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Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD ROGERS, Inspector of Meats and Provisions.
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
REPORT OF CONTAGION NURSE
JANUARY, 1st, 1926.
DR. FRED A. BARTLETT, Health Commissioner.
DEAR DOCTOR :
I herewith submit the following report for communicable dis- eases for the year ending December 31, 1925.
131
Scarlet fever
129
Measles
819
Whooping cough
194
Chicken pox
59
Mumps
26
Typhoid fever
23
Anterior poliomyelitis
4
Lobar pneumonia
49
Influenza
165
Ophthalmia
1
Suppurative conjunctivitis
2
Encephalitis lethargica
1
Tetanus
2
Diphtheria
There were 131 cases reported, including adults, children of school age and pre-school age, from all wards of the city. Thirty- eight of these cases were taken to the Homeopathic Contagious Hospital at Brighton.
About 756 cultures were taken of members of the families as well as any possible contacts. By this means new cases, some of which were "carriers" were discovered. Two deaths resulted from this disease, one in the city and one at the hospital.
The "Schick Test" was not given to any great extent during the year by this department. Nine clinics were held with total attendance of 15.
Scarlet Fever
Of the 129 cases reported, 20 were taken to the Contagious Hos- pital at Brighton. Very few of the cases were of other than a mild type. There were no deaths.
Measles
Eight hundred and nineteen cases were reported. Measles were prevalent during February, March, April, May and June. Wards one and two were affected principally. Eight deaths occurred from this disease, six in the city and two in the hospital. All were children.
Whooping Cough
One hundred and ninety-four cases reported, many more than last year. This disease claimed three lives, all female children under two years of age.
Chicken Pox
Only 59 cases reported.
Diphtheria
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Mumps
Twenty-six cases reported. Owing to the fact that many chil- dren are not seriously ill with the last two named diseases, a physician is not called, therefore the report of the case comes through the school nurses, or when the child applies for a certifi- cate for re-admission into school. Occasionally the parents report the case.
Typhoid Fever
There was a marked increase in Typhoid Fever, 23 cases re- ported during the year. Eighteen of these were reported during September and October with one death. Much time was spent trying to locate the source of infection. Dairies were inspected, drinking water analyzed at the State laboratory and many widals and cultures taken. Several visits were made to the surrounding `owns during the time spent in follow up work.
Two cases were attributed to the eating of clams. Seven cases were from unknown sources, had been living out of the city part of the time. There were two contacts from the above cases.
Ten cases were from a common milk source and two other cases were contacts in these cases. A man who was engaged in stripping milk at the farm for only three days, and then left, was finally located and found to have a suspicious widal. Although positive cultures could not be obtained, it is very probable that he was a temporary carrier and the original source of infection.
The State Department has listed him and will check up on him from time to time. He is not working in Quincy at the present time.
To prevent a recurrence of this, a notice was sent by the Health Commissioner to all dealers, that all new employees must be ex- amined before commencing work. This examination is made with- out charge. Several examinations have already been made.
Anterior Poliomyelitis
Four cases all children were reported from Ward 6. Two of these cases were treated at the Children's Hospital.
Lobar Pneumonia
There were 49 cases reported. Total number of deaths was 32, seven of which were children under 10 years of age.
Influenza
Of the 165 cases reported, 155 were cases reported from the Bat- tleships Rivadavia and Moreno. Quarantine was established on the boats by Dr. Fred Jones, physician at the Fore River plant. There were nine deaths from this disease.
One case of Ophthalmia and one case of Encephalitis Lethargica were reported.
Tetanus
Two cases were reported with two deaths.
Over 2,644 visits were made during the year in follow-up work. Approximately 756 cultures for diphtheria as well as 104 cultures for typhoid fever were taken. Certificates were given to children for re-admission to school through this office.
To help control the spread of the so-called minor contagious diseases, where a physician is not called in, we would ask the co-operation of the parents by reporting the case to the Health Department.
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
At this time I wish to thank Dr. F. A. Bartlett, physicians of Quincy and members of the Health Department for their co-opera- tion.
Respectfully submitted, CATHERINE F. COLEMAN, R.N., Contagious Nurse.
REPORT OF QUINCY DISPENSARY
JANUARY 1st, 1926.
DR. FRED A. BARTLETT, Health Commissioner.
DEAR DOCTOR :- The following is the report of the Quincy Dis- pensary for the year ending December 31, 1925.
Cases of tuberculosis
277
Active
150
Arrested
56
Hospital
71
New cases reported during 1924 Pulmonary
68
Hilum
3
T. B. other
8
Disposition of new cases
80
Admitted to sanatoria
38
Died
19
At home
20
Moved away
2
Diagnosis revoked
1
Suspicious cases
14
Diagnosis changed to Hilum T. B.
4
Admitted to hospital
1
Discharged
J
Condition on discharge
Arrested
16
Improved
11
Against advice
3
Dead
22
Absconded
1
Quiescent
7,
Transferred to other sanatoria
2
Deaths
45
At sanatoria
22
At home
21
At Quincy City Hospital
3
Transportation provided
20
Clinics held
52
Attendance at clinics
289
Visits made
840
Referred to Welfare Department
5
Referred to city physicians
3
Clothing for sanatorium patients
10
Milk provided by Anti-Tuberculosis Association (qts.)
464
Cases closed and addresses forwarded to state department
22
Cases opened
7
79
216
CITY OF QUINCY
Information obtained concerning private patients.
Contacts of tuberculosis patients
Contacts examined
79
Referred for X-ray 20
Result of X-ray
Hilum tuberculosis
1
Tuberculosis adenitis
0
Pulmonary tuberculosis
0
Suspicious
18
Negative
1
Von Perquet tests
Positive
8
Negative 19
Cases referred to Dr. Harkins
2
Cases referred to dentist
1
Undernourished and contacts
Attendance 399
Clinics held
48
Referred for T&A operation
7
Vaccination
5
Report of Summer Camp cases
Admitted to Preventorium at Norfolk County Hos- pital Camp 8
Summer camps At Mansfield
5
At Foxboro 4
Eleven of these cases showed definite signs of tuberculosis by positive Von Perquet tests or X-ray examinations.
These cases remained at camp during July and August. At their discharge improvement in general condition and increase in weight were shown.
The good results obtained at the camp have been further in- creased by the attendance of these children at the Saturday morn- ing clinics.
I understand that facilities are now available at Norfolk County Hospital for summer camps for both girls and boys and I would suggest that the city take advantage of this fact.
In closing I wish to thank you for your splendid cooperation during the past year together with the dispensary nurses, Miss Coleman and Miss Russell and the doctors of Quincy.
Yours truly,
C. J. LYNCH, Dispensary Physician.
REPORT OF CHILD WELFARE NURSE
JANUARY, 1st, 1926.
DR. FRED A. BARTLETT, Health Commissioner.
DEAR SIR :- I herewith submit my sixth annual report as Child Welfare Nurse for the year ending December 31, 1925.
Because of the increase in attendance at the clinics it was found impossible to do very much follow-up work. About October 1st the Visiting Nurses of the Quincy Women's Club started this follow-up work and will carry it on until another nurse is appointed in our
25
27
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department. However, 325 visits to babies and 10 to prenatals were made. Visits were also made to 12 boarding houses for infants.
A total of 39 cases were referred to hospitals for correction of physical defects as follows: Quincy City Hospital 12
Norfolk County Hospital 1 (X-ray)
Children's Hospital
1
Boston Dispensary 25
Two hundred and twenty-one cases were referred from the clinics to family physicians.
There were 53 deaths in the city of babies under 1 year of age of which three were under clinic supervision. Two of these cases were on the rolls only two days and the other for only one month.
The causes of deaths were as follows:
1
Lobar pneumonia Congenital heart Premature
1
1
There were six weekly clinics held in the city as follows: Monday at West Quincy, Ward 4.
Tuesday at Wollaston, Ward 5. Wednesday at Atlantic, Ward 6.
Thursday at Quincy Centre, Ward 1.
Friday at Quincy Point, Ward 2.
Friday at Suuth Quincy, Ward 3.
The South Quincy clinic was opened on October 16th through the kind co-operation of the Visiting Nurses of the Quincy Women's Club. These nurses also assisted at other clinics. During October the Quincy Square clinic was transferred to the Library at the Woodward Institute. The West Quincy clinic was transferred to K. of C. Hall and the Quincy Point clinic to the Fore River Club House.
The new meeting places are better adapted and conditions are much more satisfactory, especially as to heat.
A physician was in attendance at all the clinics excepting at West Quincy, and arrangements are being made to have a physician at this clinic commencing shortly after the beginning of the new year.
An increase of 2,527, over 50 per cent., was made in clinic at- tendance for 1925. The total attendance at the several clinics for the past three years is shown by the following tables:
1923
1925
Ward 1
1,517
1924 2,272
2,334
Ward 2
739
653
844
Ward 3
498
478
557
Ward 5
1,020
2,709
Ward 6
932
600
816
Total
3,686
5,023
7,550
290*
Ward 4
*Opened October 16, 1925.
Every clinic showed an increased attendance over the preceding year. A total of 260 clinics were held.
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CITY OF QUINCY
The untiring attention of Dr. E. B. FitzGerald and his assistants is evidenced by the 3,643 complete or partial examinations made during the year. This was an increase of 1,336, or 58 per cent., over the examinations made in 1924.
There were 1,169 babies, all under two years of age, registered at the clinics.
During the week of October 7th a clinic was held at Howorth's Department Store. The visiting nurses assisted. There were 41 babies under two years of age weighed and mothers were advised. Advice was given in seven cases.
These clinics made it possible for many babies to come under the supervision of a physician and cannot but result in a decreased mortality rate among infants. The total number of births in the city during 1924 is not yet available so that the infant mortality rate cannot be definitely determined. It is probably slightly higher than for the year 1924, when Quincy had the lowest infant mor- tality rate in its history.
This slightly increased rate for 1925 is not, however, discourag- ing as it is almost an invariable rule that whenever there is a de- cided decrease (as there was in 1924) that the following year there is an increase, although it does not reach the high level of previous years.
At this time I wish to thank for their many courtesies to me and to the Child Welfare Clinics, the Health Department, the Quincy City Hospital, the Welfare Department, the Quincy Women's Club, the Wollaston Women's Club, and the physicians of the city. To Dr. FitzGerald and his assistants my thanks are expressed for their kind assistance and their untiring attention and interest in the future generation of citizens.
Respectfully submitted,
NETTIE DENTON FOWLER, R. N., Child Welfare Nurse.
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Reportable Diseases by Wards-1925
Wd.
Wd. 2
Wd. 3
Wd. Wd. Wd.
1
4
5
6
Total
Chicken pox
14
8
2
0
19
16
59
Diphtheria
22
34
45
10
9
11
131
Measles
261
310
120
48
29
51
819
Mumps
3
15
1
0
6
1
26
Lobar pneumonia
8
8
3
12
5
13
49
Influenza
2
*156
1
1
2
3
165
Scarlet fever
20
20
6
20
28
35
129
Whooping cough
30
10
5
9
80
60
194
Pulmonary tuberculosis
10
8
11
17
10
6
62
Tuberculosis, other forms
2
3
4
4
2
8
19
Ophthalmia neonatorum
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Typhoid fever
11
1
1
0
9
1
23
Conjunctivitis
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
Tetanus
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
Encephalitis lethargica
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Anterior poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
Totals
383
575
200
121
201
206
1,686
*155 of these cases were reported on the Argentine battleships at the Fore River plant.
LIST OF CAUSES OF DEATHS-1925
Males
Females
Totals
Under 1 year
1 year
2 years
3 years
4 years
5 to 9 years
10 to 14 years
15 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
to 0 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
do to og years
70 to 74 years
75 to 79 years
80 to & years
S5 to & years
90 to 94 years
List No.
Cause
I. Epidemic, Endemic and Infectious Diseases
1
Typhoid fever
1
0
1 6
0 1
021
0
IC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10 Diphtheria
6
3
9
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1 0 0
0 0
0
0
11
Influenza
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0
0 0
0
0
31
T/B of the respiratory
2
2
4
0 0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0 0 0 0 1 3
0 0 0
1 0 O
0 O 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0 0 3
2 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 4
1 0 0 0 0 0 2
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
36
0
1
1
0
co
4
2
1
1
4
3
3
1
1
2
2
3
3
040
0 4 0
0 1 0
1 2 2
0 4 1
0 1 1
0 0 0
0
45 Cancer of the intestines ..
46 Cancer of the female genital organs
0
6
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
C
1
01
1
3 3
0
0
0
CITY OF QUINCY
32
II. General Diseases
0
0
2
2
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
0 0 0
C 0 0
0 1 0
C 0 0
0 0 C
0 1 0
1 30
12
9
21
44 Cancer of the stomach, liver
2
3
5
0
0
1
1
0
00
001
0
1
0
1
1
2 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
3 0
32
T/B of the meninges
1
0
1
0
2
0 0
0
34
1
0
1
0 0
C 00
0000
0 00
0 00
0 0 0 2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Whooping cough.
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
1
C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
79
Measles
1
2
3
2
0
000
0 1 10
0 2
0 0
0
0
0
0 0
0
C
00
C
21 Erysipelas
1
1
29 Tetanus
system.
13
20
1
0
1
0 0
0 0
33 T/B of the intestines
2
T/B of the vertebral column
37
Disseminated T/B
1
1
0 0 0 0 0
0
..
T/B of other organs
0
20
52
0
0
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
2
1 0 0
1 0 0
0
43 Cancer of the buccal cavity
0
00 0
0
0
0
2
--
-
0 0
00
1 0 0 0 0 0
0
220
47 Cancer of the breast
0
6 4
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0
57
Diabetes mellitus ..
2 0
1
1
0
0 0 0 1
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 8
0 0 0 7
0 0 0 6
0 1 0 0
0 2 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
0 0
69
Other general diseases
26
36
62
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
4
4
8
11
4
2
0
III. Nervous System
Cerebral hemorrhage, apoplexy
75
0
1
1
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 1
2 0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0
76
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 n
0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 1
0 0
0 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0 0
2
0
19
31
50
1
1 1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
3
2
13
8
6
IV. Circulatory System
88
4
1
5
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 1
0 1
0 1
0 2
0 1
2 1
1
1
0
0
5
4
9
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
1
2
0 0
0 0
3 0
1 11 0 1
4 0
8 0
.2 1
10 1
10 0
14 2
1
6
2
90
5
9
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
91
Diseases of the arteries
92
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
10
0
0
72
58
130
0
00
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
3
1
13
5
0
0
0
0
0
1
1 0
0
0
3
1
4
1
0
0
00
0 0
0 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0
0
0
00 0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
221
99 Bronchitis
6
7
13
6
13
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
52
Chr. rheumatism, osteoarthritis.
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
4
Anemia, chlorosis
1
0
1
0
2
0 1
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
010 0 0
0
0 1 1
CI C
21 1
0| 0
0 3
1 | 3
0| 1
0 1
1 1
1| 0
0
49 Cancer of other organs
7
1
0
0
58
65
Hodgkin's disease
2
-
74
0
2
2
0
0
0 0
1 0
0 0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
2 0
2 0 0 0
6 0 0 0
12
6
2
0
18
24
42
0
1
0
0
0
Paralysis w/o spec. cause ..
Gen. paralysis of insane ...
71 Meningitis
1
0
78 Epilepsy
0
1
1
0
2
0
1 0
0
2
Diseases of the ear
....
84
Other dis. of nervous system
86
Endocarditis and myocarditis (acute)
89
Angina pectoris
56
44 100
0
0
0
0
1
0
17
4
2
0
0
0
0
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
4
V. Respiratory System
0
0
1 0
100a Bronchopneumonia
....
1
7 0
0
0 0 0 0 0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0 0 6
9 1.6 12
14 17 19 10
0
0
1|
0
11
6
00
Embolism and thrombosis (not cerebral)
0
Other diseases of the heart
0 0
0
0 1
LIST OF CAUSES OF DEATHS-1925-Continued
LIales
! (males
ia s
'r 1 year
to 9 years
+0 14 years
, to 19 years
„i to 24 years
'5 to 29 years
·v to 34 years
, to 39 years
to 44 years
Lo + years
. to 54 years
to 59 years
to 64 years
to 69 years
10 to 74 years
· to 79 years
50 to & years
Sto SO years
90 to 94 years
List No.
Cause
19
13
32
3
2
0
0
1
-
0
2
C
1
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
102
Pleurisy
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
00
0 0
0 0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
107
30
24
54
10
5
1
0
1
2
0
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
co
3
6
00
1
1
1
1
VI. Digestive System
109
Diseases of the tonsils
1
0
1
C
0
0
0 0
OC
0 0
00
0 0
OC
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
112 Other dis. of the stomach
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
1
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0
0 0
1000
0 0 0 0
0 0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0 00
0 0
00
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
00
0
D
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
10
7
17
4
1
0
1
0
0
1
VII. Genito-Urinary System
0
11
131 Other dis. of the kidneys
138
Pelvic abcess (female)
0
1
11
0
0
000
000
000
000
000
200
000
100
NOO
000
100
1
0
10
1
500
0
00
00
0
0 0
100
0
0
1
0
0
0
CITY OF QUINCY
.
1
3
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
00
0
0
117
Appendicitis
118
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
122
Cirrhosis of the liver
123
Biliary calculi
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0100
1000
0
0
105 Asthma
2
0
2
0
000
0
0
111
Ulcers of the stomach.
2
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
0 0
C
C
0
0
C
C 0
0
0
C
1
4
3
co
4
0
1
0
1
101a Lobar pneumonia
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other dis. of the respiratory sys.
Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years)
1
0
0
0
1
0 0
0 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0
0 0
0
113
0
0.
1
Hernia, intestinal obstruction
0
0
121 Hydatid tumor of the liver
0 0 0 0
00
5
1
5
5
25
36
0
0
129 Chronic nephritis
0
0
0 0 0 0 0
1
C
0
000
100
0
222
141 Other dis. of the female genital organs
137 Cysts of the ovary
0
1
1
00
00
000
000
000
00
00
00
10
00
10
00
00
00
00
10
00
00
OH
001
000
11
VIII. The Puerperal State
143
Accidents of pregnancy
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0
0
0
148 Puerperal albuminuria and con- vulsioną
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
00
00
0
IX. Diseases of the Skin
155
1
0
1
1
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
00
00
0 0
0
154
Other diseases of the skin
1
0
1
1
0 10 0 0
0
0
0
0
0
| 0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
X. Diseases of the Bones
155
1
1
2
0 0 0 0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0 0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
C
0
0
XI. Malformations
159a Congenital hydrocephalus
3
0
3
3
00
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
000
5
1
6
co
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
C
XII. Early Infancy
0
4
4
3
10
000
000
000
000
0
00
00
00
0
0
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
0
1
0 0 0 1000
0
0 0
0
0 0 000 000 0 C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
01
10
11
21
20
0
0
2
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
5
5
5
00
10
2
0
0
144
Puerperal hemorrhage
0
1
1
0
0
00
00
00
000
000
0 0
3
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
00
146 Puerperal septicemia
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
3
1 1
0
C 0 0 0
0 C
: 0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0
0
2
0
2
2
159b Cong. malformations of the heart 159c Other congenital malformations ....
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
160 Congenital debility
o.
161a Premature birth
9
4
13 13
0
0
0
o
0
0
0
0
161b Injury at birth
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
223
0
0
0
0
0
000 0
0
0
8
00
0
00
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
oc
0
0
0
0
0
00
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
000
0 C
0
00
..
0
2
2
30
41
0
000
0
1
0
0
000
0
0
Acute abscess
Diseases of the bones
00
0
0
0
0
00000
000
0
224
Males
Females
Totals
Under 1 year
1 year
2 years
3 years
4 years
5 to 9 years
10 to 14 years
15 to 19 years
20 to 24 years
25 to 29 years
30 to 34 years
35 to 39 years
40 to 44 years
45 to 49 years
50 to 54 years
55 to 59 years
60 to 64 years
65 to 69 years
70 to 74 years
75 to 79 years
80 to 84 years
85 to & years
90 to 94 years
List No.
Cause
XIV. External Causes
168
Suicide by hanging
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
00
179
Accidental burns
0
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 3 0 0
10 0
1 0 0
CITY OF QUINCY
Grand Totals
243
241
484
53 14
5
2 2
5 17
4
10
11
10
1(
12
11
25
17
38
1(
41
52
43
38
19
6
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
205b Not specified or unknown
1
0
1
0 0 0 0
0 0
0
0
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
XV. Ill Defined Diseases
24
14
38
3
1 1
1 0 0
1
0
1
0 0 0 2
0 0 0 2
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 2
0 0 1
1 0 3
0 0 0 0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0
188c Automobile accident
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1
0
0
1
0
0
188b Street car accident
6
4
10
0
1
0 1
00
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
000
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
00
0 0
0
0
C
1
C
C
C
C
0
C
0
178
Suicide by firearms
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
010
0 0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
1
0
0
188a Railroad accident
2
0
2
0
0
..
..
188f Coasting accident
1
189
Injury by animals
0
1
1
0
0 0
0 0
0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
1 0
2 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
0
1
0
1
0
Conflagration
2
Accidental mechanical suffocation
182
Accidental drowning
2
0
2
0
0
0
C
0
000
0
0
0
185
Accidental traumatism by fall.
3
4
7
0
2 .
2
187
Accidental traumatism by machines
0 0
1
C 0 1
.0 0 0
0 0 0 0 4
0 1 2
1
194
Excessive heat
0
2
1
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
0 0 0 0 0 0
0
0 0
178
2
4
0
0
....
..
0 0 0 0 1
1 0 0 7
0
0 0
0
0
0 0
0
1
0 0
-
0
0
0
2
180
1
0
1
0 0
225
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Birthplace of Decedents
Quincy
110
Denmark 5
Other Massachusetts 128
Ireland
31
Other United States 68 England 12
Canada
48
Greece
1
Sweden
18
Newfoundland 1
Italy
23
West Indies 1
Argentina
3
Wales 1
Germany
2 France
1
Finland
8 Unknown
2
Russia
3
Norway
3
Scotland
15
Total
484
Estimated population July 1, 1925.
60,634
Death rate per 1,000 population *7.98
Still births
48
*Lowest death rate in the history of the city.
226
No.
Index
Cause
Under 1 day
1 day
2 days
3 days to 1 wk.
Total under 1 wk.
1 week
2 weeks
3 wks. to 1 mo.
Total under 1 mo.
1 month
2 months
3 to 6 mos.
6 to 9 mos.
9 mos. to 1 yr.
Total under 1 yr.
Males
Females
..
7
1
3
10
21
2
2
4
29
2
5
10
5
2
53
28
25
180
Accid. mech. suffocation .... F
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
3
161b
Injury at birth
.. F
0
0
2
1
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
3 1
161b
Injury at birth
.M
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1 /
1
3
161a
Premature birth
.F
2
0
0
2
4
0
0
0
4
0
0
0 0
0
0
4 \
161a
Premature birth
.M
3
0
0
5
8
1
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
9 1
13
9
4
160
Congenital debility
.F
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
3
0
0
159c
Spina befida
M
0
0
0
0
0
0 .
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
159b
Congenital heart.
.M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1 }
2
1
1
159a
Congenital hydrocephalus.M
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
3
3
0
153
M
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
113
Diarrhoea and enteritis ...
.F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2 S
3
1
2
112
Diarrhoea and enteritis. ... M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0)
0
0
0
0
1 l
1
1
0
101a
F
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2 )
3
1
2
100a
Broncho pneumonia
.F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
100a
Broncho pneumonia
.M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
4 1
6
4
2
99
Acute bronchitis
M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
69
Hemorrhagic dis. of newb'n.M Hemiplegia F
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
31
T/B of the resp. system .... F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
21
Erysipelas
F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
11
Influenza
M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
9
Whooping cough
F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
.M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
7
Measles
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
75
Lobar pneumonia
.M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
101a
M
0
0.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Lobar pneumonia Acute indigestion
113
Acute abscess
Congenital heart ..
.F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1 0
0
0 0
3
0
3
159b
Pemphigus
154
4
Totals
INFANT MORTALITY LIST OF CAUSES OF DEATHS-1925
CITY OF QUINCY
2
·
227
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Deaths From Reportable Diseases by Wards-1925
Wd. 1
Wd. 2 Wd. 3 Wd. 4 Wd. 5 Wd. 6|T't'l
Measles
0
3
3
0
0
0
6
Whooping cough
1
0
0
0
2
0
3
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Influenza
5
2
0
1
1
0
9
Lobar pneumonia
16
3
2
6
2
3
32
Tetanus
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
T/B-pulmonary
5
2
5
4
4
0
20
T/B-other forms
3
0
2
0
1
3
9
Typhoid fever
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Totals
32
10
12
11
11
7
83
1
228
REPORTABLE DISEASES BY MONTHS-1925
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug. Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
En- demic Index
Chicken pox
8
9
10
19
25
22
2
2
11
3
9
11
131
134
Diphtheria
8
82
62
204
300
126
20
5
0
0
2
10
819
559
Measles
1
4
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
3
12
26
74
Mumps
2
3
8
3
7
3
1
1
0
4
·
..
.
3
6
62
74
Influenza
4
6
10
4
3
6
10
4
0
1
1
1
2
19
15
Pulmonary tuberculosis
6
0
2
1
2
2
1
13
1
3
6
3
1
..
4
7
21
25
42
25
22
22
12
3
0
0
Tetanus
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
8
0
0
23
9
Ophthalmia neonatorum.
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
Conjunctivitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
Encephalitis lethargica.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
4
2
Anterior poliomyelitis.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cerebro-spinal meningitis.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Septic sore throat ..
Totals
146
144
205
278
412
200
57
42
45
33
52
72
1,686
..
..
....
12
11
129
172
Tuberculosis, other forms.
9
20
18
15
5
194
131
Whooping cough
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
4
Typhoid fever
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
165
74
Lobar pneumonia
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