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Aid to Dependent Children
9
Assessors
52
Auditing
29
Building
31
Cemetery
153
City Clerk
162
Defense
30
Engineering
44
Executive
59
Fire
454
Fire and Police Signal
168
Gypsy Moth
129
Harbor Master
1
Health
192
Highway
2231
Historical Society
1
Hospital
524
Law
9
Library
125
Park
260
Police
544
Planning Board
1
Property Management
10
Purchasing
139
Sanitary
246
School
606
152
CITY OF QUINCY
Sealer of Weights
28
Sewer
249
Tax
75
Treasurer
49
Water
647
Welfare
82
Wire
37
W.P.A.
1546
Old Age Assistance
40
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The Purchasing Department wrote 11,805 purchase orders in 1940. The division of these orders may be compared in the table accompanying this report. The table shows that 6212 per cent of the orders were placed with Quincy Merchants or residents; 34% were placed with concerns in the Boston area where many firms employ Quincy residents; the balance of 31/2% were placed outside the Boston area. (Chart A-1.)
1940
No. of Orders
Total Amount
Quincy Orders
Amount of Quincy Orders
Boston Orders
Amount of Boston Orders
Outside Area Orders
Amount of Outside Orders
January
1073
30,976.79
727
18,784.20
309
10,538.50
37
1,654.09
February
898
29,578.15
597
15,768.54
232
12,238.91
69
1,570.70
March
896
25,190.94
643
15,176.07
220
7,757.06
33
2,257.81
April
1300
51,964.24
720
21,996.32
524
27,489.00
56
2,478.92
May
1667
58,736.71
838
29,072.53
779
26,401.19
50
3,262.99
June
994
43,252.58
577
18,457.41
378
22,862.04
39
1,933.13
July
880
41,462.69
529
17,136.51
332
23,769.28
19
556.90
August
814
40,365.16
575
21,029.25
224
18,870.51
15
465.40
September
799
37,118.25
548
19,271.03
226
16,357.56
25
1,489.66
October
951
46,303.96
629
20,318.32
285
24,912.57
37
1,073.07
November
837
34,981.02
588
16,751.95
246
16,636.42
3
1,592.65
December
696
35,853.45
416
17,735.35
250
16,911.30
30
1,206.80
Total
11,805
$475,783.94
7,387
$231,497.48
4,005
$224,744.34
413
$ 19,542.12
REPORT OF PURCHASE AND SUPPLY DEPARTMENT
153
154
CITY OF QUINCY
Sixty-four contracts were awarded during 1940. Chart A-2-3-4 found in this report gives the detail of these awards.
The printing of the 1940 Voting List was awarded by the Purchasing Agent to the Underhill Press (low bidder) at $735.00 against a 1939 price of $1440.00. This showed a savings of $705.00 over any previous contract price.
The gasoline contract for 1940 was awarded to the Cities Ser- vice Oil Company at the Consumer Tank Car Price less one-half cent with a top of .0725 per gallon for Koolmotor gasoline. In connection with this contract the various departments in the city had the use of the Contractor's Power Prover Service which we found of real assistance in the maintenance of our automotive equip- ment.
The granite edgestone contract for 1940 was awarded to the 1939 contractor at the same low price of .88c per foot.
The Hampshire Press, Incorporated, of Cambridge who did an excellent job on the 1938 City Report and whose figure for the 1939 report was at $2.56 per page plus $190.00 for the individual department reports, was again awarded this contract. On the basis of the same number of pages in the 1939 report as in the 1938 report this showed a savings of approximately $50.00.
After a year's experimenting of having white Police cruising cars it was decided to return to black cars. The Purchasing Agent bought eight 1940-85 H.P. Ford Standard Two-Door Sedans (seven in trade) for the sum of $3000.00 from the Quincy Motor Company, Inc.
Coal bids were opened in the spring and prices on awarded contracts were slightly less than the 1939 prices.
Welfare Range Oil contract was awarded to the Quincy Adams Coal and Fuel Oil Company at .015 above the Boston Tank Car Price which is slightly less than the 1939; price. Welfare coal contract was awarded to C.W. & G.W. Nightingale at $5.95 in one-half tons and $11.40 in ton lots which price is under the 1939 contract price.
Yeomans-O'Connell Company y was awarded a contract for the erection of an all-steel baseball backstop at $715.00 (low bid) at Fore River Field. Completed, this is the finest backstop in the City.
A contract for 12,000 copies of an illustrated booklet "The Quincy Schools at Work" was awarded to Nelco, Incorporated, for $1,009.00. Compiled under the direction of Superintendent Muir of our School Department this booklet should be of interest to the citizens.
The Supply Department still handicapped by lack of both space and funds nevertheless filled 855 orders during the year. These items consisted mostly of office supplies.
Plans have been completed for moving the department in January 1941 from its present location to 51 Saville Row where space will be available for a sizable Supply Department. In his
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1939 report the Purchasing Agent wrote in detail in refernce to an increase in his Supply Account. Again he wishes to emphasize the necessity of this Supply Account especially in 1941 when delivery on various supplies will become a problem.
Price increases were noted in certain items in the last quarter of 1940 and it is anticipated that due to world conditions further increases will take place in 1941. The Purchasing Agent will en- deavor to protect the City insofar as is possible on various items.
The Purchasing Agent acknowledges with thanks the co-opera- tion of department heads and contractors and assures the citizens of Quincy a continuance of an administration of this department for the best interests of all.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN T. LANE, Purchasing Agent
CONTRACTS
Department
Date
Contractor
Item
Amount
Assessors
Jan. 26
The Golden Print
Tax Bills:
26,000 Poll Tax @ 8.13 per M
25,000 Excise @
8.13 per M
25,000 Real @
11.68 per M
3,000 Personal @
13.45 per M
Total contract
$745.98
Jan. 25
The Alpine Press
Poll List
$943.00
City Clerk
July 9
The Underhill Press
Voting List
735.00
Executive
Jan. 25
The Hampshire Press
City Report
1489.50
Fire
May 3
South Shore Buick Co.
1-1940 Buick
1055.00
May 27
City Fuel Company
200 tons ROM Coal
6.67 ton
June 27
Goddard Oil Service
Fuel Oil for year
1.05 off
Gasoline
Feb. 8
. Cities Service Oil Co.
200,000 gallons
*
Posted T.C. Less .005 gal
All Departments
*
Top: . 0725 Plus Tax
Health
May 3
Swift & Bachman
1-1940 Plymouth Road King Coupe 425.00
1-1940 Plymouth Road King Sedan
490.00
Highway
Sept. 16
American Oil Products Co.
State Specification
No. OA-3-4-85/120 Penetration
Asphalt Barber Liquid Asphalt
10 gal.
(LMC-2)
.1175
gal
T-3-Priming Tar
.0667
gal
T-4-Surfacing Tar
.0667 gal
T-5-Retread Tar
.0667 gal
T-6-Retread Tar
.0667
gal
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Sept. 16
Lake Asphalt & Petroleum Company of Massachusetts
Sept. 16 Trimount Bituminous Products Co.
*
.075 gal top
*
CONTRACTS (Continued)
Department Date
Contractor
Item
Amount
TCB-5-6-Patching Tar
.0783 gal
June 11
Highway
June 11
Walter B. Olson Wilber A. Lakin
2000 ft. Straight Edgestone
.88 per ft.
400 ft. Curved Edgestone
1.15 per ft.
20 Throat Stone
10.00 ca.
50 Block Corners
3.75 ea.
Aug. 5
Old Colony Crushed Stone Co.
Stone Screenings
Various
April 16
National Contractors Co.
Class I Bituminous Concrete
5.00 ton
*Class I Bituminous Concrete (*using NAT-1-NAT-2 Asphalt)
5.63 ton
Library
May 28
C.W & G. W. Nightingale Goddard Oil Service
Fuel Oil
1.05 off
market price
Park
Sept. 4
Yeomans-O'Connell Co.
Police
May 3 Quincy Motor Co. Inc.
Chain Link Backstop 8-1940 Fords 85 HP Standard 2-door sedans Various School Items
"
see
April 8 Carter-Rice Co., Corp.
"
"
see
April 8
F.H. Crane & Sons Co.
",
see
April 8
Dowling School Supply Co.
"
",
see
April 8
Gledhill Brothers Co., Inc.
",
see
April 8
Windsor Pad & Paper Co,
see
April 8
Henry S. Wolkins
11
see
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April 8
Edward E. Babb Co.
see
April 8
Milton Bradley Co.
",
see
April 8
John S. Cheever Co.
"
=
see
April 8
J. L. Hammett Co.
Anthracite Stove Coal
10.20 ton
June 27
.075 top per gal. 880.00
3000.00
School
1000 tons Rip-Rap .60 ton
Stone from 1/4" to 2"
CONTRACTS (Continued)
Department
Date
Contractor
Item
Amount
Dec. 11
Nelco, Inc.
12,000 copies of booklet "The Quincy Schools at Work" First 10-M
849.00
Each additional thousand
80.00
May 23
Yeomans-O'Connell Co.
2000 Lin. ft. 5-foot Chain Link
Fence for various schools
2131.62
May 20
J. L. Hammett Company Gledhill Bros.
126 Pupils' Desks and Chairs
1568.70
168 Pupils' Desks and Chairs Model B 42 Pupils' Desks and Chairs Model A 2,625.00
July 30
C. Y. Woodbury, Inc.
No. 5 Fuel Oil for various schools Top July 1.66 bbl
Sept. 1.66 Dec. 1.76 May 1.86
Aug. 2 Cities Service Oil Co.
No. 6 Fuel Oil for schools
Top Sept 1.36 per bbl. Dec. 1.46 May 1.56
June 3 Quincy Coal & Fuel Oil Co.
200 tons Stoker Coal
6.50 per ton
June 3 City Fuel Co.
3300 tons Bituminous Coal
6.78 per ton
June 3 City Fuel Co.
50 tons Egg Coal To Oct. 10.36 per ton
After 10.86 per ton
Sewer
April 12 N.E. Concrete Pipe Corp.
Reinforced Concrete Pipe
Various
.April 12 N.E. Concrete Pipe Corp.
Various
April 15 John J. Gallagher, Inc.
Various
April 13 E.L. LeBaron Foundry Co.
April 13 N.E. Metal Culvert Co.
Plain Concrete Pipe Vitrified Clay Pipe Iron Castings Corrugated Metal Pipe
.025 per İb Various
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School
May 20
CONTRACTS (Continued)
Department
Date
Contractor
Item
Amount
April 13
L. Grossman Sons Co.
150,000 Hard-burned Sewer Brick 16.50 per M
less .50M 2.50 bb1
Water
April 25
Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
Class 200 Transite Water Pipe:
400 lin ft 10"
1.57 ft
1800 lin ft 8"
1.17 ft
300 lin ft 6"
.83 ft
May 13
Monroe Co. Warren Pipe Co. of Mass.
Dec. 26
Warren Pipe Co. of Mass.
Supplement added to above contract various
May 20
Hersey Manufacturing Co.
Water meters with connections various
Water
May 20
National Meter Co.
1-11/2 ton Chevrolet Open Express truck
668.32
May 3 Stonberg Motors, Inc.
May 20
Worthington-Gamon Meter Co.
Water Meters with and without
8.85 ea.
Connections 2-1940 Ford Tudor Sedans
.67 connections 1139.08
Welfare
May 3
Norfolk Sales Co.
Oct. 1
Quincy Adams Coal & Oil Co., Inc.
Approx. 75,000 gals range oil
.015 above Boston T.C.
Anthracite Coal
one-half ton lots
5.95
one-ton lots
3000 cubic yards Loam
.90 yd.
A11
Feb. 16
Woodward's Spring Shop
Spark Plugs
.37 ea.
Spark Plugs
various various
A11
Mar. 18 South Shore Automotive Service Granite City Electric Supply Co. for year Air Reduction Sales Co. May 3
Electric Light Bulbs
Acetylene and Oxygen
Axyg. 1.00 per C ft. Acety. 2.25 per C ft.
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Gate Valves
various
May 11
Class No. 150 B&S Warren-spun Cement
Lined Pipe
Water Meters with Connections 20.78 ca.
May 3 North Quincy Garage Co.
1-11/2 ton Dodge Express Truck 696.00
May 28
C.W. & G.W. Nightingale
11.40
May 1
C.P. Gardiner & Sons
A11
A11
April 13
Crystal Concrete Co.
Portland Cement
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
HON. THOMAS S. BURGIN Mayor of the City of Quincy
Dear Sir :-
I am pleased to render to you the annual report of the Quincy Health Department.
Our total weighted score for 1940, based on the Health Apprais- al Form as published by the American Public Health Association, is 775. A perfect score would be 1000. This is a small gain over last year. While our previous high score was in 1936, the require- ments since 1937 are much more severe and our activities based on the same scoring method used in 1936, would net us a score considerably over 800.
Following are the scores from 1926:
Year
Total Score
1926
771
1927
797
1928
712
1929
746
1939
. No scoring done
1931
No scoring done
1932
612.40
1933
714.20
1934
778
1935
783.80
1936
795.5
1937
No scoring done
1938
No scoring done
1939
773.2
1940
775
APPRAISAL 1940
Possible Weighted Score
Weighted Score Obtained
1. Vital Statistics
40.
40.
B. Communicable Disease
160.
141.9
C. Syphilis and Gonorrhea
90.
43.2
D. Tuberculosis
90.
79,1
E. Maternity Hygiene
90.
64.6
F. Infant and Preschool Hygiene
170.
117.3
G. School Hygiene
140.
109.2
H. General Sanitation
90.
85.1
I. Food and Milk Control
80.
64.6
Bonus for balanced program
50.
30
Total Weighted Score
1000.
775.
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It will be noted that all items, with the exception of Gonor- rhea and Syphilis, have attained a high percentage of the possible score. The low score in this item is due to poor reporting of such cases by local physicians.
Again I urge that all physicians report every case of Venereal Disease to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health as re- quired by law. It is very important that in each case being treated by private physicians that all contacts be examined. The Army and Navy authorities are rightfully insisting that this be done, so as to minimize as much as possible, the number of persons infected who may be in contact with members of these two branches of the service; and to cut down the loss of man hours of defense work- ers through these diseases.
While 1939 was notable in the low number of cases of re- portable diseases, with the exception of Lobar Pneumonia, Tuber- culosis and Measles, 1940 was still more remarkable with a total of 1513 cases reported as against 2477 in 1939. Last year there were 115 cases of Lobar Pneumonia as against 161 this year, Measles cases in 1939 were 1280 as against 256 in 1940. Turberculosis, all forms, takes up the largest portion of our expenditures for hospital- ization. In 939 we paid for 24,316 hospital days at the county hospi- tal; while in 1940 we paid for 26,446 or an increase of 2130 days. The hospital bill was $34,379.80, of which nearly $19,000 was re- covered through the state and other cities and towns. Table 8 shows the rapid decline in cases of Tuberculosis reported in the last 10 years; and eventually through this early hospitalization the benefits will be reflected by smaller hospital bills.
We continued our diphtheira immunization program this year. The clinics were well attended and we continue to be within the safety requirements as recommended by th Massachusetts Health Department. No cases of diphtheria were reported in 1940. Quincy's record on diphtheria is a splendid one, and only because of the success of large scale immunization, through co-operation of par- ents, physicians and the School Department with the Health De- partment.
I wish to thank Ex-Mayor Bradford and his committee for their never-ceasing fight to eliminate pollution of our coastal waters. It is unfortunate that the passage of a bill towards this end in 1939 did not remedy this condition, through lack of Federal Funds to do a portion of the work. However, they have started again and hope to have a bill passed in this Legislature which will take care of North and South Metropolitan outlets. This is of utmost importance to all residents of Quincy and everyone should get behind the program.
I wish to call to your attention the splendid co-operation by the Quincy Patriot Ledger in the way of giving publicity to our vari- ous projects. Much of the success obtained was due to their co-op- eration.
In conclusion, I take this opportunity to thank all depart- ments, and particularly the School Department, for the fine manner in which they have worked with us.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
I. For the fifth successive year, I again urge the installation of an incinerator to burn the refuse collected in the city. Each year the public dump problem is becoming more acute. They are eye- sores, a source of rats and vermin and become more and more ob- noxious to a growing number of our residents. I firmly believe that an incinerator could be so located that it would become an indis- pensable adjunct that would in the final analysis cost the taxpayer very little. With little more room left for dumping purposes at the Penn Street Dump we will find ourselves very much up against it, in the matter of disposal, within a very short period.
II. Also that as long as dumps are maintained, that they be under regular supervision, and that dumping hours be restricted to those hours when this supervision is available. There continues to be dumped in these places much food material that attract rats and vermin. Grocery and fruit stores are particular offenders. Also that more men be placed at these dumps to keep them levelled and as sightly as possible.
III. I again suggest that the Health Department be repre- sented on the License Board. Licenses have been issued for the sale of alcoholic beverages, in the past, to places that have not had proper equipment or facilities and it has been a long, expensive and arduous task to get corrected. If we were on the board licenses could be held up until proper facilities had been installed, thereby giving better protection with lesser court actions and a minimum of effort. In any case, I believe it would be wise for the license board to get the approval of this department as to facilities before granting such licenses.
IV. To continue every effort possible by all agencies and or- ganizations in the city to co-operate with Ex-Mayor Bradford's Pollution Committee in the cleaning up of Quincy Bay. This is a vital issue for the future of Quincy. There is no question but that the constant agitation of the conditions now existing drive down our real-estate values and make Quincy a less inviting place to live; and real danger to our health lurks in these waters. A speedy clean-up will be to our advantage.
V. Again I urge the voluntary inoculation of dogs against rabies. This should be done annually. Rabies has been on the in- crease in 1940 and we are very fortunate to have been without it here. It has occurred as close as Hingham this year. One rabid dog will endanger the lives of many persons as well as animals.
Respectfully submitted, RICHARD M. ASH, M.D. Health Commissioner
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DR. RICHARD M. ASH
Health Commissioner
Dear Doctor :--
Attached herewith are the reports and statistics as rendered by the several members of this department. For the information of those who read the annual report, is listed below the persons mak- ing up our department. The first paragraph includes those on a salary basis on our regular pay-roll. In the second paragraph are those paid on the basis of the number of clinics attended.
Commissioner Richard M. Ash, M.D.
Agent Howard E. Porter
Statistician . Ivan H. Poole
Clerk Verna M. Almon
Cornelius J. Lynch, M.D.
Child Welfare Physician
Edwin E. Smith, M.D.
Bacteriologist
. Edwin E. Smith, M.D.
Animal Inspector
E. A. de Varennes, D. V.M.
Slaughtering Inspector
E. A. de Varennes, D.V.M.
Plumbing Inspector Jere J. Curtis
Milk Inspector John J. Curtin
Meat and Restaurant Inspector . Clarence L. Edwards
Nurse-Contagious Diseases Catherine F. Coleman, R.N.
Nurse-Tuberculosis . Gertrude T. Russell, R.N.
Nurse-Child Welfare
Nurse-Child Welfare Mary M. McLennan, R.N.
.Hazel R. Kerr, R.N.
Dental Hygienist Dorothy A. Della Lucca
Custodian Dispensary Thomas A. Eames
PART-TIME
Asst. Child Welfare Physician Frederick Costanza, M.D.
Orthopedic Physician John Doherty, M.D.
Dentist-School Clinic Louis E. Sullivan, D.M.D.
Dentist-Pre-School Clinic Alfred E. O'Malley, D.M.D.
Dentist-Pre-school Clinic Frederick S. Tobben, D.M.D.
In addition to my regularly assigned duties in the office as your assistant, I have made the following number of inspections and particular calls.
Investigation of unsanitary conditions. 1328 calls
Persons lapsing treatment for Venereal Diseases. 74 -
Patients taken to or from various hospitals 27
Other calls at hospitals and laboratories 29
Also there were many calls in reference to settlement histories and for other purposes that occur from time to time in the de- partment.
I wish to thank each member of the department for their fine co-operation with me during the year; and to members of other departments for their assistance in helping to correct the many problems that confront us each year.
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD E. PORTER Agent
Venerealogist
Dispensary Physician Edmund B. Fitz Gerald, M.D.
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MORTALITY STATISTICS
Note: Population figures, on which mortality rates are based, are figured arithmetically in the proportion of annual increase as com- puted on the basis of growth between the last two Federal Cen- suses. Thus the estimated population for the year 1931 to 1939 in- clusive, are based on the rate of population growth that obtained between the censuses of 1920 and 1930. Since we have now the 1940 census figure, which shows a much slower growth than in the prev- ious decade, the populations for the years since 1930 can be more accurately ascertained. The following figures for the years 1935 to 1940, inclusive, are corrected on the basis of the 1940 census. This will give a truer comparison of the rates for those years. Population figures are estimated as of mdi year, or July 1st.
ESTIMATED POPULATION
1935
74,409
1936
74,871
1937
75,333
1938
75,795
1939
76,257
1940
76,721
CRUDE DEATH RATES
Year
Deaths occurring in Quincy
Crude death rate per 1,000 pop.
1935
645
8.67
1936
650
8.68
1937
691
9.17
1938
652
8.60
1939
671
8.80
1940
668
8.71
RESIDENTIAL DEATH RATES
Year
Non-resident deaths. in Quincy
Resident deaths. in Quircy
Resident deaths. out- side Quincy
Total residential deaths
Residential death.rate per. 1000
1935
54
591
140
731
9,82
1936
55
595
140
735
9.82
1937
66
625
152
777
10.31
1938
42
610
140
750
9.89
1939
76
595
154
749
9.82
1940
68
600
128
728
9.49
SEX. Of the 728 residential deaths in 1940, 381 or 52 percent were males, and 344, or 48 percent were females. The proportion of males in the living population shown by the 1930 Census was 49.3 (1940 Census figures as to this item not yet available). Based on this ratio, the male resident death rate for Quincy in 1940 was 10.7 as against a rate of 8.9 for females.
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AGE. Of the 728 deaths, 35 or 48 percent, were of infants under one year of age. More detailed information pertaining to infant mortality is in a following paragraph and in Table V. Other age distributions will be found in Table 1.
NATIVITY. 55 percent of the decedents were of native birth and 45 percent were foreign born.
INFANT MORTALITY. The infant mortality rate for Quincy in 1940 was 29.81 as against 30.44 for 1939 and 37.33 per 1000 live births in 1938. The following figures show at what time of the first year of life these deaths occurred:
First day 17 deaths or 48.6%
Less than 1 week but more than one day ... 4 deaths or 11.4%
3 deaths or 8.6%
Less than 1 month but more than one week Less than 6 months but more than one month 9 deaths or 25.7%
Less than 1 year but more than six months
2 deaths or 5.7%
35 deaths or 100. %
Of these 35 infant deaths, 17 were caused by premature birth, injury at birth and other diseases peculiar to early infancy. There were 6 deaths from congenital malformations and 8 from Pneumonia of different types. Table II will show under what division these and the balance of infant deaths were classified.
Following are statistics on some of the principal causes of death since 1935:
NUMBER AND PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL DEATHS ANNUALLY FROM PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH 1935-1940
Cause of Death
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
Total Deaths
731
735
777
750
749
728
Diseases of the Heart
Number of deaths
189
184
240
236
247
260
Pctg. of total deaths
25.9
25.
30.9
31.5
33.
35.7
Cancer and Other Malignant
Tumors
Number of deaths
96
114
106
106
120
120
Pctg. of total deaths
13.1
15.5
13.6
14.1
16.
13.7
Cerebral Hemorrhage, Embolism
and Thrombosis
Number of deaths
53
46
60
76
87
75
Pctg. of total deaths
7.2
6.2
7.2
10.1
12.1
10.4
Pneumonia, All Forms
Number of deaths
55
56
56
49
48
53
Pctg. of total deaths
7.5
7.6
7.3
6.9
6.4
7.3
Nephritis
Number of deaths
63
65
78
49
44
43
Pctg. of total deaths
8.6
9.
10.
6.9
5.9
6.
Tuberculosis
Number of death
46
26
38
30
35
24
Pctg. of total deaths
6.3
3.5
4.9
4.
4.7
3.4
Automobile Accidents
Number of deaths
17
11
5
9
7
6
Pctg. of total deaths
2.3
1.5
.7
1.2
9
.8
Other Accidents
Number of deaths
35
19
32
37
29
29
Pctg. of total deaths
4.8
2.6
4.2
4.9
3.9
4.
167
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
BIRTH STATISTICS
There were 1174 residential births during 1940. Resident births occurring in Quincy were 889, and residential births occuring out- side of Quincy were 285. This gives Quincy a birth-rate for 1940 of 15.3 per 1,000 population, the highest rate since 1934. In addition there were 196 non-resident births in Quincy.
The history of the facilities used by expectant mothers in cases of child birth has more than reversed itself the last 21 years. In 1919, 942, or 75 percent of the births of Quincy residents, were in the homes; and 316, or 25 percent in hospitals. In 1940, only 32, or 2.7 percent of the residential births, occurred at home; and the balance, or 1142 (97.3 percent) were born in hospitals. This record is indeed notable, in that the percentage of births in hospitals throughout Massachusetts in 78 percent, and births in homes 22 percent. Further, there were 11 non-resident births in Quincy in 1919, six of them being born in the Quincy Hospital; while in 1940 there were 196 non-residential births in Quincy, 195 of which were in the Quincy Hospital. In 1919, 129 births occurred at the Quincy Hospital as against 1052 in 1940.
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