Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-05
REPORTS SHOW
ACTIVITIESOF
MONTH OF JULY
Change For Better Is Indicated in
Police Record Since First
of Last Month.

Reports made by the city Off
Gals and inspectors for the month
of July were filed with the munich
pal commission yesterday.
The police report shows that
crime and other offenses are on
the decline. The revenue derived
from fines during the last month
is small in comparison with the
amount of approximately $4,000
during the month of June. July's
revenue totaled only $2,996.04.
Police Report.
The report of Chief of Police
Thomas Cox follows:
State cases Disorderly conduct.
3; assault and battery, l; assault
with a deadly weapon, 2; viola
ting motor vehicle laws, 50; lar
ceny, 3; vagrancy, 2; adultery, 2;
burglary and larceny, l assault
with intent to commit murder, L
total, 100.
City cases-Disorderly conduct.
40; drunkenness, IT; traffic passing
street cars while unloading pas
sengers, 6; assault and battery, 8:
violating DINNER ordinance, 6 boot
Logging, Il; keeping dangerous
dogs, 8; bathing in public without
bathing suits, 3; gambling, l; US
ing cut-outs, /; practicing clair
voyancy without a license, total
80.
Ambulance calls, 50; wagon
calls, So; dodgers, 2; lights out
102; total hours, 918; cases dis
missed: state 8, city 10; cases
withdrawn. O; women tried: 5
state and city: meals furnished,
81 at % cents, totaling SLABS.
Fines collected by Police Magis-
trate D. J. Cleland, $2,S91.65;
amount Of bonds forfeited, 1919;
money collected for ambulance
calls, $7-total, $2.996.O4.
Police Matron Anna c. Kirk
mans report is as follows:
Calls made, 20; calls received,
IS; neglected children looked af-
ter, 9, 4 boys and girls; one girl
returned to Bethany Home; two
children sent to Bethany Home;
three cases in county court of par
ents contributing to the depend
ency of their children. Prisoners
in woman's department, IS; boys
and Is women. Five state cases
and nine city cases; one woman
returned to WATERFOWL hospital.
Fire Report.
The report of Chief August
Schmidt of the fire department is
appended, showing a decrease in
fires and damages therefrom:
Alarms, 20; gallons chemicals
used, Is; feet hose used, 4,600;
feet ladders used, So; hours work
ed at fires, 1897; miles travelled,
81; gallons gasoline used, IS. Val
ne of real estate, $S4 AIS; value of
personal property, 1922, 225-total.
S107 200. Insurance on real es-
tate, S26, 500; insurance on per-
sonal property, $30.4O0-total, $751;
200. Loss in real estate, s1,665;
loss in personal property, 5000
total loss. 81 ,965.
Inspectors Reports.
The report of Health officer H.
H. Harris follows:
QuarantineS removed, %; houses
fumigated. 1; guarantees placed,
u; complaints: vaults, 46; mis-
ceIlaneous, II. Loads of rubbish
hauled, So; loads of garbage haul
ed, 553; scales tested, "a; scales
condemned, z; measurements in
spected, 2; garbage sold, $214.50;
dairy farms inspected, IL. Total
collections, $3.50.
City Physician A. N. Mueller's
report follows:
Gases small pox, 4; chicken
pox, 2: tuberculosis, 8; humps, 5;
whooping cough, 4 dyptheria, /
contagious diseases during month, |
90. School permits issued in
month. 10; vaccinations during
month, 10; burial permits, Al;
births, IS; % males and II fe-
males; deaths, IS. Is males and |
20 females; still born, 1 male. |
Complaints investigated, Is.
Following is report Of Building |
Inspector John Lindros:
New dwellings, 81; additions to |
dwellings, 4; remodeling of dwell
ings, 10; reshingIing of dwellings, |
8; porches, II; garages, %; fire
losses, 1; signs, L; destruction of
old building store, 1; new store
/; remodeling of store
6; store fronts, 2; addi-
ton to factory, 1; barns, 3; sheds, |
L; remodeling school building ~
store houses, 3; ware hoSrssessssF ! |
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