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10 to 14 years
15 to 19 years
20 to 29 years
30 to 39 years
40 to 49 years
50 to 59 years
60 to 69 years
70 to 79 years
80 to 89 years
90 to 99 years
115 Diseases of the buccal cavity and an- nexae, and of pharynx and tonsils (including adenoid vegetation) ......
T M F
2
1
3
000
000
0
0
0
000
000
C
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
T
2
0
2
1
0
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
M
1
0
1
1
0 0
oc
0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
1
0
0
T
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
000
000
000
000
000
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
10
1
11
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
4
2
0
1
1
0
0
M
9
1
10
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
4
1
0
1
1
0
0
F
1
0
1
0
O
0
000
000
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
T
4
4
8
1
0
0
0
-
O
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
2
0
M
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
F
3
2
5
1
C
C
C
C
C
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
..
T
3
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
1
0
M
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
F
1
1
2
0
C
0
0
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
F
0
0
0
0
O
0
000
2 2
000
000
0
0
0
0
11
000
0
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
000
118 Other diseases of stomach (cancer excepted)
.
F
1
0
1
0
119 Enteritis
M
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
C
0
0
CITY OF QUINCY
146
Sex
Total
0
117 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum
000
0
000
121 Appendicitis
122 Hernia, intestinal obstruction
00
1
123 Other diseases of the intestines
H M F
1 0 1
C 0 0
1 0 1
C C 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
C 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
C 0 0
- 0
0 0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
TMF
3
2
5
0
00
000
000
000
000
0 0 0
000
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
C
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
TNF
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
000
000
000
000
000
000
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
F
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
000
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
F
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
2
8
9
6
13
19
5
2
X. Diseases of the Genito-Urinary System
T M F
43
28
0
0
0 0
00
0
00
00
0
0
8
2
2
9
5
1
21
16
37
0
0
0
0
2
000
101
000
000
0
6
1
2
7
9
5
1
T
2
0
2
0
0
000
000
000
000
000
000
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
T
1
1
2
0
0
0
147
133
Other diseases of the kidneys and uterus (puerperal diseases excepted)
F
1
0
1
0
0
0
000
101
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
M
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
000
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
C
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
T
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
T
1
0
1
0
71 34
0
0
000
000
0
0
2
0
6
4
4
10
4
1
131 Nephritis (chronic)
M
2
9
31
F
17
15
32
2
0
0
F
2
0
0
0
0
M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
132 Nephritis (unspecified, 10 years and over).
C
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
T
39
24
63
0
0
2
6
7
6
11
19
9
0
M
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1000
10
5
1
2
0
7
4
0
0
0
0
126 Biliary Calculi
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
0
0
C
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
127 Other diseases of the gall-bladder and biliary passages
128 Diseases of the pancreas
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
0
0
OC
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
2
22
12
0
0
0
124 Cirrhosis of liver
RESIDENT DEATHS-1936-(Continued)
Age of decedents in years
International List Number
CAUSE OF DEATH
Native born
Foreign born
Total
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 29 years
30 to 39 years
40 to 49 years
50 to 59 years
60 to 69 years
70 to 79 years
80 to 89 years
90 to 99 years
134 Calculi of the urinary passages
T M F
0
2
2
0
0
000
000
000
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
000
137 Diseases of the prostate.
M
0)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
O
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
1
0
1
0
0
0
-
0
0
1
C
0
0
0
0
0
M
0
0
0
0
1
-
000
00
OC
000
000
O
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
0
1
10
0
00
-
0
0
0
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
MI
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
F
9
-
10
0
O
0
0
C
0
0
5
5
0
0
0
0
C
0
T
-
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
MI
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
F
1
0
1
0
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
145 Puerperal septicemia (not specified as due to abortion)
F
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
C
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
CITY OF QUINCY
148
T
0
1
1
0
-
0
0
0
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
139 Diseases of female genital organs (not specified as venereal)
F
1
0
1
0
0)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
XI. Diseases of Pregnancy, Childbirth; and the Puerperal State
0 0
0 0
0 0
000
144 Puerperal hemorrhage
Sex
0
1
0
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
149
161
Other diseases peculiar to early infancy.
M
4
0
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
F
1
0
1
1
0
0
00
0
C
0
0
0
0
0)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
C
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
2
0
2
0
00
00
0
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
F
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
HWJ
2
1
3
0
C
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
C
C
0
0
0
149 Other accidents of child-birth
2
1
3
0
0
0
000
00
00
000
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
XIV. Congenital-Malformations
HWJ
4
0
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
4
0
4
4
0
0
0
000
000
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
F
1
0
1
1
0
0
000
000
000
00
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
M
16
0
16
16
16
16
12
0
000
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
00
0
0
0
T
23
0
23
23
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
M
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
160 Injury at birth.
F
3
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
5
0
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
M
11
0
=
=
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
159 Premature birth
...
HWJ
3 0
0
3
0
3
0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
C
0 |0|
3 0
C 0
C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
147 Other toxemias of pregnancy
M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
157 Congenital malformations (stillbirths not included)
M
3
0
3
3
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
XV. Diseases of Early Infancy
T
32
0
32
32
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
F
12
0
12
T
4
0
4
4
3 0
0 0
0 0
0 0 0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
146 Puerperal albuminuria (not speci- fied as due to abortion)
C
C
0 0
0
0
0
F
16
0
0
0
0
C
C
00
000
000
0
0
0
0
RESIDENT DEATHS-1936-(Continued)
Age of decedents in years
International List Number
CAUSE OF DEATH
Native born
Foreign born
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 29 years
30 to 39 years
40 to 49 years
50 to 59 years
60 to 69 years
70 to 79 years
80 to 89 years
90 to 99 years
HWJ
1
1
2
0
000
0 0
000
000
0 0
000
000
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
T
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
F
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
XVII. Violent and Accidental Deaths
T M F
30 24 6
10
40
2
0
1
1
1
1
0 0
5
2
10
3
4
5
0
3
T
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
O
0
164 Suicide by poison gas.
M
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
F
0
0
0
0
0
O
0
0
O
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
4
0
4
0
00
000
00C
000
00
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
M
3
0
3
0
1
0
0
-
O
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
T
3
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
M
3
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
F
0
0
0
C
000
000
0
000
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CITY OF QUINCY
0
0
1
1
00
XVI. Senility
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
5
2
10
3
3
2
0
3
1
7
1
O
0
0
O
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
165 Suicide by hanging
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
F
1
0
167 Suicide by firearms.
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
6
33
000
2 0 2
0
0
162 Senility
150
Sex
Total
181 Accidental burns (conflagration excepted)
T M F
0 0
1
1 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
000
00C
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
1
0
0
OC
0
0
0
0
T
2
0
2
2
0
0
0
C
0
0 0
0
000
000
000
0 0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
2
0
2
0
0
0
000
000
110
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
185 Accidental traumatism by cutting or piercing instruments.
T M F
1
1
2
0
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
5
3
8
0
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
T
2
0
2
0
0
000
000
000
000
110
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
F
0
0
0
0
0
00
000
000
000
000
000
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
000
000
000
00
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
1
0
0
M
6
3
9
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
3
0
1
0
0
F
2
0
2
0
0
110
202
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
0 1
0
0
000
0
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
151
210
Automobile accidents
T
OC
3
11
0
0
0
0
1
0
F
0
0
0
0
203 Elevator accidents
M
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
000
1
0
3
M
3
2
5
0
F
2
1
3
0
194 Other accidents
M
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
195 Violent deaths of which the nature is unknown (Accident, Suicide or Homicide)
T M
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
M
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
F
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
182 Accidental mechanical suffocation ...
M F
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
3
186 Accidents (traumatism by fall, crushing, landslide)
C
0
0
1
0
0
0
00
C
C
C
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
183 Accidental drowning.
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
C
0
0
-
1
1
RESIDENT DEATHS-1936-(Continued)
Age of decedents in years
International List Number
CAUSE OF DEATH
Native born
Foreign born
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 29 years
30 to 39 years
40 to 49 years
50 to 59 years
60 to 69 years
70 to 79 years
80 to 89 years
90 to 99 years
T M F
3
00
3
0
000
000
000
0 0
0
0
0
101
000
0
0
0
0
0
000
00
0
T
3
0
3
0
0
0
000
000
00
01
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
M
2
0
2
0
0
0
200
Cause of death not specified or ill-defined.
F
1
0
1
0
C
C
0
-
C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CITY OF QUINCY
152
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
XVIII. III-Defined Causes of Death
1
0
1
0
Total
·
Sex
0
00
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
153
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
MORTALITY STATISTICS
Number of Deaths and Death Rates. During the year 1936, there were 650 deaths that occurred in Quincy, five more than occurred during 1935. Based on the estimated population of 78,465, the crude death rate was 8.2 per 1000 population, compared with a death rate of 8.3 per 1000 for 1935.
Of the 650 deaths in Quincy, 55 were among non-residents. There were 140 Quincy residents (the same as in 1935) who died outside the city; so that the number of resident deaths for the year was 735 as compared wih 731 resident deaths in 1935. The resident deatlı rate for 1936 was 9.4 per 1000 population, the same rate as 1935. The tables for 1936 are based on resident deaths; the non-resident deaths being excluded and resident deaths outside the city included.
Sex. Of the 735 resident deaths during 1936, 396 or nearly 54 per cent were males and 339, or slightly less than 46 per cent were females. The proportion of males in the living population shown by the United States Census of 1930 was 49.3. Based on this propor- tion the male resident death rate for Quincy in 1936 was 10.2 as against a rate of 8.5 for females.
Age. Of the 735 deaths in 1936, 48 or 6.5 per cent were of infants under one year of age. More detailed information of infant mortality is in a following paragraph. Other age distributions will be found in Table 1.
Nativity. 60.7 per cent of the decedents were of native birth and 39.3 per cent were foreign born.
Infant Mortality. The infant mortality rate for Quincy in 1936 was 42.5 as against 36.6 per 1000 live births in 1935. This shows an increase over 1935, which was 36.6, a figure which was the lowest rate for Quincy on record. This year's figure is well below the state rate.
The highest proportion of infant deaths occurred in the first week, with 34 or 70.8 per cent. On the first day there occurred 25 deaths or 52.1 per cent of total infant deaths. .
Of these 48 infant deaths, 32 were caused by premature birth, injury at birth and other diseases peculiar to very early infancy. There were, in addition, 4 deaths from congenital malformations.
Heart Disease was the leading cause of death with 184 or approxi- mately 25 per cent of the total with a rate of 234.5 per 100,000 population. In 1935 the rate was 245 per 100,000 population.
Cancer and other Malignant Tumors caused 114 deaths, or 15.5 per cent of the total, with a rate of 145.3 as against a rate of 124 per 100,000 population in 1935.
Cerebral Hemorrhage, Cerebral Embolism and Thrombosis were the cause of 46 deaths; a decided jump over last year. The death rate in 1936 for this particular group was 58.6 as against 23.3 per 100,000 population in 1935.
Pneumonia caused 56 deaths for a rate of 72.6 per 100,000 popula- tion as against a rate for 1935 of 71.
Brights Disease and Acute Nephritis were the cause of 65 deaths for a rate of 82.8 per 100,000 as against a rate of 78. for 1935.
Tuberculosis in all of its forms claimed only 26 victims; all but one died from tuberculosis of the respiratory system. The death rate from this disease was 33.1 per 100,000 population as against 46 deaths in 1935 with a rate for that year of 59. Table 4 shows graphically the declining death rate for tuberculosis.
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TABLE 2 Deaths (exclusive of still births) from important causes for certain subdivisions of the first year of life, 1936
AGE OF DECEDENTS
International List Number
CAUSE OF DEATH
Total under
Less than
1 day
1 day
2 days
3 days but
less than 7
than 1 week Total less
1 week but
2 weeks but
less than 3
less than 1 3 weeks but
month
than 1 month Total less
1 month but
less than 2
2 months but
3 months but
less than 6
6 months but
less than 9
9 months but less than 1
year
T
1
0
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
000
00
F
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
T
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
M
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
89 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process ..
F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
M
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
M
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
T
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
118
Other diseases of the stomach
F
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
M
15 Erysipelas
Sex
1 year
0
86 Convulsions
107 Broncho-pneumonia.
114 Other diseases of the respiratory system (tuberculosis excepted)
CITY OF QUINCY
less than 3
less than 2
119 Enteritis
M F
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
0
T
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
M
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
122 Intestinal obstruction
F
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
T
4
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
M
3
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
F
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
T
23
14
4
2
0
20
1
1
0
22
0
0
1
0
0
M
11
5
2
2
0
9
0
1
0
10
0
0
1
0
0
F
12
9
2
0
0
11
1
0
0
12
0
0
0
0
0
T
4
2
1
0
1
4
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
M
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
F
3
1
1
0
1
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
T
5
2
0
0
2
4
0
1
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
M
4
2
0
0
1
3
0
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
F
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
161 Other diseases peculiar to early infancy.
T
2
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
M
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
182 Accidental mechanical suffocation ..
F
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
T
48
19
6
2
5
32
3
3
0
38
0
1
5
3
1
M
20
9
2
2
3
16
2
3
0
21
0
0
3
2
1
Total
F
20
10
4
0
2
16
1
0
0
17
0
1
2
1
0
155
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
157 Congenital malformations
159 Premature birth
160 Injury at birth
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MORTALITY STATISTICS (Continued from Page 153)
Maternal Mortality. Deaths from puerperal causes in 1936, to- talled 10, indicating a rate of 88 per 10,000 total births.
Reportable Diseases. The number of deaths and death rates from epidemic and infectious diseases for 1936 are shown in Table 3. The death rates since 1877 for certain of the diseases are shown in Table 4.
Automobile Accidents and Injuries caused 11 deaths for a rate of 14 per 100,000 population. Not all of these deaths were from acci- dents which occurred in Quincy.
TABLE 3. Mortality rates per 100,000 population for reportable diseases
Disease
Number of deaths
Mortality rate per 100,000 population
Lobar pneumonia
29
37.
Meningococcus meningitis.
3
3.9
Tuberculosis, pulmonary
25
32.
Tuberculosis, other forms.
1
1.3
Syphilis.
2
2.6
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHL
TABLE 4.
Average annual death rate per 100,000 population from certain diseases in Quincy, Mass. for five year periods from 1877-1936.
DISEASE
Five vear period
Diphtheria
Diarrheal
Diseases
Measles
Scarlet Fever
Tuberculosis All forms
Typhoid
Fever
Whooping Cough
1877-1881
251
165
7.7
27.9
325
36.8
8.
1882-1886
77
143
3.5
38.9
323
50.
5.1
1887-1891
158
181
15.9
6.7
254
57.3
12.5
1892-1896
82
174
3.2
15.
262
42.2
11.8
1897-1901
34.5
155
11.5
1.8
208
24.3
17.
1902-1906
41.6
121
9.4
4.4
184
12.6
19.5
1907-1911
17.5
126
5.5
12.
153
8.
6.9
1912-1916
14.3
57
7.3
9.8
151
5.2
11.4
1917-1921
16.2
35
5.7
5.
135
2.1
11.2
1922-1926
7.5
10.3
3.6
2.4
89
.3
6.6
1927-1931
2.6
7
3.2
5.6
65
.6
4.2
1932-1936
.8
3.7
1.0
2.1
50
.3
3.2
TABLE 5. Average annual infant death rate and still birth rates per 1,000 live births in Quincy, Mass., for five year periods, 1902-1936.
Five year period
Infants under one month
Infants one month to one year
Infants under one year
Still births
1902-1906
38.8
66.2
105
30.6
1907-1911
43.4
63.6
107
36.
1912-1916
42.8
43.4
86.2
33.4
1917-1921
35.7
36.1
71.8
35.6
1922-1926
32.6
24.7
57.3
34.3
1927-1931
32.7
25.5
58.2
29.
1932-1936
28.9
15.0
43.9
25.
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TABLE 6 Reportable Diseases by Months, 1936
Disease
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Anterior poliomyelitis
65
44
52
49
61
32
1
0
0
1
4
31
340
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Chickenpox.
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
155
Diphtheria.
6
5
16
5
28
16
17
23
15
8
9
1
0
1
Dog bite.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Dysentery, amebic.
0
0
0
1
4
5
4
3
2
2
0
2
3
3
41
Lobar pneumonia ..
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Malaria.
32
150
278
295
293
106
18
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
Measles
0
0
1
60
35
27
1
0
0
3
12
20
29
Mumps.
2
9
3
5
4
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
189
Rubella.
38
23
19
12
18
12
2
2
4
8
15
36
42
Scarlet fever
2
1
3
8
1
4
4
6
2
7
2
2
10
Tuberculosis, pulmonary
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
2
1
0
3
Tuberculosis, hilum
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
Tuberculosis, other forms
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Typhoid fever.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Undulant fever
2
6
7
8
5
3
2
0
4
15
20
23
95
Whooping cough
Total
296
393
503
448
451
207
49
36
26
50
70
126
2655
0
0
0
0
Hookworm
8
5
149
118
0
1
0
0
564
Meningococcus meningitis
0
2
2
1177
1
7
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139
159
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
TABLE 7. Reportable diseases by wards, 1936.
Wards
Disease
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
Anterior poliomyelitis
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Chickenpox
43
37
57
70
99
34
340
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Dogbite
30
22
19
16
37
31
155
Dysentery, amebic.
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Hookworm
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Lobar pneumonia
14
10
6
1
4
6
41
Malaria
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Measles.
234
171
96
90
355
231
1177
Meningococcus, meningitis
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Mumps.
298
51
91
41
53
30
564
Rubella
6
1
2
1
15
4
29
Scarlet Fever.
36
13
6
5
50
79
189
Tuberculosis, hilum
1
4
1
1
1
2
10
Tuberculosis, other forms
0
1
0
1
1
0
3
Tuberculosis, pulmonary.
8
5
11
5
5
8
42
Typhoid Fever
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
Undulant Fever
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Whooping Cough
9
36
14
15
4
17
95
Total
682
353
304
246
626
444
2655
TABLE 8 Comparative Morbidity-ten years
Disease
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
Actinomycosis.
17
1
8
13
24
2
9
1
23
Anterior poliomyelitis
82
196
62
106
64
134
278
278
157
340
Chickenpox ..
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
Conjunctivitis
54
19
18
7
9
26
25
12
1
1
· Diphtheria.
11
22
40
39
71
62
78
178
214
155
Dog bite.
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Dysentery, amebic.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Dysentery, bacillary.
2
0
0
0
4
1
1
5
0
0
Encephalitis lethargica
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Hookworm.
12
37
83
8
23
4
4
38
54
34
40
41
Lobar Pneumonia.
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
Malaria
409
1855
99
771
207
106
55
1963
124
1177
Measles
0
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
Meningococcus meningitis
80
6
54
78
65
167
20
30
500
564
Mumps
2
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
Ophthalmia neonatorum.
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rabies.
13
8
8
78
6
6
12
12
4114
29
Rubella.
376
241
268
343
322
211
547
221
270
189
Scarlet Fever
2
4
0
5
3
2
7
3
1
0
Septic sore throat.
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Smallpox.
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Tetanus ..
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
Trachoma.
65
73
68
96
84
58
67
63
83
42
Tuberculosis, pulmonary
8
106
24
47
32
16
20
117
20
13
Tuberculosis, other forms **
4
0
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
Typhoid Fever.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Undulant Fever
92
91
170
88
94
70
158
207
95
95
Whooping Cough
1267
2713
957
1737
1052
912
1342
3131
5650
2315
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
*Not reportable since 1933.
** Includes hilum tuberculosis.
160
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Influenza*
37
49
47
51
38
Total.
1
161
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
JANUARY 1, 1937.
RICHARD M. ASH, M.D. Health Commissioner.
Dear Sir :-
According to the records a very favorable story was revealed in 1936. There were fifty per cent less cases in the class of "all kinds" of Tuberculosis. This fifty per cent decrease held also in the new Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases and those of the childhood type. Were these statistics to continue, one can readily see that the Tuberculosis problem in Quincy would soon be under control. Another satisfactory phase of the report shows over sixty per cent of the cases reported were sent to the sanatorium. Early diagnosis and early hospitalization is still the most acceptable method of conquering Tuberculosis.
The newer method in treating Tuberculosis, such as "gas and rib" operations are now more generally understood and serve as a decided incentive for patients seeking earlier treatment. Thus we are getting more moderately advanced cases and more cures result. More minimal cases are discovered and thus the Tuberculosis prob- lem is helped from all sources. Of course in the last analyses, education still is one of the most effective weapons in accomplishing Tuberculosis control. Education spreads through our clinics, brings in contacts and thus examined, elicits either minimal cases and thus helps to prevent the spread of Tuberculosis.
"Undernourished Clinic"
The foundation for all preventive work in Tuberculosis control is laid in the Children's Clinic. Here we find the disease in the earlier stages where its early discovery leads to a very good prognosis. Also finding traces of Tuberculosis in the child naturally leads us to find a contact and we usually find this contact in the child's family. Thus in finding and segregating the source of the Tuberculosis, we aid in the control of the disease and render the community more secure from the ravages of the white plague. The attendance and cooperation at the clinics have maintained their usually high standard and I feel good work has been ac- complished in discovering new contacts and suspects and instruct- ing them in the standard methods for the control of Tuberculosis.
"Norfolk Preventorium"
Our usual quota of pre-tubercular children was sent to the preventorium during the past year and as in the past good health results obtained. The average gain in weight per child was about ten pounds and the eight weeks intensive outdoor life, with its swimming and sun baths, increased materially the children's resist- ance.
The preventorium idea in Tuberculosis contro! should be con- tinued. It has double action in Tuberculosis control, for it not only greatly helps the individual children sent to the camp but also in- creases our clinic attendance.
Sincerely yours,
CORNELIUS J. LYNCH, M.D., Dispensary Physician. JANUARY 1, 1937.
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REPORT OF THE TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY NURSES
RICHARD M. ASH, M.D. Health Commissioner.
Dear Doctor :-
We herewith submit to you our annual report for the year ending December 31, 1936.
Total number of all kinds of tuberculosis on record in the city 867
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 476
Childhood Type Tuberculosis 319
Other Forms 72
New cases of tuberculosis reported during the year-all kinds 49
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 39
Childhood Type Tuberculosis 7
Other Forms 3
Under "Pulmonary Tuberculosis" Minimal cases reported . 3
Disposition of New Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases:
Admitted to sanatoria 26
Reported by death certificate 6
Taking treatment in Colorado 1
Taking treatment at home 3
Died at Quincy City Hospital 1
Waiting for admission to sanatorium 2
Disposition of New Childhood Type Tuberculosis
Admitted to North Reading State Sanatorium 4
At home under dispensary observation 2
Disposition of New Other T.B. Cases
Admitted to Lakeville State Sanatorium 1
Died at Massachusetts General Hospital 1
Cases admitted to the Norfolk County Hospital 56
Cases discharged from the Norfolk County Hospita!
53
Indefinite leave of absence 5
Arrested cases 10
1 arrested case was readmitted
Left against advice 5
3 were admitted
1 died at home 1 died at home "Carcinoma of lungs"
Quiescent
1
No evidence of "active" pulmonary tuberculosis but was later admitted as active pulmonary tuberculosis 1
Non tubercular 6
Hypertension 1
Chronic Bronchiectasis 2
Chronic valvular heart and chronic nephritis-too ill to move after diagnosis was made so died at the sanatorium 1
Chronic bronchial asthma 1
Died at sanatorium 20
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
North Reading State Sanatorium for children
Cases admitted during the year 9
Cases discharged during the year
10
Condition on discharge:
Arrested cases 7
Entered as Pulmonary tuberculosis was discharged as "arrested Hilum" 1
Admitted as Hilum died as pulmonary tuberculosis 1
Arrested pulmonary tuberculosis 1
Lakeville State Sanatorium
Cases admitted during the year 2
Cases discharged during the year
3
Condition on discharge: T.B. Peritonitis "arrested" T.B. Eyes-"Quiescent" to check with Eye and Ear Infirmary T.B. Enodometritis-"arrested pulmonary"
Plymouth County Sanatorium
Patient had been a patient previously so readmitted for 6 weeks before delivery.
Number of deaths reported during the year
29
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 28 T.B. Knee 1
New living cases added to the register exclusive of Hilum
42
Number of cases transferred from city (exclusive of Hilum)
by death or moved away or other causes 56
"Clinic" Adult
Attendance
412
New cases added to clinic register 78
Number of contact examinations made 106
Number of sputum examinations made 114
Cases X-rayed at Norfolk County Hospital 104
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