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. $4,631 02
SUPPORT OF INSIDE POOR.
DR.
To rent of Farm
$350 00
Cash from Treasurer
1.929 09
$2,279 09
CR.
By increase of personal property . $682 14
Due for milk .
50 00
New hen house
66 08
Repairs on buildings
122 29
Cash in hands of keeper
3 08
12 paupers 354 weeks at $3.83 per week .
1,355 50
$2,279 09
H. O. PRATT, GEORGE FAULKNER, ANTHONY HATCH, Appraising Committee.
63 00
·
·
TREASURER'S REPORT.
J. S. MEACOM, Treas., in account with Town of Saugus.
Jan. 1, 1894. DR.
To balance from last year
A. Dudley Johnson, tax 1889
.
104 19
66 1891 ·
200 00
66 1892 .
7,000 00
66
1893 · 17,400 00
66
1894 · 32,500 00
interest 1889, I 80
1890,
50 00
50 00 ,
66
..
1892,
800 00
66
66 1893,
600 00
63 25
169 46
Overseers (by B. N. Johnson), for board for J. McGilley .
169 47
Commonwealth School Fund ·
139 03
City of Lowell, poor department,
3 25
City of Lynn, water rebate
2,549 88
Trial justice, Geo. M. Amerige, court fines ·
173 00
Lynn Police Court, fine of Hugh Murray 15 00
M. F. DeArcy, A. J. Hall, tax title
55 25
Lynn & Boston R. R., gravel 32 40
Edward Brewer, rent of Town Hall
60 00
Justin E. Mansfield, rent of Town Hall
15 00
Essex County, Salem Turnpike . 695 64
Gay & Stanwood, schoolhouse loan
4,500 00
Gay & Stanwood, premium on same 10 00
Frank W. Joy, police service .
14 00
Overseers, Timony, state aid .
44 00
Amount carried forward
$84,252 38 .
66 6 .
Overseers from Town of Maynard, Overseers, board for Mrs. Raddin, Essex County, dog tax
386 61
1891,
. $16,451 15
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward $84,252 38
To Commonwealth, corporation tax . temporary support
$855 77
state paupers 6 50
Commonwealth, support of state paupers 13 29
Commonwealth, burial of state paupers . 57 00
Pranker estate, rent of land
20 00
G. B. Griffin, J. T. Parkins, pool license for 1893 2 00
Interest on deposits
299 13
S. N. Dawson, water guarantee
2 50
B. F. Kent,
66
3 17
A. E. Barnard, .
13 48
E. A. Williams.
4 00
A. D. Hall, . . ..
9 60
R. G. Titcomb, "
9 60
F. P. Brown (Pleasant Hills), water guarantee
180 00
G. A. Webster, water guarantee
I 43
F. L. Page, 66 66
I 43
J. W. Campbell,
.
I
G. B. Jenney,
I 43
A. H. Neal,
I 43
E. H. Burrill, .. 6 .
9 60
Geo. P. Hayward, 66
2 51
I. H. Foss,
66
7 35
A. E. Davis, ..
9 60
Hose No. I, pool license .
2 00
No. 2. 6. 2 00
" No. 3, 66
2 00
J. T. Parkins, '.
2 00
Union Club, 66
2 00
Wm. Pearce, “
2 00
C. L. Davis, carriage license 1 00
City of Lynn, highways
49 89
Lynn & Boston R. R., highways
36 22
Gay & Stanwood, water loan ·
5,000 00
Gay & Stanwood, premium on water loan 100 00
Jos. Newhall, sale of lots in cem- etery 502 80
Lynn & Boston R. R. (Howard Street) 500 00
Gay & Stanwood, temporary loan 15,000 00
22,714 16
Amount carried forward
. $106,966154
.
.
83
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
. $106,966 54 ·
To Geo. Faulkner (Timony guard- ianship), pension
$96 00
Lynn Institution for Savings, temporary loan ·
10,000 00
Gay & Stanwood, water loan
5,000 00
Gay & Stanwood, premium on water loan
100 00
Wm. Kimball, for bridge plank . E. Kendall Jenkins, discount on county tax
7 74
A. J. Hall, tax title
63 55
F. E. Fisk, license for slaughter house
I 00
A. P. Bickmore, tax title
199 35
Essex County, for killing seals
6 00
Seymore W. Stevens, tax title
39 00
Edward Brewer, slaughter house license
I 00
Commonwealth, National Bank tax .
668 65
Commonwealth, military aid
III OO
Commonwealth, state aid
1,130 00
Commonwealth, burial indigent soldiers and sailors .
17 50
Water Commissioners, returned .
184 13
J. F. Pratt, returned from fire department
82
C. F. Clark, milk licenses
21 00
Proceeds of sinking fund
4,000 00
21,647 74
$128,614 28
Jan. 1, 1894. CR.
By releasing A. J. Hall, tax title $2 00
Gay & Stanwood, temporary loan note
.
5,000 00
Interest on Town notes
4,960 84
Commonwealth notes
10,000 00
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. note
·
5,000 00
Essex County tax
2,656 38
Robert Chase, killing seals . 6 00
.
Town of Saugus, bonds
·
4,000 00
New England Trust Co., note .
5,000 00
Releasing tax title
2 00
$36,643 22
Amount carried forward
.
$36,643 22 ·
·
Chas. Osgood, recording deeds
16 00
·
.
I OO
S4
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$36,643 22 .
By Salem Savings Bank, water loan principal · $1,500 00
Salem Savings Bank, Schoolhouse loan principal . .
1,700 00
State tax
2,260 00
Lynn Institution for Savings,
water loan principal
1,000 00
Water Commissioners, expense on water guarantees 6 33
Interest on sinking fund notes
2,550 00
Selectmen's orders
67,294 75
Overseers' orders
.
4,878
II
81,189 19
$117,832 41
Balance
10,781 87
$128,614 28
My balance consists of :
Cash and checks on hand
$833 76
Deposit in Central National Bank, Lynn 8,330 98
Deposit in New England Trust Co., Boston, 1,617 13
$10,781 87
J. S. MEACOM, Treasurer, Town of Saugus.
.
85
TREASURER'S REPORT.
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF TOWN.
ASSETS.
Cash in Treasury
·
·
$10,781 87
Sinking Fund
48,360 00
A. Dudley Johnson : Collecting balance tax of 1890
105 48
66 1891
518 76
60 60 66 1 892 1,057 66
1893
11,127 34
66
1894
23, 132 76
Tax titles at cost .
1,183 17
Essex County, on account Salem Turnpike
633 43
City of Lynn, water rebate
1,286 76
State and Military Aid, due from state
1,559 00
Interest on unpaid taxes
1,694 32
Johnson & Underwood, cash from J. McGilley
84 50
Corporation tax, due from state
8 32
Balance due on Cemetery lots, sold,
72 55
Essex County, on account of dog tax 253 90 ·
Deficiency
.
.
83,635 38
$185,495 20
LIABILITIES.
Coupon notes
$39,000 00
Water loans
·
59,500 00
Sinking Fund notes
46,500 00
Schoolhouse loans
19,800 00
Temporary
15,000 00
Municipal Fire Alarm and Tele- graph Co.
1,500 00
Accrued interest
2,735 06
A. Dudley Johnson, collecting $9,400 at 1 /2 per cent 141 00
Arthur E. Bryer, for blasting
51 68
Wm. H. Newhall, recording births, deaths and marriages 75 21
Fuller Warren Heating and Ventil- ating Co., balance . ·
486 67
Johnson & Underwood, legal services ·
274 27
Thos. P. Nichols, for printing ·
42 25 $185, 106 14
Amount carried forward . .
. $185,106 14
86
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward . ·
. $185, 106 14 ·
Board of Engineers Fire Depart- ment, salary .
$150 00
Sundry bills, on account Fire De- partment IOI 28 . George W. Caswell, repairs school- houses, etc. 72 72
C. N. Wormstead, conveying school children .
27 63
Sundry small bills
.
37 43 389 06
$185,495.20
STATEMENT OF THE TOWN DEBT.
Salem Savings Bank, water loan . Salem Five Cents Saving Bank, water loan
$32,000 00
Lynn Institution for Savings, water loan
7,500 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, water loan
10,000 00
Coupon notes
39,000 00
Schoolhouse loan .
19,800 00
Sinking Fund notes
46,500 00
TEMPORARY LOANS.
Lynn Institution for Savings .
10,000 00
E. H. Gay & Co. . .
5,000 00
$179,800 00
Coupon Notes, Payable as Follows :-
4 Coupon notes due May 1, 1895, 4%
$2,000 00
4
Nov. 1, 1895, "
2,000 00
4
May 1, 1896, .'
2,000 00
4
Nov. 1, 1896, "
2,000 00
4
May 1, 1897, "
2,000 00
5
66
May 1, 1898, “
2,500 00
5
66
Nov. 1, 1898, " May 1, 1899, "
2,500 00
5
60
66
May 1, 1900, "
2,500 00
6
Nov. 1, 1900, "
3,000 00
6
66
May 1, 1901, "
3,000 00
6
66
Nov. 1, 1901,
3,000 00
6
66
May 1, 1902,
3,000 00
4
66
Nov. 1, 1902, "
2,000 00
$39,000 00
2,500 00
5
66
Nov. 1, 1899, "
2,500 00
5
Nov. 1, 1897, 6. 2,500 00
5
. 6
10,000 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Principal of Water Loan, payable as follows : -
December, 1895
. $2,500 00
1896
·
.
2,500 00
1897
·
$59,500 00
Schoolhouse Loan, payable as follows: -
Dec.
1, 1895
. $1,700 00
1896
1,700 00
1897
.
1,700 00
1898
1,700 00
IS99
1,700 00 .
1900
1,700 00
1901
1,700 00
1902
1,700 00
1903
1,700 00
Mar.
7, 1895
450 00
1896
450 00
1897
450 00
1898
450 00
1899
450 00
1900
450 00
190I
450 00
1902
450 00
1903
450 00
1904
450 00
$19,800 00
Electric Fire Alarm, payable as follows : -
July, 1895
$500 00
1896
500 00
1897
·
.
.
500 00
$1,500 00
.
3,500 00
190I
·
4,000 00
1902
.
2,500 00
1903
3,000 00 .
1904
.
3,000 00
1905
3,000 00
1 906
3,000 00 .
1907
.
3,000 00
1 908
5,000 00
1909
5,000 00
1910
.
5,000 00
1911
·
5,000 00
1898
· 3,500 00
1899
3,500 00
1900
2,500 00
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COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT.
A. DUDLEY JOHNSON, collector, in account with Town of Saugus.
Jan. 1, 1895. DR.
To balance of 1889 tax
$109 19
Interest
I 80
$IIO 99
CR.
By amount paid Treasurer, $104 19
Abatements
5 00
Interest paid Treasurer, I 80
IIO 99
Jan. 1, 1895. DR.
To balance of 1890 tax
.
$210 41
CR.
By abatements
104 93
$105 48
Jan. 1, 1895. DR.
To balance of 1891 tax
$958 32
Interest
50,00
$1,008 32
CR.
By amount paid Treasurer, $200 00
Interest
50 00
Abatements
239 56
489 56
518 76
Jan. 1, 1895
DR.
To balance of 1892 tax, $8,498 87
Interest
800 00
$9,298 87
CR.
By amount paid Treasurer, $7,000 00 Tax title deeds to treas.
123 76
Interest
800 00
Abatements
317 45
8,241 21
1057 66
Amount carried forward ·
.
$1,681 90 ·
89
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward .
$1,68I 90 .
Jan. 1, 1895. DR.
To balance of 1893 tax, $28,670 76 Interest 600 00
$29,270 76
CR.
By amount paid Treas. $17,400 00
Tax titles to Treasurer, 143 42
Interest
600 00
18,143 42
11,127 34
Jan. 1, 1895 DR. To amount of 1894 tax,
. $56,997 12
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer, $32,500 00
Discounts
.
701 27
Abatements
663 09
33,864 36
23, 132 76
Total uncollected tax
·
.
$35,942 00
90
STATISTICS OF THE TOWN.
STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF SAUGUS.
YEARS.
Real Estate.
Personal Property.
Total Valuation.
Deficiency.
Tax Rate per $1,000.
1 894
$2,697,548
$263,825
$2,961,373
$83,635 38
$18 40
1893
2,600,65I
303,647
2,904,298
68,983 73
18 50
1892
2,463,984
252, 128
2,716,112
72,789 68
16 50
1891
2,333,633
276,014
2,609,647
72,806 78
16 80
1890
2,253,875
238,993
2,492,868
74,322 93
18 00
1889
2, 162,530
228,331
2,390,86 1
84,952 42
20 00
1888
2,037,192
234,107
2,271,299
112,135 36
19 00
1887
1,906,06I
202,835
2, 148,896
94,785 07
13 50
1886
1,373,680
156,555
1,373,680
56,106 57
17 50
1885
1,289,982
184,378
1,474,360
55,699 40
16 80
1884
1,197,402
181,280
1,378,692
58,719 II
18 00
1883
1,200,590
145,780
1,346,370
66,231 25
18 20
1882
1,197,760
142,605
1,342,395
69,909 48
19 00
1881
1,205,210
223,752
1,425,962
70,345 49
17 60
1880
1,210,495
254,960
1,465,095
69,305 49
16 50
1879
1,202,054
260,890
1,462,944
69,901 28
17 00
1878
1,210,725
299,810
1,510,535
72,425 67
18 00
1877
1,326,529
355,460
1,681,980
74,541 62
16 00
1876
1,317,128
381,300
1,691,428
84,217 75
20 00
1875
1,289,433
448,825
1,738,258
52,676 73
19 00
1874
1,254,233
543,000
1,796,233
36,832 18
18 50
1873
1,165,375
541,710
1,707, 184
36,142 44
13 50
1872
1,110,125
492,225
1,602,350
35,730 42
12 50
1871
1,048,908
451,937
1,500,845
37,709 40
18 00
1870
1,004,929
457,160
1,462,089
12,769 89
15 00
1869
973,342
469,629
1,442,97I
14,900 87
13 33
1868
914,214
369,558
1,310,772
16,143 62
14 50
1867
906,464
385,429
1,291,893
18,103 84
18 00
1866
895,312
453,366
1,348,678
20,201 36
15 00
I865
904,544
444,973
1,349,517
22,749 58
17 00
1864
909,646
397,400
1,307,046
30,080 86
12 50
1863
880,314
324,490
1,204,804
30,235 16
13 33
1862
876,680
270,000
1, 146,695
18,407 08
8 00
1 86 I
889,693
286,189
1, 175,882
16,580 17
7 86
1860
877,605
301,087
1,179,592
16,601 33
6 80
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS.
Number of births registered in 1894
118
Less than last year
16
American parentage
62
Foreign parentage
28
American and foreign parentage
28
Males .
58
Females
60
MARRIAGES.
Marriages in 1894
34
Less than last year
4
American born
54
Foreign born
I4
Average age of groom
29
Average age of bride
24
Oldest person married .
59
Youngest person married
16
DEATHS.
Deaths registered in 1894
88
More than last year
18
Males .
46
Females
42
AGES.
Under 5 years
31 From 50 to 70
· 16
From 5 to 30
4 From 70 to 90
23
From 30 to 50
I2
Over 90
2
Deaths in January
.
II
July .
I 2
February
II
August
9
March .
5
September
6
April .
.
6
October
5
May
·
.
9
November
3
June
.
.
3
December .
S
.
.
.
·
.
92
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
DOGS.
Number of dogs licensed, 161. Males, 149 ; females, 12. Amount received for license .
Balance paid County Treasurer
. $358 00 Fees deducted
32 20 - $325 80
POPULATION OF SAUGUS.
IS20
748
1855
1,788
1875
· 2,570·
1830
960
1860
. 2,024
1880
· 2,612
IS40
.
1,098
1866
· 2,106
1885
· 2,855
1850
·
1,552
1870
. 2,247
1890
· 3,673
1893
· 4,040
WILLIAM H. NEWHALL,
Town Clerk.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen, although it is customary to make a review at this time, feel that the year 1894 and its work is more in the hands of the citizens than themselves and the results are simply a necessity from the action of the annual meeting.
Our highways are sadly out of repair ; but what can be ex- pected with only about $1,500 available for this work ?
Our Police service will probably compare with any other town which makes no appropriation for this department. The private contributions of some of our citizens, whereby one regular officer has been employed in the east part of the town, together with the work of our constable and state officers, have contributed to no small extent to order and safety, but we would not advise our people to depend on these sources too long.
Citizens have complained regarding our street lights, but we found most of the trouble was caused by the breaking of globes, etc., by boys or others. This has caused annoyance and expense.
The other departments will be found properly accounted for by the auditor.
In view of the change regarding the recommendations as to appropriations, this board feel they should not assume rights which might be claimed by others, and therefore out of cour- tesy to the new committee refrain from offering any views.
Respectfully,
EDWARD BREWER, MARION V. PUTNAM, CHARLES FLORENCE,
Selectmen.
REPORT OF APPRAISING COMMITTEE.
VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Ward I.
Schoolhouse
$1,600 00
Land
.
200 00
$1,800 00.
Ward 2.
Schoolhouse
$2,500 00
Land
1,200 00
Old Town house
2,000 00
Land
1,200 00
Town Hall
37,500 00
Hose house
2,500 00
Land
5,000 00
Public Library
2,800 00
Almshouse and barn
3,400 00
Land
4,200 00
Woodland
3,000 00
Cemetery
2,000 00
Ward 3.
Schoolhouse
$3,000 00
Land (
1,100 00
Essex School
2,800 00
Land
800 00
New schoolhouse
20,000 00
Land
2,200 00
Gravel land
700 00
Ward 4.
Schoolhouse
$4,000 00
Land
1,200 00
Hose house
3,000 00
Land
500 00
8,700 00
Ward 5.
Schoolhouse
$1,800 00
Land
200 00
2,000 00
Fire Department .
5,000 00
Water Department
70,000 00
$185,400 00.
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD BREWER, MARION V. PUTNAM, CHARLES FLORENCE, Appraising Committee.
67,300 00
30,600 00
REPORT OF SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
To the Selectmen of the Town of Saugus :
The Sinking Fund Commissioners beg leave to submit the following report : -
Value of Sinking Fund, Jan. 1, 1894, $42,500 00 Interest collected to May 1, 1894 2,550 00
Appropriation for 1894 ·
1,450 00
$46,500 00
Invested in Town of Saugus notes
$46,500 00
·
Value of Sinking Fund, Jan. 1, 1895 : Town of Saugus notes . $46,500 00 Accrued interest to Jan. 1, 1895, not collected 1,860 00
$48,360 00.
The appropriation required for the year 1895 is $1,210.
SAUGUS, Jan. 1, 1895.
HERBERT B. NEWHALL, SAMUEL HAWKES, H. O. PRATT, Sinking Fund Commissioners.
REPORT ON CEMETERY LOTS.
Deeds drawn and paid for . $463 80 Single lots
39 00
Due from John Deardon
32 50
" Amelia Foss
40 05
$575 35
Report of the condition of the trust funds in the hands of the Treasurer, the income of which is devoted to the perpetual care of the following lots in the Saugus Cemetery : -
Lot No. 226, Mary T. Perley.
Dr. To cash in bank as reported . $225 86
Interest to July 1, 1894 9 10 ·
$234 96
Cr. By cash paid for the care of lot, $6 00
in bank · 228 96
234 96
Henry E. Hone lot. 1 $205 80
Dr. By cash in bank as reported Extra dividend . 5 51
Interest to May 1, 1894 4 16
" Nov. 1, 1894
4 20
$219 67
Cr. By cash paid for care of lot
$5 00
in bank . · 214 67
219 67
Edward Ward lot.
Dr. By cash in bank as reported Interest to July 1, 1894
. $50 00
2 02
$52 02
Cr. By cash paid for care of lot .
$2 00
" in bank . .
50 02
52 02
Ira Draper lot.
Dr. To cash from Eben S. Draper $100 00
Cr. By cash in Lynn Five Cent Savings Bank, 100 00
Respectfully, JOSEPH S. MEACOM, Treasurer.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
SAUGUS, MASS., Dec. 31, 1894.
The Board of Overseers of the Poor respectfully submits the following as its annual report for the year 1894 :-
The whole amount of Orders drawn by the Overseers' De- partment amounts to $4,878.11, as follows: For insane, $1,848.82 ; for partial support of 88 persons, $1,069.70; for Town Farm, $1,740.72 ; building hen house and repairing other buildings, $188.37; Town Physician, $25.00; inciden- tals, $5.50.
We have overdrawn our appropriation $255.89, besides unpaid bills of about $170.00, making in all about $425.00.
Owing to the increase of insane persons in the insane in- stitutions at our expense, which the last year has cost $1,848.82, an increase of $384.86 over the previous year, therefore we would recommend the sum of $4,800.00 to meet the requirements of the Poor Department for the present year.
HERBERT O. PRATT, GEORGE FAULKNER, ANTHONY HATCH, Overseers of the Poor.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
I think there are but few people in Town who know that we have nearly fifty miles of highway within our limits to keep in repair. For 1894 the appropriation was three thous- and dollars for our roads. One thousand dollars of that was spent for removing snow, leaving two thousand for street work, or about forty dollars for each mile. Our streets and gutters have been sadly neglected the past year for the want of money. I believe there is nothing that will build up a town so fast as good roads and schools. I don't expect that we can build our roads up to perfection in one year, or five, but let us do the very best we can and not allow them to go back and cost the Town twice as much as it would if they had been repaired at the proper time. The money is not thrown away; nearly every dollar is left right here among our own people, and it has done a vast amount of good.
The main roads between our several wards are in bad condition. Central Street, from Chester Parker's to Walnut Street, needs grading in many places. From Saugus Centre Depot to East Saugus there ought to be a great deal of work done, this being a heavy travelled road. The road from Kent's Hill, Cliftondale, to Trefethen's is in the worst con- dition of any main heavy travelled road in Town, and should be graded by all means. The water stands there for days after every rain.
I would recommend the sum of five thousand dollars for highways, and I think there should be a special appropriation for snow of one thousand dollars. That I think would cover the cost of handling snow one year with another.
J. L. EDMANDS,
Superintendent of Streets.
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
I herewith present my report of Police Work done by the Department from Jan. 1, 1894, to May I, at which time the Police Department was done away with as far as the town was concerned : -
Whole number of arrests made, 9. Offences as follows : For drunk, 5; cruelty to animals, I ; ringing a false alarm of fire, I ; for out of town officers, I ; lewd, lascivious and wanton, I. They were disposed of as follows : Drunks released, 2 ; fined and paid, 2; turned over to State Board, I; discharged, 3; turned over to out of town officers, I.
Other work done by the Department : stray teams found and put up, I ; disturbances suppressed, I ; dogs shot, 2 ; lights furnished for dangerous places in street, 9; fires discovered and alarms given, 2; search warrants served for liquor, I ; lodgers put up for the night, 22.
In closing I wish to return thanks to the honorable Board of Selectmen, also to G. M. Amerige, Esq., Trial Justice, and to the officers, for services rendered in the four months of service.
Respectfully submitted, FRANK W. JOY, Chief of Police.
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CONSTABLE'S REPORT.
Constable's Report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1894.
Whole number of arrests, fifteen, as follows: Drunks, 3 ; truancy, I ; cruelty to animals, I ; non-support of family, I ; assault and battery, 3 ; liquor nuisances, 4; larceny, I ; failing to answer summons in court, I ; whole number search warrants served from June I to December 31, 9 ; liquor found in eight places, 8.
CHARLES F. CLARK, Constable.
CATTLE AND MILK INSPECTOR.
Report of Cattle and Milk Inspector for year ending Dec. 31, 1894.
Whole number of milk licenses granted, 43.
Licenses granted for slaughter houses, 2.
Whole number of cattle inspected in May and June, 584 ; free from disease excepting 2. Inspection in November and December of 641 ; also free from disease. Whole number of carcasses inspected, 34 ; found to be free from disease.
CHARLES F. CLARK, Inspector.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
SAUGUS, Jan. 1, 1895.
The Board of Health respectfully submits its annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1894.
The Board was organized as follows : -
CHARLES F. CLARK, Chairman.
WILLIAM F. BELCHER, Secretary.
GEORGE W. GALE, M. D., Medical Director.
The regular meetings of the Board are held at the Town Hall on the first Monday of each month at 7.30 P. M.
The rules and regulations as amended by the previous Board were adopted.
At a special meeting of the Board held in the Town Hall April 24, a hearing was given to all parties interested in the tomb in the old Parish Burial Ground known as the David Taggard Tomb ; all persons were present ; we then proceeded according to law to close the same.
[Copy of notice closing same. ]
SAUGUS, MASS., Apr. 24, 1894.
WHEREAS, The Board of Health of the Town of Saugus are of the opinion that the Tomb built within the old Parish Burial Ground in said Saugus by David Taggard, deceased, is a menace to the public health ; and
WHEREAS, Said Board deem it necessary for the protection of the public health to close said tomb for the term of five years beginning May 1, 1894;
Now, therefore, it is voted by said Board of Health to close said tomb on May 1, 1894, and to keep the same closed for said term of five years; and to carry out said vote Joseph Newhall is hereby directed and ordered on said May 1, 1894, suitably and effectually to close up and seal said tomb.
(Signed) CHARLES F. CLARK, WILLIAM F. BELCHER, GEORGE W. GALE, M. D.
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At the same meeting it was voted to close the Cemetery known as the old Parish Burial Ground.
[Copy of notice closing same.]
SAUGUS, MASS., Apr. 24, 1894.
WHEREAS, The Board of Health of the Town of Saugus consider the future use of the old Parish Burial Ground, owned by the First Congregational Parish or Society of Saugus, a menace to the public health ; and
WHEREAS, Said Board deem it necessary for the protection of the public health to close the whole of said old Parish Burial Ground ;
Now, therefore, it is ordered by said Board that for the term of five years, beginning May 1, 1894, no further interments shall be made either in the ground or in any of the tombs of said old Parish Burial Ground; and it is hereby voted to close the whole of said Burial Ground for said term of five years, and that the same shall not be used in any way as a burial ground during said term of five years.
( Signed) CHARLES F. CLARK, WILLIAM F. BELCHER, GEORGE W. GALE, M. D.
We have to report the following cases of contagious diseases recorded during the year : Diphtheria, 4; scarlet fever, 4 ; typhoid fever, 4. In one case of diphtheria, through a mis- understanding on account of three physicians having been called, the Board was not notified until too late, the patient being removed from Town. The usual precautions were taken. The patient died the same night. The child complained of being sick during a session and the school was closed and thoroughly fumigated before the scholars were allowed to return. No other deaths occurred in the above mentioned diseases.
The State Board have issued, subject to the approval of the local Board, fifteen licenses to maintain boarding houses for children, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 318, Acts of 1892.
We have to report the following licenses granted : To keep
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pigs, 19 ; undertakers, 3 ; burials, I ; to clean cesspools and vaults, 4.
We have refused to grant one license to haul swill.
A very large number of complaints have been made to the Board to abate nuisances in the Town. We have personally investigated each and every one, and in all cases where a nuisance was found they were ordered to abate the same, which has been done by every one ordered so to do. If the owners of premises would see to it that the cesspools and vaults are properly cleaned every year, it would have a ten- dency to keep contagious diseases from the occupants of the dwellings and add to the value of the property.
We would call the attention of the property owners and others to the following extract of the Public Statutes in regard to nuisances : -
CHAPTER 80, SECTION 18.
" The Board of Health of a Town shall make such regula- tions as it judges necessary for the public health and safety, respecting nuisances, sources of filth, and causes of sickness within its town. Whoever violates any such regulation shall forfeit a sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars."
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