Highland ave.
Arl'ton Br R.R.
Private
30
266
West Adams
Conwell ave.
Medford line
Public
40
710
Westminister
Broadway
Electric ave.
Public
40
376
...
Weston ave.
Clarendon ave.
Broadway
Private
40
525
West Quincy
Bailey st.
Medford line
Public
40
292
...
Westwood rd.
Central st.
Benton rd.
Public
40
489
........
Wheatland
Broadway
Mystic ave.
Public
40
1,325
........
Wheeler
Pinckney st.
Mt. Vernon st.
Public
40
269
.....
Whipple
Willow ave.
Highland ave.
Private
30
307
...
White st. pl.
White st.
Southeasterly
Private
20
...
....
200
Whitfield rd.
Packard ave.
Curtis st.
Public
40
687
Whitman
Mason st.
Packard ave.
Public
40
632
Wigglesworth
Pearl st.
Bonair st.
Public
40
744
...
William
College ave.
Chandler st.
Public
40
381
...
William
Broadway
Medford line
Private
50
50
Williams ct.
Porter st.
Northwesterly
Private
30
154
Willoughby
Central st.
Sycamore st.
Public
40
427
Willow ave.
Em st.
Broadway
South st.
Public
25
125
.....
Wilson ave.
Broadway
B. & L. R.R.
Public
20
307
........
Wilton
Lowell st.
Hinckley st.
Public
35
415
...
....
Winchester
Broadway
Medford line
Private
40
65
Windom
Elm st.
Summer st.
Public
40
300
...
.......
Windsor
Cambridge line
Northerly
Public
40
40
.......
Windsor
End of above
Fitchburg R.R.
Public
27
490
.....
Winslow ave.
College ave.
Clifton st.
Public
40
1,087
.......
Winter
College ave.
Holland st.
Public
30
402
........
Winter Hill cir. Broadway
Northeasterly
Private
25
177
Wisconsin ave.
Broadway
Penn. ave.
Public
50
499
.....
Woodbine
Centre st.
Westerly
Private
30
461
Woodbine Ex.
End of above
Lowell st.
Private
35
......
Woods ave.
North st.
Alewife Bk pky
Public
40
1.152
...
Woodstock
Victoria st.
Alewife brook
Public
40 to 32
361
......
Wyatt cir.
Wyatt st. around to Wyatt st.
Private
20
315
Wyatt
Concord ave.
Lincoln pky
Public
40
505
......
Yorktown
Cambridge line N. E. line
Malvern ave.
Malvern ave.
Public
40
294
.......
Yorktown
N. E. line
Northerly
Private
40
.....
110
....
Waverly
Washington st.
Roland st.
Private
35
...
...
431
¡White
Elm st.
Cambridge line
Public
40
... ...
269
Waterhouse
Broadway
Cambridge line
Public
40
987
...
........
Wesley
Pearl st.
Public
40
403
...
Willow pl.
Cambridge line
Public
50
3,450
Windsor rd.
Willow ave.
Hancock st.
Public
40
575
212
[ Sidewalk in Somervile.
.......
Washington ter. End of above
Westerly and Easterly
Private
...
........
200
279
LIST OF STREETS
Table Showing the Location, Length and Width of Public and Private Streets-Continued
Street
From
To
Public or Private
With Length in Feet Public Private
Court
39 Adams st.
Southeasterly
Private
8
........
yu
Court
Albion st.
Central st.
Private
12
........
216
Court
11 Albion st.
Northeasterly
Private
9
........
178
Court
21 Albion st.
Northeasterly
Private
10
........
100
Court
292 Broadway
South westerly
Private
15
...
90
Court
612 Broadway
Southwesterly
Private
20
183
Court
Buena Vista rd. Easterly
Private
15
145
Court
Cambria st.
Northerly
Private
9
59
Court
12 Carlton st.
Southeasterly
Private
25
75
Court
112 Central st.
Northwesterly
Private
10
168
Court
113 Central st.
Southeasterly
Private
20
...
...
117
Court
Conlon ct.
Windsor st. ex.
Private
20
240
Court
36 Craigie st.
Westerly
Private
25
126
Court
58 Dane st.
Easterly
Private
10
39.25
136
Court
91 Franklin st.
Westerly
Private
12
171
Court
35 Lexington av. Northerly
Private
21
90
Court
66 Lowell st.
Westerly
Private
25
101
Court
101 Medford st.
Easterly
Private
8
75
Court
335 Somerville ave.
Northerly
Private
15
Court
10 Stone ave.
Northwesterly
Private
20
113
Court
Windsor st.
E'ly and W'ly
Private
20
.......
370
Court
Irvington rd.
Boston ave.
Private
20
...
...
157
Total
475,226
54,622
... .....
150
Court
227 Columbia st. Northwesterly
Private
10
Court
20 Dimick st.
Southwesterly
Private
........
Public, 90.288 miles [includes 1.406 miles of City Boulevard and Park Roadways, 2.331 miles of State Boulevard (Metropolitan Park Commission), and 0.98 miles State Highway]; private 10.804 miles.
Total length of streets in the city, 101.092 miles.
280
ANNUAL REPORTS
TABLE SHOWING OLD NAMES OF CERTAIN STREETS AS FORMERLY KNOWN
Present Name of Street Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known Gurney street
Aberdeen road ...
Addison place
Tube Works court
Albion street
Forest avenue or street (easterly end) Hobbs street
Aldrich street
Ruby street Eglantine street
Ash avenue
Minnie avenue
Ashland street
Maple street Beech street (westerly end)
Avon place
Middle lane Barberry lane
Cross lane
Bartlett street (Wd. 5) ...
Earle street
Beacon place
Taggard court
Road to West Cambridge
Beacon street
Middlesex turnpike Hampshire street
Beech street
Oak street
Benedict avenue
Lovell street
Benton road
Benton avenue
Berwick road
Holland street
Bigelow street
D street
Bond street
Park street
Bonner avenue
Warren avenue
Boston ave. (s'th'ly end)
[ Southwick avenue Cypress street |Orange street
Boston street
A street
Bow street
L Charlestown lane Milk Row road Milk row
Road to Menotomy
Menotomy road
Medford road Road from Menotomy to Boston
Broadway
Medford road over Winter hill Great road from Charlestown to Menotomy Winter Hill road or street
West Cambridge road
Charlestown road Broadway street Main street
Butler drive Calvin street
Cameron avenue
Carlton street
Ten Hills street Dimick street Cameron street Bow street
High street
Bonner place
Atherton street ...
Franklin street
281
LIST OF STREETS
Present Name of Street
Cedar street
Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known Rangeway Seventh rangeway Rangeway to Medford Second rangeway from Central street Leland street Rose lane Milk lane
Central street .... ...
Rangeway from Winter hill to Milk row Centre street Old road Rand's lane
Centre street Charles Ryan road
Forest place City road
Chester avenue
Church street
Claremon street
Cleveland street
Clifton street
College avenue
Columbia street ...
Highland street Warren avenue Probation path
Columbus avenue
Windham road (southeasterly end)
L
Brick Yard lane (Newton st. to Beacon st.)
Concord avenue
Lincoln street (Beacon street easterly ) Garden street (Beacon street easterly)
Cooney street
Hanson lane Cottage place
Cottage avenue
Crescent street
Mt. Vernon street
Cross street
Second rangeway (B'way to Medford st.) Runey's lane Three Pole lane Rand street Pleasant avenue
Crown street
Curtis avenue
Mt. Pleasant avenue
§ Second rangeway
Curtis street
South street
Cutter avenue
Russell street
Dane avenue
Dane court
Dane street
Union street
Dartmouth street
Fruit street
Dearborn road
Professors row ave.) Temple street Winthrop street
(College ave. to Boston
Derby street
L Fifth rangeway Tufts rangeway
[ Chester street ¿ Middle lane Cross lane Barberry lane New Church street S Carmel street
Claremont street Elm place Appleton street Elm s+. (Davis sq. to Powder House sq.) Glass House court (westerly end)
282
ANNUAL REPORTS
Present Name of Street Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known John street
Dickinson street
Dimick street
S Rollins street (southeasterly end) Calvin street
Dover street
Dow street
Dynamo street
Howard street
Eastman road
Elm court
[ Charlestown lane
Milk lane
Road from Medford to Cambridge
Road from Medford to Cambridge over Quarry hill Powder House road
Milk row or road
| Cambridge road
Elmwood street
Emery street
Harding street
Eustis street
Eustis court
Everett avenue
Everett street
Evergreen square
Cutter square or place
Fairlee street
Graham street
Fanning avenue
Dexter street
Fellsway east
Winthrop avenue
Fellsway west
Chauncey avenue or street
Fenwick street
Thurston street
Flint avenue
Runey place
Flint street
Runey street (Cross street to Aldrich street)
Forster street
( Linwood street Federal street
Franklin street ...
First rangeway Second poleway Two Pole lane Tremont street
Fremont street
Giles park
Giles place
( Cross-street place
Gilman street
...
Gilson terrace
¿ Clarendon street Gilson park Holmes street
Glendale avenue
Glenwood road
Jenny Lind avenue
Gould avenue
Greenville street
Hamilton road
Gould court C strect Russell road
Hammond street
§ Dickinson place Benefit street
Hancock street
( Gordonia rd. (Summer st. to Highland ave.) Fanning avenue (Highland avenue to Lex- ington avenue)
Harding street Harrison street (Wd. 6)
Harvard place
Rideout street Ivaloo place Chestnut street or court
Elm street
Willow street Weare street
Eastman terrace or place Elm street
( Elmwood avenue ¿ Davis street
283
LIST OF STREETS
Present Name of Street Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known
Hawkins street
( Hawkins court Milton street
Hawthorne street
Henry avenue
Highland avenue
Graves street Evans or Evon street Ayer street Middle lane Cross lane Barberry lane Church street (Medford street to Central street)
Highland road
Hillside park
Hinckley street
Holland street
Dale avenue Ayer avenue Marritt or Marrett place Lawrence street (southerly end) New street to Arlington
Ivaloo street
( Auburn court Wood street ~
Jackson road
Jaques street Josephine avenue
Walter street Bond street (Temple street to Bond street) Arnold street
Kensington avenue
Kenilworth avenue
Kingman road
Kingston street
Campbell park (angle to Cambridge line) Hawkins court
Lake street
Langmaid avenue
West street
Lesley avenue
Alton street
Lexington avenue
Lexington street George street
Linden avenue
§ Brackett's row Leland street Lynde street Linden street Lowell street
Lowell street
Main street
Malvern avenue Maple avenuc Maple street
Marion street
McGrath Highway
Rangeway Old rangeway Sixth rangeway Charles Adams' rangeway White street Highland road Road from Medford to Boston Medford road Hollis street Parterre square Jackson street
Cook st. (Adrian st. to north of Wyatt st.) Harcourt st. (North Wyatt st. to Dimick st.)
L No. traffic artery, parts Somerville ave., Medford st., Shawmut st., Aldrich st., Dana st., Edmands st., Fellsway east, Winthrop ave.
Line street Linwood street London street
( Kensington street
Kingman court or street Warren avenue or street
Lincoln avenue
284
ANNUAL REPORTS
Present Name of Street Meacham road ....
Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known § Meacham street Brooks street
Road from Medford to Lechmere point Road from Canal bridge to Medford New rd. from Medford to Cambridge bridge
Craigie's road to Medford Road to Medford
Craigie road Gore street (easterly end)
Merriam street
Miller street
Milton street
Myrtle street Pierce's court Mason avenue
Monmouth street
Harvard place
Moreland street
Morrison avenue
Brooks street. (Main st. to Meacham st.) Morrison street
Munroe street
Prospect street Mt. Pisgah avenue High street B street
Myrtle street
Warren street
Mystic avenue
Mystic street (Wd. 2)
Mystic turnpike or road Myrtle street
Newton street
Way by Bullard's bridge Road to Cambridgeport Brick Yard lane
North street
Proprietor's way Cook's lane Third rangeway -
North Union street
Canal street
Norwood avenue
Magoun street
Oakland avenue
Oakman avenue
Oliver Street
Broom street
Oxford street
( High street (westerly end) ¿ Trull street
Park street
§ Baldwin street Snowhill street
Paulina street
James street
Pearson avenue
Orient street
Perkins street
Proprietor's way (part)
Perry street
North Wyatt street
Pitman street
Walnut street
Poplar street Walnut street (Linwood street to Joy st.) Powder House boulevard Barnett street (North street easterly)
Prentiss street
Harris street
Preston road
Preston street
Pritchard avenue
Orient street
Prospect Hill avenue
Cross street
Prospect street
( Road from Cambridgeport to Charlestown Pine street
Medford street
York terrace (easterly end)
Chestnut street Chestnut court (westerly end)
285
LIST OF STREETS
Present Name of Street
Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known S Veazie street
Radcliffe road
Richardson street
Sacramento street
Sargent avenue
Sartwell avenue
Sawyer avenue
School street
Seven Pines avenue Sewall street
...
Shawmut street
Three Pole lane Second rangeway
Charlestown lane (Union sq. westerly) Milk Row road (Union sq. westerly) Milk row (Union square westerly) Kent's street (Union square westerly) Road from West Camb. to Charlestown County road
Bridge street
Milk street
Spring court Spring street
Spring Hill court
Spring Hill street
St. James avenue
Melburn place
Sycamore street
Lyceum street
Sycamore terrace
Chapel court
Teele avenue
Teele street
Temple street
Derby lane or street
Thorpe street
Thorpe place
Vernon street
Euston street
Virginia street
Walnut street
Eglantine avenue Third rangeway Hazeltine's lane
Warner street Warwick street
Elm street Angle northerly Warwick place
Highway to Newtowne Road from Cambridge to Charlestown
Washington street
Road to old Cambridge Road from the colleges to Charlestown Charlestown road Milk row (Charlestown to Union square) Kirkland street (Union sq. to Cambridge) Cambridge st. (Union sq. to Charlestown) -
Water street Webster avenue
Willow street Medford street
Webster street
...
Wesley park
( Lime street Sullivan street Hawkins park Prince street
Wesley street
Walnut street
Wheatland street
New Walnut street
.. Hawes avenue Appleton street (Lowell street westerly) Union street Mills street (Walnut street to angle)
Chestnut street Maple street Sawyer street ( Fourth rangeway Ireland's lane (Somerville ave. northerly ) Stiles street Heath street
Somerville avenue
Taylor street
286
ANNUAL REPORTS
Present Name of Street Former Names by Which Street Has Been Known § Dynamo street Howard street S Cottage street Maple street
White-street place
Cottage court
Willow avenue
Rangeway Eighth rangeway Irving street Willow street
Winchester street
Charles street
Windsor road
§ Minot street Willow Dale street
Wyatt street Yorktown street
Wyatt's lane Albro street
Ball square
Central square
Prescott square
Concord square
Cutter square
Davis square
Russell square Clarendon square S Metropolitan square Post Office square
Gerrior square
Gilman square
Homer square
Magoun square
Powder House square ...
Pollard square Tufts squar? Russell square
Teele square
Union square
Wesley square
Wilson square
Oak square
Whipple street ..
White street
287
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Board of Public Welfare EDWARD L. HAGAN, Chairman QUINLAN J. SULLIVAN, Vice-Chairman ARTHUR C. COFFEY
Committees On Finance, Investigation and Relief and City Home MR. HAGAN, MR. SULLIVAN, MR. COFFEY
Clerks and Social Workers
DOROTHY C. WATKINS
M. ETTA NEYLAN
MARGARET C. CONLEY JOSEPH E. Dow
WILLIAM E. CASEY
ELMER E. HASELTON
DOROTHY F. WHITE
RAYMOND AHERNE JOHN J. GRIFFIN LORETTA E. ROBINSON HELEN HAVICAN EUGENE F. DALEY
EILEEN T. HENNESSY
MARGARET E. RILEY MARY O'BRIEN EMILY MCCARTHY GRACE STYNES
288
ANNUAL REPORTS
General Agent CHARLES J. WILLWERTH
City Physician CIRO GIOBBE, M.D.
Assistant City Physicians JOHN M. TAVARES, M.D. EDWARD M. MCCARTHY, M.D. GEORGE HUGHES, M.D.
Warden and Matron, City Home MR. AND MRS. HERMAN M. REYNOLDS
289
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Somerville, Mass., December 31, 1938
To His Honor, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :
Gentlemen :
The Board of Public Welfare submits, herewith reports of the General Agent, the Warden of the City Home and the City Physician, with tables showing the work.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. HAGAN, Chairman QUINLAN J. SULLIVAN ARTHUR C. COFFEY
290
ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE GENERAL AGENT
City Hall, January 2, 1939.
To the Board of Public Welfare
Somerville, Mass.
Gentlemen :
The general agent submits the following as his report for the year ending December 31, 1938 :
Table No. 1 (Full Support)
In City Home (Men 92, Women 38) 130
In City Home, December 31, 1938 73
In Hospitals for sick in Other Cities, Towns and State 145
Table No. 2 Partial Support (Outside Relief) Unemployment Relief and General Aid
Families
2,673
Persons aided (inc. Hospital Cases) 13,890
Burials
39
Table No. 3 Children
In private families 12
In care of State Division of Child Guardianship 38
Table No. 4 Aid under Chapter 413 (Aid to Dependent Children)
No. of ADC cases, January 1, 1938
127
No. of families aided at close of year 196
No. of families aided during year
216
No. of children
555
Amount allowed each family from $2.50 to $30.
Cost to City
$145,265.87
Reimbursements and Refunds
60,563.30
Net cost to City
$84,702.57
Table No. 5 Reimbursements Aid to Dependent Children
U. S. Government Grant 24,725.92
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 34,056.67
Cities and Towns 1,362.86
$60,145.45
Refunds ...
417.85
$60,563.30
291
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
REIMBURSEMENTS
Miscellaneous
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$197,220.92
City of Boston
41,251.72
Brockton
227.56
Everett
5,486.22
Framingham
574.16
Haverhill
444.05
, Lawrence
115.23
Leominster
10.45
Lowell
306.60
,
Lynn
233.65
Medford
7,697.38
Methuen
175.49
Newton
1,887.46
"
Revere
2,426.71
Salem
.50
Waltham
107.75
Worcester
2,063.75
Watertown
1,966.68
Town of Arlington
2,652.94
Avon
404.76
Billerica
13.20
Brookline
385.58
,, Dedham
147.00
Franklin
87.33
"
Holbrook
86.06
Hudson
1.00
" Melrose
264.11
Milton
759.90
Randolph
227.58
Stoneham
563.71
Shrewsbury
25.00
Swampscott
75.00
Wakefield
2,105.50
Ware
237.26
$270,232.15
Individuals
20.00
$270,252.15
During the year, 1938, there was no reimbursement received from the City of Cambridge and only a partial payment from the Commonwealth.
During the year, 1938, seven hundred to seven hundred and fifty men worked an average of three and one-half days each week for aid granted. No appropriation credit was made to
292
ANNUAL REPORTS
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, 1938
1241
Number of Old Age Assistance cases December 31, 1938 Cost to City
$464,592.63
Reimbursements and Refunds 368,441.05
Net Cost to City
$96,151.58
Reimbursements
Federal Grants
$212,890.62
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
144,418.76
Cities and Towns
8,641.67
Table No. 7 Somerville Hospitals (City Patients)
Patients having settlement in Somerville
198
Patients having settlement in Other Cities and Towns
248
Patients having no sett. (Chargeable to State)
398
Total number of patients sent to Hospital
1444
Amount paid to hospitals
$60,631.75
Table No. 8 POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES, 1900 to 1938
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
,,
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
"
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
Misc.
51,759.62
Home
11,593.41
Total
63,353.03
1917
90,000
53,653.33
,,
13,417.77
"
67,071.10
1918
90,500
,,
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
,,
23,806.31
1911
78,000
16,327.56
7,842.03
38,018.50
1904
69,500
20,476.64
6,563.11
78,831.68
1919
91,000
63,420.48
15,411.20
1363
$365,951.05
RECAPITULATION FOR THE YEAR 1938
Month
Salaries
Maintenance
All Other
Cash In Advance
Office Supplies
State Infirmary
Board
Burials
Local Hospitals
Cash Paid Out
Groceries
Medicine
Furniture Storage
Cash Allowance
Cities & Towns
Clothing & Shoes
Glasses
Other Institutions
Totals
January
$2,787.22
$100.00
$54.75
$200.00
$187.92
$6.00
$154.12
$228.00
$6,254.00
$34,874.50
$17,015.66
$672.09
$192.69
$8,188.89
$2,486.98
$267.40
$831.52
$82,000.89
February
2,816.59
203.32
2,462.46
68.44
147.71
135.00
6,876.76
32,716.00
27,502.50
1,128.38
176.00
2,733.96
4,886.07
5,024.65
625.25
1,247.61
87,638.59
March
3,490.02
121.13
79.09
166.33
168.98
196.00
5,417.25
38,023.00
21,778.25
2,275.04
174.98
91.00
4,876.75
5,782.10
521.76
646.24
83,795.91
April
4,644.53
98.43
75.50
47.00
940.00 2,613.58
84.60
5,791.60
27,973.50
25,648.03
1,402.73
170.00
14,649.53
2,372.48
3,435.67
370.60
816.64
91,034.12
May
3,785.93
149.71
124.23
330.03
168.26
182.00
29,021.50
25,062.18
1,232.59
174.98
3,494.04
2,142.39
582.25
377.25
935.76
67,763.09
June
3,243.20
91.64
63.39
93.48
162.86
200.00
6,499.00
28,089.50
19,734.13
2,270.92
170.00
188.50
2,323.96
145.06
291.60
1,082.83
64,649.96
July
3,598.39
128.64
57.85
109.00
16.00
218.25
16.00
5,786.50
25,106.60
22,604.25
1,177.10
148.41
1,970.09
350.75
832.97
62,018.70
August
2,890.80
136.64
48.71
27.25
234.68
14.00
5,995.00
27,479.50
17,699.85
1,113.29
126.27
1,471.96
400.60
1,373.44
59,011.89
September
3,038.56
171.14
76.26
279.50
993.20
227.15
422.00
4,530.50
23,129.00
17,619.91
1,041.27
122.86
1,807.20
233.60
1,081.24
64,773.28
October
3,777.38
116.64
76.21
566.58
234.68
132.00
4,041.25
20,411.70
17,635.28
1,308.63
126.27
6,800.24
3,057.50
1,161.00
171.25
1,606.34
61,209.85
November
3,214.44
136.64
79.82
400.19
4,968.81
195.00
2,962.50
22,237.50
12,624.21
1,362.70
105.00
122.86
8,234.37
861.60
2,629.25
437.26
716.38
61,177.42
December
3,770.60
140.38
174.23
469.98
1,185.45
234.68
186.00
7,478.50
23,073.00
33,603.90
2,662.84
19.00
126.27
17,833.83
1,627.60
5,964.00
264.60
1,777.00
100,580.66
Totals
$41,066.65
$1,594.31
$3,361.50
$200.00
$2,744.70
$2.140.65
$9,423.76
$1,987.50
$60,631.75
$332,134.20 $258,428.16
$17,647.48
124.00
$1,831.69
$62,214.46
$29,872.37
$32,114.02
$4,201.40
$12,945.86
$875,664.35
....
....
.....
Auto
Fuel $7,610.06
293
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
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
„
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
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
1937
100,773
924,302.76
16,957.13
1,435,975.26.
1938
100,773
875,654.35 Home 16,740.71
A.D.C. 154,851.97 OAA 464,592.63
1,511,839.66
· 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)
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