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PLACE OF SETTLEMENT.
Dudley. 66
Taunton. Blackstone.
Danvers. South Braintree. Sutton.
Weymouth. Middlefield. Cambridge. Lowell.
Sturbridge, 66
Huldah C. Brown,
Stephen Cabeau,
Burlington. Oxford.
Hopkinton. Webster.
Fall River. Hudson.
Duxbury.
Cath. McLaughlin,
Northboro'.
Jas. M. Cummings, Joseph Roberts, Albert L. Heath, Charles W. Clark, John Fannon,
Quincy. Wakefield. Rutland. Groton Centre.
West Boylston. 66
66
66
Grafton.
..
Millbury.
66
Patrick Barnes,
66
66
66
66
66
Southbridge. 66
Milford.
66
66
6
66
Greenwich. Leicester. 66
66
Wareham. Fitchburg.
6.
Sterling.
Hattie A. Dawless,
66
Spencer. 66
John Rice,
Westboro.
John J. Love, Angusta Colburn, William H. Brown, Elmer A. Sylvester, Michael Murphy, Hattie E. Damon, Mary J. Stephens, Emory Rockwood, Mary J. Priest, Charles Know, Martha A. Lee, James Dunlary, Sylvanus Stone, Ransom W. Town, John H. Kendall, Sereno Newton, Rudolph Schultz, William Martin, Lewis O' Reilley, Murtie McCarty, Mary Brock, Wm. W. Phillips, Almira Glazier, Margaret Martin, Albert Peterson, Imogene Ellsbee, George H. Snow, Patrick Small, James McCurdy, Mary Cote, Timothy Ludy, Lucie A. Adams, John Cosgrove, Paul Cluchy, Susan McFarland, Call C. Turner,
Shrewsbury. Ashland. West Brookfield. Townsend. Holden.
Warren.
Holliston. Gardner.
Upton. Uxbridge.
Charles A. Leland, Leander Taylor, Thomas Millet, Lawrence C. Gilbert, Flora Logan, Patrick Behan,
Thos. D. Hold sworth, Harry Peckham, Bridget Collins, Ann Clifford, Hartzell S. Caldwell, Ann Kelly,
66 Northbridge. Holyoke. Springfield.
Auburn, 66
Natick.
Berlin.
Princeton.
Thomas Foley, Thomas Curran, James P. Luther, Julia Wormell, Frank Barton, Louis Army,
Hingham. New Bedford.
66
Dennis O'Connor, Thomas Marsden, Ida E. Sabin, Andrew J. Mckinstry, Frank Benway, Mary Moran,
Boston.
66
66
Randolph. Plymouth. Windsor. Clinton. Fitchburg. 66
Thomas J. Proal, Frank Dupont, George O. Sawyer, Lydia J. Duffy. Patrick Mellen, John McIntire, Mary Ann Dailey, Jeremiah McCarty, Cath. Fitzgerald, Dennis McSorley, Patrick Mulvaney, Everett J. Wilson, John O. Anthony, Fanny Sullivan, Robert Sampson, John Joice, Jr., Charles H. Nutting, Joseph Flagg, Edward Scott,
Peter Maynard, John Maynard,
Marlboro.
Mary Sheehee, Cath. Hynes, Patrick Boyle, Harriet A. Douglas, Charlotte M. Snow, George W. Wesson, Hugh Gallagher, John W. Hatton, William Dill, Anthony Jordan, Geo. F. Sylvester, Charles F. Barber, James Clark, Mary A. Tyrrell, Sarah M. Reed,
Betsey M. Bacon, Diantha Bacon, Celia Fay, Patrick Bowler, Patrick Carlin, John L. Edwards, Jane K. Dyer,
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Persons having a legal pauper settlement in Worcester, and receiving full support at Bridgewater Work-house.
REGISTERED PAUPER NO.
NAMES.
AGE.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
1342
Scotto G. Kirby.
17
Worcester.
301
John Moore.
20
Worcester.
29
James A. Wessen.
Mass.
1856
William Dineen.
31
Lawrence.
Girls sentenced to, and supported in the State Industrial School at Lancaster, and having a settlement in Worcester :
REGISTERED PALPER NO.
NAMES.
AGE.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
1473
Minnie G. Flynn. .
-
1509
Annie Sherman.
15
Unknown. Unknown.
Boys sentenced to, and supported in the State Reform School at Westboro', and having a settlement in Worcester.
REGISTERED PAUPER No.
NAMES.
AGE.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
1287
Frederick Belden .
17
Worcester.
916
Timothy Buckley .
16
Upton.
1287
Charles L. Belden.
12
Worcester.
1721
Edwin Collins.
15
Worcester.
935
Pat. Donovan. ..
12
Unknown.
39
Alonzo Edwards.
Unknown.
1250
Thomas Grady
15
Unknown.
1722
Dennis Lynch.
13
Unknown.
1743
Frank Leonard.
Worcester.
285
George McCann
13
Worcester.
285
Henry McCann
11
Worcester.
1338
John Shea. . .
13
Ireland.
1648
John Sullivan.
-
Unknown.
.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
ALMSHOUSE DEPARTMENT.
You were last year informed of the action taken by this Board on the recommendation of the Board of Fire Engineers, for the better protection of the Almshouse property from fire.
The dam built at that time, and which was afterwards partly destroyed by a freshet, has since been repaired and enlarged, and the other appliances at that time mentioned as necessary for further security, have since been added.
A substantial wooden building, twenty-four by thirty-six feet, and two stories high, has been built at the reservoir for a pump and wheel house, in the basement of which have been located a small turbine water-wheel, and two force pumps, with the necessary fixtures for forcing the water from the new reservoir to the Almshouse. A four-inch cast iron pipe, 1100 feet in length has been laid in the ground, and over it, in a straight line, a good road of the same length has been made. A fire hydrant has been placed in the center of the yard in the rear of the main building, on the end of the four-inch pipe, and a two- inch stand pipe, with a hose connection on each floor and suffi- cient hose to reach any part of the building, has been placed in each of the two wings of the main building, as was recommended by the engineers, and connected with the water main at the hydrant. Extra water tanks are to be placed in the attic, in which may be stored sufficient water for the necessary domestic purposes of the establisement, and which can be used in case of emergency, to a limited extent, for fire purposes, holding in check until further aid could be obtained from the city, any conflagration which would be likely to occur there.
The wheel-house was made sufficiently large to be of service as a repair shop for the farm tools and vehicles, and can be used for the storage of such as for the time being are not in use. As the dam gives a fall of upwards of fifteen feet, about five horse power has been developed, which, when not required for the water pumps, can be, if desirable, utilized for other purposes. This power can be much increased and the capacity of the reservoir more than doubled at but small expense in repairs on the old dam, and we recommend that the same be made during the coming summer.
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No action having been taken by your honorable body, on the recommendation made by this Board last year, and which was concurred in by both the Superintendent of, and Committee on Public Buildings, that a suitable appropriation be made for putting in a steam heating apparatus at the Almshouse, although asked for on the score of economy as well as safety, and the old furnace being entirely worn out and in a dangerous condition, no remedy was left but to put in another furnace, which has been done, and is in good running order. But we still call your attention to the fact that it consumes a much larger quan- tity of fuel, and is attended with far greater risk than if the fires necessary in the different parts of the establishment were concentrated in one place and under the charge of a single per- son. The subject calls for your early consideration.
The Almshouse building was never in better condition than at present; but although ample in its dimensons when it was built, when our city had but about one-quarter of its present inhabitants, it is now entirely inadequate to our needs. Most of the rooms, although calculated but of sufficient size for a single cot, have been double bedded for some time, and notwith- standing that room is thus utilized to the full extent of its capacity, several of the family have to be quartered in the out- buildings connected with the establishment.
In case of an epidemic, or the advent of any contagious dis- ease, this over-crowding would be dangerous, and the public would not sustain the action of this Board did we fail to call your early attention to it. We therefore recommend that a suitable appropriation be made to defray the expense of build- ing, the coming season, an additional wing, in the rear of the main building, similar in form to the other two, and of sufficient capacity to accommodate the fast increasing numbers that will have to be provided for here, through the recent alterations in the pauper settlement laws.
We should not call for an expenditure of this nature, did we not feel fully convinced of the economy as well the necessity of the measure, as we now have absolutely no place for the accom- modation of the idiotic and harmlessly insane inmates, except with the others, and the different mode of treatment required
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for both, calls loudly for separate apartments, which under the existing circumstances, cannot be given. Many who could be as well cared for at the Almshouse as elsewhere, have to be allowed to remain in other places, at greater expense, for want of suitable room. We have no doubt but what a large propor- tion of the sum now annually expended for the maintenance of our insane poor, might be more judiciously used by this arrange- ment.
All of the barns and outbuildings are in thorough repair, with the exception of the swine house, the floor of which will need to be renewed the coming season.
The crops raised on the farm the past year, have fully equalled those from the best locations in this vicinity. The methods of cultivation outlined in our report of last year, have been con- tinued, and resulted in seventy-seven tons of hay, six tons of rowen, six tons of millet, five hundred bushels of potatoes, one hundred and fifty bushels of flat turnips, nine tons rutabaga, thirty bushels of white beans, ten tons mangel-wurzel, twelve hundred baskets of corn in the ear, three and one-half tons of carrots, three acres of barley, eight hundred and fifty cabbages, beside a general supply of small garden vegetables for the use of the establishment.
On Thursday, Oct. 30th, the Board of Overseers of the Poor, with the Superintendent of Public Buildings, met at the City Almshouse for the purpose of making a general inspection of the premises, indoors and out, at the completion of which, they expressed their entire approval of the appearance of the whole establishment. They were afterward invited by the Superin- tendent and Matron to partake of a generous repast which had been prepared for them. At its close the Mayor called the Board to order, and in a complimentary speech, called attention to the va- rious improvements which have been inaugurated and successfully carried out by the Superintendent and the Matron during the time they have occupied their position. He then called, in succes- sion, upon each member of the Board present, and all responded, fully concurring in the views expressed by him, and endorsing all that had been said and done. A unanimous vote of thanks was accorded Mr. and Mrs. Parkhurst for the faithfulness with
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which they had discharged their duties during the year, and their endeavors to make the occasion a pleasant one.
For the same reason recommended last year, the Board call your attention to the request then made, that an order be passed authorizing the sale of the outlying wood lots belonging to the Farm, should an opportunity offer, as they are not now needed for obtaining fuel for the establishment, as formerly, it now being heated entirely with coal.
On Thursday, November 20th, the Board of Overseers, aided by the Board of Assessors, made the annual appraisal, with the following result :-
96 acres of cleared land, at $80.00,
: 7,680 00
100 acres of wood land, at $75.00,
7,500 00
26 acres Harlow pasture, at $40.00,
1,040 00
50 acres Davidson pasture,
1,280 00
24 acres Bond meadow,
600 00
8 acres Curtis lot,
2,400 00
Total value of land,
$20,500 00
Almshouse Building,
$20,000 00
Small Brick House and Corn Barn,
1,000 00
Small Pox Hospital Building,
500 00
Farm Stock Barn and Connections,
7,000 00
Farm Horse Stable and Shed,
5,000 00
Swine House and Pens,
5,000 00
Pump House and Water Works,
3,000 00
Total value of Buildings,
$41,500 00
Total value of Land,
20,500 00
Total value of Real Estate,
$62,000 00
Total value of Farm Stock, Tools, Vehicles, etc.,
6,958 85
Furniture and Household Utensils,
5,150 64
Appurtenances of the Truant School,
261 25
Swine and Scavenger Department,
6,002 00
Total Valuation,
$80,372 74
The Board then expressed their entire satisfaction with the result of the appraisal, and renewed their commendations of both the Superintendent and Matron for the general good con- dition and appearance in which all departments of the establish- ment were found.
The number of paupers in the Almshouse on the last day of November was fifty-five, of whom, as well as of all others who have been supported during the year, the annexed list gives full particulars.
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List of, paupers who have been fully supported at the Alms- house in this city, during the year 1879 ;
Registered Pauper No.
NAMES.
AGE.
BIRTH.
Began.
Ended.
3 David Kimball,
46 Worcester.
Jan. 5, '57
Continues.
4 Allen Cummings,
42
Ware,
Apr. 2, '57
66
84 Emeline Parkhurst,
68 Oakham,
June 15, '68
134 William Jones,
72 Salem,
July 1, '70
66
154 Elsie Adams,
55 Worcester,
Mch. 24, '70 June 12, '79 Deceased.
191 Morris Moriarty,
71
Ireland, 66
Nov. 6, '71
Continues.
245 John Luby,
52
Feb. 6, '73
66
271 William Collins, 294 J. J. O'Leary,
53
Ireland,
Aug. 1, '73
378 Pat. Coffee,
73
Feb. 4, '74
66
379 Timothy Coffee,
10 Worcester, Ireland, 72
June 29, '75
400 Dexter W. Jones,
82
Mass.,
July 21, '75
66
401 Henry Hoyle,
34 Grafton,
July 21, '75
438 William Mitchell,
66
England,
Jan. 21, '76
66
441 John Sweeney,
32
Ireland, 66
Feb. 27, '77
66
452 Susan Carpenter,
50 Germany,
Apr. 17, '76
66
455 Thomas Whalen,
73 Ireland,
Apr. 18, '76
66
457 Daniel F. Andrews, 479 John McCue,
Ireland,
Dec. 7, '76
66
519 Roxanna Lennon,
48 31
Worcester,
July 18, '77
66
522 Catherine Walcott,
63
Williamst' wn Unknown,
Oet. 29, '77 May 15, '79
526 William Coxon,
69 England,
Oct. 29, '77 Continues.
533 William Gardner,
52
Germany,
Jan. 19, '78
66
547 Lydia Brown,
69
Worcester,
Feb. 1,
'78 Aug. 5, '79 Deceased.
561 Adeline M. Young,
52
Apr. 23, '78 Oct. 20, '79 Continues. May 8, '78
572 Emma H. Taylor,
43 Orange,
May 25, '78
573 Timothy Regan,
56
Ireland,
June 4, '78
581 Louisa Hood,
Unknown,
July 1, '78
590 Francis Murphy,
Ireland,
July 8, '78
592 Michael Hayes,
49
July 27, '78
April 28, '79 Continues.
597 George W. Stanley,
Sept. 11, '78
600 John Murphy,
76
Ireland,
Sept. 27, '78 66
601 Thomas McCann,
65
Oct. 27, '78 66
603 William Maple, 604 Peter McGirl,
68
Nov. 25, '78 Continues.
605 James Belden,
66 Northfield,
Nov. 26, '78 Dec. 11, '78
606 Mary Underwood,
Worcester,
Nov. 27, '78 Dec. 24, '78
607 Ansil W. Underwood,
Nov. 27, '78 Dec. 24, '78
608 Patrick Hurley, 609 Thomas Reilley, 610 James Reilley,
6
Worcester,
Dec. 3, '78 Dec. 14, '78
611 Isabella Connor, 612 Joseph Lawler,
68
Boston,
Dec. 20, '78 Dec. 30, '78 Deceased.
614 Ivory Damon,
74 Lunenburg,
Dec. 21, '78 Continues. Jan. 11, '79 April 23, '79
578 Bridget Kaniry,
32 Ireland,
June 14, '78 Dec. 19, '78
579 Thomas Kaniry, 580 Margaret Welch,
11 Worcester, Unknown,
June 14, '78 Dec. 19, '78
...
June 20, '78 Dec. 20, '78
66
5:25 Jas. J. Johnson,
72 Norwich,
Dec. 11, '77 66
571 Eliza King,
70 Ireland,
75 46
July 27, '78 66
66
596 George Stebbins,
18 Worcester,
Aug. 28, '78
43 Natick,
Unknown, Ireland,
Nov. 6, '78 May 19, '79
19 Inf. 50 Ireland,
Nov. 30, '78 May 20, '79
37 England,
Dec. 3, '78 Continues.
591 Edward Deady,
.
Sept. 17,'77
508 Wm. Prescott,
22
Worcester,
April 5, '73
Feb. 4, '74
395 James Mackin,
Feb. 28, '75
66
443 Maria McCarty,
54 Hinsdale,
June 1, '76
Sept. 24, '77
Sept. 18, '79 Deceased. Continues. 66
544 Enoch Stallardt,
PERIOD OF SUPPORT.
PLACE OF
REMARKS.
17 Worcester,
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Registered Pauper No.
NAMES.
AGE.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
Began.
Ended.
613 George Gleason,
48 Worcester,
Jan. 8, '79 Continues.
615 Austin Upham,
64
Conn.
Jan. 15, '79
616 Edward Salmon,
21 Uxbridge,
Jan. 31, '79 Feb. 23, '79
Patrick Cannon,
60
Ireland,
Feb. 1, '79 April 4, '79
617 Latham Havard, 618 William Dineen,
21
Lawrence,
April 25, '79 May 15, '79
619 James Belden,
66
Northfield,
April 25, '79 April 30, '79 April 29, '79 April 30, '79
Hartzell Caldwell, ..
55
21 Uxbridge,
May 15, '79 Continues.
622 George Amsperger,
40
Germany,
May 25, '79
66
623 Thomas Mullen,
47 Vermont,
June 5, '79 June 27, '79 Deceased.
625 Huldah Brown,
72
Canada,
June 18, '79 June 27, '79
626 Henry M. Ide,
47
R. I.
June 27, '79 Continues.
627 James Hurley,
9 Worcester,
July 4, '79 Nov. 25, '79
628 Mary Loury,
38
Ireland, 66
July 16, '79 Aug. 25, '79
630 William Dineen,
31 Lawrence,
Aug. 16, '79 Oct. 22, '79
631 James Belden,
66
Northfield,
Sept. 8, '79 Continues.
632 Peter King,
62
Canada,
Sept. 16, '79 Sept. 18, '79
633 Ellen Coffee,
75
Ireland,
Sept. 18, '79 Continues.
634 William Cather,
70
Europe,
Sept. 20, '79
66
635 Mary A. Williams,
70
Westford,
Oct. 10,
'79
66
636 John Moore,
20 Worcester,
Oct. 22,
'79
637 Lizzie Shea,
33
Ireland,
Oct. 23, '79
638 Barbara Kohl,
36
Germany,
Oct. 23, '79
639 John Burr,
87 Norton,
Nov. 1, '79
640 Edwin Robie,
57
Cambridge,
Nov. 1, '79
641 |Julia Larkin.
50
Ireland.
Nov. 7, '79 Nov. 15, '79
...
55 Vermont,
Feb. 5, '79 April 1, '79
620 Edward Salmon,
621 George L. Palmer,
65 Salem,
May 15, '79
624 Patrick Hurley,
50 Ireland,
June 7, '79 Continues.
July 15, '79 Aug. 7, '79
629 Mary Hogan,
70
PERIOD OF SUPPORT.
REMARKS.
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CITY ALMSHOUSE DEPARTMENT.
MONTHLY ACCOUNTS.
No. of Inmates.
Amount of Expenditures.
Amount of Receipts.
NET COST.
1878.
December.
52
$1,222 85
$263 58
$959 27
1879.
January
51
1,042 95
256 46
786 49
February
53
706 76
283 42
423 34
March.
52
778 29
308 58
469 71
April
55
582 96
494 51
88 45
May
52
644 55
243 47
401 08
June
52
929 64
294 86
634 78
July
52
962 47
274 89
687 58
August.
53
1,962 66
265 39
1,697 27
September.
54
2,154 86
264 35
1,890 51
October
56
2,364 76
269 49
2,095 27
November
55
1,589 30
289 35
1,299 95
$14,942 05
$3,508 35
$11,212 00
Appropriation,
$11,433 70
Revenue,
3,508 35
Total,
$14,942 05
Expenditures,
14,942 05
This account includes the salary of the Superintendent and all hired labor at the Almshouse and farm.
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CITY SCAVENGER DEPARTMENT.
In our report of last year, your attention was called to the fact that we were continually reducing the expenses in this department, which were,
In 1876,
$5,334 19
In 1877,
2,452 19
In 1878,
1,144 79
And we stated that is the city ordinance in regard to carrying offal through the streets, should be enforced, as had previously been recommended by this Board, the department would be self-sustaining. The truth of this statement has this year been demonstrated, as, even without the enforcement of the ordi- nance, not a dollar of the two thousand which was appropriated for this department, has been expended, and the Auditor's books show a net revenue of $477.18 from this department, which, with the appropriation, has been transferred to the sinking fund.
Owing to favorable sales of pork, we have done better than we anticipated, and probably better than can be done the com- ing year, as some repairs will have to be made on the swine . house. We, therefore, recommend that a suitable appropria- tion be made to cover the same, and also again call your atten- tion to the desirability of either enforcing the ordinance above mentioned, or abolishing it at once: as it either is or is not legal, and, as it is a matter of dollars and cents to the city treasury, and of annoyance to those who are charged with the work, it is a point which ought to be correctly interpreted.
In view of what has been accomplished in this work, your attention is called to our remarks made in reference to it, five years since, when it was the subject of much unfavorablo com- ment by many who were unacquainted with the subject :
" We have gone thus into detail in this division of the report in order to show that we had not committed an error in judg- ment, when we informed you one year since, 'We have entire confidence that when the benefits of our exertions in this
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department are understood, they will be fully appreciated.' And the following item, recently copied from a source from which emanated a large proportion of the complaints made against the measures taken to improve the sanitary condition of the city at that time, will show we were not mistaken, and is as follows :
'Whatever may have heretofore been thought of the Scavenger Department, a visit to the establishment at the present time is sufficient to convince the most skeptical of its complete success.'
With this acknowledgment, from such a source, we are of the opinion that nothing further need be said in vindication of the measures by which it was established."
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CITY SCAVENGER DEPARTMENT.
MONTHLY ACCOUNTS.
Amount of Expenditures.
Amount of Receipts.
Receipts above Expenditures.
NET COST.
1878.
December
$352 50
$144 21
....
$208 29
1879.
January.
336 65
461 88
$125 23
.. ...
February
282 95
53 60
229 35
March. .
325 67
109 35
..
...
216 32
April
263 67
267 87
4 20
May
339 66
1,052 22
712 56
.....
June
452 00
197 10
254 90
July
273 80
55 60
218 20
August
293 25
54 20
239 05
September.
316 41
810 81
494 40
October
324 44
57 20
267 24
November.
274 90
1,049 04
774 14
.
$3,835 90
$4,313 08
$2,110 53
$1,632 35
Appropriation, Revenue, . -
$2,000 00
4,313 08
Total, .
$6,313 08
Expenditures,
3,835 90
Unexpended balance,
$2,477 18
. .
..
.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
TRUANT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
This school has been criticised to some extent by persons who have not informed themselves of its workings and wholesome effect on that class of pupils attending our public schools, who are most difficult to manage ; but we are confident that if they should take the trouble to visit and investigate, their opinions would undergo a radical change.
Boys only are sent there, and for trnancy alone. We have used our best endeavors continually, since its origin, to prevent what we have considered a bad practice in some other munici- palities, viz : the sentencing of petty thieves to the same insti- tution. We have thereby succeeded in keeping its numbers at a minimum, and, although the cost per capita has been greater, the gross expenses have been much less, and the risk of making its inmates worse by giving them criminal associates, has been avoided.
In the annexed table are shown the monthly expenditures of the school. For further particulars, you are referred to the Superintendent of Schools, who is chairman of the sub-commit- tee of the Board, having especial charge of the same.
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TRUANT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
MONTHLY ACCOUNTS.
Number of l'upils.
Cost of Board.
Clothing and other Expenses.
Teaching and Supervision.
1878.
December. ..
7
$88 56
$26 25
$20 83
1879.
January.
8
88 56
10 00
20 83
February.
8
90 00
4 00
20 84
March.
11
111 95
4 32
20 83
April.
10
111 95
. .. .
29 83
May
11
87 47
8 90
20 84
June.
8
96 39
5 50
20 83
Juły
8
96 39
8 13
20 83
August
8
96 39
.. .
20 84
September.
8
86 75
....
20 83
October
10
98 49
12 00
20 83
November.
7
90 68
20 84
$1,143 58
$79 10
$250 00
.
Cost of Board,
$1,143 58
Clothing and other expenses, .
79 10
Teaching and supervision,
250 00
Total expenditures,
· $1,472 68
Appropriation,
$1,500 00
Expenditure,
1,472 68
Unexpended balance,
$27 32
,
Average number of pupils 8. Average cost per capita $184.08.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
By the acceptance of the city of the act of the legislature es- tablishing a Board of Health, our City Physician is now a part of that body, and is not at present, as formerly, elected annu- ally. From causes unknown to us, no one was appointed to the position at the commencement of the year. As our physician of last year held over until another was chosen and qualified, the duties were faithfully performed by Dr. Niles, from Nov. 30, 1878, the close of the municipal year, until March 26, 1879, and he submits a report for that time.
From the latter date to the present, the service has been per- formed by Dr. Rufus Woodward, whose name is well known to you, he having acceptably served the city on many past occa- sions. For the balance of the year, you are referred to his report, hereto annexed.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
GEORGE W. GALE,
Clerk.
CHARLES B. PRATT,
W. ANSEL WASHBURN, ALBERT P. MARBLE,
GEORGE W. GALE, JAMES DRAPER, CHARLES BELCHER, CALVIN L. HARTSHORN, CHARLES S. RUGG, WALTER HENRY,
Overseers of the Poor of the City of Worcester.
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REPORT
OF THE
Committee of the Truant School.
To the Honorable City Council of the City of Worcester :
The Committee on the Truant School submit the following report for the year ending Nov. 30, 1879 :
For information concerning the purpose and aim of this school, and the necessities that have called it into existence and continued it, you are referred to former reports, since the year 1863, and especially to that for the year 1878. Persons in official stations, but not familiar with those facts, have some- times doubted the wisdom of maintaining such a school. It therefore became necessary to call the attention to the origin and object of the school; and that has before been stated and need not be repeated here.
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