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Total for Parks and Playgrounds.
4,013 22
UNCLASSIFIED
Celebrations and Entertainments :
150th Anniversary :
Fireworks 550 00
Removal of Abutment on Medway Street:
Labor
1,416 46
Hauling Derrick
22 50
1,438 96
Purchase of Land of Nellie Bachelor 800 00
Petty Cash :
A. O. Caswell
100 00
M. L. Brittle 50 00
E. Blake 5 00
155 00
Land Damages :
West St. and Upton
Road
150 00
East Main St. 425 00
Courtland, So. Main, Prospect and Elm 1,513 96
2,088 96
Damage to Persons and
Property
1,073 95
Survey of Cedar Swamp Pond : Survey 175 00
Flowage Rights : Clark Heirs 69 00
Memorial Day :
Post 22, G. A. R. .... 200 00
American Legion .... 200 00
Spanish War Vet-
erans
50 00
450 00
65
Armistice Day :
Veterans of Foreign Wars
200 00
Printing Town Reports
1,355 20
Workingmen's Compensation In- surance
2,500 00
Aid to Agriculture.
100 00
County Tax
27,000 00
State Tax
16,875 00
State Highway Tax
1,586 50
National Bank and Trust Co.
Tax
50 64
State Park and Reservation Tax
277 46
Auditing Municipal Accounts
Tax
222 73
Old Age Assistance Tax
4,396 00
Total for Unclassified.
$61,346 40
CEMETERIES
North Purchase Cemetery :
Labor
75 00
North Purchase Trust Funds :
Care of Lots 30 90
Vernon Grove Cemetery :
Clerk of Trustees
300 00
Labor
2,272 38
Loam
248 00
Lawnseed
37 00
Tools
104 35
Flowers
21 00
Gravel
40 00
Straightening Head-
stones
50 00
Grove Cemetery
17 50
New Fence
888 00
Sundries
3 50
3,981 73
Total for Cemeteries $4,087 63
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INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest :
Temporary Loans
7,507 43
Sewer Bonds
4,017 50
Main St. Con-
struction Loan .. 2,848 00
Main St. Side-
walk Loan .. . 433 13
Stacy School Loan
600 00 15,406 66
Municipal Indebtedness : Temporary Loans
480,000 00
Sewer Bonds-
1906
7,000 00
1908 2,000 00
1921
1,000 00
1922
4,000 00
Main St. Con-
struction Loan
15,000 00
Main St. Side-
walk Loan
5,000 00
Stacy School
Loan
3,000 00
517,000 00
Total for Interest and Maturity Debt.
$532,406 06
TRUST FUNDS
Cemetery Perpetual Care
400 00
Care of lots in Pine
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Refunds :
Taxes 324 44
Motor Vehicle
Excise Tax, 1930 12 83
67
Motor Vehicle
Excise Tax, 1931 848 09 1,185 36
Transfers :
Interest to Health
Department
4,500 00
Selectmen to Re-
moval of Abut-
ment
1,000 00
-
Rifle Range to Re- -
moval of Abut-
ment
1,000 00
Interest to Police
Department
500 00
Land Damage-So.
Main, Courtland,
Elm and Pros-
Pect Streets to
Police Dept.
300 00
Interest to Town
Hall
800 00
Reserve Fund to :
Health Dept.
2,000 00
School Dept.
2,000 00
Military Aid
400 00
Tax Collector
135 00
Dog Officer
35 00
Inspection of
Animals
25 00
Total for Transfers.
12,695 00
Total for Refunds and Transfers 13,880 36
Total Expenditures .... 1,189,825 24 Cash in General Treasury Dec. 31, 1931 .... 33,231 19
Grand Total
$1,223,056 43
RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES
1931 Balance
1931 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1931 Expendi- tures
1931 Balance
1932 Estimates
General Government
$125 00
$125 00
Moderator
$80 00
$45 00
$125 00
3,300 00
3,300 00
Selectmen
2,911 14
388 86
2,300 00
75 00
75 00
Finance Commission-Secretary
63 50
11 50
75 00
2,400 00
2,400 00
Accountant
2,181 84
218 16
2,400 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
Treasurer
1,970 21
29 79
1,900 00
220 00
220 00
Treasurer's Bond
220 00
225 00
4,300 00
$135 00
4,435 00
4,429 27
5 73
4,800 00
440 00
440 00
Tax Collector's Bond
440 00
450 00
4,200
00
30 00
4,230 00
Assessors
4,228 89
1 11
4,200 00
600
00
600 00
Publishing Poll Lists
541 00
59 00
600 00
800 00
800 00
Publishing Valuation Books
693 96
106 04
50 00
50 00
Certifying Town Notes
36 00
14 00
50
00
1,200
00
1,200 00
Town Solicitor
1,197 52
2 48
1,500 00
1,800 00
1,800 00
Town Clerk
1,549 84
250 16
1,800 00
15 00
15 00
Planning Board
15 00
15 00
2,500 00
2,500 00
Elections, Registrations and Town Meetings
2,159 65
340 35
3,200 00
2,800 00
800 00
3,600
00
3,396 69
203 31
2,800
00
1,200 00
1,200 00
Memorial Hall
1,188 50
11 50
1,200
00
800 00
800 00
Memorial Hall Repairs
795 76
4 24
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department
$19,991 42
$809 08 27 61
$20,000 00
Court Fees
72 39
100 00
Traffic Lights-Maintenance and Light
600 00
68
$20,000 00 100. 00
$800 50
$20,800 50 100 00
Town Hall
Tax Collector
RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES-Continued
1931 Balance
1931 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1931 Expendi- tures
1931 Balance
1932 Estimates
18,650 00
50 00
18,700 00
Fire Dept .- Pay of Members
18,605 64
94 36
18,650 00
3,500 00
3 50
3,503 50
Fire Dept .- Incidentals
3,506 97
1 53
3,500 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
Fire Dept .- Repairs
1,499 70
30
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Fire Dept .- New Hose
970 20
29 80
1,500 00
350 00
350
00
Fire Dept .- Brush Fires
346 50
3 50
350 00
70 30
Fire Dept .- Unpaid Bills, 1925
70 30
$70 30 2,480 00
10,000 00
12,480 00
Hydrant Service
11,136 92
1,343 08
12,400 00
400 00
400 00
Rifle Practice
400 00
400 00
400 00
400 00
Inspector of Wires
400 00
400 00
750 00
750 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
678 17
71 83
750 00
500 00
500
00
Gypsy Moth Suppression
500 00
500 00
1,000 00
1,000
00
Tree Warden-Care of Trees
1,000 00
1,000 00
150 00
150 00
Tree Warden-New Trees
150 00
150 00
250 00
35 00
285 00
Dog Officer
281 50
3 50
250 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
Rifle Range, Co. I. M. N. G.
1,000 00
Health and Sanitation
$8,500 00
$6,500 00
$15,000 00
Health-General
$13,861 79
$1,138 21
$15,000 00
350 00
25 00
375 00
Inspector of Animals
372 70
2 30
350 00
500 00
500 00
Inspector of Plumbing
500 00
500 00
2,400 00
2,400 00
Dental Clinic
2,398 99
1 01
2,500 00
Inspector of Plumbing, Unpaid Bill, 1931
108 65
2,307 69
2,307 69
Worcester County Hospital District
2,307 69
2,828 77
8,000 00
8,000 00
Sewer Maintenance
7,999 90
10
9,000 00
584 86
6,500 00
76 72
7,161 58
Sewer Construction
7,148 72
12 86
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RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES-Continued
1931 Balance
1931 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1931 Expendi- tures
- 1931 Balance
1932 Estimates
184 09
184 09
Sewer Construction-Unpaid Bill of 1930
184 09
Sewer Maintenance-Unpaid Bill of 1931
706 53
1,038 32 108 80
1,038 32 108 80
Repairs to Pumping Station Sewer Maintenance-Unpaid Bill of 1927
108 80
169 56
169 56
Round Pond Improvements
169 56
131 80
43 20
175 00
Surveying Cedar Swamp Pond
175 00
43 20
43 20
Surveying Cedar Swamp Pond- Unpaid Bill 1930
43 20
Highways
$45,000 00 3,000 00
$ 75
$45,000 75 3,000 00 1,282 46 34 47
Highway Department
$44,953 22
$47 53 59
$25,000 00 3,000 00
1,282 46
Highway Dept .- Unpaid bills 1930
1,282 46
34 47
Main St. Sidewalks-Unpaid Bill 1930
34 47
93 61
Rebuilding West St.
25,746 04
5,844 05
Sidewalks
3,999 33
67
20,000 00
20 10
20 10
Construction of Main St.
20 10
500 00
500 00
Sidewalks-Leonard-Otis Sts.
500 00
500 00
500 00
Sidewalks-Genoa Ave.
496 20
3 80
126 52
126 52
Installing-Approved Traffic
Lights-Corner of Exchange
126 52
18,500 00
18,500 00
and West and Congress Sts. Street Lighting
18,431 67
68 33
18,700 00
-
12,000 00 4,000 00
19,590 09
31,590 09 4,000 00
Oiling Streets
2,999 41
1,038 32
70
RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES-Continued
1931 Balance
1931 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1931 Expendi- tures
1931 Balance
1932 Estimates
Cleaning Godfrey and Other Brooks
Construction of E. Main St. from N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Cross- ing to Junction of E. Main and Medway Sts., of reinforced concrete
20,000 00
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
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$99,000 00
$99,000 00
Public Welfare - General and Mothers' Aid
$97,832 67
$1,495 58
$200,000 00
2,800 00
2,800 00
Infirmary-Building and Repair- ing Smoking Room
2,774 73
25 27
700 00
700 00
State Aid
500 00
200 00
800
00
500 00
415. 00
915 00
Military Aid
720 00
195 00
900
00
30,000 00 100 00
94 00
30,094 00 100 00
Soldiers' Relief
29,252 44
841 56
30,000 00
Care of Soldiers' and Sailors'
Graves
100 0
100 00
Schools and Libraries
$214,230 00 2,400 00
$2,254 47
$216,484 47 2,400 00
School Department
$216,467 23
$7 24
$221,180 00
School Department-Purchasing Building Plans
2,400 00
3,700 00
1,243 71
4,943 71
Town Library
4,941 09
2 62
5,000 00
10,000 00
RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES-Continued
1931 Balance
1931 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1931 Expendi- tures
1931 Balance
1932 Estimates
Recreation and Unclassified
$2,500 00
$2,500 00
Town Parks
$2,495 20
$4 80
$2,500 00
10 00
10 00
Town Parks-Unpaid Bill 1930
10 00 291 43
8 57
200 00
Building Tennis Court on Town Park, laying drain pipe and
other general park improve- ments
4,000 00
Concrete pipe for drain
500 00
1,200 00
1,200 00
Playgrounds
1,196 09
3 91
1,500 00
20 50
20 50
Playground-Unpaid Bills 1930
10 00
1,355 20
1,355 20
Printing Town Reports
1,355 20
2,500 00
2,500 00
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
2,500 00
2,500 00
1,000 00
100 00
1,100 00
Damage to Persons and Property
1,073 95
26 05
1,000 00
69 00
69 00
Flowage Right-Clark Heirs
69 00
69 00
200 00
200 00
Memorial Day-G. A. R.
200 00
200 00
200 00
200 00
Memorial Day-American Legion
200 00
200 00
50 00
50 00
Memorial Day-Spanish War Vet- erans
50 00
50 00
200 00
200 00
Armistice Day-Veterans of For- eign Wars
200 00
200 00
157 25 612 30
750 00
907 25
Land Damages on East Main St.
425 00
482 25
612 30
Land Damages on So. Main and Upton
150 00
462 30
100 00
8,000 00
8,100 00
Land Damages on So. Main, Court- land, Elm and Prospect Sts.
1,813 96
6 286 04
72
300 00
300 00
Town Parks Sidewalks
RECAPITULATIONS AND ESTIMATES-Continued
1931 Balance
1931 Appro- priations
Receipts and Transfers
Total
ACCOUNTS
1931 Expendi- tures
1931 Balance
1932 Estimates
1,167 63
800 00
2,000 00
Removing Abutment on Medway Road
1,438 96
561 04
100 00
100 00
Worcester
County Extension
Service
100 00
100 00
Covering Charles River with
'stone masonry, sidewalks and reenforced top slab from Cen- tral St. northerly
5,000 00
73
Cemeteries
$2,000 00 1,000 00
$1,093 73
$3,093 73 1,000 00
Vernon Grove Cemetery
$3,093 73 888 00
$112 00
$2,000 00 1,000 00
Vernon Grove Cemetery-Income Trust Funds
1,104 98
122 03
75 00
75 00
North Purchase Cemetery
75 00
75 00
37 00
11 25
48 25
North Purchase Cemetery-In- come Trust Funds
30 90
17 35
Interest and Maturing Debt
$22,000 00 37,000 00
$22,000 00 37,000 00
Interest Maturing Debt
$21,206 06 37,000 00
$793 94
$20,000 00 35,000 00
1,167 63 800 00 2,000 00
Celebration of 150th Anniversary Purchase of Nellie Bachelor Land
550 00
617 63
800 00
Vernon Grove Cemetery-New fence
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SALARIES AND WAGES OF EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
POSITION SALARY
Moderator, wage set by Moderator (1931-80 00)
Selectmen 250 00
Clerk of Selectmen 500 00
Secretary of Finance Commission
50 00
Accountant
2,000 00
Treasurer
1,500 00
Tax Collector 3,500 00
Assessors (two members)
1,000 00
Assessors Clerk
1,500 00
Town Solicitor
250 00
and legal fees for special work-(1931- 947 52)
Town Clerk 500 00 and recording fees, marriages, deaths and
births (1931-701 00)
Registrar of Voters 150 00
Clerk of Registrars 175 00
Janitor of Town Hall
1,200 00
Janitor of Memorial Hall
600 00
Police Department :
Chief 2,400 00
Patrolmen, per hour
631/2
Fire Department :
Engineers 225 00
Superintendent Fire Alarm System 300 00
Drivers-So. Main St. Station, per week 37 50
Drivers-Hook and Ladder, per week
35 00
Clerk
150 00
Firemen
150 00
Tree Warden, per week while working
28 00
Dog Officer
75 00
Health :
Members 100 00
75
Clerk
250 00
Sanitary Inspector
300 00
Plumbing Inspector, union wages for actual time taken
(1931-$500 00)
Nurse 1,080 00
Doctor 600 00
Dentists 975 00
Inspector of Meats 1,356 00
Inspector of Animals
300 00
Sewer Department:
Commissioners-two members 200 00
Chairman of Board
250 00
Superintendent 1,600 00
Clerk
200 00
Highway Department :
Superintendent 2,000 00
Drivers, per hour
662/3
Public Welfare:
Overseers (two members) 150 00
Chairman of Board 250 00
Almoner 1,500 00
Superintendent of Town Farm 1,500 00
Clerk, per week.
12 00
School Department :
Superintendent 3,900 00
Truant Officer 1,450 00
Physical Director 2,600 00
Physicians (two) 1,000 00
Nurse 1,500 00
Library Department :
Librarian
1,320 00
Assistant Librarian 536 50
Cemetery :
Clerk of Trustees 300 00
For Teachers Salaries see School Depart- ment Report. Common labor in all depart- ments, per hour 50
NET FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT OF MILFORD DECEMBER 31, 1931
Year
Sewer Bonds
Stacy School
1932
$13,000 00
$3,000 00
Main St. Loan $15,000 00
Main St. Sidewalks $4,000 00
Total Maturity by Years $35,000 00
1933
11,000 00
3,000 00
15,000 00
4,000 00
33,000 00
1934
9,000 00
3,000 00
15,000 00
27,000 00
1935
9,000 00
3,000 00
12,000 00
1936
9,000 00
9,000 00
1937-1952
2,000 00 Yearly
32,000 00
$83,000 00
$12,000 00
$45,000 00
$8,000 00
$148,000 00
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MILFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT
ROSTER OF MEMBERS
Ernest E. O'Brien, Chief,
Perley S. Johnson, Deputy Chief, Louis Abbiuso, Assistant Deputy, John N. Julian, Clerk.
ENGINE No. 1
Captain, William Young; Lieutenant, Charles H. Negus, Ansel Kempton, Clifford D. Ray, Fred Luby, John Strobeck, Victor Mainini, Louis Rizoli, Aubrey Allen, Elmer Rose; Driver, Roland Milan.
LADDER No. 1
Captain, Bernard Manion; Lieutenant, William J. Ca- rini; Joseph Casey, John Adams, Michael Burke, Andrea Cueroni, Michael Volpe, George Fitzpatrick, Thomas Mullen, William Byron, John Hannigan, Simplici Rizzi, Patrick Carroll; Driver, Frank Higgins.
HOSE No. 1
Captain, Edward Duggan; Lieutenant, James Ed- wards; P. E. Jeffery, Clyde Cheney, Fred Ruhan, Harry L. Cronan, Carroll Dewing, Joseph De Batista, William Nelson, Agostino La Preste; Driver, William Barlow.
HOSE NO. 2
Captain, James L. Adams; Lieutenant, Percy L. Adams; George Bragdon, James H. O'Brien, Henry El- liott, Garden Rae, James Casey, Francis Murphy, Ed- ward Pederzoli, Louis Pilla; Driver, Thomas Grady.
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HOSE NO. 3
Captain, Charles Joslin; Lieutenant, John Walpole; Gaetano Bonino, Clarence H. Hilton, Emilio Diotelevi, Andrew Sonne, Michael Bianchi, George L. Sullivan, Earle Vasile, William J. Hynes; Drivers, Charles Kim- ball and Charles Goucher.
VOLUNTEER COMPANY, HOSE No. 4 Captain, Gordon Griffith
LOCATION OF THE FIRE ALARM BOXES.
14. Central Street. opposite Baker Slip.
15. Central Street, opposite Milford Shoe Co. fac- tory.
16. Depot Street, near Barney's Coal yard.
17. Corner Spring Street and North Bow Street.
18. Central Street, opposite East Street.
21. Main Street, near Home National Bank.
22. Corner Sumner and Mechanic Streets.
23. Car Barn and East Main Street. Private.
24. Main Street, opposite Town Hall.
25. Corner Main and Pine Streets.
26. Main Street, Supple Square.
27. East Main Street, opposite Cedar.
28. Corner East Main and Medway Streets.
29. Hayward Street, near Parkhurst Street.
31. Water Street, corner Bancroft Avenue.
32. Water Street, near Draper Co. property.
34. West Street, opposite Lee Street.
35. Corner West and Cherry Streets.
36. Corner High and West Spruce Streets.
41 Corner Sumner and Granite Streets.
42. At Milford Foundry.
43. Corner School and Walnut Streets.
45. Purchase Street opposite G. W. Ellis residence.
46. Purchase Street, corner Fountain Street.
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47. Purchase Street, opposite Eben.
52. Main Street, corner Water Street.
53. Main Street, corner Fruit Street.
54. Main Street, near Hospital.
56. Corner Otis and Leonard Streets.
62. Corner Claflin and Franklin Streets.
63. Grove Street, corner Forest Street.
64. South Main Street, near Fruit Street.
65. South Main Street, opposite Cadman Farm.
72. West Street, corner Congress.
73. Corner Spruce and Congress Streets.
75. Upper Congress Street.
142. Archer Rubber Co. factory. Private box.
281. Dodds Quarry.
TELEPHONE BOXES
271. Beyond residence of Lyndhurst MacGregor, Cedar Street.
282. East Main, beyond Dodds.
283. Birch Street, on Medway Road and Bear Hill.
341. Clancey farm. West Street beyond.
751. Upper Congress Street, beyond Card's farm.
CALL SIGNALS
One blast-Superintendent's call.
Two blasts-All out.
Three blasts-Chief's call.
Four blasts-House call.
Five blasts-Fire out of town.
Six blasts-Military call.
Seven blasts-Assembly of Boy Scouts.
EMERGENCY CALL
Telephone
65-2 South Main Street Station.
1430 Main Street Ladder Station.
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SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY
Two brick buildings, necessary equipment; one frame building, necessary equipment; one Amoskeag fire en- gine; one American La France Combination pumping engine, all equipped; one Packard Combination truck, all equipped; one Packard Hose truck, all equipped; one Maxim ladder truck, all equipped; one Maxim Combina- tion Foamite and pumping engine, all equipped; one American La France G. M. C. pump and hose truck, all equipped; one H. & H. Inhalator, grappling hooks, and all necessary equipment; one turtle gong ; fourteen reser- voirs, one fourway Morse deck gun; 19 spot lights, 1350 feet of good hose, 5150 feet of inferior hose.
FIRE ALARM AND TELEGRAPH
One 4-circuit storage battery switchboard, complete with battery cells, etc., 35 miles of wire, 5 mechanical gongs, 4 direct tappers, 2 clocks, combination indicator and gong, 2 indicators, 1 tape register, 1 repeater, 1 bell air machine and whistle complete, 1 steam whistle, 1 transmitter box and necessary equipment, 1 motor gen- erator, 38 boxes, 2 hand break key stations.
From January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1931, there were 187 alarms, 38 were bells and 149 telephone calls.
Value of buildings where actual fire oc-
curred . $1,259,595 00
Loss on buildings 48,115 00
Insurance paid . 45,647 00
Value of contents where actual fire oc- curred
933,717 00
Insurance on contents
696,275 00
Loss on contents 19,478 00
Insurance paid .
17,578 25
We wish to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen for the confidence placed in us, the Police Department
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for the valuable services rendered, and also the members of the Milford Fire Department for their prompt re- sponse and obedience to duty.
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST E. O'BRIEN, PERLEY S. JOHNSON, LOUIS ABBIUSO, Milford Board of Fire Engineers.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
AND THE VOTERS OF MILFORD :
The Board of Public Welfare respectfully submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1931.
During the past year this Department has been strained with the tremendous responsibility of relieving the distress caused by the unemployment.
Therefore, with the large increase in number of people finding it necessary to call for public relief it must follow that the expenditures of this Department would show a large percentage of increase.
Appropriation by Town $69,000 00
Added Appropriation
30,000 00
Refund, July 7
72 00
Refund, Sept. 18
9 00
Refund, Oct. 17
2 25
Refund, Oct. 17
5 00
Refund, Nov. 13
109 00
Refund, Dec. 31
131 00
$99,328 25
EXPENDITURES
Town Infirmary $13,278 96
Outside Aid
58,739 48
Mothers' Aid
19,067 13
Old Age Assistance
6,747 10
$97,832 67
Unexpended balance December 31,
1931
1,495 58 $99,328 25
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OUTSIDE RELIEF
The total expenditures for Outside Relief was $58,739.48, an increase over 1930 of $22,005.77.
It is under this division of the Department that the greatest increase in expenditures will be noted as it is under this heading that the relief of unemployment situ- ation has been met.
Beginning May 1, 1931 this Board started a plan of placing the unemployed men aided by the Relief Depart- ment to work two days a week at the local Infirmary on various jobs under the direction of Superintendent Mau- rice L. Brittle.
Since November 1, 1931, this plan has been adopted with the Highway Department furnishing Mr. Beaulac with an average of one hundred men a week for the pur- pose of cleaning brush in the outlining districts, and fin- ishing the dismantling of the abutment on the Medway Road.
MOTHERS' AID
The total expenditures for Mothers' Aid was $19,167.13, an increase over 1930 of $3,407.59.
Five new cases of Mothers' Aid have been added to our list this year.
In carrying on the Mothers' Aid work we are very grateful for the help and co-operation of the State De- partment of Public Welfare, which has general super- vision; the Milford District Nursing Association, and the different church societies, who have assisted us in this department.
SUMMARY OF RELIEF
The total expenditures during the fiscal year of 1931 for the Town Relief were $97,832.67, and reimburse- ments were $17,308.94 making the net expense of $80,523.73.
The total expenditures for Town Infirmary were
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$13,278.96 and the revenue was $4,599.07, making the net expenses $8,679.89.
The net expenditures for all Poor Relief were $75,924.66.
On December 7, 1931, the State Theater turned over the entire proceds of that evening's performance to the Welfare Department for the relief of the unemployed, netting this Department $393.00.
On December 5, 1931 the Milford High School Football Team played the Norwood High School Team at Nor- wood, Massachusetts, and the proceeds were turned over to this Department, netting the sum of $333.88 for each Town.
OUTDOOR RELIEF
The number of families was 490 comprising 1,550 per- sons, of these 490 families, 1,201 persons have legal set- tlement in Milford, Massachusetts; 15 families compris- ing 47 persons are State Cases, and 18 families compris- ing 63 persons have settlement in other Cities and Towns. Thirty-eight families comprising 164 persons have been aided under Chapter 118 of General Laws, (Mothers' Aid).
Under Chapter 402, Acts of 1930, (Old Age Assist- ance) 75 persons are receiving this assistance.
INDOOR RELIEF
The whole number of persons having a legal settlement in Town who received Indoor Relief for the whole or part of the year, comprising those in the Town Infirmary and State Infirmary was 42.
We had 11 Boarders with other Cities and Towns Set- tlements at our Infirmary. There were five cases from Blackstone, three cases from Bellingham, one case from Millville, one case from Hopkinton, and one case from Hopedale, also two children at Mount Saint Vincent, Holyoke, Massachusetts, two children at the Child Guard- ianship Department. Seven people were cared for at
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the Pondville Hospital at Norfolk, Massachusetts. Board was paid for seven children in private families at an average weekly rate of $4.00.
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
The total expenditures for Old Age Assistance from August 1, 1931, to December 31, 1931, was $6,747.10.
In Chapter 402, Acts of 1930 of General Laws, the Legislature passed a law to provide for Old Age Assist- ance to persons seventy years of age or over who shall reside in the Commonwealth not less than twenty years immediately preceding arrival at that age.
The aid shall be adequate to the need of each case. The law is to be administered by the local Board of Public Welfare of the various Cities and Towns, and the State Department of Public Welfare is to supervise the work done, and the measures taken.
It is estimated by the State Authorities that the Cities and Towns will be called on to aid about ten thousand cases under this Act at the average weekly cost of about $8.00. According to these figures the Town of Milford might be expected to aid about eighty-five cases at the annual expense of $35,000.00.
From August 1, 1931, to December 31, 1931, we have aided seventy-five cases, averaging $5.00 a week cash per person.
When this law was first enacted it was the intention of the Commonwealth to reimburse 1/3 of the expenses in all cases having a legal settlement, and full amount in all cases without a settlement, but we are of the opin- ion that the Commonwealth may reimburse the whole amount in all cases according to the legal interpretation of the present State Legislation.
The present session of the Legislature is expected to enact legislation to assume definite action on this prob- lem, of caring for those entitled for the Old Age Assist- ance.
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The Law calls for the establishment of a separate divi- sion to be designated, "The Bureau of Old Age Assist- ance." This means that we are required to have separate quarters. We have already a separate system of records.
Comparative report showing the amounts of relief granted during the past twenty years including Outdoor Relief, Town Infirmary, Mothers' Aid which was enacted in 1913, and Old Age Assistance enacted on July 1, 1931.
1910
$12,999 75
1911
13,995 78
1912
17,744 66
1913
12,994 94
1914
22,501 99
1915
19,271 96
1916
18,359 53
1917
20,018 51
1918
30,777 57
1919
38,838 22
1920
42,718 51
1921
45,260 60
1922
53,826 65
1923
48,111 24
1924
42,602 42
1925
45,560 33
1926
48,852 26
1927
52,761 73
1928
52,121 54
1929
52,867 23
1930
69,126 35
1931
97,832 67
On March 11, 1931, Mr. Frank E. Hill who had been Superintendent of our local Infirmary since January 1, 1918, died after faithful service in that office.
Mr. Hill was a kindly man who had performed his du- ties with the purpose in mind of having the people at the local Infirmary who were under his care, made as com-
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fortable as possible. Through the death of Mr. Hill this Department, and the Town of Milford suffered a distinct loss.
In Memoriam
FRANK E. HILL
Faithful and efficient Superintendent of the Milford Town Infirmary for many years.
Out of the welter of more than a score of aspirants for Superintendent and Matron vacancy at our local Infirm- ary, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice L. Brittle of Worcester, Mass- achusetts, were appointed.
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