CITY OF BOSTON. To the Honorable City Council: GENTLEMEN, HEALTH OFFICE, CITY HALL, January 13, 1871. The undersigned, in compliance with Section 7 of the Ordinance relating to Health, submits his second Report of the expenditures and income of this department for the year 1870, and the portion of this financial year, 1870-71, embraced within the year 1870. The amount appropriated for the present finan cial year 1870-71 Unexpended balance this financial year, Jan. 1, 1871 $300,000 00 81,378 23 The above amount of $300,717 54 was expended as follows: * For sweeping and cleaning the streets, clean ing cesspools, and the removal of snow and ice from public walks, yards, streets, squares and public garden $100,719 23 $100,719 23 *The cost of removing snow and ice from public walks, yards, streets, Amount brought forward. $100,719 23 For collection of house dirt and offal in city proper, South Boston, and Boston Highlands For hay, meal, corn, oats, steam and feed used at stables, south and west, and Boston Highlands For foremen, feeders, wheelwrights, blacksmiths, harness maker, painter, watchmen, and drivers of prison carriage 94,198 23 22,549 80 20,248 26 For new horses and exchange of old ones 11,225 00 Salaries of superintendent and assistant, city physician and clerk, milk inspector 7,816 25 For abating nuisances in detail, as follows: Constructing a drain in Madison court, per order of Board, Dec. 27, 1869 Repairing drain in Porter street Constructing a new drain in rear of Dover and Garland streets, order of April 25, 1870 . Constructing a drain in Tudor street, between B and C streets, Constructing a drain in 8th and Gates street, order of April 25, Constructing drain for estates in Leverett street, order of April 25 For dredging Charles river, as per orders of Board, May 9 and 23, Constructing a drain in Minot street, order of May 23 Constructing a drain in South Margin street, order of May 23, Amount carried forward $241 22 12 65 590 19 243 62 52 62 211 75 4,351 50 150 24 67 45 $5,921 24 $256,756 77 |