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MISCELLANEOUS.
In the shop of the department iron pipe for services was lined and fitted; lead connections made for all the services; forty-three wooden boxes made and fitted ; thirteen hydrants altered over to the Holyoke pattern ; and general repairs connected with the department were made as required.
STOCK AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE USE JANUARY 1, 1891.
Cast-iron pipe
$4,590 80
Special castings
1,739 31
Gates and hydrants
928 35
Service pipe and materials
763 32
Sundry material
70 60
TOOLS AND FURNITURE.
Special patterns .
$1,250 00
Tools and machinery
1,118 00
Tools for water services
424 28
Stable department
1,725 00
Office furniture
475 00
Pumping station furniture
179 00
NATHANIEL DENNETT,
Superintendent.
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REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 11, 1891. Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 11, 1891. CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
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BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
HON. CHARLES G. POPE, Chairman, ex officio.
NATHAN H. REED .
Ward One.
EDWARD B. WEST .
Ward Two.
DANIEL C. STILLSON
Ward Three.
CHARLES G. BRETT, President . Ward Four.
COMMITTEES :
On Investigation and Relief MR. BRETT AND MR. WEST.
On Finance
MR. STILLSON AND MR. REED.
CHARLES C. FOLSOM, General Agent.
FRANK W. KAAN, Secretary.
ALVAH B. DEARBORN, M. D., City Physician.
Office : Police Building, Bow Street.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
To the Honorable the City Council of Somerville :-
GENTLEMEN, - At the request of the Overseers of the Poor, the general agent has submitted to them his report of the work of this department for the year 1890. This report, together with the accom- panying tables of statistics, they adopt as their official report.
CHARLES G. POPE, Chairman. CHARLES G. BRETT, President. NATHAN H. REED. EDWARD B. WEST. DANIEL C. STILLSON.
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. REPORT
OF
GENERAL AGENT.
Overseers of the Poor, City of Somerville : --
GENTLEMEN, - I have the honor to submit to you my report for the year ending December 31, 1890.
The history of this department for the past year differs from that of the years immediately preceding only in unimportant respects. The tables of statistics, which are given herewith, will indicate some- what in detail the work that has been done.
The manner in which the duties of the city to its poor are per- formed is, probably, not known to a great majority of the tax-payers and other interested persons. It seems proper, therefore, through this, the only available opportunity, to present a statement of the methods in use.
A person who applies for aid is required as a preliminary step to give the general agent information, as complete as he can, in regard to the names and places of residence, with dates, of himself, his parents, and other relatives. A biography of every applicant is thus begun, and is afterward verified or completed by means of further investiga- tion, if necessary, and remains on perpetual record. By the statute law of this State, certain facts- for example, the payment of poll taxes for three years during five years continuous residence in a town or city - give one a settlement in that place, which is thereby rendered liable for the cost of his support as a pauper. The general agent, therefore, endeavors to ascertain the settlement of every one who
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receives aid from the city. When no place of settlement can be found, the account is charged against the State. Furthermore, certain near relatives of a pauper - parents, children, grandparents, and grandchildren - are liable for the cost of his support to the place of settlement, and in some cases persons aided have themselves prop- erty, held usually by guardians, which is applied to the reimbursement of the cost of support. From all these sources the city received in the year 1889 $2,240.62; in the year 1890 $1,415.28. On the other hand, the city, as being the place of settlement, paid to other cities and towns in the year 1889 $1,609.00 ; in the year 1890 $2,117.81.
The out-door aid given to needy persons varies in nature and amount. In some cases rent (four to seven dollars a month) is paid, usually to the pauper directly; in others board (four to fourteen dol- lars a month) is paid to the person furnishing the board; but, as a rule, the aid is given by means of written orders on various stores for food, fuel, and clothing, issued from time to time by the general agent as applied for. The food furnished on such orders is re- stricted to the following kinds : flour, meal, bread, rice, beans, salt pork, salt beef, salt fish, potatoes, molasses, soup meat, tea, sugar. Under the head of groceries there are also included kerosene oil and soap, and, in some cases of sickness, milk.
The original appropriation of $12,000 for the expenses of this department for the year 1890 proved to be insufficient. The cost of the support of insane persons was $738.66 more than in the year 1889, and the reimbursements to the city from all sources were $825.34 less. The appropriations and net expenditures for several years past have been as follows : -
1883.
1884
*1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
Appropriations
·
$14,000
$15,000
$15,000
$15,000
$14,000
$14,000
$14,000
$12,000
Net expenditures .
14,103 47
15,821 30 14,934 53 11,860 06 11,873 56 11,082 91 112,370 30 $13,845 86
* The first year after the reorganization under Acts of 1885, Chap. 61.
+ Not including $500 transferred to the account of " Indigent Soldiers and Sailors."
# Population in 1885, 29,97J ; in 1890, 40,152.
It is a matter of interest, although, perhaps, of no great value, to note the comparative cost of the care of the unfortunate poor in
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various cities in this State. The list here given contains statistics of all the cities whose returns were sent in exchange for ours, and is limited to the year 1889 as the latest that can now be given. It should be kept in mind that there is no constant proportion between the number of paupers and the number of inhabitants ; that the cost of support depends largely on other considerations than the number supported, and that in each city the cost varies from year to year. All the cities mentioned, except Chelsea and Somerville, have alms- houses, but interest on the original cost of the almshouses and per- manent improvements are not here included : -
Net Population, Expenditures. Census of 1890.
Newton
$8,974
24,379
Woburn .
9,970
13,499
Somerville .
12,370
40,152
Brockton
12,879
27,294
Fitchburg
14,569
22,037
Chelsea .
14,900
27,909
Springfield .
22,361
44,179
New Bedford
30,777
40,733
Salem
31,900
30,801
Lynn .
36,800
55,727
Cambridge .
44,890
70,028
Very respectfully,
CHARLES C. FOLSOM,
General Agent.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE No. I.
PARTIAL SUPPORT (OUT-DOOR RELIEF). .
Families aided during the year 177 Persons aided during the year 704
having a settlement in Somerville 356 .
having a settlement in other cities and towns 192
having no settlement, chargeable in part to the State .
156 aided in other cities and towns, chargeable to Somer- ville 63 ·
TABLE No. 2.
FULL SUPPORT.
During the whole year, sane
19
the whole year, insane .
23
part of the year, insane 22
In almshouses . . 8
" private families
· 20
" Boston hospitals . .
8
Insane persons in private families
.
5
TABLE No. 3. GROSS EXPENDITURES.
1884. $17,272 52
1885. $16,430 32
1886. $14,341 83
1887. $13,430 89
1888. $13,375 98
1889. $14,610 92
1890. $15,261 14
TABLE No. 4. EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR 1890.
Rent.
Board.
Groceries.
Towns and Cities.
Public Institutions.
Boots and Shoes.
Dry Goods.
Burials.
Salaries.
Fuel.
Sundries.
Totals Monthly Pay-rolls.
January .
$92 25
$210 32
$343 59
$599 73
$1,253 12
$41 10
$9 40
-
$120 83
$318 14
$25 45
$3,013 93
February
106 00
88 00
206 65
234 24
170 86
10 00
$20 00
120 83
145 04
26 15
1,127 77
March
90 00
204 40
197 50
7 75
1,145 35
29 75
2 00
120 84
107 28
9 65
- 1,914 52
April
84 00
79 07
244 75
332 93
233 98
17 50
75 00
120 83
17 50
1,205 56
May
S5 00
80 61
128 05
3 43
9 00
5 00
120 83
18 10
450 02
June
75 78
192 36
114 00
1,051 09
4 25
18 25
120 84
16 50
1,593 07
July
76 79
80 61
98 13
646 81
362 60
2 50
120 83
17 00
1,405 27
August
81 86
80 61
75 50
8 00
1 50
70 00 120 83
17 65
455 95
September .
81 57
254 16
196 50
21 67
1,379 87
18 50
120 84
70 55
2,143 66
October .
81 86
60 61
124 81
48 57
38 00
120 83
11 53
486 21
November
81 57
79 07
184 06
155 32
146 71
5 25
120 83
117 59
10 10
900 50
December
105 86
93 75
65 50
115 93
12 (
17 50
18 00
120 84
3 25
12 05
564 68
Totals
$1,042 54
$1,503 57
$1,979 04
$2,117 81
$5,812 15
$144 35
$60 15
$208 00
$1,450 00
$691 30
$252 23
$15,261 14
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TABLE No. 5.
REIMBURSEMENTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
Expenditures : -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
$507 43
City of Boston
289 75
" Cambridge
65 70
66 Salem
2 50
" Lowell
28 10
" Gloucester
10 00
Town of Arlington
20 05
20 45
30 30
66 Milford
5 00
66 Northfield
8 00
66 Methuen
9 35
Guardians and relatives of paupers and insane persons,
418 65
Total . $1,415 28
TABLE No. 6.
Gross expenditures for the year
. $15,261 14
Reimbursements
1,415 28
Net expenditures, 1890
. $13,845 86
66 Beverly .
Stoneham
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 11, 1891.
Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 11, 1891. CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
REPORT
OF
BOARD OF HEALTH.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, MASS., January 22, 1890.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council :-
GENTLEMEN,-Agreeably with law and usage, the Board of Health presents herewith its thirteenth annual report, consisting of a condensed statement of the sanitary conditions of Somerville and the doings of the Board during the year ending December 31, 1890.
MEMBERSHIP.
Mr. Charles H. Crane was appointed to the Board January 22, 1890, for two years. Alvah B. Dearborn, M. D., was appointed city physician by the Mayor and Aldermen January 16, 1889, for three years, and became, ex officio, a member of the Board. Mr. J. Frank Wellington was appointed January 23, 1889, by the Mayor and Aldermen, for two years.
ORGANIZATION.
The Board organized February 4, by electing officers as follows : - Chairman, J. FRANK WELLINGTON. Clerk, WILLIAM P. MITCHELL.
Inspector, CALEB A. PAGE.
NUISANCES.
The tabulated method of reporting nuisances abated is continued
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
in this report ; the arrangement being by the months when the com- plaints were received.
NUISANCES ABATED IN THE YEAR 1890.
January. *
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
Barn used as residence
Cellar damp
1
1
1
1
Cesspool overflowing
1
-
1
1
2
Connections of drainage pipes de- fective
2
1
3
2
3
1
1
2
2
20
Dogs kept in cellar
1
1
-
1
1
2
Drainage defective
4
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
11
Drainage emptying on surface
1
1
1
8
6
3
1
3
1 1
1
26
Drain-pipe defective
3
1
1
-
1
2
1
1
1
1
-
1
1
1
2
Manure exposed and offensive
1
1
1
3
3
1
3
1
1
1
15
Offal on land
2
1
1
-
-
1
1
8
Offensive odor in and about dwel- lings
5
3
4
3
1
1
17
Premises filthy
3
1
2
3
2
1
2
1 3
1
1
1
9
34
8
17
10
1 7
1 2
1
97
Privy-vault offensive
10
1
1
9
36
10
20
10
7
2
1
107 8
Rubbish in cellar
2
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
-
1
1
I
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
-
1
Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
-
7
Waste-pipe not trapped
5
1
2
1
1
3
1
1 €
Water-closet defective .
2
1
I
1
1
1
1
6
Water-closet insufficiently supplied with water
4
1
1
1
1
8
Water-closet offensive .
3
1
1
2
1
2
9
Total .
68
16
11
51
109
65
66
41
20
16
5
9
477
1
1
3
1
1
1
8
Drying hair on land
Hennery offensive
1
1
-
-
1
Offal in cellar
1
-
1
1
-
2
Opening in drain-pipe in cellar
1
1 1 1
1
1
2
1
-
9
1
1
-
14
Premises undrained
1
2
1
3
Privy-vault defective
2
-
1
5
2
6
1
22
Privy-vault full
8
1
-
-
1
1
1
Stagnant water on surface
4
Waste-pipe defective
3
1
-
-
* Including nuisances referred to us by the Board of 1889.
-
-
11 11
-
15
Cesspool offensive
1
4
7
Cow kept under house
1
-
1
-
1
2
Drainage emptying into cellar
Drainage not ventilated
1
8
1
Hens kept in cellar
1
1
2
1
5
12
Premises untidy
-
-
Slops thrown on surface
2
Stable affected with glanders
1
6
Stagnant water in house cellar
1
1 4 IIA HINI
-
1
1
2
3
-
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
Number of nuisances abated
477
66
66 referred to the Board of 1891
40
complained of
517
66
complaints (many covering more than one nui-
264
66
tenements ordered vacated
4
66
notices mailed
211
served by constables
2
Letters written
Verbal notices from the inspector have, in many cases, led to the abatement of nuisances without further action.
PRIVATE STREETS. - In our last report we called attention to the bad sanitary condition of some of the private streets in the city. Owing to the lack of any concerted action of the abutters on such streets, some of them are in constant need of attention; and although the city is not responsible for the maintenance of private streets, yet we recommend that the highway department adopt a policy which will, at the expense of a small amount of labor, and such surplus materials, of little value, as may be at hand, keep their surfaces level and free from pools of stagnant water. The highway department has done' much in the direction suggested, but many new private streets are being opened which, together with some of the older ones, will need constant attention to keep them in a sanitary condition.
PERMITS.
Applications for permits to keep cows, swine, and goats, and to collect grease, have been disposed of as follows : -
Cows. - Applications have been received from forty-five parties for permission to keep 270 cows. Permits were granted for 185 and refused for eighty-five. No fee is attached for permission to keep COWS.
SWINE .- Applications received for 199 ; permits granted for 197 and refused for two. Fee, $1 for each swine.
GOATS .- Applications received for fourteen; permits granted for fourteen. Fee, $1 for each goat.
GREASE .- Number of applications received, two, both of which
1
51
sance) .
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have been granted. Both applicants were residents of Somerville. The fee for permission to collect grease is $2.
PEDLERS.
In pursuance of Ordinance No: 40, entitled " Hawkers and Pedlers," 112 certificates of record have been issued to pedlers of goods in our streets. This number is in addition to 393 certificates previously issued, making a total of 505 certificates issued by this Board, but many of the recipients of the same have given up the business.
A monthly inspection is made at the Police Building, to see that the name and number are properly painted on the wagon, and that the wagon is kept clean.
ASHES.
The contract with Jeremiah McCarthy for the removal of ashes expired June 29th.
In response to an advertisement issued by the Board soliciting proposals for the removal of ashes for one year, from July 1, 1890, such proposals were received and opened June 5th, as follows : -
From J. O'Brien $4,490 00
T. F. Crimmings
3,925 00
Martin Gill
3,900 00
Jeremiah McCarthy 3,600 00
Owen Cunningham & Son
3,119 00
And at a meeting, June 9th, the contract was awarded to Owen Cun- ningham & Son, for the sum of $3,119.00.
The city was districted for the removal of ashes in the same manner as stated in our last annual report during the larger part of the year ; but in October it was found necessary to change the boundaries of some of the districts to provide for the uneven growth
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of the city, and for the remaining portion of the year the districts have been as follows : -
DISTRICT 1. - Beginning at the Boston line, and bounded by the northeasterly line of Pearl street, the southeasterly line of Walnut street, the northeasterly line of Highland avenue, the northeasterly line of Medford street, the northerly line of Washington street, the northwesterly line of Prospect street, the northerly line of Concord avenue, extended across Beacon street to the Cambridge line, and by the Cambridge and Boston lines.
DISTRICT 2. - Beginning at the Boston line, and bounded by the northeasterly line of Pearl street, the southeasterly line of Pearl street, the northeasterly line of Broadway, the northeasterly line of Main street, and by the Medford and Boston lines.
DISTRICT 3. - Beginning at the Medford line, and bounded by the southeasterly line of Cedar street, the northeasterly line of High- land avenue, the southeasterly line of Walnut street, the northeasterly line of Broadway, the northeasterly line of Main street, and by the Medford line.
DISTRICT 4. - Beginning at the intersection of Medford and Washington streets, and bounded by the northerly line of Washing- ton street, the westerly line of Prospect street, the northerly line of Somerville avenue, the easterly line of School street, the northeasterly line of Summer street, the southeasterly line of Cedar street, the northeasterly line of Highland avenue, and the easterly line of Med- ford street.
DISTRICT 5. - Beginning at the intersection of Prospect street and Somerville avenue, and bounded by the westerly line of Prospect street, the northerly line of Concord avenue prolonged to the Cam- bridge line, the Cambridge line (extending westwardly), the easterly lines of Oxford, Mossland, and Cedar streets, the northeasterly line of Summer street, the southeasterly line of School street, and the northeasterly line of Somerville avenue.
DISTRICT 6. - All of that portion of the city lying west of the easterly lines of Cedar, Mossland, and Oxford streets.
It will be seen by these descriptions that the side lines of streets are used as boundaries, and not the middle lines ; so that ashes are
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removed from the sidewalks on both sides of the street on the same day.
The collections are made on the following-named days : -
Monday in District 1.
Tuesday in District 2.
Wednesday in District 3.
Thursday in District 4.
Friday in District 5. Saturday in District 6.
The collector is required to remove all ashes, rubbish, and house dirt (free from filth and offal) that is placed in barrels or boxes on the outer edge of the sidewalk before 8 o'clock, A. M., of the day for collection.
HOUSE OFFAL.
House offal has been collected during the year by Mr. Henry Gray, under a contract for a term of three years, commencing June 26, 1889.
The contractor is required to make collections at least once every week in December, January, February, and March; twice a week in April, October, and November; and three times a week in the five remaining months.
Mr. Gray informs us that he has collected about 492 cords of house offal during the year.
NIGHT SOIL.
Night soil has been removed during the year by Mr. R. M. John- son, of Arlington ; his contract, which expired February 1, 1888, having been renewed for three years. Orders are taken at the Police Station on Bow street, and at Knowles Brothers' grocery store on the corner of Perkins and Franklin streets. The removal is made by the "odor- less " process, and the price is four dollars for every load, or part of a load, of eighty cubic feet.
We are informed by the contractor that 496 loads have been removed in 1890.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths in the city in 1890 was 668, and there were thirty-four still-births.
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MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1890.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Miasmatic.
Scarlet fever
Diphtheria .
1N1
1 HIHNA
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
12
Erysipelas
1
1
1
10
17
8
1
1
1
1
I
-
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Diathetic.
Cancer
2
Tumor
Carbuncle
Tubercular.
Tuberculosis
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
7
LOCAL DISEASES.
Nervous System.
Apoplexy
2
2
1
1 5
1
1
1
1
1
2
8
Brain disease
1
1
2
4
1
1
3
5
3
1
2
1
31
Convulsions
1
1
3
1
1
3
2
1
1
3
17
Spinal disease
Epilepsy .
Organs of Circulation.
Heart disease .
5
9
4
3
6
6
3
2
8
6
7
6
65
Respiratory Organs.
Pneumonia .
Bronchitis
6
1
2
4
3
1
3
2
4
4
30
Phthisis pulmonalis
10
6
5
12
8
12
7
6
5
7
6
96
Pleurisy .
Empyema
1
1
3
Influenza
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
-
Digestive Organs.
Gastritis
Peritonitis
1
Liver disease
Obstruction of bowels
1
Inflammation of bowels
1
1
1
1
11
1
1
1
1 1181 1
3
1
8
Typhoid fever
1
2
4
Diarrhea
2
Cholera infantum
35
Septicemia .
1
Whooping cough
1
2
1 .
1
5
1
1
Dysentery
Malarial poison
1
1
119
1
4
1
1 10
3 4
1 1
2
18
Paralysis
Insanity .
1
1
1
8
3
5
5
4
2
3
1
4
15
70
Hemorrhage
1
1
1
1
4
1
-
ʹ
1
-
-
2
1
1
1
2
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
5
Meningitis
4
2
4
1
2
1
4
Croup
1
1
-
5
1
-
1
1
-
1
1
-
-
1
-
-
2
4
-
2
1
29
-
-
4
2
1
1
2
8
1
1.15.
3
1
10
2
1
1
2
13
7
1
8
15
22
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1890. - Continued.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total,
Genito-Urinary Organs.
Bright's disease
Diabetes
Cystitis
2
Nephritis
Uræmia
1
ʹ
1
DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Of Children.
Marasmus
2
2
2
1
1
3
5
2
1
2
21
Premature
birth and congenital
2
4
2
3
1
1
4
1
1
5
2
29
Of Old People.
Old age
General debility
1
2
2
2
1
VIOLENT DEATHS.
Railroad .
1
Burn .
Asphyxia
Suicide
Unknown
3
1
1
1
1
9
Drowning
Electricity
Fracture of skull
1
1
1
Fracture of thigh
1
1
1
2
Hydrophobia
1
1
Total
60
51
50
53
52
32
70
69
61
47
56
67
668
Stillborn
3
6
2
2
5
-
2
3
2
1
2
6
34
Population ( census of 1890 ).
Death rate per thousand .
40,117 16
-
-
-
3
4
1
3
3
18
8
ʻ
ʻ
1
ʻ
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
1
ʻ
1
1
DISEASES DANGEROUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
Of the diseases classified by this Board as dangerous to public health, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever are the only ones reported to us during the year.
SCARLET FEVER. - The year 1890 shows a slight decrease of the number of cases reported as compared with 1889, there being 192 cases reported in 1889 and but 161 cases in 1890. It has continued
7
1
Childbirth
1
1
debility
2
2
2
4
14 1
301
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
to be, as in 1889, of a comparatively mild type, there being but five deaths in 1890 and seven in 1889.
Warning cards are placed on the houses, and the premises fumigated after the termination of the disease.
DIPHTHERIA. - There have been 117 cases reported and twenty- one deaths during the year, as compared with 130 cases reported and twenty-eight deaths in 1889.
We use warning cards and fumigation in dealing with this disease, the same as with scarlet fever, and we also have the sanitary condi- tion of the premises investigated.
TYPHOID FEVER. - There has been a much less number of cases in 1890 than in 1889, but the disease has proved more fatal, there being sixty-one cases and seven deaths in 1889, and thirty- seven cases and ten deaths in 1890.
We examine the sanitary condition of the premises, but do not use a warning card or fumigation.
SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER REPORTED IN 1890.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
MONTHS.
Cases
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths.
Cases
Reported.
Number of
Percentage
of Deaths.
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths.
January
23
11
2
18
February
20
2
10
11
2
18
1
100
March
18
1
6
16
2
12
1
3
2
67
May .
18
1
8
2
10
4
40
3
2
66
August
11
1
5
1
20
4
1
-
September .
5
8
-
6
3
50
2
1
50
November .
8
21
3
14
3
1
34
December
7
1
15
10
2
20
2
1
-
Total .
161
5
3
117
21
18
37
10
27
-
-
-
-
6
1
16
2
1
50
June .
12
July
12
-
-
-
15
1
7
October
19
15
1
7
1
-
4
Deaths.
Cases
April
302
ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEATHS FROM SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
MONTHS.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
1881.
1882.
1×83.
1884.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
January
1
-
1
1
11
1
1
7
3
3
1
2
2
4
1
6
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
August
1
1
1
1
1
6
1
2
2
1
2
3
4
2
3
2
1
3
1
2
1
3
1
1
November .
2
-
1
1
3
4
5
1
4
3
2
1
5
1
1
1
2
,
Total .
1 4 6 8 14
3 31 15
7 5
44 52 31 21 28 20 11 21 28 21
8
8 13
8 11
3 11 17
7 10
-
-
-
February
1
1
March
April
1
1
1
1
3
2
3
1
2
2
2
1
2
4
1
1
3
2
2
3
1
4
2
1
October .
1
6
1
2
7
1
4
5
2
1
4
1
3
1
1
11 1
2
1
1
2
3
1
September .
1
2
1
1
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
3
-
1
2
1
-
1
4
July .
2
1
3
2
1 HINH
1
1 1 1
3
2
May .
3
5
1
2
2
1
2
8
6
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
June .
1
5
1
1
1
1
1
December
DISTRICTS.
The several tabulated statistics of mortality, dangerous diseases, and nuisances in the ten health districts into which the city was divided by the Board of Health of 1878, as shown by the accompany- ing map, are continued in this report. The map also shows the location of sewers. The population is obtained from the census enumeration of 1890.
MAP OF
· SOMERVILLE
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1000
1000 SCALED
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CROSS
AUSTIN
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AUTONN
WAL
CARLANDA
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CONAIR
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MAPLE
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NORTH
RAILROAD
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