NUMBER, ETC. 23 (Auto combination).. FIRE ENGINES. 24 (Auto combination)...... 25 (With tractor and motor hose-chemical.) 26 (Auto combination).. 27 (Auto combination). 28 (Auto combination). 29 (Auto combination). 30 (Auto combination). 31 (Fireboat).... 32 (Auto combination).... 33 (With tractor and motor hose-chemical.) 34 (Auto combination). 35 (Auto combination)... 36 (With tractor and motor hose-chemical.) 37 (Auto combination).... 38* and 39 (With tractor and motor hose-chemical.) 40 (Auto combination).. 41 (Auto combination).... 42 (With tractor and motor hose-chemical.) 43 (Auto combination). 44 (Fireboat).. 45 (Auto combination).. 46 (Auto combination). 47 Fireboat........ 48 (Auto combination). 49 (Auto combination). 50 (Auto combination).. 51 (Auto combination).. 52 (Auto combination).. 53 (Auto combination).. Location. Concluded. Northampton street...... Elm street, Charlestown.... Centre st., Jamaica Plain.. Chestnut Hill ave., Brighton, Centre st., West Roxbury.. 521 Commercial st....... Bunker Hill st., Charlestown, Boylston and Hereford sts., Western avenue, Brighton..| Mason street....... Monument st., Charlestown, Longwood and Brookline avenues. Congress st., South Boston.. Harvard ave, and Winthrop Chief Officer. John M. Donovan, Capt. Winthrop st., Charlestown, T. E. Roach, Capt. Walk Hill and Wenham sts., A. J. Burns, Capt. No. 38 a steam-propelled steamer. NUMBER, ETC. 1 (Aerial, with tractor).... 2 (Aerial, with tractor).... 3 (With tractor). 4 (Motor aerial truck). 8 (Aerial, with tractor)... 9 (Aerial, with tractor).... 10 (Motor truck).. 11 (Motor truck).. 12 (Motor aerial truck).. 13 (Motor aerial truck).. 14 (Motor aerial truck).. 15 (Motor aerial truck). 16 (Motor truck)... 17 (Aerial, with tractor).. 18 (Aerial, with tractor).... 19 (Motor truck)... 20 (With tractor). 21 (Motor truck).. 22 (With tractor). 23 (Motor truck).. 24 (Motor truck).. 25 (With tractor). 26 (With tractor). 27 (Motor truck). 28 (Motor truck).. 29 (Motor truck with chemical.) 30 (Motor truck with chemical.) LADDER TRUCKS. Location. Friend st., Warren square, Paris street, East Boston... Harrison ave., cor. Bristol st. Dudley st., cor. Winslow, Rox. Fourth st., near Dorchester st. River st., cor. Temple, Dor., Meeting House Hill, Dor... Fort Hill square.... 331 Main st., Charlestown.. 659 Centre st., Jamaica Pl., Chestnut Hill ave., Brighton, 1046 Tremont st., Rox... Warren avenue... Harvard ave., Allston... Boylston st., cor. Hereford.. Poplar st., Roslindale. 157 Harrison ave.. Pittsburgh st..... E. Fourth st., near K, S. B., Andrew sq., S. Boston.... Saratoga and Byron sts., E. B. 44 Monument st., Charlestown. Grove Hall, Dor.... North Grove st... Centre st., near Bellevue, avenues. Walnut street, Dor..... Harvard ave. and Winthrop Chief Officer P. J. Laffey, Capt. P. J. Ryan, Capt F. F. Leary, Capt. C. T. Farren, Capt. J. J. Lunny, Capt. McDarrah Flaherty, Lieut. Daniel W. O'Leary, Lieut J. M. Cook, Capt. J. F. McDonough, Capt. M. J. Galvin, Capt. W. E. McKeever, Lieut. T. P. Lohan, Lieut. J. H. Leary, Capt. Wm. J. Shepard, Capt. F. R. Brophy, Capt. G. F. Doyle, Capt. F. W. Battis, Capt. T. F. Donovan, Capt. M. J. Prendergast, Capt. E. T. Cunniff, Lieut. M. F. Conley, Capt. P. F. McLeavey, Lieut. Chas. Ingersoll, Capt. D. M. Shaughnessy, Capt. Wm. Peterson, Capt. W. F. Heldt, Capt. P. H. Kenney, Lieut. J. F. O'Connell, Capt. John Hogan, Lieut. T. F. McGowan, Lieut. W. A. J. Drinan, Capt. TOTAL EQUIPMENT IN USE AND IN RESERVE. In Use: Auto combination gasoline engines, 46; triple combination gasoline engines, 5; tractor-drawn steamers, 3; 1 steam-auto engine; 3 marine pumpers or fireboats; total engines, 58; combination chemical and hose cars, 40; auto ladder trucks, 30 (14 aerial); auto water towers, 3; officers' cars, 34; auto delivery trucks, 12; one rescue company auto with pulmotors, etc.; one auto wrecker; total automobiles, 176, of which 130 are apparatus; salt wagons, 14; hose and other pungs, 65. Leading hose, 149,309 feet, and suction hose, 2,505 feet. In Reserve: Auto gasoline engines, 5; tractor-drawn steamers, 12; one self-propelled steam engine (No. 35); auto chemical and hose cars, 6; auto ladder trucks, 10 (4 aerial); one auto water tower; 7 officers' 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, 1923, 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.J OFFICIALS. FRANCIS X. MAHONEY, M.D., Health Commissioner. Terms ends in 1926. STEPHEN L. MALONEY, Secretary and Chief Clerk. DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS. M. VICTOR SAFFORD, M.D., Medical Division. FREDERICK J. BAILEY, M.D., in charge of Communicable Diseases. P. H. MULLOWNEY, M.D.V., Division of Food Inspection. THOMAS J. DONNELLON, Division of Sanitary Inspection. FREDERICK S. DAVIS, Division of Vital Statistics, Records and Accounts. CHIEF DIVISION ASSISTANTS. ALEXANDER BURR, M.D.V., Veterinarian in charge of Abattoir Inspection. ROBERT E. DYER, D.V.S., Veterinarian in charge of Dairy Inspection. JAMES O. JORDAN, Inspector of Milk. The first Board of Health in Boston was established in 1799, under the special statute of February 13, 1799. It 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. 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, who appoints the deputy commissioners. Chap. 1, Ord. 1915, provided that the quarantine service should pass from the control of the Health Dept. when the property was leased to the United States (in effect June 1, 1915). 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, Chap. 521, §§ 18, 19; Stat. 1924, Chap. 70.] OFFICIALS. JOSEPH P. MANNING, President. THOMAS A. FORSYTH, Secretary. The Boston City Hospital was opened on June 1, 1864. Besides the Main Hospital, the Trustees 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 and 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. Edmund W. Wilson, M.D.- Assistant Superintendent. James W. Manary, M.D.— First Executive Assistant and Director of OutPatient Departments. Francis S. Brodrick, M.D.- Second Executive Assistant. M. Winthrop O'Connell, M.D.- Third Executive Assistant. Michael McGarty, M.D.- Resident Surgeon. Daniel C. Goldfarb, M.D.- Resident Anaesthetist. F. B. Mallory, M.D.- Pathologist. Francis W. Peabody, M.D.— Director of Thorndike Laboratory. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL STAFF. Consulting Physicians and Surgeons.- Edward H. Bradford, M.D., Vincent Y. Bowditch, M.D., Abner Post, M.D., Hayward W. Cushing, M.D., Francis S. Watson, M.D., George H. Monks, M.D., Morton Prince, M.D., Elliott P. Joslin, M.D., Henry Jackson, M.D., George G. Sears, M.D., John Bapst Blake, M.D. Consulting Pathologist.— William T. Councilman, M.D. Consultant in Tropical Diseases.- Richard P. Strong, M.D. Consultant in Ophthalmology.— Allen Greenwood, M.D. Consulting Aural Surgeon.— Rockwell A. Coffin, M.D. Curator of the Hospital Museum.- Townsend W. Thorndike, M.D. *The Trustees serve without compensation. |