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* Marion MacDonald
* Finley A. B. MacKeil Willard L. Morrison
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Francis Murphy
* Josephine Murphy
* Mary Josephine O'Brien
* Marie Josephine O'Leary Frank Clinton Oliver
* Jennie Marie Philpot
* Nathaniel Pope
* Lillian Adaline Ricker
* James Stanley Sims
Eva Viola Steeves
* Mabel Harriet Stevens
* Edward Archibald Symmonds
* William Vidler Amy Eloise Whiting
* Lawrence Miles Willis
Franklin School.
* Herbert Nelson Atwood
* Mildred Atwood
* Margaret Buck
* Jessie Irene Capers
* Raymond Lincoln Chisholm
* Ralph Eugene Classon
Evelyn Niles Copeland
* Flora Lucena Corbett
* Carleton Vaughan Corey Leona Ruth Creadon
* Dorothea Cudworth
* Robert Parker Cudworth
* George Colby Davis
* Robert De Mar Mary Eunice Divver
* Ellen Catherine Doherty
* Philip James Dowd
* Edward Driscoll
* Anna Margaret Fahey
* Francis Louise Fawcett
* Ruth Elizabeth Fitzgerald
* Edna Caroline Flagg Helen Pauline Forrest
* Florence Mary French Samuel Campbell Frye
* Samuel Gardner
* Lester Howard Giles
* Ruth Howard Greenleaf
* Florence Calista Harris
* Francis Salmond Heartz
* Margaret MacDonald
* Amy Olive MacKiel
* Ralph Emerson MacLain
Jennie Elizabeth McLaren Ralph Walter Merriam
* Genevieve Gourley Milliken
* Floyd Moore
* Gladys Louise Mower
* George Philip Mullen
* Bertha Mildred Northrup
* Hazel Prior Owen
* Leslie Orten Patten
* Genevieve Ten Broeck Pease
* Florence May Pendleton
* Albert Winslow Perkins
* Marguerite Louise Porter * Mary Alice Preble
* Lena Gladys Rawding
* Henry Lupton Restall * Etta Francis Ruben
* Howard Odlin Russell Henry Jerome Scanlan
* Mildred Lillia Scott
* James Burdelle Shepard
* Ray Lawrence Shepard
* Gladys Eleanor Starratt
* Ilma Bernice Stearn
* Edith Thomson
* William Albert Tomer Mary Raymond Tucker
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* Leah Ruby Hill
Elizabeth Howard
* Norman Jefts
* Ruth Urquhart Johnston
* Max Vinton Keedy
* Marjorie Munroe Kinney
* Margarita Hemandez Lavender
Dorothy Moore Usher
* Mariea Ella Vlaston
* Leonie Odlin Waggett
* Emma Eugenia Walton
* Elmer Milton Wanamaker
* Carrick Earl Wildon
* Helen Louise Woodward
Washington School.
* Edward Everett Babb
* Alice Baldwin Earle Gardner Brooks
* Nellie Louise Cargill
* Josephine Mabel Carney
* Francis Wilson Comey
* Anna Lloyd Cornwall
* Charles Edwin Darling
* Rose Dorothy DeCecca Ruth Elizabeth Earle
* Raymond Harris Greenlaw
* Stanley Hanson Greenlaw
* Helen Holmes Maud Alice Howell Stanley Martin Howell
* Helen Elizabeth James
* Charles Shapleigh Johnson
* George Kenneth Jones
* Doris Marie Kennard
James Malcolm Matheson
Florence Mildred Maxwell
* Agnes McDonald Alfred Leslie McDonald Clyde McLean
* William Bennie Milton
* Robert Rollins Nowell Maud Elizabeth Parker
* Joseph Gustave Porter
* Raymond Sackett
* Ruth Thetis Saltzman
* Aloha Schofield
* William Earle Sloane
* Clarissa Smith
* Rose May Sullivan
* Susan Minerva Warren
* Dorothy Merrill Webster
* Alice Maud Wheeler
* Laura Remington Young
* Entered High School, September, 1908, 85 per cent.
ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL STAFF. December 31, 1908.
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Superintendent of Schools, Fred H. Nickerson, 511 Lebanon Street. Superintendent's Clerk, Rosetta Pendleton, 179 Trenton Street.
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CORPS OF TEACHERS. High School.
Name.
Grade.
Where Educated.
When Elected.
William C. Whiting ..
Principal .
Dartmouth College. .
.1899
Alonzo G. Whitman .
Principal Emeritus
Bowdoin College.
. 1874
Orren H. Smith .
Sub-Master .
Tufts College .
. 1906
George A. Hutchins
Science Dept ..
Bates College .
1901
Harold C. Spencer.
Business Dept ..
Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y
1908
Robert F. Allen .
English, Science
Boston University.
. 1908
Adelma A. Ballou.
Latin .
Dean Academy
.1887
Harriet C. Fairbanks
Algebra, Latin .
Natick High School .
.1880
Hattie G. Ricker .
French .
Lapham Institute .
.1884
Laura I. Willgoose .
Modern Lang. Dept ..
Radcliffe College .
.1908
Lillian A. Bolster
French, German
Partial Course, Harvard and Chicago Universities. . 1904
Elizabeth F. Abbe
Greek, English
Wellesley College
. 1904
Clara A. Snell
Mathematics ..
Bates College . 1904
W. Henry H. Peirce
History Dept. .
Boston University. 1908
Mary A. Cutter .
Stenography
Leland Stanford Junior University . 1907
Edith S. Blake.
English, Mathematics.
Bates College .
.1903
Susan R. Scott
English . .
Brown University . .1907
Gertrude Gile .
History . .
Radcliffe College . . . 1907
Helen F. Warren . .
Book-keeping, Arithmetic .. Mount Holyoke College.
. 1908
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Franklin School, Cor. Main and Franklin Streets.
Name.
Grade.
Where Educated.
When Elected.
Frank E. Poland .
Principal
Castine (Me.) Normal School .
1906
Mary G. Hickey ...
IX.
Boston University .
1907
Lillian G. Runnells .
IX.
Bridgewater Normal School
1905
Mary I. Lynch .
VIII .
Bridgewater Normal School .
1908
Mary I. Coggeshall
VIII and VII. .
Lowell Training School .
1907
Louise G. White . VII
Salem Normal School .
1895
Grace L. Pomeroy .
VII and VI
New Haven (Conn.) Normal School .. 1905
Evelyn A. Pike .
VI.
Newburyport Training School. 1904
Alma J. Guptill .
V.
Girls' High School, Boston ... . 1884
Isabelle L. Atwood. V.
Robinson Seminary ... .1893
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Washington School, Cor. Lebanon and Lynde Streets.
Name.
Grade.
Where Educated.
When Elected.
Rose D. Lanphear .
Acting Principal . .
Boston University 1903
Linnie M. DeMeritt. IX.
New Hampton Institute. . 1904
Grace M. Ricker
VIII .
Gorham (Me.) Normal School . .1907
Melvina E. Williams .
VII.
Gorham (Me.) Normal School.
. 1908
Etta J. Call.
VI
Ellsworth (Kan.) Normal Institute ·
1890
Mabel Van Riper. V
Normal School, Trenton, N. J .. 1907
Mary E. Tupper .
IV .
Framingham Normal School. 1892
Mary A. Chisholm .
III. ·
Salem Normal School . 1896
Mary E. Deans .
II.
Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten . 1902
Helena M. Hocking . .
I. .
Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten . 1904
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·
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Lincoln School, Wyoming Avenue.
- Name.
Grade.
Where Educated.
When Elected.
Willis Sikes Fisher .
Principal
Mass."Agricultural College
1906
Grace M. Carpenter IX. ·
Boston University .
1905
Annie L. Ricker
IX.
Gorham (Me .; Normal School . 1907
Emma M. Thompson .
VII .
Salem Normal School .
.1906
Harriet H. Dowe. ...
Mt. Holyoke College. .
..... . . 1894
Annie P. Long .
Melrose High School.
.1894 .
Mabel F. Hutchinson .
IV.
Farmington (Me.) Normal School .
.... . . 1906
Mabel G. Gilbride.
III . .
Quincy Training School. .
.. . . . 1900
Jeannette A. Doane.
II.
Templeton High School. . . 1895
Grace A. Lynde . 1.
Miss Page's Kindergarten . .1897
SCHOOL REPORT.
D. W. Gooch School, Cor. Foster and Florence Streets.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Willis Sikes Fisher .
Principal .
Mass. Agricultural College.
. 1906
Susie G. Fisher .
VIII .
Gorham (Me.) Normal School . . 1907
Alice H. Long .
VII
Boston Normal School 1877
F. Ethel Whitney ..
VI ..
Bridgewater Normal School.
. 1907
Laura C. Lamprey .
V.
Newburyport Training School . 1905
Minnie F. C. Snow
IV
Orono (Me.) High School. . 1892
Amelia F. Trowbridge
III .
Melrose High School. .
1889
Emma L. McCully .
II.
Hiss Wheelock's Kindergarten . 1906
Mabel Price . 1.
.
Miss Symond's Kindergarten . .. 1897
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VI. V
.....
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Horace Mann School, Cor. Grove and Myrtle Streets.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Alice M. Swett. .
Principal . . .
Plymouth (N. H.) Normal School 1882
Mary S. Wentworth
VIII.
Wakefield (N. H.) Academy . 1896
Ina E. Cobb.
VII
Kent's Hill (Me.) Seminary 1908
Edith M. Maxwell .
VI.
Farmington (Me.) Normal School .
1902
A. Louise McCormick
V.
Wheaton Seminary
1891
Nellie G. Dempsey .
IV.
Salem Normal School .
.1891
Anna W. Atkins .
III
Provincetown High School.
. 1897
Annie G. Balch . .
II.
Wakefield High School. .1900
Elizabeth H. Scott
I.
Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten . .1908
Mary A. Livermore School, Main Street.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Annie C. Washburn
Principal, VIII
Wellesley College. . .
1900
Bertha C. Hatch
VII
Gorham (Me.) Normal School .
. 1904
Leonora W. Goodsoe .
VI .
Gorham (Me.) Normal School. .1907
Harriet Buck Witham
V.
Farmington (Me.) Normal School . . 1906
Joseph Warren School, Warren Street,
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Alice J. Coffin ...
Principal, IV
Gorham (Me.) Normal School.
1895
Helen L. Patten . ..
III .
Salem Normal School . .1903
Ruth M. Knowles . .
II .
Mt. Holyoke College . . 1894
Margaret E. Grady
I.
Salem Normal School . 1896
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Winthrop School, Cor. Eleventh and First Streets.
Name
Grade Where Educated
When Elected
Edith S. Dermot.
Principal, V and VI.
Framingham Normal School . .1896
Mary L. Loring . .
III and IV
Salem Normal School .
. 1897
Maud A. Norton .
II.
Jennie S. Prescott. .
I.
Elliman Kindergarten Training School, N.Y. City .. 1906 Miss Symond's Kindergarten . .. .1895
Sewall School, Upham Street.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Etta M. Wilcox .
Principal, IV .
Miss Page's Kindergarten . .1905
Lena D. Marshall.
III .
Salem Normal School .
1900
Claribel P. Fisher
II.
Gorham (Me.) Normal School . 1905
Emma C. French.
I ..
Miss Symond's Kindergarten . ..
1902
Whittier School, Franklin Street.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Frank E. Poland .
Principal
Castine (Me.) Normal School
.1906
Katherine L. Locke .
IV.
Newburyport Training School.
. 1904
Gertrude B. Stewart.
III.
Melrose High School .
1894
Annie M. Jenness . .
II .
Froebel Kindergarten Training 1903
Marion P. Goodwin.
I ..
Miss Symond's Kindergarten . ..
1901
Ripley School, Swain's Pond Avenue.
Name
Grade
Where Educated
When Elected
Dora F. Whittredge. I, I, and III ..
1903
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Converse School, Fells.
Name
Grade I, II, and III. ... Salem Normal School .
Where Educated
When Elected
Nellie W. Riley . .
Supervisors.
Mary E. Coyle . Edw. N. Griffin . . Aimee C. Ferson .
Harold C. Spencer . .
General Assistant, Florence M. Gogin.
Janitors.
Name and Residence.
School.
Charles H. Adams, 4 Cherry Street.
. Horace Mann School . Washington School
F. S. Boardman,, 106 Grove Street.
Charles J. Critchett, 39 Essex Street .
Eugene E. Estes, 322 E. Foster Street .
James Fahey, 23 Albion Street. ..
. Livermore and Sewall Schools . Winthrop School Warren and Whittier Schools . High School . Converse School
William P. Hunter, 5 Brazil Street.
Samuel Lear, 931 Main Street .. .
Archie B. McIlwraith, 5 Allen Place
John Thyng, 43 Winthrop Street. ..
Elmer P. Whittredge, 317 E. Foster Street . .
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ممضبة
Engineer in High School, Charles Brown, 20 Parker Street.
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George E. Fogg, 10 West Linden Street . . ·
. Franklin School . Lincoln School .D. W. Gooch School . Ripley School
.1903
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Annual Report
of the
Board of Health
of the
City of Melrose
for the
Year Ending December 31, 1908.
MELROSE FREE PRESS PRINT SHOP 1909
Report of the Board of Health.
January 1st, 1909.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Mel- rose, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :-
The Board of Health respectfully submits herewith its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1908.
Membership.
Mr. Edmund L. Grundy resigned from the board to be- come a member of the Board of Aldermen. Mr. Grundy, from his previous work as Inspector of Plumbing and from his thorough knowledge of plumbing matters was of great value to the board and to the city and his associates regretted his transfer to another field of activity. He was succeeded by Mr. Fred H. Rounds, who together with Clarence P. Holden, M.D., and Arthur A. Hayden, Esq., constituted the board.
Organization.
The Board organized with Clarence P. Holden, Chairman, Fred H. Rounds, a member of board of Examiners of Plumbers, Miss Grace A. Colby, Clerk; John T. Barker, Inspector of Plumbing and Sanitary Inspector; Dr. F. P. Sturges, V.S., Inspector of Animals and Food Products; W. S. Briry, Ph.G. Inspector of Milk and Vinegar; Dr. A. E. Small and Dr. R. R. Stratton, Medical Inspectors of Schools.
Meetings.
Regular meetings of the board have been held Tuesday evenings as heretofore and special meetings when necessary.
Contagious Disease.
During the year 89 cases of scarlet fever were reported to the board of Health. These were probably due to contact with other cases, there being no evidence of milk infection. The
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number of cases of diphtheria during the year was 58 and a careful study of these cases, both scarlet fever and diphtheria, shows that a considerable number of "secondaries" occurred in the same family from faulty isolation of the patient and very few outside the family after the case was reported and quaran- tined. "Secondaries" from too early discharge or defects of terminal disinfection were also small, but the number of cases infected from themild, unrecognized, and therefore unreported case, was very large and constituted the chief difficulty of the situation.
To emphasize the necessity of early recognition of the mild case, the board issued the following circular through the school children within that part of the city most affected and for the first time in many years it was deemed wise to close a school on account of contagious disease. This was done as much to emphasize the necessity of careful supervision of throat cases on the part of parents rather than from any fear of lack of control in the schools. The whole number of cases due to exposure in the schools was not as large as generally supposed. Of scarlet fever, 18 may be attributed immediately to exposure in the schools as against 71 elsewhere, and of diphtheria 22 as against 36 elsewhere. During the early part of the year there was a large number of cases of measles, which as usual affected the younger children in the public schools.
Circular issued by the Board of Health.
Office of the Board of Health, City of Melrose. October 19, 1908.
To Parents and others having the care of Children,-
Your attention is invited to the serious condition exist- ing in the Horace Mann school, owing to the considerable number of cases of diphtheria, many of them of so mild a type as not to attract serious attention. The present epidemic began with a mild, unrecognized case and to the same cause we may attribute its continuance. Every case of sickness having a sore throat or swollen glands of the neck or a nasal
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discharge with raw edges of the nose, should either be re- ferred to a physician or to the board of health for examina- tion. A child presenting any of these symptoms should not be sent to school, and should not be allowed to associate with other children. So far many of the cases have been mild but a mild case is just as liable to communicate the most dangerous type of the disease as a more serious case, and, as you will see, is a much greater menace to the community.
By order of the Board of Health,
C. P. HOLDEN, Chairman.
Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis being now classed by the State Board of Health as among the list of communicable diseases, this board has been obliged to assume the care of some of these cases. During the whole year one case was maintained at Rutland, which returned much improved and capable of maintaining him- self and family. Some aid was given several other hopeless cases in their last days, one case which had a settlement in Melrose, being maintained at the State Hospital.
The board has received more general reports of cases than in any previous year, but there is still lacking a full registra- tion of all cases in the city.
Medical Inspection of Schools.
Medical inspection of schools has been followed out in about the same manner as in the previous year. There has been a great deal of work and it is the judgment of the board that without the aid of medical inspection there would have been a much larger number of cases of scarlet fever and diph- theria. The work has hardly advanced beyond the first stage of medical inspection in the schools, viz., the recognition of acute cases and communicable skin diseases. There is a much larger field which ought to be covered, including the examina- tion of the general physical condition of the pupil, especially as to teeth, throat, nose and hearing and it is hoped that the
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public will in time appreciate the value of this work and be willing to provide suitable remuneration for it.
The board desires at this time to place on record their appreciation of the services of Dr. M. J. Dalton, deceased during his term of office as medical inspector of schools. As a physician he was skilful and careful, as an official he was cour- teous and efficient, as a citizen he was ever alive to the public interests and his untimely death is a loss not only to those with whom he was brought into immediate contact, but to the city at large.
The following cases of disease were reported to the school physicians for examination and many of them were treated at the office of the board of health.
Adenitis. 2
German Measles 1
Asthma
1
Herpes Faciales 1
Adenoids.
3
Mentally deficient 1
Bronchitis
3
Mumps.
1
Chorea 1
Measles 4
Cold. 1
Impetigo 14
Conjunctivitis. 2
Pediculosis 19
Chicken pox 3
Ringworm of Scalp 3
Coryza. 3
Ringworm. 16
Diphtheria 9
Sore Throat .
2
Eczema
4
Scabies .
2
Epilepsy .
1
Scarlet Fever 1
Enlarged tonsils .
4
Running Ear
4
Foreign body in eye 1
Tonsilitis 35
Ulcerated tooth. 1
No disease 168
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Isolation Hospital.
On account of the large number of cases requiring treat- ment, it was deemed wise again to open the Contagious Hospi- tal, since the board could care for these cases there at a lower cost than by sending them to the Malden Hospital. It is the judgment of the board that the hospital should be somewhat enlarged and needed improvements made, with a view of its permanent use as a Contagious Hospital.
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The hospital has been open 163 days during the year, caring for 28 patients at a cost of $978.19. The average cost per day per patient was $1.44.
The Board has given aid to the following cases of conta- gious disease :-
Tubercu- Obser-
Location Sc Fever
Diph'a Measles culosis vation
Total
Melrose Isolation Hospital 20
7
1
28
Malden Isolation Hospital 7 11
1
19
At their homes 11 7
1 2
21
Rutland
1
1
State Hospital
1
1
Boston Hospital
1
5
6
39
30 1 4
2 76
Of these seventy six (76) cases scared for, 49 had a set- tlement in Melrose, 12 in other cities and towns, 10 had no settlement in Massachusetts and 5 settlements not determined. Of those cared for at the Melrose Isolation Hospital, 4 had core also at the Malden Isolation Hospital.
Vaccination.
Thirty successful vaccinations were performed at the office of the board of health and seventy certificates of vaccina- tion issued to children vaccinated elsewhere, for admittance to school.
Vaccine virus has been received from the State board of health as heretofore and distributed to physicians requesting it. Thirty-two returns of successful vaccination were made to the office by physicians using this vaccine.
Disinfection.
The board has disinfected with formaldehyde gas for the following diseases, viz. Premises disinfected for
Tuberculosis 17
Diphtheria 57
Measles . 7
Scarlet Fever 73
Meningitis.
1
Cancer .
1
Typhoid Fever 1
School rooms fumigated .
45
Carriages. 22
Books from all cases of contagious disease.
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Licenses and Permits Issued in 1908. منهـ:
To hawkers and peddlers. .35
To collect grease and bones. 4
To maintain dumps 3
To build cesspools . 18
To build privy vaults.
0
To clean cesspools . 20
To clean vaults. 0
To sell milk from wagons 44
To sell milk from stores . 28
For a stable for more than four horses 1
To keep swine . 1
Undertakers licensed: Albert J. Walton, 369 Franklin St., John H. Gately, 20 Circuit St., S. W. Harvey, Essex St., Ansel B. Pierce, E. Emerson St., J. H. Bunce, 11 Cass St., Fred T. Churchill, 435 Main St., Henry W. Clark, 33 So. High St.
Boarding Houses for Infants.
The board has approved licenses to board infants with the following families :- Lillian Russell, 13 Sw. Pond Ave., Mertie H. Chandler, 21 Ashland St., Clara J. Manley, 335 E. Foster St., Mary Bourne, 17 Heywood Ave., Mrs. C. Fester, 28 Hunnewell Ave., Jennie I. Chapman, 321 E. Foster St.,
Nuisances.
The following is the list of nuisances abated by order of the board of health or its agent during the year and in parallel column nuisances abated during the year 1907.
1907
1908
Privy nuisances .
1
1
Privies abolished .
28
0
Cesspool nuisances
15
8
Cesspools abolished
30
46
Premises connected with sewer by order of the Board of Health
13
9
Hen nuisances .
2
2
Dumping nuisances
10
12
Dumping garbage .
1
0.
Uncleanly premises
6
15
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Pig nuisances
1
1
Stable nuisance
0
2
Collecting garbage without license
0
1
Cow barn nuisance
0
1
No water supply
1
2
Manure .
3
2
Open Manhole
1
1
Stagnant water
1
1
Insufficient sanitary provision .
0
1
Obstructed house drains .
0
5
Offensive water closets
0
3
Dead animals buried .
58
52
New Sewers.
Sewers have been constructed during the year in the following streets, viz., Laurel, Spring, Briggs, Meridian, How- ard, Merrill, Emerson, West, Lincoln, Porter, Upham, and Fells Court. The board renews the recommendation of pre- vious years that sewers be constructed in that part of Union St., which is not yet sewered, and in Reading Hill Ave.
Bakeries.
The inspection of bakeries in Melrose as required by the State laws has been made as usual and the bakeries were found in a satisfactory condition.
Milk.
The inspection of dairies in Melrose during the year shows improvement in general. So far as known no case of con- tagious disease was directly due to infection of milk.
Plumbing Ordinance.
Upon recommendation of the Board of Health the plumb- ing ordinance was amended, incorporating some changes which in the judgment of the board are wise and in the inter- ests of the public health.
Table I. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES REPORTED TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH IN 1908.
Diseases
Jan.
Feb.
Mch.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Scarlet Fever .
10
10
3
5
11
1
2
4
14
3
16
10
89
Diphtheria .
4
2
2
2
2
1
·
Measles .
1
3
42
142
125
60
6
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
7
Whooping Cough Chicken Pox.
4
4
. .
1
1
1
. .
2
1
3
. .
. .
17
German Measles.
2
·
·
1
1
2
1
1
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
1
Erysipelas .
. .
. .
1
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
Totals
25
38
52
160
156
69
9
12
26
31
23
24
625
. .
·
.
. .
7
27
6
2
. .
·
2
4
1
1
13
Typhoid Fever.
1
1
. .
2
·
.
. .
Tuberculosis .
3
17
2
4
6
3
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
6
Mumps .. .
. .
1
3
2
1
·
·
1
1
1
1
:
·
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58
5
9
20
5
6
379
28
. .
138
Table II. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES SINCE 1890.
Diseases
1890
'91
'92
'93
'94
'95
'96
'97
'98
'99
'00
'01
'02
'03
'04
'05
'06
'07
'08
Scarlet Fever .
36
27
59
93
32
33
25
23
20
19
38
33
23
26
23
59
36
80
89
Diphtheria . .
17
52
18
15
31
41
19
16
5
8
44
52
35
41
19
30
40
50
58
Typhoid Fever .
. .
. .
.
. .
. .
9
3
13
19
17
12
10
11
14
9
8
13
Chicken Pox ..
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
.
2
30
22
13
1
77
14
7
Whooping Cough ..
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
467
75
32
76
459
63
18
379
Measles .
·
. .
. .
·
.
. .
.
. .
.
1
1
4
11
20
22
28
Tuberculosis .
2
. .
.
. .
.
·
Mumps . .
. .
German Measles
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
4
17
Opthalmia .
.
.
.
· .
.
Erysipelas ..
.
1 1
CITY OF MELROSE.
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
..
.
. .
.
.
. .
. .
. .
5
18
41
15
10
27
3
4
Cerebro-Spinal Men'g'tis.
3
6
1
. .
Table III. MORTALITY FROM PRINCIPAL DISEASES SINCE 1890.
Diseases
1890
'91
'92
'93
'94
'95
96.
'97
'98
66.
'00
'01
'02
'03
'04
'05
'06
'07
'08
Diphtheria .
1
8
2
3
10
6
2
2
. .
· .
1
1
3
. .
. .
·
·
3
6
5
4
2
2
1
6
1
4
1
1
1
Typhoid Fever .
15
11
19
19
20
13
24
20
24
16
20
17
18
18
20
10
13
9
17
20
7
9
23
12
19
14
6
16
16
18
8
13
21
14
Pneumonia .
9
12
15
12
26
14
22
19
20
18
27
21
30
17
29
37
27
39
31
Heart Disease .
2
8
9
8
8
5
11
6
11
9
9
6
4
8
6
2
5
3
6
Old Age .
4
8
6
3
9
2
5
6
12
11
10
11
12
10
14
20
18
15
17
Cancer .
.
1
2
1
. .
3
1
2
.
20
21
23
15
Consumption .
1
1
. .
.
3
2
5
3
2
1
2
3
·
1
1
Scarlet Fever .
3
5
HEALTH REPORT.
139
140
CITY OF MELROSE.
Mortality Report for 1908.
Total number of deaths from all causes (exclusive of still births) 199. Number of still births, 9.
Deaths by Sexes. (Still births excluded).
Total
Males
Females
Deaths of persons under one year
31
15
16
From one to two years
5
4
1
From two to three years
2
2
0
From three to four years .
3
0
3
From four to five years
0
0
0
From five to ten years .
2
1
1
From ten to fifteen years .
2
2
0
From fifteen to twenty years
4
2
2
From twenty to thirty years
12
8
4
From thirty to forty years
12
8
4
From forty to fifty years
18
8
10
From fifty to sixty years .
22
11
11
From sixty to seventy years
29
10
19
From seventy to eighty years
28
12
16
Over eighty years
29
12
17
Ages unknown .
00
00
00
199
95
104
Deaths by Months. (Still births excluded).
Deaths in January
.27
Deaths in July .
10
66
" March .
22
" September 15
66
April
17
" October.
13
66
May
17
66
" November 13
June
14
66
66 December
22
Causes of Death. (Still births excluded).
Deaths from
Deaths from
Phthisis or consumption
15
Dysentery. 0
Small pox .
0
Diarrhoea and cholera morbus 3
Measles
1
Pneumonia . 14
Scarlet Fever .
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