Report of the city of Somerville 1890, Part 16

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 494


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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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1


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.


-


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.


1


. 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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ANNUAL REPORTS.


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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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


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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.


-


-


-


-


-


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ANNUAL REPORTS


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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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.


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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ANNUAL REPORTS.


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.


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