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102 90
31.
31. sundry persons for edgestone, etc. 490 06
66 31.
66 sundry persons, rent of Hall . 86 00
31.
66 J. A. Clark, for Jason street betterments, 87 50
66 31.
Cash for income from Town House site
46 66
66
Cash of sundry persons watering streets, 1898
552 98
31. 31. 66 sundry persons, for sewer assessments 644 60
66 31. Michael Kelley, for stone
55 35
31.
66 sundry persons, for sewer connections 437 88
31. sundry persons, for interest on taxes, etc., 225 68
$576,419 98
DR.
111
TREASURER'S REPORT.
WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1898.
Dec. 31.
By amount brought forward . . $477,182 47 By Cash paid Arlington Water Scrip, due July 1, 1898, Nos. 41 and 53 2,000 00
66
31. Water-Works, on account of mainten- ance and extension .
4,065 00
31. Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 12
66 discounts and abatements on taxes
5,385 84
66
31.
66 taxes of 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, un- collected .
150 09
31.
66
taxes of 1896
1,359 90
31 .*
66
taxes of 1897
9,327 51
66
31.
66 taxes of 1898
27,806 20
31.
Cash balance in the treasury at this date
24,529 78
$576,419 98
B. DELMONT LOCKE,
Treasurer.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1898.
24,613 19
31.
REPORT
OF
COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund submit herewith their Annual Report :
Amount received six months' interest to May
1, on $8,000, Rutland Bonds, 4's . $160 00 Amount received six months' interest to June
1, on $6,000, Taunton Bonds, 4's . 120 00
Amount received six months' interest to June
1, on $6,000, Medford Bonds, 4's . 120 00
Amount received six months' interest to May
1, on $4,800, Crosby School Loan, 4's . Amount received six months' interest to April
96 00
1, on $10,000, Arlington Water Bonds, 4's 200 00
Amount received six months' interest to May 1, on $8,000, Arlington Park Loan, 4's . Amount received six months' interest to May
160 00
1, on $10,500, Henderson street District Sewer Bonds, 4's . 210 00
Amount received six months' interest to May 1, on $600, High School Loan, 4's . 12 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,078 00
113
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND.
Amount brought forward, $1,078 00
Amount received of R. L. Day & Co. for the following Bonds sold, viz. :
Rutland Sewer Extension due 1924, $8,000, 4's, at 110.66 8,852 80 .
Accrued interest 43 56
1
Medford Water Bonds, $6,000, 4's, due 1922, at 110.33 , .
6,619 80
Accrued interest
12 67
Taunton Municipal Bonds, $6,000, 4's, due 1914, at 108.08
6,484 80
Accrued interest
12 67
Arlington Water Bonds, $10,000, 4's, due 1927, at 111.42
11,142 00
Accrued interest .
87 78
Arlington Park Loan, $8,000, 4's, due 1946, at 114.29
9,143 20
Accrued interest 43 56
Crosby School Loan, due 1899 to 1905, seven Bonds, each $600, at 102.27 4,295 34
Accrued interest
22 86
Amount received of Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, for the following, viz. :
Henderson-street District Sewer Loan, one Bond dated November 1, 1895, payable on demand, interest at 4 per cent. . Accrued interest 65 33 . High School Loan, due 1913, $600, at 104.61, 627 66
10,500 00
Accrued interest 3 73
Amount carried forward, $59,035 76
114
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND.
Amount brought forward,
$59,035 76
Crosby School Loan due Nov. 1, 1898 .
600 00
Accrued interest
3 73
Amount received of Town of Arlington Loan of June 29, 1897, balance 4,975 83
Interest on the same . .
216 01
Also, appropriation of April 4, 1898
6,698 43
Interest April 4 to June 27, 1898, at 4 per cent.
61 76
Amount borrowed as per vote of the Town,
and received of Town Treasurer 2,408 48
$74,000 00
June, 1898. Amount paid to Town Treasurer, to pay Arlington Water Scrip dated July 1, 1878, and falling due July 1, 1898 $74,000 00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM G. PECK, ALFRED D. HOITT, . THEODORE SCHWAMB, Commissioners of the Sinking Fund.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1898.
REPORT
OF
TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
The Trustees of the Pratt Fund present the following Re- port to the Town for the year ending Dec. 31, 1898 :
Income.
Received one year's interest on note of Town of Hopkinton, Mass., for $19,000, at 4 per cent. $760 00 Received one year's interest on City of Boston Water Bonds $5,000, at 5 per cent. 250 00
Received interest of Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank to January, 1898 60 52
$1,070 52
Less amount paid rent of safe in
Union Safe Deposit Vaults 10 00
$1,060 52
Disbursements.
Amount paid Town Treasurer, for Poor Widows' Fund $212 10
Amount carried forward,
$212 10
116
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND).
Amount brought forward, $212 10
Amount paid Town Treasurer, for Public Library 424 21
Amount deposited in Arlington
Five Cents Savings Bank, as a High School Fund . ·
424 21
$1,060 52
Investment.
Town of Hopkinton's note dated March 10, 1884, payable in 20
years, interest at 4 per cent. . $19,000 00 City of Boston Gold Water Bonds due Oct. 1, 1905, 5's 5,000 00
Deposited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank . 1,000 00
$25,000 00
High School Fund Income, as follows :
Amount on hand deposited in Ar- lington Five Cents Saving Bank Dec. 31, 1897 . . $9,167 24
Amount one year's interest on the same 370 34
Amount one year's interest on $2,000 Bonds . .
80 00
Income for 1898 . 424 21
Amount carried forward, $10,041 79
117
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
Amount brought forward, $10,041 79 - Less amount paid to Town Treas-
urer, for use of High School 227 90
Deposited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank . $9,813 89
Arlington Water Bonds, Nos. 118, 119, each $1,000, due 1922 2,000 00
Total
$11,813 89
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM G. PECK, JAMES A. BAILEY,
GEORGE HILL, WILLIAM E. WOOD, HENRY HORNBLOWER, B. DELMONT LOCKE, ex-officio, Trustees of Pratt Fund.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1898.
ELBRIDGE FARMER FUND.
The Trustees of the Elbridge Farmer Fund herewith sub- mit their Annual Report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1898 :
Receipts.
Town of Orange 4's, 12 months'
interest
$400 00
Town of Bradford 4's, 12 months' interest 360 00
City of Brockton 4's, 12 months' interest 320 00
Great Barrington 4's, 12 months' interest 400 00
Minneapolis 4}'s, 12 months' in- terest 450 00
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank dividend, January, 1899, 121 20
Atlantic National Bank, interest on deposits 12 07
Disbursements.
$2,063 27
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., rent of vault . $10 00
B. Delmont Locke, Treasurer, for Trustees Robbins Library 1,992 06
Deposits, Atlantic National Bank, 61 21
$2,063 27
119
REPORT OF THE ELBRIDGE FARMER FUND.
Investments.
Town of Orange 4's, 1922, $10,000 at par $10,000 00 Town of Bradford 4's, 1899, 1900, 1901, $9,000 at par 9,000 00
City of Brockton 4's, 1922, $8,000 at par 8,000 00
Great Barrington 4's, 1922, $10,000 at par 10,000 00
Minneapolis 42's, 1922, $10,000 at par .
10,000 00
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank Book, 9662 3,000 00
$50,000 00
Respectfully submitted,
WM. E. PARMENTER,
WILLIAM G. PECK,
EDWIN S. FARMER,
JOHN H. HARDY,
J. Q. A. BRACKETT,
WILLIAM E. WOOD, Trustees.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1898.
REPORTS
OF
CONSOLIDATED BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ROBBINS FUND, AND SOLDIERS' MONUMENT FUND, AND TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES.
ROBBINS FUND.
This fund is deposited in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank.
January, 1898, it amounted to
$5,307 16
1899, dividend added
214 40
$5,521 56
Amount drawn to be expended on cemeteries,
100 00
Total, January, 1899
$5,421 56
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT FUND.
The amount of this fund, January, 1898, de- posited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, was
$2,627 74
Interest added to January, 1899
106 14
$2,733 88
Less amount drawn out for expenses
27 50
Total, January, 1899
$2,706 38
121
REPORT OF CONSOLIDATED BOARD.
MARTHA M. W. RUSSELL SCHOOL FUND.
Amount as reported January, 1898 $5,403 75
One year's interest to January, 1899 218 28
$5,622 03
Amount drawn and passed to the credit of
" Public Schools" 218 28
$5,403 75
Amount of fund deposited in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank.
MARTHA M. W. RUSSELL POOR WIDOWS' FUND.
Amount as reported January, 1898 $2,161 25
Add interest to January, 1899 87 30
$2,248 55
Amount of fund deposited in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank.
HENRY MOTT'S BEQUEST TO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Amount temporarily loaned to the town at 4 per cent. $5,200 00 $208 passed to credit of Robbins Library.
122
REPORT OF CONSOLIDATED BOARD).
BEQUEST OF SAMUEL C. BUCKMAN TO TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY, FOR CARE OF CEMETERIES.
Amount deposited in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank Add dividend to January, 1899 10 00
$2,000 00
$2,010 00
Fund for perpetual care of· cemetery lots de- posited in the Arlington Five Cents Sav- ings Bank with interest to January, 1899,
$7,703 84
B. DELMONT LOCKE, Treasurer.
JANUARY, 1899.
CEMETERIES. . PERPETUAL CARE OF CEMETERY LOTS.
The amount of this fund, January, 1898, de-
posited in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank was . $6,206 54
Interest added to January, 1899
262 80
Amount received during the year 1898, less amount credited to cemeteries
1,234 50
Total, January, 1899 $7,703 84
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1897 .
$48 08
Appropriation for 1898 350 00
Amount received during the year 1898, viz. :
For care of lots ·
595 50
For new lots ·
1,230 00
Amount carried forward,
$2,223 58
123
REPORT OF CONSOLIDATED BOARD.
Amount brought forward, $2,223 58
For grading, repairs on lots, etc. 663 15
From Soldiers' Monument Fund
27 50
From Robbins Fund
100 00
From Perpetual Care Fund
165 50
$3,179 73
EXPENDITURES.
Paid E. S. Chapman, Superintendent $735 50
W. W. Rawson, trees, plants
71 01
Shady Hill Nursery Co., trees
18 75
C. A. Hutchinson, sods
10 40
R. A. Welch, loam
126 25
John Shea, loam .
44 00
Daniel Barry, loam
35 00
Dennis Reardon, gravel
100 00
John Tutten, granite and posts
212 40
Peirce & Winn Co., pipe, loam, etc.
173 27
J. Breck & Sons, tools, etc. .
39 98
R. W. Shattuck & Co., tools, etc. .
.
6 80
S. Stickney & Co., tools, etc.
13 58
Knowles & Marden, tools, etc.
7 27
Charles Gott, bier, etc. .
16 80
W. A. Snow & Co., holders .
8 28
Parker & Page, dowels .
80
Lexington Lumber Co., lumber
9 57
H. A. Emerson & Co., pine . Wadsworth, Howland, & Co., oil
60
H. S. Adams, C.E., surveying
77 50
R. A. Swan, services as clerk
1.56 00
H. A. Thomas, postmaster, envelopes
10 90
Amount carried forward,
$1,879 86
5 20
124
REPORT OF CONSOLIDATED BOARD.
Amount brought forward, $1,879 86
Paid Edmund W. Noyes, printing . 4 50
Francis H. Gray, printing
2 00
M. C. Warren Co., supplies .
2 00
E. S. Chapman, police duty, Sundays
143 50
Labor .
954 99
A. L. Bacon, stock and labor
46 35
O. B. Marston, stock and labor
37 02
J. H. Savage, grave
10 00
McClellan's Express, expressing
3 25
American Express Co., expressing.
15
Park Commission, stone bounds
69 30
Balance of cash on hand Dec. 31, 1898 .
26 81
$3,179 73
WILLIAM G. PECK, WARREN A. PEIRCE, FRANCIS S. FROST,
ARLINGTON, January, 1899.
Trustees.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF OF POLICE.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Arlington :
GENTLEMEN : I have the honor to submit for your infor- mation and consideration my Annual Report as Chief of Police, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1898.
Arrests. .
Whole number of arrests for the year 215
Males
203
Females · . .
12
Adults .
175
Minors
40
The offences for which arrests have been made are as follows :
Assault
11
Breaking and entering
6
Carrying concealed weapons
1
Capias
1
Disturbing of the peace
25
Drunkenness .
93
Default warrants
2
Embezzlement . ·
2
126
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
Escaped prisoners
.
2
False pretences
1
Illegal transportation of liquor .
1
Insane
5
Larceny .
11
Malicious mischief
1
Obtaining goods under false pretences
3
Obtaining money under false pretences
1
Selling milk below standard
1
Suspicion
2
Tramp
2
Vagrancy
6
Violating liquor law
6
Walking on railroad tracks
1
Wilful trespass
31
Total
215
Lodgers.
Whole number of lodgers
926
Males
914
Females
12
Adults
909
Minors
17
White
922
Colored
4
Foreign born
537
American born
389
Amount of property reported stolen .
$376 50
Amount of property reported recovered
$531 25
.
.
.
.
127
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
Miscellaneous Business.
Accidents reported .
23
Buildings found open and secured
52
Cases investigated .
43
Contagious diseases reported
19
Dead bodies cared for .
3
Dead animals found .
2
Defective hydrant
1
Defective streets and sidewalks
27
Defective electric-light lamps
3,329
Defective water-pipes
3
Defective wires (electric and telephone)
60
Defective gas-pipes .
2
Dogs killed
19
Disturbances suppressed
2
Fire alarms given ·
12
Fires extinguished without alarm
·
1
Lanterns hung in dangerous places
112
Lost children cared for
13
Sick and injured persons assisted
4
Stray teams cared for
·
14
Street obstructions removed
.
21
Police appropriation
$8,000
·
For a detailed account of all expenses, see Town Treas- urer's Report.
Police Organization. Headquarters, Town Hall Building.
ALONZO S. HARRIMAN, Chief.
128
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
PATROLMEN.
GARRETT BARRY, GARRETT J. CODY,
JOHN DUFFY,
DANIEL M. HOOLEY,
ANDREW IRWIN, JAMES E. WHITTEN,
CHARLES H. WOODS.
The chief and two patrolmen are on duty in the daytime ; during the night five patrolmen are on duty.
Changes.
During the past year it was found necessary to place another officer on duty days. The large amount of travel to Arlington Heights necessitating another officer in that part of the Town, Officer Barry was detailed for that duty.
Illegal Liquor Business.
A constant effort has been made during the year to sup- press the illegal sale of intoxicating liquor, with the very gratifying results, a conviction in every case but one taken into the courts.
Recommendations.
I would renew my recommendation that a horse and wagon be procured for this department. That one more patrolman be appointed to fill the vacancy now existing in the night force. I would also recommend that in making up the appropriations, that a sufficient sum be appropriated so that special officers can be placed on duty every Sunday through the summer months.
Conclusion.
In conclusion, I wish to thank your honorable Board for the courteous consideration received from you officially, also all town officials for their assistance.
129
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
It gives me great pleasure to state that the members of this department have shown a desire to perform their duties faithfully at all times, and to assist me in the discharge of my duties, for which I wish to extend to them my hearty thanks.
Respectfully submitted, ALONZO S. HARRIMAN, Chief of Police.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN : I respectfully submit my Annual Report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1898.
We have had no serious fires to contend with, so the fire loss has been very small.
FIRES.
The department has answered twelve bell alarms, one of which was out of town, and four still alarms.
Alarms.
Date.
Time.
Box.
Value.
Insur- ance.
Value of Con- tents.
Insur- ance.
L088.
Loss of Con- . tents.
Wm. Whytal & Son, awning . . . A. T. Sunergren
Jan. 12
11.20 A.M.
36
$20 2,500
$3,000
W. J. Niles es. tate, grass .
Mar. 24
5.01 P.M.
28
John Robinson, estate . .
July 4
4.20 P.M.
41
3,000
· 2,500
$1,000
Schouler street
July 3
Still alarm
Palmer street, old rubbish .
July 4
8.25 P.M.
25
Out of town .
July 9
11.50 P.M.
32
Kate H. Fessen- den, house
July 16
5.30 A.M.
36
3,000
2,500
1,000
.
.
100
Dump on Mystic street . . B. & M. R.R. Sta- tion, Arlington Heights .
Aug. 2
2.10 A.M.
54
1,803
1,500
100
John Parker, stable .
Aug.
2.10 P.M.
45
300
250
50
Rubbish on Palmer street
Aug. 25
Still alarm
Thomas Butler, house .
Oct. 11
7.06 A.M.
54
4,000
3,500
2,000
$1,500
200
W m. Walsh,
stable .
Nov. 1
1.40 P.M.
28
100
100
.
.
100
W. W. Storer, house .
Nov. 19
S.15 P.M.
Still alarm
3,000
2,000
Donald Higgins, house .
Dec. 4
No alarm
2,500
2,000
1,000
1,000
8
$52
Wm. E. Wood, house . . · .
Dec. 4
No alarm
5,000
4,000
1,500
1,500
10
13
Josiah Crosby es- tate, chimney . .
Dec. 17
8.13 A.M.
17
1,200
1,200
.
July 16
6.30 P.M.
Still alarm
$20 30
Jan. 20
5.30 P.M.
27
131
REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER.
Membership.
The membership of the department, the same as last year, consists of five permanent men, divided as follows :
John F. Sweeney, driver of Hose 1. Daniel Tierney, driver of Hose 2. A. F. Brooks, driver of Hose 3.
D. J. Sullivan, driver of Truck 1. Wm. C. Meade, driver of Chemical 5.
Also fifty-nine call-men, one chief, and two assistants. · Each company has its full complement of men, also a list of men ready to fill vacancies.
Fire Alarm.
This important branch is in fair condition at the present time. We have had one or two burn-outs, but these are liable to occur at any time. The severe storm of last Febru- ary caused considerable trouble and expense. Our town was able to give the "no school" signal, which the surrounding towns were unable to do.
Apparatus.
The apparatus remains the same as in last report, nothing having been expended on them.
Buildings.
The buildings have had no repairs, excepting the paint- ing of the doors and windows in Hose 3, and the interior of the lower floor of Hose 2. This being done by our permanent men.
Hose.
We have 6,000 feet of hose in good condition, no pur- chase being made this year.
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REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER.
Horses.
As in last report the department has nine horses.
The Fireman's Relief Association is in very good con- dition.
Recommendations.
I would recommend that a pair of horses be purchased for the Truck. Also, that a repeater be bought, and the fire alarm be divided into four or more circuits.
Appropriations.
To meet the expenses of the coming year I would recom- mend that the sum of $8,500 and unexpended balance be appropriated.
The horses have consumed 851 bushels of grain, 33,233 pounds of hay, and used 5,804 pounds of straw.
Grain amounting to
$306 05
Hay amounting to
281 54
Straw amounting to
46 65
Total
$634 24
Making a cost of horses per week, $1.43.
Conclusion.
I wish to thank your honorable Board for the gentlemanly manner in which they have received me in my official duty. To my assistant engineers, accept my thanks for the coopera- tion in all Fire Department business. To the officers and men, my thanks for the cheerful manner in which they have performed all duties of the department and the interest taken to render quick and efficient survice.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES GOTT,
Chief Engineer.
.
.
.
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Arlington has been free from epidemic of contagious or infections diseases during the year 1898.
The entire number of cases of scarlet fever has been seven.
Diphtheria has been more prevalent than in 1897, the number of cases having been eighteen, with only one death. Of these eighteen cases seven were under one roof, all having been exposed before medical attendance was sought. In this instance the sanitary condition was extremely bad - a damp cellar and an overflowing cesspool within a few feet of the house. One member of the family died. Not only is eighteen cases of diphtheria in a town with a population of . nearly eight thousand so close to a large metropolis, a very small number, but the percentage of mortality of these cases is unusually small, 5.6 per cent. We believe that antitoxin was used in each case of diphtheria, and to that remedy is ascribed the very low death rate.
Before the discovery and use of antitoxin the hospital mor- tality was 40 to 50 per cent. ; now with the same general treatment, but with the liberal use of antitoxin, the mortality is only 10 to 13 per cent.
The same results are attained in private practice as in the hospitals, by the liberal use of antitoxin. During the year there have been twenty-one cases of typhoid fever.
These have appeared at different times throughout the
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
entire year, one case in January, one in June, two in August, four in September, four in October, five in Novem- ber, and four in December. These cases were scattered throughout the town, and had nearly as many different sup- plies of milk and drinking-water as there were families.
Several of these patients evidently brought the disease to their homes, having contracted it elsewhere.
From one of these cases it is probable that three other cases of the above eighteen originated through the unsanitary condition of the house in which all lived.
In one other family a second case developed, and here, too, the sanitary conditions were bad.
It is urgently recommended by the Board of Health that all houses be connected with the sewer at the earliest possi- ble time, as affording the surest safeguard against the pos- sible origin and certain spread of disease.
From the fact that much has been said regarding the con- dition of Spy pond and Little Spy pond, and the quality of the ice taken from them and distributed in this town and . its vicinity, this Board has considered it to be its duty to ascertain the facts in the case for the benefit of our citizens and for the public generally. For that purpose we have consulted the State Chemist, Dr. Sharples, who has been familiar with these ponds for many years, and analyzes sam- ples of all the ice that is delivered in Boston and the sur- rounding cities and towns.
We are pleased to be able to state upon his authority that the ice taken from these ponds is of excellent quality and free from any impurities that would render it undersirable for domestic use.
135
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
Plumbing Inspections.
During the past year one hundred and forty-nine applica- tions for plumbing have been received and placed on file. The required water tests have been applied and prove effec- tive, while the plumbing is in process of construction.
The inspector of plumbing has been frequently called upon to make examination of premises and inspections of plumb- ing for proposed sewer connections, and has always recom- mended that every part of such work should be done in the most thorough and substantial manner, to avoid danger to health from sanitary defects.
The services of our Board have been from time to time called for, to abate nuisances in different parts of our town. Everything possible in response thereto has been done.
Our town has made remarkable progress the past year in advancing great public improvements. Especially important from a sanitary point of view is the anticipated water supply within a few months from the Metropolitan System. The value to our town of such a bountiful supply of pure water cannot be over estimated.
The rapid progress of the extension of our sewer system is worthy of note; the benefits derived from its use will be beyond calculation.
EDWARD S. FESSENDEN, EDWIN P. STICKNEY, M.D., EDWIN MILLS,
Board of Health.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
DEATHS REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1898.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
May H. Robinson
Jan.
4
46
Ruth Stiles
4
1
10
Eliza White
5
74
. .
. .
Harry D. Wood.
6
. .
5
26
Fred H. Rhodes ..
12
21
10
20
John J. Walsh
.
.
.
. .
2
29
Bridget Sweeney
66
9
67
11
15
Harriet A. Fessenden
11
63
4
19
Alice Brune .
15
. .
2
John Coleman
18
1
9
19
Susanna Hyde
21
87
4
18
Elmira M. Kenty
22
27
5
15
Alfred Locke
24
83
1
16
John Acheson
25
81
5
. .
Elizabeth A. Smith
26
2
14
John F. Moynihan
March 10
6
4
17
Margaret Patterson
15
1
4
21
Alice F. Simpson.
16
43
4
27
Harriet A. Palmer
17
58
10
25
Margaret Farrington
23
28
4
24
Charles T. Shean
24
27
9
9
Helen J. Parmenter
31
74
3
S
Hugh Cullinane
April
6
49
10
27
Ethel S. Hibbert
9
6
1
21
Michael Quinn.
13
2
4
. .
66
18
65
Charles F. Brown
24
·
. .
Lorenzo HI. Dupee
May
1
73
2
10
Mabel H. Huff.
4
39
5
1
18
Avard B. Richford
11
28
ـت
·
Elizabeth T. Austin .
11
77
6
19
Catherine Burns
14
52
. .
. .
Edward J. Boland
66
21
33
. .
. .
Nellie McNeil
29
23
. .
. .
Margaret R. Clark
June
2
51
9
17
Mary E. F. Ross.
66
10
41
7
17
.
.
. .
14
70
1
26
Archibald Miller
28
90
6
16
Josephine Mansfield
30
6
18
Walter Collins.
Feb.
9
·
9
66
Ralph W. Shattuck
66
28
3
19
Hubert E. Vickery
66
8
. .
·
4
. .
5
11
Elizabeth R. Penniman
.
.
.
60
.
66
66
Sarah E. Hinton.
10
. .
66
66
1898.
137
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
DEATHS. - Continued.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
John F. Kelley
June 12
32
11
25
Walter Lynn
66
23
. .
6
2
Thomas P. Mahoney .
25
. .
11
18
John H. Whittemore
July
1
19
. .
11
James E. Loftus
66
2
. .
8
14
Marion E. Farren.
4
1
1
14
Cornelius C. Haley
66
4
.
4
4
Mary E. Grady
66
19
9
. .
66
21
47
1
20
Benjamin F. Durgin
25
65
2
15
Catharine T. Purcell
25
.
7
5
Julia Luddy .
29
60
. .
Emma T. Hillard
66
30
81
9
27
John J. Haley
Aug.
3
. .
5
1
John P. O'Brien
יי
9.
38
3
21
Richard Carens
9
51
·
2
27
Rose NcNamee
10
57
· .
9
Gladys N. Hodgkins
10
2
1
15
Margaret McLean.
14
31
2
16
Mary E. Redman
22
21
6
6
Disston
66
22
. .
. .
12
James W. Hamall
66
22
3
4
6
Henrietta W. Dahlstrom
25
23
5
2
Mary W. Nickerson
27
78
9
10
George C. Grant
Sept.
2
51
1
. .
Catherine Carroll
2
65
Olive T. Hubbard
4
45
7
17
Susan P. Winn
66
14
82
4
28
Henry Miller
16
17
19
Carl O. Knight
66
16
1
9
23
Theodore Downing
66
18
66
. .
4
James D. Mahoney
66
29
· ·
. .
6
Margaret T. Mahoney
29
62
. .
· ·
Catharine A. B. James
Oct.
1
75
. .
6
Albert C. Murphy
66
10
1
S
22
James Mulholland
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