Norwood annual report 1895-1899, Part 17

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1166


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Machinist


29


Thompson, Perley B.


Market st


Market st


Druggist


29


Thompson, William


Granite st


Granite st


Compositor


28


Thorn, William H.


Nichols st


Nichols st


Teamster


34


Tibbetts, Edward J.


Pleasant st


Pleasant st


Mason


21


Tibbetts, William R.


Pleasant st


Pleasant st


Bricklayer


70


Tibbetts, Stephen


Market st


Pleasant st


Mason


25


Tilton, Frank W.


Winter st


Winter st


Merchant


39


Tinker, Francis


Cottage st


Cottage st


Retired


80


Tisdale, Lawrence F.


Washington st


Washington st


Farmer


29


Tobin, James D.


Washington st


Washington st


Car Shop Employee 25 Laborer 29


Tobin, John F.


Pleasant st


Pleasant st


Tanner


22


Tobin, John


Pleasant st


Pleasant st


Laborer


55


Tobin, Morris


Pleasant st.


Pleasant st


Tanner


20


Tobin, John J.


Clarke st


Clarke st


Blacksmith


29


Tobin, Charles B.


Pleasant st


Pleasant st


Tanner


25


Tobin, William J.


Pleasant st


Pleasant st


Moulder


27


Tobin, William J.


Cross st


Cross st


Tanner


31


Tobin, Michael


Cross st


Cross st


Laborer


66


Tobin, Michael E.


Clarke st


Clarke st


Tanner


20


Tobin, William


Clarke st


Clarke st


Laborer


60


Toomey, Patrick


High st


Canton, Mass.


Tanner


40


Troy, James B.


Washington st


Washington st


Clergyman


34


Tucker, Arthur A.


Guild st


Guild st


Painter


27


Tucker, Edward P.


Guild st


Guild st


Painter


37


Tucker, Herbert


Cottage st


Market st


Painter


37


Turner, Harry M.


Walpole st


Chapel st


Tanner


28


Turner, Frank W.


Hill st


Hill st


Tacker


41


Turner, Harris F.


Railroad ave


Railroad ave


Carpenter


45


Turner, Harry


Baker st


Baker st


Carpenter


20


Tuttle, William


Pleasant st


Pleasant st


Farmer


67


Turner, Adelbert


Vernon st


Market st


Teamster


23


U


Upham, George G.


Linden st


Linden st


Machinist


49


Tobin, John, 2d.


Munroe st


Munroe st


35


V


NAME.


RESIDENCE, 1896.


RESIDENCE, 1895. OCCUPATION. AGE.


Van Buskirk, Holmes


Maple st


Maple st


Fishman 26


Van Buskirk, Lawrence


Nahatan st


Nahatan st


Blacksmith 57


Vance, James R.


Eliot st


Eliot st


Tanner


37


Vaughn, Richard K.


Washington st


Washington st


Retired


82


Vickery, Robert J.


Washington st


Washington st


Engineer


30


W


Wagenman, Peter


Cedar st


Cedar st


Tanner


24


Wagner, John


Guild st


Guild st


Cabinet Maker


31


Wagner, John P.


Guild st


Guild st


Pattern Maker


71


Waldheim, Wolf


Wilson st


Wilson st


Tanner


35


Waldheim, John


Cedar st


Cedar st


Tanner


37


Waldron, Peter


Washington st


Washington st


Ink Maker 36


Walker, Robert


Washington st


Washington st


Carpenter


51


Walker, Joseph S.


Pleasant st


Pleasant st


Paper Maker


28


Walker, James R.


Market st


Market st


Baker


40


Walker, H. Frank


Cottage st


Cottage st


Builder


49


Walker, Reuben


Cottage st


Maple st


Carpenter


42


Walker, Arthur


High st


Howard st


Car Shop Employee 24 Laborer 23


Walsh, Frank


Vernon st


Vernon st


Blacksmith


25


Walsh, Richard


Vernon st


Vernon st


Blacksmith 51


Walsh, Henry


Rock Hill ave


Rock Hill ave


Paper Maker


28


Walsh, Martin


Rock Hill ave


Rock Hill ave


Paper Maker 22.


Wallace, William J.


Vernon st


Vernon st


Postmaster


62


Ward, Eugene A.


Walpole st


Walpole st


Tanner


52


Ward, Ernest F.


Baker st


Railroad ave


Press Employee


36


Ward, R. Stanley


Baker st


Baker st


Press Employee


22


Ware, Albert E.


Walpole st


Walpole st


Butcher


35


Waterman, Edgar Roby


Howard st


Newton, Mass.


Carriage Painter


35


Weatherbee, David F.


Neponset st


Neponset st


Farmer


60


Webb, Albert G.


Highland st


Washington st


Nickel Plater


53


Weil, John


Nahatan st


Nahatan st


Moulder


25


Weistman, Theodore


Cottage st


Cottage st


Barber


31


Welsh, Daniel


Guild st


Munroe st


Laborer


27


Welch, William P.


Railroad ave


Railroad ave


Tanner


34


Washburn, Alexander C. Clapboardtree st Clapboardtree st Lawyer


66


Welch, James


Foundry st


Foundry st


Carpenter


92


Welch, Patrick


Washington st


Boston, Mass.


Press Employee


25


Welch, Daniel


Munroe st


Munroe st


Laborer 30


Welch, Patrick


Fulton st


Fulton st


Ink Maker


48


Welch, P. James


Fulton st


Fulton st


Machinist


20


Welch, John J.


Casey st


Casey st


Moulder


39


Wellington. T. F.


Washington st


Washington st


Hotel Landlord


63


Wenstom, Oscar


Chapel st


Sweden


Tanner


25


Walman, Peter


Pleasant st


Sweden


36


NAME.


. RESIDENCE, 1896. RESIDENCE, 1895. OCCUPATION.


AGE.


Wesley, George W.


Everett ave


Winter st


Press Employee 32


Westgate, Elmer C.


Washington st


Washington st


Tanner 26


Weston, George


Washington st


Boston, Mass.


Barber


35


Whedon, William T.


Bullard st


Washington st


Clerk


36


Wheelock, Elijah


Maple st


Maple st


Retired


84


Wheelock, Charles T.


Maple st


Maple st


Merchant


50


Wheeler, W. B.


Highland st


W.M'df'rd, Mass. Press Employee 45


Wheeler, Cyril


Howard st


Washington st


Butcher 38


White, Michael


Neponset st


Neponset st


Farmer


41


White, James F.


Neponset st


Neponset st


Retired


73


White, Nelson B.


Nahatan st


Nahatan st


Retired


70


White, Lucius B.


Nahatan st


Nahatan st


Musician


36


Whitney, Hiram


Washington st


Walpole, Mass.


Farmer 37


Whitney, Constant F.


Cottage st


Cottage st


Merchant


59


Whittier, Herbert


Washington st


Chapel st


Station Agent


35


Wilder, Jerome B.


Morse ave


Morse ave


Steam Fitter


52


Wilkins, Edward


Chapel st


Chapel st


Coachman


31


Willett, George F.


Walpole st


Walpole st


Wool Merchant


25


Williams, John H.


Walnut ave


Walnut ave


Clerk


46


Williams, Frank


Davis ave


Davis ave


Tanner


30


Williams, Joseph


Railroad ave


Canada


Tanner


38


Williamson, William


Washington st


Washington st


Retired


69


Williamson, William


Washington st


Washington st


Carpenter


24


Williamson, Charles B.


Market st


Railroad ave


Engineer


28


Wilson, John


Washington st


Everett ave


Retired


61


Winship, Fred L.


Walpole st


Walpole st


Carpenter


28


Winslow, George S.


Walpole st


Walpole st


Manufacturer


66


Winslow, Francis O.


Walpole st


Walpole st


Manufacturer


53


Winslow, Frank H.


Chapel st


Chapel st


Foreman


33


Winslow, Samuel M.


Walpole st


Walpole st


Farmer


35


Winslow, Eugene E.


Walpole st


Walpole st


Clerk


38


Winslow, John M.


Day st


Day st


Retired


59


Winslow, Richard E.


Day st


Day st


Student


23


Wood, C. Henry


Nahatan st


Nahatan st


Salesman


42


Wood, Owen G.


Vernon st


Vernon st


Shaver


45


Woolard, John K.


Market st


Market st


Baker


44


Worcester, Fred A.


Railroad ave


Casey st


Tanner


26


Worcester, August


Nahatan st


Nahatan st


Laborer


48


Worth, Mark F.


Washington st


Rock Hill ave


Paper Maker


38


Y


Young, Knight Charles Walnut ave


Boston, Mass. Laborer 42


FRANK A. FALES, FRED L. FISHER, GEORGE H. BATEMAN, Assessors of Norwood.


RULES AND REGULATIONS


OF THE


BOARD OF HEALTH,


TOWN OF NORWOOD.


NORWOOD ADVERTISER AND REVIEW PRESS 1896.


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RULES AND REGULATIONS


OF THE


Norwood Board of Health


in accordance with the Public Statutes.


In 1895 a committee was appointed by the town at the March meeting to consider and report on the subject of improved sew- erage, or what changes were necessary for the better protection of the health and lives of the citizens of the town. That com- mittee considered and reported on the whole subject of deep and surface sewerage, the necessity and cost of the former, and the relief to be found in the latter. In making up our rules and regulations we publish what is important in that report on surface sewerage, as it was the vote of the town to print and circulate said'report.


While, therefore, we do not deem it absolutely necessary for this town at this time to expend $100,000 or $150,000 for a system of deep sewerage, we are fully aware that some radical changes and improvements are needed immediately for the health and safety of the inhabitants. At the present time we have less than 5000 population. The dwellings are not thickly crowded. We have no overpowering nuisances, or pest-holes. The natural drainage from the sloping nature of the land, and the passage of several water-courses is good. There are towns in the near vicinity of a much greater population and a more level territory, that are without underground sewerage. Brockton, a city of over 30,000 inhabitants, did not establish such a system until two or three years ago. Dedham has 7,000 population, and


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depends upon surface drainage. Hyde Park with 11,000, the same. There is no immediate danger or pressure here. Nor- wood's death rate is no higher than in Canton, Dedham, Hyde Park and Walpole. And yet it must be admitted that we are losing some valuable lives every year by the presence of filth and disease breeding conditions. The physicians, in nearly every case of contagious zimotic disease, know that the cause is local and not far from the home of the patient. They speak of it, and are magnanimous and humane enough to use their influence and professional authority to have the cause of sickness removed. Many cesspools are too near the top of the ground, many privies are too near the back door and playgrounds of the children. Nearly all such are sources of microbes and baccilli ; many cel- lars are damp, unventilated, undrained, and occasionally a stable for cows and horses, or a pig-stye, is found in dangerous prox- imity to the dwelling; and some few instances have been known where hens have been kept under the house; and many cases are known where no traps are provided for the sink drain, and some possibly where the water-closet is under the roof of the. dwelling, and its foul odor easily detected by a stranger. All these abuses are full of danger, and most of them the result of ignorance, carelessness and neglect. And every one of them is within the province and the powers of the Board of Health to correct and remove at a comparatively small cost to the owner or to the town. ·


The Board of Health has almost absolute power to protect. people from their own neglect, and the public from danger. With its enlarged powers, under the new statutes, an efficient Board of Health can render Norwood as healthy a town as there is in Massachusetts at a cost of a few hundred dollars per annum.


Your physicians and sanitarians will all confirm this statement, much as they might suffer in their practice by the change. For the next eight or ten years Norwood may be rendered healthy by a firm enforcement of the sanitary laws now on the statute book, and the householders be better satisfied and more fully informed upon the laws of hygiene than they would be under communistic control. With 10.000 inhabitants we may be com-


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pelled to have a deep underground expensive system of sewer- age, a system bringing all our streets to a descending grade towards the Neponset plains, and an ample sewerage farm, where the purified liquids may be sent into the river to help purify the stream, and the solids ploughed under and brought up town again in the form of beets, turnips and cabbages, and sold in the markets for food.


Under these circumstances, after careful consideration of pub- lic and individual danger, your committee recommend that the Board of Health make a general and personal inspection of all parts of the settled portions of the town early in the present year; and while giving every careful householder the privilege of looking after and caring for the sewage and waste of his premises, they should be prepared to do it in case of neglect and public danger. To do this effectually and inoffensively, we recommend the purchase and ownership of an odorless excavator and the employment of some man to attend to it who will make such use or disposition of the waste for fertilizing purposes by sale to farmers and gardeners as shall help to defray the cost of removal. This matter shall be left to the Health Board.


We further recommend the raising and appropriation of $625 for the purchase of the odorless excavator, and an adequate sum as annual compensation for the services of the Board of Health. Also that this report be printed in separate form with certain portions of the statutes relating to the powers and duties of the Board of Health, for distribution among the householders.


DUTIES AND POWERS OF BOARDS OF HEALTH,


Chapter 26, pp. 187-8.


Section 5. The Board shall make such regulations as it judges necessary for the public health and safety respecting nuisances, sources of filth, and causes of sickness within its town, and respecting articles which are capable of containing or conveying infection or contagion, or of creating sickness, brought into or conveyed from its town, or into or from any vessel. Whoever


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violates any such regulation shall forfeit a sum not exceeding $100.


Section 6. Public notice must be given of such regulations,. etc.


Section 7. The Board shall examine into all nuisances, sources of filth, and causes of sickness within its town, that may in its. opinion be injurious to the health of the inhabitants, and the same shall destroy, remove or prevent, as the case may require.


Section 8. The Board or the Health officers shall order the. owner or occupant at his own expense to remove any nuisance,. source of filth and cause of sickness found on private property within twenty-four hours, or such other time as it deems reason- - able after notice served as provided in the following section ; and. if the owner or occupant neglects so to do he shall forfeit a sum. not exceeding $20 for every day during which he knowingly permits such nuisance or cause of sickness to remain after the. time prescribed for the removal thereof. 4


Section 9. Tells how the order is to be served and by whom. Section 10. If the owner or occupant fails to comply with such order the Board may cause the nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness to be removed and all expense incurred thereby shall be paid by the owner or occupant or other person who caused or permitted the same, if he has had actual notice from the Board of Health of the existence thereof.


Section 11. The Board, when satisfied upon due examination, that any cellar, room, tenement or building in its town occupied as a dwelling-place, has become by reason of the number of occupants, or want of cleanliness, or other cause, unfit for such purpose, and a cause of nuisance or sickness to the occupants or the public, may issue a notice in writing to such occupants, or any of them, requiring the premises to be put into a proper con- dition as to cleanliness ; or if they see fit, requiring the occupant to remove or quit the premises within such time as the Board may deem reasonable. If the persons so notified, or any of them neglect or refuse to comply with the terms of the notice, the. Board may cause the premises to be properly cleansed at the ex- pense of the owner, or may remove the occupants forcibly and


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close up the premises, and the same shall not be again occupied as a dwelling place without the consent in writing of the Board of Health. It the owner thereafter occupies or knowingly per- mits the same to be occupied without such permission in writing, he shall forfeit a sum not less than $10 nor more than $50.


Section 14. The Board may make compulsory examination of any premises, private or public, etc.


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RULES AND REGULATIONS


OF THE


NORWOOD BOARD OF HEALTH FOR 1896-7.


PUBLIC STATUTES: CHAPTER 80, SECTION 18. - The Board of Health of a town shall make such regulations as it judges necessary for the public health and safety, respecting nuisances, sources of filth, and causes of sickness within its town. Who- ever violates any such regulation shall forfeit a sum not exceed- ing one hundred dollars.


In making and publishing the following Rules and Regulations the Board calls attention to the fact that it is governed not alone by statute law, but by due regard to the health and safety of each family, and the rights of the public in general. The action of the Board is not capricious and arbitrary, but beneficent and just. Hence we call the attention of the owners, occupants, agents of all dwelling-houses, places of business, markets, and other prop- erty in the town, to the necessity of taking prompt and vigorous measures for the thorough cleaning up of their premises and removal of all filth and sources of decay and infection, so as to conform in all respects to the safety of the occupants and the laws in relation to health. The Board of Health as empowered by law intend to make personal inspection of all inhabited local- ities in town and will exercise its full authority to secure com- pliance with the following wholesome and necessary requirements:


REGULATION I. Privy Vaults and Drains. Section 1. Every tenement shall be provided with a water-tight underground drain to carry off the waste waters, also with a suitable privy or water- closet sufficient for the accommodation of all those inhabiting the premises.


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Section 2. All privy-vaults, unless water-tight, shall be so con- structed that the inside of the same shall be at least five feet distant from the line of any adjoining lot or street, and at least twenty feet from any dwelling house, and shall be provided with proper ventilation. The same shall not be used as cesspools nor receive drainage from the premises. Their contents shall not be allowed to leak out or otherwise become offensive. All privy vaults shall be of a size sufficient to satisfy the Board of Health.


Section 3. All waste water shall be conveyed through suffi- cient drains under ground to a cesspool sunk under ground, which shall be of sufficient size to contain all escaping liquids, and when not water-tight must be at least twenty feet from the cellar wall of any tenement or dwelling, and at least five feet distant from any adjoining lot or street. Cesspools shall be built in a thorough and substantial manner as shall be approved by the Board of Health.


Section 4. No person shall allow any drain or the overflow of any cesspool to enter any running stream, or any drain constructed for surface water, and no person shall suffer any house drainage or other offensive water to remain in any cellar, or upon any lot or vacant ground by such person owned or occupied. All privy vaults and cesspools within one hundred and fifty, feet of any well or spring, the water of which is used for domestic purposes, must be water-tight.


Section 5. All privy vaults or cesspools must be thoroughly cleansed at least twice in each year, and oftener if necessary for the public health, the expense to be borne by the owner of the property.


REGULATION II. Section 1. The Board, when satisfied upon due examination that a cellar, room, tenement or building in the town occupied as a dwelling place, has become by reason of the number of occupants, want of cleanliness or other cause, unfit for such purpose, and a cause of nuisance or sickness to the occupants or to the public, may issue a notice in writing to such occupants, requiring the premises to be put in proper condition ; or if the Board see fit they may require the premises to be


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vacated, and the same shall not be again occupied without the. written permission of the Board.


Section 2. No person shall throw or put into any public place- or pond, or running stream or body of water, or in any other- place where the Board of Health may deem it a nuisance, any dead animal, animal matter, decayed fruit or vegetables, dirt or· rubbish whatever ; nor shall any person throw into or upon any flats within the jurisdiction of the town, any dead animals, filth. or offensive matter.


REGULATION III. Swill and Offal. Section 1. No person. shall remove or carry through any of the streets, lanes or avenues,. places or alleys within the town, the contents of any cesspool, vault or privy well, swill or house offal, (either animal or vege- table,) or grease or bones, unless a permit be granted by the . Board of Health upon such terms and conditions as said Board. may deem necessary, except in small parcels.


Section 2. No person shall bury swill or house offal, or the contents of any cesspool, vaults, privy or privy well within the limits of the town unless a permit be granted by the Board of Health.


Section 3. Parties will be licensed by the Board of Health to collect swill and refuse matter from houses in Norwood twice a. week or oftener, and all housekeepers and others are directed to deliver the same to those duly authorized to make such col- lections.


REGULATION IV. Diseased Meat and Provisions. Section 1. No person shall bring into town, keep or offer for sale any dis. eased, putrid, stale or unwholesome meat, vegetables or provisions.


REGULATION V. Swine. Section 1. No person will be per- mitted to keep any swine within the limits of the thickly settled parts of the town, without a written permit from the Board of Health, and under such regulations as they may prescribe.


REGULATION VI. Contagious Diseases. Section 1. Any per- son sick with the small pox or other contagious disease, together with all persons in attendance upon them, and the premises where such sick person is, will be subject to the control of the Board, and no person shall enter or leave a house wherein a per-


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son is or has been sick with the disease, or in any way come in contact with the inmates of such house, except by permission of the Board.


Section 2. Whenever the Board of Health shall ascertain that any person is sick with small pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or- any other disease dangerous to the public health, the Board shall at their discretion, have full control of said person or premises, and shall, if they deem proper, order the premises vacated.


Section 3. All persons are warned not to approach a house or- the surrounding premises whereupon is displayed a disease flag by day, or a red light at night.


Section 4. The bodies of all persons dying of small pox, scarlet fever, typhus fever or diphtheria must be immediately disinfected and placed in a sealed coffin, which shall not be re-, opened, and the bed, bed clothing, and other clothing used by any such person, and by those in attendance on him, and all the furnishings of the sick room, thoroughly disinfected before taken from said room. In the above case no public funeral will be- allowed without permission from the Board of Health.


Section 5. The owner, or persons having charge of any vehi- cle, public or private, used at a funeral in the foregoing cases to carry the deceased or any of the family or attendants of the deceased, shall thoroughly disinfect such vehicle before the same is again used, and take such precautions as shall avoid all possi- ble danger to health and safety.


Section 6. All complaints in relation to nuisances and sources. of filth injurious to the public health and safety, must be ınade in writing to the Board of Health, or in person, with a descrip- tion of said nuisance and of the premises on which it exists, and. signed or vouched for by the person complaining. The Board of Health shall then examine the premises complained of and pro- ceed to abate the nuisance if such is found to exist.


Section 7. Builders, stone amd brick masons, shall not advise- or contract for work for the sake of cheapness, nor construct any drains or cesspools or water-closets or privies for any owner of a house in violation of the above laws and requirements relating to the health and safely of the family or the public. All drains


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and cesspools and privy vaults must be so constructed and cared for as to prevent the escape of noxious and poisonous gases therefrom.


REGULATION VII. Section 1. The removal of the contents of privy vaults and cesspools shall be done as often as twice a year, at least, and oftener if necessary. For all liquid contents the odorless excavator shall be used, and for dryer material a tight dump cart with a close cover, so as to prevent the escape of offensive odors. To absorb liquids and disinfect vaults, dry loam, meadow muck, or dry coal ashes should be used in warm weather twice or thrice a week. Sulphate of iron is a germ- destroyer and disinfectant. Persons having gardens or tillage land and wishing to utilize for fertilizing purposes the contents of vaults and cesspools will be permitted to do so, provided they will do it without danger to health or annoyance to the public.


Section 2. No person from any dwelling or tenement house wherein a case of small pox, varioloid, scarlet fever, diphtheria or cholera shall occur, shall attend any school, church or public gathering of any kind, without a permit from the Board of Health.


Section 3. All persons afflicted with any one of the diseases specified in Section 2, and all articles infected by the same, shall be immediately separated from all persons liable to contract or communicate the disease.


Section 4. When a householder knows that a person within his family is sick of any of the diseases specified in Section 2, he shall not allow any book, paper or magazine to be taken from or returned to the Public Library, without a written permit from the Board of Health.


Section 5. The Board of Health shall give to the Librarian immediate information of all cases ot contagious diseases report- ed to them, and she is to allow no person to return to or take from the Library any book, paper or magazine, unless such per- son shall present a written permit from the Board of Health, as specified elsewhere.


Section 6. Should any well, cistern or other receptacle, the water of which is used for drinking or culinary purposes, present


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a suspicious appearance from unsanitary surroundings, the Board: of Health may make a simple qualitative examination of the. same; and should it be found to contain any substances which are likely to be hurtful, the Board may cause the water to be analyzed by a competent chemist, and by him pronounced safe before allowing it to be used, and the expense incurred thereby shall be paid by the owner of said well.




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