Report of the city of Somerville 1886, Part 10

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 330


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6. That the said second party may raise the water rates within its territory above those charged by the said city of Boston ; and, in case the water rates shall be so raised, the first party may retain to its own use five per cent of the excess of said rates over the rates established by said city of Boston, and pay over the balance of said excess to the second party, as hereinbefore provided.


7. That the said first party may, at its own expense, take such measures and use such machines and apparatus for the prevention of waste within the territory of the second party as shall be taken and used in the city of Boston.


8. That the said second party shall pass and enact the like rules and regulations as to the use of water within its territory as are now or may hereafter be in force in the city of Boston, with like penalties for their violation ; provided such rules and regula- tions shall not conflict with the laws of the Commonwealth.


9. That the said second party shall furnish a map of its terri- tory to the first party, and from time to time make prompt addi- tions thereto, so as to show all streets in which pipes are laid and the location of all pipes, hydrants, and stop-gates.


10. That if any agreement, deemed by the second party more favorable, sball, during the continuance of this agreement, be made with any other city or town, the said second party shall be entitled to the same terms, but the charge herein fixed for hydrants shall remain until the expiration of the contract.


11. That this agreement shall continue in force as long as the Mystic water supply, or any increase of or substitute for said


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supply hereafter authorized by the Legislature, shall be used by the first party, or until this agreement shall be cancelled by said first party, and other terms than those herein agreed upon shall be fixed, as hereinafter provided.


12. That if this agreement shall be cancelled, and the two parties be unable to agree upon terms for a continuance of a supply of water, the terms shall, after a full consideration of all the circumstances of the case, be equitably fixed by a commission of three disinterested persons, to be agreed upon by the parties ; or, if they cannot be agreed upon by the parties, then to be ap- pointed by the Supreme Judicial Court, and their award, when accepted by the said court, shall be conclusive for such time as said court shall order.


HORACE T. ROCKWELL, Boston WILLIAM B. SMART, Water


THOMAS F. DOHERTY, Board.


JOSEPH O. HAYDEN,


WALTER S. BARNES,


CHARLES H. BROWN,


Somerville Mystic Water


JOHN M. WOODS, MILO CRANE,


Board.


Approved, May 19, 1886.


HUGH O'BRIEN.


REPORT


OF THE


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Jan. 26, 1887.


Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual re ports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.


Concurred in.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Jan. 27, 1887.


DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk pro tem.


BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


HERBERT E. HILL .


. Ward One.


CHARLES S. LINCOLN, Chairman


.


Ward Two.


EDWARD GLINES


. Ward Three.


CHARLES G. BRETT


. Ward Four.


CHARLES C. FOLSOM, General Agent. GEORGE T. LINCOLN, Secretary.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


To the Honorable City Council of the City of Somerville :


GENTLEMEN, - The Overseers of the Poor respectfully submit this as their annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1886.


For the expenditures and receipts, they refer to the tabulated statements hereto appended, prepared by the Secretary of the Board, by which it will appear that the net saving for the year has been about three thousand dollars from the' annual appropriation, and an expenditure of two thousand dollars less than during the year 1885. These figures speak for themselves, and need no com- ment, but the Board would remark that the affairs of this depart- ment have been managed with care, having due regard to its duty to the unfortunate poor, as well as to the constituents through whom they receive their trust.


The Overseers of the Poor will again call the attention of the City Council to the urgent need of an almshouse for the proper administration of the affairs of this department, when considered from a standpoint of economy, or that of a convenient or humane method in the discharge of the duties of the Board. The subject was brought before the city government early last year, and the members of this Board appeared before an appropriate committee, and gave full and detailed statements as embodying their reasons for their recommendations. It would require too much space here to repeat the arguments and reasons that might be urged, and which were substantially given before that committee, but it should be said, however, that the Board will be ready at any time when requested to present its views upon this important question.


In closing this report, the members of the Board will give their testimony to the faithful and efficient aid they have received from the General Agent and Secretary of the Board. They will also add that the last two years' experience convinces them that the new


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system for the management of this department, inaugurated under the statute of 1885, was wisely adopted, and has proved salutary in its operation.


CHAS. S. LINCOLN, Chairman. HERBERT E. HILL. EDWARD GLINES. CHARLES G. BRETT.


SOMERVILLE, Dec. 31, 1886.


STATEMENT (A) OF THE MONTHLY EXPENDITURES ON THE SEVERAL ACCOUNTS, WITH PAY-ROLLS.


Rent.


Board.


Groceries.


Paid other Cities and Towns.


Paid Public Institutions.


Fuel.


Boots and Shoes.


Dry Goods.


Burials.


Salaries.


Miscel- laneous.


Amount of Pay-rolls.


Jan.


$151 50


$164 76


$302 92


$1,069 78


$1,070 59


$268 70


$64 15


$21 75


$29 00


$116 66


$36 20


$3,296 01


Feb.


151 50


152 00


277 83


43 00


123 96


17 00


7 00


116 66


76 35


965 30


March,


151 50


180 80


134 50


185 00


121 88


2 50


1 75


116 66


13 53


908 12


April,


165 50


165 49


281 00


33 71


957 03


8 40


47 75


116 66


30 21


1,805 75


May ,


135 50


178 98


69 50


118 08


9 35


10 00


116 66


24 34


662 41


June,


122 50


179 92


148 50


18 44


350 90


4 00


5 00


116 66


26 30


972 22


July,


136 50


153 40


93 46


477 20


631 05


22 70


5 00


116 66


29 72


1,663 89


Aug.


126 50


148 97


172 87


2 00


-


-


4 50


15 00


116 66


3 50


590 00


Sept.


113 50


144 06


44 00


3 00


301 61


-


-


10 00


116 66


42 01


774 84


Oct.


113 50


158 75


144 23


34 29


691 93


21 80


18 60


40 00


116 66


55 35


1,395 11


Nov.


118 50


151 77


110 18


42 50


59 95


7 00


-


116 66


62 72


669 28


Dec.


123 50


147 11


38 79


78 00


-


115 50


-


1


116 66


19 34


638 90


$1,610 00


$1,926 01


$1,817 78


$1,943 92


$4,164 19


$734 49


$120 00


$46 00


$161 75


$1,399 92


$417 77


$14,341 83


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


CLASSIFICATION (B) OF PAYMENTS TO TOWNS AND CITIES.


To city of Boston, aid to paupers


$631 70


" " Chelsea, 66 141 35


" " Worcester, 66 66 66


105 00


" " Cambridge, 66 66 64 24


" " Lowell (Truant School)


146 46


" " Lawrence, 66 . .


96 00


" " Lynn, 66 66


59 00


" " Newburyport, "


130 00


" " Taunton, 66 66 66


2 00


Town of Peabody, 66 66


267 97


"' Barnstable, "


52 00


" Medford, 6:


48 00


66 " Melrose, 66 .6 69 00


:6 " Andover, 66 ..


78 00


.. " Holliston, 66 . .


78 00


$1,943 92


CLASSIFICATION (C) OF PAYMENTS TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.


To State Hospital for the Insane at Danvers . $1,750 24


Worcester Lunatic Ho-pital . 1,257 82


Taunton 66 180 46


Asylum for Chronic Insane at Worcester


357 39


Commonwealth of Massachusetts (board of paupers at Danvers and Tewksbury) 391 56


Master of House of Correction 143 43


Massachusetts General Hospital 43 00


City Hospital, Boston


31 00


Carney Hospital, “


9 29


$4,164 19


" " Fall River, aid to paupers


2 20


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


COMPARATIVE STATEMENT (D) OF EXPENDITURES IN THE SEVERAL ACCOUNTS FOR 1885 AND 1886.


ACCOUNTS.


1885.


1886.


Rents


$1.561 00


$1.610 00


Board


2,264 07


1,926 01


Groceries


2,004 27


1,817 78


Dry Goods, and Boots and Shoes .


233 37


166 00


Salaries Fuel


1,076 27


734 49


Burials


377 00


161 75


Paid other cities and towns


1,719 11


1,943 92


Paid public institutions .


5,459 28


4,164 19


Miscellaneous .


340 13


417 77


Total


$16,430 32


$14,341 83


PAY-ROLLS (E) FOR 1885 AND 1886.


1885.


1886.


January .


$2,578 43


$3,296 01


March


2,293 47


908 12


1,400 97


1,805 75


June


1,211 58


972 22


July .


2,373 39


1,663 89


August


710 83


590 00


September


898 50


774 84


October


1,773 42


1,395 11


November


434 94


669 28


December


916 60


638 90


Total


$16,430 32


$14,341 83


February .


1,198 38


965 30


April


639 81


662 41


May .


1,395 82


1,399 92


Excess of expenditures of 1885 over those of 1886, $2,088.49.


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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


STATEMENT (F) OF SUMS RECEIVED FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.


SUPPORT OF POOR. Credit.


Appropriation


$15,000 00


City of Boston


$189 50


Newburyport


48 50


Salem


10 50


66 Malden


22 50


66


Cambridge .


154 55


Lowell


49 50


Fitchburg ·


21 00


Town of Manchester


Carlisle


59 90


66 Arlington .


46 50


66 Sandwich .


45 75


66 Medford .


90 88


66 Manchester


29 00


Sunderland


7 00


66 Woburn


27 00


66 Sudbury .


117 78


66 Sudbury .


Commonwealth of Massachusetts 809 73


burials


65 00


S. W. Dow


212 17


E. J. Jenkins


25 39


Patrick Foley


13 13


Felix Taylor .


48 00


J. A. Sawyer, administrator


42 00


O. S. Knapp, guardian .


95 32


C. C. Folsom,


160 74


Elizabeth Abbott


.


2,481 77


$17,481 77


Expenditures


$14,341 83


Unexpended balance


3,139 94


$17,481 77


·


Debit.


24 93


12 00


Natick


24 50


29 00


192


ANNUAL REPORTS.


NUMBER OF PERSONS SUPPORTED AND AIDED DURING 1886.


Persons assisted


896


Families


201


Persons fully supported


77


Sane persons in almshouses and private families .


28


Sick persons in hospitals and private families 11


Persons in House of Correction, Reform School, etc. 13


Insane persons and common drunkards, in hospitals and private families .


25


REPORT


OF THE


BOARD OF HEALTH.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Feb. 9, 1887.


Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Send down for concurrence.


GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk pro tem.


Concurred in. IN COMMON COUNCIL, Feb. 10, 1887. DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY HALL, Jan. 31, 1887.


To his Honor the Mayor and the City Council :


GENTLEMEN, - In the discharge of our duty we submit the ninth annual report of this Board, showing, mainly in tabulated form, the principal part of the work accomplished, and the city's sanitary condition during the year ending Dec. 31, 1886.


MEMBERSHIP.


The membership of the Board was the same as in 1885. Jan. 12, George C. Skilton was reappointed for a term of two years.


ORGANIZATION.


Feb. 3, officers were elected as follows : -


GEORGE A. KIMBALL, Chairman.


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


WILLIAM H. BRINE (40 Houghton Street), Inspector.


NUISANCES.


We show by the following table the number of nuisances of various kinds abated by our direction during the year, the months under which they are set being those in which the complaints were received : -


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


NUISANCES ABATED IN THE YEAR 1886.


.


*January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


Cellar damp


Cesspool defective


offensive


66


overflowing


1


2


6


Nº 10


CO. NIA


. : . 00


. .


. .


. .


12


Connections of drainage pipes defective


2


6


3


6


5


9


4


1


1


5


3


1


46


Drainage defective


11


5


3


12


2


8


3


2


5


4


3


3


61


lar .


2


1


1


2


. .


..


2


9


Drainage emptying on sur-


1


. .


. .


4


1


2


21


3


4


5


3


6


1


61


Drain-pipe clogged


2 1.


.


. .


..


..


.


H. 1


1


1


4


2


31


Gas-pipe leaking


Hennery offensive .


1


..


·


7


6


1


3


4


1


. .


3


3


1


3


2


1


·


1


1


1


. .


13


Offensive odor from burning rubbish .


4


9


1


13


1


9


4


. .


1


3


45


Opening in drain-pipe in «ellar,


5


1


4


2


. .


. .


1


3


1


1


20


Privy-vault defective . 66


3


2


1


9


17


12


4


1


3


4


1


2


59


66


full . offensive


16


1


2


10


14


24


9


8


6


7


. .


1


98


6


. .


1


. .


. .


1


.


1


..


11


Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive


1


. .


·


. .


2


3


1


. .


5


1


1


1


1


..


1


1


11


4


1


3


1


1


. .


. .


1


1


. .


. .


12


3


3


2


8


19


19


11


2


5


2


20


7


135


Water-closet defective


4


1


2


1


. .


3


1


4


1


1


. .


..


18


insufficiently sup - plied with water


4


2


3


2


. .


8


4


4


2


2


..


..


31


Water-closet not sufficiently supplied with water


1


. .


·


. .


. .


..


..


2


Water-closet offensive


8


1


4


2


3


10


4


5


1


3


2


43


Wooden


waste-pipes and


2


1


..


..


. .


..


..


. .


7


Total .


143


59


59


104


92


150


62


40


46


43


47


22


867


Number of nuisances abated ·


. 867


referred to the Board of 1887


108


complained of .


975


66


complaints (many covering more than nuisance)


405


66


houses ordered vacated .


14


1


.


. .


1


..


2


2


1


..


..


.


6


..


.


1


.


3


2


. .


. .


.


. .


. .


14


Waste-pipe defective .


28


5


9


. .


..


. .


1


.


. .


Manure exposed and offensive,


2


2


1


1


·


.


·


·


. .


. .


1


..


. .


1


Offensive odor in and about dwellings


6


4


2


2


4


1


. .


. .


. .


1


1


1


2


1


14


Drainage not ventilated :


9


5


2


. .


1


2


3.


defective .


13 : : 5


8


.


1


. .


2


2


..


..


6


:


.. : : :


:


: :


1


47


3


..


cel-


emptying


into


1


1


1


1


3


6


Premises filthy .


2


..


. .


1


Hens kept in cellar


3


27


No house drainage facilities Offal on land


..


. .


1


. .


7


Stagnant water in house-cellar, 66 on surface


. .


. .


* Including nuisances referred to us by the Board of 1885.


·


·


·


one


..


drains


1


1


2


1


1


not trapped .


Slops thrown on surface


2


face


66


197


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


Number of same since made habitable


12


" same vacated in compliance with our orders 1 Number of same caused to be vacated by the chief of police at our request


2


Number of notices mailed .


445


" notices served by constables 18


6 " letters written . 78


The foregoing statement is exclusive of a large number of less serious causes of complaint which have been removed, and were caused, chiefly, by a lack of tidiness, which, if not corrected, would probably result in positive nuisances.


PERMITS.


Permits, expiring annually on May 1, have been issued for the keeping of swine and goats, and the collection of grease, the same as in previous years ; the fees being two dollars for a grease per- mit and one dollar for each goat or swine.


SWINE. - Number for which permits were asked, 240; number for which permits were granted, 237; number for which they were refused. 3.


GOATS. - Applications received for 47 ; granted for 46; and refused for 1.


GREASE. - Number of applications, 11; number granted, 10; number refused, 1. Five of the parties who received permits reside in Somerville, three in Boston, and two in Cambridge.


We have recommended two residents of Somerville as proper persons to receive licenses to collect grease in Cambridge.


The Board of Health of Boston licensed 33 residents of Somer- ville to collect grease in that city during the year ; and 6 of our citizens received similar licenses in Cambridge.


ASHES.


The contract with Martin Gill for removing ashes and house dirt, for the sum of eighteen hundred dollars for one year, expired April 29, and a new contract for the year commencing on that day was made with Jeremiah McCarthy, who was the lowest bidder, for the sum of seventeen hundred dollars.


The ashes, or other materials, must be set in barrels on the outer edge of the sidewalk, before nine o'clock of the day when


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


they are to be removed, and must not contain any filth or offal. They are removed on Wednesdays in Ward One, Thursdays in Ward Two, Fridays in Ward Three, and Saturdays in Ward Four. It is estimated that about nine thousand loads were re- moved during the year.


HOUSE OFFAL.


The contract with Christopher Burke for collecting the house offal, free of charge, expired June 26, and a contract for the term of three years from that date was made with Henry Gray, the lowest bidder, for a remuneration of nine hundred dollars per annum, and the offal. The collections should be made at least once each week in the months of December, January, February, and March; twice a week in the months of April, October, and November ; and three times per week in the five remaining months. About three hundred cords were collected in the year 1886.


NIGHT-SOIL.


The removal of night-soil by the "odorless " process seems to give good satisfaction, as we receive no complaints. The contract is with Mr. R. M. Johnson, of Arlington, for the term ending Feb. 1, 1888, and the price charged is four dollars per load, or part of a load, of eighty cubic feet.


Order books may be found at the police station on Bow Street, and at the grocery store at the corner of Perkins and Franklin Streets. The contractor informs us that 533 loads were removed last year.


SEWERS.


We have had occasion every year to speak of the need of sewers in Lowell Street and vicinity, in Ward Three, but during the past year a system of sewers has been provided which will take the house drainage of all that section.


Sewers are still needed in Woodbine, Madison, and Montrose Streets, which are on the slope between Highland Avenue and the Lowell Railroad.


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DEATHS.


Four hundred and ninety-two deaths have occurred during the year, and thirty still-births.


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1886.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Miasmatic.


Scarlet fever .


Diphtheria


1


1 1.1


1


1


..


: : : :


: : 6:


2


. .


26


Septicæmia


1


2


2


1


1


. .


:


.


1


Measles


1


.


1


..


Diatetic.


Alcoholism


. .


. .


..


. .


. .


..


. .


..


1


..


1


CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. Diathetic.


Anæmia


Cancer


2


1


..


·


:


Tubercular.


Tubercular meningitis


Marasmus .


2


LOCAL DISEASES. Nervous System.


Apoplexy


2


1


1


1


1


1


2


9


Paralysis


. .


. .


1


2


1


1


Insanity


1


2


2


1


1


1


1


1


10


Convulsions


1


1


3 co :


1


. .


:


. .


. .


. . :


.


Organs of Circulation.


Heart disease


6


3


3


4


. .


4


3


2


1


4


2


1


33


Respiratory Organs.


Pneumonia


3


1


5


3


7


39


Bronchitis


Hemorrhage


1


10


11


8


11


9


8


8


8


93


Pleurisy


. .


1


..


. .


. .


1


. .


. .


. .


. .


2


. .


..


1


.


. .


9


Cancer of breast


..


Cancer of liver


. .


Scrofula


. .


.


.


. .


. 19


1


8


19


. .


. .


1


. .


1


1


. .


7


Phlebitis


. .


4 1 1 1. HAN


1


Croup


Typhoid fever


Erysipelas


Diarrhæa


.


. .


..


1


3


5


9


6


1


. .


5


Whooping cough


..


1


1


Rheumatism .


1


..


.


2


11


Epilepsy


. .


Exhaustion


1


1


..


.


.


1


. .


. .


1


8


Phthisis pulmonalis


2


3


1


3


. .


2 1 :6.13


8 CO .


. .


. .


3


Brain Disease


12


Meningitis


1


. 1


. .


: :


1


1


1


1


. :


: : : =:


: : : :


Hi : co:


3


. .


. .


. .


4


11


Cholera infantum


.


1


3


20


4


1


. .


1


2


.


1


1


3


11


.


10


1


2


1


2


200


ANNUAL REPORTS.


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1886. - Continued.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


Digestive Organs.


Gastritis


1


2


Enteritis


·


1


1


2


Liver disease


1


2


.


..


: : 6:


: : ::::


1


1


Hernia .


1


1


Abdominal Tumor


. .


..


Genito-Urinary Organs.


Bright's disease .


. 1


1


1


3 co


1


: : : 00


: : : :


:1:2


: co


:2


19


Inanition


1


Of Old People.


Old age .


2


2


4


5


1


. . : :


: :


. co 3


1


: :


2


VIOLENT DEATHS.


Asphyxia


1


1


1 . 1


: -:


1


..


..


.


. .


Poisoning


1


2


1


5


Burns


..


1


Suicide


..


. .


..


. .


3


Unknown. .


1


..


.


1


. .


1


..


3


Total .


27


45


38


42


47


32


48


46


43


45


38


41


492


Still-born !.


2


4


1


3


3


3


1


5


3


2


3


30


Population (estimated) .


31,746


Death rate per thousand .


15.50


5


Peritonitis .


1


.: :


12


Obstruction of bowels


. .


. .


:


:


..


. .


5


26


Cystitis .


Addison's disease


..


·


.


·


DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.


Of Children.,


Premature birth and infantile


debility


3 1


..


1


1


4


2


·


. .


. .


..


20


General debility ·


.


..


. .


.


1


Railroad


1


1


:


. .


2


5


Accident


2


. .


1


1


1


H 1


DISEASES DANGEROUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH.


The prevalence of diseases adjudged dangerous to the public health has been less than in 1885, and nothing like an epidemic has occurred in any part of the city. Not a case of small-pox, varioloid, or typhus fever has been reported.


SCARLET FEVER. - Number of cases reported, 110. Number of deaths, 3. We have continued to placard all houses visited by this


1


Diabetes


.


.


·


2


9


1


1


2


1


. . . 1


..


6


201


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


disease with warning-cards, and they are also fumigated by the inspector after its termination.


DIPHTHERIA. - Number of cases reported, 91. Number of deaths, 20. Warning-cards are used in all cases of this disease, and as soon as a case is reported the premises are inspected, and the owner, agent, or occupant is required to remedy all sanitary defects as soon as practicable. The houses are also fumigated.


TYPHOID FEVER. - Number of cases reported, 20. Number of deaths, 3. We do not use warning-cards or fumigate in connec- tion with this disease, but the premises are inspected, and sanitary defects are required to be remedied.


TABLES. - The usual tables are given of cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever, and of deaths from the same reported during the year ; and of deaths of these three diseases in each of the last ten years ; also the inspector's tabulated report of the sani- tary condition of houses visited by diphtheria.


202


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER REPORTED IN 1886.


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


MONTHS.


Cases


reported.


Number of


deaths.


Percentage


of deaths.


Cases


reported.


Number of


deaths.


Percentage


of deaths.


Cases


reported.


Number of


deaths.


Percentage


of deaths.


January


24


. .


. .


10


1


10


February


16


.


. .


9


22


March .


16


1


6


7


.


..


:


April


10


..


. .


5


1


20


May


13


2


15


10


1


40


1


..


June


11


..


14


2


14


1


.


. .


July .


.4


. .


. .


2


.


..


..


..


September


3


..


. .


4


2


50


4


.


..


October


.


..


..


3


2


67


3


67


November


5


. .


..


8


2


25


3


1


33


December


6


. .


. .


9


3


33


4


. .


. .


Total


110


3


3


91


20


21


20


3


15


DEATHS FROM SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


MONTHS.


1878.


1879.


1880.


1881.


1882.


1883.


1884.


1885.


1886.


1877.


1878.


1879.


1880.


1881.


1882.


1883.


1884.


| 1885.


1886.


1877.


1878.


1879.


1880.


1881.


1882.


1883.


1884.


1885.


1886.


January.


4


:


.


1


1


4


1


9


5


7


1


1


2


S


6


1


2


1


1


1


1 ..


June


1


1


1


6


1


1


. .


3


2


3


1


2


2


1


1


1


July


1


2


2


1


3


1


1


4


1


2


2


1


1 4


3


2


1.


1


1


3


2


3


. .


October


.


4 .3


3


2


·


1


S


5


4


8


3


1


5


4


2


1


1


1 ..


1


1 ..


Total . 10|15|16


6| 1


4


6


8


14


59


27


29


19


4-


52


31


21


28


20


6


3


7


S 8 13


8 11| 3


..


2


6


7


11


1


: 15


1


1 ..


1


March .


1


2


1


1


2


8


-.


2


1


2


2


1


3


2


2


1


1 .


1


1


1


1


. .


September


3


1


4


5


6


1


7


2


1


1


2


2


1


3


.


.


.


2


1


1


December


1


7


2


12.


5


1


2


1


2


1


1


5


1


1


1


November


1


10


1


1


.


·


.


3


5


1


2


2


1


1


1


1


1 ..


. .


. .


4


. .


3


1


.


2


August


| 1877.


2


1


2 1 2


February


1


1


2 1


April


2


..


. .


10


1


10


1


. .


. .


August


1


.


. .


1


May .


7 1.79


3


0.1


202 A


Number 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.


American


Bookkeeper . Salesman


1


Male


6


January


7


Gravel .


Fair Good .


3


4


Clerk


01


6


Male


16


Fatal


Clayey gravel,


.


9


7


Nova Scotia . American .


.


10


11


Male


29


February .


2


.


13


Female,


30


14


20


4 mos. 27


March. February .


5


Clayey gravel,


Good .


Drainage defective .


Dry


Water-closet in cellar defective


Not Dry,


any


10 feet from house ; offensive


.


.


Salesman


20


.


.


.


.


.


Night watchman . Salesman


66


10


29


38


7


20


April


20


29


2


Fatal


10


.


2


Good Low


=


amp


10 feet from house; full and offensive,


8


offensive


.


29 30 31


Salesman Laborer


38


4


Gravel .


Good Fair


Drainage defective . Drainage defective .


Hamp


12 feet from house ; full and offensive,


Salesman


9


5


4


6


10


.


Good Fair


Dry .


Damp


Water-closet in cellar defective


37 38


39


Irish


Widow . 50


Female,


8


1


=


Low


Good


Dam


Privy vault offensive .


[closet Insufficient supply of water in water-


House drainage not ventilated.


Cesspool 4 feet from house. Offensive odor in house from adjoining stables. Defect at connection of soil and drain-pipe.


Soil-pipe not ventilated.


Waste-pipe not trapped. House drainage not ventilated. In same house as No. 10. Waste-pipes not trapped. House drainage ventilated. [No. 11; on the table. C'p'l 6 ft. fm. h., def'e ; mother of this child atten. in fam. Waste-pipe not trapped ; cessp'l 8 ft. from h. f'l & off.


House drainage not ventilated. Waste-pipe not trapped ; con. of W. and D. P. defec. Defect in drain-pipes in cellar. Cesspool 3 ft. from house, full. Waste-pipe not properly trapped. House drainage defective. Waste-pipe not trapped.


House drainage not ventilated. House dra'ge vent'd ; child taken sick away from home.


House drainage ventilated. Waste-pipe not trapped. House drainage not ventilated. Waste-pipe not trapped. House drainage defective. Waste-pipes not trapped. Waste-pipe not trapped. House drainage not ventilated. Waste-pipe not trapped.


Waste-pipes not trapped.


.


.


.


.


19


Female,


20


10


Gravel .


7


. Gravel .


Good


Drainage defective .


Clerk


22


33


23


Male .


8


Clayey gravel, Gravel .


Fair Good


Satisfactory Drainage defective .


Da


Amp & offen'e odor in same,


Di. DE


8 feet from house ; full and offensive, Insufficient supply of water in W. C.,


Irish


Salesman Laborer . .


32


Male .


9


May


2


51


1


5


Gravel . Clayey gravel, 7


Fair Good Fair


Satisfactory


ry


37


Female, Male Female,


39


11


40 41 42


Male Female, Male .


44


Female, =


14 20


46


1


Carpenter


47


6


Fatal


1


Clayey gravel, Gravel .


Drainage defective .


Damp


Water-closets defective


48


Male


14


49


3


.


7


3


Female, =


4


6


=


.


6


66


.


Fair Good =


Defective Satisfactory


Dry


Carpenter Contractor Carpeuter Bookkeeper




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