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Respectfully submitted,
LEONARD F. WING, City Attorney.
:
Report of Overseer of Poor
To the Honorable City Council:
I respectfully submit my report as Overseer of Poor for the year ending December 31, 1919.
Appropriation
$6,500 00
Credits
773 80
$7,273 80
EXPENDITURES
Poor not at Farm
$2,102 57
Poor at Farm
1,201 23
Fuel for Farm
597 91
Salary
984 00
Lighting at Farm
32 25
Farm labor
389 06
Brattleboro Retreat
285 79
Transportation (including insane)
106 95
Burials
105 00
Clothing for inmates
72 01
Physician
138 50
Medicine and drugs
93 03
Household supplies
139 35
Farm supplies
25 39
Repairs at Farm
586 26
Ambulance service
36 50
I.umbering
60 47
Grain and bedding
100 23
Office supplies
12 50
Freight and cartage
9 47
Stock
54 00
Seeds and fertilizer
107 55
Telephone and tolls (J. H.)
15 58
Horseshoeing
4 75
Miscellaneous
13 45
Total expenditures
$7,273 80
Less loan reused 317 00
Net cost
$6,956 80
MONTHLY STATEMENT
Poor not at farm
City Farm
Light
Fuel
Salary
Labor
Medical
Medicine
Sundries
Total
Jan ..
$177 34
$93 83
$4 20
$145 43
$82 00
$26 00
$4 23
$142 35
$675 38
Feb ..
185 90
53 85
5 04
16 86
82 00
$6 90
6 00
158 09
514 64
Mar ...
239 35
109 78
19 66
82 00
27 74
28 00
7 85
244 46
731 10
Apr ..
214 48
82 56
7 78
17 35
82 00
38 40
23 50
5 75
119 22
591 04
May.
228 96
85 85
3 60
40 12
82 00
15 00
8 00
16 89
89
92
567 69
June .
179 86
101 65
1 22
358 49
82 00
13 00
23 50
24 04
160
91
944 67
July .
120 85
150 70
82 00
100 52
4 00
9 74
163 16
630 97
Aug. .
125 61
120 73
82 00
4 00
6 81
252 85
622 39
Sept ...
179 78
97 32
3 33
82 00
12 60
88 14
463 17
Oct ..
101
93
129 27
82 00
35 00
1 27
130 09
479 56
Nov. .
271 94
100 50
82 00
125 90
113 32
693 66
Dec ..
76 57
75 19
7 08
82 00
10 00
19 50
16 45
72 74
359 53
$2,102 57
$1,201 23
$32 25
$597 91
$984 00
$389 06
$138 50
$93 03
$1,735 25
$7,273 80
102
ANNUAL REPORT
INMATES OF FARM JAN. 1ST., 1919
Name
Nationality
Age
Edward Potter.
American.
50
Joseph Tronzeau.
Canadian.
84
Elmer Bond .
American.
48
John A. Woodard
American ..
68
Carrie Yando
American.
56
Ann Collins
American.
68
INMATES ADMITTED TO FARM, 1919
Name
Nationality
Age
Frederick Schofield.
American.
70
Mrs. Frederick Schofield .
American
70
Timothy O'Leary
American ..
72
John Shannon, Sr
American
74
Joseph Bouvac.
American
63
George Tower
American.
58
John Ratigan
American.
50
Osmond Williams
American.
62
Mrs. Patrick Keefe.
American.
47
Mary Jane Kent. .
American.
85
Mrs. Lucy Gruppi.
American.
25
Donald Gruppi.
American.
5
Joseph Gruppi
American.
2
James Gruppi.
American.
1
Edward LaRose.
American.
35
Frank Bernard ..
American.
60
Mrs. Frank Bernard.
American.
53
Mrs. Wm. Howe.
American.
31
Elizabeth Howe.
American.
11
Mildred Howe.
American.
9
Joshua Howe.
American.
7
Mary Howe.
American.
2
.. .
103
CITY OF RUTLAND
INMATES DISCHARGED, 1919
Name
Nationality
Age
Joseph Bouva ..
American.
63
John Shannon, Sr
American.
74
Timothy O'Leary.
American.
72
John Ratigan.
American.
50
Osmond Williams ..
American.
62
Mrs. Patrick Keefe
American.
47
Mrs. Lucy Gruppi.
American.
25
Donald Gruppi.
American.
5
Joseph Gruppi.
American.
2
James Gruppi.
American.
1
Edward LaRose.
American.
35
Mrs. Wm. Howe
American
31
Elizabeth Howe
American.
11
Mildred Howe.
American.
9
Joshua Howe.
American.
7
Mary Howe.
American.
2
INMATES OF FARM, JAN. 1, 1920
Names
Nationality
Age
Frederick Schofield .
American.
70
Mrs. Frederick Schofield.
American.
70
George Tower.
American.
58
Mary Jane Kent.
American.
85
Frank Bernard.
American.
60
Mrs. Frank Bernard
American.
53
Edward Potter ..
American.
50
Joseph Tronzeau.
Canadian.
84
Elmer Bond .
American.
49
John A. Woodard.
American.
68
Carrie Yando
American.
56
Ann Collins.
American.
68
.
104
ANNUAL REPORT
DEATHS IN 1919
Name
Nationality
Burial Expenses
William Cross.
American.
Edna Riley.
American.
Paid by Ripton, Vt .. Paid in part by City
COMMITTED TO BRATTLEBORO RETREAT
Name
Nationality
Date Committed
Alice W. Putnam ..
American.
Feb. 12, 1919
John McGunis
American.
Apr. 31, 1919
Eva Rock.
American ..
May 16, 1919
W. Archer
American.
June 20, 1919
W. J. McGarrity
American.
Oct. 16, 1919
W. Archer
American.
Recommitted
ORDERS GIVEN
Mrs. Blanchard
$226 73
Mrs. C. Savage
67 14
Mr. D. E. Hart
24 40
Mrs. Ed. Bedore
15 00
Martha Nutting and son
36 77
Mr. Hier
5 15
Maria Giacoloni
327 54
Misses C. and A. Fox
223 40
Augustus Shippey
267 40
F. Farrell
265 01
J. Ryan
10 30
E. Brown
38 17
Sewing Circle, children's clothing
16 00
Warren Pitts
84 56
Mr. Newton
3 62
W. Johnson
9 00
William Riley
7 42
Louis Gruppi
51 21
Frank Benoir
75 51
105
CITY OF RUTLAND
Jerry Perkins
2 90
Martha Ellis
4 00
James Valley
5 00
Wm. Howe
45 58
E. Robinson
38 97
J. Perry
10 00
Mrs. P. Keefe 10 00
F. Preville
4 73
Mrs. J. Bissette
73 74
Mrs. Major
4 40
School children, clothing, etc.
41 10
Richard Hamilton
45 00
Louis Capman
33 00
James Woodard
7 00
Joseph Coltey
6 14
J. Allen Barrett
16 78
$2,102 67
I have filed with the City Treasurer an inventory of live stock, farming implements, etc., also an inventory of Isolation Hospital.
JOHN J. HICKEY, Overseer of Poor.
Department of Public Health
The following statistics for the year 1919 were compiled from records in the city clerk's office. The local health officer, Dr. George Rustedt, held office until about August 1st. Since that date, the district health officer, Dr. B. D. Colby, has been acting for this district under the provisions of Act No. 195 of the Acts of 1919.
WATER
Samples examined at the State Laboratory were reported upon as follows :
Total Number Samples collected
B. Coli Present
B. Coli
Absent
August.
11
2 Days
9 Days
September
10
8 Days
2 Days
October.
9
6 Days
3 Days
November
6
0 Days
6 Days
December
6
0 Days
6 Days
INTERMENTS
Evergreen Cemetery.
68
Evergreen Vault, Dec. 31, 1919.
2
Calvary Cemetery.
74
Old Catholic Cemetery
1
St. Joseph's Cemetery
15
Shipped for burial.
79
Brought to Rutland.
71
One grave to another
3
On premises.
. .
DEATH STATISTICS, 1919
SEX
Jan. Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Male.
26 12 15 10
8 610
3
7 9 14 13 133
Female.
12 13 18 13
3
8
6
12 6 6107
Total
38 25 33 23 14
918
9 11 21 20 19 240
Still born and Premature birth
031202000142
15
1
00 00
107
CITY OF RUTLAND
AGE
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Under 1 year.
2
1- 4 years
0
1
1009 0
0 000000
0
0
1
0
1 0
1
3
10-14 years.
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1 0
0
2
15-19 years.
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1 0
0
0
3
20-29 years
2
3
4
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
12
30-39 years.
11
2
3
2
0
1
0
1
2
0
0 0
22
40-49 years.
2
3
1
2
2
1
3
0
0
3
2
1
20
50-59 years
5
0
3
4
0
2
3
2
2
3
4 4 32
60-69 years.
3
3
2
1
1
0
5
1
2
3
4 2
27
70-79 years.
7
4
6
2
0
2
2
1
3
4 1 5
37
80-89 years ..
4
1
6
0
3
1
1
3
1
3
4
2
29
90 years and over.
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
4
Total.
38 25 33 23 14
918
9 11 21 20 19 240
NATIVITY
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Rutland. .
5 13 11
9
5
2
5
1
1
5 7 6 70
United States
18
6 17 12
7
0
1
1
1
0
2
1 1 0 16
England
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
000
3
Ireland.
3
3
4
0
0
0
1
3
1
1
0
0
0
1
Wales.
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0 0
0
1
Italy.
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
Sweden
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
1
Syria.
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
1
Austria
0
0
0
000
0
0
0
0 0
1
1
Unknown.
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 000
0
1
Total.
38 25 33 23 14 9 18 9 11 21 20 19 240
0
0
7
5- 9 years.
0
0
HOT
002
0012
0
1
0000
5
1411 9120
Canada.
6
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3 20
Scotland
0
3
0
5
9
42
108
ANNUAL REPORT
DEATH BY WARDS
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Ward
1.
1
1
6
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
7
Ward
5.
12
5
7
9
4
011
1
7
6
8
7
77'
Ward 6 ..
6
3
1
3
1
3
1
0
1
2
2
1 24
Ward 7 ..
5
6
1
5
1
2
0
1
1
1 1
2 26
Ward 8.
3
2
4
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
15
Ward 9.
1
1
2
0
2
3
1
1
0
2
1 0
14
Ward 10.
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
6
Ward 11.
3
3
2
0
0
0
0 0
1
4
2
4
19
Total.
38 25 33 23 14 9 18
9 12 21 20 18 240
TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES, JANUARY-JULY
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July
Total
Chicken Pox.
1
1
4211310 5 55
Whooping Cough.
0
0
10000
1
Mumps.
311
40 45 45 26 13 183
Measles
0
0
1 4 0 1
2
8
German Measles.
1
0
0 0
1
0
0
2
Diphtheria.
1
0
1 0
0 0
0
2
Scarlet Fever
0
0
0 0 1
0
2 3
Typhoid Fever
0
0
0 0
0
1
1
2
Influenza.
198 26
82 10
4
1
0321
4 ..
1
0
2
020
000
0
2
1
0
1
2
0
15
Ward 3 ..
1
3
3
2
0
3
1
1 15
Ward 2.
3
2
2 22
Ward
Total.
204 38 129 80 64 39 23 577
109
CITY OF RUTLAND
MORTUARY REPORT, 1919
1919
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Abscess of lung ..
Accident, broken jaw
0
Accident, broken neck.
0
0 0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
1 0
1
Accident, fracture of skull.
0 0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0 0
4
Anesthetic-from.
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1 3
Apoplexy, cerebral
2
3 2
3
1
1
0
2
2
1
3
2 22
Apoplexy of cord.
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Appendicitis.
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Arteriosclerosis. .
0
0 0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
4
Brachio Cephalia.
0 0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bronchitis, capillary .
0 0 1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Bronchitis, chronic .. Cancer.
0
0 0
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0 0 0
0
0 0
0
0 0
0
0
0
1
Cancer of liver
0
0 1
1
0
0 0
0
0
1
0
0
Cancer of lower maxillary
1
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
Cholera infantum.
0 0 0
0
0
0 0 0 0
0 0
Deformity of jaw.
0 0 0
0
0
0
0
Dementia, acute.
0
0 0
0
1
0 0
1
0
Difficult birth.
0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0
Embolism, cerebral.
1 0 0 0
1
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Enlargement of prostate.
0 0 0
0
0 0 0
0
0
0
2
Enteritis, acute, infantile.
0 0 0 0
Enteritis, with diarrhea.
0 0 0 0
Fibrosis of lung
0 0 0. 0 1000
Fracture of hip
001000000000
00 1 1
0
1 1
Accident, fracture neck and chest.
0 0 0 0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Anaemia, pernicious
0 1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Angina pectoris.
1
0 1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0 0
1 1
0
0 0
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0 1
0 0 1 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 2
Cancer of duodenum.
0
0 1
0
0
0
0
0 1
0
0 1
0 0 0 0
Cancer of tongue
0 0 0
0
0
0
Cerebral hardening
0 0 1 0 0
Cirrhosis of liver.
0 0 1 0 0
1
Colitis, mucous.
0 0 0
0
0
0 0
1
0 0
0 0 0 0
0, 1
0 1
1 2
Endocarditis, chronic ..
0 1 0 0
1 0 0
0
0 0
0 0
0
0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
Dementia, primary
0
0 0 0 0 0 0
Drowning.
Embolism, pulmonary.
0 0 0 0
0
0 0
0 0
0
0 1 00 0
0 000
0 0 00 0
0 0 0 1
1 2 1 1
0
1
Accident, burn.
0 0
0000 0
0 0000 0
0 0010 0
0
0
0001 0000
0
0
0
1
Accident, crushed leg
0 0 0
Atelectasis ..
0
0
1
0
0
Cancer, of abdominal organs.
0
0 0
0
0 0 0 0 0
Cancer, of axilla.
0
0 0 0
Cancer of breast ..
0 0 0 0
Cancer of neck. Cancer of prostate.
1 0 0 0
0
0 0
0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0
0 1 1. 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cancer of stomach and gall stones
0 0 0
0
0 0
1 1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0 1
Endocarditis, chronic and myocarditis
0 0
0 0 0 1 0
110
ANNUAL REPORT
MORTUARY REPORT, 1919-Continued
1919
Jan. Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Gangrene
0
2
0
3
0
0
2
1
0
0
2
11
Heart disease, congenital organic.
0
0
0 1
1 0
0
0 0
0
0
0
2
Heart disease, mitral.
1 0
0 0
0 0
0
1
0
0
0 0
0
0 0
0
1
Heart disease, organic and arteriosclerosis.
0 0
0
0
0 0
0
0 0
0
1
0
Heart disease, valvular ..
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Heart disease, patent foramen ovale.
0 0
0 1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
1 1 2 2
Indigestion, acute.
1
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
1
Influenza, pulmonary .
4 0 1
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0
0
0
1
Intestinal infection .
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Intestinal paralysis
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Malnutrition. .
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Meningitis. .
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1 1 3 2 2
Myocarditis, chronic.
0 0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0 0
2 2
Nephritis, acute.
0 1 0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Nephritis, acute interstitial .
0 0 0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Nephritis, Bright's disease
1 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Nephritis, chronic. .
1 1
0 1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Oedema of lungs ..
0 1 0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Oedema, pulmonary.
0 0 0 0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0 0 1
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
Paralysis of respiration ..
0 0 1 0
0
1 0
0
0
0
0
1
0 0
0
0
0
Pneumonia, broncho
2 3 9
3
2
0 1
0
0
1
2
Pneumonia, lobar ..
4 1
2
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0 0
0 0
1
Pneumonia, traumatic.
0
1 0 0
0
0
0
1 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0
1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 11 22
Otitis, media, suppurative.
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0
1
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
Pneumonia. .
7 0 2
Pneumonia, lobular
0
1
1
0
0 0 0
2
0
0 0 0
0 0
1
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
5
Injury to eye with suppuration .
0 0 0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1 1 1
Mastoiditis and sinusitis.
0 0 1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
Myocarditis, acute ..
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 1 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
3
Nephritis, chronic interstitial.
0 0
0
0
1
0
0
4
Nephritis, chronic parenchymatous 0 0
1 0
0
0
0
0
0
0 1
0
0 0
0
0 0
Peritonitis.
Peritonitis, general.
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
Polyneuritis, acute.
0 0 0
0
0 0
0
0
Imperfect development.
1
0 0 0
0 0
0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1
0
0 0
Influenza.
0
1 0 1
0
0
Influenza, gastritis.
0
1 0 0
0 0
0
0200
OHH 0
0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0
0
2
Heart disease, mitral insufficiency .
0
0
Heart disease, mitral regurgitation .
1 0 0
0 0
0
0
Heart disease, organic ..
0 0
0
0
1
1 2 2
Herpes zoster .
1 0 0 0
0
0
0 0 0
0
1
Gastro Entercolitis, acute.
0
0
1
Heart disease, acute dilatation .
1
0
0
0
0
Intestinal obstruction
0 0 0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
1
Meningitis-tubercular
1 0
0
0 0
1 0 0
1
1 0 0
0
0 0 0 1
1
10
Nephritis ..
Old age. .
0
0 0
1
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MORTUARY REPORT, 1919-Concluded
1919
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June.
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Puerperal eclampsia
Premature birth.
9
Senile debility.
0
Septicemia.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1 0
0
2
Still born ..
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1 0 0
0
1
Status epilepticus.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
1
1
Strangulated hernia.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
1
1
Tabes dorsalis.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
1
0
1
Tertiary lues.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0
1
Tuberculosis, empyema ..
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Tuberculosis, pulmonary .
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0 0
0
3
Unknown.
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1 0 0
2
Uraemia.
2
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
0 000
2
Total.
38 25 33 23 14 9 18 9 11 21 20 19 240
BIRTH STATISTICS, 1919
WARD
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
1
1 HOOH
4
1
1
2
1
4
2
0 0
2
1
18
4
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1 0 0
0
6
5
4
8
5
6
5
6
6
0
3
4
1
2
3
16
8
0 3
4
2
2
1
2
5
4
2
5 2
32
9
4
0
3
2
2
3
3
3
1
2
3
1 27
10
1
4
1
1
1
2
4
1
0
2
1
3 21
11
2
1
3
1
1
2
2
0
3
2
5 4 26
Total.
17 33 34 26 27 21 29 31 30 20 21 21 310
Male.
9 23 19 14 13 12 13 18 16 10 11 16 174
Female.
8 9,15 13 14 916 13 14 1010 5136
Mother non-resident.
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 14
4
1
2
4
2
2
1
1 22
2
0
1
2
2
0
1
3
66
6
1
6
1
2
3
1
3
3
2
3 0
2
27
7
3 4 11
6
6
3
1
10TO 0
1
1 OHHO
5
Suppurative prostate gland.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 2
0
1 0
1
19
3
0
7 10 4 2
1
5
Reports of the Inspectors of Buildings
To the Honorable City Council:
Gentlemen :- I have the honor of submitting the following report for the period beginning January 1st to April 1st, 1919.
Sheds built
2
Poultry-houses
3
Piazzas
6
Garages
4
Ice-house
1
House moved
1
Blacksmith shop repaired for store
1
Fire-escapes
1
Store-rooms
2
House built
1
Store built
1
Building enlarged
1
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK CONNIFF, Inspector of Buildings.
To the Honorable City Council:
In accordance with the requirements of the City Ordinance I respectfully submit my report as Building Inspector for the period beginning April 1st and ending December 31, 1919.
Houses built
13
Additions to houses
10
Piazzas built
24
Additions to house for store
1
Store
1
Barn changed to house
1
Barns built
4
Addition to barn
1
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Factories
2
Barns moved
2
Garages built (private)
25
Garages (public)
1
Poultry houses changed to garages
3
Poultry houses built
15
Ice-houses built
2
Additions to garages
3
Additions to stores
3
County jail
1
Sheds
7
Addition to shed
1
Saw mill built
1
Addition to blacksmith shop
1
Tool house built
1
Vestibule front on house
1
Storehouse built
1
Addition to factory
1
Paint shop built
1
Shop changed into factory
1
Barn changed into public garage
1
Addition to foundry
1
Respectfully,
R. W. KENYON, Inspector of Buildings.
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Report of City Weigher
To the Honorable City Council:
I respectfully submit the following statement of weighing done on the City scale during the year 1919:
Paid the City Treasurer for 3053 weights $305 30
Weigher's fees
152 65
Net
$152 65
Number of loads of coal, etc., weighed for the school build- ings, City and Memorial halls, free of charge, 659, making the total number of weights, 3712.
Respectfully submitted,
H. B. WHITTIER, City Weigher.
Report of Rutland Hospital
Statement of the number of patients cared for at the Rut- land Hospital for the year 1919, and the total expense to the hospital, as shown by report filed with the City Council.
Total number of patients for the year 87
Total number of days service
1601
Total expense of patients $4,968 54
Board and care $4,284 66
Operating room 160 00
Medicines and supplies
231 88
X-ray service
156 00
Laboratory service
136 00
$4,968 54
Weekly average expenses per patient $18 73
Number of patients remaining in hospital under treatment January 1, 1920
9
Librarian's Report
To the Officers and Members of the Rutland Free Library Asso- ciation :
The thirty-fourth annual report is herewith respectfully sub- mitted :
Number of volumes in the library Feb. 1, 1919. .. 23,014
469
Increase by purchase
93
Increase by gift
Increase by binding periodicals 147
Volumes added from Renting List 124
833
23,847
Number of volumes worn-out and withdrawn
53
23,794
Number of volumes withdrawn for new edition 3
23,791
Number of volumes lost and withdrawn
11
Number of volumes in the Library Feb. 1, 1920 23,780
Number of volumes rebound in 1919 204
Number of volumes worn-out and replaced, 1919
18
Number of volumes lost and paid for, 1919
6
Circulation of books for 1919 67,376
Circulation of pictures for 1919
2,112
Number of new cards issued during 1919
839
Number of new cards issued to children, 1919
318
Number of books drawn on teachers' and subscription cards, 1919 13,954
Number of books drawn by children during 1919
15,430
Number of volumes of fiction drawn by children dur- ing 1919 9,738
Number of volumes of non-fiction drawn by children
during 1919 5,692
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Number of volumes repaired at Library
1,260
Number of days the Library has been open
303
Largest daily delivery, Feb. 8.
519
Smallest daily delivery, Sept. 4
72
Average daily delivery 222
Amount received from fines, 1919 $294.45
Amount received from Association fees
101.00
Amount received from subscriptions
17.50
Total
$412.95
Number of periodicals subscribed for during 1919 . 67
Number of periodicals received by gift 47
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LUCY D. CHENEY, Librarian.
Library Treasurer's Report
To the Officers and Members of the Rutland Free Library Asso- ciation :--
I herewith submit my annual report for the year 1919-1920.
RECEIPTS
Balance from 1918-'19
$985 31
Appropriation from City
$3,250 00
Appropriation from Rutland town
100 00
Fines, subscriptions, etc
311 95
Association fees
101 00
Tabard Inn account
216 67
Gifts from Clubs
45 00
Receipts from "Billeted"
250 00
Interest from Trust Funds
44 00
Interest from Special Funds
400 00
Interest on Baxter Bank account
10 91
$4,729 53
$5,714 84
DISBURSEMENTS
Books and Magazines
$1,249 96
Binding
324 67
Salaries
2,261 10
Lighting
100 93
Fuel
296 32
Telephone
35 85
Supplies and furnishings
228 72
Janitor service
72 50
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Printing and postage
69 21
Insurance
111 90
Expenses of Miss Cheney to A. L. A.
.38 36
Incidentals
38 95
$4,828 47
Cash on hand
886 37
$5,714 84
TRUST FUNDS
Theo. L. Smith fund
.
$1,000 00
Int. to Jan., 1920
115 78
$1,115 78
Harris fund
600 00
Int. to Jan., 1920
25 77
625 77
Seaver fund
$300 00
Int to Feb., 1920
12 88
312 88
Caroline A. Rust fund
$500 00
Int. to Jan., 1920
7 50
507 50
$2,561 93
Interest transferred to general account ..
44 00
Total amount of Trust Funds
$2,517 03
SPECIAL FUNDS
Calendar Fund
Amount Feb., 1919
$1,343 99
Int. to Feb., 1920
57 68
Total to date
$1,401 67
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Cramton-Cutts Legacy
Amount of fund Feb., 1919
$11,965 83
Int. to Feb., 1920
609 32
$12,575 15
Int. transferred to General Account $400 00
Int. paid on mortgage
8 25
408 25
Amount of Fund to date
$12,166 90
ELLEN B. CRAMTON, Treasurer.
I have examined the above accounts and find them correct as stated.
HELEN B. SMITH, Acting Auditor.
Report of the President of the Board of School Commissioners
To His Honor the Mayor and Citizens of Rutland:
For the third consecutive time it is my privilege, as Presi- dent of the Board of School Commissioners, to report to you and briefly outline conditions as they exist in the Department of Education.
The year just ended has been a successful one, and suc- cessful under rather difficult conditions. Whenever a nation emerges from a great struggle there has to be a period of read- justment and this period is a trying one. Unsettled conditions are often discussed in the home and echoes of these discussions eventually reach the school room. It is at a time like this when the teaching profession comes into its own and for a good part of the day can, while practicing tolerance and moderation, never cease to preach the stability of American institutions.
I believe that Rutland is very fortunate in being compara- tively free from those offenses that spring from unsettled social conditions coupled with all too settled socialistic ideas, offenses that have caused annoyance and alarm in municipalities but little larger than our own. And I attribute as one of the reasons for this satisfactory condition of things, the fact that our schools have during the past years enjoyed a large degree of stability. Think what it means to any municipality to have trusted em- ployes, employes whose trustworthiness is evidenced by the length of their term of service. Few changes have taken place in the High School during the last five years, while our Graded Schools enjoy the services of fifteen teachers who have taught in Rutland for fifteen years or more and of thirteen teachers who have taught over twenty years. The knowledge of human nature, the power of self command, and the full appreciation of local conditions and ideals that those years represent are, I feel cer- tain, standing our City in good stead at present.
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FINANCES
If the year from an educational standpoint has been satis- factory, from a financial standpoint it has been equally so. The report of the Finance Committee has already been printed and in it you will note that fuel and lights, supplies, text books, every- thing necessary for the maintenance of the school system has advanced in cost over the high prices of a year ago and our balance $1686.40 represents money actually on hand after the payment of all outstanding bills for 1919. The fact that the receipts for tuitions are $600 greater than similar receipts for 1918 is a fair indication of the way in which our schools are re- garded in the neighboring towns.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
The amount of $3595.50 expended for repairs during the past year is large and necessarily so. Since 1916 very little has been spent upon repairs and the expenditures this year were absolutely necessary. The larger items consist of $905.49 for installing new furnaces in the Watkins Avenue building, $832.89 for increased radiation at the Lincoln Building, $409.91 for im- proving the toilets at the Dana school, much of which was new work, and $1078.42 for increased radiation in the rooms and stacks at the High school. This High school problem has tried the patience and taxed the exchequer of previous School Boards. But I believe the conditions are now satisfactory, and I congratulate the Building Committee upon having solved the difficulty. Repairs may have to be made to the boilers at Dana school and to the toilets and gutters in the Lincoln building ; out- side of these items the School buildings are in good condition. I can see no reason for the School Board retaining the School street building. The great majority of the children in that neighborhood attend the Parochial schools, and those who do not are casily accommodated at the Madison, Longfellow and Kings- ley buildings. The real estate is valuable but it would cost near- ly $3000 to put the building in condition for school use. I would
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respectfully recommend that the insurance upon this building be cancelled and the property turned over to the city.
THE HIGH SCHOOL
The High school registration, this year, is the largest in the history of our schools. At the opening of the fall term there were 467 pupils registered and this number increased to 480. At present the High school registration is 450. Before school opened the principal of the High school asked the School Board for one more teacher. The Teachers' Committee did not report favorably upon this recommendation and, in doing so, were, as I am informed, actuated by the belief that conditions would remedy themselves, as in past years, by the dropping out of a considerable number of students before the end of the fall term. From the figures that I have just quoted it is apparent that this expectation has not been realized. Conditions are very much congested and there are three teachers in the English Depart- ment who meet, on an average, 150 pupils daily or 750 pupils during the week. This condition is simply impossible, it allows too little time for the teacher to devote to each pupil and, in conjunction with outside work such as study for the following day, correction of themes, preparation and correction of tests and examinations, puts an amount of work upon a teacher that would not be tolerated in other cities. I respectfully recom- mend that an additional teacher be secured for the High school for the balance of the school year.
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