Number, Etc. 14 (Auto combination)... FIRE-ENGINES. - Continued. 15 (With tractor and motor hose-chemical.) 16 (Auto combination). 17 (With tractor and motor hose-chemical.) 18 (Auto combination). 19 (Auto combination).. 20 (Auto combination).... 21 (With tractor and motor hose-chemical.) 22 (With tractor and motor hose-chemical.) 23 (Auto combination) 24 (Auto combination)..... 25 (With tractor and motor hose-chemical.) 26 (Auto combination)..... 27 28 (Auto combination).... 29. 30 (Auto combination)..... 31. 32. Meeting House Hill, Dor...John F. Curley, Lieut. Harvard street, Dorchester.. Walnut street, Dorchester.. Warren avenue.... Northampton street.. Cor. Warren and Quincy sts. Fort Hill square.. Mason street.. Elm street, Charlestown.... Wm. Levis, Capt. Centre st., Jamaica Plain...T. J. Fitzgerald, Lieut. Chestnut Hill ave., Brighton Centre st., West Roxbury... W. J. Shepard, Lieut. Fireboat, 521 Commercial st.R. W. Clark, Lieut. Bunker Hill st., Charlestown 33 (With tractor and motor Boylston and Hereford sts.. hose-chemical.) 34..... 35 (Auto combination) 36 (With tractor and motor hose-chemical.) 37 (Auto combination).... 38* and 39 (With tractor and 40.. motor hose-chemical.) 41 (Auto combination). 42 (With tractor and motor hose-chemical.) 43 (With tractor and motor hose-chemical.) 44. 45 (Auto combination).. 46 (Auto combination).... Western avenue, Brighton.. Mason street.. Monument st., Charlestown, Longwood and Brookline 1 avenues.. Congress st., South Boston.. Harvard avenue, Brighton.. M. R. Joy, Capt. H. J. Kelly, Lieut. J. P. Hanton, Capt. G. W. Darling, Lieut. T. H. Andreoli, Capt. W. P. Boudreau, Lieut. (See above with Eng. 26.) (E. O. Haines, Capt. T. F. Quigley, Lieut. Denis Driscoll, Capt. G. P. Smith, Lieut. James Mahoney, Capt. M. F. Minehan, Lieut. Walter Davey, Lieut. J. F. Haley, Lieut. Sumner st., East Boston....T. J. Lannary, Capt. Poplar street, Roslindale... Dorchester ave., Ashmont.. * Self-propeller. 1 (Aerial, with tractor).. 2... 3. 4 (Motor serial truck).. 5 (Motor aerial truck)... 6 (With tractor)... 7 (Motor truck).. 8 (Aerial, with tractor)... 9 10 (Motor truck). 11 (Motor truck). 12 (Motor aerial truck). 13 (Motor aerial truck). 14 (Motor aerial truck). 15 (Motor aerial truck). 16 (With tractor). 17 (Aerial, with tractor).. 18 (Aerial, with tractor)..... 19 20 (With tractor). 21 (Motor truck). 22 (With tractor) 23. LADDER TRUCKS. Location. Officers. P. J. Laffey, Capt. J. M. Donovan, Lieut. CHEMICAL ENGINES (separate), WATER TOWERS, ETC. TOTAL EQUIFMENT IN USE AND IN RESERVE. In Use: Auto combination gasoline engines, 29; tractor-drawn steamers, 14; 1 steam-auto engine; horse-drawn steamers, 6; total engines, 50, also 3 fireboats; combination chemical and hose cars, 32; horse-drawn hose wagons, 6; auto ladder trucks, 23 (10 aerial); horse-drawn ladder trucks, 7; auto water towers, 3; officials' cars, 33; auto delivery trucks, 11; one 31-ton emergency auto truck; one auto wrecker; total automobiles, 150, of which 106 are apparatus; horses, 112 (35 less than in 1921); 2-ton fuel wagons, 41; hose and other pungs, 29. Leading hose, 157,304 feet, and suction hose, 2,217 feet. In Reserve: Auto gasoline engines, 5; tractor-drawn steamers, 3; horse-drawn steamers, 14; chemical and hose cars, 5; horse-drawn hose wagons, 15; horse-drawn chemicals, 8; auto ladder trucks, 6 (3 aerial); horse-drawn ladder trucks, 5; one auto water tower; 14 officials' cars. BOSTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND. By Chapter 308, Acts of 1909, amended by Chapter 134, Acts of 1911, the Fire Commissioner and 12 members of the Fire Dept., to be elected annually by all the members, are constituted a corporate body for the purpose of holding and administering the Firemen's Relief Fund. This incorporation supersedes that of 1880. On February 1, 1922, the fund amounted to $254,000. HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Main office, 1108, City Hall Annex, eleventh floor. Stat. 1854, Chap. 448, § 40; Stat. 1895, Chap. 449, § 19; Rev. Ord. 1898, Chap. 18; C. C., Title IV., Chap. 19; Stat. 1902, Chaps. 206, 213; Stat. 1906, Chap. 225; Stat. 1907, Chaps. 386, 445, 480; Stat. 1908, Chaps. 329, 411; Stat. 1909, Chap. 380; Stat. 1910, Chaps. 269, 640; Stat. 1911, Chap. 287; Stat. 1912, Chaps. 448, 486; Stat. 1913, Chap. 586; Stat. 1914, Chaps. 627, 628; Rev. Ord. 1914, Chaps. 17, 40; Ord. 1914, 2d Series, Chap. 1; Ord. 1915, Chap. 1; Spec. Stat. 1915, Chap. 346; Ord. 1915, Chaps. 3 and 4; Spec. Stat. 1919, Chap. 163; Stat. 1920, Chap 100; Stat. 1921, Chaps. 94, 111; Stat. 1922, Chap. 61.] OFFICIALS. FRANCIS X. MAHONEY, M.D., Health Commissioner. Term ends in 1926. Salary, $7,500. STEPHEN L. MALONEY, Secretary and Chief Clerk. Salary, $2,500. DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS. M. VICTOR SAFFORD, M.D., Medical Division. Salary, $4,300. CHIEF DIVISION ASSISTANTS. JOHN A. CECONI, M.D., Epidemiologist. Salary, $3,000. ALEXANDER BURR, M.D.V., Veterinarian in charge of Abattoir Inspection. Salary, $3,000. FREDERICK J. BAILEY, M.D., Chief Medical Inspector. Salary, $3,000. ROBERT E. DYER, D.V.S., Veterinarian in charge of Dairy Inspection. Salary, $2,800. JAMES O. JORDAN, Inspector of Milk. Salary, $3,300. The first Board of Health in Boston was established in 1799, under the special statute of February 13, 1799. The first collected edition of the statutes under which this Board acted was published in 1811, and contained also the regulations of the Board. The latter was abolished by the first City Charter, and from 1822 to 1873 its functions were exercised through the City Council. The last Board of Health was established by an ordinance of December 2, 1872, and organized January 15, 1873. It published annual reports, beginning with 1873. By Chap. 1, Ord. 1914, 2d Series, the department was placed in charge of one executive, the Health Commissioner, the latter to appoint the deputy commissioners. Chap. 1, Ord. 1915, provided that the quarantine service should pass from the control of the Health Department on the date when the property was leased to the United States.* * Lease approved by City Council May 24, 1915, taking effect on June 1, 1915. BACTERIAL EXAMINATIONS. Free examinations are made for physicians at the Laboratory of the Health Department, 1101 City Hall Annex, in cases of tuberculosis, diphtheria, typhoid fever, influenza and other bacterial diseases, and malaria. Blood specimens are received from patients on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2 to 4 p. m. only, for examination by the Wassermann test for syphilis. HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT. Office at the Boston City Hospital, 818 Harrison avenue. [Stat. 1880, Chap. 174; Stat. 1893, Chap. 91; Rev. Ord. 1914, Chap. 18; C. C., Title IV., Chap. 20; Spec. Stat. 1915, Chap. 34; Stat. 1922, HENRY S. ROWEN, M.D. Term ends in 1927. CARL DREYFUS. Term ends in 1925. THOMAS A. FORSYTH. Term ends in 1924. GEORGE G. SEARS, M.D. Term ends in 1923. The Trustees have charge of the Boston City Hospital, on the southeast side of Harrison avenue, opposite Worcester square, occupying four city squares between East Concord street, Albany street, Northampton street and Harrison avenue. The Hospital was begun September 9, 1861. It consists of many pavilions, connected with the central structure, and was established for the reception of those in need of temporary relief during illness or from injuries. The Trustees also have charge of the South Department for infectious diseases, the Convalescent Home, at 2150 Dorchester avenue, Dorchester, the Haymarket Square Relief Station, the East Boston Relief Station, and the West Department, West Roxbury (at present leased to U. S. Government.) The Trustees are incorporated by Chap. 174 of the Acts of 1880, and Chap. 91 of the Acts of 1893, as the Boston City Hospital, and are authorized to receive and hold real and personal estate bequeathed or devised to said corporation to an amount not exceeding $1,000,000. HOSPITAL OFFICERS. JOHN J. DOWLING, M.D.-Superintendent and Medical Director. Residence and office at the Hospital. Salary, $6,500. Edmund W. Wilson, M.D.- Assistant Superintendent. Salary, $4,000. James W. Manary, M.D.- First Executive Assistant. Salary, $3,000. Francis S. Brodrick, M.D.- Second Executive Assistant. Salary, $2,300. G. L. Doherty, M.D.— Third Executive Assistant (Temp.). Salary, $1,500. *The Trustees serve without compensation. |