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Lizzie S. Estabrook, Clerk
327.00
Eleanor Thomas, clerical help
47.57
Lizzie S Estabrook, expense Ply- mouth
12.00
Nemasket Auto Co., Auto hire
2.50
$642.34
Selectmen :
Bourne Wood, Expense, Boston $2.47
S. T. LeBaron, Clerk, Selectmen 125.00
$25.00 from this Selectman's account should be trans- ferred to this account.
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Florence C. Haskins, Clerk, Town Clerk, etc. 350.00
Margaret Thomas, . Clerical help, Town Clerk, etc.
30.00
Meals, Election and Caucus Officers
44.10
Telephone 31.32
Daniel F. Wilbur, horse hire, (dog officer)
11.50
Transfer from Selectmen's account
25.00
$1,261.73
Overdraft
$56.42
A bill for Assessors transportation of $60.00 was received after Jan. 1, and is not included in this report.
INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Balance from 1917
59.30
RECEIPTS.
Moth Department, use of truck 233.90
Bourne Wood .10
Standard Oil Co., permit 2.00
E. H. Cromwell, sale of truck 55.00
Overseers of Poor, Liability insurance
7.59
Sale, Oliver Typewriter
20.00
Edward H. Blake, permit
6.00
Telephone calls
.25
Sale, Town histories
15.00
Moth Account, rent of building
240.00
Orders drawn:
A. R. Owens, teaming $8.50
Edward E. Place, care Soldiers'
graves, Midd.
25.00
T. W. Pierce Hardware Co., supplies
1.89
Jesse F. Morse, supplies
2.50
Albert A. Thomas, Town Clerk,
making record and returns of
deaths and marriages in town of Middleboro 143.10
$2,639.14
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Bureau of Statistics, certifying notes
10.00
Blackbird Pen Co., pens 3.00
Baker-Vawter Co., supplies
13.78
Bureau of Statistics, certifying loan
2.00
J. H. Burkhead, M. D., return of births
5.75
Oliver Typewriter
44.10
A. Elliott, M. D., teturn of births
5.75
F. D. Ballou, rubber stamp
.90
W. F. Fryer, M. D., return of births
4.25
So. Middleboro Garage and filling Sta. supplies
2.75
S. A. R. Pratt & Son, fighting grass fire
2.50
Sue A. Bishop, clerical help mailing
Constitutional Amendments 8.00
E. H. Cromwell, expense, Boston
2.47
S. T. LeBaron, expense, Boston
2.47
Leonard & Sampson, Liability Ins.
195.00
E. M. Healy, return of deaths
3.75
W. L. Soule, return of deaths
19.50
Underwood Typewriter Co., supplies
5.00
L. A. Baker, M. D., return of births
14.50
Lloyd Perkins, labor and supplies
4.43
The Adder Machine Co., repairs
3.41
P. H. Pierce Co., supplies
7.84
Elliott Harlow, lumber and labor, Honor Roll
44.54
Carter's Ink Co., ink
2.20
Elizabeth E. Doherty, labor
1.25
G. E. Doane, supplies
2.30
Bourne Wood, Insurance Spraying machine 33.00
Bourne Wood, expense, Boston
2.47
Bourne Wood, Collector's bond
50.00
Bourne Wood, Insurance Moth truck
55.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Vo., service
139.60
Bailey's Garage, two Goodyear tires
73.30
Bailey's Garage, painting Honor Roll
21.26
Bailey's Garage, labor and supplies moth truck 196.84
Adams Express Co., express
7.76
Maxim Motor Co., supplies 3.98
J. H. Creedon, P. M., box rent
2.40
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Lorenzo Wood, printing
66.72
J. H. Creedon, P. M., postage
194.00
Bourne Wood, insurance, Treas- urer's bond
75.00
Bourne Wood, Insurance, Moth equipment
16.00
H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing
412.50
The Nemasket Press, printing
81.02
The Nemasket Press, printing Town Reports
410.00
T. N. Wood, Insurance
19.25
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
3.00
Forest fires
188.07
Ralph Bassett, supplies
3.20
A. C. Cosseeboom & Co., supplies and labor
1.00
J. J. Fowler, postage
3.00
S. H. Keith, Marshal Victory parade
5.00
$2,662.10
Overdraft, 1918
$22.96
TOWN HALL.
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Municipal Light Plant, rent
150.00
Middleboro School Dept., rent
500.00
E. H. Crowell, Agent
923.00
Transfer Reserve Fund
405.00
$4,978.00
Less overdraft, 1918
632.67
Orders drawn:
E. Kimball Harrison, Janitor
$910.00
Geo. T. Law, Janitor
14.00
Middleboro Gas & El. Light Co.
327.56
Bourne Wood, Insurance
205.80
Mass. State Prison, supplies 3.64
John R. McGrady, loam for town lot
42.51
Percy W. Keith, Insurance
102.75
C. L. Hathaway, Insurance
89.05
4.00
A. Eaton, harrowing lawn F. A. Johnson, painting and supplies
12.10
$4,345.33
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Annie M. Reed, Insurance
80.05
Theodore N. Wood, Insurance 89.05
E. H. Cromwell, Insurance
89.05
A. Dinsmore, lamps
5.04
B. C. Shaw, wood
87.50
Reginald Drake, Insurance
89.05
Thomas & Weston, Insurance
89.05
D. D. Sullivan, Insurance
89.05
Ralph Maddigan, Insurance
89.05
J. F. Alden, Insurance
82.20
Middleboro Fire Dist., water
55.14
F. N. Whitman, supplies
7.71
John J. Pearson, labor and supplies
149.41
Morgan Electric Co., labor
1.89
J. L. Jenney, coal
589.38
Lucas & Thomas, dustbane
75
C. B. Dolge, dustalaher
7.50
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co., glass
12.92
Chemo Co., floor oil and disinfectant
131.25
P. H. Pierce Co., seed
4.35
A. R. Owens, freight and carting
8.30
Bourne Wood, boiler insurance
58.24
A. C. Cosseboom & Co., supplies
1.10
M. F. Ellis, drinking cups
15.00
H. Crossley, war tax placards
. 70
G. H. Simmons, work on lawn H. B. Wentworth, care of piano
20.00
Maxim Motor Co., loam
27.00
L. B. Tinkham, sharpening lawn mower 1.00
10.90
Arthur C. Burgess, building chimney
405.00
Charles W. Clark, mowing lawn
6.15
Bailey's Garage, paint
1.40
E. H. Blake, repairs
2.50
Jessee F. Morse, spray
1.00
Ralph M. Bassett, supplies
3.61
B. C. Shaw, slabs
18.00
Truman C. Savery, slabs
12.00
John Farquhar & Sons, roofing slate
37.50
E. H. Cromwell, Town Hall, Agent
100.00
A. R. Owens, freight and trucking
1.65
Commonwealth of Mass., supplies
17.03
10.00
Geo. E. Doane, supplies
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John R. Fairborn, supples
4.11
John F. Malley, Collector
75.00
Leonard & Sampson
30.00
$4,336.54
Balance on hand $8.70
The following appointments have been made in their order:
Burton Dinsmore, Inspector of Wires.
John J. Fowler, Jr., Moth Superintendent.
A. V. Smith, M. D., Soldiers' Physician,
C. S. Cummings, M. D., Soldiers' Physician.
Rose Collins, weigher of coal, hay, beef, boilers and heavy machinery.
J. H. Pushee, Inspector of Animals.
Geo. W. Bryant, Inspector of Wires.
Doris Leonard, weigher of coal, hay, beef, boilers and heavy machinery.
Morrill K. Dean, Fish Warden and Herring Inspector, East Taunton.
Victor A. Malm, Superintendent of Streets.
John J. Fowler, Jr., Forest Warden.
Frank W. Hastay, Special Police.
S. T. LeBaron, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Daniel F. Wilbur, Special Police.
Daniel F. Wilbur, Fish Warden, and Herring Inspector Ne- masket Mills.
Frank W. Thomas, Measurer of Wood and Bark and surveyor of lumber.
Ralph Sampson, Constable.
Clarence E. Thomas, Patrolman.
Edward S. Jackson, Patrolman,
Myron Bump, Special Police.
E. Kimball Harrison, Constable.
Louis Hathaway, Chief of Police.
William Chamberlain, Special Police.
Charles E. Guertain, Special Police.
Frank W. Hastay, Special Police. Walter S. Durgin, Special Police.
Charles M. Thatcher, Special Police. Ichabod B. Thomas, Special Police. S. S. Lovell, Special Police.
Alton R. Rogers, Substitute Patrolman.
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Samuel Hathaway, Special Police. Andrew J. Decker, Special Police. Lorenzo Wood, Registrar of Voters. Earnest S. Pratt, Public Weigher. John H. Pushee, Special Police. Ferdinand C. Landgrebe, Special Police.
Elmer E. Giles, Special Police. Andrew Q. Hall, Special Police. Waldo E. Jackson, Special Police. Isaac Maxwell, Special Police.
ELECTION OFFICERS.
PRECINCT ONE.
Warden, B. J. Allen
Deputy Warden, Edward B. Whitmarsh.
Clerk, Percy W. Keith.
Deputy Clerk, Ernest I. Perkins.
Inspector, Benjamin E. Holmes.
Deputy Inspector, Harold M. Pratt.
Teller, Edmund Pratt.
Deputy Teller, Walter I. Standish.
Officer, Joseph T. Carver.
PRECINCT Two.
Warden, Henry W. Sears.
Deputy Warden, Sylvanus L. Brett.
Clerk, Chester E. W3ston.
Deputy Clerk, Michael J. Cronan.
Inspector, Henry P. Schlueter.
Deputy Inspector, E. T. P. Jenks.
Teller, Ernest M. O'Toole.
Deputy Teller, John J. Mahoney.
Officer, James A. Roberts.
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Balance, 1917
$380.26
Appropriation
1,600.00
Transfer Soldiers' Exemption Fund
402.61
George B. Leonard, refund 64.00
Est. Mary Lyons, refund 140.10
$2,586.97
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Orders drawn
$1,938.18
Balance
.
$655.79
Due fromthis amount account Soldiers' Physicians $300.00
STATE AID.
Selectmen's orders
$4,296.00
SOLDIERS' BURIAL.
Selectmen's orders, 1918
$50.00
MILITARY AID.
Balance, 1917
$502.00
From State Treasurer
105.00
$607.00
Orders drawn
$192.00
Balance, 1918
$515.00
GYPSY MOTHS.
Balance, 1917
$31.21
Receipts (See Town Treasurer's Report) 606.16
Appropriation 1,061.62
$3,053.68
Orders drawn
$4,317.97
Deficit, 1918
$1,264.29
This amount is due from the State of Mass. and from pri- vate work.
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JURY LIST, 1918.
John L. Benson, Mill Worker, Wareham St. George H. Bailey, Shoeworker, Wood St. Edward H. Blake, Bill Poster, Wareham St. Sylvanus L. Brett, Shoeworker, 11 Rock St. Anatole Bourgeois, Shoeworker, 47 School St. Clifton F. Babbitt, Clerk, 80 School St. William W. Bearse, Clerk, Wareham St. Rufus A. Benson, Blacksmith, Wareham St. Walter H. Chipman, Reporter. Benjamin W. Caswell, Caterer, 15 Pierce St. Louis D. Churbuck, Carpenter, 22 School St. Abisha T. Clark, Farmer, Marion Road. James M. Clark, Retired, Wareham St. Alanson F. Cobb, Shoeworker, Wareham St. Charles F. Cole, Carpenter, 56 So. Main St. Edward H. Cromwell, Real Estate Agent, 2 High St. Louis Chartier, Laborer, 19 Southwick St. Nathaniel S. Cushing, Sawyer, East St. Albert Deane, Poultry Dealer, Soule St. George A. Deane, Peddler, Thompson St. Reginald W. Drake, Insurance, Pierce St. G. Delmar Dunbar, Clerk, Bourne St. Eugene L. Dunham, Shoeworker, 18 Elm St. William Egger, Merchant, Pearl St. William P. Fessenden, Clerk, Plymouth St.
David H. Farrar, Merchant, Cottage Court. Charles O. Gammons, Farmer, Highland St. George L. Gillis, Clerk, 61 Oak St. Joseph M. Gibbs, Shoeworker, Wareham St.
James R. Glidden, Merchant, 18 High St.
Frederick L. Hammond, Hotel Prop., No. Main St. Wordsworth H. Harvey, Woodworker, Miller St. Lewis F. Harding, Bookkeeper, Rice St. William M. Haskins, Retired, 29 Oak St. Eugene J. Keith, Carpenter, 35 North St. John Howes Auto Garage, Rice St. Ralph D. Kelley, Clerk, Pierce St. Percy W. Keith, Insurance, Plymouth St.
Orville H. Leonard, Clerk, 63 Oak St. Ralph LeBaron, Farmer, Wareham St. Edward B. Lovell, Agent, Barde Hill Road. John L. Luipold, Shoeworker, 17 Arch St.
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Ralph W. Maddigan, Insurance, Star Ave. Harry Maxim, Farmer, Marion Road. Eugene H. McCarthy, Shoeworker, 58 Everett St. James McCarthy, Painter, 22 Lovell St. Arthur B. Munroe, Salesman, Pierce St. Ernest M. O'Toole, Merchant, 14 North St. Frank C. Otto, Mill Worker, 56 E. Main St. David R. Pierce, Shoeworker, Wareham St. Winifred L. Perkins, Shoeworker, No. Main St. Herbert A. Pratt, Merchant, Pierce St. Leonard Powers.
Edward C. Reed, Lumber Dealer, Pine St.
William J. Robb, Clerk, 17 Barrows St.
Ralph E. Ryder, Carpenter, Plymouth St.
Clarence H. Ryder, Carpenter, Highland St. Truman C. Savery, Wood and Lumber Dealer, Plymouth St. Edwin F. Shaw, Farmer, Summer St. Benjamin C. Shaw, Lumber Dealer, Rocky Meadow St. George F. Shaw, Farmer, Plymouth St. Patrick Sherlock, Mill Worker, Barrows St.
James J. Sheehan, Clerk, Reland St. Harrison T. Shurtleff, Board Sawyer, France St. Charles H. Soule, Poultry Dealer, Cedar St. Edwin E. Soule, Lumber Dealer, Cedar St. Arthur H. Standish, Farmer, Thompson St. Ralph Starrett, R. R. Employee, Courtland St.
Frank M. Stickney, Paper Box Maker, 53 Forest St.
Myron R. Burgess, Cranberry Grower, Rocky Meadow St. John J. Sullivan, Merchant, 219 Center St. Walter I. Standish, Shoeworker, Pleasant, St. Charles W. Swett, Carpenter, Miller St. Alfred E. Thomas, Woodworker, Smith St.
Frank S. Thomas, Engineer, Wareham St.
George L. Thomas, Plumber, 6 Court End Ave. Ichabod B. Thomas, Jr., Shoeworker, 248 Center St.
Waldo Thomas, Clerk, 22 Webster St.
Charles S. Tinkham, Shoeworker, 11 Courtland St.
Chester M. Washburn, Lumber Dealer, Plymouth St. Charles M. Weeks, Clerk, Rice St. Albert T. Westgate, Clerk, Miller St. Joseph F. Westgate, Telephone Employee, Courtland St. Seneca T. Weston, Farmer, France St.
Charles O. White, Shoeworker, Bourne St.
George H. Wilbur, Photographer, Plymouth St.
Harold S. Wood, Assistant Bank Examiner, 9 High St.
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Bourne Wood, Insurance Agent, 14 Elm St. George W. Leland, Florist, Cherry St. James R. Dunham, Machinist, 18 Elm St. Wilfred H. Paradis, Shoeworker, 13 Everett St. Frederick L. Weston, Clerk, Plymouth St. Chester M. Witbeck, Clerk, Everett St. Sven Hokanson, Tailor, Wareham St.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
For the Year Ending December 31, 1918.
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1918, $13.69
Appropriation from Town, May 4th 9,500.00
Appropriation from Town, May 20th 500.00
Received from other towns for out-
side poor
464.75
Received from State for outside poor 60.00
Received from State for boarders at Farm
$52.00
Received for other boarders at Farm
577.50
Received for work with team 5.00
Received for use of bull
39.00
Received from sale of vegetables
409.49
Received from sale of wood
59.50
Received from sale of stock and pigs
240.02
Received from use of telephone
5.70
Received from sale of logs
200.00
Received from sale of milk
3,682.00
Received from sale of fowl and eggs
64.90
$5,335.11
$15,873.55
EXPENSES.
Paid maintenance expenses of house at Town Farm $3,305.39
Paid maintenance expenses of stable and farm 5,143.42
Paid salary of Superintendent and ยท e matron for 1918
900.00
Paid balance of salary due Superin- intendent and matron for 1917
225.00
Paid salary of Overseers of Poor for 1918
500.00
Paid balance of salary due Overseers of Poor for 1917 300.00
Paid salary of Town Physician for 1918 200.00
$10,588.44
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Paid outside poor, 24 families of 53 persons $3,391.28
Residng elsewhere with settlement
here, 7 families of 12 persons 959.65
Residing here, with settlement else-
where, 5 families of 15 persons 631.67
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$4,982.60
EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
Paid for insurance
$135.21
Expenses for telephones
53.41
Premium for Adm. Bond 10.00
Order and copy books
19.15
Expenses for Overseers of Poor out
of town, postage, stationery, etc.
25.11
$242.88
$15,799.29
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1919
- $74.26
$15,873.55
Inmates at Farm, Jan. 1, 1918
10
Number admitted during year
7
Number discharged during year
7
Number died during the year
Number remaining Jan. 1, 1919* VALUATION.
90 Acres, farm and buildings
$23,500.00
51 Acres three wood lots
1,200.00
Live stock, including 2 horses, 19 cows, 1 bull, 2 calves, 2 hogs, 8 pigs, 40 fowl Hay and produce
2,705.00
Feed in bags
186.00
Groceries, meat and provisions
141.00
Furniture
750.00
Washer, wringer and boiler
60.00
Gasoline engine and belt
250.00
Cutter and blower
150.00
Wood saw and table
25.00
Refrigerator
70.00
Forge anvil, etc.
15.00
1,397.00
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215.00
Harvester
450.00
Ford truck Implements and tools
463.50
Cans and cooler
50.00
Wagons, harnesses, etc.
250.00
Dressing, wood, coal and lumber
467.00
$32,344.50
The total receipts from the Farm Account for 1918 have been $5,335.11, which includes $629.50 received from board- ers at the Farm and is about $1,500 in excess of 1917.
The expense of maintaining the house has been nearly $600.00 more this year, owing to the increased cost of every- thing purchased and higher wages paid to the help and also to the fact that the coal bill was almost three times as much, on account of being obliged to carry a large part of 1917 coal bills over into 1918, as well as some other bills also carried over for the house and farm.
The expenses of the farm have been about $1,800.00 more on account of the carrying over to 1918 many bills and the high price of grain and other things used on the farm. There has been purchased nearly $1,000.00 worth of farming uten- sils, which will probably be in use for some years in the future; these are enumerated in the valuation lists. We have no unpaid bills of 1918 brought forward to pay this year.
The valuation of the property now as per inventory of Jan. 1, 1919, is about $1,500.00 more than in any previous year. The milk sales have increased over one-half and the sale of vegetables nearly doubled.
We wish to thank the Charitable Societies and all others who have given of their time and money to aid the suffer- ing and needy, especially during the recent epidemic.
We have included in our valuation, three wood lots, sup- posing and believing that they belonged to the Poor Depart- ment, as they always have been considered so. During the early part of last year the Selectmen took exceptions to the Overseers cutting and selling the logs for the benefit of the Poor Department and a special Town Meeting was held May 20th and after considerable discussion and amending of a vote by C. E. Weston, it was finally voted that all money received from the sale of wood and timber and what has been sold be paid into the Town Treasury. Your Overseers would now like to know who are the custodians of these wood lots
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and for what Department the wood and timber can be used, also whether they should be considered in the valuation of the Poor Department as they have been for a great many years.
Respectfully submitted,
ALLERTON THOMPSON, CHARLES M. THATCHER, WILIAM M. HASKINS.
Overseers of the Poor.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Middleborough, Mass., Jan. 22nd, 1919.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen
I have the honor to respectfully submit the tenth annual report of the Police Department for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1918.
ORGANIZATION.
Louis Hathaway, Chief.
PATROLMEN.
Edward S. Jackson
Clarence E. Thomas
Alton R. Rogers.
Constables
Special Police
William Chamberlain
William Chamberlain
Louis Hathaway
Walter S. Durgin
E. Kimbal Harrison
Charles E. Guertain
Edward S. Jackson
Frank W. Hastay
George H. Morse
John H. Pushee
Charles M. Thatcher
Charles M. Thatcher
Ichabod B. Thomas
Ichabod B. Thomas
Clarence E. Thomas
Fred C. Sparrow
BUSINESS OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Total number of arrests
162
Males
155
Females
7
Minors
15
Residents
107
Non-Residents
55
Liquor raids
5
128
Raids for stolen property
1
Arrests for other towns
Summonses served for other towns
Number of fines imposed
60
Amount of fines imposed
$680.00 575.00
Appealed cases
4 5
Complaints dismissed
11
Discharged
8
Released without arraignment
27
Placed on file
28
Probation
10
State Farm
1
House of Correction
4
Sherburn Reformatory
1
Held for Grand Jury
2
Returned to Lyman School, from probation
2
Turned over to Federal authorities
6
ARRESTS BY MONTHS.
Males
Females
Total
January
6
0
6
February
8
0
8
March
7
0
7
April
6
0
0
May
11
1
12
June
16
1
17
July
18
2
20
August
19
0
19
September
31
0
31
October
12
2
14
November
11
0
11
December
10
1
11
155
7
162
OFFENCES.
Males
Females
Assault and battery Assault on officer
9
0
Total 9
1
0
1
8 7
Amount of fines paid
Continued cases
.
129
Bicycle riding on sidewalk
2
2
Bicycles without lights
2
Default
1
0
1
Delinquent
1
1
2
Desertion from U. S. Arm
1
0
1
Drunk
55
0
55
Eloped from Lyman School
1
0
1
Gaming
4
0
4
Lewd and lacivious
1
3
4
Liquor law violations
6
2
8
Motor vehicle law violations
44
0
44
Malicious mischief
2
0
2
Non-support
1
0
1
Parole violation
1
0
1
Peddling without license
1
0
1
Refusing to aid an officer
1
0
1
Resisting arrest
1
0
1
Short weight
1
0
1
Statutory rape
1
0
1
Safe blowing
4
0
4
Throwing glass in street
1
0
1
Town ordnance violations
3
1
4
U. S. Draft Registration, violation
2
0
2
U. S. Soldier, absent without leave
1
0
1
155
7
162
Runaway children apprehended and returned
2
Motor vehicle accidents, reported and investigated Nights lodgings given
9
PATROLMEN'S REPORT.
BEAT NO. 1 OR (CEUTER)
Building found unlocked and reported
214
Windows found unlocked and reported
4
Street lights reported not lighted
8
Night lights in stores and buildings reported not burning
141
Night lights in banks reported not burning
12
Night lights in postoffice reported not burning
5
Larceny
7
0
7
24
130
Lights left burning in stores and buildings after closing
Defects in street discovered and reported
Oil stoves left burning in buildings after closing
4
Fires discovered and extinguished with sounding alarm
1
Fires discovered and alarm sounded
2
Leak in water pipes reported
Doors of safes found open after store closed
Bicycles found and returned to owners
POST NO. 2 (WEST END).
Buildings found unlocked and reported
30
Windows found open and reported
2
Street lights reported not lighted
39
Lights not burning in Centre St. Tunnel
11
10
Night lights reported not burning in stores and buildings Lights left burning in stores and buildings after closing Obstructions in highway discovered and reported
45 4
Danger lanterns reported not burning
Leak in water pipes reported
Oil stoves reported burning in buildings after closing Escaping gas discovered in building
Defects in highway reported
Fires discovered and extinguished without sounding alarm
Complaints investigated and settled without arrest
Bicycles found and returned to owners 2
I wish to thank the officers and members of the depart- ment for their hearty co-operation and prompt obedience to orders. I wish also to thank the Honorable Board of Select- men, and all others who have assisted me in the performance - of my duties.
Respectfully submitted LOUIS HATHAWAY, Chief of Police.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
For the Year, Jan. 1st, to Dec. 31st, 1918.
Louis Hathaway, Chief $1,200.00
211 2
2
1 5
6 5 1
1 7 1 4
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Clarence E. Thomas, Patrol duty
1,053.04
Edward S. Jackson, Patrol duty
959.33
Alton R. Rogers, Patrol duty
384.65
William Chamberlain, Ex. and Spl. Police duty
46.45
Charles E. Guertain, Ex. and Spl. Police duty
36.82
Frank W. Hastay, Ex. and Spl. Police duty E. Kimbal Harrison, Ex. and Spl. Police duty Samuel Hathaway, Ex. and Spl. Police duty
1.86
6.44
George H. Morse, Ex. and Spl. Police duty
11.41
John H. Pushee, Ex. and Spl. Police duty
15.95
Charles M. Thatcher, Ex. and Spl. Police duty
257.59
Ichabod B. Thomas, Ex. and Spl. Police duty
4.00
Auto List Pub. Co., supplies
18.00
Jas. R. Wood, supplies
259.18
Mass. State Prison, supplies
4.40
John A. Fairbanks, supplies
1.37
Pierce Hardware Co., supplies
1.00
H. L. Thatcher, supplies
5.00
Malcolm Leader Co., supplies
13.57
Geo. E. Doane, supplies
3.80
Traffic Sign Co., supplies
8.10
Louis Hathaway, supplies
68.05
Maxim Motor Co., auto hire
36.00
Nemasket Garage, auto hire
5.00
William Murphy, auto hire
1.00
Bailey's Garage, auto hire
3.00
Ben. C. Shaw, fuel
7.00
James L. Jenny Co., fuel
129.30
Bryant & Soule, fuel
10.52
Postoffice box rent
1.80
E. H. Blake, repairs
. 50
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
59.28
Middleboro Gas & El. Co.
14.85
Louis Hathaway, sundry expense
10.00
Louis Hathaway, care of heater and Janitor work
66.33
Clarence E. Thomas, Janitor work
6.33
Edward S. Jackson, Janitor work
63.30
$4,824.91
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand Jan. 1st $119.31
Balance from Fourth Dist. Court 297.58
49.97
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Appropriation
4,835.69
$5,252.58
Balance on hand Dec. 31st
$428.39
$5,252.58
$5,252.58
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS HATHAWAY,
Jan. 22nd, 1919
Chief of Police.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :- We herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1918:
Every citizen of the town should be interested in the Health Department. While many people in good health seldom think of themselves or sickness, they should observe all health rules and regulations for the benefit of others who may be more susceptible to disease. The simple principles of the now fairly well known manner of the transmission of diseases are easy to comprehend and much good should come thereof.
On the report of a disease dangerous to the public health the first measure of precaution is a more or less complete isolation and quarantine from others to limit the spread of the disease, and to follow up by inquiries and investigation the source of the outbreak if possible.
The epidemic of influenza which swept over the country and state, exacted its toll of distress suffering and death, from Middleboro, and the cities and towns of the Common- wealth. The exact number who were sick with influenza in Middleboro, will never be known. Influenza was not a reporta- ble when the epidemic started. Six hundred and seventy were reported by the physicians after being required to do so it is estimated that as many more were not reported.
It is thought the disease was conveyed to Middleboro, by some of the visiting sailors or soldiers, it spread rapidly and infected every part of the town crippling the business and industries. Owing to the large number of families prostrated,
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who could not get assistance, and the inability of a great many of those who live in other towns and work in Middle- boro, to get a physician or nurse to attend them while sick the Board of Health decided to open an emergency hospital for the admission of such cases.
Mrs. Sylvia Soule's house at the corner of Bridge and Centre Sts., Lakeville, was leased, and equipped with fourteen beds, and other needed appliances for the comfort of the patients, three nurses were installed and the demand for admittance was greater than the capacity of the hospital, therefore the board was compelled to open another hospital at Mrs. Porters, near by. The two hospitals with a visiting nurse to call where needed, the inhabitants of Middleboro, escaped the distress and suffering experienced by many of the towns and cities of the state where physicians and nurses could not be procured.
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