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These regulations shall be made known to each boy when he enters the school.
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ART. 5. The rate of board per week to be charged by the Superintendent against the teacher and pupils of the Truant School shall be fixed annually by the Overseers of the .Poor at their regular meeting in January, but they may change it at any time they deem it necessary by a vote of a majority of the members of the Board. The price per hour of the services of the boys shall also be fixed at the same time and in the same manner, subject likewise to the same condition of change.
GEORGE W. GALE, Clerk.
HOUSE DOCUMENT, NO. 310.
Reported with the new Pauper Law of 1874.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, April 30, 1874.
The Committee on Public Charitable Institutions, to whom was recommit- ted the bill for the more efficient relief of the poor, have carefully reviewed the whole subject, and sought such additional information as seemed desirable.
They find that any scheme for the relief of the poor, or any radical change in the laws of settlement, is beset with great difficulties, and is likely to be productive of more harm than good to those whom it is sought to benefit. They believe that it is safe to make haste slowly, and to test by experience the effect of moderate changes. If these prove successful further legislation can readily be had in the direction they indicate.
We therefore report a bill, in a new draft, which we explain as follows, premising that the main object thereof, in accordance with the prayer of the petitioners, is to make better provision for the unsettled poor :
First. It does not change existing settlements. Every settled person is to remain where he now belongs, until that settlement is defeated and a new one gained in the ordinary course of law.
Second. It does not interrupt or defeat any settlement in process of acqui- sition. This is to be completed, as before, under existing laws.
Third. It does not change the principles underlying the present laws, but merely adapts them to the exigencies of the present day, by shortening the time and lessening the number of taxes required for settlement.
Fourth. It gives all settled persons a fair and equal start, by allowing them to commence now to gain a new settlement under its provisions.
Fifth. It provides liberally for the unsettled by giving all a settlement who can show a continuous residence of five years and the payment of three taxes within that time, whether the residence and taxation be wholly before, or wholly after, or partly before and partly after its enactment.
Sixth. It relieves the most pressing claim brought to the attention of the legislature, by giving women a settlement of five years' residence, providing within that time they have been neither paupers nor criminals.
And finally, it exempts from its benefits the present state pauper inmates of the public institutions-to the end that no injustice may be done to any city or town.
It will be seen that the bill bears alike upon all the municipalities, by main- talning, as nearly as possible, the same proportion of residence and taxation as at present, and that the provisions of its third section obviate the danger of confusion, and the objections that would arise as between the towns on account of any sudden change.
The Committee deem it proper to add that the Bill as reported has the unanimous sanction of the Board of State Charities, who agree that no fur- ther change is at present desirable.
For the Committee,
L. J. COLE.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-Four. AN ACT
For the more efficient. Relief of the Poor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and llouse of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :
SECT. 1. Any person of the age of twenty-one years, who resides in any place within this state for five years together, and pays all state, county, city or town taxes duly assessed on his poll or estate for any three years within that time, shall thereby gain a settlement in such place.
SECT. 2. Any woman of the age of twenty-one years, who resides in any place within this state for five years together, without receiving relief as a pauper, shall thereby gain a settlement in such place. The first section of the three hundred and ninety-second chapter of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy is hereby repealed.
SECT. 3. No existing settlement shall be changed by any provision of this act, unless the entire residence and taxation herein required shall have ac- crued after its passage; but any unsettled person shall gain a settlement upon the completion of the residence and taxation herein required, though the whole or a part of the same may have accrued before the passage of this act.
SECT. 4. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any person who at the date of its passage shall be an inmate of either of the state lunatic lios- pitals, the asylum for insane and the state almshouse at Tewksbury, the state workhouse, or the state primary school, until such person shall have been duly discharged from said institution. [ Approved, May 28, 1874.
OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON THE NEW PAUPER LAW OF 1874.
The Board of State Charities asked the Attorney General of the Common- wealth for an interpretation of the first clause of the second section of this law. His response was as follows :
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, BOSTON, September 19, 1874.
To the Board of State Charities :
Prior to Acts of 1870, chapter 392, an unmarried woman could obtain a settlement only under the provisions of the General Statutes, chapter 69. By
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the Act of 1870, " any unmarried woman " obtained a settlement by a residence of ten years together, in any place, under certain conditions. By chapter 274, section 2, of the Acts of 1874, section 1 of chapter 392, Acts of 1870, is repealed, and a new provision substituted. The substitute changes the law of 1870 in three particulars ; the effect of one only is material for me to consider under the question submitted by your Board for my opinion. In the Act of 1874, the word " unmarried " is omitted. The plain and obvious intention of the Legislature by this change of the law, is to so arrange the law of settlement as that women shall have the same rights irrespective of any condition of marriage. The language of the Act, taken in connection with the Act repealed, . does not allow of any other construction, and the intention of the Legislature, if it can be ascertained, is to govern. In the present instance, the omission of the word " unmarried," and the use of the word " woman" only, makes it appear manifestly to have been the intention of the Legislature to use the word " woman " in the Act, so as not to be affected or modified by the condition of marriage; and in my opinion, no other construction can be given the Act. The intention of the Legislature being manifest, no consideration of presump- tion can arise.
Yours very respectfully,
CHARLES R. TRAIN.
EDWARD L. DAVIS, Mayor. A. D. PRATT, City Marshal. ALBERT P. MARBLE, Supt. of Schools. GEORGE W. GALE, Clerk. OSSIAN L. HATCH. CALVIN L. HARTSHORN.
JAMES DRAPER. EDWARD KENDALL. JOHN J. O'GORMAN.
Overseers of the Poor of the City of Worcester for 1874.
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REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE TRUANT SCHOOL.
Gentlemen of the City Council :
THE Committee on the Truant School respectfully submit the following report :
The object for which this school was established, and the rules under which it is carried on, have been fully set forth in former reports, and need not to be repeated here. For the past year the average number of boys in attendance has been less than in for- mer years. This is a satisfactory state of affairs, for it proves that the object of the school is more fully accomplished.
The truant officers have this year, for the first time, been placed on such a footing that their duties could be thoroughly performed ; and by their faithful discharge of duty, truancy has been in great measure prevented. The certainty which boys in- clined to truancy feel that this school will receive them soon if they persist in their evil ways, has a wonderful power in keeping them in school.
It would therefore be a grave mistake to suppose that the school ought to be abandoned because it is small; on the con- trary, as just stated, this is the best evidence that it is accom- plishing its purpose.
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There is an unexpended balance of the appropriation for this school. The amount required for the present year will not proba- bly exceed $1,000.
Cost of boarding teacher and scholars at $2.50 per week .
$933 89
Cost of Clothing, Books, &c.
159 32
Cost of teaching and supervision
500 00
$1,593 21
Value of boys' labor
37 00
$1,556 21
Appropriation
3,000 00
Unexpended balance
$1,443 79
Value of School Property, 1874 .
$490 00
Same in 1873
332 50
Increase
$157 50
Respectfully submitted.
A. P. MARBLE, Supt. of Schools, A. D. PRATT, City Marshal, O. L. HATCH, Ch. Com. on Farm,
Truant School Committee.
JAN. 26, 1875.
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.
To the Honorable, The City Council :
THE City Physician has the honor to present the following as his annual report :
During the year the city has been free from epidemics of a serious nature ; but for the first four months much sickness pre- vailed among the poor, in consequence of extreme poverty and the destitution resulting from the long, severe winter, and the lack of employment engendered by the great financial panic from which the country has not yet emerged.
The first case of small-pox appeared on the 7th of May in a tenement house on Cross street. This case was of the confluent type, and as the disease had reached its third stage when re- ported, it was not deemed advisable to remove the patient ; but in two or three days from the discovery of this case, another mem- ber of the family was taken down with the disease-also con- fluent-and I hesitated no longer in removing the whole family to the Small-Pox Hospital, where still another member was attacked in a malignant form. The next case appeared on June 26th, in a tenement house on Winter street. This-which proved to be a mild case-was ordered to the Small-Pox Hospital. The next case, also a mild one, was reported on the 27th of June, in a boarding house on Green street ; the patient was an infant and convalescing, and the parents, by isolation and other prudent sanitary measures, prevented the spread of the disease in their house. The last case was reported in a house occupied by several families on Pond street. This proved to be of the malignant type. The patient was the infant child of parents who had recklessly and criminally exposed themselves to the infection during a visit to Montreal ; the family was sent to the Small-Pox Hospital.
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The origin of the above cases was easily traced : that in the first family attacked, to infection in a rag-picking establishment, where two of its members were employed ; the case on Winter street had its inception in New York City, from whence the pa- tient fled to escape the disease, her flight, however, not protect- ing her, as her case was reported the day after arrival; the Green street case was brought from Fall River; and the Pond street, fortunately the last case, from Montreal. It was providen- tial that we escaped a serious epidemic of small-pox during the Summer, as thousands of persons passed through the city on their return from excursions to Montreal, where the disease was raging to an alarming extent during the excursion season.
The health of the inmates of the City Alms-House-with the exception of three or four of the older and more infirm among them-has been good, and not one case of sickness has occurred among the boys of the Truant School. To the parental care and good management of the worthy Superintendent and his estima- ble wife, the Matron, is attributable, in a great measure, the very favorable condition at this institution.
During the year four hundred and sixty-one (461) professional calls have been made upon the poor in the city at their homes, forty (40) upon patients at the City Alms-House and small-pox hospital, thirty-seven (37) at the police station, and sixty-three (63) office consultations have been given. The regular attendance at the City Hall, for vaccination, has also been kept up.
The number of deaths among the patients under my charge as city physician has been fourteen (14), as follows :
January 31, Mary Hickey, aged 11 years, Paralysis.
Feb'y 9, Samuel Gleason,
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Epilepsy.
March 19, Michael McLaughlin,
21
Consumption.
April 16, Michael Carlin,
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Heart Disease.
May 28, Catharine Reardon,
4 Malignant Small-Pox.
June 8, Stephen Lee,
45
Consumption.
June 8, Richard Harrison,
49 66 Syphilis.
July 20, Rosa Delorme,
66 9 m'ths, Malignant Small-Pox. 30 years, Consumption.
August 3, Lawrence Burns, 23, John Jennings,
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Sept. 22, Catherine Austin,
24
66
Oct. 1, Margaret McCarty,
26
66
Nov.
15, Michael Loughlin,
40
66
16, Alvin B. Woodward, 66
35
66
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CITY PHYSICIAN.
Some months since, I suggested for the consideration of the Board of Overseers of the Poor, and of the Board of Health, the purchase of an ambulance for the conveyance of the sick poor of the city to the Alms-House, when it is practicable. The wagon now used for that purpose has grown old in the service, and is a jolting, rickety concern, only fit for the use of an itiner- ant dealer in old junk. In the removal of victims of railroad or . other accidents, to the City Hospital, an ambulance would be found of inestimable value, and in many cases might be the means of saving life. Such a vehicle might be kept at the City Stables, or in the barn at the City Hospital.
To my worthy predecessor in office, Dr. Wood, I am indebted for valuable advice at the time that much dreaded disease, small- pox, made its appearance ; and to the liberality and kindhearted- ness of Mr. G. W. Gale, in his dealings with the poor, and his zeal in the interests of the city, I beg leave to bear testimony.
Respectfully submitted.
FRED. J. MCNULTY,
City Physician.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF WORCESTER, SEPT., 1874.
EDWARD L. DAVIS, PRESIDENT.
ALBERT P. MARBLE, SUPERINTENDENT. SAMUEL V. STONE, SECRETARY.
Members whose term expires January, 1877.
Members whose term expires January, 1876.
Members whose term expires January, 1875.
CHAS. O. THOMPSON. EDWARD H. HALL.
CALEB B. METCALF.
SARAH B. EARLE.
WILLIAM T. HARLOW. GEORGE W. GALE.
TERENCE J. HINES.
JAMES MCDERMOTT.
T. EDWARD MURRAY. DANIEL H. O'NEILL.
JOHN N. MOORE. F. P. GOULDING.
FRED. A. CLAPP.
CHARLES BALLARD. CHARLES A. CHASE.
EDWIN T. MARBLE. P. EMORY ALDRICH.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
ON SCHOOL HOUSES-Mayor and Messrs. Gale, Ballard, Hines, Murphy and Clapp.
ON BOOKS AND APPARATUS-Messrs. Stoddard, Aldrich, Chase, Harlow and Earle.
ON EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS-Superintendent, ex-officio, and Messrs. Hall, Metcalf, Warner, Thompson and Conaty.
ON FINANCE-Mayor, Superintendent, and Messrs. Marble, Goulding, Mc- Dermott, Walker and McMahon.
ON APPOINTMENTS-Superintendent, ex-officio, and Messrs. Ballard, Murray, O'Neill and Moore.
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JAMES McMAHON. THOMAS J. CONATY. JERE. L. MURPHY. J. HENRY WALKER. EMERSON WARNER. E. B. STODDARD.
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SYCAMORE STREET SCHOOL.
GRADE.
TEACHERS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Goulding.
Goulding.
Ann E. McCambridge.
Goulding.
Susie J. Partridge.
Conaty.
Mary E. Trask.
Conaty.
Sarah W. Clements.
Walker.
II
Effie J. Phelps, (sub.)
Walker.
I
Eliza J. Day.
Walker.
EAST WORCESTER SCHOOL.
GRADE.
TEACHERS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Aldrich.
Aldrich.
IV
Tamerson S. Darling.
Aldrich.
IV
Ella L. Dwyer ..
Aldrich.
III
Kate C. Cosgrove.
Harlow.
II
Nellie J. Sprout.
Harlow.
I
Mary E. Russell.
I
Aloysia Radcliff.
Mary J. O'Connor.
PROVIDENCE STREET SCHOOL.
GRADE. TEACHERS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
V
Elizabeth L. King, Principal.
Hall.
IV
Sarah J. Newton.
Hall.
III
Belle Y. Crowell.
Moore.
II I
Sarah A. Maynard.
Goulding.
I
Alice G. McMahon.
Goulding.
ASH STREET SCHOOL.
GRADE. TEACHERS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
V
Mary J. Mack, Principal.
Metcalf.
IV Lottie M. Harrington.
Metcalf.
Saralı A. Harrington.
Conaty.
Mattie A. Collins.
Conaty.
Mary J. Packard.
Moore.
I
Sarah J. Melanefy.
Moore.
SOUTH WORCESTER SCHOOL.
GRADE. .
TEACHERS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
VIII Caroline H. Metcalf, Principal, (sub. ) Warner. Eliza J. Wallace. Warner.
VI V
Ellen M. Boyden.
Warner.
Amelia M. Walker.
Goulding.
Ann E. Hall.
Goulding.
Maria L. Rice. McMahon.
Abbie N. Hoxie.
McMahon.
VIII VII VI
Abbie E. Clough, Principal.
Minnie F. Whittier.
V IV III
VI V
Ella W. Foskett, Principal.
Annie Brown.
Asst.
Evelyne E. Towne.
Moore.
III II I
IV III II I
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
WOODLAND STREET SCHOOL.
GRADE.
TEACHERS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Edward I. Comins, Principal.
Marble.
Annie C. Wyman. Marble.
Ann S. Dunton.
Marble.
Jennie I. Rice.
Marble.
Mary M. Lawton.
Gale.
Carrie R. Clements.
Gale.
Martha E. Amidon.' Gale.
Maggie I. Melanefy.
Walker.
Carrie P. Townsend.
Walker.
I
Amanda H. Davie. Walker.
LAMARTINE STREET SCHOOL.
GRADE.
TEACHERS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Murray.
Murray.
Persis E. King.
Murray.
Nellie L. Moore.
Murray.
M. Ellen Spaulding.
Murray.
S. Lizzie Wedge.
Murray.
III
Mary A. Kavanaugh.
Stoddard.
Eveline Conant.
Stoddard.
Ida A. E. Kenney.
Earle.
II I
Ida A. Tew.
Earle.
I
F. Belle Perry.
Earle.
LEDGE STREET SCHOOL.
TEACHERS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
IX
Charles C. Woodman, Principal.
Gale.
Asst. VIII VII
Joanna F. Smith.
Gale.
Maria P. Cole.
Gale.
VI V
Eliza E. Cowles.
Murray.
Margaret M. Geary.
Murray.
IV
Hattie A. Smith.
Murray.
Emma L. Cowles.
McMahon.
Mary E. D. King.
McMahon.
I
Mary V. Callaghan.
McMahon.
Emma C. Maynard.
McMahon.
THOMAS STREET SCHOOL.
TEACHERS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Harriet G. Waite, Principal.
Harlow.
Emma J. Houghton.
Harlow.
Eliza L. Forsyth.
Harlow.
Emma Shepard, (Temporary.) Harlow.
Amanda M. Phillips.
Harlow.
Ella M. Wight.
Chase.
Susie M. Everett.
Chase.
Abbie F. Hemenway.
Chase.
Hattie W. Bliss.
Earle.
I
Flora J. Osgood. Earle.
Mary E. D. Cavanaugh.
Earle.
IX Asst. VIII VII
Charles T. Haynes, Principal. Josephine M. Wilson.
VI V IV
Louise A. Dawson.
Stoddard.
III II
Ellen T. Shannon.
Earle.
III II
I
GRADE.
VIII Asst. VII VI
VI V IV
III II
I
IX Asst. VIII VII
VI V IV III II
GRADE.
Hattie M. Johnson. Gale.
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The Committee of Visitation shall exercise a general supervision over the Schools to which they are severally assigned, and shall visit them according to the provisions of the Statutes, not less than once in four weeks, and gener- ally during the week preceding the monthly meeting of the Board, at which they shall report their true condition .- [Rules, Chap. 3, Sec. 6.
Though each School is assigned to a Special Committee, yet every member of the Board shall deem it his duty to watch over all Public Schools of the City, to attend their examinations, and visit them at other times as his con- venience will permit .- [Sec. 7.
VISITING COMMITTEES.
CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL.
COMMITTEE.
Messrs. Hall, Aldrich, Metcalf, Stoddard, Warner, Chase, Harlow, Conaty.
TEACHERS. Ellis Peterson, Principal.
Abner H. Davis,
Ann C. Stewart, Fanny S. Tucker,
Roswell Parish,
Mary A. Parkhurst,
Caro V. Aldrich,
Florence V. Beane,
Mary E. Wilder,
Alla W. Foster.
BELMONT STREET SCHOOL.
GRADE.
TEACHERS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
IX
Preston D. Jones, Principal.
Ballard.
Asst.
Emma C. McClellan.
Ballard.
VIII
Vashti E. Hapgood.
Ballard.
VII
Mary H. Warren.
Ballard.
VI
Sarah L. Phillips.
Chase.
V
Tirzah S. Nichols.
Chase.
IV
Esther G. Chenery.
Chase.
III II
Mary T. Gale.
Murphy.
Ida C. Upton.
Murphy.
I
Mary E. Deane.
Murphy.
DIX STREET SCHOOL.
GRADE.
TEACHERS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
IX
Joseph W. Fairbanks, Principal. Clara Manly.
Thompson.
VIII VII
Eldora M. Aldrich.
Hines.
VI
Mary A. Harrington.
Hines.
IV
Elizabeth E. Daniels.
Hines.
III
Emily M. Halsted.
Clapp.
II
Susie W. Forbes.
Thompson.
I
Emma C. Moulton.
Thompson.
WALNUT STREET SCHOOL.
GRADE. TEACHIERS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
VII
Stoddard.
VI
Stoddard.
V
Clapp.
Clapp.
IV
Etta A. Rounds, Principal. Nellie C. Thomas. Kate A. Meade. Ella M. McFarland.
Thompson.
Asst.
Carrie A. George.
Thompson.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PLEASANT STREET SCHOOL.
GRADE.
TEACHERS.
Carrie E. Gilbert, Principal.
Eunie M. Gates.
Mary L. Noreross. Mary A. E. Hoyt. Hall. Hall.
Emma J. Norcross.
Warner.
SALEM STREET SCHOOL.
TEACHERS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Rebecca Barnard, Principal. Thompson.
Mary O. Whitmore. . Thompson.
Emma J. Claflin. Hattie A. Harrington.
McDermott.
EDGEWORTH STREET SCHOOL.
TEACHERS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Hattie E. Clarke, Principal.
Stoddard.
Stoddard.
Jennie E. Maloney.
McMahon.
Mary A. Gauren.
McMahon.
NEW WORCESTER SCHOOL.
TEACHERS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Charlotte H. Munger, Principal. Marble.
S. Lizzie Carter. Marble.
Ella J. Moore. Murphy.
Mary O. Whitney.
Murphy.
Ada L. Sherman.
Murphy.
SUMMER STREET SCHOOL.
GRADE.
TEACHERS.
Abbie A. Wells, Principal. Carrie F. Merriam.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES. O'Neill. McDermott.
QUINSIGAMOND SCHOOL.
GRADE.
TEACHERS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
VII
Sarah F. Carpenter, Principal. O'Neill.
V IV
Jennie P. Fiske. O'Neill.
III I
Loretta M. Chase.
Hines.
MASON STREET SCHOOL.
TEACHERS. SPECIAL COMMITTEES. Ballard. Hines.
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V IV III II I
GRADE. VI VÌ IV III I
GRADE.
V IV III II
I
GRADE.
IX
VIII VII
VI V IV
2
III I
II I
GRADE. III I
Julia M. Martin, Principal. Anna M. Overend.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Metcalf. Metcalf.
65
Sarah W. Brigham.
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ADRIATIC SCHOOL.
GRADE. III I
TEACHERS. Martha T. Wyman, Principal. Maria J. Metcalf.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES. McDermott. Murphy.
UNION HILL SCHOOL. TEACHERS.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
VIL IV /
Mary A. Tyler, Principal.
Earle.
Esther B. Smith. O'Neill.
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS. (Ungraded.)
SCHOOL.
TEACHER.
COMMITTEE.
NORTHVILLE.
Emma A. Wilson.
Metcalf.
TATNUCK.
Helen M. Welch.
Ballard.
VALLEY FALLS.
Sarah A. Bullock.
Marble.
LEESVILLE.
Eliza J. Seaver.
Walker.
BLITHEWOOD.
Emily Haywood.
BLOOMINGDALE.
Olive G. Davis.
Clapp.
ADAMS SQUARE.
Ada M. Davis.
Earle.
BURNCOAT PLAIN. NORTH POND. CHAMBERLAIN.
Ada E. Simonds.
Gale.
Lizzie Vaughan. Metcalf.
Abbie C. Souther.
Hall.
MUSIC.
COMMITTEE.
Warner. O'Neill. Moore. TEACHER OF MUSIC-Edward S. Nason.
GENERAL ASSISTANT-Caroline H. Metcalf.
TEACHER OF DRAWING-Lucius P. Morgan.
GRADE.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the School Board of Worcester:
In conformity to your regulations, I submit the following as my Seventh Annual Report; and by these regulations this report which it is the duty of the Superintendent to prepare, becomes the report of the School Board to the public and the school authorities of the state.
· ABSTRACT OF STATISTICS,
FOR THE YEAR 1874.
I. POPULATION.
Estimated population, January, 1875 . 48,000 Census of 1870 . 41,115
Children between the ages of five and fifteen, returned by the
assessors, May, 1874 .
9,673
II. FINANCIAL.
Valuation, May, 1874 . . $49,185,544 00
Increase for the year .
1,890,710 00
City debt, December, 1874
2,599,897 14
State, county, and city tax
852,999 14
Rate of Taxation . .0168
Value of school houses and lots 832,595 00
Other school property 75,055 95
$907,650 95
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Fuel, janitors and miscellaneous $22,784 30
Salaries of teachers . . 108,544 02
Salaries of Superintendent and Secretary 4,900 00
Salaries of truant officers 2,200 00
Ordinary expenses of schools
$138,428 32
Per cent. of same to valuation .003-
Per cent. of same to whole tax .162+
Repairs
7,326 41
Furniture
2,562 22
Total for the year $148,316 95
Last year's bills paid this year 138 65
$148,455 60
Amount received from State School Fund
1,652 70
Average cost per scholar for all day schools .
20 69
Same last year
20 57
Cost of Evening schools.
2,420 18
Average per scholar
10 67
Cost of Evening Drawing schools
1,105 00
Average per scholar .
4 91
Cost of High School
18,248 70
· Average per scholar
59 06
III. SCHOOL HOUSES.
Number occupied December, 1874 . 34
Rooms, not including recitation rooms, occupied December,
1874 . 148
Drawing School rooms, recitation and Evening School rooms, additional
10
Whole number of sittings In High School . 382
8004
Additional space for . 180
Grammar schools, 1760
Secondary schools, Grades IV, V
1580
Primary school, Grades III, II and I . 3770
Ungraded school house
110
Suburban schools
402
IV. SCHOOLS.
High school, nine rooms, . 1
Grammar rooms, Grades IX, VI . . 36
Secondary rooms, Grades V, IV .
31
Primary rooms, grades III, II, and I 6
69
SCHOOLS .- SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
Suburban schools
Northville. Tatnuck.
Burncoat.
Leesville.
Valley Falls.
Blithewood.
Bloomingdale.
North Pond.
Adams Square.
Chamberlain.
Evening Schools . 5
Washington St. for boys; Walnut St. for girls; Sum- mer St., Cambridge St., and New Worcester for both. Free Evening Drawing Schools, for both sexes .
6
V. TEACHERS.
Male teachers in High School .
3
Female teachers in High School .
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