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Name
Company
Entered Service
Branch of Service
Thomas Sullivan
Engine 7
January 25, 1942
U. S. Army
Edward J. Blair
Rescue 1
March
13, 1942
U. S. Army
Frederick W. McGann
Engine 2
March
31, 1942
U. S. Navy
Jeremiah H. Murphy
Ladder 4
April
22, 1942
U. S. Army
John L. Buckley
/
Ladder 3
April
23, 1942
U. S. Marine Corps
Frederick A. Cammon
Engine 4
May
2, 1942
U. S Coast Guard
Frederick H. Murphy
Engine 7
July
1, 1942
U. S. Navy
Francis L. Reardon
Engine 3
July
29, 1942
U. S. Navy
John F. Dugan
Ladder 2
July 29, 1942
U. S. Army
Joseph B. Flynn
Ladder 2
August
1, 1942
U. S. Army Air Corps
Edward F. Lynch
Ladder 1
August
31, 1942
U. S. Navy
Louis E. Rabaglia
Engine 2
August
28, 1942
U. S. Army
Walter R. Schwab
Ladder 2
November 2, 1942
U. S. Army
Henry V. Quinn
Engine 3
November 2, 1942
U. S. Navy
John A. Carney
Engine 3
November 17, 1942
U. S. Navy
Irving G. Peterson
Engine 3
December 2, 1942
U. S. Army Air Corps
ANNUAL REPORTS
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
In concluding my report I wish to state that I fully rec- ognize the support and confidence accorded, me, the past year, by His Honor the Mayor, His Honor the Acting Mayor and the Honorable Board of Aldermen; I wish also to take this oppor- tunity to thank the officers and members of the Fire Depart- ment and the members of the Auxiliary Fire Department for their faithfulness and efficiency.
Respectfully submitted, J. C. MCNALLY, Chief Engineer
290
ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
City Hall, Somerville, Mass. December 31, 1942.
To the Honorable, The Mayor,
and the Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen :
In accordance with the provisions of the city charter the annual report of the Department of Public Buildings for the year ending December 31st, 1942 is herewith submitted.
The department is responsible for providing and maintain- inging the housing and furnishings for all municipal depart- ments and functions.
The Commissioner has under his charge and direction the work of building, replacement and maintenance, including cus- todian services of some eighty odd buildings and their respec- tive grounds. The buildings include :
27 Elementary schools (2 occupied by W. P. A.)
1 High School including gymnasium building
3 Junior High Schools
1 Central Heating plant
1 City Hall
1 Municipal Building
1 Police Station including garage
7 Fire Stations
1 Electrical department building
3 Libraries
8 Park buildings, Field Houses, etc.
1 City Home group (three buildings)
1 Contagious Hospital group (two buildings)
1 Public Works group (eight buildings)
2 Sewer Department buildings
3 Portable buildings (for polling purposes)
1 Bathhouse and beach
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COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
The approximate valuation of buildings, grounds and fur- nishings is placed at $9,047,000.00 as shown by the Auditor's report elsewhere in this annual report.
The department is also required to build, furnish and main; tain quarters within the various buildings for such functions for public use as branch libraries, dental clinics for children, classrooms for Americanization classes, etc., baby clinics, shower baths for men and women, and any housing facilities for the good of the public welfare.
For the above services the department spent during the year 1942 $322,546.14 and the distribution of this amount is as follows :
Buildings
Salaries
Fuel
· Light $10.40
Care and Repair $339.24
Totals
Bathhouse
$827.07
Bandstand
193.09
33.22
226.31
Bow St. Municipal
3,950.53
592.27
550.66
255.89
5,349.35
Electrical
1,831.37
219.49
17.48
152.18
2,220.52
Fire
2,168.82
4,017.73
3,688.96
1,346.03
11,221.54
Municipal Garage
115.31
.95
116.26
City Home
216.38
1,144.04
1,209.49
480.61
3,050.52
Contagious Hospital 2,624.97
1,151.56
669.44
671.61
5,117.58
Highway
206.00
943.94
275.91
440.56
1,866.41
Central Library
5,201.65
1,022.78
1,331.97
1,526.23
9,082.63
West Br. Library
1,965.31
670.31
567.44
435.91
3,638.97
East Br. Library
1,732.58
412.00
175.55
24.13
2,344.26
City Hall
9,695.51
1,507.91
*7,687.87
18,891.29
Parks
1,034.90
1,328.37
173.31
1,253.05
3,789.63
Police
4,751.62
1,049.44
1,351.24
626.73
7,779.03
Polling Places
1,193.62
1.50
664.36
1,859.48
Sanitary
316.68
..
572.93
889.61
Sewer
8.41
367.88
146.77
523.06
Water
44.34
796.31
288.32
851.02
1,979.99
Tufts Street
7.28
7.28
Schools
· 138,509.23
48,112.75
23,239.27
31,554.46
241,415.71
Totals
$176,155.40
$62,145.55 $35,174.16 $49,071.03 $322,546.14
$1,176.71
* Includes telephone bills
The department is also required to inspect for building con- struction, plumbing and gasfitting all construction or altera- tions brought to their attention and to issue permits therefor.
The number of building permits issued by the Commisioner during the year 1942, having been duly inspected by the Build- ing Inspector, is as follows :
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ANNUAL REPORTS
·
Wood.
Fire- Resisting 11
Totals. 13
New buildings
2
Alterations
136
43
179
Total
138
54
192
The fees collected for these permits totals $432.00 and this. has been turned over to the City Treasurer as revenue.
During the year 1942 there have been 1996 inspections of plumbing and gasfitting, and the number of permits are class- ified as follows :
The number of plumbing permits issued during. 1942 was
238
The number of permits for installation of new plumb- ing
3
235
The number of permits for alterations to plumbing ... The number of buildings in which soil pipes were tested
128
The fees collected for plumbing for the year 1942 amounts. to $244.00 and this has been turned over to the City Treasurer as revenue.
+
The number of permits issued for gasfitting in 1942 was 344
The number of permits for new installation of gas 0
The number of permits for additions and alterations 344 The number of buildings in which gas piping was tested with mercury tubes 288
The number of buildings in which gas piping was
tested after change from gas to electric lighting. 35
The fees collected for gasfitting for the year 1942 amounts. to $87.00 and this has been turned over to the City Treasurer as. revenue.
The total estimated cost of new buildings and alterations as. filed by the grantees on the permits issued amounts to $741,- 018.00 in 1942. For comparison the estimated cost for the same amounted to $613,220.00 in 1941. The total number of permits. for all purposes, not including plumbing and gasfitting, viz. 206, is 87 less than in 1941 when 293 permits were issued.
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
During the past year the usual maintenance problem of keeping our various public buildings in operation has been met.
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COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
to the best of our ability commensurate with the funds allocated. annually to this department. All buildings have been comfort- ably heated, and emergency repairs met as the year progressed.
Specifically, a few of the major maintenance problems ac -- complished are as follows :
At the Central Library building new window sash were in- stalled where necessary.
At the West Branch Library a new coal stoker was installed ..
A new location for the Winter Hill Branch was established on Temple Street and fitted for use.
New equipment was supplied at the City Home in the line of new mattresses and pillows.
At the Contagious Hospital repairs were started after the fire.
At City Hall various new equipment in the line of addition- . al filing cabinet, desks, chairs and typewriter tables were pur- chased.
Various repairs and improvements were made to the heating and plumbing in all buildings.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
At the High School additional steel pedestal desk and chair sets were installed, the floor in the gymnasium was repaired and in the central heating plant 125 special shaking grates were installed.
Extensive repairs were made to the boiler in the Forster School.
At the new Vocational School on Cross Street the dining. room was refitted.
At the Perry School a new Mastipave floor was installed in the kindergarten room.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
At the Southern Junior High School the boilers were con- verted from oil to coal burning.
At the Prescott and Bennett Schools kitchens and dining rooms were fitted out for the W. P. A. hot lunch projects.
In all buildings necessary repairs were made to the heating and plumbing systems and replacement of broken glass to the extent of $1000.00. Window shades were repaired to the amount of $1000.00.
PREPARATION FOR AIR RAIDS
Sirens were purchased by the Civilian Defense Committee and installed by the Building Department on the following buildings, High School, Morse School, Engine No. 4 Fire Sta- tion, Prospect Hill Tower and the Paul Revere apartments on Winter Hill.
School buildings and fire stations were blacked out to the extent necessary and within financial means of the department.
RECOMMENDATIONS
That the roofs on several of the school buildings must be renewed.
That a large area of the flooring in the High School be taken up and replaced with some different material to avoid the present destruction by termites, also the floor in the gym- nasium which is badly in need of extensive repairs.
The Commissioner wishes to express his appreciation for the co-operation of the members of the department, all other city departments including the valued assistance given to us by the many capable recipients of the Public Welfare, the W. P. A. and His Honor, The Mayor, and the Acting Mayor Harold A. Palmer, and the Honorable Members of the Board of Aldermen.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM J. SULLIVAN,
Temporary Commissioner of Public Buildings.
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WATER COMMISSIONER
SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS
SOMERVILLE, MIDDLESEX CO., MASSACHUSETTS
Settled, when part of Charlestown 1630 Incorporated a Town; 1842 Established a City, 1872
Location: Somerville City Hall (Near centre of the city), 234 miles 1 northerly from State House, in Boston. Greatest extent of the City north and south about 4.2 miles. Greatest extent of the City east and west about 2.1 miles. Elevation Highland Avenue at City Hall 105 feet above mean low water. Highest building elevation in the City 145 feet. Lowest building elevation in the City 13 feet. Area of City, including land and water, about 4.22 square miles. Land, 2,461.50 acres; water and marsh 238.50 acres. Population, 1940 Census, 102,304. Entire population on line of pipe and supplied with water.
Water works owned by the City of Somerville Construction commenced in 1868. Source of supply : Metropolitan system. Range of pressure on street mains: Low service 35 to 65 pounds; High service 45 to 100 pounds.
Mayor HON. JOHN M. LYNCH Acting Mayor-HAROLD A. PALMER
Water Commissioner JOHN T FORD
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Office of the Water Department
City Hall, Highland Avenue, corner School Street
=
Department Buildings and Yard 275 Cedar Street, near Broadway
ADMINISTRATION OF WATER WORKS VESTED AS BELOW
1861 - 1871 SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER COMMITTEE (5) Acts 1868; Chap. 202
1872 - 1890 SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD (5) Acts 1871; Chap. 182
1891 - 1897 SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD (3) Acts 1890; Chap. 218
1898 - 1899 BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS (3) Acts 1898; Chap. 33
WATER COMMISSIONER (1) 1900 Acts 1899; Chap. 240
WATER COMMISSIONER
297
REPORT OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE WATER COMMISSIONER
January 2. 1943.
To His Honor, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen :
I present herewith my report for the year ending December 31, 1942. this being the Sixty-eighth Annual Report of the Water Department.
Water Charges committed to the City Treasurer and Col- lector of Taxes during the year 1942 :
Quarterly Accounts
Committed
$272,666.89
Less: Adjustments
419.79
$272,247.10
Commercial Accounts
Committed
206,154.20
Additional Accounts
Committed
46.30
Service Assessments
Committed
120.00
Maintenance Charges
Committeed
874.90
TOTAL COMMITMENTS
$479,862.29
Adjustments on account of previous years .....
$129.73
NOTE :- See report of City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for Collections.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Water Maintenance and Extension Account
Appropriations made by the Board of Aldermen
$79,314.06
Labor and Materials for operation, mainten-
ance and renewal of the Water Works
$75,794.52
Transfers
850.00
Balance
2,669.54
$79,314.06
$79,314.06
CHAPTER NO. 44 WATER BONDS
Balance January 1, 1942
Bond Issue
128.82
Expended during 1942
$40,581.52
Palance December 31, 1942
9,660.16
$50,241.68
$50,241.68
WATER ASSESSMENTS
The assessment paid to the Commonwealth by this City as its proportionate part of the cost and operation of the Metro- politan Water Works for the year 1942 was as follows:
Sinking Fund .
$1,222.85
Maintenance
77,140.97
Interest
95,169.93
Maturing Bond
90,730.21
Brookline Credit
8,922.44
Total payment for 1942
$273,186.40
The amount paid by the City since the beginning in 1898 is as follows :
Sinking Fund
$557,983.25
Maintenance
1,774,131.30
Interest
3,620,365.85
Maturing Bonds
933,179.81
Brookline Credit
116,857.61
Total payments to date $7,002,517.82
The pipes constructed and replaced during the year as fol- lows:
$112.86 $50,000.00
Receipts
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WATER COMMISSIONER
Street
Size
Feet Laid
Feet Dis- continued
Size
Bellevue Terrace
4"
90
90
Berwick Street
12"
192
150
2"
Ellington Road
4"
284
270
2"
Morrison Place
4"
161
161
Prospect Street
8"
403
Ryan Road
12"
1005
915
Somerville Avenue
4"
111
...
...
HYDRANTS, GATES, ETC.
Number of fire hydrants in City, January 1, 1942
1349
Number set during the year
11
Number removed during the year
2
Net increase in number of hydrants Total number of fire hydrants
1358
Number of private fire hydrants, December 31, 1942
89
Number of gates in the City, January 1, 1942
2996
Number set during the year for streets
13
Number set on hydrant branches
7
Number set on blow-off branches
3
23
Number of gates removed
2
Net increase in number of gates'
Total number of gates in City
3017
Number of check-valves in City, January 1, 1942
9
Number added during the year
0
Total number of check-valves
Number of blow-offs in City, January 1, 1942
233
Number added during the year
3
Total number of blow-offs
236
Number of Waterposts in City, January 1, 1942
59
Number removed during the year
0
Total number of waterposts .........
59
NOTE :- These waterposts are not in use.
..
..
......
Somerville Avenue
12"
1268
985
3742
2571
...
..
....
Somerville Avenue
6"
113
......
Somerville Avenue
8'
115
9
300
ANNUAL REPORTS
Number of drinking fountains in City, Jan- uary 1, 1942
9
Number added during the year
0
Number now in City
9
Number of car-sprinkler connections in
City, January 1, 1942
12
Number discontinued during the year
2
Total number of car-sprinkler connec- tions
10
NOTE :- These are not in use.
OPERATING METERS, DECEMBER 31, 1942
Size 5/8" 3/8" 1" 11/2" 2" 3" 4"
6"
10" 12"
Total
13,295 270 113 33 53 18
9
3
1
1 13,801
Motor,and elevator register
1
Total
13,802
Per cent of services metered 100%
Number of Services Supplying Public Priperty
85
Water is furnished without charge to all City Departments and Municipal buildings.
SUMMARY OF PIPES AND FIXTURES OF THE WATER SYSTEM
December 31, 1942
Feet of main pipe (approximately)
602,577
Miles of main pipe (approximately)
114.12
Services in use (approximately)
13,887
Services supplying public property
85
Private Fire Supplies (sprinkler system)
117
Fire supplies to Public Buildings
26
Public Fire Hydrants
1,358
Private Fire Hydrants
89
Sprinkler Systems installed in public buildings
0
Gates
3,016
Check Valves
9
Meters (including 1 motor register)
13,802
Waterposts (Not in use)
59
Car-sprinkler connections (Not in use)
10
Blow-offs
236
Drinking Fountains and Troughs
9
Total number of services required to be metered in actual use
13,802
Services supplying public property Total number of services
85
13,887
In addition to the above there are fire supplies for private :sprinkler systems, which are not required to be metered
117
The Average Daily Consumption of Water for the year 1942 was 9,755,400 gallons or 95 gallons per capita.
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WATER COMMISSIONER
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS For the Year Ending December 31, 1942 In form recommended by the New England Water Works Association
SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS SOMERVILLE, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
GENERAL STATISTICS
Population, Federal Census, 1940, 102304.
Date of Construction: Commenced in 1868.
By whom owned: City of Somerville.
Source of supply: Metropolitan Water System.
Mode of supply: Water is delivered into the City's mains, both high and low pressure, by the Metropolitan Water Works.
STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER
Population supplies, December 31, 1942, Est. 102,300.
Total consumption for the year, 3,560,712,000 gallons.
Average daily consumption 9,755,400 gallons.
Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 95.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM, 1942
Mains
Kind of pipe, cast iron.
Sizes form 4-inch and under to 20-inch.
Laid 3,742 feet; discontinued 2,571 feet; net extension 1,171 feet.
Total now in use, 114.12 miles.
Number of hydrants added during the year; Public, 9; private, 0.
Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 1447.
Number of gates added during the year, net increase, 20.
Number of gates now in use, 3016.
Number of blow-offs, 236.
Range of pressure on mains, 35 pounds to 100 pounds.
Services
Kind of pipe; Lead, lead-lined wrought iron, cement-lined wrought iron, cast iron, brass, copper tubing.
Sizes, one-half to eight inches.
Number of service connections made, 3.
Services in use, approximately, 13,887.
Number of private fire supplies (sprinkler systems), 117.
Number of meters now in use, 13,802.
Percentage of services metered, 100%. (Public services not metered).
The High Service System which supplies the high spots of our City, occasionally is interrupted, while the Metropolitan
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Water Works make repairs on their High Service main. When this occurs it is necessary to supply the High Service System through our Low Service System. There is not sufficient pres- sure in the Low Service System to adequately supply the high- er elevations of our City. As a consequence, a certain fire haz- ard exists. I strongly recommend to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen , the advisability of studying this problem with the view in mind of appropriating sufficient money to install a booster pump on our Low Service System to be used whenever the High Service is being repaired.
I am sincerely grateful for the interest and co-operation ac- corded me during the year by His Honor the Mayor; the mem- bers of the Board of Aldermen ; the employees of the Water De- partment and to those men engaged on W. P. A. Water Pro- jects, and I earnestly solicit their continued support for the coming year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN T. FORD, Water Commissioner
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
-
Somerville, Mass. December 31, 1942.
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 PERRY F. NANGLE JOSEPH P. MCCARRON
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
304
ANNUAL REPORTS
Clerks, Bookkeepers, Social Workers and Investigators (Welfare, Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children Depts.)
JOSEPH E. Dow
DOROTHY C. WATKINS
ELMER E. HASELTON
EILEEN T. HENNESSY
WILLIAM T. CASEY
MARGARET RILEY
FRANK FITZGERALD
RALPH BEACHAM
WILLIAM J. KEELEY
ECIO LUCIANO
WILLIAM J. MAHONEY
LAWRENCE J. CROWLEY
JOSEPH A. MACDONALD
FRANK PALANGE
MAURICE F. BREEN
JOHN F. SINGLETON
THOMAS L. HALL
EDWARD J. ASH
ALBERT H. DAVIS
ALBERT MCAULIFFE
ALBERT TOLMAN
JOHN BRENNAN
GRACE STYNES
EUGENE F. DALEY
J. ARTHUR QUELLETTE
JOHN F. ROCHE
KATHRYN C. MACCARTHY
KATHLEEN CONLEY
MICHAEL CROWLEY
MARGARET CONLEY
MARY O'BRIEN
JOHN GRIFFIN
STEPHEN COLAHAN
FRANCIS FITZPATRICK
JOSEPH BRADLEY
NICHOLAS SEONIS
MABEL MCGOLDRICK
ELVA ROBINSON
ALYS D. MCCARTHY
ANN MCGUIRE
M. ETTA NEYLAN
DOROTHY F. WHITE
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WELFARE DEPARTMENT
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. AND MRS. GEORGE GOODRICH
MANAGER, STAMP PLAN JAMES M. HIGHET
REPORT OF THE GENERAL AGENT
City Hall January 31, 1943.
Board of Public Welfare Somerville, Mass.
Gentlemen :
The General Agent submits the following as his report for the year ending December 31, 1942.
Table No. 1 Indoor Relief (FULL SUPPORT)
City Home (Male, 85; Female 29) 114
State Infirmary (Tewksbury) 21
(PARTIAL SUPPORT)
Local Hospitals (Central, Somerville, Sunnyside) Cases hospitalized 307
Out patient treatments 290
597
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Cases aided to hospitalization in other Cities and Towns (chargable to Somerville in 1942) 158
Cases aided in Convalescent Homes in Somerville 26
Cases aided in State Institutions (Lakeville) 1 Cases aided in all other institutions (not included above) 84
Number of Burials during 1942
15.
Table No. 2
Number of cases aided January 1, 1942 950
Number of cases aided during 1942 1,230
Number of cases aided in other Cities and Towns (charg- able to Somerville in 1942) 222.
Number of cases aided December 31, 1942
507
Table No. 3
Children Boarded
In Private Families 24
Through Division of Child Guardianship
17
Table No. 4 RECAPITULATION Welfare Miscellaneous
Total Expenditures, 1942 (inc. Stamp Plan)
$349,640.74
Refunds and Transfer
3,348.32
Net cost to Welfare Department
$346,292.42
Reimbursements
200,183.91
Net cost to City
$146,108.51
Reimbursements
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
87,989.41
Cities and Towns
$200,183.91
Refunds
$3,221.64
Transfers
126.68
3,348.32
$203,532.23
Table No. 5 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Number of Cases, January 1, 1942
227
Number of Cases, December 31, 1942
171
1,094
Number of (dependent) Children
$112,194.50
307
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Amount allowed each family from $6.00 to $140.00 per month
$164,963.81
Administration
4,685.53
Miscellaneous
649.52
$170,298.86
Refunds and Reimbursements
115,291.35
Net cost to City
$55,007.51
Table No. 6 Reimbursements
U. S. Federal Grants
$49,591.22
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
65,286.61
Refunds
413.52
$115,291.35
Table No. 7 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Number of cases, January 1, 1942
1,574
Number of Cases, December 31, 1942
1,492
Gross Cost to O. A. A. Dept.
$578,141.50
Refunds
2.226.42
Net Cost to Dept.
$575,915.03
Reimbursements
494,508.26
Net cost to City
$81,406.82
Table No. 8 Reimbursements
Federal Grants
$269,206.17
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
219,449.92
Cities and Towns
5,852.17
Total Reimbursements
$494,508.26
POPULATION AND GROSS EXPENDITURES 1932 THRU 1942
Year
Population
Misc. Welfare
City Home
A. D. C.
O. A. A.
Totals
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
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
1942
105,000
349,640.74
17,523.97
170,298.86
578,141.50
1,115,605.07
897,986.79
15,238.88
913,225.67
1937
308
ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE WARDEN OF THE CITY HOME
March 1, 1942
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, 1942 :
Table No. 1
Number of weeks' board of inmates 2,751
Number of males admitted during 1942
55
Number of females admitted during 1942 14
Number of males discharged during 1942
58
Number of females discharged during 1942
12
Number of males supported during 1942
85
Number of females supported during 1942
29
Number of males died during 1942
5
Number of females died during 1942
5
Number of inmates in Home, December 31, 1942. ...
61
Table No. 2 City Home Hospital
Number of weeks' board of inmates
648-3
Number of patients admitted
27
Number of patients in hospital, December 31, 1942
13
Table No. 3
Expenditures and Transfers, 1942
$17,523.97
Refunds and Reimbursements
6,366.77
Cost to City
$11,157.20
Reimbursements
Sale of Produce
$1,042.14
Cities and Towns
4,603.43
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
115.63
Individuals
510.57
$6,271.77
Refunds
95.00
$6,366.77
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE S. GOODRICH,
Warden
309
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN
March 17, 1943.
Board of Public Welfare Somerville, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I submit the following as the report of the City Physician for the year ending December 31. 1942 :
Patients treated at Clinic from January 1 thru
December 31, 1942 8,362
Total House visits during 1942 (including City Home) 7,407
Visits to:
Rest Home Patients 300
Old Age Assistance Patients
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