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Many of the school-rooms are crowded.
We have reported as defective any school-room that has a less capacity than 200 cubic feet of air-space to each seat.
The authorities on this matter are quoted as follows : -
A. C. Martin in Massachusetts State Board of Health, 1871, - 220 cubic feet.
Prof. Kedzie in Buck's Hygiene,- 300 cubic feet.
W. A. Briggs in New Hampshire State Board of Health Report, 1882, - 347 cubic feet ..
In building a new school-house we should recommend an allow- ance of at least 250 cubic feet to each seat.
The janitors in many of the school-houses fail to keep the buildings and water-closets in proper condition. We believe that to a considerable extent, the foul odors that have caused so much complaint in the past, have been due to their carelessness and neglect."
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEATHS.
544 certificates of death were approved during the year, and 27 certificates of still-births.
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1883.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
Zymotic Diseases,
Scarlet Fever
1
1
1
1
6
Diphtheria.
3
3
6
1
3
3
1
1
2
1
5
Croup. ..
1
4
Typhoid Fever.
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
13
Erysipela's
3
1
1
1
6
Dysentery
1
1
1
2
5
Diarrhoea
1
2
13
8
4
27
Cholera Morbus
1
1
2
Cerebro-Spinal Men- ingitis ..
1
1
Septicemia
1
Rheumatism
2
1
3
Whooping Cough
1
1
1
1
4
Pyæmia .
1
1
2
Puerperal Fever
1
1
1
3
Measles
1
1
3
Constitutional Diseases.
DIATHETIC.
Cancer .
1
1
1
2
1
1
Cancer of Breast
2
1
Cancer of Liver
1
1
1
3
Anæmia .. ..
1
1
1
1
1
2
Cancer of Omentum.
1
1
2
Cancer of Stomach
1
1
1
3
Cancer of Lip
1
1
TUBERCULAR.
Phthisis Pulmonalis
4
8
7
4
S
11
S
9
2
9
5
6
81
Tubercular Meningi- tis
1
2
1
6
Marasmus.
2
2
3
2
3
1
13
Scrofula.
1
2
3
Tuberculosis.
1
1
2
Local Diseases.
NERVOUS SYSTEM.
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
10
Paralysis.
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
5
13
Insanity
1
1
1
1
3
1
8
Brain Disease.
2
3
4
1
2
1
1
14
Cerebral Meningitis
1
1
Meningitis .
1
2
2
4
1
10
Convulsions.
2
2
3
2
1
1
2
2
15
Epilepsy .
1
2
Congestion
1
1
Myelitis.
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
11
Cholera Infantum.
31
1
2
2
1
5
3
Cancer of Uterus.
Apoplexy
1
.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1883 .- Continued.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September
October.
November.
December.
Total.
ORGANS
OF CIRCULATION.
Heart Disease.
5
3
1
3
1
3
1
2
2
1
25
Pericarditis
1
1
Endocarditis.
1
1
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
Pneumonia
3
3
4
8
6
2
2
1
6
7
42
Bronchitis
2
3
1
1
2
5
1
3
18
Hemorrhage
1
Lung Diseases
1
1
2
Pleuro-Pneumonia. .
2
1
3
Asthma .
1
1
2
Empyæma
1
1
DIGESTIVE ORGANS. Gastritis
1.
2
1
1
5
Enteritis
1
2
Peritonitis
2
1
3
2
2
2
1
13
Liver Disease.
1
2
1
Inanition.
1
1
Jaundice
1
1
2
URINARY ORGANS.
Nephritis.
1
1
2
Bright's Disease
2
1
4
3
4
1
1
1
1
18
Diabetes
1
1
3
Disease of Kidneys. .
1
1
Cystitis
1
Developmental Diseases.
OF CHILDREN.
Premature Birth and Infantile Debility .
2
2
5
2
2
2
2
2
19
Hydrocephalus. . Cyanosis.
1
1
1
1
4
1
OF OLD PEOPLE. Old Age ..
2
1
1
1
1
5
1
4
1
2
19
Diseases of Nutrition.
General Debility.
2
1
3
1
1
1
9
Violent Deaths,
Fracture of Skull.
1
1
2
Railroad .
1
1
2
Fracture of Spine.
1
1
Mastoid Abscess
1
1
Abscess.
1
1
2
SUICIDE. UNKNOWN
1
1
3
Total
40
37
46
58
45
48
61
54
39
৳40
29
47
544
Still-born
2
2
4
2
1
2
2
3
2
3
1
2
26
Population.
.28,663
Death-rate per thousand 18.98
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
196
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DISEASES DANGEROUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
SCARLET FEVER. - There were 84 cases of this disease reported to our Board during the past year, 6 of which proved fatal.
While this is a considerable increase over last year and the year before (1881, 25 cases and 1 death ; 1882, 39 cases and 4 deaths), nothing like an epidemic has prevailed, the cases being for the most part scattered, and having little connection with one another. We, as a Board of Health, are very much pleased to notice the growing feeling not only of dread, but also of caution, among our people in regard to these contagious diseases ; for this we believe is the surest safeguard against any extensive spread of them. We still continue our custom of placing cards with " Scarlet Fever Here," upon the houses in all cases, and are per- pectly satisfied with the practical working of this rule.
DIPHTHERIA .- We are happy to note a diminution in the num- ber of cases of this disease in our city during the past year. In 1880 there were 108 cases and 19 deaths ; in 1881, 155 cases and 45 deaths ; in 1882, 172 cases and 52 deaths ; while in 1883, with an increase of population, there were only 156 cases, 31 of which proved fatal.
This diminution in the number of cases we believe to be due, at least in part, to the strenuous efforts of our Board in keeping chil- dren away from the schools. In this work we have had the hearty cooperation of the school teachers, and for this we are grateful to them. We have also had valuable assistance from the undertakers in preventing public funerals, and in burying the bodies of those dying from this disease as soon as possible.
Cards on the houses are also used in this disease.
TYPHOID OR TYPHUS FEVER (?) .- At the very commencement of the year, in fact in December 1882, a child by the name of Porter, aged 12 years, was taken sick with all of the symptoms of typhoid fever ; there was headache, pain in the back, etc., nose- bleed, typhoidal temperature, rose-spots and diarrhea. She died in the third week, of exhaustion. This certainly was a well- marked case of typhoid fever.
January 17, 1883, the father, Thos. Porter, aged 45, was taken suddenly sick with scarcely any prodromal symptoms. He was sent immediately to the hospital, where he died in a few days. (History of this case is not known, with the exception that from
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
the peculiar character of the rash, some question was raised as to whether this was not a case of typhus ; that was finally settled in the negative.)
At about the same time, January 23d, 1883, Frank Porter, 72 years, and Thos. Porter, Jr., 9 years, were taken sick; the former was sick four weeks and had diarrhea and was covered with a thick, dark brown rash all over the body, which did not disap- pear on pressure ; typhoid temperature ; recovered : the latter had the same symptoms, but with no diarrhœa.
January 23d, 1883, James L., 23 years, living near the Porter family, was sick in the same way with slight delirium, consti- pation, and this same rash ; sick four weeks and recovered.
January 24, 1883, Mary N., 11 years, living in the same yard with the Porter family and using the same vault; symptoms strictly typhoidal ; recovered.
Next in order came the City Physician, who was attending these cases. In this case distinct prodromes for ten days, no nosebleed, profuse diarrhea caused by calomel, afterwards con- stipation throughout, this same dark rash all over the body, even in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, active delirium early and continuing throughout the disease ; sick eight weeks ; recovered ; temperature strictly typhoidal.
Next in order came Mrs. H., who nursed the Porter children. In this case there was profuse rash and constipation ; recovered.
Next, Mrs. M., mother of Mary, profuse rose-rash, constipa- tion ; recovery.
Mollie M., 10 years old, daughter of Mrs. M. who assisted in the care of the Porter children, rash on face, hands and bowels ; temperature at one time, 105° ; recovered.
At about this time Dr. -, who took the practice of the City Physician, became sick. In his case the temperature rose very high, and early in the disease made a sudden fall, after which the delirium and stupor continued for many days. This same dark rash was everywhere present. There was constipation, and finally, after a very severe illness, recovery.
Mrs. M., mother of Mary M., sick directly after with same symptoms. These two M- cases seemed to transport the disease to Harris street, for shortly after, Mrs. John O'Brien, living near the M --- family, and having direct connection with them, was taken sick in the same manner as the rest and was taken to
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
the Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was treated for typhoid fever, and recovered.
Within a few days of this, the husband, John O'Brien, and a son, John O'Brien, Jr., became ill, and were taken to the City Hospital, Boston, whence, after a short stay, they were transported to the quarantine hospital, the cases being regarded as typhus fever. Both died.
In a short time Willie O'Brien, a younger son of John, was taken sick at his brother's house, where he and the sister had gone after the father's removal. In view of the possibility of this being another case of typhus, all practical precautions were taken to prevent the further spread of the disease. This boy had a typical typhoid fever, with hemorrhage from the bowels even, and after an illness of three weeks, recovered.
At this time the brother's wife, who had gone to her mother's, in Cambridge, became ill, and her case was thought by the authorities there to be typhus. This finally ended the epidemic.
There were four other cases having an apparent connection with these cases, the histories of which are not known. The exact dates of the commencement of the cases is unknown, as there is always some delay in the reporting of these cases.
In considering these cases, it is necessary to state that the region where they occurred is, perhaps, the most unhealthy in the city ; the land is low and the houses in a wretched sanitary condition, vaults being used in most of the cases.
In the cases of the two physicians there was every reason for their having typhoid fever independently of these cases, for they were both completely broken down from exposure and overwork. In these two cases, where the ordinary precautions for preventing the spread of typhoid fever were taken, no other cases occurred, although no attempt were made at isolation.
It is extremely difficult, with no post-mortem examination to assist us, to determine just what the true nature of the cases was ; but in our judgment all of the cases, certainly those seen by us, were typhoid fever.
The other cases that occurred during the year were scattered, and the usual sanitary defects were found to exist.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
We present herewith a table, prepared by the Inspector, show- ing the sanitary condition of the several dwellings where diphtheria was reported.
We also submit two tables, the first of which shows the number of cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever reported in 1883, with the number and percentage of deaths from each, and the second shows the number of deaths in Somerville from scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever in the several districts for each of the past six years.
The number of cases marked " fatal " in the Inspector's Diph- theria table is one less than the number of deaths from diphtheria during the year, because one of the deaths was that of a case which was reported in 1882 and which does not therefore appear in the Inspector's table.
201 A.
No. of Family.
Nationality.
Occupation of Head of Family.
No. of
Patient.
Sex of Patient.
Age of Patient.
Date of Sickness.
Result.
Soil.
Locality.
House Drainage.
Condition of Cellar.
Privy.
Remarks.
American
Carpenter
1
Male
14
January . .. 44
Claycy Gravel . 66
Good
Into cesspool 12 feet from house.
Good
Merchant
2
Painter.
3
Female ..
4
44
Fair
Defective ventilation; defect in D. P. in cellar Defect in D. P. in cellar .
Damp
Near house. Water-closet in bath-room. Water-closet iu cellar; offensive.
Wooden box for waste pipe.
4 5
Irish
Laborer
6
4
Fatal ..
Low
Drain pipes defective; cesspool in cellar. Waste pipes not trapped
Damp and off've.
G
American
Clerk
S
Male Female. . Male
5
2
February.
Fatal.
11
6
21
January.
Clayey Gravel .
Fail
D. P. in cellar defective. . .
Good Water-closet in cellar; defective.
Irish
Laborer
14
8
3
Gravel
Damp
0
Carpenter
15
Female .
13
8
10
American
Machinist
16
Male
2
5
Good
Good
11
Engineer
17
Feina
14
5
12
6 4
Laborer
19
12
Fatal ..
Sand .
Clayey Gravel . Gravel
Low Good.
Drainage not ventilated Satisfactory
Dam Dry
15 feet from house; vault full Water-closet in cellar
[was taken sick. Drain repaired three weeks before child
16 17 18 19
Irislı American
Cabinet Maker.
Clayey Gravel . Fair
Waste and drain pipes defective
Damp Damp and off've. Good
Damp
20 21
=
Salesman
31
34
66
Good.
Good
10
91
Italian
Pedler
30
25 26
American Eng.ish
Brush Maker .. Carpenter
1
3
Sand
Good Fair.
Water-closet in bath-room offensive Waste pipes not trapped
Basement rooms. 66
20 feet from house; offensive
Premises in rear of house filthy.
27 28 29
American 44
Widow.
3
Sand
Good.
Gravel
16
Irish
Laborer
41
6
Clayey Gravel Gravel
Fair. Good. 66
Drainage not ventilated Waste pipes not trapped; D. and W. P. defective, Drainage not ventilated.
Irish
Laborer .
26
1
=
Fair.
Damp
American
Carpenter . .
47. 18
7
9
=
Good
5
Fair
Good
Defect in drain pipe
Water-closet in cellar
51
2
Fatal.
89
=
Carpenter 52
...
8
Clayey Gr .vel .
Fair
=
Into cesspool 25 ft. from house Damp
20 feet from house; vault full
4
Male . . ..
3
5
Fema e
33
1 4 NAH
Clay. . Gravel
Fair
12 fcet fromn house. Privy near house; offensivc. Water-closet in cellar
[sick with Diphtheria. Visited house in Boston where child was
where two fatal cases of diphtheria occurred This child visited house in South Boston
13 14
Scotch American
Sea Captain . . Merchant
23
5 00
24 25 26
Male
..
3
Fatal ..
7
Gravel =
Good
Fair.
Good
Fair
Defect in drain near water-closet Waste pipe not trapped; sewage flowing into cellar
Privy 20 feet from house; vault full
23
Widow.
32
66
10 4
1
Clayey Gravel
Fair.
4
Gravel
43
.
Irish
Painter
4
66
No cellar. Damp Good.
Water-closet in cellar . Water-closet in cellar; offensive
30 31
American .
Male
2
Female ..
14
2
Brass Finisher.
41 ... 45 46 Malc .... ...
10 5
=
Drain pipes defective. Drainage not ventilated ; waste and drain pipes def'tive Waste pipes not trapped .
Good
Com. Merchant 49 50
Female. . 12 Male . . . . 4 Female .. 24
Fatal. .
...
13
40
29
March
Male Femalc ..
5 3
Water-closet in cellar
Clergyman Merchant. . Widow .
33 34 35 36 37 38 39
99
Female. . Male Female. . 17
146
6
Clergyman.
6
=
Near house; offensive 25 fect from house; vault full Water-closet in bath-room ... 5 feet from house; offensive . W.C. in cellar not supplied with water. Water-closet in cellar . .
Wooden box drain in cellar. Offensive odor in bath-room.
Laborer .
Female .. Male
11
February . =
27 28 29 30
11
February January.
10
Low
Entire drainage defective; W. P. not trapped . Not ventilated .
Waste pipes not trapped ; D. P. defective.
[child who died of Diphtheria. Father of this child attended funeral of
22
Barber
12
13
28
18
17
20
22
21
Malc
4
1
Female .. :
15
4
66
44
W. P. and D. P. defective Defect in D. P. in cellar. . .
Water-closet in cellar; offensive. Water-closet in cellar
$ 4
6 **
Stable near house offensive.
38 34 35 36 37 39
Damp Good. Water-closet in pantry. . Privy 6 fcet from house; offensive.
Hens kept in cellar.
1-4
5
7
12
9
10
Female. . Male
10
Cesspool in cellar.
15
Merchant
Salesman. .
46
.
15
66
Produce ..
66
42 43
DIPHTHERIA IN 1883 .- INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
District.
DIPHTHERIA IN 1883 .- INSPECTOR'S REPORT (continued).
201 B.
No. of
Family.
Nationality.
Occupation of Head of Family.
No. of
Patient.
Sex of Patient.
Age of
Patient.
Date of Sickness.
Result.
Soil.
Locality.
House Drainage.
Condition of Cellar.
Privy.
Remarks.
40 41 42
Irish
Laborer ..
54
Machinist . ..
55
Fireman
56
Male
5
4
Sand
Waste pipe not trapped.
43
Machinist . . .
Female. .
6
Fata
Gravel.
Opening in D. P. in cellar ..
Offensive odor in cellar.
44 45
46
Laborer ..
61
...
62
41
2
=
Good
Good
Water-closet in cellar offensive.
48
Dry Goods.
63
10
Laborer.
Female .. 5
Fatal. .
5
35
Male
1
3
Female ..
28
=
38
66
13
Fatal ..
Male
4
Female ..
6
9
Gravel
Defect in D. P. in cellar.
Good
Water-closet in bath-room
Insufficient supply of water iu W. C.
53
Irish. American
Bookkeeper
26
5
=
5
15
2
Satisfactory.
Good.
57
Irish
Laborer
SU
1
Fair
Waste pipe not trapped.
Damp ...
Water-closet in cellar
Privy in yard 10 feet from house.
Male
15
Fatal .. 7
Good
Satisfactory
9
5
Female. .
34
G
SG
Male .. Female .. Male .
30 8 8
June May. June.
Gravel. .
Waste pipe not trapped.
15
Clayey Gravel .
Fair
1
=
Gravel. 46
Good 66
=
Good
Carver ..
30
2
15
1
7
5
G
Clayey Gravel Gravel
Low Fair
No drainage facilities Waste pipe not trapped
No cellar. Dam
Privy near house. Water-closet in cellar. Privy 12 feet from house.
American.
Salesman
99
4
66
Fatal .
101
. .
102
77
June
4
7
July
Water-closet in cellar offensive .. Defect in drain; W. P. not trapped.
Damp
Water-closet in cellar defective.
104
15
March
4
Fair
Sewage flowing into ellar. Defect in drain near water-closet
Damp.
Near house; offensive. Water-closet in cellar
15 feet from house .. 6 feet from house.
53
April
30
6
=
Drainage not ventilated. Waste pipe not trapped
Damp
Water closet in cellar
47
49
64 65 66
6'7
Female. . Male
5 8
= =
Waste pipe not properly trapped. Drainage from sink into vault
Good.
Water-closet in cellar 66
Drainage not ventilated.
52
Teamster.
71
66
66
73
52
Widow
2
Fatal ..
Мау
1
60
Fair Waste pipe not trapped
Damp.
Male
Good.
54 55 56
Laborer
74
Damp.
Bookkeeper.
79
Female .. 1 5 8
4
American.
Car Builder ..
Good.
Waste pipe not trapped ; into cesspool 2 ft. from house. Drains defective
Damp and off've. Damp
Water-closet in bath-room. 12 feet from house Water closet in cellar
Took meals in house of No. 51 on this table. Insufficient supply of water iu W.C. Insufficient supply of water in W. C.
69 70 71 72 73 74 75
Irish
Clerk ..
Laborer
98
4
Fatal ..
4
Good Drainage not ventilated
Dry
Privy in yard.
Wooden box waste pipe. Scarlet Fever in this house in July, 1883.
76 77
Irish American. .
Agent.
103
2
Sand Gravel
Good
Good.
American . . 64
Salesman.
...
60
Male .. ...
3
Fatal ..
3
Fair
66
66
5
=
Sewage flowing into cellar. . Drain pipe in cellar defective. Damp
Privy adjoining house; offensive.
50 51
Salesman ..
Tiusmith
70
Clayey Gravel .
66
Damp .. Privy 3 feet from house; offensive
72
74 75 76 77 78
25 feet from house Water-closet in cellar Privy adjoining house.
58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65
Blacksmith
Merchant ..
Laborer ..
S
Fatal ..
66 67 68
Carpeuter. .
46
66
Female. .
Painter. Clerk .. Laborer
95 96 97
Male Female. . 31
6 7
Restaurant. 100
. .
2
4 2
2 July.
Laborer
87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94
2
66
Good. Basement Rooms. Damp
Water-closet in bath-room. Water-closet in cellar. Privy 4 feet from house; offensive.
Iusufficient supply of water in W. C.
Water-closet in cellar Privy 6 feet from house
W. and D. P. defective.
"
" Opening in D. P. in cellar.
Glass Blower Watchmaker ..
81 82 83 84 85
6
Salesman ..
Broker
Clayey Gravel .
Good .4
66 D. P. and W. P. defective .
Female .. Male
4
3
Printer. .
58 59
..
Milk business. .
63 69
66
2
66
Ditsrict.
53
Female.
Teamster.
Clerk ..
DIPHTHERIA IN 1883,-INSPECTOR'S REPORT (continued).
201 C.
No. of Family.
Nationality.
Occupation of Head of Family.
No. of
Patient.
Sex of Patient.
Age of Patient.
Date of Sickness.
Result.
Soil.
Locality.
House Drainage.
Condition of Cellar.
Privy.
Remarks.
78 79
Irish
Laborer
105
Female ..
6
July.
4
Gravel
Fair Good
Drainage not ventilated . Waste pipe not trapped; D. P. in cellar defective .. .
Damp
Water-closet in cellar offensive Water-closet in cellar defective
80 81
Irish American. .
Milkman. Grocer .
Male . Female ..
7
3
Clayey Gravel =
Fair Good
D. P. in cellar defective ...
Dry
Privy in yard offensive. Water-closet in cellar
82 83 84 85
Nova Scotia Irish
112
August
20
4
Clay. . .
Waste pipe not trapped; D. P. defective
6
=
115
Male.
5
1
Low
87
88
American. . . =
Paper Hanger. . Grocer.
117 118
3
Fatal. .
5
Good
W. P. and D. P. defective .. .
120
41
6
4
Gravel
September.
8
Low ..
No drainage facilities. Waste pipe not trapped ; drainage out on surface. No drainage facilities
No cellar Dry.
6 feet from house; offensive. Adjoining house; offensive.
American. Irish
Salesman.
12:
14
Fatal ..
5
Good
Low.
Canada.
Female. . Male.
11
5
Fair
Female. . -
38 9
Fatal ..
5
Good
Drainage not ventilated
Dry
Irish
Laborer
128
1
Fair.
No drainage facilities
Damp.
Painter
129
10
November. 66
Sand. =
Good
Dry
16
66
3
131
6
=
Widow.
132 133
3 9
Fair. Good
Waste pipe not trapped. Drainage not ventilated.
American
Salesman
Female. .
4
Fatal.
184
4
7
135
Male
13€
Irish
Laborer
137
Female. . Male
31
Clayey Gravel. .
6
"
Into cesspool 3 feet from house; W. P. not trapped .. No drainage facilities Waste pipe not trapped.
6 feet from house; offensive 8
German American.
Currier Carpenter. Produce Dealer
144
Female .. Male ..
7
Fatal. .
66
44
Waste pipe not trapped. Waste pipe not properly trapped.
Dry
Water-closet in L of house 8 feet from house; offensive.
114 115 116
=
Provisions
7
Waste pipe not trapped; D. and W. P. defective ..
Damp .. Dry No cellar
Water-closet in cellar
Irish
Painter.
150 151
Clayey Gravel Gravel.
Good
Defect in drain pipe in cellar.
Dry
115 119 120
Irish
Laborer .
154
1
Fair.
=
1
122
American. . . .
Painter.
156
11
5
46
Water-closet in cellar; offensive .. Water-closet in cellar
[from same.
Cesspool adjoining house; offensive odor
=
114
4
1
Clayey Gravel ..
W. P. and D. P. defective .. . D. P. defective.
4
116
Sm
3
Clay. .
4
Clayey Gravel .. Sand ..
Fair.
Drainage out on surface Waste pipe not trapped
Dry
89
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
Irish
Laborer
12
..
124 Male .. . .
11
October
Clayey Gravel .. Gravel
Good
American.
Cabinet Maker. Merchant
127
Clayey Gravel ..
..
Blacksmith ..
130
9
Waste pipe not trapped Water-closet not trapped.
Direct ventilation from sewer into W. C.
W.C. supplied with waste water from sink. W. C. insufficiently supplied with water.
No cellar
6 feet from house; offensive. 10 feet from house. 8 "
139
S
Fatal ..
G
141
=
12
December
4
Fair
D. P. defective .. W. P. not properly trapped ; D. and W. P. defective. Drainage not ventilated
Dam
€
Salesman
145
Laborer
146
5 2
Fatal .. =
9
66
Teamster
5
Fair.
117
American. . ..
Clerk
Merchant
24
5
66
7
5
64
Drainage not ventilated Waste pipe not trapped. 66
Damp.
121
155
Male . Female. : 16 80
=
Fatal ..
=
=
4
35
August. July
6 4
Clayey Gravel. .
Fair
Into cesspool S ft. from house; D. P. in cellar defective Drainage not ventilated.
Damp
Laborer
Male .. Female .. G
5
Fatal. .
Privy 6 feet from house. 46 .4 Water-closet in cellar offensive 10 feet from house; offensive .. .4
8 feet from house. Water-closet in cellar
119
30
:
Agent.
121
Male .... Female. . 40
Furniture Pac'r Artist ...
125
20
2
Damp Basement rooms. Damp
12 feet from house. Water-closet in cellar offensive. Water-closet in cellar
Drainage from six houses out on surface. Overflow from vault into D.P. Off've odor [in house from same. Set bowl in chamber; at times offensive [odor from same.
100 101 102 103 104 105 100 107 108 109 110 111 112 113
Played with child 101 on this table.
American. .
Salesman.
106
4
7
107
31
108
109
110 111
113
"
= = =
=
6 feet from house; offensive. 12 feet from house. Water-closet adjoining kitchen
Water-closet in bath-room .. Water closet in cellar.
Building mover Pr't'g Business.
9
Soil pipe not properly ventilated.
6 December November. 1
1 4
Low
No drainage facilities. Waste pipe not trapped.
Damnp. Basement rooms. Damp Dry
14 Female .. Male 143
8
Good.
5 9
85
8
Water-closet offensive.
147 149 149
17 Female. Male ..... 6 Female. . Male .... 0 Female. . 3
=
=
5
152 153
Water-closet in bath-room. Water-closet in L of house
Insufficient supply of water in W. C.
Machinist
140
5
Fatal ..
Sand. Gravel. 5
Water-closet in cellar
2
Male .. 44
11
" Gravel "
Clayey Gravel .. Gravel.
Waste pipe not trapped. D. and W.P. defective.
126
Fcmale 29
1.00
District.
138
201
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER REPORTED IN 1883.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
MONTHS.
Cases
reported.
Number
of deaths.
Percentage
of deaths.
Cases
reported.
Number
of deaths.
Percentage
of deaths.
po hod.
Number
of deaths.
Percentage
of deaths.
January .
14
2
14
23
2
9
8
2
25
February.
13
16
3
19
7
1
14
March
11
1
9
18
3
17
1
April.
5
1
20
18
6
33
3
May
12
1
20
June
8
1
122
14
3
21
3
1
33
July .
2
9
3
33
1
1
100
August.
1
11
1
9
4
1
25
September
2
1
50
2
1
50
6
2
33
October
3
5
2
40
8
3
373
November
7
18
1
6
6
December
6
10
5
50
2
1
50
Total
84
6
7
156
31
20
54
13
24
DEATHS FROM SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER IN 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882 AND 1883.
SCARLET FEVER,
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
MONTHS.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
January
4
4
2
2
4
7
7
11
3 os coco No 6
1
1
1
June
1
1
6
1
1
3
2
3
1
1
1
July
1
2
1
2
2
1
3
1
1
1
August
2
3
1
4
3
1
2
1
1
September
4
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
3
2
October .
3
4
2
5
2
6
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
3
November
1
4
3
5
1
2
1
2
7
1
1
1
1|
.
December
1
7
2
2
8
4
8
3
4
5
2
1.
1| 1 ..
1
Totals.
10 15 16
6 1 4 6 59 27 29 19 44 52 31
6 5 3 7 8 813
.
7
7
2
1
April
1
2
1
7
1
1
2
8
1
May.
1
8
3
5
.
1.19
4
March
1
1
1
1
9
4
1
1
February
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