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July 1, 1893
July 1, 1923
5,000.00
City of Bridgeport
Sewer Loan
41/2%
July 1, 1914
July 1, 1924
10,000.00
City of Bridgeport
Sewer Loan
41/2%
July 1, 1914:
July 1, 1925
10,000.00
City of New Bedford
High School Loan
31/2%
July 1, 1925
5,000.00
City of Omaha
Renewal Bond
41/2%
Sept 1, 1907
Sept. 1, 1927
1,000.00
City of Fall River
Sewer Loan
31/2%
Apr. 1, 1933
3,000.00
City of Attleboro
Water Loan
31/2%
Mar. 1, 1905
Mar. 1, 1935
11,000.00
City of Boston
Rapid Trans. Loan 31/2%
Apr. 1, 1938
9,000.00
Boston & Albany R. R. Company
Improvement Bond 5 %
July 1, 1913
July 1, 1938
1,000.00
City of Omaha
Water Bonds
41/2%
Dec. 15, 1911
Dec. 15, 1941
11,000.00
City of New Bedford
Park Loan
31/2%
July 1, 1951
3,000.00
U. S. Liberty Loan
41/4 %
Nov. 15, 1917
Nov. 15, 1927/42
15,000.00
U. S. Liberty Loan
41/4 %
May 15, 1918
May 15, 1928
6,000.00
U. S. Liberty Loan
4 1/4 %
Oct. 15, 1918
Oct. 15, 1938
14,000.00
NOTES.
Notes secured by mortgages on real estate at 6% .... ...
$ 55.325.00
$179,325.00
Cash on hand January 1, 1921
165.60
Value of Sinking Fund, January 1, 1921.
179,490.60
ANNUAL REPORT
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$124,000.00
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GENERAL LOAN SINKING FUND
Cash Account Receipts
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1920.
Interest and income earned .
$1,300.73
Transfer of securities to Water
Loan Sinking Fund :-
Bonds
$14,000.00
Mortgage Notes
900.00
Payment of securities :-
Certificate of Deposit
15 000.00
$31,200.73
-$32,165.85
Disbursements
School House Bonds due Nov. 1. 1920, payable from Fund .. $30,000.00
Unexpended balance paid to Sur- plus Fund
2,165.85
$32.165 85
FRANK I. BABCOCK, Treasurer.
To His Honor, the Mayor and Municipal Council :-
I herewith submit a statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Sewer Assessment Investment Fund of the City of Attleboro for the year 1920 together with a table showing the investments held by the same.
SEWER ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT FUND
Cash Account
Receipts
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1920
$2,165.29
Interest and income earned .. $5,394.18
Sewer Assessments 14,055.02
Mortgage notes paid. 600.00
$20,049.20
$22,214.49
Disbursements
Transfer of Securities from Water Loan Sinking Fund: 5% Bonds. $2,000.00
Amount applied to payment of Sewer Bonds Due in 1919 8,000.00
Amount applied to payment of interest on Sewer Bonds for the year. 6,840.00
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1920.
$16,840.00 5,374.49
$22,214.49
$965.12
-$14,900.00
SECURITIES HELD BY THE SEWER ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT FUND, JANUARY 1, 192 BONDS
Rate
Amount of
Name of Bond
Per Cent. 41/2 %
When Issued
When Payable
Investment
City of Albany
Water Loan
March 1, 1921
$5,000.00
City of Providence
Sewer Loan
4%
July 1, 1921
5,000.00
City of Haverhill
Water Loan
4%
Dec. 1, 1892
Dec. 1, 1922
2,000.00
Town of Ipswich
Water Loan
4%
July 2, 1894
July 1, 1924
8,000.00
City of Providence
Sewer Loan
4%
May 1, 1925
5,000.00
City of Lynn
Water Loan
4%
July 1, 1895
July 1, 1925
1,000.00
City of Bridgeport
School Loan
41/2 %
Aug. 1, 1915
Aug. 1, 1925
5,000.00
City of Medford
Sewer Loan
4%
July 1, 1896
July 1, 1926
2,000.00
City of Newton
Washington St.
Loan
31/2%
Dec. 1, 1901
Dec. 1, 1926
1,000.00
City of Newton
Washington St.
Loan
4%
July 1, 1897
July 1, 1927
1,000.00
City of Lynn
Sewer Loan
4%
April 1, 1927
1,000.00
Town of Framingham
Water Loan
4%
Oct. 1, 1906
Oct. 1, 1928
2,000.00
City of Providence
Public Improve- ment Loan
3%
May 1, 1899
May 1, 1929
5,000.00
Town of Gardner
Water Loan
4%
May 2, 1904
May 2, 1930
3,000.00
City of Boston
City Loan
3 1/2 %
June 1, 1932
2,000.00
City of New Haven
Street Pave-
ment Bonds
4%
May 1, 1913
May 1, 1935
10,000.00
Commonwealth of Mass.
Metropolitan
Water Loan
31/2%
July 1, 1935
3,000.00
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City of Newton
Washington St. Loan
4%
Feb. 1, 1896
Feb. 1, 1936
2 000.00
Sewer Loan
31/2%
April 1, 1898
April 1, 1937
1,000.00
School Lcan
41/4 %
July 1, 1915
July 1, 1937
1,000.00
Improvement Bond
5%
July 1, 1913
July 1, 1938
2,000.00
Commonwealth of Mass.
Metropolitan
Sewer Loan
31/2 %
.
July 1, 1940
6,000.00
Commonwealth of Mass.
Metropolitan
Water Loan
3%
Jan. 1, 1941
10,000.00
City of Omaha
Water Bonds
41/2%
Dec. 15, 1911
Dec. 15, 1941
2 000.00
City of Waterbury
School Loan
41/2%
Jan. 1, 1911
Jan. 1, 1942
3,000 00
U. S. Liberty Loan
41/4%
Nov. 15, 1917
Nov. 15, 1927-42
15,000.00
U. S. Liberty Loan
41/4 %
June 15, 1917
June 15, 1932-47
10.000 00
U. S. Liberty Loan
41/4 %
May 15. 1918
May 15. 1928
4.000.00
U. S. Liberty Loan
41/4%
Oct. 15, 1918
Oct. 15, 1938
8.000.00
U. S. Liberty Loan
4 1/4 %
May 20, 1919
May 20, 1922-23
5 000.00
NOTES
Notes secured by mortgages on real estate at 6% ...
$7,675.00
$137,675.00
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1920
$5,374.49
Value of Fund, Jan. 1, 1920.
.$143,049.49
FRANK I. BABCOCK, Treasurer.
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$130,000 00
City of Quincy City of Waterbury Boston & Albany R. R. Company
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ANNUAL REPORT
CAPRON FUND
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Municipal Council :-
I herewith submit a statement of the Capron Fund, the income of which is to be used for the care and improvement of Capron Park. Amount in Fund Jan. 1, 1921. $37,411 95
INCOME Receipts
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1920 $636.47
Interest on investments.
$1,077.23
Rents 1,493.00
$2,570.23
$3,206.70
Disbursements
Accrued interest on Investments
$.15
Care of Real Estate :-
Repairs, labor and alterations on
houses
$50.07
Water bills
61.25
Taxes
56.46
Insurance
52.40
$220.18
Paid to City of Attleboro for Capron Park ... $2,376.13
$2.596.46
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1921
610 24
-$3,206.70
Investments
Deposited in
Attleborough Savings Bank.
$8,208.99
Bristol County Savings Bank
706.96
Fall River Savings Bank ..
1.319.38
Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank. ..
842 24
New Bedford Inst. for Savings
1,319.38
$12,396 95
Notes secured by mortgages on Real
$2,925.00
Estate at 6% .
5,600.00
U. S. Liberty Loan Bond.
$8,525.00
Real Estate
$16,490.00
$37,411.95
FRANK I. BABCOCK, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK
To His Honor, the Mayor, and Municipal Council: -
I herewith submit the annual report of the clerk of the City of Attleboro for the year ending December 31, 1920.
Receipts.
Recording Mortgages, etc. $66.05
Copies of Records. 68.00
Marriage Licenses 311.00
Sundry Licenses and Permits. 64.60
Sundries
2.59
For Voting Lists.
16.00
Transfer of dog licenses.
.75
Fees for licensing dogs.
174.00
Fees for Hunting and Fishing Licenses. 204.01
$907.00
Paid to City Treasurer
The sum of $1,986.00 received from dog licenses has been paid to the County Treasurer.
The number of births, marriages and deaths recorded is as follows: Marriages 349
Deaths
337
Births (1919)
464
Conforming to the requirements of Section 17 of the Charter, I submit herewith a record of the attendance of members at the meet- ings of the Council during the year 1920.
Total number of meetings.
35
Names of Members Number of Meetings Attended
Harlan A. Alien
34
Walter A. Briggs 32
Harvey E Clap. 31
Stephen H. Foley
30
Aldro A. French.
30
Joseph E. Gaynor
33
Thomas S. Healey
15
Thomas G. Sadler
28
Howard G. Smith.
33
Chester A Smith. 26
George A. Sweeney
32
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK I. BABCOCK, City Clerk.
$907 00
$528.99
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
To His Honor, the Mayor, and Municipal Council :---
Gentlemen : -
We herewith submit the report of the Board of Assessors for the fiscal year 1920, and recommend the appropriation of $3810 00 for this department exclusive of salaries.
We further recommend that the Council vote to have a survey made of the city, appropriating $5,000.00 for the work in 1921. This work to be done under the supervision of the Commissioner of Public Works, and put into suitable form for use in this office.
We further recommend that the division of the wards into pre- cincts be made before April, 1921, so that our poll list may correspond with said division.
Very truly yours,
W. J. NEWMAN, HARRY E. CARPENTER, T. E. McCAFFREY, Assessors of Attleboro.
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To His Honor the Mayor and Municipal Council :-
Gentlemen :-
We herewith submit the report of this department for the year 1920.
Number of residents assessed.
3,976
Individuals
3,032
All others
944
Number of non-residents assessed.
1,158
Individuals
905
All others
253
Number of persons assessed .
5,134
On property On polls only
3,108
5,351
Number of male polls exempt.
742
Tax on each poll.
$5.00
Number of horses assessed.
396
Number of cows assessed.
657
Number of neat cattle other than cows ...
160
Number of fowl assessed.
5,783
Number of swine assessed.
565
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Number of male polls assessed .
8,242
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Number of dwelling houses assessed.
3,372
Number of shares of bank stock.
3,000
Number of shares of resident bank stock ..
2,380
Number of shares of non-resident bank stock 620
Par value of each share.
$100.00 137.00
Assessed value of each share
Rate of tax per thousand.
25.90
Assessed value of personal estate.
$7,448,630.00
Assessed value of Stock.
$1.245,955.00
Assessed value of machinery
4,843 740.00
Assessed value of live stock
114,835.00
Assessed value of all other.
918,565.00
Assessed value of bank stock
326,060.00
Exempt
525
$7,449,155 00
Assessed value of real estate
Assessed value of buildings
$9,454,295.00
Assessed value of land.
5,221,920.00
Exempt
18,075
$14,676,215
$14 676,215.00 $22,106,770.00
Total assessed property
Value of personal estate
$7,449,155.00
Value of real estate.
14,676,215.00
Exempt
18,600
$22,125,370.00
$22 125,370.00
Taxes assessed on personal estate
$184,474 56
Taxes assessed on real estate
379,645.82
Taxes assessed on polls. .
26.755.00
Taxes assessed on non-resident bank tax ..
2,199.95
Taxes assessed on resident bank tax.
8,444 95
$601.520.28
Amounts for which taxes are levied.
$869,232.65
On account of city.
$772,686.59
State tax
59,360.00
County
26 378 65
Highway tax
2,180.10
Overlays
5,888.91
Special state tax.
2,798.40
$869,292.65
$869,292 65
Amount provided for
$869,292.65
Tax on property.
$572,565.34
Tax on polls.
10,702.00
Estimated receipts
286,025 31
$869,292.65
$869,292.65
$2.00 only of poll tax used in rate, other $3 00 raised for the state.
Total anticipation
$286,025 31
City receipts for 1919
$133,366.77
Income tax receipts.
45,799.64
School fund from Income tax.
20,858.90
Corporation tax
80,000.00
$286,025 31
$286,025.31
$7,449,155 00 $14,658,140.00
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Estimated receipts for 1919,
$139,366.77
From corporation tax.
$20,651.25
From bank tax ..
633.94
From licenses and permits .
2,707.40
From grants and gifts.
1.678.64
From fines and forfeits
1 172 70
From Excise tax.
3,042.72
From interest
16,138.76
From departments
93,341.36
$139.366.77
$133,366.77
BETTERMENT TAXES ASSESSED AS FOLLOWS:
Apportioned sewer
$9,168.58
Apportioned sewer interest.
1,336 80
Robert St. sewer.
15.01
Robert St. sewer interest.
3.65
Apportioned curbing
3.30
Apportioned curbing interest
.99
Holman drain
27.39
Holman drain interest
8.20
Curbing betterment
69.75
Moth suppression
234.80
$10,868.47
CMITTED ASSESSMENTS FOR 1920
Number of polls (8) tax.
$40.00
Personal tax
114.87
Real estate tax.
45 98
Omitted sewer interest.
19.73
$220.58
WARRANTS ISSUED TO COLLECTOR AS FOLLOWS:
June 14, 1920, Poll taxes.
$26,755.00
October 1, 1920, Personal, real etc ..
.. . .
585,633.76
Special warrant for poll taxes Oct. 1, 1920
225.00
December 21, 1920, omitted assessments ..
220.58
$612,834.34
ABATEMENTS MADE DURING THE YEAR 1920
Polls
Personal
Real
Moth
Excise
Total
1913
$436.80
$436.80
1914
460.80
460.80
1915
96.00
96.00
1916
$96.00
$7.43
103.43
1917
156.75
156.75
1918
600.00
133.46
119.75
$6.80
$100.00
960.01
1919
715.00
155.99
151.02
1,022.01
1920
428.00
877.80
1.078 78
2,385.58
$1,839.00
$2.317.60
$1,357.98
$6.80
$100.00
$5,621.38
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Financial Report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1920
To appropriation
$5,870.00
Assessors' Pay Roll
$2,500.00
Assistant Assessors' pay roll.
522.70
Clerical hire
1,672.62
Rent
300.00
Light
30.84
Telephone
29.92
Office supplies and expense
612.97
Looking up titles.
200 00
Auto hire
100.00
Overdrawn, Jan. 1, 1921.
99.05
$5,969.05
$5,969.05
W. J. NEWMAN, HARRY E. CARPENTER, T. E. McCAFFREY,
Assessors of Attleboro.
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ANNUAL REPORT
ATTLEBOROUGH HOSPITAL
To the Honorable Mayor and the Municipal Council:
The Board of Managers of The Attleborough Hospital submits herewith its eighth annual report of the operation of the Sturdy Memo- rial Hospital for the year 1920, together with reports from the Treas- urer and Hospital Superintendent.
These reports indicate that the hospital has had an exceedingly active year, 713 patients having been admitted during the year, or 148 more than in the preceding year; in fact, last year's total shows near- ly a 25% increase over the year 1918, during which the influenza epidemic occurred. There has been a notable increase in all the forms of service which the hospital renders, but particular attention should be called to the constantly growing number of obstetrical and X-ray cases.
As a result of private gifts additions have been made to the X-ray equipment during the past year so that this department is equipped for and is performing very creditable work along approved up-to-date lines.
We are compelled to renew with increased emphasis, the appeal for an independent obstetrical building devoted entirely to these cases. The growth of this department is best illustrated by the record of patients admitted therein during the last seven years as follows: 1914-17, 1915-34, 1916-37, 1917-60, 1918-94, 1919-103, 1920-131.
It is decidedly unfortunate that the receipts and contributions to the hospital are not sufficient to take care of the current annual ex- pense of maintaining the institution and allow the income of the in- vested funds to accumulate and be applied to extending the plant. It is necessary, however, to use each year a very substantial amount of the income of invested funds for the running expenses of the hos- pital, last year $5200 being diverted to this use.
We are deeply indebted to generous support from many individuals and organizations, notably Mr. Oscar Wolfenden and the ever helpful Hospital Aid Association, but we bespeak a still larger and more widely distributed support of this institution which has become so in- dispensable to the community. We have gone beyond the limits of our present equipment, for we find it impossible to meet all the demands that are now made upon us, and we must look for substantial annual donations, more endowments, preferably unrestricted as to their use, and more particularly, the gift of a fund or funds of sizable amounts to be devoted to permanent additions to our plant. We can conceive of no form of philanthropy which brings such rich returns in human betterment, and we solicit the opportunity of bringing the hospital needs to the attention of any who may be disposed to help it in a large or small way.
In the face of a demand which our present facilities are not ade- quate to care for, and in spite of a very marked increase in the past few years of all expenses incident to the conduct of the hospital, we
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are able to render a large measure of service because of the efficiency and devotion of the Superintendent, her assistant and nurses, together with a surgical and medical staff that take a real pride in the hospital and the character of its work.
The venereal clinic has continued to function effectively, and most fortunately imposes little expense upon the hospital because of the contribution of state funds which so far have been ample for this work.
In conclusion we desire to record our deep appreciation of the gift of $1,000 which was willed to the hospital by the late Emily H. Horton.
JOSEPH L. SWEET PHILIP E. BRADY JOSEPH E. GAYNOR FRANK I. BABCOCK JOSEPH FINBERG EDWARD L. GOWEN ERNEST D. GILMORE WILLIAM J. LUTHER HAROLD E. SWEET
Board of Managers of The Attleborough Hospital January 1, 1921.
Officers and Trustees of The Attleborough Hospital
Joseph L. Sweet, President Dr Laura V. G. Mackie, Vice-President Fred G. Simmonds, Secretary Harold E. Sweet, Treasurer
Philip E. Brady Charles C. Wilmarth Edward P. Claflin Ernest D. Gilmore Charles P. Keeler Dr. Joshua W. Clarke Austin M. Sweet Ruth W. Clap Edward L. Gowen Martha C. McRae
Dr. William O. Hewitt Dr. Joseph W. Battershall Dr. Frederick V. Murphy Florence M. Sweet William J. Luther Martha A. Claflin Annie E. King Rev. David F. Sheedy Geneva E. Murphy Joseph Finberg
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STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Report for the Year Ending December 31, 1920
Patients Admitted
713
Surgical
494
Medical
88
Obstetrical
131
Births
131
Patients Discharged
661
Male
232
Female
429
Well
608
Relieved
47
Unrelieved
1
Not treated
5
Deaths
32
Accidents
5
Surgical
9
Medical
18
Surgical Operations
418
Major
227
Minor
191
Gystoscopic Exams
3
Daily Average of Patients.
23
Free patients
68
Patients paid for by the City
8
Patients paid for by the State.
1
Patients paid for by the town of Mansfield.
2
Patients occupying Ladies' Aid Bed.
2
Patients occupying R. F. Simmons Co. Bed.
1
Patients for X-Ray work.
277
The X-ray equipment has been considerably enlarged during the year, the following units having been added:
Coolidge Tubes Filament Circuit Ammeter
Filament Control
Dental Cone
Filament Circuit Transformer Developing Tank
Horizontal Fluoroscope
These additions have made the X-ray work very much more efficient.
There have been 148 more patients admitted to the hospital this year than there were during the previous year. The accommodations throughout the hospital are very limited making it extremely difficult to take care of that number of patients.
Respectfully submitted,
Gwendolyn G. Rice, Superintendent
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Annual Report of the Treasurer of The Attleborough Hospital Inc.
Membership Account
Balance Jan. 1, 1920 $1,484.93 Balance Dec. 31, 1920. . $1,714 93
Receipts
230.00
$1,714.93
$1,714.93
Building Account
Balance Jan. 1, 1920. $6.80 Balance Dec. 31, 1920. . $6.80
Clinic Account
Balance Jan. 1, 1920.
$497.19 Expenditures
$462.75
Receipts
1,000.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1920. . 1,034.44
$1,497.19
$1,497.19
Hospital Account
Balance Jan. 1, 1920.
$471.35
Mis. Expenses
$4,113 33
Hospital Receipts
22,832.91
Salaries
9,001.75
Donations
1,400.00
Supplies & Equip.
4,218.86
Interest on Ck. Acct.
108 37
Housekeeping Sup.
9,810.52
Transfer from Trust ..
5,200.00
Heat & light. 2,838.61
Balance Dec. 31, 1920. . 29.56
$30,012.63
$30,012.63
Trust Account
Balance Jan. 1, 1920
$2,912.00
Expenditures
$20,260.92
Receipts
24,420.44
Transfer to Hospital ... 5 200.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1920. . 1,871.52
$27,332.44
$27,332.44
Receipts
Expenditures
Rents
$376.00
Invested
$20,044.50
Interest
1,929 44
Cottage
193.66
Dividends
6,082.50
Accrued Int.
22.76
Rights
32.50
Payments on
Principal 16,000.00
$24,420.44
$20,260.92
Summary
Balance Building Account
$6.80
Bank Balance
$3,731 00
Balance Membership
1,714.93
Cash Office Fund.
120.00
Balance Clinic
1,034.44
Caslı
for Deposit.
656.25
Balance Hospital
29.56
Loan
150.00
Balance Trust
1,871.52
$4,657.25
$4,657.25
Harold E. Sweet, Treasurer.
January 9, 1921.
I have this day audited the books and accounts of the treasurer of The Attleborough Hospital and find that this statement shows a correct view of the same, the expenditures being sustained by the proper vouchers and the income properly accounted for.
GEO. B. CLEMENTS ..
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THE ATTLEBOROUGH HOSPITAL List of Securities January 1, 1921. MORTGAGES
First Mortgage Farm-Winter
51/2%
$2,500.00
First Mortgage Farm-Ratzler
51/2%
5,000.00
First Mortgage Farm-Hunter
51/2% 2,000.00
First Mortgage Farm-Ennis
51/2% 5,000.00
First Mortgage Farm-Albright- 51/2% 2,500.00
BONDS AND NOTES
$500.00 Leavitt & Johnson Trust Co. Savings
Bond
5%
$7,000.00 U. S. Certificates of Indebtedness ... 534% due May 16, 1921
$3,000.00 Consumers' Power Co
5%
$2,000.00 Seattle Elec. Co. .
5%
$3,000.00 Michigan State Tel. Co 5%
$2,000.00 Chic. Rock Is. Pac. R. R 4%
$3,000.00 Okla. Gas & Elec. Co ..
5%
$2,500.00 U. S. Govt. 2d Iib. Loan
414%
STOCKS
7 shares Attleboro Savings & Loan Association
215 shares Pawt. Haircloth Co.
201 shares Royal Weaving Co.
257 shares Narragansett Elec. Ltg. Co.
$1,850 Narraga. Elec. Ltg. Co. Conv. Note 3-yr.
7%.
Report of the Building Inspector
To the Honorable Mayor and the Municipal Council:
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Buildings from Jan. 1, 1920 to Dec. 24, 1920.
The following permits have been granted:
Permits. Estimated Cost
New factories
4
$18,800.00
Factory additions
2
55,000.00
Portable schools
2
6,000.00
Elevators
4
21,500.00
Vaults
1
3,000.00
New dwellings
23
50,400.00
Additions and alterations.
47
19,992.00
Garages
75
53,617.00
Small stores
5
9,875.00
Barns
7
2.150.00
Sheds and small buildings
22
1,273.00
Store houses
5
10,732.00
Coal pocket
1
18,000.00
198
$270,339.00
Respectfully submitted
DANIEL YOUNG, Inspector of Buildings.
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ANNUAL REPORT
CHARITY DEPARTMENT
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Municipal Council:
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report to Decem- ber 31, 1920.
The year 1920 has proven one with about the same conditions of previous years. Up to September business conditions in the City re- mained fairly good so that the work of the Overseers was about nor- mal, but since that time work has become scarce and of necessity the work of the Overseers increased.
January, 1920, Mrs. E. Grace King was reappointed to the Board for three years, and the organization of the Board was effected by electing J .. V. Curran, Chairman, E Grace King, Clerk, W. L. Elliot, Visitor.
The high cost of living has of course affected this department, and it has been made necessary to overdraw, but whereas these may be the conditions, in comparison with other cities of our size I believe we are on as equally good footing financially as any of the other cities.
We have had during the year 21 mothers' aid cases and 9 T. A. cash of the 21 mothers; 17 were at the beginning of the year and 4 have been added during the year, and 5 have been closed, leaving 16 cases, December 31, 1920; of the 9 T. A. cash, 2 have been closed, leaving 7 cases, December 31, 1920.
In all 54 families have been aided, making 192 individuals. We are boarding 5 minor children in homes outside of the almshouse,- 2 in hospitals; we are boarding also 3 old people in homes, aiding 2 in their own homes and 1 in Tewksbury.
The City Home is making the usual good showing; we have painted the buildings, and the Board feels that we have an institution that is a credit to our City. We have had 21 inmates during the year-2 have died, 8 have left the home, leaving 11 in the home January 1, 1921- 8 men and 3 women.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation
$26,000.00
Expended
$27,049.79
Overdrawn
$1,049.79
Appropriation Bills
$8,000.00
Expended
5,511.17
Balance
$2.488.83
Appropriation M. A.
$7,000.00
Expended
$8,803.72
Overdrawn
$1,803.72
Appro. T. A
$2,000.00
Expended
$2,503.58
Overdrawn
503.58
Appro. Maintenance
$3,000.00
Expended
$3,110.92
Overdrawn
$110.92
Appropriation Farm
$6,000.00
Expended
$7,120 40
Overdrawn
$1.120.40
With present indications of the business situation the Board feels compelled to ask for an appropriation of $28,000.00 divided as follows:
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Mothers' Aid
$10,000.00
T. A. Cash:
2 500.00
Salaries
3,500.00
City Home
7,000.00
Outside Relief Bills
5,000.00
$28,000.00
JOSEPH V. CURRAN,
E. GRACE KING,
W. L. ELLIOT,
Overseers of the Poor.
CITY PHYSICIAN
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Municipal Council:
The following is the annual report of the City Physician for the year 1920.
Consultations at my office 245, calls made at homes 501, a total of 746.
There have been 97 medical, 22 surgical cases, 2 confinements and 4 police calls.
There have been 8 deaths, all old people.
The calls for Soldiers' Relief have been greatly increased-99 visits being made.
Two patients were sent to the State Hospital at Taunton, three to the State Hospital at Tewksbury, one to Sherburne for confinement and about fourteen to the Sturdy Hospital.
I have operated on four children for enlarged tonsils and adenoids for the department.
There have been five very serious cases at the City Home this year, two being bad septic infections and I commend to you the nurs- ing that Mrs. Hoyle and Mrs. Hager have given these poor patients.
Miss Pike has been of much service to many of the patients whom I have had to see and I have had many consultations with her in re- gard to certain cases. She certainly fills in many gaps where patients are in need and do not wish to call on our Overseers.
During the month of December my work has greatly increased- many new calls have come to me. I find it is because of the lack of work here in the city and therefore with the present business outlook I expect a very busy winter in this Department.
It is my opinion, that in the very near future, Attleboro will have to establish an Out Patient Department at the Sturdy Hospital. This will be necessary and wise because of the fact that people do not like to get an order from the Overseers of the Poor for medical treatment. This out-patient department can however be run under the direction of the Ciy Physician similar to the Venereal Clinic which is run by the Health Department.
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