Office Building-The Bronx.

Iron rails and gates were provided for the outside cellar entrances.

The Clinic was redecorated and general repairs made.

Office Building-Queens.

Additional electric lighting was installed in several offices.

Manhattan.

GENERAL.

The clinic adjoining main office building was completely redecorated on the interior; the roof repaired and repainted; new rain leader put up on rear wall. An interior hoistway was constructed in the drug laboratory, at No. 116 East Forty-first street, and improvements made to the hot water supply.

Brooklyn.

Additional partitions were erected in the Clinic at No. 361 Jay street, for patients' dressing-rooms and office purposes; also shelving for storage.

Queens.

Additions were built to the stable building of the disinfecting station at Jamaica, the work being executed by employees of the Depart

ment.

Richmond.

An addition was built to the stable portion of the disinfecting station. The complete exterior and interior of the old building has been cleaned and repainted.

Plans and specifications were prepared by the Inspectors for all repairs and some of the new work; all the work received their superintendence. Work let out on contract in 1907 were completed and accepted as follows: Laundry Building, North Brother Island (Riverside Hospital), pavements, etc.; Willard Parker Hospital, addition to Nurses' Home; Measles Pavilion, Morgue Building, etc., Kingston Avenue Hospital, were completed and accepted.

Otisville.

The following is an outline of the construction work, etc., accomplished at the Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Otisville, during the year:

Two shacks have been completed, plans for which were made by Mr. Van Pelt, architect, at a cost, approximately, of $9,000.

Four shacks have been built, plans for which were made in the Department, costing approximately $7,000.

One shack has been built, plans for which were made at Otisville, costing probably $1,500.

Two shacks for women are in course of construction, one of which has received roof timbers, the other having foundation finished. On these shacks probably $1,200 has been spent.

Boilers and laundry machinery have been installed, contract price being $9,420. Additions and alterations have also been made to the laundry building costing probably $1,000.

Two solaria additions have been added to the dining hall, costing approximately $11,000.

A building has been erected at the rear of the dining hall for Bed Patients' Quarters, Kitchen and Dining-Room. This building is nearly completed and has cost to date probably about $12,000. The solaria and rear buildings are being constructed in accordance with plans prepared by Mr. Van Pelt, architect.

Alterations are nearly finished in the Matron's House, which will cost probably $3,500.

A solarium has been built and baths installed in connection with the two-story shack, costing probably $1,500.

Alterations and improvements have been made in barns and other buildings which will probably cost $3,000.

A new road from the station to the shacks has been constructed and is now in use and largely completed.

Alterations are in progress in an old building which is to be converted into a dining-room for the Women's Unit.

In connection with the work around shacks and building considerable drainage and laying of water and sewer pipes, grading, etc., was necessary and has been done.

A root cellar has been constructed and is nearly finished, costing probably $1,000.

A lumber shed is being erected, costing probably $2,000. There is also a large stock of lumber on hand, purchased from Corporate Stock funds.

Two wagon sheds have been erected costing about $800.

BOOKS, PRINTED BLANKS AND STATIONERY.

On January 1, 1908, all printed blanks and books required for use on that date were delivered by the Board of City Record and sent to the various offices and Boroughs in the Department.

The annual requisition for printed blanks and books, made to the City Record during the month of July for the year 1909, was carefully made up. Only blanks absolutely needed for the year were ordered, and the amounts made as small as possible, as shown by the following schedule:

During the year 1908, 212 special requisitions for books, printed blanks and stationery supplies were made to the City Record, requiring the printing of over seven million blanks. These blanks were ordered by and delivered to the various Boroughs, as per the following schedule:

An additional storeroom has been provided in the cellar of the Department building for storing printed blanks and books, which has been

of considerable benefit. All printed matter can now be properly stored and cared for.

For the past few years 2,000 copies of the Annual Report were ordered on the Annual Requisition. The cost of printing and binding these books amounts to the sum of $8,000.

STOREHOUSES.

The following table shows the work performed at the storehouses established at Riverside Hospital, Willard Parker Hospital, Kingston Avenue Hospital, and the Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Otisville:

There are in operation at this time, in addition to each Borough office, 331 antitoxin stations in Greater New York, divided as follows: