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Dry No cellar
Water-closet iu basement. 12 feet from honse 20 4
Offensive odor in cellar. [on this table. Mother of this child had visited family No. 6
10 11
=
Junk Collector . Laborer
15
3
7
No drainage facilities.
3 Damp . No cellar 6 feet from honse ; vault full
Stagnant water under house.
Male
35
48
10
Clayey Gravel .. Clay
Fai
No drainage facilities. .
Water-closets in bath room and cellar. 12 feet from house 14 ‘
[on this table.
Female .. 13
1
Clayey Gravel ..
Waste pipe not trapped
7
Clay
Good
Good
Defect iu drain pipe ; waste pipe not trapped.
Dry
Water-closet in bath room.
Male
27
31
Sand
Clayey Gravel ..
Fair
Drainage on surface.
46
3 feet from house ; vault full.
Pool of stagnant water near house.
6
8
Female ..
No drainage facilities
No cellar
12 feet from house ; offensive.
American
Painter
Bookkeeper
Male Female Male
5
3
40
2
Female .
74 74
7
..
Waste pipe not trapped ; drain pipe defective. Drain pipe and soil pipe defective
Damp
25 feet from house. Water-closet in bath room offensive. Adjoining house ; vanlt full Water-closet in cellar offensive. IO feet from house ; vault full.
Offensive odor from sink in kitchen. Offensive odor caused by defective soil pipe.
37 38 39 40
Americau
Bookkeeper
53 54 55
Merchant Stable Keeper
Male Female
13
56
7
7
3
4
Fair Low
Waste pipe not trapped.
Damp
10 feet from house ; vault full. 12
_Pool of stagnant water 18 feet from honse.
Americau
Painter
32
30
2
Clayey Gravel. .
9
3 mos. 3
3 41 7
March
Fatal
6
Fair
5
..
Good
Defect iu drain pipe, aud con, of w. p. and d. p. defective :
Water in cellar .. Dry
Insufficient supply of water iu water-closet .. Water-closet iu bath room.
40 41 42 43
44 45 46 Male Female . 24
Cabinet Maker. . 47 48
Teamster
6
Sand Clayey Gravel. .
Good
Drainage iuto cesspool 25 ft. from house ; w. p. not trapped Drain pipe defective .. No drainage facilities.
Dry
Irish
33 34 35 36 37 38 39
4
4
Sand
Irish
Laborer
Female
18
1
Clay
Fatal
Drainage into cesspool 8 ft. from house ; w. p. not trapped.
8 feet from honse ; offensive.
German
Butcher
10
American Irish
Widow
30 feet from house
Laborer
27 28 29 30 31
5
Soap Maker
Female ..
6
Fatal .. 1
Clayey Gravel. .
No drainage facilities
8
44
Stagnant water under house.
Americau
Teamster
Male
Carpenter.
Female .. Male
1
Fatal ..
6
„¢
Defect in drain pipe in cellar.
Damp
12 feet from house.
[Dec., 1881. Fatal case of diphtheria in brother's house in
20 21
Female . . Male
Received clothing from mother of family No. 6
24 26 25 Male .. Female .. Male
14
7
Fatal
1
Clayey Gravel. Clay
Fair
Low aud damp. .
1
13 14
15 16 17 18 19
2
German
2
Male ..
5
1
Clayey Gravel. . Clay
6 7
Damp
Offensive odor in kitchen from sink.
7
5
Fatal
District.
7
Connection of waste pipe with drain pipe defective. Waste pipe not trapped
Water-closet in cellar. Water-closet in cellar defective.
Salesmau .
Americau Irish
American
22 7 6
8
Fatal .. 3
6
Damp
[giveu child's clothing to this family. Mother of family No. 6 boarded here, and had
[cellar.
Insufficient supply of water in water-closet in Soil pipe ventilated.
Sex of Patient.
Locality.
Female Male
26
DIPHTHERIA IN 1882. - INSPECTOR'S REPORT (continued).
203 B
No. of Family.
Nationality.
Occupation of Head of Family.
Sex of Patient.
Age of
Patient.
Date of Sickness.
Result.
Soil.
Locality.
House Drainage.
Condition of Cellar.
Privy
Remarks.
59 60
Male Female . .
10
March . . "
7
Clayey Gravel . .
Good
Waste pipe not trapped ; defect in drain pipe
Damp
Water-closet in cellar.
42
American
Salesmau
61
.
7
April
24
March
5
No sink in tenement ; waste water thrown into water-closet.
Water closet defective
[before sickness. 8 inches of surface water in cellar eight days
44
Music Publisher.
64 65 66
Male Female ..
10days 1
46
7
. .
Defect in drain pipe ; waste pipe not trapped
Dry
Water-closets iu bath room and cellar.
45
Irish
Cabinet Maker. Machinist
67
95
6
Fair
Waste pipe not trapped
Damp
Dry
47
Laborer
69
25
6
48 49
=
Moulder Merchant
1}
April
5
50
Irish
Laborer
74
4
6
Clay
Damp ..
Drainage into cesspool adjoining house
No cellar
Adjoining house ; vault full.
52
Canadiau
Upholsterer
75
13
Fatal
3
Low and damp.
No drainage facilities ..
Water in cellar.
12 feet from house
53
Norwegian .
76
Female .
32
1
Low
Drainage into vault adjoining house ; w. p. not trapped ..
Damp
Adjoining house ; vault full.
77
Male
74
Fatal
Female ..
5
5
Male .
12
2
Clayey Gravel .. Good
Drainage defective Waste pipe not trapped.
56
=
Laborer
Female . Male
3 6
Clay. Sand
Good Fair
46
57
Irish
2
5
3
Clay.
Low and damp.
Water in cellar
59
86
8
Clayey Gravel
Fair
Dry
60
Mason
5
1
Clay . . . .
Low
No cellar
10
8
Clayey Gravel
Good
Dry .
8
62
Blacksmith
6
Fatal
Fair
Damp
10
63
Laborer
90
12
Fatal
54
Defect iu drain pipe.
Dry
Water-closet in bath room. Water-closet in cellar.
66
Irish
Laborer
94
2
6
Clay
Damp
Damp
Vault offensive. .
Stagnant water near house.
.
8
=
2
Fatal
6
June
2
Clayey Gravel
Good
Defect in drain pipe.
Water-closet in bath room
69
=
Bookkeeper
100
5
40
"
7
4
Sand
Fair
Male
5
Clayey Gravel
Low
=
73
Americau
Furniture Dealer
105
5
Sand
Good
Connection of soil pipe with drain pipe defective. Waste pipe not trapped ; defect iu drain pipe ..
Damp
6 Water-closet iu bath room. Water-closet in cellar.
75
Machiuist.
108 109
Male Female .
8
5
Good
Connectiou of waste pipe with drain pipe defective
Dry
76 77
Irish
Laborer
17
1
Clay . Sand
Low
Waste pipe not trapped.
Damp
2 feet from house ; vault full 15
Drains in cellar defective.
78
American
Clerk.
Female
11
5
Good
Defect in drain pipe
Dry
Water-closet in bath room.
79
Plumber
113
6
5
80
Painter
114
7
5
Clayey Gravel .
Waste pipe not trapped Satisfactory
Dry
20 feet from house ; vault full. Water-closet iu cellar.
81
Clerk
115
5
Fatal ..
5
=
Good
Waste pipe not trapped. Defect in drain pipe ..
18 feet from house ; vault full. Water-closet in bath room.
72 73
3
5
Damp
12 feet from house ; vault full
[on this table. Mother of this child had visited family No. 29 Waste pipe not trapped. Stagnant water near house.
54 55
American
Carpenter. Produce Dealer.
81
Female . .
5
8
.. Low
Male
3
11
Dry
18 feet from house ; vault full. 3 feet from house and offensive. 8 feet from house ; vault full 5
Cesspool near house; offensive odor from same.
61
6 7
Drainage into cesspool 10 feet from house. Connection of w. p. with d. p. defective ; w. p. not trapped.
15
64
Americau
Merchant
37
7
65
Salesman
38
Fatal
7
Fair
Waste pipe uot trapped . No drainage facilities.
67 68
American
Musician .. .
Male
3 6 6
[into cellar. Joints of drain pipe defective; sewage flowing 2 vaults within 6 feet of house. At times offensive odor from sink in kitchen.
72
Irish
Laborer
Fatal
1
6
5
Fair
Drainage into cesspool ; cesspool offensive Waste pipe not trapped
10 feet from house ; vault offensive.
70 71
Spike Maker
101
Female
1
Fireman
102 103 104
Female "
Widow
106
107
3
110 111 112
Male
43
4
Fair
46
=
68
Male Female . .
3
10
=
Connection of s. p. with d. p. defective ; w. p. not trapped. Drainage into cesspool 8 feet from house
70 71
Male
2
Fatal 16
5
American
Mason.
Female Male
Laborer
78 79
80
Water-closet in cellar.
82 83 84 85
May
12
87 88 89
Female ..
91 92 93
Male Female . Male
Female ..
95
«
Fatal
58
Stagnant water near house.
Drainage defective ; waste pipe uot trapped = Waste pipe not trapped
Water-closet in cellar. Water-closet in bath room defective. 12 feet from house.
46
District.
43
62
=
63
=
46
Fatal ..
46
12
Fatal
Clay . . . . Clayey Gravel . .
Drainage into cesspool 5 feet from house
51
=
Clayey Gravel . Sand
Damp
Water-closet in shed 15 feet from house.
Dry
74
Drains not ventilated.
5
Fatal . .
Good
96 97 98 99
=
No. of Patient.
203 C
No. of
Nationality.
Occupation of Head of Family.
No. of
Patient.
Patient,
Date of Sickness.
Result.
Soll.
Locality.
House Drainage.
Condition of Cellar.
Privy.
Remarks.
Hostler . Merchant ..
116
Male
8
4
Sand.
Fair . Good
Waste pipe not trapped ; cesspool in cellar offensive Satisfactory
Dry
Book-binder. 118
=
4
Carver
119
..
28
Fatal
5
Clayey Gravel Clay .. .
Good
Waste pipe not trapped.
Damp
Pork Packer Baker ..
Female
30
3
5
Clayey Gravel Saud
Low
No drainage facilities.
No cellar
6 feet from house ; vault full
Staguant water near house.
American
Salesman
125
39
2
Clayey Gravel . Sanc
Low
Drains defective
Dry
Water-closet in cellar Water-closet in cellar offensive.
Agent
126
Female .. Male
-1
4€
5
9
3
30
4
Good
September.
7
28
3
Fair Low
American . =
135
38
6
Fair
No drainage facilities.
Dry
Irish
Sailor
46
3
1
Low
Connection of waste pipe with drain pipe defective
1
11
5
Good
Damp
Water-closet in cellar.
American
Glass Cutter. Minister
Female Male
11
44
Fatal
2
7
2
5
=
5
2
=
Merchant
Female Male
November . .
Fatal
Into cesspool ; defect in drain pipe
Dry
10 feet from honse ; offensive.
38
14
5
Clayey Gravel
Water-closet in cellar
Drains uot ventilated.
Irish
Gardener
Female .
7
4
Fatal
6
Clayey Gravel Sand
Drains defective ; waste pipe not trapped Waste pipe not trapped ; drainage on surface Waste pipe not trapped
Basement room .. No cellar
20 feet from house ; vault full. Vault offensive.
= =
Laborer 152 153 154 155 156
Male Female .. Male
2
6
8
Fatal
5
11
44
=
Low
Defect in drain pipe. Drains defective ; waste pipe not trapped
Dry Damp
Water-closet in bath room . Water-closet in cellar offensive.
Female .. Male Female .. Male
11
6
3
=
=
=
=
7 4
Sand
Fair
Waste p. not trapped ; connection w. p. with d. p. defective. Waste pipe not trapped
Dry Damp
30 feet from house. 12 feet from house ; vault full. Adjoining house ; offensive
Cesspool 12 feet from house.
Female 1
1
Clay
Low
Damp
Drain pipe defective ; waste pipe not trapped No drainage facilities. Drain pipe not trapped Drain pipe and waste pipes not trapped .. Defect iu drain pipe in cellar. . No drainage facilities.
Dry . Damp
10 feet from house. Water-closet in bath room
Irish
Laborer
Female ..
29
1
Clay
Low aud damp. Fair
Waste pipe not trapped.
Basement rooms ..
8 feet from house ; offensive. Water-closet in basement.
German
Widow 172
Male
2
1
Clayey Gravel .
Low
Damp
15 feet from house.
44
5
Sand ..
Fair
Defect in drain pipe. Satisfactory
Damp
Water-closet in cellar defective. Water-closet in bath room Water-closet in cellar
Drains not ventilated. Soil pipe not ventilated.
Nova Scotian. Irish
Laborer
Male =
10
1
Clay .
Good
Waste pipe not trapped. Satisfactory
Damp
Drains not ventilated.
=
Laborer
44
Irish
American . . Irish
Charcoal Dealer. Restaurant K'per
Male Female
7
2
Clayey Gravel
Good
No cellar Damp
Adjoining house iu stable. Water-closet in cellar offensive. 10 feet from house ; vault full. 12 feet from house ; offensive
99 100
101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110
112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 13
American Irish
164
2
Fatal
5
Clayey Gravel
Good
6 1
Clayey Gravel . Low
America
Barber
6
10
16
6
=
7
Good
Dry No cellar
12
Fatal
3
Sand
Fair
Expressman
165 166 167 168 169 170 171
43
.
Male 4
14
=
Offensive odor in bath room from water-closet. Connection of drain pipe with w. p. defective.
82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92
Irish American . . . .
6
5
Clayey Gravel
5
7
122 123
7
00
30
3
127
128
Female Male
129 130
Female . =
19
Clayey Gravel . Clay
Drainage into cesspool ; cesspool offensive Waste pipe not trapped
Damp
Water-closet in bath room. 6 feet from house ; vault full 10 «
Sewage flowing into cellar.
Conductor.
131 135 13: 134
136 137 138 139
7
October
5
Dry
bath room
Waste pipe not trapped.
Soil pipe not ventilated. No ventilation. Drains not ventilated.
9 7 31
=
Clay
Fair Good Fair
Waste pipe not trapped ; drainage on surface Satisfactory
Water-closet in cellar uot supplied with water. Water-closet iu cellar .. 4 feet from house.
Upholstercr Widow
151
14
Fatal ..
1
Clayey Gravel
Low
5
Good
Damp
Water-closet in cellar. 10 feet from house ; offensive.
American
No drainage facilities
Insufficient supply of water in water-closet.
Irish
Police Officer Lawyer Laborer
157 158 159 160 161 162 163
5
1
Low
No cellar
Clay .. Clayey Gravel
Good
1
7 15
40
Good
Female Male
29
=
Teamster Laborer Cabinet Maker. Laborer =
147 148 149 150
Female Male
9
1
Sand
Damp
American Irish
Male Female ..
24 1
December . .
Sand Clayey Gravel
Defect in drain pipe. Satisfactory
Dry
cellar.
Expressman Produce Dealer. Cooper
141
Female Male
145 143 144 145
Clerk
64
14€
5 5 5
Drains defective shortly before sickuess. Satisfactory
Damp
batlı room
4.
Stagnaut water near house. Wooden box drain in cellar.
Male
Fatal .
=
Waste pipe not trapped ; defect in drain pipe .. Connection of waste pipe with drain pipe defective Drainage defective .
Damp
Dentist
140
=
Police Officer Widow 4
Drainage on surface ; waste pipe not trapped. Satisfactory
[conductor from roof. Water-closet supplied with raiu water from
[within 40 feet of house. Stable where 20 horses and 4 cows are kept
12 feet from house ; vanlt full.
July 1.
Damp
40 feet from house ; vault full.
Dry
Type Setter. 120 121
6 feet from house ; vault full Water-closet in cellar.
Stagnant water near house.
29
Low and damp. . Fair
No drainage facilities.
Waste pipe not trapped.
124
Sex of Patient.
Age of
District.
93 94 95 96 97 98
Waste pipe not trapped ; drains defective .. Defect in drain pipe.
1
Moulder
12
Drain pipe defective ; waste pipe not trapped Drainage defective
DIPHTHERIA IN 1882 .- INSPECTOR'S REPORT (continued).
203
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER REPORTED IN 1882.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
MONTHS.
Cases
reported.
Number
of deaths.
Percentage
of deaths.
Cases
reported.
Number
of deaths.
Percentage
of deaths.
reported.
Number
of deaths.
Percentage
of deaths.
January
5
24
11
46
3
1
33
February
1
1
100
14
5
36
2
March
32
7
22
3
1
33
April
1
14
8
57
1
1
100
May
1
15
5
33
June
1
17
2
12
4
1
25
July
1
14
1
7
August
2
1
50
8
September
1
8
1
12}
7
3
43
October
8
6
1
17
5
1
20
November
7
9
7
78
2
December
11
2
18
19
4
21
3
Total
39
4
10
172
52
30
38
8
21
DEATHS FROM SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER IN 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, AND 1882.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
MONTHS.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880
1881.
1882.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1877.
| 1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
January
4
4
2
4
6
7
7
11
2
1
February
1
1
4
4
4
4
5
1
March
1
1
1
9
5
7
7
2
1
April
1
2
7
1
1
1
2
8
1
May
1
8
3
5
1
June
1
6
1
1
3
2
1
1
July
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
1
4
3
2
1
4
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
3
October
3
4
2
5
2
6
1
1
1
2
2
1
November
1
4
3
5
1
2
1
2
7
1
1
1
December
1
2
2
8
5
4
8
3
4
2
1
·
1
1
Totals
10
15
16
6
1
4
59
27
29
19
44
52
6
5
3
7
8
8
...
1
..
...
August
1
September
2
..
..
..
Cases
204
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DISTRICTS.
Our records of deaths, dangerous diseases, and nuisances in the ten health districts of the city, for the year 1882, are presented in the four following tables.
The accompanying map shows the boundaries of the districts, and the locations of sewers built prior to Jan. 1, 1879.
The soil in Districts I., II., III., V., VI., VII., VIII., and X., and a part of IX. is principally clay or clayey gravel, with con- siderable ledge in Districts VII. and VIII., and in District IV. and the remainder of District IX. it is sandy.
The elevation of Districts I., III., and IV. and that part of District VIII. bordering on Mystic River is low, and the general elevation of the remainder of the city is high, ranging from 90 to 145 feet above mean low tide in parts of Districts II., V., VI., VII., VIII., and X.
The four tables show, -
First. - The area, estimated population, number of dwellings, and average number of people per dwelling in each district in 1882, with the deaths for the last nine years (exclusive of deaths in the McLean Insane Asylum), and the rate per thousand of population.
Second -The five principal causes of death in Somerville in 1882, with the number of deaths from each, and the rate per thou- sand of population, in each district.
Third. - The number of cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever reported, and the number of deaths from each of these diseases in each district in 1882, and the number of cases and of deaths per thousand of population.
Fourth. - The number of nuisances abated in each district in 1882.
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HIGHLAND
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SPRING
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LOWELL
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CAMERON
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BEACON
LINE
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BOSTON
MISTIC
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MILLER'S
WARWICK ST.
-
VALNUT
OF
MAPLE
SCHOOL
ADAMS
CENTRAL
THURSTON ST.
ASHILUN
MYSTIC RIVER BR. R.A.
GU.R.R.
FREHONY
DERBY ST.
GRANT
CHAUNCEY
WINTHROP
LINE.
PARKER
AVE.
AVE
MALDEN ARIOGEL
RIVER
EASTER
HUNRER HITL.
SONINSYM
BOSTON
BROADWAY.
MORRISON
ST.
RAILROAD.
AVE.
SUMMER
BOSTO
TABLE OF DEATHS IN EACH DISTRICT DURING THE LAST NINE YEARS, EXCLUSIVE OF DEATHS IN THE MCLEAN ASYLUM.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
Entire City.
Districts
2,660 A.
337 .1.
107 A.
93 A.
171 A.
361 A.
285 A.
194 A.
482 A.
174 A.
456 A.
Area ..
27,561
Population ...
5,021
4,900
1,899
3,369
5,268
1,164
2,878
857
1,531
674
In 1882.
in
6.9
6.4
6.5
6.2
4.4
6.2
5.1
5.4
Average each dwelling.
6.6
Deaths.
Rate per 1,000.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate
No. of
Rate
No. of
Deaths.
Rate
No. of
Deaths.
per 1,000.
per 1,000.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate
No. of
Deaths.
per 1,000.
No. of
Deaths.
per 1,000.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate
No. of
Deaths.
Rate
per 1,000.
1874 .
147
37
53
14
24
16
86
33
67
16
34
37
26
=
17
25
18
15
3
00
475
22
1875.
149
37
84
22
26
17
56
21
75
18
29
32
32
14
13
19
15
12
7
15
486
22
1876.
113
30
62
17
17
12
62
24
00
20
23
26
25
12
11
17
25
22
10
20
426
21
1877.
126
32
57
15
18
12
57
22
61
15
31
34
29
13
12
18
32
27
Cz
10
428
20
1878
92
22
50
12
32
21
53
19
53
12
24
25
32
14
15
21
17
14
7
ão
375
17
1879
92
21
50
12
29
18
62
22
77
17
14
14
22
9
14
19
16
12
00
16
385
16
423
17
1880
104
23
56
13
34
20
55
18
70
15
30
28
32
12
6
24
12
10
11
18
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
205
9 years. ...
1,053
27
533
14
263
18
537
21
616
15
253
28
279
13
130
20
171
15
73
15
3,907
17
1882.
119
24
57
12
42
22
58
17
72
14
32
27
co
15
11
co
17
11
13
19
464
17
1881 .
111
23
64
14
41
23
48
15
62
12
36
32
38
14
00
22
19
13
8
12
445
Dwellings .. ..
761
708
298
521
850
265
465
167
285
142
4,462
4.7
6.2
No. of
YEAR.
per 1,000.
Deaths.
per 1,000.
per 1,000.
Rate
No. of
Deaths.
Rate
per 1,000.
Rate
Rate
per 1,000.
19
206
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN SOMER - VILLE IN 1882, WITH THE NUMBER AND RATE IN EACH DISTRICT.
CONSUMPTION.
DIPHTHERIA.
PNEUMONIA.
CHOLERA INFANTUM.
HEART DISEASE.
DISTRICTS.
No. of
Deaths.
No. per
1,000 of pop.
No. of
Deaths.
No. per
No. of
Deaths.
No. per
1,000 of pop.
No. of
Deaths.
No. per
1,000 of pop.
No. of
Deaths.
No. per
1,000 of pop.
I ..
33
6 57
14
2.79
10
1.99 .
5
1.00
2
0.40
II.
13
2.65
1
0.20
2
0.41
3
0.61
5
1.02
III.
10
5.27
6
3.15
3
1.58
4
2.11
IV.
13
3.86
2
0.59
7
2 08
8
2.37
1
0.30
V.
7
1.33
12
2.28
2
0.38
2
0.38
5
0.95
VI.
5
4.29
9
7.73
5
4.29
2
1.72
VII.
5
1.74
6
2 08
6
2.08
2
0.69
4
1.39
VIII.
1
1.17
1
1.17
1
1.17
1
1.17
IX.
1
0.65
1
0.65
1
0.65
2
1.31
X.
2
2.97
2
2.97
1
1.48
2
2.97
Total . . .
90
3.27
52
1.85
34
1.23
co
1.12
23
0.83
TABLE OF SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER IN EACH DISTRICT IN 1882.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
DISTRICT.
Cases
reported.
Deaths.
Cases per
1,000 of pop.
Deaths per
1,000 of pop.
Cases
reported.
Deaths.
Cases per
1,000 of pop.
Deaths per
1,000 of pop.
reported.
Deaths.
Cases per
1,000 of pop.
Deaths per
1,000 of pop.
I ... .. .
Or
1.00
36
14
7.17
2.79
12
2.39
......
EII
10
1
2.04
0.20
4
2
0.80
0.40
III.
7
..
3.69
15
6
7.90
3.16
1
1
0.53
0.53
6
2
1.78
0.59
12
2
3.56
0.59
6
1
1.78
0.30
10
2
1.90
0.38
45
12
8.54
2.28
5
1
0.95
0.19
VI ...
2
1.72
19
9
16.32
7.73
1
0.86
VII
4
1.39
21
9
7.30
2 08
1
0.35
VIII.
9
1
10.50
1.17
3
1
3.50
1.17
IX.
2
1
1.31
0.65
X ...
5
7.42
3
4.45
..
5
2
7.42
2.96
Total ..
39
4
1.42
0.15
172
52
6.24
1.89
38
8
1.38
0.29
1,000 of pop.
Cases
207
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
NUISANCES ABATED IN EACH DISTRICT IN 1882.
District.
I.
II.
III.
LIV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
Total.
Population
5021
4900 |1899
3369 5268 1164
2878
857
1531
674
27561
Cellar damp
3
3
1
8
4
4
23
Cesspool defective.
offensive ..
overflowing.
1
1
1
3
Connections of drainage pipes de- fective ...
5
13
2
6
8
1
10
1
1
5
52
Cows kept in L of house.
19
2
7
11
15
6
4
2
1
67
$6
emptying on surface
8
1
4
13
8
11
4
5
2
56
Drain-pipe broken and leaking.
1
1
2
1
1
4
4
10
9
2
13
11
1
1
51
Hens kept in cellar.
2
1
4
Manure exposed and offensive
7
2
3
1
4
3
4
4
1
1
30
Offal in cellar.
1
on land.
1
3
2
5
11
Offensive odor in and about dwell- ings
14
1
1
4
3
1
24
Opening in drain pipe in cellar.
1
2
Premises filthy
3
1
2
1
4
1
1
13
Privy filthy.
1
1
2
Privy-vault full
11
6
31
9
17
7
4
4
1
129 3
structed
4 22
9
9
12
18
9
4
2
15
100 1
Slops thrown on surface
3
2
4
9
1
1
1
21
not ventilated
1
2
1
1
2
2
3
2
1
3
1
14
Stagnant water in house cellar.
6
5
4
4
2
21
in stable cellar.
1
1
1
3
13
1
8
3
25
Waste-pipe clogged.
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
4
..
not trapped.
27
16
19
35
18
26
4
1
5
175
Water-closet defective.
1
1
1
2
5
1
11
insufficiently suppli'd with water
1
1
2
4
8
not supplied
with
water.
3
2
1
6
offensive
1
3
1
5
3
3
2
18
Water pipe leaking.
1
1
Wooden waste-pipes and drains . .
3
1
1
1
5
1
.
202
105
76
126
158
94
107
22
19
36
945
3
3
1
1
12
Sewer outlet offensive
1
1
I
Soil-pipe clogged .
1
1 5
Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive
1
2
leaking
not
properly
con-
7
3
1
2
S
2
2
..
20
1
.. .
1
1
5.
1
2
1
1
1
1
Drainage defective ..
emptying in cellar
clogged
defective
1
1
offensive.
slaughter-house offensive.
on surface
1
defective
leaking .
24
12
39
208
ANNUAL REPORTS.
REGULATIONS.
The following regulations have been adopted since the publica- tion of our last report.
IN BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE, March 1, 1883.
Whereas, It has been voted by this board that from and after this date every dwelling where a case of small-pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or typhus fever is known to exist, be conspicuously labelled at its entrance or en- trances with a card or cards marked " Small-pox here," "Scarlet fever here," " Diphtheria here," or " Typhus fever here," as the case may be, said card or cards there to remain until removed by this board, or its agent, or by permission of this board, it is therefore
Ordered, That the following regulation be and is hereby adopted : -
1. No person shall, without permission from this board, remove from any dwelling in this city any card affixed thereto by this board or its agent indicating that small-pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or typhus fever exists in said dwelling, nor shall any person obliterate or deface such card; nor shall the occupant of any dwelling to which such card may be affixed permit the same to be removed, obliterated, or defaced, without immedi- ately notifying this board; nor shall any person, except members of the immediate family and those whose business calls them there, visit a dwell- ing labelled with a card as aforesaid, without the written permission of this board.
IN BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE, March 1, 1883.
Whereas, The diseases known as small-pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhus fever are contagious and dangerous to the public health, and have been, and may easily be, contracted at funerals, from dead bodies or apart- ments which have been infected by such diseases, it is therefore
Ordered, That the following regulations be and are hereby adopted : -
1. From and after this date no public funeral shall be held over tlie remains of any person having died of small-pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or typhus fever, except by written consent of this board, and under such regulations as said board may prescribe; and no persons except members of the immediate family and those whose business calls them there shall be admitted to the house where such death has occurred until after the interment has taken place and the premises have been fumigated, without the written permission of this board.
2. The remains of every person dying of either of said diseases shall at once be placed in a tight or sealed coffin, which shall not thereafter be opened or unsealed ; and the burial shall take place immediately.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
209
APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND EXPENDI- TURES THEREFROM, 1882.
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