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SEC. 8. In case of the removal of a child from the house where a person is sick with any of the diseases mentioned in Section 11 of Chapter 496 of the Acts of the year 1898, two weeks must elapse before such child is allowed to attend school.
SEC. 9. No case of diphtheria shall be considered recov- ered until a negative culture has twice been obtained, at not less than three days' interval, from such patient.
SEC. 10. No case of scarlet fever shall be considered re- covered until desquamation is complete on every part of the body.
SEC. 11. No child having chicken-pox or mumps shall be allowed to attend any school in this Town.
EXTRACTS FROM THE REVISED LAWS AS AMENDED.
Contagious Diseases. [CHAPTER 480, ACTS OF 1907.]
An Act to Provide for the Compulsory Notification and Registration of Tuberculosis and Other Diseases Dangerous to the Public Health.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
SECTION 1. S Sections forty-nine and fifty of Chapter seventy-five of the Revised Laws, as amended by Chapter two
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hundred and fifty-one of the Acts of the year nineteen hun -.. dred and five, and Section fifty-two of said Chapter seventy- five are hereby amended by inserting after the word "dis- ease," wherever it may occur in said sections, the words :- declared by the State Board of Health to be,-so as to read as follows :- Section 49. A householder who knows that a person in his family or house is sick of small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other infectious or contagious disease de- clared by the State Board of Health to be dangerous to the pub -- lic health shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Board of Health of the city or town in which he dwells. Upon the- death, recovery or removal of such person, the householder shall disinfect to the satisfaction of the board such rooms of his house and articles therein as, in the opinion of the- board, have been exposed to infection or contagion. Should one or both eyes of an infant become inflamed, swollen and red, and show an unnatural discharge at any time within two weeks after its birth, it shall be the duty of the nurse, relative or other attendant having charge of such infant to report in writing within six hours thereafter, to the Board of Health of the city or town in which the parents of the in -. fant reside, the fact that such inflammation, swelling and redness of the eyes and unnatural discharge exist. On re- ceipt of such report, or of notice of the same symptoms given: by a physician as provided by the following section, the Board of Health shall take such immediate action as it may deem necessary in order that blindness may be prevented. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be pun -. ished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. Sec -- tion 50. If a physician knows that a person whom he is called to visit is infected with small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other disease declared by the State Board of Health to be dangerous to the public health, or if one or. both eyes of an infant whom or whose mother he is called to visit become inflamed, swollen or red, and show an un -. natural discharge within two weeks after the birth of such infant, he shall immediately give notice thereof in writing over · his own signature to the Selectmen or Board of Health of the . town; and if he refuses or neglects to give such notice, he shall forfeit not less than fifty or more than two hundred dollars for each offense. Section 52. If the Board of Health of a. city or town has had notice of a case of small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other disease declared by the State. Board of Health to be dangerous to the public health therein, it shall within twenty-four hours thereafter give notice thereof to the State Board of Health stating the name and location of the patient so afflicted, and the secretary thereof shall forthwith transmit a copy of such notice to the State Board of Charity.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved June 6, 1907.]
VACCINATION .- CHAP. 75, SEC. 136. A parent or guardian. who neglects to cause his child or ward to be vaccinated before the child or ward attains the age of two years, except as provided-
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in section one hundred and thirty-nine,* shall forfeit five dollars. for every year during which such neglect continues.
CHAP. 75, SEC. 137. The Board of Health of a city or town if in its opinion, it is necessary for the public health or safety, shall require and enforce the vaccination and re-vaccination of all the inhabitants thereof and shall provide them with the means of free vaccination. Whoever, being over twenty-one years of age and not under guardianship, refuses or neglects to comply with such requirement shall forfeit five dollars.
CHAP. 44, SEC. 6. [Revised Laws, as amended by Chap. 371, Acts of 1906.] A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certifi- cate signed by a regular practicing physician that he is not a fit subject for vaccination. A child who is a member of a house- hold in which a person is ill with small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, or any other infectious or contagious disease, or of a household exposed to such contagion from another house- hold as aforesaid shall not attend any public school during such illness until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the Board of Health of the city or town, or from the attending physician of such person, stating that danger of conveying such disease by such child has passed.
Note-Section 139, referred to above, exempts children who pre- sent a certificate signed by a registered physician that they are unfit subjects for vaccination. Application for free vaccination by persons who are unable to pay for it, may be made to the Clerk or Agent of the Board of Health.
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VITAL STATISTICS.
1909.
Total number of deaths from all causes, exclusive of still-births ... 157 Number of still-births. 7
DEATHS BY SEXES.
(Still-Births excluded.)
Number of deaths of males
79
66
66 " females.
78
66 unknown 00
DEATHS BY AGES.
(Still-Births excluded)
Total.
Male.
Female.
Unknown.
Deaths of persons under one year.
From
66
2
3
66
4
66
2
2
0
. .
66
4
5
66
0
0
0
. .
66
5
66 10
4
4
0
. .
66
10
66
15
2
2
0
. .
66
20
66
30
16
10
6
. .
30 66 40
13
5
8
. .
66
40
50
66
19
11
8
. .
66
60
18
14
4
. .
66
60
66 70
66
27
14
13
. .
Over 80
66
21
8
13
. .
Ages unknown
0
0
0
. .
Total.
157
79
78
.
8
1
7
1 to 2 years.
4
1
3
. .
3
4
2
2
. .
15
66 20
2
0
2
. .
50
17
5
12
. .
70
66 80
Age of oldest person : 93 yrs. 8 mos. 12 days.
NOTE. For names of persons dying see report of Town Clerk
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DEATHS BY MONTHS.
(Still-births excluded.)
1909
1908
1909
1908
January
10
10
July.
14
9
February
11
10
August
15
11
March
17 11
September.
12
15
April
18
9
October.
7
9
May
13
10 November
17
13
June
13
18
December
10
20
Total
157
145
Still-born
7
9
Total
164
154
CAUSES OF DEATH. (Still-births excluded.)
Deaths from phthisis or consump-
Deaths from bronchitis
9
tion.
15
diseases of heart. . 23
66
66
diphtheria and croup
1
66
cerebro-spinal men- gitis. .
0
Diseases of the brain and spinal cord.
8
66
erysipelas.
1
DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
66
66 cholera infantum .. 2
66
dysentery
0
From suicide
1
66
66
pneumonia.
14
From accident.
7
-
97
Number of deaths from all other causes not specified above (not including still-births)
50
Total
157
SOCIAL RELATIONS OF DECEASED.
(Still-births excluded.)
Married.
53
Single
53
Widow
30
Widower
20
Divorced
1
Unknown
0
157
66
scarlet fever.
0
66
diseases of kidneys
9
66
cancer.
7
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NATIVITY.
Nativity of Parents
Nativity of Deceased. {(Still births excluded.)
Father
Mother
Arlington.
27
.8
3
Massachusetts.
51
31
30
Other New England States.
26
27
27
Other States.
11
3
6
Canada and the Provinces ..
8
6
10
England, Scotland and Wales.
7
14
14
Ireland
18
35
31
Italy.
2
5
5
Norway and Sweden.
2
4
5
Russia .
1
1
1
Other countries
3
3
4
Unknown.
1
18
21
Total
157
157
157
American parentage
57
Mixed parentage.
12
Foreign parentage ..
61
Unknown parentage
27
Number of non-residents dying in Arlington.
Number of residents dying in other places.
37
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES REPORTED.
Diphtheria
Scarlet Fever
Typhoid
Measles
Total
1909
1908
1909
1908
1909
1908
1909
1908
1909
1908
January
5
·
6
1
·
...
3
3
14 4
February
3
3
1
3
1
...
1
...
6 6
March .
2
2
1
3
0
2
64
5 69
April
4
3
3
1
..
2
2
53
9
59
May.
4
4
3
2
1
1
1
94
9
101
June
4
2
3
6
..
1
1
...
1
1
8
4
August
. .
·
1
. .
...
1
3
1
September.
2
. .
. .
. .
1
1
...
...
2
5
November.
3
1
4
8
4
..
...
10
11: 19
December .
.
4
3
10
...
2
2
6
5
22
Total.
30
25
32
37
9
7
14
278
85
347
9
54
July
2
2
4
2
2
2
..
1
...
...
4
3
October .
1
4
-
-
. .
2
46
9
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LOCATION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Drawing a line through the Town Hall building, and extending it north and south, the location of the above contagious diseases would be as follows :
1909. East.
1909. West.
1908. East.
1908. West.
1909.
1908.
Total. Total.
Diphtheria.
19
11
17
8
30
25
Scarlet Fever.
10
22
22
15
32
37
Typhoid Fever
4
5
2
5
9
7
Measles
8
6
147
131
14
278
Total
41
44
188
159
85
347
REPORT OF THE SANITARY INSPECTOR.
ARLINGTON, MASS., December 31, 1909.
Board of Health : -
GENTLEMEN : - I have the honor to submit my report as Sanitary Inspector for the year ending December 31, 1909.
The character of work of this office has been about the same as that of previous years.
All complaints have been given consideration and thoroughly in- vestigated.
Where an actual nuisance or unhealthful conditions were found to exist the same have been abated.
Satisfactory adjustments have been made to all complaints.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES T. HARTWELL.
Sanitary Inspector
REPORT OF THE FUMIGATOR.
ARLINGTON, MASS., December 31, 1909. Board of Health :
GENTLEMEN : - I have the honor to submit my report as Fumiga- tor for the year ending December 31, 1909.
Whole number of cases fumigated seventy-two (72).
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Thirty-nine(39) cases of scarlet fever, requiring the fumigation of one hundred and twenty-one (121) rooms.
Thirty-two (32) cases of diphtheria requiring the fumigation of sixty-nine (69) rooms.
One (1) case of tuberculosis requiring the fumigation of one (1) room.
Halls, stairways and closets whenever necessary.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES T. HARTWELL.
Fumigator.
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING.
LEXINGTON, MASS., January 1, 1910.
To the Board of Health of the Town of Arlington :
GENTLEMEN : - Below please find the report of your Inspector for the year ending with this date.
Total calls made. 403
Total applications received for which permits were granted . 141
Total number of certificates issued . 141
Certificates issued for work which permits were issued previous to my taking up the work 3 Number of permits issued for which no certifi- cates have yet been granted 17 These last are for jobs which are at present not completed.
The hearty co-operation accorded to the Inspector by the Board and the plumbers of the Town have made the work almost a pleasure and in regard to their work I cannot but speak in the highest commendation.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. W. DAY.
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING.
ARLINGTON, MASS., December 31, 1909.
To the Board of Health :-
GENTLEMEN :- I have the honor to submit my report as inspec- tor of slaughtering for the year ending December 31, 1909.
Licenses have been granted to William Bowman and Frank Bow- man to slaughter in the Town of Arlington.
They have well kept houses to slaughter in.
I have made the usual number of visits to the slaughter houses during the year. Have inspected 3,624 veal, fifty-seven pigs, two lambs and five cows, and have found them all of good quality.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK P. WINN,
Inspector of Slaughtering
REPORT OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
ARLINGTON, DECEMBER 31, 1909.
The Board of Registrars of Voters herewith submit their report for the year ending December 31, 1909.
During the year the Board held six sessions, as required by law, five of which were held at the Town Hall and one at Union Hall, Arlington Heights. The custom has been, for a number of years, to hold two meetings at the Heights, one in the spring and one in the fall, but this year the meeting in the fall had to be omitted owing to the fact that there was no available meeting place.
The total number of registered voters as reported January 1, 1909, was 2002.
Whole number males. 1884
Whole number females 118
2002
During the year 165 names were stricken from the list for death, removal or other causes.
At the various meetings held during the year the number added was as follows:
Town Hall, Feb. 20, 1909 .. 3
Town Hall, Sept. 20, 1909. 6
Town Hall, Oct. 12, 1909 20
Town Hall, October 23, 1909 110 139
Making a total registration for the year of 139.
The list as revised to Jan. 1, 1910, is as follows:
Whole number registered . 1973
Whole number men . 1855
Whole number women 118
1973
JOHN W. BAILEY, WINTHROP PATTEE, EBEN F. DEWING, THOMAS J. ROBINSON. Registrars of Voters.
REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The Board of Public Works herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1909 :
The first meeting of the Board was held on March 8, 1909, the organization resulting in the election of William N. Winn as Chairman. Forty-four meetings were held during the year.
APPOINTMENTS. At a meeting held March 29, 1909, Charles C. Lothrop was appointed Clerk and Water Registrar, Thomas Roden was appointed Superintendent of the Water Division and Robert W. Pond was appointed Superintendent of the Sewer Division, all appointments holding for one year.
The following appropriations were expended under the direc- tion of the Board.
Amount Appropriated. $23,326.10
Net Amount Expended. $24,164.44
Highway Division
Sewer Extensions
2,000.00
2,000.00
Sewer Maintenance
1,900.00
1,176.78
Water Extensions
2,000.00
2,000.00
Water Maintenance
46,500.00
50,543.62
Renewal of Mains.
5,977.80
1,075.46
Permanent Sidewalks
3,000.00
3,372.12
Bow Street Storm Drain
600.00
554.14
Appleton Street Storm Drain.
600.00
599.98
Improvement of buildings at Town Yard ..
125.00
101.34
Construction of Roadway at Town Yard ..
200.00
200.00
Construction of Woodland Street.
1,350.00
1,302.51
Construction of Bartlett Avenue
1,750.00
1,639.04
Total
.$89,328.90 $SS,729.43
HIGHWAY DIVISION. The work of this Division has been of general character and distributed over the Town, with the single exception of resurfacing Massachusetts Avenue on the north side from Winter Street to Pleasant Street, which cost $8,075.66.
For more detailed report of the work of this Division and for recommendations see the report of Town Engineer.
EXPENDITURES. A financial statement, showing a summary of all expenditures and costs, is given in Table I, while Table II shows detail of all special appropriations. Table III gives in detail the cost of permanent sidewalks and renewal of same. The
TABLE I. DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSE-HIGHWAY DIVISION.
.
EXPENSE
Labor
Bills
Gravel
Stock
Aggre- gate
Receipts
Credits
Cost
Direct
Appor- tioned
Teams
Crushed Stone
Roller
Resurfacing streets (macadam)
$1,762 80
$7 43
$2,495 98
$4,266 21
$246 98
$490 76
$2,907 42
$345 60 91 80
$319 11 128 24
$63 15
5,485 92
$151 50
5,334 42
Care and repair of sidewalks ...
611 35
16 37
282 06
909 78
87 58
179 38
245 90
82 55
74
1,505 93
32 83
1,473 10
Storm drains.
108 55
17 79
11 42
137 76
17 63
3 42
76 70
235 51
235 51
Catch basins ...
572 78
2 25
13 13
588 16
80 22
77 85
746 23
746 23
Crusher, operation and drilling
2,822 62
46
1,085 98
3,909 06
393 92
228 71
4,531 69
479 28
$4,052 41
Steam roller, maintenance and supplies.
25 67
68 43
94 10
3 58
97 68
73 75
23 93
Stable and teaming
521 96
5,760 98
6,282 94
72 82
17 29
6,373 05
2,811 48
1,754 03
Snow and ice expense
1,797 22
27 76
206 21
2,031 19
254 62
47 81
2,541 82
10 00
2,531 82
Street signs Street watering.
587 56
49 05
684 73
1,321 34
88 81
4 57
4 95
1,427 92
354 20
1,073 72
Engineering
3 26
110 12
85 48
198 86
15 76
214 62
214 62
Crosswalks, care and repair. ..
115 02
5 72
33 33
154 07
16 84
4 69
175 60
175 60
Total
$11,711 65
$259 29 $11,933 90 $23,904 84
$1,670 18
$1,514 14
$3,581 68
$437 40
$529 90
$353 74 $31,991 88
$3,913 04
$5,859 95
$22,218 89
Work done outside of Division
502 30
171 31
75 69
749 30
93 99
172 37
200 73
43 80
56 10
670 84
1,987 13
1,401 13
586 00
Stock ..
928 04
33 81
728 48
1,690 33
134 19
121 03
1,945 55
1,945 55
Total
$13,141 99
$464 41 $12,738 07 $26,344 47 +$1,898 36
$1,807 54
$3,782 41
$481 20
$586 00
$1,024 58 $35,924 56
$5,314 17
$6,445 95
$24,164 44
2,734 84
22 34
1,181 05
3,938 23
384 73
455 98
423 79
$8,576 08
*$8,576 08
Care and repair of streets
48 02
25 12
73 14
6 69
79 83
79 83
8 25
208 20
1,807 54
* Includes cost of tar surface. ¡ Includes expense of office, lost time, salaries, tools, etc., less receipts. # Includes superintendence of engineers.
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#Engineer'g
TABLE II. DETAIL OF SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS.
STREET
LOCATION
WORK
Macadam
Square yards
Paving
Block
Feet
Edgestone
Crushed Stone
Materials
Labor
Engineering
Cost
Appro.
priation
Balance
Bartlett av.
Gray to Woodland sts
Street construction ..
1,110
711
36.17 25.38
$1,150 29
$451 62
$37 13
$1,639 04
$1,750 00
$110 96
Woodland st.
Bartlett av. to Jason st.
755
553
810 27
463 01
29 23
1,302 51
1,350 00
47 49
Bow st ..
to Brook.
Surface water drain ..
239 25
317 25
43 50
600 00
600 00
Road to Garbage House
at Town Yard
Road construction.
101 34
101 34
125 00
23 66
Town Yard
Repair of buildings ..
58 75
141 24
199 99
200 00
01
Total
$2,606 40
$1,611 00
$179 62
$4,397 02
$4,625 00
$227 98
........... .. .
--- ------ ----- - -----
246 50
237 88
69 76
554 14
600 00
45 86
Appleton st.
Park to Hillside av.
Street construction .. Surface water drain ..
10,250 3,100
Tons
TABLE III. PERMANENT SIDEWALKS.
STREET
LOCATION
Kind
Length
Square yards
Labor
Engineering
Teaming and
Use of Tools
Sundries
Straight
Curved
Cost
Quantity
Cost
Credit
Total cost
Assessment
Net cost to Town
Foot
Square yard
Mass. Ave ... adjacent to Seaver prop-
erty
B
71
$59 11| $1 25
$12 03
$2 761
21.0
2
$17 18|
3,124
$62 48
$154 81
$85 73
$69 08
$ 97
Mass. Ave ... adjacent to Duncan prop- erty
B
126.5
183
102 77
12 90
12 30
11 58 126.5
73 37
8,235
112 54
322 96
161 62
161 34
88
Westminster adjacent to Cooper prop- Ave. erty
B
44.4
22 76
1 06
2 67
3 07
2,000
27 34
56 90
28 14
28 76
65
Mystic ..
adjacent to Young prop- erty
E
91
16 81
3 81
5 63
1 50
90.75
2
57 63
85 38
52 71
32 67
36
Irving.
adjacent to Hardy prop- erty
B
169
87 45
6 91
41 32
17 71 23 55 144.7
83 91
8,400 4,100
108 00 53 30
261 39 321 60
75 16 157 30
186 23 164 30
1 10
Academy Park Ave ..
adjacent to Taft property B-E
144.6
80.3
113 10
12 75
34 99
2 05
B
37.4
149
101 73
5 31
44 93
33 57
37.4
21 69
7,315
95 80
303 03
10 80
*292 23
1 96
Park Ave.
west side, northerly from Appleton st.
B-E
26.7
126
91 71
8 78
30 79
11 00
20.7
6.0
16 50
6,000
78 00
236 78
38 25
198 53
1 -60
Park Ave
...
E
26.5
4 85
2 13
2 95
7.9
16 62
26 55
13 28
13 27
50
Jason
E
95.7
26 53
4 64
9 22
2 25
55 50
98 14
55 80
42 64
45
138 83
138 83
138 83
55
Total
$626 82|$59 54
$196 83
$245 82
$342 40
$537 46
$2 50
$2,006 37
$678 49 $1327 88
-
EDGESTONE
BRICK
COST PER
...
..
northeasterly from Paul Revere rd.
east side, northerly from Appleton st.
18.6 95.7
adjacent to Carr property Reimbursement on artifi- cial stone walks.
252.4
$2 50
RENEWAL OF PERMANENT SIDEWALKS.
Mass. av., adjacent to Boston Ele- vated Railway car barn
B
$9 00 33 34
$ 90 9 25
1,276
$25 52
68 11
$9 90 68 11
Mass. av., westerly from Bartlett av ... Resurfacing concrete walks General
11 49 $10 23
6 31
31 20
Albemarle, change edgestone en- trancc ....
1 69
$14 25
15 94
15 94
Frances avc., change edgestone en- trance ..
5.1
19
19 14
19 14
19 14
Total cost of extensions and renewals
$680 65
$69 77
$214 98 $1443 90
$375 79
$562 98
$2 50
$3,345 57
$678 49 $2667 08
Appropriation
3,000 00
400
5 47
5 47
5 47
23.5
2
19 13
150
1 95
21 08
Grand Total
$680 65 $69 77
$214 98 $1443 90
$394 92
$570 40
$2 50
$3,372 12
$3,728 18|$2667 08
B stands for Brick.
E stands for Edgestone.
* Public lands not assessed.
$9 90
B
$1194 91 3 17
1,194 91
1,194 91 31 20
19
.
Stock sold .. Stock on hand, January 1, 1909 Stock on hand, January 1, 1910
44 22
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total costs include all indirect expenses in the same manner as formerly.
The value of property controlled by this division, January II, 1910, amounted to $16,505.84, classified as follows :
Horses and Vehicles
$5,339.00
Machinery and large tools
7,026.00
Small tools
1,651.40
Buildings and furniture
1,828.25
$15,844.65
Office furniture at Town Hall.
115.00
Materials available for new work.
546.19
$16,505.84
Stock in Charge of Highway Division, but Owned by Other Departments.
Health Department $1,997.50
Street Watering Department.
1,840.70
SEWER DIVISION. During the year 1700 feet of 8-inch sewer has been built at an expense of $2000. Forty-seven feet of 8-inch sewer was abandoned on Cottage Avenue. This sewer came within the area taken by the Metropolitan Park Commission for the improvement of Alewife Brook.
Seventy connections have been made with the main sewer at a total cost of $2,203.68.
The necessary flushing and cleaning of the system has been done.
A detail statement giving costs of sewers built in 1909, includ- ing particular sewers, is shown in Table IV. A summary of all expenditures is shown in Table V. Table VI shows the cost of the system, also the amount of assessment on same to date.
The value of property in this division on January 1, 1910, was as follows :
Horses and vehicles
$217.40
Tools and storehouse
1,008.50
Engineering instruments etc
521.00
Materials available for new work.
$1,746.90
274.37
Total
$2,021.27
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SUMMARY OF SEWERAGE STATISTICS.
(In form recommended by Sanitary Section of Boston Society Civil Engineers.)
For the Year Ending December 31, 1909. Arlington, Mass.
GENERAL.
Population by census of 1905, 9,668. Total area of city or town, 5.5 square miles.
Area served by sewerage system, 1.8 square miles. Collection System.
For sewage only, 27.61 miles .*
For sewage and surface water, 0 miles.
For surface water only 7.0 miles.
Method of disposal: Sewerage into Metropolitan Sewer, surface water into brooks.
*Includes 3.47 miles local Metropolitan Sewer.
COLLECTION.
Mains. (Everything but house and catch basin connection.)
! For Sewage only.
For surface water only.
1. Lineal feet stone
2. brick -
3. concrete
4. 66 pipe 145,750 ft.
36,841 ft. 781 "
5. 66 ext'd'd during year. 170
6. Number of invested siphons .. 2
7. manholes 559
8. Method of flushing. Water service at manholes end of lateral lines.
9. Method of cleaning. By special brush drawn from manhole to manhole.
10. Number of automatic flushing tanks 0
11. Number of direct connections with water mains for fiush- ing 64
12. Number of flushings of entire system during year .. 4 $2.00 estimated
13. Cost of flushing per mile.
14. Cost of cleaning per mile ....
15. Number of stoppages. . . 16. Method of ventilation.
17. Miles of permanent under- mains
$2.00 estimated 0 Manhole Covers
3
!
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TABLE IV. SEWER EXTENSIONS-SEWER DIVISION.
. STREET
LOCATION
Length in Feet
Bags of Cement
Castings
8-inch
6-inch
5-inch
4-inch
8x5 inches
8x8 inches
5x5 inches
Bends
Cost of Materials
Labor
Engineering
Sundries
Teaming
Total Direct
Apportioned
Expense
Total Cost
Cost per Foot
277
8
50
12
1
201
$65 75
$110 24
$51 18
$8 16
$235 33 164 32
$13 80 8 94
$249 13 173 26
$ 90 93
Appleton ...
from Wachusett av. easterly.
185
8
825
14|
1
165
54 00
72 39
33 05
..
8
200
60
5
610
28
1
209 58
461 15
113 63
3 38
787 74
39 50
*827 24
*1 22
Florence av. from Park av. to Hillside av ..
330
8
7
288}
14
56 23
131 47
32 26| $1 80
15 00
236 76
13 57
250 33
Harvard
from end soutlierly
40
1
38
1
6 39
15 87
5 40
58
28 24
1 58
29 82
75
Walnut.
from end southerly to near Albe- marle st.
235
700
41
2
198
118
16
101 95
219 84
73 30
8 82
403 91
66 31
470 22
2 00
Total
$493 90
$1,010 96
$308 82
$1 80
$40 82
$1,856 30
$143 70
$2,000 00
Particular Sewer Construction
390
74
2
291
2
150
26|21
410 01
1,164 72
173 13
19 33
1,767 19
436 49
2,203 68
51
Total
1747
2,165
209 11
1,791
2
2,982
268
73
1
26,21
$903 91
$2,175 68
$481 95
$1 80
$60 15
$3,623 49
$580 19
$4,203 68
.
.
.
8
..
* Includes only 13 cost of excavation.
. ...
Size
Brick
Albemarle .
from Walnut st. easterly
4 88
Frances av. . from Jason st. easterly
680
8
.
Pipe
Branches
Expense
2,982
TABLE V. DIISTRBUTION OF EXPENSE-SEWER DIVISION.
Labor
Engi- neering
Bills
Receipts Credits
Cost
Direct
Appor- tioned
Stock
Teams
Aggre- gate
Construction of Sewers (see Table IV).
$1010 96 1,164 72
$308 82 173 13
$1 80 101 95
$1,321 58 1,439 80
$143 70 436 49
$493 90 308 06
$40 82 19 33
$2,000 00 2,203 68
$1,884 52
$2,000 00 319 16
Total Construction
$2,175 68
$481 95
$103 75
$2,761 38
$580 19
$801 96
$60 15
$4,203 68
$1,884 52
$2,319 16
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