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Government regulations on the purchase of vital materials where many supplies are only available for maintenance and re- pair work may mean a curtailment of our usual constructive pro- gram. Price increases which have already started can only be controlled by ceilings per Government order.
The Purchasing Agent acknowledges with thanks the coopera- tion shown during 1941 and renews his pledge to the Citizens of Quincy of an administration for the best interests of the Tax- payers.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN T. LANE, Purchasing Agent.
CONTRACTS
Department
Date
Contractor
Equipment or Supplies
Amount
Assessors
Jan. 15
Rogers Timely Printing Serv.
Tax Bills : 30M Poll Tax @ $7.46 M 30M Excise Tax @ $7.46 M 25M Real Estate Tax @ $10.58 M 3M Personal Tax @ $10.66 M Total
$744.08
Jan. 15
Nelco, Inc.
Poll List
900.00
April 24
Remington Rand, Inc.
4 Billing Machines (4 used machines in trade)
3,240.00
City Clerk
Aug. 27
Golden Print
Voting List
1,244.00
Engineering
April 24
Granite Chevrolet Co., Inc.
1 Chevrolet Town Sedan (Car in trade)
573.00
Executive
Jan. 15
Nelco, Inc.
2.52
Fire
June 2 City Fuel Co.
200 Tons R. M. Coal
ton 8.20
Fuel Oil 1941-42 season (Above tank car at time of delivery)
per gal. . 075
Chevrolet Panel 1-ton Delivery Truck 863.10
1 Ton GMC Chassis and Cab 630.00
Health
Appril 24 Carricker Motor Co.
4 Plymouth 2-door Sedans (4 used cars in trade) 2,193.00
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170.00
June 3 Goddard Oil Service
Nov. 26 North Quincy Garage Co.
Fire & Police Signal
April 24 S. Scammell & Sons
CONTRACTS-(Continued)
Department
Date
Contractor
Equipment or Supplies
Amount
Highway
Feb. 9
Cities Service Oil Co.
200,000 gals. gasoline
Posted t. c. less .05 gal. top .059 gal.
(including Sanitary, Gypsy Moth)
April 9
Buffalo Springfield Roller Co.
1 12-ton 6 cyl. roller
$5,580.00
April 9
Elgin Corp.
5 Garbage Collection Bodies
6,975.00
April 9 Elgin Corp.
1 Elgin Street Sweeper
7,190.00
April 9
Granite Chevrolet Co., Inc.
1/2 ton Canopy Truck
580.00
April 9
Quincy Motor Co., Inc.
1 21/2-ton Ford Dump Truck (Truck in trade)
1,149.46
April 9
S. Scammell & Sons
1 GMC Dump Truck (Truck in trade)
1,158.43
April 9 Stonberg Motors, Inc.
5 Dodge Chassis and Cabs (5 trucks in trade)
6,385.00
April 9 Fitz-Henry Guptill Co.
1 Power Sprayer
1,185.00
April 12
Barber-Greene Co.
1-38D Snow Loader
4,800.00
April 12
Edson Corp.
1 Chicago Pneumatic 105 ft. Compressor 1,638.00 Straight Edgestone ft. . 86
Radius Edgestone
ft. 1.15
Throat Stones
ea. 9.50
Block Corners
ea. 3.50
April 14 Pompeo Motor Car Co., Inc.
Model 60 Oldsmobile 2-door Sedan (Car in trade)
800.00
April 14 Sandberg Equipment Co.
1 LeRoy 105 Compressor
1,593.00
April 24 GarWood Industries Inc.
9 Load Packer Rubbish Bodies
22,050.00
April 24 Hedge-Matheis Co.
1 Ingersol Rand GK-160 Compressor
2,209.00
April 25 Quincy Motor Co., Inc.
3 Ford Truckstill Chassis and Cabs (2 Trucks in trade)
5,694.26
April 25
S. Scammell & Sons
3 GMC Chassis and Cab (1 Truck in trade)
5,554.49
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April 12
W. A. Lakin
CONTRACTS-(Continued)
Department
Date
Contractor
Equipment or Supplies
Amount
April 25
Stonberg Motors Inc.
3 Dodge Chassis and Cab (2 Trucks in trade)
6,200.00
May 26
Powers Bros. Co.
Class I Bituminous Con.
ton 4.40
June 5
Preferred Products Inc.
65 Drums-200 neutral Series Penn. Motor Oil Average
gal. . 35
Aug. 8 American Oil Products Co.
85/120 Pen. Asphalt
gal. . 10
Aug. 8
Old Colony Crushed Stone
Crushed Stone
various
Aug. 8 Lake Asphalt & Pet. Co.
L. M. C. 2
gal. . 14
Nov. 10 H. S. Macomber Co., Inc.
Truck Tires and Tubes
various
Hospital
May 14 General Electric X-Ray Corp.
Shockproof Therapy Unit
2,495.00
Library
June 7
Sheppard Coal & Oil Co.
Fuel Oil above tank wagon .075
Park
April 24 H. W. Systrom Co.
1 2-ton Tandem Sidewalk Roller
1,190.00
1500 yds. Washed Sand
yd. . 649
Police
April 26
Quincy Motor Co., Inc.
5 Ford V8 2-door Sedans (5 cars in trade)
2,200.00
May 20
George R. Hobbs Jr.
1 33 ft. used Motor Boat 200 tons R. M. Coal
ton 7.97
School
May 3
Edward E Babb & Co., Inc.
School Supplies (Instruction) "
"
"
"
"
"
"
Schoolcrafters, Inc.
"
"
"
"
Storrs & Bement Co.
Windsor Pad & Paper Co.
"
"
"
"
"
",
June 2 June 3
Standard Theatre Supply Co.
Quincy Coal & Fuel Oil Co.
Asbestos Curtain 3,300 tons R. M. Coal
850.00 ton 7.70
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Dec. 2 Henney New England Co.
1 Henney Packard Ambulance Anthracite Coal
ton 12.50
June 7
Goddard Oil Service
April 29 Crystal Concrete Corp.
1,500.00
June 11
City Fuel Co.
Various
Barrett-Brown Inc.
F. H. Crane & Sons Inc.
Carter-Rice & Co., Corp.
J. L. Hammett Co. Milton Bradley Co.
3,453.00
CONTRACTS-(Continued)
Department Date
Contractor
Equipment or Supplies
Amount
June 3
City Fuel Co.
200 tons Stocker Coal
ton 7.65
Aug. 16
Machinery Dealers Inc.
Milling Machine
1,675.00
School
Sept. 18
Automatic Time Stamp Co.
Becker Horz Milling Machine
1,350.00
Sealer of
April 24
Carricker Motor Co.
Plymouth Sedan Delivery Truck (Truck in trade)
Wts. & Measures Sewer
Mar. 20
N. E. Concrete Pipe Co.
Plain Concrete Pipe
Various
Mar. 20
N. E. Concrete Pipe Co.
Reinforced Concrete Pipe
Various
Mar. 24
F. H. Crane & Sons, Inc.
Corrugated Metal Pipe
Various
Mar. 24
John J. Gallagher
Vitrified Clay Pipe
Various
Mar. 24
John J. Gallagher
150,000 Sewer Brick
M 16.00
Mar. 24
F. H. Crane & Sons, Inc.
Portland Cement
bbl. 2.60
Mar. 24
N. E. Concrete Pipe Co.
700 ft. 60" Reinforced Concrete Pipe
ft. 10.35
Mar. 10
Geo. A. Caldwell Co.
600 95E Service Boxes
ea. 1.70
16,000 ft. Type K Copper Tubing
ft.
.15
Mar. 10
Mueller Co.
4" to 12" Iron Body Bronze Mounted Gate Valves 4"
ea.
11.50
6"
ea.
18.95
8" 10"
ea. 49.75
12"
ea. 65.00
Water
Mar. 10
Mueller Co.
400 3/4" H-15,000 Corp. Stops
ea. .84
400 3/4 " W. H. Gate Valves
ea.
1.10
Mar. 10 Pierce-Perry Co.
400 3/4" Fig. 080-GR-Stop and Drain
ea. 1.60
Mar. 10 Rensselear Valve Co.
25 Corey Hydrants
ea.
78.72
Mar. 10 Sumner & Dunbar
100 5' Gate Boxes
ea.
4.37
Mar. 10 Warren Pipe Co. of Mass.
4 to 10" Cast Iron Water Pipe 4"
ft. .64 89
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less .50
Water
Mar. 10 Geo. A. Caldwell Co.
ea. 29.25
Mar. 10 Pierce-Perry Co.
535.00
CONTRACTS-(Continued)
Department
Date
Equipment or Supplies
Amount
6"
ft.
.93
8"
ft.
1.33
10"
ft.
1.80
200 5/8
Water Meters w/conn.
ea.
9.60
25 3/4
ea.
14.65
4 114
Water Meters w/conn.
=
ea.
38.00
4 2
"
"
"
"
ea.
59.50
April 24
Addressograph Sales Agency Granite Chevrolet Co., Inc.
3 34 ton Canopy Top Truck (3 Trucks in trade)
1,800.00
April 24
Swift & Bachman Inc.
650.25
Welfare
April 29
Addressograph Sales Agency
Electric Addressing Machine
1,125.00
June 3
C. W. & G. W. Nightingale
1/2 ton
6.75
Oct. 6
Marshall Oil Company
Approx. 75,000 gals. range oil
off retail price
All Depts.
Granite City Electric
Electric Light Bulbs
various
various
Defense
Dec. 15
Gorham Fire Equipment
Cunningham Alarm Whistle with Compressor
$1,500.00
Dec. 15
Quincy Motor Co.
1 2-door Ford Sedan
902.50
North Quincy Garage
1 2-door Chevrolet Sedan
887.25
Maxim Motor Co.
8 500 gal. Trailer Pumps
12,800.00
W. P. A.
Nov. 10
Concrete Steel Co.
8,800 ft. Curb Bar
ft. . 1575
CITY OF QUINCY
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Mar. 10
Worthington-Gamon Meter Co.
each
30.00
10 11/2
Electric Keyboard Graphotype
817.00
April 24
1 Plymouth Coupe
Anthracite Coal- 1 ton
ton. 12.75
006
Air Reduction Sales Co.
Acetylene and Oxygen
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
January 1, 1942
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 for the year 1941.
Our total weighted score for 1940, based on the Health Ap- praisal Form as published by the American Public Health Asso- ciation, is 798.7. A perfect score would be 1000. This is the highest score yet obtained by this department. It should be borne in mind that the requirements since 1937 became much more severe and that our accomplishments for the past year based on the previous scoring method would have yielded an even better mark.
Following are the scores from 1926:
Year
Total Score
1926
771
1927
797
1928
712
1929
746
1930
No scoring done
1931
No scoring done
1932
612.4
1933
714.2
1934
778
1935
783.8
1936
795.5
1937
No scoring done
1938
No scoring done
1939
773.2
1940
775
1941
798.7
APPRAISAL 1941
Possible Weighted Score
Weighted Score Obtained 40.
A. Vital Statistics
B. Communicable Diseases
160
144.6
D. Tuberculosis
90.
86.1
E. Maternity Hygiene
90.
68.9
F. Infant and Pre-School Hygiene
170.
120.7
G.
School Hygiene
140.
109.2
H. General Sanitation
90.
86.1
I. Food and Milk Control
80.
68.1
Bonus for balanced program
50.
30.
Total Weighted Score 1000.
798.7
.........
........
40.
C. Syphilis and Gonnorhea
90.
45.
You will note that all items, with the exception of Gonorrhea and Syphilis, have attained a high percentage of the possible score. The low score in this particular case is again due to poor
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reporting of such cases by local physicians to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
A condensation or synopsis of the tables that appear in this report is interesting and will, perhaps, give a clearer general pic- ture than do the tables by themselves.
POPULATION
The estimated population as of July 1st, 1941, upon which most of the mortality rates are based, was 76,292. The estimated population and rates for the years 1930 to 1940 as quoted in the 1940 Health Department Report was based on a reported Census of 76,605. However, the official U. S. Census as of April 1st, 1940 set Quincy's population at 75,810. The estimated population and rates for the inter-censal years have been adjusted accordingly.
DEATHS
Crude and Residential Rates - There were 666 deaths oc- curring in Quincy, of which 69 were non-residents. This gives a crude death rate of 8.7 per 1,000 population as compared with 8.8 in 1940. 151 residents died outside the city making a total of 748 resident deaths. Therefore, the residential death rate for 1941 was 9.8 per 1,000 population as compared with 9.6 in 1940. Table 4 gives the rates for the past ten years.
Sex, Nativity and Age of Decedents - Of the residential deaths, 393 or 53% were males, and 355 or 47% were females. 433 or 58% were native born while 315 or 42% were foreign born. For age groups see Table 3.
Principal Causes of Death - The following table shows the leading causes of death for 1941 as compared with the average for the five years preceding :
Deaths
Per Cent of Total
1941
1936-1940
1941
1936-1940
Heart Disease
247
220
33.0
29.4
Cancer
123
109
16.5
14.6
Cerebral Hemorrhage
69
69
9.2
9.2
Nephritis
43
55
5.8
7.4
Pneumonia (all forms)
42
52
5.7
7.0
Congenital Malformations and Diseases Peculiar to Early
Infancy
32
28
4.3
3.7
Accidents
30
35
4.0
4.7
Tuberculosis
24
30
3.2
4.0
Diabetes
18
22
2.4
2.9
For other causes of deaths see Table 1.
Communicable Disease Deaths - There were no deaths caused by infantile paralysis, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, or whooping cough. One death resulted from meningitis, 14 from lobar pneumonia, and 24 from tuberculosis. Year by year the tuberculosis death rate has decreased with the rate for 1941 reaching a new low of 31.5 per 100,000 population as compared with 31.6 in 1940, 61.8 in 1935, and 66.2 in 1931.
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Infant Mortality - There were 47 infant deaths, 30 or 64% of which were under one month of age. The leading cause of infant mortality was prematurity due to which there were 19 deaths or 40% of the total. The infant mortality rate for 1941 was 33.6 per 1,000 live births. Table 2 classifies the infant deaths by causes and age, while the mortality rates for the past ten years are included in Table 5.
Maternal Mortality - There were 2 maternal deaths for 1941 which is the same number as was recorded in 1940. The mortality rate for 1941 was 1.4 per 1,000 total births which is slightly lower than that for 1940 due to the increase in the number of births. As will be noted in Table 5 this rate has decreased during the past four years.
BIRTHS
There were 1,288 births occurring in Quincy during 1941, of which 1,071 were residents and 217 were non-residents. 327 resi- dent births occurred outside the city, thus bringing the number of resident-births to a total of 1,398, as compared with 1,174 in 1940. The birth rate for 1941 was 18.3 per 1,000 population which is the highest recorded for Quincy since 1932. The rate for 1940 was 15.5. It is interesting to note that of the 1398 births, 1,361 or 97.4% occurred in hospitals. For birth rates since 1941 see Table 4.
Stillbirths
The total number of resident stillbirths for 1941 was 16 which makes a rate of 11.5 per 1,000 live births. For rates from 1932 to 1941 see Table 5.
It has been our experience in the past two or three years that our diphtheria immunization clinics starting in the fall have been running into bad early winter weather before the completion of the course of treatment. Last fall we made the treatment avail- able at regular pre-school clinics with no particular campaign being launched. This kept us well within the safety requirements as recommended by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health as to the percentage of children immunized. Our idea was to put on our campaign in the Spring when we would be heading into good weather, thereby eliminating the absentees towards the end of the course on account of bad weather. The campaign this Spring will be particularly timely because of the increase of the disease throughout the State at this time. This is due to the large population movement being experienced now. Many persons are coming from areas where diphtheria is more prevalent because these immunization campaigns are either neglected entirely or not carried through in as thorough a manner as we do here. Hence the greater possibility of carriers.
After many years of service as one of our nurses, Mary McLen- nan resigned this year. She has been a faithful and loyal servant of the public.
I wish to thank all departments, particularly the School De- partment, for their cooperation without which it would be impos- sible for us to properly function.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Realizing the situation in regard to priorities of materials and the unusual expenses that the city is under during this emer- gency, I still must keep before you the necessity of an incinerator for the burning of rubbish and garbage. While it will probably be impossible to go ahead with any such project this year, it should definitely be borne in mind as a "must project" at the earliest op- portunity. There is no need for me to elaborate on the conditions that have existed and which will be corrected only by such an in- stallation.
II. Again I wish to suggest that the Health Department be represented on the License Board, or that in the case of issuing new licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages, that the equip- ment of the applicant be passed by this office before the license is issued. It is far less costly to the city to have the proper facilities installed before the license is issued, than to make repeated calls afterwards, and in many cases go to court before this office is satisfied.
III. That the bay pollution be not lost sight of on account of today's emergencies. It is more important than ever that good health conditions prevail in a city where there is such a pre- ponderance of defense orders.
IV. Again I urge the voluntary yearly inoculation of dogs against rabies. Rabies continues to be on the increase in sections of Massachusetts not too far from us. One rabid dog from one of these communities could cause a lot of trouble among animals in the city and they in turn to the people.
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD M. ASH, M. D., Health Commissioner.
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TABLE 1. Resident Deaths According to Cause, 1941 (International List of Causes of Death)
ALL CAUSES 748
I Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. 38
6. Cerebrospinal (meningococcus) meningitis 1
13. Tuberculosis of the respiratory system 21
14. Tuberculosis of the meninges and central nervous system 1
15. Tuberculosis of the intestines and peritoneum 1
20. Tuberculosis of the genito-urinary system ....
1
24. Septicemia and purulent infection (non-puer- peral) 1
30. Syphilis 5
33. Influenza 3
44. Other infectious and parasitic (communica- ble) diseases 4
II Cancer and Other Tumors 127
45. Cancer of the buccal cavity and pharynx 4 ....
46. Cancer of the digestive organs and perito- neum 60
47. Cancer of the respiratory system 5
48. Cancer of the uterus 8
49. Cancer of other female genital organs 4
50. Cancer of the breast
16
51. Cancer of the male genital organs 8
52. Cancer of the urinary organs (male and female) 7
54. Cancer of the brain and other parts of the central nervous system 1
55. Cancer of other and unspecified organs 10
56. Non-malignant tumors 1
57. Tumors of unspecified nature 3
III Rheumatism, Diseases of Nutrition and of the Endocrine Glands, Other General Diseases and Avitaminoses .... 25 58. Acute rheumatic fever 1 59. Chronic rheumatism and other rheumatic diseases 1
61. Diabetes mellitus 18
63. Diseases of the thyroid and parathyroid glands 3
64. Diseases of the thymus glands 1
65. Diseases of the adrenal glands 1
IV Diseases of the Blood and Blood Forming Organs ..
6
73. Anemias (except splenic anemia) 3
74. Leukemias and aleukemias 3
VI Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs .... 74
82. Diseases of the spinal cord 2
83. Intracranial lesions of vascular origin 69
87. Other diseases of the nervous system 3
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VII Diseases of the Circulatory System 269
90. Pericarditis (except acute rheumatic) ..
1
92. Chronic affections of the valves and endo- cardium 12
93. Diseases of the Myocardium 117
94. Diseases of the coronary arteries and angina pectoris 95
95. Other diseases of the heart 22
97. Arteriosclerosis (except coronary or renal sclerosis) 19
98. Gangrene 1
100. Diseases of the veins 1
103. Other diseases of the circulatory system 1
VIII Diseases of the Respiratory System. 45
107. Bronchopneumonia 25
108. Lobar pneumonia 14
109. Pneumonia (unspecified) 3
110. Pleurisy (not specified as tuberculosis) 1
114. Other diseases of the respiratory system 2
IX Diseases of the Digestive System. 33 115. Diseases of the buccal cavity, pharynx, tonsils and adnexa 2
117. Ulcer of the stomach or duodenum 6
119. Diarrhea, enteritis and ulceration of the in-
testines (under 2 years of age) 4
120. Diarrhea, enteritis and ulceration of the in- testines (2 years of age and over) 1
121. Appendicitis 8
122. Hernia and intestinal obstruction 3
124. Cirrhosis of the liver 4
127. Other diseases of the gall bladder and biliary ducts 1
128. Diseases of the pancreas (except diabetes) ..
2
129. Peritonitis 2
X Diseases of the Genito-Urinary System. 55
130. Acute nephritis
131. Chronic nephritis 40
132. Nephritis unspecified (10 years of age and over)
2
133. Other diseases of the kidneys and ureters ...
7
134. Calculi of the urinary passages 1
137. Diseases of the prostate 3
139. Diseases of the female genital organs 1
XI Diseases of Pregnacy, Childbirth and the Puerperium 2
146. Hemorrhage of childbirth and the puer- 1
perium
147. Infection during childbirth and the puer- perium 1
XII Diseases of the Skin and Cellular Tissue. 3
152. Phlegmon and acute abscess 1
153. Other diseases of the skin and cellular tissue 2
XIV Congenital Malformations 6
157. Congenital malformations 6
1
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XV Diseases Peculiar to the First Year of Life. 26
159. Premature birth 19
160. Injury at birth 1
161. Other diseases peculiar to the first year of life 6
XVII Violent or Accidental Deaths
163. Suicide by poisoning
6
167. Homicide by cutting or piercing instruments 1
170. Motor vehicle accidents 3
176. Other accidents involving machinery 1
179.
Acute accidental poisoning by solids or
liquids
1
180. Conflagration
1
181. Accidental burns (conflagration excepted) 2
182. Accidental mechanical suffocation
1
183. Accidental drowning
1
186.
Accidental injury by fall or crushing
12
195. Other accidents 8
39
164. Suicide by other means 2
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TABLE 2. Infant Deaths by Cause and Age, 1941 (Corrected for Residence)
Days
Weeks| 2 & 3
1 & 2
Months 3, 4 & 5
6,7 & 8
9,10 & 11
Total
Less than 1
1-6
64. Diseases of the Thymus Glands
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
107. Bronchopneumonia
108. Lobar Pneumonia
110b. Pleurisy
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
114e. Respiratory Infection
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
4
119.
Diarrhea and Enteritis
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
153.
Diseases of the Skin and Cellular Tissue ..
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
6
157. Congenital Malformations
11
5
1
1
1
0
0
0
19
159. Premature Birth
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
160.
Injury at Birth
2
2
1 0
1
0
0
0
6
161.
Other Diseases peculiar to the first year of life
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
182.
Accidental Suffocation
47
Total
..
15 10
4
1
11
3
2
1
5
0
0
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
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0
1
1
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TABLE 3. Resident Deaths by Age Groups
Deaths
Per Cent of Total
1937 1938 1939
1940
1941
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
Under 1 year
41
44
34
35
47
5.3
5.9
4.5
4.8
6.3
1-4 years
11
13
8
6
5
1.4
1.7
1.1
.8
.7
5-9 years
12
8
4
4
3
1.6
1.1
.5
.5
.4
10-19 years
10
13
15
10
5
1.3
1.7
2.0
1.4
.7
20-29 years
21
26
16
21
16
2.7
3.4
2.1
2.9
2.1
30-39 years
30
29
25
27
28
3.9
3.9
3.3
3.7
3.7
40-49 years
71
60
78
76
59
9.1
8.0
10.4
10.4
7.9
50-59 years
126 121
98
104
98
16.2
16.1
13.1
14.3
13.1
60-69
years
187 159 149 164 198
24.1
21.2
19.9
22.5
26.5
70-79 years
158 167 190 175 167
92
110
12.6
13.6
16.2
12.6
14.7
90 and over
.. 12
8
11
15
12
1.5
1.1
1.5
2.1
1.6
777 750 749 729 748
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
TABLE 4. Births and Deaths with the Rates per 1,000 Population (Corrected for Residence)
Year
Births
Rate
Deaths
Rate
1932
1,368
18.8
686
9.4
1933
1,163
15.9
748
10.2
1934
1,247
16.9
740
10.1
1935
1,109
15.0
731
9.9
1936
1,113
15.0
735
9.9
1937
1,121
15.0
777
10.4
1938
1,134
15.1
750
10.0
1939
.....
1,117
14.8
749
9.9
1940
1,174
15.5
729
9.6
1941
1,398
18.3
748
9.8
TABLE 5. Infant Deaths, Maternal Deaths, and Stillbirths (Corrected for Residence)
Infant Deaths
Maternal Deaths
Stillbirths
Year
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
Number
Rate
1932
65
47.5
9
6.4
46
33.6
1933
55
47.3
9
7.6
24
20.6
1934
54
43.3
8
6.3
30
24.1
1935
40
36.1
8
7.1
24
21.6
1936
48
43.1
10
8.8
27
24.3
1937
41
36.6
6
5.2
28
25.0
1938
44
38.8
3
2.6
26
22.9
1939
34
30.5
1
.9
24
21.5
1940
35
29.8
2
1.7
20
17.1
1941
47
33.6
2
1.4
16
11.5
Note-Infant death rates and stillbirth rates are per 1,000 live births.
Maternal death rates are per 1,000 total births.
22.3
20.3
22.3
25.4
24.0
80-89 years
...
98 102 121
....
....
100
CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF DISPENSARY PHYSICIAN
January 1, 1942.
In war time all deficiency diseases increase and true to form Pulmonary Tuberculosis will probably increase in Quincy for the duration of the war. 1940 showed a slight increase 'and already the waiting lists at Norfolk County Hospital are larger. This problem means that we will have more cases of Tuberculosis dur- ing the war years.
As in the economic world in war times priorities and rationing have brought about scarcity, so too, war causes health to suffer for want of food necessities. In a word, war furnishes the explan- ation for the increase of ill health but offers no remedy.
To stop the increase of Tuberculosis we must give more of our time and money to the needs of the underprivileged so that they may survive this emergency.
In the "Bill of Rights" we refer to the clause calling for the "Pursuit of Happiness" and this implies a good health policy in the body politic. For to be truly happy one needs to be healthy. The City of Quincy subscribes definitely to this policy and liber- ally appropriates time and money for its citizens. Private citizens and fraternal and social groups also do their part in donating to the general welfare. During the past year this idea was well dem- onstrated by the Quincy Tuberculosis and Health Association. They not only exceeded their previous Christmas Seal Sales by over $1,000, but also in this year's drive, they enrolled over sev- enty-five per cent of the doctors and many private contributors in a Roll of Honor. This Roll of Honor called for considerable finan- cial sacrifice on the contributor's part, but what is more sig- nificant, manifested a health minded spirit which will help great- ly in the fight to rid Quincy of the much dreaded Tuberculosis. This surely demonstrates not only the spirit but also the practice of the good neighbor policy. Also it proves you can just as easily strive for the slogan "A sound mind and healthy body" in the body politic as well as in the individual.
During the past year the Quincy Tuberculosis and Health Asso- ciation adopted the idea of a rehabilitation worker for the Quincy Tuberculosis patients. This idea is approved and strongly recom- mended by the National Tuberculosis Association. By this policy many Tuberculosis patients otherwise doomed to permanent dis- ability and State aid are restored to health and self-supporting citizens. The Quincy Association will carry the entire expense of this venture and thus adds another useful step in Tuberculosis control.
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