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Reimbursements
212.00
146,383.79
140
ANNUAL REPORTS
Old Age Assistance:
Cities and Towns
28,704.40
State
707,861.61
Individuals
150.00
Reimbursements
9,642.33
746,358.34
Disability Assistance:
State
92,660.54
Reimbursements
2,213.74
94,874.28
Veterans Services:
Veterans Services
47,011.62
Reimbursement Fees
36.67
47,048.29
Schools:
Athletic Receipts
11,376.53
Tuition-State Wards
9,880.35
Other Tuition
6,169.12
Sale of Books and Supplies
108.00
School Buildings
200.00
Vocational Education
513.33
Hot Lunch
118,760.48
147,007.81
Libraries:
Fine-Rentals and Sales
3,952.86
Damage, Steam Boiler, Library
300.00
4,252.86
Recreation:
Showers
402.70
Unclassified:
Housing Authority Investment
45,000.00
Cash Overages
800.67
Electrolysis
250.00
Federal Tax Withholding
756,783.81
Deductions, Savings Bonds
17,016.14
Blue Cross Deductions
74,568.44
Teachers Retirement Deductions
119,696.09
Group Insurance Deductions
14,223.81
Credit Union Deductions
227,161.78
Insurance Deductions
1,532.09
Tailings
124.95
Total Unclassified
1,257,157.78
Total Departmental Revenue
2,563,600.52
141
CITY AUDITOR
Water:
Metered Rates 1953
260,662.34
Monthly Metered Rates 1953
172,907.52
Metered Rates 1952
43,021.04
Monthly Metered Rates 1952
16,672.00
Metered Rates 1951
256.82
Metered Rates 1950
18.24
Water Liens
2,360.18
Additional Charges
16.00
Sale Materials
10.00
Water Maintenance
2,192.70
Service Assessments
256.00
498,372.84
Interest:
Deposits
11.80
Taxes
7,343.36
Excise
1,085.71
Tax Titles
2,502.67
Accrued Interest
2,515.35
13,458.89
Income Trust Funds:
Contagious Hospital
21.25
School
333.95
Library
625.83
Welfare
48.16
Recreation
77.46
1,106.65
Municipal Indebtedness:
Temporary Loans
3,300,000.00
Municipal Garage Loan
104,000.00
Stadium Loan
165,000.00
Elementary School Loan
1,150,000.00
Loan in Anticipation of Elementary School Loan
100,000.00
Premiums on Bonds
7,030.50
4,826,030.50
Refunds:
Appropriations
26,084.49
Veterans Services
921.00
Appropriations, Prior Years
1,441.50
Total Refunds
28,446.99
Total Receipts
$18,507,009.78
142
ANNUAL REPORTS EXPENDITURES General Government
Expenses Outlays
Board of Aldermen Expenses
Personal Service:
Aldermen
$5,500.00
City Clerk
500.00
Assistant City Clerk
500.00
City Messenger
500.00
7,000.00
Ordinary Maintenance:
Books, postage & suppplies
940.76
Printing & advertising
1,544.73
Refreshments ..
2,838.66
Framing & engraving
98.90
Binding
420.00
Flowers
45.00
Repairs to equipment
39.50
All other
13.26
5,940.81
12,940.81
Clerk of Committees
Personal Service:
Clerk
3,900.00
Assistant Clerk
3,610.00
Assistant at Board Meeting
1,005.00
8,515.00
Ordinary Maintenance:
Books, postage & supplies
154.38
Auto allowance ....
500.00
Maintenance of equipment
4.00
658.38
9,173.38
Executive Department
Personal Service:
Mayor
10,000.00
Secretaries & Stenographers
12,479.23
22,479.23
Ordinary Maintenance:
Books, postage & supplies
577.25
Printing & advertising
205.25
Telephone
577.35
Contingent Expenses
4,422.77
Dues
250.00
Maintenance of equipment
30.00
All other
34.00
6,096.62
28,575.85
143
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Auditing Department
Personal Service:
Auditor
5,550.40
Bookkeeper & Assistant to
Auditor
4,597.77
Clerks
17,245.03
27,393.20
Ordinary Maintenance:
Books, postage & supplies
794.60
Printing
2,150.53
Telephone
118.56
Maintenance of equipment
203.08
Dues
45.00
Conference Expenses
44.99
All other
5.79
3,362.55
30,755.75
Treasury Department
Personal Service:
Treasurer - Collector
5,550.40
Deputy - Collector
4,550.29
Cashiers
8,943.68
Clerks
56,996.12
76,040.49
Ordinary Maintenance:
Books, postage & supplies
6,864.43
Printing & advertising
1,813.77
Bonds
2,594.80
Rental & maintenance of equipment
729.75
Telephone
110.49
Auto allowance
200.00
Binding
130.00
Dues
20.00
Expenses of Deputy - Col- lector O'Donoghue
1,200.00
Disbursements
5.75
Accounting Service
160.00
All other
12.24
13,841.23
Equipment:
Check signer and protecto-
graph
2,001.70
Assessors' Department
Personal Service:
Chairman
4,500.00
Assessors
8,800.00
Clerks
26,455.01
39,755.01
Carried forward
39,755.01
91,883.42
144
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
39,755.01
Ordinary Maintenance:
Books, postage & supplies
1,156.22
Printing & advertising
..
483.58
Rental & maintenance of equipment
621.00
Binding
82.00
Disbursements
138.20
Telephone
117.74
Title work
862.76
Auto allowance
250.00
Dues
45.00
All other
81.36
3,837.86
43,592.87
Licensing Commission
Personal Service: Commissioners (3)
2,100.00
Clerk
3,349.04
5,449.04
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
936.56
Auto allowance
900.00
Commissioner's expense ..
198.85
Telephone
69.34
Maintenance of Equipment
45.25
2,150.00
7,599.04
Certification of Notes and Bonds
Ordinary Maintenance:
Cost of Certifying ... . . . . . . 4,917.09
4,917.09
City Clerk's Department
Personal Service:
Clerk
6,250.66
Assistant City Clerk
4,750.78
Bookkeeper & clerks
22,151.41
33,152.85
Ordinary Maintenance:
Books, postage & supplies
406.83
Printing & advertising
172.50
Binding
419.00
Telephone
133.84
Bonds
35.00
Maintenance of equipment
47.25
Convention expenses
42.00
Dues
60.00
1,316.42
Carried forward
34,469.27
145
CITY AUDITOR
Brought forward
34,469,27
Equipment:
Mimeograph ........ 427.00
Expenses
Outlays
34,896.27
Law Department
Personal Service:
City Solicitor
5,250.00
Assistant City Solicitors
8,000.00
Clerical Services
3,680.92
16,930.92
Ordinary Maintenance:
Books, postage & supplies
396.78
Telephone
204.43
Auto allowance
301.00
Fees
31.25
Maintenance of equipment
30.00
Survey
47.50
Subscription
300.00
Photos
87.99
All other
27.00
1,425.95
Special Items:
Appraisals
2,253.75
Medical Examinations
165.00
Electric typewriter
373.00
2,791.75
21,148.62
Land Court Proceedings on Tax Titles and Recording Fees
Ordinary Maintenance:
Recording
180.98
Advertising
5.50
Reimbursements
1.00
187.48
187.48
City Messenger
Personal Service:
City Messenger
5,050.00
Assistant City Messenger ..
3,110.00
8,160.00
Ordinary Maintenance:
Auto Maintenance .. 1,200.00
9,360.00
.146
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Engineering Department
Personal Service:
City Engineer
5,350.45
Assistants
25,350.68
ยท Bookkeeper and clerk
6,470.96
37,172.09
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
635.21
Auto allowance
600.00
Telephone
112.48
Instruments and supplies ..
92.76
Clerical Service
30.00
Maintenance office equip- ment
17.31
1,487.76
Special Items:
City & Street Line Bounds
24.66
38,684.51
Public Buildings Department Commissioner of Public Buildings
"Personal Service:
Commissioner
5,350.20
Plan Checker
4,186.95
Clerks
12,216.69
21,753.84
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
776.08
Auto allowance
1,100.00
Telephone
131.89
Dues
20.00
All other
11.95
2,039.92
23,793.76
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Municipal Buildings
Personal Service:
Janitors
15,088.65
Telephone Operators
5,841.62
20,930.27
Labor
794.74
Ordinary Maintenance:
Light
1,702.17
Furniture & furnishings
1,040.18
Janitors' supplies
1,694.37
Electrical & building repairs
631.83
Carried forward
26,793.56
147
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
26,793.56
Insurance
2,114.10
Hardware & materials
596.27
Rental of water coolers
432.00
Telephones
6,980.69
Christmas decorations
400.00
Plumbing & Heating
48.50
Contract on vault
35.00
Wash windows
215.00
All other
64.25
Special Item:
Repairs-City Hall Roof .. 4,995.00
42,674.37
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Municipal Garage
Ordinary Maintenance:
Light
129.90
129.90
Somerville Municipal Garage
Architect's Fees
16,788.77
Contract Payments
589,272.39
Inspectors' services
931.32
Plans and specifications
1,147.85
Rent
1,750.00
Architect's payments tc
engineer for surveys
1,750.00
Fence
566.37
Electric supplies
73.25
Lumber for shanty
568.59
Engineering fee
1,689.56
Curb
2,247.46
Hire of equipment
3,670.04
Gravel
9,042.36
Hardware
19.00
Materials and supplies
17.64
Concrete
27,861.76
Hauling stumps to dump
2,752.57
Bronze tablet
375.00
All other
8.23
660,532.16
660,532.16
City Planning Board
Personal Service:
Members of Board
2,500.00
City Planner
5,506.26
Secretary
3,000.58
Research Clerk & Drafts-
man
6,804.12
17,810.96
Carried forward
17,810.96
15,954.36
148
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
17,810.96
Ordinary Maintenance:
Supplies, printing & postage
717.76
Photos, maps, supplies ....
336.97
Traveling expense
43.56
Telephone
250.46
All other
58.50
Equipment:
Adding machine
312.75
19,530.96
Board of Appeal
Personal Service:
Members of Board
2,160.00
Secretary
540.00
Assistant Secretary
1,046.00
3,746.00
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing & advertising
60.03
Supplies & postage
165.00
All other
18.00
243.03
3,989.03
ELECTION EXPENSES
Board of Election Commissioners
Personal Service:
Chairman
5,250.30
Commissioners (3)
2,100.00
Clerks
20,837.41
Registrars for confined
200.00
voters
28,387.71
Ordinary Maintenance:
Postage & supplies
7,337.98
Printing & advertising
7,067.53
Refreshments
379.37
Posting, car hire and truck- ing
651.80
Repairs to ballot boxes
130.00
Telephone
138.42
Mailing Service
993.87
Rent of Equipment
100.20
Maintenance of Equipment
20.99
All other
81.50
16,901.66
45,289.37
1,407.25
149
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Pay of Election Officers
Personal Service:
Wardens and Clerks
2,924.00
Inspectors
4,770.00
Extra Clerks
4,090.00
11,784.00
11,784.00
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Polling Places
Personal Service:
Janitors' services
478.45
Labor
1,761.52
Ordinary Maintenance:
Rent
1,080.00
Lumber
631.37
Hardware & materials
1 87.33
Heating & plumbing
102.90
Building & electrical re-
pairs
111.85
2,113.45
4,353.42
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
Personal Service:
Chief
5,950.59
Deputy Chiefs
10,901.08
Captains
24,752.45
Lieutenants
45,505.50
Sergeants
49,807.32
Patrolmen
482,736.30
Garage mechanic
4,000.47
Matrons
5,821.30
629,475.01
Ordinary Maintenance:
Auto maintenance
3,738.26
Equipment for men
206.62
Police signal
251.09
Gasoline & oil
6,437.33
Garage supplies
347.23
School patrol
391.64
Printing, postage & supplies
3,627.09
Maintenance office equip- ment
112.27
Care of prisoners
124.31
Telephone
3,869.49
Laundry
102.11
Carried forward
19,207.44
150
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses Outlays
Brought forward
19,207.44
Photo supplies
1,116.79
Disbursements
624.55
Reimbursements for injuries
207.15
Medical examinations
379.50
All other
27.00
21,562.43
Special Items:
Automobiles
7,650.00
Typewriters
297.50
Uniform allowance
12,450.00
20,397.50
671,434.94
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Police Buildings
Personal Service:
Janitors
8,345.26
Labor
1,368.85
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
1,624.54
Light
1,817.23
Janitors' supplies
1,621.01
Telephone
401.45
Furniture & furnishings
119.51
Repairs to building
338.75
Heating & plumbing repairs
230.69
Rental of water cooler
55.00
Hardware & materials
906.07
All other
49.00
7,163.25
16,877.36
Fire Department
Personal Service:
Chief Engineer
5,950.36
Deputy Chiefs
16,351.71
District Chiefs
14,851.56
Captains and Master Me- chanic
31,642.70
Lieutenants
125,308.23
Mechanics
10,932.92
Firemen
689,077.05
Ambulance Men
14,357.83
Typists
771.34
909,243.70
Ordinary Maintenance:
Apparatus & equipment ....
6,376.36
Tires & tubes
164.20
Carried forward
915,784.26
151
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
915,784.26
Hose
2,304.04
Equipment for men
1,085.09
Hardware, tools, etc.
95.18
Grease & oil
375.03
Gasoline
3,483.12
Printing, postage & supplies Telephone
2,213.02
Janitors' supplies
476.51
Laundry
905.56
Reimbursements
797.50
Medical examinations
360.00
Insurance
84.90
All other
16.50
20,626.48
Equipment:
Typewriter
400.00
Ambulance
4,300.00
4,700.00
Special Items:
Autos
1,961.40
Uniform allowance
17,925.00
19,886.40
954,456.58
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Fire Buildings
Labor
3,849.66
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
4,889.22
Light
5,424.35
Janitors' supplies
37.44
Electrical
building re-
pairs
368.65
Heating & plumbing re-
pairs
1,583.92
Furniture & furnishings
618.75
Hardware & materials
1,181.20
Lumber
268.57
14,372.10
Weights and Measures
Personal Service:
Sealer
4,800.77
Assistants
12,334.25
17,135.02
Carried forward
17,135.02
18,221.76
1,889.47
152
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
17,135.02
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
11.50
Auto allowance
300.00
Gas, oil & repairs
110.51
Dies, tools, etc.
207.88
Conference expenses
52.00
681.89
17,816.91
Electrical Department
Personal Service:
Commissioner
4,928.12
Assistant Inspectors
8,430.12
Fire Alarm Operators
34,783.25
Radio Operators
15,453.37
Traffic Men
12,077.21
Other Employees
17,216.31
Clerk
3,434.55
96,322.93
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fire Alarm System
1,859.45
Police Signal System
281.21
Radio
444.71
Auto allowance
300.00
Maintenance of trucks
883.20
Telephone
480.81
Other materials
822.39
Printing, postage & supplies
370.04
All other
12.61
5,454.42
Special Items:
Batteries
267.24
Truck
1,939.00
Police Signal System
319.50
2,525.74
104,303.09
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Electrical Dept. Buildings
Personal Service:
Janitor
3,525.43
Labor
1,005.69
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
887.87
Rental of water cooler
60.00
Furniture & furnishings ..
17.84
Carried forward
5,496.83
153
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
5,496.83
Hardware & materials
48.26
Repairs to buildings
357.72
Heating & plumbing
266.45
All other
2.75
1,640.89
6,172.01
Rifle Practice
Ordinary Maintenance:
Use of range
120.00
120.00
Civil Defense
Personal Service:
Director
3,050.00
Engineer
780.00
Other services
105.00
Clerks
5,247.65
Other employees
213.48
9,396.13
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
827.79
Telephone
392.86
First aid books & supplies
106.90
Labor
74.16
Materials & supplies
3,431.05
Radio equipment & plies
sup-
2,085.78
Uniforms & accessories
1,637.89
Air-raid sirens
2,231.95
Fire supplies
940.26
Advertising
66.50
Maintenance of equipment
17.25
Reimbursement
67.66
All other
40.96
11,921.01
21,317.14
FORESTRY
Highway Department Suppression of Moths
Labor
2,167.18
Ordinary Maintenance:
Insecticides
240.00
Hardware & materials
28.55
Printing
45.00
313.55
Equipment:
Sprayer
2,100.00
4,580.73
154
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Highway Department, Care of Trees
Labor
13,971.87
Ordinary Maintenance:
Tools & equipment
649.38
Rent of equipment
300.65
Truck maintenance
69.33
1,019.36
14,991.23
HEALTH
Health Department
Personal Service:
Members of Board
1,687.50
Clerk (1/2 salary)
2,025.00
Medical Inspector
5,562.82
Acting Medical Inspector
210.00
Bacteriologist (1/2 salary) ..
2,025.00
Health Nurses
9,049.68
20,560.00
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
289.94
Carfares & telephone calls
180.00
Laboratory supplies
28.00
Ear clinic
195.50
Care of premature babies
5,139.75
All other
48.86
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases:
Infantile Paralysis
772.45
Diptheria Immunization
76.17
Cities and Towns
484.00
Other institutions
1,394.53
State
481.50
Tuberculosis:
Cities and towns
1,157.00
State
6,525.17
Middlesex Sanitarium
28,961.66
Other Institutions
4,640.37
Medical attention
102.84
All other
133.50
50,611.24
Equipment:
Scale
29.95
71,201.19
155
CITY AUDITOR
City Clerk's Department Vital Statistics
Ordinary Maintenance:
Reporting births
333.25
Reporting deaths
198.50
Printing, postage & supplies
680.12
Binding
511.25
1,723.12
Equipment:
285.00
Inspection of Animals and Provisions
Personal Service:
Chief Health Inspector
3,817.75
Inspectors
13,684.12
Veterinarian
3,250.00
20,751.87
Ordinary Maintenance:
Carfares
300.00
21,051.87
Inspection of Milk and Vinegar
Personal Service:
Bacteriologist (1/2 salary) ..
2,025.00
Clerk (1/2 salary)
2,025.00
4,050.00
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
186.82
Laboratory equipment and supplies
356.46
Auto allowance
200.00
743.28
4,793.28
Division of Dental Hygiene
Personal Service:
Inspectors & Assistants .. 22,797.80
Ordinary Maintenance:
Doctor's supplies
1,119.21
Laundry
343.80
Supplies, printing, postage
174.50
Repairs to equipment
33.20
1,670.71
24,468.51
Typewriter
Expenses
Outlays
2,008.12
156
ANNUAL REPORTS
Inspection of School Children
Personal Service:
Inspectors & Assistants ..
4,200.00
Nurses
13,154.00
17,354.00
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
50.50
Carfares
64.25
114.75
Equipment:
Audiometer
520.00
17,988.75
SANITATION
Sewers Maintenance
Labor
50,257.61
Ordinary Maintenance:
Trucks maintenance
2,412.39
Telephone
59.40
Tools, equipment & repairs
967.03
Materials & supplies
1,769.67
Care of Medford St. pump
39.59
Gas & oil
671.38
Castings
826.39
Supplies
292.36
All other
5.25
7,043.46
Equipment:
Trucks
5,832.00
Sewers Construction
Catch Basins
4,026.94
Pipe, cement, bricks
538.45
Castings
11.76
Rent of equipment
1,715.46
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Sewer Buildings
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
496.33
Heating & plumbing
100.95
597.28
Expenses
Outlays
63,133.07
6,292.61
597.28
157
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Sanitary Department
Personal Service:
Superintendent
5,348.89
Bookkeeper
3,728.03
9,076.92
Labor
390,411.51
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
129.01
Auto allowance
401.00
Telephone
173.27
Maintenance of equipment
10.95
Medical examinations
120.00
All other
85.00
Ashes, Rubbish and Garbage: Trucks, maintenance and supplies
24,637.75
Gas & oil
14,968.83
Rental of dump
32,000.00
Materials & supplies
2,719.66
75,245.47
474,733.90
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Sanitary Buildings
Labor 264.23
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
456.39
Hardware & materials
304.03
Heating & plumbing
.93
761.35
1,025.58
Highway Department, Street Cleaning
Labor
32,755.36
Ordinary Maintenance:
Maintenance of equipment
2,803.14
All other
277.40
3,080.54
35,835.90
HIGHWAYS
Highway Maintenance
Personal Service:
Commissioner
3,996.24
Assistant to Commissioner
4,945.22
Clerks
6,717.82
15,659.28
Carried forward
15,659.28
158
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses Outlays
Brought forward
15,659.28
Labor
114,373.25
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
233.63
Telephone
302.34
Tools, equipment & repairs
638.64
Trucks, maintenance and supplies
2,247.78
Broken stone, brick, ce- ment
1,193.72
Lumber
130.67
Resurfacing materials
3,704.78
Oil and waste
84.61
Hardware & paint
433.64
Gasoline & motor oil
3,677.71
Medical examinations
180.00
Insurance
66.41
Signs
265.24
Fences
19.00
Fuel
83.21
Power
4.50
Registration of Equipment
75.00
All other
83.20
Blacksmith service
1,211.20
Rent for trucks
27.00
Repair of equipment
30.00
Repair to underpass
59.27
14,751.55
144,784.08
Sidewalks Maintenance
Labor
11,013.08
11,013.08
Snow Removal
Labor
5,832.48
Sand, cinders & salt
2,366.59
Tools, equipment & repairs
944.41
Gas & oil
575.87
Rental of trucks, plows, etc.
2,544.05
Repairs to trucks, plows, etc.
2,322.68
All other
16.00
14,602.08
Equipment:
Jeep
2,126.67
Snow Fighters
5,175.00
7,301.67
21,903.75
159
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Street Lighting
Ordinary Maintenance:
Electricity
116,462.12
Supplies
1,855.92
Christmas Lighting and
Decorations
476.11
Spot Lights
339.19
119,133.34
Special Items:
Christmas Lighting
731.85
Christmas Decorations
2,544.49
3,276.34
122,409.68
Traffic Light Maintenance
Ordinary Maintenance:
Electricity
2,703.60
Supplies
1,924.48
Repairs
38.50
Signs
8.00
All other
11.50
4,686.08
4,686.08
Parking Meters
Personal Service:
Repair Men & Collectors ..
15,275.51
Clerk-typist
10.14
15,285.65
Ordinary Maintenance:
Tools
428.32
Repairs & parts for meters
962.46
Office supplies
1,460.02
Truck maintenance
304.83
Other supplies
1,545.38
Rent of equipment
927.84
Pipe machine & ties
528.20
Special work (repairs)
171.75
Signs
1,370.64
Repair equipment
64.68
All other
190.20
7,954.32
23,239.97
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Highway Buildings
Labor
232.94
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
412.79
Light
167.39
Carried forward
813.12
160
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
813.12
Repairs to building
58.07
Hardware & materials
1,32
Heating & plumbing
3.92
643.49
876.43
Chapter 90-Highways
Resurfacing Materials
57,087.79
Catch Basin
328.00
Mason Work
864.61
Traffic Police
1,645.00
59,925.40
59,925.40
WELFARE
Welfare Miscellaneous
Personal Service:
Members of Board
2,550.00
Agent
6,076.06
Clerks
7,418.25
Social Workers
15,554.28
City Physician
5,026.60
Assistant to City Physician
4,383.08
Nurse
3,003.44
Dental & medical assistant
2,303.16
46,314.87
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
1,609.92
Carfares & auto allowance
1,934.18
Telephone
362.92
Truck hire
5,220.00
Maintenance office equip- ment & rental
51.15
Outside Relief:
Cash payrolls
45,339.13
Board & care
4,612.43
Groceries & provisions
8,752.95
Dry goods & clothing
698.60
Medicine and medical at- tendance
14,185.55
Doctors' supplies
3,156.85
Somerville Hospital
13,079.60
State Institutions
16,171.06
Other Institutions
7,382.15
Laundry
108.35
Burials
1,066.80
Relief by Cities & Towns ..
32,266.63
Social Service Index
84.75
Disbursements
90.28
Carried forward
202,488.17
161
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
202,488.17
Ambulance
48.00
Furniture & furnishings
44.05
Central Hospital
1,721.00
Out of State Travel
200.00
All other
124.05
158,310.40
Equipment:
Typewriter
162.50
204,787.77
Public Buildings Department Maintenance Surplus Commodities Store
Ordinary Maintenance:
Telephone
6.40
Light
3.27
9.67
9.67
Disability Assistance
Personal Service:
Social Workers
6,809.01
Clerk
1,055.06
7,864.07
Ordinary Maintenance:
Cash pay roll
110,887.41
Carfares & auto allowance
502.00
Supplies, printing & postage
821.06
Maintenance of equipment
33.75
Social Service Index
84.75
All other
47.45
112,376.42
Equipment:
Camera
257.00
120,497.49
Federal Grants-Disability Assistance Administration
Social Workers
9,583.59
Clerk
1,265.31
10,848.90
10,848.90
Federal Grant-Disability Assistance
Cash pay rolls
123,819.08
123,819.08
162
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Aid to Dependent Children
Personal Service:
Social workers
12,262.21
Clerks
5,388.68
17,650.89
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
1,015.50
Carfares & auto allowance
824.56
Cash Pay rolls
209,695.81
Social service index
84.75
Maintenance of equipment
36.75
Cash disbursements
50.00
Conference
47.51
All other
1.50
211,756.38
Equipment:
Adding machine
250.00
Typewriter
112.50
362.50
229,769.77
Federal Grants-Aid to Dependent Children Administration
Social Workers
13,476.37
Clerks
5,179.93
18,656.30
18,656.30
Federal Grant-Aid to Dependent Children
Cash pay rolls
201,813.81
201,813.81
Old Age Assistance
Personal Service:
Clerks
10,919.71
Social Workers
18,435.73
29,355.44
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
6,122.75
Carfares & auto allowance
1,382.45
Telephone
99.68
Maintenance of equipment
424.06
Social Service Index
356.25
Typewriter Tables
45.00
All other
38.45
Outside Relief:
Assistance
980,963.58
Relief by Cities & Towns
25,635.50
1,015,067.72
Carried forward
1,044,423.16
163
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward 1,044,423.16
Equipment:
Typewriters (3)
487.50
Filing Equipment
203.17
690.67
Federal Grant-Old Age Assistance Administration
Clerks
18,589.68
Social Workers
34,271.47
52,861.15
52,861.15
Federal Grant-Old Age Assistance
Assistance
801,381.19
801,381.19
Welfare-City Home
Personal Service:
Superintendent & matron ..
5,154.27
Domestic Labor
19,833.17
Ordinary Maintenance:
Office supplies and news- papers
125.70
Disbursements
161.60
Groceries & provisions
14,429.60
Bedding, dry goods and clothing
36.30
Medicine and medical at- tendance
1,652.93
Barbers' services
192.00
Household furnishings and supplies
1,177.77
Telephone
242.50
Power
214.32
All other
58.00
18,290.72
43,278.16
Public Buildings Department Maintenance City Home Buildings
Labor
2,113.23
Ordinary Maintenance:
Fuel
2,753.83
Light & power
815.15
Heating & plumbing repairs
285.07
Electrical & building repairs
194.01
Carried forward
6,161.29
1,045,113.83
164
ANNUAL REPORTS
Expenses
Outlays
Brought forward
6,161.29
Hardware & materials
1,364.91
Furniture & furnishings
195.19
Exterminating
480.00
All other
9.70
6,097.86
8,211.09
VETERANS' SERVICES
Veterans' Services
Personal Service:
Agent
4,950.49
Clerks
8,681.37
Investigators
20,154.70
33,786.56
Ordinary Maintenance:
Printing, postage & supplies
493.39
Carfares & auto allowance
1,920.00
All other
10.89
Maintenance of equipment
57.00
2,481.28
36,267.84
Veterans' Benefits-Somerville
Ordinary Maintenance:
Cash Aid
25,360.64
Medicine and medical at- tendance
1,621.29
Hospital care
2,038.46
Groceries & provisions
806.50
Board & care
1,687.05
State
106.50
Cities & towns
120.00
All other
21.22
31,761.66
31,761.66
Veterans' Benefits-State
Ordinary Maintenance:
Cash Aid
25,614.61
Medicine and medical at- tendance
1,747.04
Hospital care
2,038.44
Groceries & provisions
821.50
Board & care
1,750.91
State
106.50
Cities & towns
120.00
All other
21.23
32,220.23
32,220.23
165
CITY AUDITOR
Expenses
Outlays
War Allowance
Ordinary Maintenance:
Cash Aid
897.00
Medical care
144.25
1,041.25
1,041.25
Soldiers' Burials
Ordinary Maintenance:
Burials-Somerville
350.00
Burials-State
350.00
700.00
700.00
Public Buildings Department
Maintenance Veterans' Services Building Labor 11.66
Ordinary Maintenance:
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