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Accidental denatured alcohol poisoning
1
Marasmus
1
17
There were three deaths from typhoid fever, all in cases which had been brought to this city for treatment.
The following tables show statistics in detail :
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TABLE A. TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES.
1917
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Diphtheria.
3
6
4
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
19
German Measles.
0
0
52
9
2
4
7
4
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
12
Pellagra.
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Scarlet Fever
8
135
23
4
5
4
2
9
2
7
2
1 202
Small Pox
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Tetanus.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Typhoid Fever.
0
1
0
2
0
2
3
0
0
1
1
0
10
Whooping Cough
0
4
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
5
13
Total .
90 206 45 54 74 133 27 15
4 11
13 22 694
TABLE B. INTERMENTS.
Evergreen Cemetery
80
Evergreen Vault ..
20
Calvary Cemetery
63
Calvary Vault.
19
St. Joseph's Cemetery.
11
St. Joseph's Vault .
7
Shipped for Burial elsewhere.
98
Brought to Rutland for Burial
37
From one grave to another
3
3
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1 236
Measles
65
0
0
3
2
0
2
2
1
0
1
14
55
Chicken Pox
14
00 00
1 40 62 116 13
3
0 144
Mumps
Oct.
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TABLE C. DEATH STATISTICS 1917
SEX
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Male.
11|18
8 13
14 11 11 10
6
9
8
11 130
Female.
17
13
81 13
13
7
7
11
9
9
5|10
122
Total.
28 31 16 26 27
18 18 21 15
18 13 21
252
Still born
11
101002010 0 1 7
TABLE ยท D.
AGE
1917
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Under 1 year.
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
2
1
1 30
1-5 years
1
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
7
5-10 years .
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1|
3
10-15 years
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
4
15-20 years
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20-30 years
3
2
0
0
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
0 2
1 22
40-50 years
2
1
3
1
2
2
2
4
1
2
2
1| 23
50-60 years
5
3
2
3
5
4
1
2
1
3
2
4
35
60-70 years
0
3
2
7
1
3
5
0
2
4
4
6
37
70-80 years
6
5
4
0
8
4
2
5
2
4
0
5, 45
80-90 years
4
4
2
3
3
1
1
4
5
1
1
30
Over 90 years
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1 5
Total
28 31 16 26 27 18 18 21 15 18 13 21 252
0
0
11
30-40 years
3
2
0
5
2
1
0
1
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TABLE E. NATIVITY.
1917
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Rutland
6 11
3
6
5
4
3
5
7
3
2 56
United States.
17 17
10 16
16
8
13
9
0
0
0
0 2
15
Ireland.
2
2
1
2
3
2
0
4
1 3
0
1
21
Russia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Wales
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
Italy.
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
4
Finland .
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Atlantic Ocean
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Austria. .
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Unknown.
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
28 31 16 26 27 18 18 21 15 18 13 21 252
TABLE F.
DEATHS BY WARDS.
1917
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Ward
1
4
0
2
0
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
16
Ward
3.
0
5
2
0
2
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
16
Ward
4
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
10
Ward
5.
14
9
3
11
12
5
7
7
6
9
3
8
94
Ward
6
2
6
2
2
4
2
1
2
1
2
0
2
26
Ward
7
2
3
1
2
3
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
24
Ward
8.
0
2
0
0
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
9
Ward
9
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
13
Ward 10
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
2
Ward 11
1
2
3
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
12
Total
28 31 16 26 27
18
18 21 15 18 13 21 252
-
1
2
2
3
3
2 25
Ward
2
3
0
2
0
1
3
1
0
4
0
0
7
10 13 144
England
0 1
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
Canada
2
Total
0
1
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MISCELLANEOUS
Terminal fumigations 165
Plumbing inspections 31
Food inspections 52
CAUSES OF DEATH, 1917
No. 1 .- General Diseases :
Typhoid fever
3
Measles
1
Scarlet fever
2
Diphtheria
1
Influenza
2
Erysipelas
2
Septicemia
1
Pellagra
1
Tuberculosis of lungs
8
Acute miliary tuberculosis
1
Tuberculous meningitis
1
Abdominal tuberculosis
1
Tuberculous cystitis
1
Cancer of stomach
2
Cancer of liver
4
Cancer of rectum
1
Cancer of uterus
4
Cancer of intestine
2
Cancer of breast
1
Cancer of prostate
1
Diabetes mellitus
3
Pernicious anemia
2
Alcoholism
1
46
No. 2 .-- Diseases of the Nervous System :
Cerebral hemorrhage 16
Cerebral abscess 2
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Acute encephalitis 1
Polyneuritis 2
Hemiplegia 2
Cerebral embolism
1
Senile dementia
1
Paresis
1
No. 3 .- Diseases of the Circulatory System :
Organic heart disease 21
Angina pectoris 6
Arterial-sclerosis 9
5
Pericarditis 2
1
44
No. 4 .- Diseases of the Respiratory System :
Broncho-pneumonia 4
Lobar pneumonia 29
Hypostatic pneumonia 2
Asthma 2
Empyema 1'
1
39
No. 5 .-- Diseases of the Digestive System.
Appendicitis
6
Gastric ulcer 1
Gastric hemorrhage 1
Gastritis
2
Cholecystitis
1
Cholelithiasis 2
Intestinal obstruction 1
14
26
Acute cardiac dilatation
Phlebitis
Pulmonary edema
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No. 6 .- Non-Venereal Diseases of the Genito-Urinary System and Adnexa.
Acute Nephritis 1
Chronic nephritis 18
Pyo-nephritis 1
1
Chronic cystitis
1
Hypertrophy of prostate
2
24
No. 7 .- The puerperal State :
Puerperal eclampsia 1
1
No. 10 .-- Congenital malformations :
Open foramen ovale
1
Spina bifida 2
3
No. 11 .-- Diseases of Early Infancy :
Premature birth 11
Marasmus
3
Injury to head at birth 2
Gastro-enteritis 5
Simple meningitis 4
Pressure on respiratory centers
1
26
No. 12 .-- Old Age:
Senility 11
11
Colon bac. infection of kidney
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No. 13 .- External Causes :
Accident, automobile
2
Accidental gunshot wound 1
Accident, quarry 1
Accident, lumber mill
1
Accident, slate mill
1
Accidental fall
1
Accident, steam railroad
3
Accident, electric railway
1
Accidental strychnine poisoning
1
Accidental alcohol poisoning
1
Suicide by firearms
3
Suicide by drowning
1
17
No. 14 .- Ill Defined : "Spinal disease" 1
1
In conclusion I wish to report that the chlorine gas appa- ratus has given satisfactory results in the sterilization of our public water supply.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK H. GEBHARDT, M.D.,
City Health Officer.
Report of Rutland Hospital
Statement of the number of patients cared for at the Rut- land Hospital for the year 1917, and the total expense to the hospital, as shown by report filed with the City Council.
Total number of patients for the year
75
Total number of days service
1,648
Total number of weeks service 2351/2
Daily average number of patients 4.52
Total expense of patients
$3,975 07
Board and care
$3,296 00
Operating room
235 00
Medicines and supplies
239 07
X-ray service
120 00
Laboratory service
85 00
$3,975 07
Weekly average expense per patient $14 00
.
Number of patients remaining in hospital under treatment Jan-
uary 1, 1918
3
Report of Inspector of Buildings -
To the Honorable City Council :
In accordance with the requirements of the city ordinances I respectfully submit my report as Inspector of Buildings for the period beginning April 1, ending December 31, 1917.
Houses built
17
Additions to houses
8
Poultry houses 22
Piazzas built and repaired 25
Garages built
16
Sheds built and altered
10
Store houses built
2
Barns built and repaired
4
Milk station built
1
Work-shop built
1
Addition to stores
2
Building roof
1
Summer house built
1
Sleeping porches built
2
Addition to foundry
2
House moved
1
Extend windows
1
Addition to building used for bakery
1
Barns changed to houses
4
Respectfully,
FRANK CONNIFF,
Inspector of Buildings.
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 1917.
Paid the City Treasurer for 2,482 weights $248 20
124 10 Weigher's fees
Net $124 10
Number of loads of coal, etc., weighed for the school build- ings, City and Memorial halls, free of charge, 598, making the total number of weights, 3,080.
Respectfully submitted,
H. B. WHITTIER. City Weigher.
Librarian's Report
To the Officers and Members of the Rutland Free Library Asso- ciation :
The thirty-second annual report is herewith respectfully submitted :
Number of volumes in the library, Feb. 1, 1917. ... 21,726
Increase by purchase 539
Increase by gift 102
Increase by binding periodicals 78
Volumes added from renting list 128
847
22,573
Numbers of volumes worn-out and withdrawn
87
22,486
Number of volumes lost and withdrawn
14
Number of volumes in the library, Feb. 1, 1918. .. 22,472
Number of volumes rebound in 1917 251
Number of volumes worn-out and replaced 1917 .. 148
Number of volumes lost and replaced 1917
6
Circulation of books for 1917
72,557
Circulation of books for 1916
68,419
Increase for 1917 4,138
Number of new cards issued during 1917
919
Number of new cards issued during 1916 713
Increase for 1917 206
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Number of new cards issued to children during 1916 340
Number of new cards issued to children during 1917 299
Decrease for 1917 41
Number of books drawn on teachers' and subscrip- cards, 1917 16,187
Number of books drawn on teachers' and subscrip- cards, 1916 15,487
Increase for 1917 700
Number of books drawn by children during 1917 .. 17,977
Number of books drawn by children during 1916. . 17,474
Increase for 1917 503
Number of works of fiction drawn by children, 1916 10,744
Number of works of fiction drawn by children, 1917 10,373
Decrease for 1917 371
Number of works of non-fiction drawn by children,
1917 7,604
Number of works of non-fiction drawn by children, 1916 6,730
Increase for 1917 874
Number of books repaired at library, 1917 1,212
Number of days the library has been open 292
Largest daily delivery, May 5 522
Smallest daily delivery, September 20 77
Average daily delivery 248
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Amount received from fines, 1917
$222 48
Amount received from Association fees
69 00
Amount received from subscriptions
12 00
Total
$303 48
Number of periodicals subscribed for during 1917. .
65
Number of periodicals received by gift, 1917. 30
95
LUCY D. CHENEY,
Librarian.
Treasurer's Report
To the Officers and Members of the Rutland Free Library Asso- ciation :
I herewith submit my annual report from Feb., 1917, to Feb., 1918.
RECEIPTS.
Balance from 1916-17
$1,447 71
Appropriation from City $3,000 00
Appropriation from town of Rutland ..
100 00
Fines, subscriptions, etc
234 48
Association fees
69 00
Tabard Inn Account
175 85
Interest transferred from Trust Funds
81 36
Interest transferred from Special Fund
125 00
Interest on Baxter Bank account
20 92
Gift from Mrs. Higgins
25 00
Gift from Clubs
30 00
Cash collected for Library Association Luncheon
42 50
$3,904 11
Total
$5,351 82
DISBURSEMENTS
Books
$1,110 71
Binding
373 56
Salaries
1,881 75
Lighting
143 74
Fuel
188 39
Telephone
31 38
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Supplies and furnishings
259 44
Cleaning
63 50
Printing and postage
121 86
State Library Association Meeting (rent and luncheon
56 00
Incidentals
54 41
$4,284 74
Cash on hand
1,067 08
$5,351 82
TRUST FUNDS.
Theo. I. Smith Fund
$1,000 00
Interest to January, 1918
81 96
Harris Fund
600 00
Interest to January, 1918
24 24
Seaver Fund
300 00
Interest to February, 1918
12 12
$2,018 32
Interest transferred to Library Account.
81 36
$1,936 96
SPECIAL FUNDS.
Calendar Fund
$1,135 50
Interest to February, 1918 194 62
$1,330 12
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Cramton-Cutts Legacy
$10,000 00
Interest to February, 1918
1,711 35
$11,711 35
Interest transferred to Library Acct. to pay increase
in salary 125 00
$11,586 35
ELLEN B. CRAMTON,
Treasurer.
Report of the President of the Board of School Commissioners
To His Honor the Mayor and the Citizens of Rutland:
In compliance with State Law, I herewith submit my re- port as President of the Board of School Commissioners.
Now of all times, when our Country's ideals and institu- tions are at stake, the work of such an essentially American institution as our public school system should be thoroughly understood by its patrons. One of the tests of the efficiency of a system of training, whether intellectual or physical, is the ability of that system to adjust itself to an unusual con- dition, and the ability of the products of that system to meet the requirements that unusual conditions place upon them. "Knowledge is Power" and Knowledge is one of the few hu- man qualities for which there is no substitute. An unusual condition confronts us and, to-day, the call is going up, from the heads of the governmental departments, for skilled minds, skilled hands, skilled bodies, in a word, for "Knowledge." If blind obedience and brute force, coupled with a prepara- tion that was almost uncanny, was to be the great essential in twentieth century warfare, this world war would have ended in two short months. But this was not to be. The day of blindness and brutality is done, thank God, and in its place stands discipline and intelligent co-operation and undying faith in the right. Ours is no decadant Kultur, that seeks to justify its ends by murder, outrage, slavery and sacrilege, but a higher, truer knowledge that like our government is of the people, by the people, for the people, and which shall not perish from the earth. On the list of men who have gone from Rutland to join the colors, I recognize over one hundred and twenty names of recent graduates and students of our Public Schools and there are undoubtedly others with whose names
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I am not familiar. Many of them are in France to-day, and this is the story of every Public School system in our country. Is this not a record of which to be proud? Does it not prove that our national system of education teaches something not found in books, something of patriotism and of sacrifice and of true manhood? Is it not an enterprise worth maintaining and worth working for?
FINANCES
It is hard to turn from the all engrossing thought of the hour and discuss dollars and cents, but the taxpayers natural- ly have an interest in these matters. The school finances are in a fairly satisfactory condition. Our financial statement has been published, and explains itself. To summarize, in 1917 the School Board paid its current expenses and in addition have reduced the deficit of 1916 over $3000. In 1916 ou: assets exceeded our liabilities by $208.59 and in 1917 the excess was $2,483.74. In fact our only liabilities on December 31st were rent for the Dana School lots, which is not due until March, 1918, $2,394.96 for fuel purchased in 1917 for use in 1918, and which might well be a charge on 1918, and three small bills aggregating less than one hundred dollars that were rendered too late to be paid before Dec. 31st. This is not a bad showing and is due to three things: (1) The Committee on School Buildings of 1916 went extensively into the work of repairs. Like all enterprises of a similar nature, when a man endeavors to correct the errors of years gone by or tries to bring an old building or an antiquated heating system up to date, repairs cost more than he originally expected or could have reasonably foreseen. The appropriation for repairs was necessarily overdrawn, and the Committee was subjected to severe criticism from some of our self-constituted censors. The ultimate result, however, was that the school buildings have required but little attention during the past year and the expenses for repairs have been reduced to a minimum. (2) To a combined effort on the part of Commissioners, Superin- tendent, teachers and janitors to exercise the strictest econ-
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omy; no one realizes better than I how hard it is to deny the schools facilities for increased efficiency, but a difficult situa- tion confronted us and thanks to combined effort it has, I hope, been successfully overcome. (3) To the increase of 5 cents on the Grand List in our annual School appropriation authorized by the taxpayers in March, 1917, and later approved by the Mayor and appropriated by the Board of Aldermen. I hope the financial showing made by the Board of School Commis- sioners during the past year has shown that this vote of con- fidence was justified and I take this opportunity to express the sincere thanks of myself and of my colleagues to the tax- payers, the aldermen and his Honor the Mayor for this very timely financial assistance.
The Board of School Commissioners have once more asked for an appropriation of 55 cents; from an experience on the School Board extending back to 1904, I seriously doubt if the Public Schools of this City can ever again be maintained at a satisfactory degree of efficiency on a 50 cent basis. The Schools asked for a 50 cent appropriation in 1905. At that time our average attendance was 1704 pupils between the ages of 4 and 18 including over 200 children enrolled in the Kinder- garten. To-day we teach about 2200 pupils from about six years of age and upward. Then the value of our school prop- erty was estimated at $155,700.00 and our insurance was $59,000.00. To-day our City Treasurer reports the value of school property at $207,000, on which we carry $97,000 of insurance. Our pay-roll in 1905 was $33,717.62 and now it is in round numbers $49,000, and during this period fuel, supplies, text-books, everything connected with school work has in- creased in value and during this time our aid from the State has dropped from $6,238.85 to $2,579.17. School Boards and taxpayers in other cities of Vermont have been quicker to ap- preciate the plain trend of the times. Within the last four years Burlington, Rockingham, Montpelier and St. Albans have all received 55 cents on the dollar of their Grand Lists; St. Johnsbury and Springfield 60 cents, Brattleboro 58 cents, Ben- nington 64 cents and Barre 71 cents. And yet, until last year,
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we in Rutland fondly imagined that we could do the impossi- ble and with reduced State aid, with a greatly enlarged school plant, and with the price of every school necessity greatly in- creased, and with State demands and public sentiment more exacting, could maintain our schools upon the same 50 cent basis of appropriation that was ample for our needs ten and twelve years ago.
The buildings with the exception of the Dana School are old and some buildings were constructed without any regard to the modern requirements of school hygiene. Owing to the repairs made in 1916 the buildings should go for about three years without any great expense. From the nature of their use, school buildings always need more or less attention by way of small repairs and as complete a renovation every three years as school finances will permit. A large number of pupils have left school either to go to work or to enter the Country's service. I expect that more will leave, particularly during the spring term. This is most praiseworthy, but, I earnestly request the parents to co-operate with the teachers in preventing a sudden enthusiasm for industry on the part of their children to be used as a cloak for obtaining a grade pro- motion or a High School diploma, that under ordinary condi- tions would be impossible. If vocational courses for army con- scripts are established in Rutland, the School Board stands ready to do everything in its power to make such courses suc- cessful. In the grades we have lost the services of two teach- ers by resignation but by a temporary combining of rooms have been able to avoid the necessity of hiring teachers to fill these vacancies. In all the schools there has been a marked enthusiasm in all branches of war relief work and investing in thrift Stamps and War Savings Certificates. A $100 Lib- erty Bond has been purchased by the pupils for the benefit of the Red Cross. The High School has, in my judgment, showed a marked improvement in all departments and this in spite of several interruptions in work that in other days might have proved serious. In October two High School teachers left us, one to serve his Country, the other upon her
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request for a temporary leave of absence. In November our instructor in Manual Training was granted a leave of absence on account of illness and one of our teachers of domestic science resigned. These vacancies have been filled very satis- factorily, and, considering the unsettled conditions that pre- vail in matters educational throughout the Country, we are very fortunate. The standard of the High School work has been raised appreciably and, considering the short time al- lowed for review, necessitated by the delayed opening of our winter term, the low percentage of failures at mid-years is very gratifying. I heartily congratulate the High School fac- ulty upon the results obtained. Two courses, those in Com- mercial Law and in Economics are being brought up to a real high school standard and will undoubtedly prove their value in results obtained. The social and athletic activities of the schools have been maintained under careful supervision and in athletics the High School has met with perhaps more than its share of success. Nearly all of the young men who have joined the colors have been indentified with one or more branches of school athletic sport, and I cannot help feeling that the self-reliance, self-control and discipline necessary to all branches of interscholastic and intercollegiate sport will be of more use to our Country in her hour of need than char- acteristics produced by the "informal," "inter-class," and "intramural" type of emasculated athletics now in vogue in some of our institutions of higher education and apologetically referred to as a "war necessity."
I wish to take advantage of this occasion to extend my thanks to my colleagues on the School Board for the lionor they have done me, and for the hearty co-operation of Con- missioners, Superintendent and teachers alike.
I can hardly remember a year when the work on the School Board and in the schools has been more harmonious: one and all have tried to make the very best of the unsettled conditions of our Country, conditions that I regret to say show little sign of immediate improvement. The absence, by reason of illness,
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of Mrs. Cramton from meetings of the School Board has been sincerely regretted by us all and her return to our delibera- tions will be very welcome.
In concluding my mind once more goes back to the terri- ble war in which the youth of our country are doing such a splendid work, a work symbolized by our High School Service Flag with its ever-increasing number of stars, each star repre- senting a young man from our High School who is very near and very dear to many of our Rutland people. "Good-bye, good luck, God bless them."
HARVEY R. KINGSLEY,
President of Board of School Commissioners.
City of Rutland, January 31, A. D. 1918.
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the Board of School Commissioners and City Council of the City of Rutland :
In accordance with the regulations of your Honorable Board, and the requirements of the City Charter, I herewith present my twelfth annual report of the schools of this city.
The statistical tables and other data given in my former reports as a basis of comparison, also the reports of the Princi- pal of the High School and the heads of the special departments have been prepared with the usual care for record in our office and for the press, but, by special direction of the Board, coupled with the desire to economize in the expense of printing, they will not be published in the city report as in former years.
The school enrollment, membership and attendance during the natural school year ending June thirtieth last, were practi- cally the same as during the preceding year and the same high per cent of attendance was maintained. The attendance for the present school year has been less than normal due to the economic conditions in our country which attract labor at remunerative wages, resulting in some removals from the city, to the high cost of living which demands the greatest wage-earning power of the family, and to the fact that a larger number of children than usual are attending private schools. The decreased attend- ance, however, has been so slight that consolidation of schools was impossible except in two instances where the services of two teachers were dispensed with. This slight saving in the teaching force is more than offset by the large increase in the cost of fuel and other school supplies.
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ANNUAL REPORT
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
The financial statement for the year ending December 31st, 1917, made by the Finance Committee of the School Board, and incorporated into the City Treasurer's report shows that the gross receipts for the support of the public schools in this city for 1917 were $69,889.68. Of this amount $61,369.51 was real- ized from city taxes, $2,579.17 from the State, $3,305.50 from tuition, $733.35 from the sale of high school text books, and the remainder, $1,902.15, from incidentals, insurance, ground rent and unexpended balance of the previous year.
The total expenditures were $69,688.35. Of this amount $53,845.62 was paid for salaries, of which $2,471.52 was due in 1916, $3,399.44 for repairs on school buildings, of which $2,292.08 was also due in 1916, $5,160.80 for fuel, light and power, $5,065.96 for text books and supplies, $616.55 for insurance on school property, and the balance, $1,599.98, for rent, printing and advertising and sundries, leaving a balance in the Treasury of $201.33. The unexpended balance of $75.54 from the special bond issue for repairs on the High School Building was applied to the architect's bill which exhausted that appropriation. An itemized statement of the assets and liabilities of the school department on December 31st, 1917, filed with the City Treas- urer, showed that the assets which included cash balance in the Treasury, rebates accrued but not due from the State, fuel and
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