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85.50
85.50
Sweetser, P. N.
885.02
220.73
572.42
329.53
2,007.70
Texas Co., The
331.97
331.97
Groom, Thomas, & Co.
2.87
2.87
Thomson Meter Co.
117.84
117.84
Thorp & Martin Co.
23.42
8.28
31.70
Twombley W. E. & J. F.
85.25
125.45
156.17
23.75
390.62
Underhay Oil Co.
82.08
82.08
Underwood Typewriter Co.
12.54
12.54
Union Water Meter Co.
73.75
73.75
United States Post Office
.75
223.05
223.80
Wakefield, Town of
5.64
5.64
Waldo Bros., & Bond Co.
249.86
65.41
119.69
434.96
F. Wallace
1,65
1.65
Ware Coupling & Nipple Co.
61.74
61.74
Water Dept. Cash
10.00
10.00
Water Works Equipment Co.
55.00
55.00
Company
B. of P. W.
Highway
Water
Sewer
Park
Total
Webb, James
6.00
6.00
Western School of Estimating and Plan Reading
10.00
10.00
Weston & Sampson
90.80
90.80
Willis, W. H.
12.65
12,65
White's Express
1.00
1.00
Williams, John
950.00
2963.28
3,913:28
Woburn Machine Co.
6.79
6.79
Worthington Pump Machinery Co.
45.50
45.50
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co.
37.45
6.30
11.63
5.95
61.33
Zanni & Co.
3,378.00
40.00
44.65
3,462.65
Total
785.87
41,758.23
33,583.39
15,588.49
1,286.61
93,002.59
Pay Rolls
3,681.46
18,954.21
11,796.50
2,465.57
1,102.70
38,000.44
Grand Total
$4,467.33
$60,712.44
$45,379.89
$18,054.06
$2,389.31
$131,003.03
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In closing this report the Superintendent wishes to express his appreciation of the co-operation and interest of all Whose in any way associated with him in carrying on his work, and to acknowledge the helpful suggestions and assistance he has received from other Department Heads in the Town.
HARRY B. COLLINS, Supt., Board of Public Works.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS, 1923
To the Citizens of Reading :
We herewith submit our report on work under our jurisdiction during 1923.
Valuation of Real Estate:
Buildings, excluding land $ 6,376,405.00
Land, excluding buildings 2,709,650.00
Total Real Estate $ 9,086.055.00
Personal Estate, excluding resident bank stock $ 1,262,948.00
Resident bank stock. 31,900.00
Total Personal Estate $ 1,294,848.00
Total Real and Personal Estate assessed April 1, 1923. $10,380,903.00
Building increase over 1922. 376,815.00
Land increase over 1922. 134,155.00
Persoanl increase over 1922. 18,252.00
Total gain on Personal and Real Estate $ 529,222.00
Tax on Real Estate $ 293,483.49
Tax on Personal Estate.
41,826.82
Tax on Polls.
11,875.00
Tax on Real Estate for moth.
1,282.00
Total Tax April 1, 1923 $ 348,467.31
Personal Estate assessed December, 1923.
$ 5,600.00
Real Estate assessed December, 1923. 23,780.00
Polls, 15 at $5.00 75.00
Tax assessed as supplementary on Real Estate, Dec., 1923 ..
768.13
Tax assessed as supplementary on Personal Estate, Decem- ber, 1923 180.90
Total Personal Estate, 1923.
1,300,448.00
Total Real Estate, 1923.
9,109,835.00
Total Real and Personal Estate, 1923
$10,410,283.00
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State Tax, 1923. $ 20,520.00
State Highway Tax, 1923.
2,318.99
Fire Prevention fax, 1923.
99.02
Municipal Lighting Tax, 1923.
39.17
County Tax, 1923
12,627.83
Metropolitan Sewer Tax, 1923.
10,064.92
War Bonus Tax, 2375 at $3.00
. 7,125.00
Total State and County Tax $ 52,794.93
Total 1922
52,072.15
Increase over 1922 $ 722.78
Balance from commitment for Town purposes.
$ 283,234.80
Estimated receipts
78,313.23
Total
$
361,548.03
Overlay for 1923
5,577.79
Amount appropriated for Town purposes. $ . 367,125.82
Tax Rate for 1923, $32.30 per M.
Number of persons assessed on property April, 1923. 2,721
Number assessed for poll only.
1,004
Number assessed in December
31
Additional polls assessed in December
15
Total assessed on property in 1923
2,752
Total assessed on polls only in 1923.
1,019
Total number separate assessments
3,771
Polls assessed in 1923.
2,390
Polls assessed in 1922.
2,430
Decrease in pol's
40
Number of horses
125
Number of cows
285
Number of neat cattle
34
Number of swine
35
Number of fowl
14,305
Number of dwellings
1,949
Number of dwellings, new
30
Number of acres of land.
5,751
Population of 1920
7,424
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Assessors' Report on the Survey of Land Under the Block System We have now completed 56 plans which contain 2703 separate plans. The financial report is as follows:
Balance from 1922 $ 3.19
Appropriated 1923
250.00
$253.19
Expended :
Davis & Abbott, two new plans. $168.78
Davis & Abbott, bringing plans up to date
50.75
219.53
Balance $ 33:56 We would advise that the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) be appropriated the coming year that the work of the Block System be continued.
ALVAH W. CLARK,
J. FRED RICHARDSON,
EDWARD B. EAMES,
Board of Assessors.
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen-I herewith submit to your Honorable Board the report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1923:
Arrests for Year 1923
Total number of arrests.
264
Males
256
Females
8
Residents
80
Non-residents
184
American born
231
Foreign born
33
Adults
237
Minors
27
Causes of Arrests
Assaults
9
Larceny
10
Drunkenness
122
Keeping and exposing liquor for sale.
4
Capais
4
Tramps
1
Arrests for out town officers
5
Bastardy
2
Trespassing
1
Insane
.
1
Non support
6
Gaming
4
Manslaughter
3
Disturbing Peace
1
Breaking and entering
1
Driving under influence of liquor
45
Violating automobile laws.
26
Not having license to drive.
9
Not having registration to drive.
2
Driving away after causing injury to person.
2
Delinquent children
3
Unnatural act
1
Idle, disorderly
1
89
Disposition of Cases in Court
Fined 117
Released
19
Turned over to out town officers.
14
Placed on file
32
Probation
4
Cases continued
2
State Hospital, Danvers.
4
Appealed
7
State Hospital, Tewksbury
6
Held for Grand Jury
2
Discharged
11
Turned over to parents
7
House of Correction
5
House of Correction, suspended
30
Default
1
State Farm
1
Lyman School for Boys.
1
Lancaster School for Girls
1
Total 264
Amount of Fines Imposed by the Court
40 at $ 5.00 each $ 200.00
40 at $ 10.00 each 400.00
8 at $ 15.00 each 120.00
4 at $ 20.00 each
80.00
8 at $ 25.00 each
200.00
12 at $ 50.00 each
600.00
3 at $ 75.00 each
150.00
2 at $100.00 each
200.00
Total
$1,950.00
Miscellaneous
Cases investigated 140
Disturbances quelled
5
Buildings found open and secured
80
Children lost and taken home.
14
Dead bodies taken care of.
5
Windows found unlocked.
4
Dogs killed
17
Wires found down and reported.
6
Accidents reported and investigated
137
Lanterns in dangerous places.
5
Defective sidewalks and streets reported.
5
Search warrants served
5
90
Electric lights out and reported
Residences temporarily vacated and special police protection re- quested
13
Property reported stolen $3,100.00
Property recovered 2,093.00
Goods found outside stores and brought to the station and re- turned to owners, valued. 175.00
125.00
Property damage and restitution made.
Horses shot
2
ROSTER Chief Jeremiah Cullinane Patrolmen
Oscar H. Low William F. O'Brien
Francis T. Slack
Timothy J. Cullinane
Patrick J. Long Daniel T. Scanlon
Frank R. Fisher
Specials
William P. Pierpont
Morton C. Skidmore James C. Nichols
Conclusion
I desire at this time to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the Judges and Clerks of our Court, our Local Press and all others who assisted in any way in promoting the welfare of this department, also all members of the force for what they have done.
Respectfully yours, JEREMIAH CULLINANE, Chief of Police. Reading, December 31, 1923.
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William H. Manning Charles H. Melendy Frank F. Strout
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :- The annual report of the Chief of the Fire Department is herewith submitted, giving the record of fires that have occurred during the year ending December 31, 1923, together with such information as I think may be of interest to the Town.
Finances
Our financial transactions are all embodied in the report of the Town Accountant to which we would respectfully refer you for any information you may desire in that line.
Manual Force
The Department consists of five permanent men (including its Chief) and twenty-five call men. On April 16th the department lost by death its Superintendent of Fire Alarm, Mr. L. Thomas Eames, who was also the oldest member in the department having served as a call fireman for over fifty years.
IN MEMORY OF L. THOMAS EAMES OVER FIFTY YEARS A FIREMAN
Apparatus and Equipment
The department has four pieces of motor apparatus, three at the Central Fire Station as follow: one Knox triple combination of 600 gallon per minute capacity, purchased in 1913; one Robinson double tank com- bination, purchased in 1916; and one Robinson combination service ladder truck, purchased in 1916. At Hose No. 2 station on Woburn st. there is a Ford hose truck. All of the machines are in good working order now excepting the fire pump on the triple combination which leaks quite badly and should be repaired. The tires on Combination B have been in service four years and although they show very little wear I think that for the safety of the machine and my men that they should be replaced. This machine should be painted this year.
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We have 6300 feet of 21/2 inch hose purchased in various amounts over a period of twenty-three years and as 3800 feet is in use we do not have eonugh spare hose for a complete change while wet hose is drying and are obliged to load wet hose which is very poor practice because hose loaded in this manner soon mildews and the cotton jacket will then rot and soon become unfit for service.
Recommendations
I recommend the purchase of 1000 feet of 21/2 inch hose, that the tires be replaced on Combination B, and that this machine be painted this year. On account of so many installations of oil burning equipment I would recommend the purchase of three foamite extinguishers which are especially adapted for this kind of fire.
Five Prevention
I have issued 642 permits for fires out of doors, 42 permits for use of fuel oil, 36 permits for installation of oil burning equipment, 7 permits for the sale of fireworks, 2 permits for blasting. I have made regular inspections of public garages and mercantile buildings.
There have been over 60 installations of oil burning equipment in town this year. Most of these are of an approved type and have the necessary safety attachments on them but there are others that are not approved because they lack these safety attachments and for this reason constitute a fire hazard. I have taken the matter of unapproved devises up with the State Fire Marshal's office and have been unable to obtain a definite answer from them. No doubt the matter will straighten itself out, although I fear we will have some bad fires from this source.
Record of Alarms
Bell
Still
Total
January
3
2
5
February
5
3
8
March
2
5
7
April
5
15
20
May
1
8
9
June
3
2
5
July
4
3
7
August
3
3
6
September
4
6
10
October
13
29
42
November
6
11
17
December
2
4
6
-
-
51
91
142
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Number of miles traveled
887.6
Number of feet 21/2 inch hose laid 19,450
Number of feet 11/2 inch hose laid 1,850
Number of feet chemical hose used 3,000
Number of feet ladders raised 652
Number of gallons chemical used 1,742
Number of covers spread
7
Number of gallons of gasoline used
531
Number of gallons oil used
. 32
Value of property in danger
$388,675.00
Insurance thereon
349,300.00
Loss thereto
21,737.00
Insurance paid
16,287.00
Uninsured loss
5,450.00
Conclusion
In conclusion, I wish to extend to your Honorable Board, to the Town Accountant, Treasurer and the Finance Committee my thanks for the courtesies and co-operation I have received during the year. I wish to compliment the officers and members of the department on the prompt and efficient manner in which they have performed their duties. I also wish to express my thanks to the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company for the use of current, to the Chief of Police for services rendered by his department at fires and to the employees of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company for the prompt and efficient service rendered in receiving alarms by telephone.
ORVILLE O. ORDWAY, Chief of Fire Department.
94
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM
To the Board of Fire Engineers:
Gentlemen-The report of the Superintendent of Fire Alarm is as follows:
The system is in good condition. Few repairs were necessary this year and lightning caused no trouble.
Seven Gamewell non-interfering boxes were located as follows:
Box 113 Woburn St. and Bancroft Ave.
115 Woburn and High Sts.
12 Central Fire Station.
242 Summer Ave. and Woodbine St.
392 No. Main and Mill Sts.
414 Green and Beech Sts.
442 Orange and Pierce Sts.
Box 64 was changed to 642 and located at Vine St. and Vale Road. Box 611 has been placed in The Home For Aged Women, Linden St. Box 223 was changed to the outside of the Center School.
New break wheels were placed in boxes 122, 17 and 25. New contacts in boxes 122, 17, 25 and 6.
The line on Salem Street has been rebuilt from John Street to Bay State Road and new wire run from John Street to Belmont Street.
The line to the Pumping Station from Main Street which crossed private land has been replaced with a new line on Town po'es on Mill St.
The whistle valve must be repaired the coming year.
Some new wire should be run on Charles, Walnut and West Streets.
I believe that an underground cable from the Central Fire Station to the Hose 2 House on Woburn Street should receive your consideration for the near future. The efficiency and saving in maintainance would offset the first cost in a few years. The ducts of the Telephone Company could be used at no expense to the Town.
The system consists of thirty (30) miles of overhead construction in five circuits.
150 Cells of storage battery.
1 Stevens 5 circuit repeater with necessary instrument boards.
37 Stevens fire alarm boxes.
27 Gamewell fire alarm boxes.
1 Gamewell box for still alarms.
1 United States box in reserve.
1 Gamewell transmitter with 68 wheels.
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2 Stevens tower bell strikers.
1 Stevens tower bell striker in reserve.
1 12 in. Crosby chime whistle.
1 Stevens whistle blowing machine.
2 Gamewell tape punching registers.
2 14 inch gongs.
1 12 inch gong.
2 8 inch gongs.
11 6 inch tappers.
1 Testing station on circuits 3 and 4 at Hose 2 House.
Recommendations
That fire alarm boxes be placed at the following locations :
Pleasant and Eaton Sts.
Near the corner of Prescott and Pratt Sts.
Near the corner of Howard St. and Hill Crest Road.
On Forest St., west of Main St.
That the fire alarm boxes be painted the coming year.
That new break wheels and contacts be installed in boxes 15, 26, 28, 33, 35, 42, 44 and 51.
That a bell be placed on the Central Fire Station using the Stevens striker not now in use. This would be a great aid in notifying the call men if the whistle should fail to sound an alarm.
In conclusion, I wish to thank the Board of Fire Engineers and the Chief of the Fire Department for their co-operation. Thanks are due the Electric Light Department and the New England Telephone and Tele- graph Co. for their assistance in changing construction; also to the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company for charging current for the storage battery.
Respectfully submitted,
HUGH L. EAMES, Superintendent of Fire Alarm.
READING FIRE ALARM Telephone Reading 0430
112 Woburn and Sanborn
113 Woburn and Bancroft Ave.
114 Mt. Vernon, Chute and School.
115 Woburn and High
12 Central Fire Station
121 Main and Haven
122 Haven and Gould
13 Ash and Avon
14 Oak and Hill Crest Road
15 Summer Ave. and Walnut
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16 So. Main and South
17 Prescott near Arlington
18 Minot and Park Ave ..
19 Walnut and Curtis .
21 Summer Ave. and Temple
212 West and Howard
221 Union Street School (private)
223 Center School
224 High School (private)
225 Highland School (private)
226 Lowell Street School
227 Prospect Street School
228 Chestnut Hill School
23 Woburr and Temple
231 West beyond Willow
24 Mineral and Hancock
242 Summer Ave. and Woodbine
25 Prospect near King
26 Hose 2 House, Woburn St.
27 Summer Ave. near Prescott
28 West south of Oak
29 West and King
31 Lowell beyond Grove
32 Franklin near Grove
33 Lowell and Grand
34 Grove and Forest
35 No. Main and Locust
36 No. Main and Ridge Rd.
37 No. Main front of No. 409
38 No. Main and Forest
39 No. Main and Franklin
392 No. Main and Mill
41 Village and Green
412 Boston Stove Foundry, Willow Rd.
414 Green and Beech
42 Haven and John
43 Salem and John
44 Salem and Pearl
442 Orange and Pierce
45 Salem and Belmont
46 Charles and Pearl
47 Charles and Haverhill
48 Bay State Road near Salem
51 Main, Ash and Washington
53 So. Main north of Cross
55 Reading Rubber Mills
-
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6 C. H. Bangs Co., Prescott St. (private)
61 Lowell near Sanborn
611 Home for Aged Women, Linden St. (private)
612 Bancroft Ave. and Locust
62 Spare box
63 Hanscom Ave. north of Weston Ave.
642 Vine and Vale Rd.
65 Middlesex and Bancroft Aves.
67 Middlesex Ave. and High
8 Out of Town
Special Signals
1 Test at 11.45 A. M. and 5.45 P. M.
2 Recall.
22 No school signal.
3 Followed by a box number, Second Alarm.
3 Followed in one minute by 3, Boy Scout call.
4 Police call.
98
REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit the annual report of the Forest Warden for the year ending December 31, 1923.
The financial transactions of this department are embodied in the report of the Town Accountant to which I refer you for any information along that line.
The equipment of this department consists of a Ford truck, 18 21/2-gallon extinguishers, 12 8-quart cans and pumps, 1 5-gallon can ard pump, brooms, shovels and minor equipment.
In the Spring of this year I posted all wood lots and road-sides with fire warnings. I have investigated all fires and sent reports of them to the State Fire Warden.
I would recommend the purchase of 500 feet of 11/2 inch hose for the use of this department as my experience with the fires we had in and around Birch Meadow showed me that this is a very effective means with which to fight brush fires.
Number of permits for fires out of doors 268
Number of calls for grass and brush fires 70
Number of calls from Look-out Station 12
I have appointed the following deputies :
Henry M. Donegan, Federal Street.
Hugh L. Eames, Central Fire Station. John J. O'Brien, Central Fire Station.
In conclusion, I wish to thank all who have assisted this department in any way during the past year.
ORVILLE O. ORDWAY, Forest Warden.
99
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
To the Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :-
The work in the Tree Warden Department the past year has consisted of trimming and repairing the trees, also removing the trees that had outlived their usefulness as shade trees.
I purchased and planted eighty trees on the roadside in different sections of the town.
The past year being such a very dry season was very hard on the young trees and they required considerable mulching. This work required the use of a truck and was considerable expense.
The trees in some sections also require tree protectors, and I intend to supply them as far as possible.
With the increase in cost of young trees, wages and material, I would recommend the same appropriation as last year-fifteen hundred dollars.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY M. DONEGAN, Tree Warden.
100
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRES
To the Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :- I respectfully submit herewith my report as Inspector of Wires for the year ending Dec. 31, 1923.
Number of new buildings wired 50
Number of old buildings wired 71
Number of buildings re-wired or in which additional wiring has been installed 124
Number of inspection notices received
255
Number of inspections made
Number of lamp sockets and receptacles connected to new wiring 2358
Number of electric ranges connected 65
Number of electric heaters connected 29
Number of electric motors connected 32
Horse power of motors connected 130
The new buildings wired were forty dwellings, seven garages, three store buildings and one church.
The "National Electrical Code," which contains the regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters for electric wiring and apparatus, has been revised during the year.
Some of the important changes are as follows:
The neutral conductor on three wire circuits and the grounded conductor on two wire circuits must have an outer covering of white or natural gray color when rubber covered wire is used.
Owing to the greatly increased use of electrical appliances of the lamp socket type, the 10 ampere fuse previously allowed on branch lighting circuits has frequently been too small to carry many of the appliances in general use.
The new regulations permit the use of a 15 ampere fuse on branch lighting circuits of No. 14 wire. Fuses of different capacities are to have special distinguishing marks so that it will be easier to select the proper fuse for the circuit.
The number of outlets on a two wire branch circuit of No. 14 wire is limited to 12.
Branch cut-outs and fuses are required to be mounted in approved cut-out boxes or cabinets when installed in damp places, such as basements.
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The provisions of the 1923 edition of the "National Electrical Code"' will be in force in Reading on and after February first, 1924.
Poles and Overhead Wires
During the year the abandoned pole and wire lines of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company on Salem Street and also on the Reading-Woburn line have been removed, only such poles being left as were used to support other wires.
The electric light and telephone pole lines on Salem Street, Charles Street, and Green Street have been made joint, and on Salem Street where there were formerly three lines of poles, there is now but one.
Practically all of the poles supporting electric light wires have been inspected and many which were defective have been renewed.
The lines in general are in fairly good condition.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR G. SIAS, Inspector of Wires.
Reading, Mass., Jan. 4, 1924.
102
REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit the following report for the year 1923. The building activities the past year are far ahead of any year, since I became Building Inspector.
I have made out reports as requested by the State and sent them to the proper authorities. The reports that I have sent to them were sub- stantially as follows :
Forty-seven (47) new single dwellings at an approximate cost of $350,000.00
Two (2) new two family dwelling and twenty-seven (27)
houses remodelled into two family dwellings at an approximate cost of 85,000.00
One (1) new theatre building with two (2) stores
One (1) new church
Two (2) new work shops
Forty-two (42) single and double garages
Four (4) new service or filling stations
One (1) new telephone building
Two (2) new buildings containing stores
One (1) new hen house
The above mentioned buildings were built at an approximate cost of $189,500.00
The total cost of all new and remodelled buildings the past year amounts to approximately $624,500.00
There is no doubt in my mind but there has been some work completed in the past year where no application has been filed and no permit given. I have learned of some cases and have taken immediate steps to have them comply with the Building Laws.
Some time ago I had an article printed in the Reading Chronicle relative to building permits, and the result proved satisfactory for a time, but as you know, the Building Inspector has no funds whatever to work with, and that alone is a severe handicap.
It would be advisable to have the building laws revised as I have suggested before, and have them in printed form so all the contractors and others contemplating building, could have a copy.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE H. SIDEBOTTOM, Building Inspector.
103
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
There were sixty-two (62) contagious cases reported during the year 1923.
Chicken Pox
7
Diphtheria
26
Scarlet Fever
18
Measles
4
Tuberculosis
4
Pneumonia
1
Whooping Cough
1
Infantile Paralysis
1
Number of Deaths
95
Male
44
Female
51
4 were over .90 years of age
17 were between 80 and 90
19 were between 70 and 80
12 were between
60 and 70
13 were between 50 and 60
5 were between 40 and 50
7 were between
30 and 40
1 was between
20 and 30
3 were between
10 and 20
6 were between
1 and 5
5 were under
1 year
3 were still births.
E. M. HALLIGAN, M. D.,
C. H. PLAYDON,
C. F. ATKINSON,
Board of Health.
104
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
To the Board of Health:
Gentlemen :- I wish to submit my report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1923 :
Number of permits granted. 116
Water closets installed 106
Bath tubs installed 81
Lavatories installed
90
Sinks installed
103
Wash tubs installed
97
Total number of fixtures 477
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID TAGGART, Inspector of Plumbing.
105
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK
Reading, Mass., Dec. 31, 1923
To the Board of Health,
Town of Reading, Mass.
Gentlemen :- I herewith present for your consideration my report for the year 1923.
The standard of the local milk supply for this year has varied very little from that of last year in its average of butter, fats and total solid contents. From a viewpoint of obtaining milk of the best possible food value, this has been very satisfactory, especially as there has been and is being done considerable propaganda work in the schools relating to the value of milk as a food and a necessity to the growing child.
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