June 20, Aloise Fischer received a shock causing his death.

June 27, Arthur W. Sommes, an employee of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, received injuries causing his death.

July 12, Frederick Wallen, employee of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, severely burned about the face and 3.TIIlS.

July 21, Charles Quigley, E. J. McGoldrick, and John Doolan, employees of the Sewer Division, Street Department, City of Boston, received severe electric shocks.

August 21, John Bartlett, an employee of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, had his right hand and forearm badly burned.

WORK OF INTERIOR DIVISION.

snspection of Interior Wiring of Buildings, Showing Work Performed for Five Years.

1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. Notices of new work received....... 5,355 5,749 5,850 9,107 10,272 Number of buildings, wiring completely examined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 567 570 692 496 Incandescent lights examined...... 125,458 151,046 316,074 422,182 394,234 Arc lights examined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,396 2,495 5,697 12,882 10,882 Motors examined.... . . . . . . . . ........ 1,027 1,225 1,922 3,275 3,006 Total H. P. of motors examined.... 5,681 6,967 11,150 16,444 12,531 Defects reported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,661 2,369 2,274 2,349 1,810 Defects corrected......... * * * * g o o os e g to 926 1,846 1,622 1,928 1,165 Services examined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,283 1,115 1,176 1,654 1,174 Inspections made.................... 9,472 12,476 12,609 23,111 23,962 Isolated plants in this city.......... [..........|.......... 271 281 283 Isolated plants inspected........... }..........|.......... 197 34 24

Number and Classification of Fires, etc., due

to Electrical

Causes.
1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902.

Fires on outside of buildings........ to e < * me o a o a o 16 4 4. 6 3
Fires in the interior of buildings.............. 38 31 29 22 18
Fires on roofs of buildings.... . . . . . . . . ........ 6 2 1 2 to e o 'o o
Fires on poles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . © & so & a to 6 l 7 10 3
Bridge fires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 3 1 I
IBurn-outs. . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * e o a n e o os e s e o & & so e o e o e s e e i < * * * * * * * : * * * * * * * * 6 9 | . . . . . . . .
Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 6 2
Tnjuries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4 21 13
IManhole explosions. . . . . . . . . . to so o e o 'o e o so o os o a s e e s ] to s o os e o e & 5 1 5 5
Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 3 14 12
Fires at standpipes for distribution........... 2 l 1 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
JFires in underground services... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. . . . . . . . 1 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOGRAPHs.

Plates Nos. I and 2 show portions of Broadway, South Boston, in the 1903 district, from which all poles and wires have been ordered removed before December 31, 1903.

Plate No. 3 shows Dorchester street from Dorchester avenue, or Andrews square, giving some idea of the poles and wires that must be removed before December 31, 1903, as Dorchester street from Andrews square to Broadway is in the 1903 district.

Plate No. 4 is a photograph taken during the construction of the conduits for the low tension companies on State street, on the route of the East Boston tunnel, and gives an idea of the small space left in which to lay ducts to provide for all the low tension wires, after the walls of the tunnel were in place.

Plate No. 5 is a photograph of one of the public alleys in the Back Bay, showing the new construction used by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company in this and other sections of the city, for distribution purposes. This system is described in detail in another part of this report.

Plates Nos. 6 and 7 show respectively the front and back of the most recent type of theatre stage switchboard installed in this city.