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Pearcy Gardner James Farris Augustus Burgess
Peter Bibeau
Call Force
Frank Donlevy
Elmer Chandler
Daniel Sullivan Charles Baumgartner
John Sampson Abbot Raymond, Jr.
George Banker Milton Howland Norman Holmes'
Philip Vacchino
Albert Shurtleff Arthur W. Lovell
Peleg Chandler
Ladder Co. No. 1
Captain, Lieutenant,
Henry F. Robbins (Permanent) Guy Bunker (Call)
Charles Hatton
Ernest Beauregard Robert Fogarty John Kenedy George Wood Carl Burgess
Angelo Barbieri
William Baker
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Combination Engine Co. & Ladder No. 2 Capt., Henry Cash
Maurice Cash
Lieut., John Stephen
Robert Thom
Clerk, William Delano
Barney Wolf
Eng., Edward Hardy
Axel Hutlenius
William Pierse
Michel Mayer
CAUSES OF FIRES IN PLYMOUTH DURING 1925
Soot in chimneys,
42 Gas stove flared up, 1
Smoking,
14
Dump fires, 8
Spontaneous Combus- tion,
6 Oil stoves exploded,
5
Back fire of motor,
2
Crossed wires,
2
Sparks from railroad,
2
Prisoner escaped,
1
Candles,
1
Gasoline exploded,
1
False Alarms,
13
Automobiles,
5
Matches in closets,
1
Electric flat irons,
1
Needless,
11
Bon fires,
4
Overheated chimneys,
4 Seteline gas exploded,
1
Grass fires,
22
Electric car,
1
Wood fires,
31 Defective flues,
6
Coal gas,
4
Overheated stove pipes,
8
Thawing out water pipes, 1 Fireworks,
5
Smoke from heater,
1 Unknown,
9
Sparks on roofs,
7 Short circuit of wires,
8
Lungmotor,
2 Steam from heaters, 3
Forest fire calls,
2 Set on fire, 5
Drowning,
2
Clothing hung over stove, 2
Total, 249
2 Overheated fireplaces,
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HOW EXTINGUISHED
Months of Year
Miles Traveled
Pumper
Chemical Engine
Ponys
No Action
Feet of
Hose Laid
Gallons of
Chemicals Used
Feet of
Ladders Raised
Total of Alarms
Jan.
61-5
3
3
12
1,750
203
170|
25
Feb.
108-9
3
2
6
3
2,300
93
76
14
March
68-8
2
9
13
5
2,425
439
183
29
April
89-8
5
11
3
258
114
19
May
265
5
6
13
3,250
801
134
24
June
57-2
2
4
6
2,450
283
134
12
July
117-1
3
5
36
7
1,750
533
51
Aug.
25-2
1
1
3
500
83
12
5
Sept.
42-3
5
4
1
4,700
21
10
Oct.
37-6
4
6
7
1
3,300
342
174
18
Nov.
17-7
2
5
2
113
152
9
Dec.
89
1
10
17
4
1,550
503
322 . 32
980-1
29
53
133| 33
|22,975|3,672|1,471|249
Out of Town Calls
So. Pond Village,
1
Bourndale,
2
Ship Pond,
2
Duxbury,
1
Manomet,
15
Big Herring Pond, 2
Cedarville,
2
Fresh Pond,
6
Little Long Pond, 1
Long Pond,
1
Ellisville,
1
Kingston,
3
Total, 37
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How Extinguished
ALARMS-FIRE LOSSES-INSURANCE
MONTHS
ALARMS
BUILDINGS
CONTENTS
TOTAL VALUES
INSURANCE
=
=
Bells
Total
Values
Loss
Values
Loss
Values
Loss
Buildings
Contents
January
21.
4 25
$20,900.00
$1,391.00
$11,350.00
$15.00
$32,250.00
$1,406.00
$9,395.00
$3,750.00
February
13
1
14
3,000.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
700.00
4,000.00
3,700.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
March
22
.
29
7,000.00
2,939.00
3,900.00
465.00
10,900.00
3,404.00
7,500.00
950.00
April
17
19
3
24
18,000.00
3,385.00
5,200.00
174.00
23,300.00
3,559.00
5,700.00
3,300.00
June
8
4
12
17,200.00
7,688.00
17,600.00
3,131.79
34,800.00
10,819.79
21,100.00
3,650.00
July
40 |11
51
43,850.00
1,365.00
62,000.00
2,509.00
105,850.00
3,874.00
31,500.00
38,300.00
August
4
1
4,000.00
300.00
2,500.00
100.00
6,500.00
400.00
4,000.00
September
3
10
9,200.00
4,576.00
15,925.00
6,922.75
25,125.00
11,498.75
12,300.00
11,625.00
October
14
4
18
110,550.00
6,114.06
24,400.00
209.00
134,950.00
6,323.06
28,200.00
2,000.00
November,
8
1
9
8,000.00
20.00
2,600.00
10,600.00
20.00
6,000.00
2,000.00
December
30
2
32
5,550.00
100.00
2,450.00
150.00
8,000.00
250.00
2,600.00
1,500.00
Total
205|44|249 $249,250.00
$30,878.06
$148,925.00 $14,376.53
$396, 175.00} $45,254.59
$131,295.00
$68,075.00
Stills
In using these figures we are using the (assessed value) and not the replacement value.
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May
21
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PLYMOUTH FIRE LOSS FROM 1916 TO 1925
1916
107
$154,730.00
$50,629.66
1917
118
97,945.00
51,385.00
1918
128
78,375.00
7,169.00
1919
131
763,583.00
66,028.00
1920
101
150,800.00
14,519.70
1921
150
156,225.00
15,424.70
1922
173
201,918.00
22,968.91
1923
204
411,881.00
62,317.00
1924
279
333,689.00
12,919.00
1925
249
396,175.00
45,254.59
$18,665.79 of 1925 loss were fires where it was impossi- ble to get water.
APPROPRIATION FOR 1926
Salary Wages.
Permanent Force,
$21,324 00
Call Force,
3,345 00
Janitor and Others,
150 00
Cost of Snow Storm,
500 00
$25,319 00
Equipment and Repairs-Maint. $2,505 00
Hydrants New,
145 00
Hose, New,
500 00
Fire Alarm,
950 00
Fuel and Light,
1,000 00
Maint. Bldgs. and Grounds,
1,675 00
Other Expense,
760 00
Total,
$7,535 00 $32,854 00
HENRY WALTON, Fire Commisioner.
SEVENTYFIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
WATER COMMISSIONERS,
SUPERINTENDENT
AND
COLLECTOR of WATER RATES
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
1925
%
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Report of the Water Commissioners
The Water Commissioners herewith submit their seventy-first Annual Report.
RECEIPTS
Appropriation, maintenance,
$20,000 00
Appropriation, construction,
13,000 00
Credits,
834 35
$33,834 35
EXPENDITURES.
Maintenance,
$14,836 57
Pumping,
5,900 69
Extension of mains,
6,815 30
Extension of services,
726 00
Meters and setting,
2,490 60
Stock on hand at shop,
3,035 09
Unexpended balance,
30 10
$33,834 35
MAINTENANCE.
Salaries,
$3,342 00
Labor,
5,485 83
Auto repairs and supplies,
861 34
Leaks in main pipes,
798 10
Leaks in services,
347 60
Tools bought and repaired,
71 15
Telephone,
168 02
Office light, heat and janitor services,
808 90
Shop light and power,
14 77
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Care of reservoir and grounds, Freight, express and trucking, Miscellaneous,
133 77
454 88
2,350 21
$14,836 57
PUMPING STATION
Salaries,
$2,700 00
Fuel,
2,508 60
Heat and Light, Engineer's house,
153 75
Material and supplies,
391 88
Parts and repairs to machinery,
35 78
Repairs to buildings and grounds,
99 67
Freight, express and trucking,
11 01
$5,900 69
BONDS
Bond paid on issue, July 1, 1903,
$ 666 66
Bond paid on issue, November 15, 1905,
600 .00
Bond paid on issue, July 1, 1907,
1,000 00
Bond paid on issue, February 15, 1908,
1,000 00
$3,266 66
INTEREST.
Interest paid on issue, July 1, 1903,
$212 50
Interest paid on issue, November 15, 1905,
21 00
Interest paid on issue, July 1, 1907,
300 00
Interest paid on issue, February 15, 1908,
300 00
Total interest paid,
$833 50
Bonds,
$3,266 66
Interest,
833 50
$4,100 16
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For information concerning detailed work of the De- partment such as pipe laying, new services and the usual statistics that are published annually, reference may be made to the report of the Superintendent.
PROPOSED ADDITION TO HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
Mention was made in the report of last year about the desirability of increasing the pressure at certain points west of Standish Avenue and along Samoset and Summer Streets.
A further study of this problem has convinced your Commissioners that this would be a desirable project to undertake during the coming year.
Their suggestion is to erect a standpipe of 50,000 gal- lons' capacity on a hill at Buckingham's, north of Sum- mer Street, and install a pump in a small station on Bil- lington Street at Deep Water Bridge. This pump would take its suction from the 16-inch gravity main leading from Little South Pond to the Low service, distributing reservoir on Allerton Street.
An 8-inch force main would be laid from this pumping station across Watson's land at "Hillside" to the stand- pipe at Buckingham's.
From this point it would extend northerly probably across Royal Street and through Oak Ridge to Malaguti's, west of Standish Avenue.
By making suitable connections with existing mains it would be possible to put a considerable area, in the vicinity of the new pipe line, on this extra high service system.
We recommend an appropriation of $45,000.00 for this work.
METERS
The present low stage of our water supply bonds, due to a total deficiency in rainfall of 18 inches for the past three years, emphasizes the fact that our source of water
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supply is not an inexhaustable one.
It is the opinion of the Commissioners that a prompt · and rapid installation of meters should be begun and continued until all services are metered.
Meters should be set on all public buildings, school houses, cemeteries, etc., and each Department should pay for the water used by it.
The effect of this would be to make each Department more watchful of waste of water in the buildings and on the grounds under their supervision.
The installation of a meter on a service pipe in no way restricts the reasonable use of water by any consumer.
The experiences of hundreds of thoroughly metered cities and towns in the United States conclusively proves this statement.
It does, however, cut down waste of water and furn- ishes the only known way of equitably charging for water so that all consumers are treated alike.
We recommend an appropriation of $6,000.00 for meters for the ensuing year.
A conference between the Water Commissioners and Fire Commissioner Walton has resulted in an arrange- ment to place the responsibility for the care and main- tenance of fire hydrants with the Water Department.
Heretofore, the Water Department has set new hy- drants and repaired broken ones, and the Fire Depart- ment has paid for the work.
In the future, the inspection and maintenance of ex- isting hydrants and purchase and setting of new ones will be carried out by the Water Department.
This will necessarily involve an increased cost of main- tenance and we recommend an appropriation of $22,- 000.00 for maintenance for the year 1926.
The Fire Department has, also, kindly arranged to co- operate with the Water Department in case of emergen- cies such as broken hydrants or serious breaks in water mains.
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In case any difficulty or delay is experienced in reach- ing Water Department employees the Fire Department has been furnished a list of the names and addresses of the employees and has offered to reach these men with the Fire Department automobile.
Respectfully submitted
WILLIAM R. MORTON, Chairman, FRANK D. BARTLETT, JOHN H. DAMON, JOHN L. MORTON, ERNEST L. SAMPSON,
Water Commissioners.
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
(Published by Request of the New England Water Works Association, Plymouth Mass., Water Works.)
Population, 13,176.
Date of construction, 1855.
By who owned, Town.
Source of supply, Great and Little South Ponds.
Mode of supply, Gravity for low service and Pumping for high service.
PUMPING
Builders of pumping machinery : Barr and Worth- ington.
Description of fuel used :
(a) Kind, Bituminous.
(b) Brand of coal, Various.
(c) Average price of coal per gross ton de- livered, $8.47.
(d) Wood, None.
Coal consumed for the year : Bituminous, 650,665 lbs. Screenings, None.
Amount of other fuel used, None.
Total equivalent coal for the year, 650,665 lbs.
Total pumpage for the year, 342,203,000 gallons, with 3% allowance for slip Average static head, 65 feet.
Average dynamic head, 72 feet.
Number of gallons per pound of coal: Worthington, 432. Barr, 527.
Duty of pumps : Worthington, 26,000,000. Barr, 32,000,000.
Plymouth Sixteen
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COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON PUMPING STATION EXPENSES, VIZ: $5,900.69 Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $17.24. Per million gallons raised one one foot high (dynamic), $0.240.
COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON TOTAL MAINTENANCE, VIZ: $20,737.26 Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $60.60. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $0.842.
STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER Total population to date, 13,176.
Estimated population of pipe line, 12,000. Estimated population supplied, 12,000. Total consumption for the year, 556,717,000 gallons. Passed through meters, 157,837,000 gallons. Percentage of consumption metered, 28%. Average daily consumption, 1,525,000 gallons. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 115. Gallons per day to each consumer, 127. Gallons per day to each tap, 565.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Kind of pipe used : Cement lined and wrought iron, principally cement lined. Sizes: From 2-inch to 30-inch.
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Extended: 3,759 feet. Discontinued : 2,274 feet.
Total now in use: 58 miles, 2,619 feet.
Cost to repair per mile, $13.64
Number of leaks per mile, 0.87.
Small distribution pipes less than 4-inch : 9 miles, 2,230 feet.
Hydrants, added, 4. Discontinued, None.
Hydrants now in use : 245 public ; 68 private.
Stop gates added, 7. Discontinued, 3.
Number now in use, 694. Small stop gates less than 4-inch, 117.
Number of blow-offs, 42.
SERVICES
Kind of pipe: Lead and cement lines.
Sizes : From one-half to four inches.
Extended, 462 feet. Discontinued, None.
Total now in use, 8 miles, 1,230 feet.
Service taps added, 33. Discontinued, None. Number now in use, 2,854. Average length of service, 14.0 feet. Average cost of service, $22.00. Number of meters added, 131. Number now in use, 954. Percentage of services metered, 33.4%.
Number of motors and elevators added: None. Number now in use, one motor.
(Published by request of the New England Water Works Association.) FINANCIAL. MAINTENANCE.
Total Water Receipts,
Miscellaneous Receipts,
$40,393.84 1,022.08
Management and Repairs, Interest on Bonds,
$20,737.26 833.50
$41,415.92
Total,
$21,570.76
Profit for the Year,
19,845.16
Total, Paid on Bonds and Notes, $3,266.66
$41,415.92
Carried to Construction, 16,578.50
$19,845.16
Profits of Maintenance,
$16,578.50
Extension of Mains,
$6,815.30
Extension of Services,
726.00
Meters and Setting,
2,490.60
Stock on Hand at Shop,
3,035.09
Unexpended Balance,
30.10
Total,
$13,097.09
Bonded Debt at 34 %, Bonded Debt at 4%,
$5,333.28
14,000.00
Total,
$19,333.28
Paid Yearly on Principal,
$3,266.66
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Total, CONSTRUCTION.
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Superintendent's Report
To the Board of Water Commissioners. Gentlemen :
In accordance with the custom of this Department, I. submit herewith the annual report of the Superintendent of the Plymouth Water Works for the year ending De- cember 31, 1925.
TABLE SHOWING LENGTH, SIZE AND COST OF PIPE LAID IN 1925.
Location
Length in Ft.
Sizes in Inches
Cost
School Street,
774
6
$1,192.20
Robbins Lane,
1,246
6
1,391.80
Pumping Station,
488
16
2,425.00
Middle and Carver Streets,
1,012
6
1,410.45
Alden Street,
239
6
395.85
Total,
3,759
$6,815.30
RAINFALL
The total deficiency in rainfall for the past three years has been 17.94 inches and we cannot expect full ponds again until we have had one or more years of rainfall considerably in excess of the average.
While there is no immediate danger of a water famine it is only prudent to conserve with great care the excel- lent supply of water we now have, and to attain this end a complete and reasonably prompt installation of meters is the first step that should be taken.
POND ELEVATION AND STORAGE DEPLETION
Plate I is the familiar chart that has been published for several years showing the variation in pond heights and corresponding changes in storage for the past ten years.
Plate I will be found opposite Page 248.
On January 1, 1926, Great South Pond was at a lower elevation (102.70 feet above mean sea level) than it has
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been at any time since 1905, when the records were begun, and about 6 inches below its previous low record of 103.20 feet in November, 1917.
There has been a somewhat irregular but fairly uni- form decrease in pond heights and storage volume from May, 1923, to date.
On May 1, 1923, in Great South Pond and Little South Pond there was approximately 950 million gallons of water in storage above the intake pipe at the Little South Pond gate house.
On January 1, 1925, there was approximately 450 mil- lion gallons in storage, or a decrease of 500 million gal- lons in a period of two and one half years.
This low storage is the result of the low rainfalls in the years 1923-24-25.
The normal rainfall for Plymouth for the past thirty- nine years has been 46.18 inches.
The rainfall in 1923 was 42.39 inches, in 1924 37.20 inches and in 1925 41.01 inches.
CONSUMPTION
Plate II shows the weekly variation in average daily consumption on the high and low service system.
Plate II will be found opposite Page 249.
The average daily consumption on the low service for 1925 was 588,000 gallons, compared to 520,000 gallons in 1924.
The average daily consumption on the high service was 937,000 gallons, compared to 901,600 gallons in 1924.
The monthly records, kept at the Pumping Station, are shown on the following page.
The usual analysis of samples of water from Great and Little South Ponds have been made during the year by the State Department of Health, and copies are on file at the office of the Superintendent.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR E. BLACKMER,
Superintendent
Pond Elevations Above M.L.W. - Storage In Million Gallons
Annual
Monthly
Rainfall
102.0
103.0
1040
105.0
106.0
500
600
700
800
900
Jan
1.46
Feb
4.80
Mar.
3.62
May
0 5.53
June
₦ 9.07
July
$ 2.19
Aug
2.46
Oct
2.55
Nov
3.30
Dec.
3.88
Jan
3.36
Feb.
3.59
Mar.
4.58
Apr
$ 7.02
May
June
0 2.20
July
3.40
Aug
Sept
3.32
Oct
5.02
Nov
0.60
De
2.32
Jan
Feb
2.95
Mar
2.52
Apr.
6 82
Meg
0.53
June
$ 2.95
July
0 2 64
Aug
Sept
3.6.3
Oct
0.71
2.25
Nor
4.32
DEC
Jan.
4.86
F&b.
3.77
Mar.
5.06
Apr.
3.78
May
$ 5.47
June
w 2.07
July
£ 4.73
Avg
Sept
4 .95
Oct
2.47
Nov
2.61
Dec.
4.24
Jan
9. 02
Mar.
5.60
Por
4.92
1920
June
July
9 3.04
0 2.13
Aug.
2.73
Oct
1.84
Nov.
5.11
Dec
4.19
Jan
2.90
Feb
3.47
Mer
3.79
Apr
5.95
May
$ 5.23
1
June
2.41
July
V 8.84
Rug
₦ 2.55
Sopt
1.09
Oct
1.56
Non
19.10
Dec
2.80
Jan
2.72
Feb
4.45
Mar
6.30
Apr
2.36
May
$ 1.87
June
4.34
July
V4.17
Aug
1
9.20
Seof
1.60
Oct
2.70
Nov
4.85
Dec
Jan
7.11
Feb
2.52
1923
₼ 1.84
June
4 1.07
July
4 8.45
Aug
Sept.
1.62
Oot
5.+Z
Nor
1.79
5.28
Dec
Jan
3.69
Feb
2.58
Mar
3.94
Apr.
6.03
May
€ 2.94
V 2.75
-
July
£ 1.28
Aug.
0 7.12
Sept
2.76
Oct.
0.16
Nor
2.02
1.82
Dec.
Jan
4.10
Feb
1.48
Mor
2.3.3
Apr.
+ 3.22
$ 2.46
0
4.23
Aug
4 2.24
Sept
4.06
Oct
4.56
9.55
Nov
5.93
Dec
Annual
Monthly
Rainfall
102.0
103.0
1040
105.0
106.0
500
600
700
800
900
PLATE I
E.R. HARLOW JR.
Combined Storage of Great and Little South Fond - Grade 98.0 - 106.0 = 855,000,000 Gallons
Great
South Pond 7
Little South
Pond
Storage depletion curte.
Full Pond = 1060 abore MLm
G 3.51
1916
19/7
1918
1919
0 7.65
5.58
Feb
G 4.48
May
1921
1922
1.13
Mar
5.30
Apr
5.75
$ 0.34
May
June
1924
1925
June
July
2.95
May
Sept.
4.59
2 1.61
6.27
5.51
PLATE II (
.
2,000,000
2,000,000
1, 500,000
1,900,000 .
1,800,000
1,800,000
1,700,000
1,700,000
Total Consumption
1,600,000
1,600,000
Data Shown Weekly
1,500,000
1,500,000
A
0 8
1.400,000
1, 300,000
1, 300,000
1,200,000
1.800,000
1, 100,000
1.100,000
AHigh
Service
1,000,000
1,000,000
937-000 Gals.
300,000
900,000
800, 000
800,000
700,000
700,000
_dm
Service
600,000
600,000
Gals
500,000
500,000
400,000
400,000
300,000
300,000
200 000
200,000
+
18
2.5
-
15
22
-
15
22
29
5
12
26
10
17
24
3
7
14
21
20
F
JULY
AUG
9
16
23
30
6
13
20
27
A
18
2.5
-
40
15
22
19
20
27
S
JAN
FEB
MAR
NOV
DEC
JAN
E. R. HARLOW JR.
C'
pt
on
Cons
ce
er
vi
$
4
Average Daily!
588-000
Daily Consumption in Gallons
Average Daily
High Se
rvice Consumption
=
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Ga
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Average Daily Total Consumption
S.
OCT
SEPT
26
JUNE
MAY
APR
PUMPING RECORDS ..
Month
Hours Run
Total Lbs. Fuel
Gravity
Pumping
Daily Pumping
Rain in Inches
Ave. Max.
Temp. Min.
Daily Ave. Fuel Lbs.
January
3401%
58,885
17,328,000
30,934,000
998,000
4.10
38.
26.
1,899
February
280
48,750
15,095,000
25,255,000
902,000
1.46
48.
35.
1,741
March
29134
51,660
17,475,000
26,239,000
846,000
2.95
52.
35.
1,666
April
27134
47,200
17,352,000
24,512,000
817,000
2.33
59.
43.
1,573
May
3071/2
53,680
19,146,000
27,925,000
901,000
3.22
71.
51.
1,731
June
369 34
61,820
21,326,000
34,497,000
1,150,000
2.48
83.
64.
2,060
July
393
67,440
17,931,000
37,214,000
1,200,000
4.23
84.
69.
2,175
August
348 3/4
58,730
13,211,000
33,218,000
1,072,000
2.24
85.
68.
1,894
September
30634
53,200
16,931,000
28,871,000
962,000
4.06
76.
61.
1,773
October
280 1/4
50,220
18,511,000
25,579,000
825,000
4.56
61.
45.
1,620
November
31512
47,940
18,922,000
22,407,000
747,000
3.55
53.
40.
1,598
December
292
51,140
21,286,000
25,552,000
824,000
5.83
42.
31.
1,649
3,7971/2
650,665
214,514,000
342,203,000
41.01
Hours Run
Total Lbs. Fuel
No. Gals. Pumped
[Ave. No. Gals.] to 1 lb. Coal
Ave. Duty
For Year
New Pump
3,76434 3234
645,205
339,846.000 2,357,000
527
32,000,000
Old Pump
5,460
432
26,000,000
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Board of Health
DIRECTORY.
Term Expires
Dr. Walter D. Shurtleff, Chairman and Health Officer, 1928
Herbert Morissey, Secretary,
1927
Herbert S. Maxwell, Port Health Officer,
1926
George W. Wood, Inspector of Slaughtering
Edward K. Morse, Inspector and Fumigating Officer
Daniel J. Sullivan, Inspector of Milk
Michael D. Welsh, Inspector of Plumbing
Arthur A. Sampson, Inspector of Plumbing
Dr. Walter D. Shurtleff, Director of Clinics
Sadie A. Sharpe, Dispensary Nurse
Harry A. Taft, Charles Cranford, and
E. E. Farnham, Special Inspectors
The regular meetings of the Board of Health are held on the second and fourth Thursday of each month.
FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 1925 RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, March, 1925, $18,000 00
PAYMENTS.
Salaries and Wages,
$942 25
Other General Expenses, 221 97
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases, 4,083 20
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Tuberculosis, 2,887 73
Vital Statistics, 42 75
Other Expenses, 1,360 47
Inspection (Animals, meats and milk) 2,165 95
Public Dump (Labor and Ex- penses) 2,175 69
Tuberculosis Dispensary Expenses,
1,061 84
Dental Clinic Expense,
917 60
15,859 45
Unexpended Balance, $2,140 55
In the matter of contagious diseases, the tabulated table speaks for itself, although undoubtedly a good many cases where there was no doctor called in, were not reported, and we are calling the attention of the householders to the fact that all contagious cases must be reported where a doctor is not called.
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Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Chicken-Pox,
5
5
Diphtheria, 1
1 1 2 5
German
Measles, 3
7 12
6 1
29
Ophthelmia
Neonitorum,
2
2
Trachoma 1
1
1
3
Lobar Pneu- monia, 3
4
1
1 1
2
2
14
Broncho Pneu- monia, 1
2
1
2
6
Measles,
1
1
3
2
1
8
Mumps,
1
1
1
3
Scarlet
Fever,
3
3
3
4
1 1
1 1 17
Pulmonary
Tuberculosis, 1
1
1
1 4
Other Forms
Tuberculosis, 1 2
1
6
1
1 12
Typhoid Fever,
1
1
Whooping Cough,
3
4
7
Scabies,
1
1
9 13 12 18 15 19
4 1 7 12 2 5 117
Report of the Venereal Disease Cases for the year 1925.
Females-107, Males-112.
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GENERAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Herewith is submitted the Report of the Board of Health for the past year.
We have been very fortunate, as you will see by our tables, in escaping epidemics of Contagious Diseases, which has kept our expenses down a considerable degree.
The Board has suffered the loss of one of our members, well known in Town affairs, and one whom we will have hard work to replace, namely, our Secretary, Capt. Her- bert Morissey.
Capt. Morissey was a good, efficient member, always taking a great interest in Health Department matters, and ready to respond to any call to duty, and will be greatly missed by those left behind on the Board.
We wish to call to your attention the very important matter of Periodic Health Examinations which you should have made by your family doctor, especially when near- ing middle age, when heart troubles, kidney disease and malignant tumors and growths are prone to make their appearance. Plymouth is fortunate in having such an able corps of resident physicians, and we urge that you see yours at least twice or three times yearly in order that he may safeguard you against the ravages of these diseases.
The Health Department maintains a Tuberculosis Clinic in the Gov. Bradford Bldg., that you should also take advantage of, where you will find a nurse and physi- cian in attendance.
The hours are from 2 to 3, and 7 to 8 p. m. on every Thursday, and in addition a Tuberculosis Specialist from
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the Lakeville Sanatarium is present the last Thursday of each month from 2 to 4 p. m.
We urge each and every one who desires advice and examination, to make use of this department, as it is a very important matter to discover this disease early if success is to be met with in its treatment.
At the request of the Town Wharf Committtee the Board have temporarily closed the Stephens field dump, and are now filling in a part of the new project in order to save the Town the expense of doing the same.
While there has been some criticism at the action, we feel we are only doing our best for the Town in the long run, and will re-open again at the playground as soon as possible.
We wish to thank the public for the hearty support we have received the past year, and assure you that you may call upon our Department at any time, and we will gladly serve you to the best of our ability.
WALTER D. SHURTLEFF; M. D.,
Chairman,
HERBERT S. MAXWELL,
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Report of Inspector of Slaughtering
FOR THE YEAR 1925
During the past year the following animals have been slaughtered and examined as required by law:
Cattle
Calves
Hogs
Sheep
January,
19
6
28
February,
14
6
34
March,
16
5
18
April,
16
9
11
May,
16
17
1
June,
13
12
4
July,
15
9
3
3
August,
12
10
2
2
September,
14
3
0
1
October,
17
3
14
1
November,
14
3
21
December,
21
6
30
-
-
187
89
166
7
During the past year five cattle were condemned as unfit for food.
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Report of Inspector of Milk
To the Honorable Board of Health :
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