Report of the city of Somerville 1941, Part 17

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1941
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Consistent re-inspection has resulted in the use of approved appliances and materials. Amateur work and the use of un- approved appliances and materials has been constantly con- demned.


The number of permits issued for work and inspections thereto are as follows :


New Work (permits)


1,688


Inspections (new work)


2,011


Re-inspections (new work)


987


Re-inspections (old work)


1,186


Defective Installations (old work)


142


Defective Installations remedied


162


Permits issued to Edison Company


394


Total fees collected for permits


$2,017.00


FIRE ALARM SYSTEM


Changes and additions are continuously being made on the Fire Alarm System. The entire system is completely under-


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ground. 23,500 feet of underground cable was installed on this system. During the past year 5 new Fire Alarm boxes were added and 10 old type hazardous Gardner boxes were rebuilt as recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. The remaining 10 Gardner boxes will be removed or rebuilt within the next year.


The installation of a new Vocal-Alarm System which would act as a secondary means for transmitting an alarm and which would greatly increase our receiving and transmitting equip- ment is recommended at this time.


Inasmuch as the supports for the tower bells and striking mechanism in some instances are unsafe, striking equipment worn and in general poor condition. it is recommended that they be discontinued. We recommend a Cunningham Air Whistle, or similar type, which is used by the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard, be substituted and lo- cated on the top of the City Hall, for sounding multiple alarms, as our part in the National Defense Program. After the emer- gency is over it would serve as a permanent means of notifica- tion of the Fire Department for mobilization and action in an emergency.


ALARMS RECEIVED AND TRANSMITTED


Box Alarms


676


Second Alarms


9


Third Alarms


2


A. D. T. Alarms


12


Still Alarms


783


Total


1,482


Inhalator and Accident calls


63


Out-of-town calls (included in Still Alarms) 254


False Alarms (included in Box Alarms)


122


The central office equipment consists of the following :


2- 6 circuit operating boards


1- 5 circuit tapper boards


1- 5 circuit gong boards


2-16 circuit storage battery charging boards


1-32 circuit protective boards


1- 4 circuit punching registers and take up reels


2- 5 circuit punching registers and take up reels


13- 1 circuit punching registers and take up reels


1- 4 dial manual transmitter


275


ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS


2- automative time and date stamps


1- masterclock


1- local telephone used on still alarm system


520-


cells storage battery


3- 10 foot 4 shelf battery racks


32 low rate rectifiers


5- metropolitan tappers and gongs


1- high rate rectifiers


It is mandatory at this time that an auxiliary power supply such as a portable gasoline driven Motor Generator set be purchased as an auxiliary to our present Edison supply serv- ice. If our present Edison service should be interrupted for any length of time the Fire Alarm Signal Service would be seriously endangered.


Apparatus outside the central office consists of the follow- ing:


202 Fire Alarm signal boxes of which 31 boxes are Master boxes, equipped with auxiliary stations located in various private and public buildings.


7 Tower strikers (only 3 in service)


25 cable terminal boxes


8 punching registers


28 closed circuit tappers and 5 open circuit tappers


7 closed circuit tappers (secondary)


13 still alarm bells


7 local telephones used as a still alarm system


2 private interior telephones consisting of 12 stations


4 traffic sirens


7 still alarm systems (local house system)


11 house call bells


The vibrating bells in service in the stations are in poor condition because of age and years of service and it is recom- mended that for continued efficient service that these bells be replaced.


It is also recommended that some machine shop equipment be purchased for use in the maintenance and repair of our Fire Alarm System. At the present time all our machine shop work is done by Contractors.


In compliance with the National Board of Fire Underwrit- ers, we are removing and combining as many of our upright pedestals as possible. This removes some of the hazards from our outside system.


There were 276 trouble calls.


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POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM


The Police Signal equipment is in good condition and addi- tions and improvements are constantly being made.


Four new boxes were added this year, making a total of 89 boxes and two special bank alarm boxes.


Calls received from the boxes were as follows:


Duty Calls


281,049


Telephone Calls


86,726


Wagon Calls


820


Total


368,595


Due to constant supervision on this system its efficiency has been greatly increased. There were only 366 trouble calls during the past year.


The Police Station equipment consists of the following :


Type C Police Desk


2-5 circuit registers


41 secondary batteries


1 charging panel


There are also 6 official telephones connected with the Police Desk.


It is recommended that a spare register, 72 secondary bat- teries and a 4 circuit charging panel be purchased for this system in order to eliminate our present overloaded conditions. It is mandatory that auxiliary power supplies be purchased for Police Radio Transmission and also for Police Signal System.


The Police radio transmitter is rendering good service, but its efficiency would be greatly increased by the addition of a two-way equipment. There are eleven police receivers in serv- ice and two auxiliaries. These sets are obsolete and should, therefore, be replaced.


TRAFFIC LIGHTS


There are 30 intersections controlled by Traffic Signals, fourteen of which are equipped with pushbuttons for pedes- trians traffic. The State Department of Public Works recently


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made a survey recommending changes on every controller in the City, to meet State standards. These changes are gradually being made


Seven battery operated flashing beacons have been removed because of the hazard involved during Blackout periods.


There were 428 trouble calls.


There are ten Police traffic posts controlled by Spotlights.


Due to automobile accidents damages to our Traffic, Police and Fire Alarm Systems amounted to $732.55 during the past year.


POLES AND STREET LIGHTS TRACKLESS TROLLEYS


On November 8, 1941, trackless trolley service was sub- stituted for street car service on the Highland Avenue and Somerville Avenue lines running between Clarendon Hill, Som- erville, and Lechmere Station.


On the Somerville Avenue route, which includes the car- house, 336 poles were set and 42 poles relocated. It will also be necessary to remove 108 poles. This route required 89,800 feet of 2/0 grooved trolley wire.


On the Highland Avenue route, 104 poles were set and 21 relocated. Fifty one poles will be removed. It required 49,000 feet of 2/0 grooved trolley wire to equip this route from Som- erville Avenue to Davis Square.


A total of 138,800 feet of trolley wire was installed on the complete installation and 56,000 feet of 5/16" galvanized wire for spans, pull-offs and guy wires.


In addition to the foregoing, the construction of this line required extensive installations of over-head frogs, switches, segments, crossings, trolley troughing, wood protection, side feeds, lightning arrestor grounds, as well as extensive street excavations necessary for connections to the return system and feeder cables.


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New Poles


Replaced Poles


Removed Poles


Reset Poles


Relocated Poles


New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.


8


21


0


5


68


0


0 0


2


Permits issued to Boston Edison Co. for attach- ment to New England Tel. & Tel. Co. poles .... Permits issued to Boston Edison Co. for attach-


0


ments to Boston Ele-


vated Railway Co. for poles


0


Permits issued to New


Eng. Tel. & Tel. for


attachments to Boston


Edison Company poles 2


The number of street lights January 1, 1942 are as follows :


5-15,000 lumen lamps


371-10,000 511- 6,000 35- 2,500 198- 1,000


„,


1,010- 800


I am sincerely grateful and appreciative for the co-opera- tion of His Honor the Mayor, the members of the Board of Aldermen, the various Department Heads, and the men under my jurisdiction during the year 1941.


Respectfully submitted,


ROBERT F. MAGUIRE,


Commissioner Electric Lines and Lights


0


Boston Edison Company


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WELFARE DEPARTMENT


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


EDWARD L. HAGAN, Chairman JOSEPH P. MCCARRON PERRY F. NANGLE


COMMITTEES On Finance, Investigations, Food Stamp Plan, Relief and City Home MR. HAGAN, MR. MCCARRON AND MR. NANGLE


GENERAL AGENT CHARLES J. WILLWERTH


Clerks, Bookkeepers, Social Workers and Investigators (Welfare, Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children Depts.)


JOSEPH E. Dow DOROTHY C. WATKINS


RAYMOND J. AHERNE ELMER E. HASELTON LAWRENCE J. CROWLEY


EILEEN T. HENNESSY RALPH BEACHAM


WILLIAM T. CASEY


FRANCIS J. FITZPATRICK WILLIAM KEELEY FRANK FITZGERALD


ECIO LUCIANO WILLIAM MAHONEY FRANK PALANGE


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ANNUAL REPORTS


JOHN F. SINGLETON


MAURICE F. BREEN


MARGARET RILEY


THOMAS L. HALL


EUGENE F. DALEY


JOHN J. BRENNAN


EMILY MCCARTHY


GRACE STYNES JOHN O'BRIEN J. ARTHUR OUELLETTE JOHN ROCHE MARGARET CONLEY


JOHN GRIFFIN


LORETTA ROBINSON


JOHN GRIFFIN JOSEPH A. MACDONALD


ROBERT BRADLEY


STEPHEN COLAHAN


MARY O'BRIEN


ANN MCGUIRE


MABEL MCGOLDRICK


ELISE REYNOLDS


M. ETTA NEYLAN


DOROTHY F. WHITE


City Physician CIRO GIOBBE, M. D.


Assistant City Physicians


JOHN M. TAVARES, M. D. EDWARD MCCARTY, M. D. GEORGE HUGHES, M. D.


MARIE HANRAHAN, R. N.


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


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WELFARE DEPARTMENT


Somerville, Mass. December 31, 1941


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 JOSEPH P. MCCARRON PERRY F. NANGLE


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ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE GENERAL AGENT


City Hall January 31, 1942


To the Board of Public Welfare Somerville, Mass.


Gentlemen :


The General Agent submits the following as his report for the year ending December 31, 1941.


Table No. 1 INDOOR RELIEF (Full Support)


City Home (Men, 98; Women, 36) 134


State Infirmary (Tewksbury) 22


(Partial Support) Local Hospitals (Central, Somerville, Sunnyside)


528


Cases hospitalized


Out patient treatments 286


814


Cases aided to hospitalization in other Cities and Towns (chargeable to Somerville in 1941)


93


Cases aided in Convalescent Homes in Somerville 41


Cases aided in State Institutions (Lakeville) ..


2


Cases aided in all other Institutions (not included above) ...


81


Number of Burials during 1941 26


Table No. 2 (PARTIAL SUPPORT) Unemployment Relief and General Aid


Number of Cases aided, January 1, 1941: Temporary Aid


991


Medical Aid, only


182


1,173


Number of Cases aided, December 31, 1941:


Temporary Aid


688


Medical Aid, only 117


805


Number of Cases aided in Other Cities and Towns


(Chargeable to Somerville in 1941)


247


Table No. 3 CHILDREN BOARDED


In private families


23


Through the Division of Child Guardianship 22


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WELFARE DEPARTMENT


RECAPITULATION Welfare Miscellaneous


Exxpenditures


$446,195.74 15,967.90


Refunds and Transfers


Net cost to Welfare Department


$430,227.84


Reimbursements


$190,133.03


Net cost to City


$240,094.81


Reimbursements


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


$151,743.15-


Cities and Towns


38,345.88


Individuals


44.00


$190,133.03.


Refunds


$15,753.29


Transfers


214.61


15,967.90


Total Reimbursements, Refunds, and


$206,100.93


Welfare, Food Stamp Plan


Expenditure (Cost to City)


$6,214.98


Table No. 5 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN


Number of Cases, January 1, 1941


225


Number of Cases, December 31, 1941


237


Number of Cases aided during 1941


272


Number of (dependent) children


1,114


Amount allowed each family from $8. to $120. per mo.


Cost , to City


$171,358.23


Reimbursements and Refunds


83,372.54


Net cost to City


$87,985.69


Table No. 6 REIMBURSEMENTS


U. S. Federal Grant


$47,367.99


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


35,633.83


Refunds 370.72


$83,372.54


Transfers


284


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table No. 7 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Number of Cases, January 1, 1941


1,569


Number of Cases, December 31, 1941


1,606


Cost to City


$541,864.00


Reimbursements and Refunds


459,764.27


Net cost to City


82,099.73


Table No. 8 REIMBURSEMENTS


Federal Grants


$254,987.97


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


194,596.78


Cities and Towns


6,697.02


Refunds and Transfers


3,482.50


$459,764.27


RECAPITULATION FOR THE YEAR 1941 MISCELLANEOUS


1941


Salaries


Cash In Advance


Auto Maintenance


All Other


Office Supplies


State Infirmary


Board


Burials


Groceries


Medicine


Glasses


Cent. Som. Sunn. Hosp.


Cities and Towns


Fuel


Clothing and Shoes


Other Institutions


Totals


January


$3,453.16


$200.00


$662.40


....


364.63


$1,157.53


144.41


172.00


20,643.50


6,915.60


1,317.53


23.00


8.22


2,912.15


1,016.00


958.06


40,880.90


March


4,433.85


169.98


1,271.66


153.43


128.00


99.00


20,572.50


5,810.26


1,197.15


59.65


2,462.00


244.70


2,734.90


1,228.50


882.66


41,448.24


April


3,644.63


174.98


2,171.39


83.14


139.98


200.00


22,298.50


1,777.03


1,269.86


25.30


2,385.50


2,863.13


1,128.50


2,293.82


40,455.76


May


4,535.10


174.98


2,787.33


152.46


136.00


306.58


15,536.50


1,746.00


1,071.51


58.20


1,953.00


6,018.06


128.88


1,041.00


1,455.72


37,111.32


June


3,814.15


174.98


3,511.27


114.96


1,112.91


167.53


100.00


16,187.50


1,587.40


1,082.30


67.56


3,253.00


1,647.08


944.00


1,069.93


34,834.57


July


3,943.66


174.98


3,217.53


95.80


157.43


110.00


17,152.00


1,291.08


912.22


76.76


4,564.00


August


4,421.23


199.98


4,529.47


110.60


1,315.29


172.44


85.00


15,470.50


1,534.54


906.25


67.30


1,256.50


1,575.56


704.95


585.50


32,935.11


September


3,565.63


199.98


4,429.29


203.54


194.12


10.00


14,846.50


1,603.89


834.94


11.30


1,942.50


10,625.92


367.49


1,365.03


40,200.13


October


3,686.02


199.98


4,376.23


35.00


198.88


200.00


16,831.50


1,382.73


1,285.80


89.20


1,480.50


1,206.50


1,152.97


32,125.31


November


4,374.11


199.98


4,172.12


125.45


1,224.04


162.12


135.00


13,295.00


1,040.81


1,110.13


38.00


2,210.00


8,479.33


899.00


1,064.88


38,529.97


December


3,972.11


400.20


5,109.27


473.77


313.85


350.00


19,295.50


5,491.17


2,219.10


186.60


5,924.50


2,750.34


3,777.15


1,136.50


2,090.77


53,490.83


Totals


$47,453.31


$200.00


$2,248.22


$37,698.37


$1,922.78


$4,809.77


$1,914.76


$1,767.58


$207,246.00


$30,180.51


$13,206.79


$702.87


$28,336.00


$31,349.21


$12,416.21 $10,417.44


$14,325.92


$446,195.74


....


....


....


$20,336.56


..........**


.... .......


$904.50


February


3,609.66


178.20


1,460.41


....


....


STAMP PLAN


All Other $5,950.93


Office Supplies $264.05


Total $6,214.98


745.00


1,406.58


33,847.04


....


Cash Paid Out


$15,116.50


285


WELFARE DEPARTMENT


REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN


To the Board of Public Welfare Somerville, Mass.


March 7, 1942


Gentlemen :


I submit the following as the report of the City Physician for the year ending December 31, 1941 :


Patients treated at Clinic from January 1 thru December


31, 1941 14,468 Total House visits during 1941 (including City Home) 7,356


Examinations


Hospital Investigations


City Employees (inc. Police and Fire Departments) .......... 245


Miscellaneous


First Aid given 178


Special tests


173


Respectfully submitted,


CIRO GIOBBE, M. D.


City Physician


286


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE WARDEN OF THE CITY HOME


March 1, 1942


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, Deecember 31, 1941 :


Table No. 1


Number of weeks' board of inmates


3,171


Number of males admitted during 1941


58


Number of females admitted during 1941 18


Number of males discharged during 1941


57


Number of females discharged during 1941


17


Number of males supported during 1941


98


Number of females supported during 1941


36


Number of males died during 1941


9


Number of females died during 1941


3


Number of inmates in Home, December 31, 1941


59


Table No. 2 CITY HOME HOSPITAL


Number of weeks board of inmates


944-3


Number of patients admitted


37


Number of patients in hospital, December 31, 1941


17


Table No. 3


Expenditures and transfers


$16,927.91


Reimbursements


2,438.89


Net cost to City


$14,489.02


Table No. 4 REIMBURSEMENTS


Sale of Produce


$929.16


Cities and Towns


1,300.86


Individuals


180.00


Refunds and Transfers


28.87


$2,438.89


Respectfully submitted,


HERMAN M. REYNOLDS,


Warden


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WELFARE DEPARTMENT


MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


1931 thru 1941


Fred E. Durgin


Term expired, 1935


James D. Sharkey


Term expired, 1933


Wilbur F. Lewis


Term expired, 1931


John C. McNally


1931-1933


Frank Cole


1933-1934


Arthur Coffey


1934-1939, inc.


Quinlan J. Sullivan


1934-1940


Walter Robinson


1935-1938


*Edward L. Hagan (Chairman)


1938-to date


*Francis J. Fitzpatrick, M. D. 1939-1940


¿James A. Reynolds


1940-1940


*Joseph P. McCarron 1940-to date


*Perry F. Nangle


1941-to date


* Present Member


* Deceased


POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES 1931 thru 1941


Misc.


Year


Population


Welfare


City Home


A. D. C.


O. A. A.


Totals


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


$97,511.63


$397,203.74


1,435,975.26


1938


100,773


875,654.35


16,740.71


154,851.97


464,592.63


1,511,839.66


1939


100,773


842,163.70


16,590.48


158,930.39


524,758.50


1,542,443.07


1940


105,000


769,452.31


17,359.02


163,102.51


534,405.27


1,484,319.11


1941


105,000


446,195.74


16,927.91


171,358.23


541,864.00


1,176,345.88


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


..


During the past year a definite policy of the Department has been to emphasize Rehabilitation.


On March 1st. we established an Employment Bureau, with two of our Social Workers assigned full time to interview Per- sonnel Managers of large Concerns and owners of small Busi- ness Enterprises with a view of obtaining their co-operation in placing many of our employable recipients in private employ- ment. The results obtained far exceeded our expectations and I wish to express, as part of my report, my grateful anprecia- tion of the excellent assistance given to the Department by the business men, which has resulted in an average of one job a day in private employment of those on our Welfare rolls.


The facilities of the State Rehabilitation Bureau have been used to some success in aiding those recipients of Public Wel-


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fare who were handicapped by physical defects such as poor sight or hearing, etc.


Desertion cases and deliberate instances of non-supporting husbands and fathers have long been a bane of the Welfare Department. Two of our Investigators and a Police Officer were assigned to this particular classification of Welfare. Many erring husbands and fathers were located and reunited with their families. It was the first objective of this Depart- ment to obtain this result. Many were found working at var- ious distances from Somerville and, if the proper disposition was shown to co-operate, every effort was made in the best in- terest of the family and our community to have the husband and father return to live with his family and contribute towards their support. In 125 cases we were unable to obtain the co-operation of the deserting husband and our only recourse was to prosecute in Court for desertion and non-support. Our concentrated attention to this classification of Welfare recip- ients, plus Fraud cases, resulted in a saving to the City of, approximately, $75,000.


Among the services rendered by the Welfare Dept. not gen- erally recognized, are: (1) Taking histories and determining settlement for the Board of Health; (2) The certifying of ap- plicants for C. C. C. program. (3) Special investigating of dependency claims for the four local Selective Service Boards. (One Investigator has been assigned full time and other part time to investigate these cases and during 1941, 1,258 such cases were investigated by our Department.)


The expenditures under the category of Miscellaneous Wel- fare for the year, 1940, were $760,102.60 and for the year, 1941, $430,227.84, showing a decrease of $329,874.76 in the past year.


On February 26, 1941 the Food Stamp Plan was inaug- urated in our City and it has been a decided help to all categories of Relief and W. P. A. Under the Stamp Plan oper- ations, our City received in Surplus Blue Stamps, $252,230.00, which was in substitution of the direct distribution of food.


In 1941 the Surplus Commodities Division made a direct distribution of food in our City amounting to $196.917.84 and Clothing amounting to $48,109.90. The combined value of both food and clothing was $245,027.74.


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In the report for 1940 it was requested that additional room for all Divisions of Aid be provided. We now have adequate facilities and are grateful for the attention given to our request.


By recent legislation the State Department of Public Wel- fare has been given certain jurisdiction over the personnel of Welfare Departments and there are specified requirements that must be met in order that we may receive our reimbursement for the different types of relief granted. These rules are man- datory and attention is respectfully called to Chapters 402 and 588 of the Acts of 1941 and the rules issued by the Civil Serv- icee Commission under date of January 7, 1942.


Your agent is of the opinion that it is for the best interest of the City and Department that the Step-rate plan of salaries as submitted, be adopted.


Very truly yours,


CHARLES J. WILLWERTH, General Agent


290


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


OFFICE OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES CITY HALL, MASSACHUSETTS


January 1, 1942.


To HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR, AND THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN :


The following report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1941 is respectively submitted.


Work of Weights and Measures Department for 1941


Scales


Adjusted


Sealed


Not Sealed


Con- demned


Platform over 10,000


0


23


1


0


Platform 5,000 lbs. to 10,000 ..


0


6


1


1


Platform 100 to 5,000 lbs.


1


187


15


10


Counter 100 lbs. to 5,000


0


20


0


1


Counter under 100 lbs.


3


264


4


9


Beam 100 lbs. to 5,000


0


6


1


1


Beam under 100 lbs.


0


0


0


0


Spring 100 lbs. to 5,000


0


65


2


1


Spring under 100 lbs.


0


444


5


7


Computing 100 lbs. to 5,000


0


0


0


0


Computing under 100 lbs.


0


528


6


9


Personal Weighing (Slot)


0


99


0


6


Prescription


0


55


0


0


Jewellers


0


4


0


1


Weights :


Avoidupois


6


1145


0


2


Apothecary


0


747


0


6


Metric


0


160


0


0


Troy


0


0


0


.


0


Capacity Measure:


Vehicle Tanks


0


5


0


0


Liquid over 1 gallon


0


120


0


3


Liquid under 1 gallon


0


293


0


10


291


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Adjusted Sealed


Not Sealed


Con- demned


Oil Jars


0


2


0


0


Dry


0


3


0


0


Fuel Baskets


0


3


0


0


Automatic Measuring Devices :


Gasoline Pumps


0


6


14


0


Quantity Measure on Pumps


(ea.)


0


242


0


0


Gasoline Meters


0


362


0


50


Kerosene Pumps


0


0


0


0


Oil Measuring Pumps


0


32


413


2


Tank Meter Systems


0


125


0


3


Grease Measuring Devices ...


0


167


18


3


Linear Measure:


Yard Sticks


0


89


0


0


Taxi Meters


0


17


0


0


Cloth Measuring Devices


0


4


0


0


Total


10


5223


480


125


Summary of Inspection made:


Clinical Thermometers


339


Coal Certificates


0


Ice Scales


35


Junk Scales


8


Marking of Bread


24


Marking of Food Packages


30


Metal Ice Cream Containers


0


Milk Jars


0


Oil Jars


778


Paper or Fibre Cartons


0


Pedlers' License


65


Pedlers' Scales


30


Transient Vendors


0


Wholesale Milk Cans


0


Taxi Meters


0


Fuel Meters


0


Gas Pumps and Meters


0


Coal in Paper Bags


0


Kindling Wood in Paper Bags


0


Oil Measures (5 gallons)


32


Summary of Tests made:


Berry Baskets


0


Cartons (approved as measures )


0


Gasoline Devices (other than Sealings)


60


Ice Cream Cartons


0


Scales in Stores


50


Tax Meters (other than Sealing)


22


Fuel Meters (other than Sealing


7


Beer Kegs


0


Applications inspected and signed for Special Licenses :


Special City Licenses


17


County


109


State


73


292


ANNUAL REPORTS


Disabled Veterans


5


Transfers


16


Total


220


Gasoline Station Tests:


Total number of calls


131


Number of different stations


112


Number of call-backs to stations previously inspected


19


Number of Gallons drawn for tests


3200


Trial weighings and measurements of commodities sold or put up for sale:


Total No. Number


Incorrect-


Tested


Correct


Under


Over


Beans


22


11


11


0


Bread


24


11


1


12


Butter


23


23


0


0


Coal (in paper bags)


0


0


0


0


Coal (in transit)


0


0


0


0


Confectionery


0


0


0


0


Dry Commodities


46


44


0


2


Flour


0


0


0


0


Fruits and Vegetables


12


2


4


6


Ice


0


0


0


0


Lard


8


8


0


0


Meat and Provisions


4


3


1


0


Potatoes


9


1


0


8


Total


148


103


17


28


Miscellaneous :


Court Cases


3


Complaints investigated


1


Because of the sudden death of my predecessor Benjamin S. Abbott on April 14, 1941, the routine of the department was greatly upset, with the result we were not able to accomplish as much as in other years. With the appointment of an as- sistant, time was absorbed in training, but I am pleased to re- port we are now well organized and ready to function at full strength.


The department pledges its utmost efforts to efficiency and guarantees to the citizens of the city, full protection against any unscrupulous dealings.




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