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Goats. - Five applications were received for permits to keep five goats, all of which were granted. Fee for each goat, one dollar.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Grease. - Four applications were received for permits to collect grease, all of which were granted. The fee is two dollars. Two of the parties licensed reside in Somerville, one in Charlestown, and one in Chelsea.
Manure. - Two permits were issued during the year for the carting of manure through the streets of the city in the day time, be- tween May 1 and November 1, and ten were issued for the removal of manure from the stables in the city in the day time, within the same period. No fee is charged for these permits.
PEDLERS.
One hundred and sixty certificates of registration were issued to hawkers and pedlers during the year, - an increase of forty-six over the year 1893. These certificates are issued under Ordinance num- ber thirty of the Revised Ordinances of 1891, and are good for an indefinite period. All pedlers are required to present their vehicles for inspection by the agent of the Board at the Police Station, the first Monday of each month, so that he may see that they are kept in a clean condition and are properly marked with the owner's name and number.
ASHES.
The ashes and house-dirt were removed during the year by William J. McCarty, for the sum of fifty-seven hundred dollars. The collections are made weekly, as follows :
Monday
in district one.
Tuesday
66 two.
Wednesday
66 three.
Thursday
66
four.
Friday
·
five.
Saturday
six.
Materials for removal must be free from filth and offal, must be placed in barrels or boxes, and must be set on the outer edge of the
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sidewalk before eight o'clock in the morning of the day when the collection is to be made.
The districts were established by the Board of Health of 1890 and are bounded as follows :-
DISTRICT 1 .- Beginning at the Boston line and bounded by the northeasterly line of Pearl street, the southerly line of Walnut street, the northeasterly line of Highland avenue, the easterly line of Medford street, the northerly line of Washington street, the north- westerly 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 Walnut 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 north- easterly 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 northwesterly line of Prospect street, the northeasterly line of Somerville avenue, the southeasterly 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 Medford street to Washington street.
DISTRICT 5. - Beginning at the intersection of Prospect street and Somerville avenue, and bounded by the northwesterly line of Prospect street, the northerly line of Concord avenue prolonged to the Cambridge line, the Cambridge line (extending westwardly), the southeasterly 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 to Prospect street.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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 removed from the sidewalks on both sides of a street on the same day.
The city will abandon the contract system, January 1, 1895, and hereafter the ashes will be collected with the city's teams by men employed by the day or week, under a competent superintendent.
HOUSE OFFAL.
The two years contract for the collection of house offal expired June 26th, last, but the same contractor, Mr. Martin Gill, has per- formed the work up to the present time. The expense for the year was sixty-eight hundred and fifty-five dollars. The collection has been very unsatisfactory, and the city will begin on January 1, 1895, to collect the offal with its own men and teams, in the same manner as is stated above in relation to the collection of ashes. Seven wagons and three sleds were in service December 31, 1894.
NIGHT SOIL.
The removal of night soil has been made by R. M. Johnson of Arlington, during the past year, and has been carried on by the " Odorless " process.
The contract price which the owner or occupant is charged is four dollars for every load, or part of a load, of eighty cubic feet. About three hundred loads have been removed during the year. An order-box for the removal is kept at the Police Station on Bow street. There has been quite a falling off in the number of loads collected during the year, as the old-fashioned vaults are fast giving way to water closets.
DEATHS.
There were eight hundred and seventy-three deaths and forty five still-births in the city during the year, as specified in the follow-
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ing table, which shows an increase of deaths over the previous year of seventy-one.
Deaths of children under one year of age 186
66
over one year and under five years 127
6 .
at McLean Asylum during the year 18
66 " Somerville Hospital during the year 25
66 " Home for Aged Poor 36
390
ANNUAL REPORTS.
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1894.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. MIASMATIC.
Scarlet fever
Diphtheria
Typhoid fever
1
NH. HHA
10
4
.
.
. .
5
Whooping cough
1
1
5
. .
1
3
1
1
13
Dysentery
..
..
1
1
1
. .
1
I
3
Influenza
1
2
.
. .
. .
..
.
3
La grippe
2
1
1
..
. .
.
.
12.
?
. 3
30
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
DIATHETIC.
Cancer
Tumor
TUBERCULAR.
Tuberculosis
Tubercular meningitis
Phthisis .
8
10
LOCAL DISEASES.
NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Apoplexy
1
1
3
1
3
15
Paralysis
2
1
: : - HH. :
1
1
. .
2
1
12
Spinal disease
1
Hemiplegia
1
1
1
:
. .
1
ORGANS OF CIRCULATION.
Heart disease .
Aneurism
Angina pectoris
Cyanosis
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
Pneumonia
10
9
10 4
11
Bronchitis
3
I
24
Hemorrhage
1
1
:
Pleurisy .
. .
:
:
Asthma
. .
1
1
4
Pulmonary œdema .
. .
. .
. .
· 1
1
1
1
1
1
S
.
1
1
.
. .
1
1
1
Rheumatism /
Croup
2
1
·)
. .
. .
..
4
Meningitis
1
2
5
4
4
1
3
1
: 1
. 19
. 15
2.2
: :
cs: 10
A . H
1
1
1
?
14
Brain diseases
1
..
2
1
1
1
1
4
Epilepsy .
. HH-1
. . . "
: : :
: : . 00
4 1
1 1 112
1
1
1
1
. .
1
1
Laryngitis
..
2
. .
6
4
. .
15
Diarrhœa
Cholera morbus
.
.
2
1
Cholera infantum
1
1
4
Erysipelas
5
Phlebitis .
1
3
Septicemia
4
1
..
. .
1
1
1
.
..
12
Insanity .
1
1
Convulsions
: :
1
1
1001-1
51
28
13
1
IS
34
.
1
4
18
6
10
89
HHH-1
56 5 01 + 01 8
79
1
6
:
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1894. - Continued.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
'To
LOCAL DISEASES.
DIGESTIVE ORGANS.
Gastritis .
1
Peritonitis
2
1
1
1
1
..
:
. .
.
1
3
Gastric ulcer .
1
1
. .
.
1
1
3
1
1
14
Hæmatemesis .
1
. .
. .
.
1
1
1
1
.
. .
6
Hernia
1
. .
1
. .
. .
1
1
1
1
5
Cirrhosis
1
1
1
1
. .
1
.
1
. .
6
GENITO-URINARY ORGANS.
Bright's disease
3
1
2
3
1 1
. .
. .
:
.
1
.
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM.
Pemphigus
1
: :
·
·
. . : :
1
-1
DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES. OF CHILDREN.
Inanition
1
2
. .
1
1
4
5
4
4
10
2
1
2.
Premature birth and congenital debility
4
2
1
1
1
2
-1
3
2
1
4
28
OF OLD PEOPLE.
Old age .
3
10
4
2
3
3
5
3
1
6
4
4
51
VIOLENT DEATHS.
Railroad .
Suicide
Arsenical poisoning
1
1
1
:
..
. .
. .
1
2
5
Asphyxia
Sunstroke
1
..
.
. .
1
Accidental drowning
2
Burning .
3
1
1
Alcoholism
1
. .
1
1
Concussion of brain
. .
1
. .
.
. .
1
Fracture of thigh
.
. .
.
. .
. .
1
Surgical operation .
1
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
. .
1
Total
S2
65
78
58
76
89
=
68
70
80
S73
Stillborn
5
5
3
1
4
2
5
-1
5
1
45
. .
1
1
1
1
1
1
Childbirth
1
1
1
. .
1
2
Eclampsia
:
1
:
1
·
: :
:
1
1
Cystitis
1
1
6
Nephritis
1
.
.
2
.
. .
. .
. .
1
1
1
. .
1
3
Fracture of skull
1
1
..
. .
. .
Population (estimated) Death rate per thousand
52,600
16.6
..
8
Hepatitis
Liver disease .
1
4
Enteritis .
1
1 1 11:1
1
1
1
1
1
Intestinal catarrh
1
3
Jaundice
1
1
Appendicitis
17
Diabetes
?
.
. .
1
1
..
1
4
1
Fracture of ribs
. .
1
1
.
1
.
2
1
1
6
1
.
. .
.
3
Eczema .
. .
1
1
1
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
This Board has adjudged small pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, typhus fever, and typhoid fever to be contagious and dangerous to the public health, within the meaning of the statutes. Physi- cians are required to report immediately to the Board, every case of either of these diseases coming under their care, and postal cards conveniently printed and addressed, are supplied to them for the purpose.
Scarlet Fever .- Four hundred and fifty-two cases of scarlet fever have been reported during the year, fifty-one of which resulted fatally. In 1893 there were three hundred and fourteen cases, nine teen of which resulted fatally.
Diphtheria .- One hundred and ten cases of diphtheria have been reported during the year, twenty-eight of which were fatal. In 1893 there were fifty-six cases, eleven of which proved fatal. Warning cards are used in dealing with these two diseases, and the premises are fumigated immediately after the termination of a case. An in- spection is made by the agent of the Board, of the premises where diphtheria is reported, and all sanitary defects discovered are required to be remedied as soon as possible.
Typhus Fever. - This disease has not appeared in our city during the past year.
Typhoid Fever .- Fifty-eight cases of typhoid fever have been reported during the year, thirteen of which have proved fatal. In 1893 there were fifty-nine cases reported, thirteen of which were fatal.
Small Pox. - The city has been free from this disease during the year, but bills were paid to the amount of eleven hundred and eighty and -12 dollars, for the case mentioned in our report of 1893. The patient finally recovered and left the city. In January, four physicians were employed by this Board, one from each ward, to vaccinate all persons who applied for vaccination. Six hundred and twenty dollars was paid the physicians, and the Board is of the
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opinion that it may have been the means of stopping the spread of this dreaded disease.
Tables. - The prevalence of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever in the city during the several months of the year 1894 is shown by the following table, and in the table next following is given the number of deaths from these three diseases, by months, during the last ten years : -
SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER REPORTED IN 1894.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
MONTHS.
Cases
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage of Deaths.
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths.
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage of Deaths.
January .
52
13.4
6
33 3
5
40.
February
28
10.7
42.8
1
April
33
3
9.
3
1
33.3
June
51
4
7.8
3
3
1
33.3
July
26
4
7.7
9
1
11.1
1
August
27
3
11.1
6
4
66.6
6
33.3
October .
31
3
9.7
13
1
30.8
9
November
34
20.6
20
5
25.
9
2
22.2
December
28
7.1
20
1
5.
4
50.
Total
452
51
11.3
110
28
25.5
58
13
22.4
1 -11
11.1
September
16
1
6.2
9
57.1
1
May
63
11.1
3
42.8
6
33.3
March
63
11.1
Cases
Cases
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
DEATHS FROM SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
MONTHS.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1885.
1886
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
--
-
-
1
-
January
February
March.
1
1
April .
May
June
July
.
.
.
.
.
·
6
.
.
. . .
-
1
1
Total
14
3 31 15
7
Or
2
14
19
51
28
20
11
21
28
21|18
8
11
28
11
3
11
17
7
10 11 11 13 13
. . .....
. . ..
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
August
September
1
October
November
2
11
.
December
1
10
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DISTRICTS.
The accompanying map shows the boundaries of the ten health districts into which the city was divided by the Board of Health of 1878 ; also the locations of common sewers.
A record has been kept from year to year of the number of deaths, the death rate per thousand, the prevalence of dangerous diseases and the number of nuisances abated in these several districts, and is continued in the following tables.
The estimated population in the several districts was originally based on the number of assessed polls in each, and upon the population of the entire city ; the ratio of polls to population being presumed to be the same in all the districts. Substantially the same method of estimating the population has been continued, the census of every fifth year being taken as a basis for calculation.
We have obtained the number of dwellings and of assessed polls, May 1, 1894, from the assessors' books, by actual count, instead of assuming as has been done in former years, that their increase was uniform throughout the city.
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1895
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MONTH
2881
January
February March .
April .
May .
June .
July .
August
Septembe
October
Novembe
Decembe
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TABLE OF DEATHS IN EACH DISTRICT DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS, EXCLUSIVE OF DEATHS IN THE MCLEAN ASYLUM.
Districts
1
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
×
Entire City.
Arca .
337 A.
107 A.
93 A.
171 A.
361 A.
285 A.
194 A.
482 A.
174 A.
456 A.
2,660 A.
! Population
6,936
5,382
4,504
5,357
10,418
5,278
6,389
2,410
3,617
2,309
52,600
In 1894.
Dwellings
978
931
737
875
1,818
937
1,123
416
658
288
8,791
Average in each dwelling
7.1
5.8
6.1
6.1
5.1
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.5
00
5.97
1
Number of
Deaths.
per 1,000.
Number of
Deaths.
Rate
per 1.000.
Number of
Deaths.
Rate
per 1,000.
Deaths.
per 1,000.
Number of
Deaths.
Rate
per 1,000.
Deaths.
per 1.000.
Number of
Deaths.
Rate
per 1,000.
Number of
Deaths.
Rate
per 1,000.
Deaths.
Rate
per 1,000.
Number of
Deaths.
Rate
Number of
Deaths.
Rate
per 1,000.
1885
152
56
11
40
19
72
20
78
31
24
53
17
13
14
25
15
11
15
531
50
1886
115
51
9
17
59
15
85
14
37
28
44
13
11
11
. 20
=
19
$24
479
15
1887
182
9
45
19
81
19
87
13
37
25
62
17
20
19
26
14
12
14
606
18
1888
148
23
68
11
44
18
62
14
117
18
33
22
50
13
10
14
428
14
13
15
579
16
1889
125
16
67
9
48
17
85
17
105
14
28
17
62
15
19
15
26
12
17
17
582
15
1890
140
19
69
9
48
17
94
19
139
00
46
27
59
14
27
22
26
12
15
5
663
16
1891
169
71
9
68
23
103
20
120
15
75
42
77
17
33
25
33
A
12
12
761
18
1892
139
1"
75
9
42
13
76
14
144
10
65
34
59
12
27
19
44
17
25
22
696
16
1893
161
18
80
9
63
16
94
16
180
20
64
20
72
14
23
13
26
9
27
18
790
15
1894
157
66
12
86
19
117
21
188
18
70
13
64
10
43
17
37
10
27
11
855
16
Average death rate per 1,000 for ten years.
21
9
17
17
16
25
14
16
12
16
10
·
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
YEAR.
Rate
Rate
Number of
Rate
Number of
per 1,000.
Number of
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN SOMERVILLE IN 1894, WITH THE NUMBER AND RATE . IN EACH DISTRICT.
CONSUMP- TION.
PNEUMONIA.
HEART DISEASE.
SCARLET FEVER.
OLD AGE.
DISTRICTS.
Number of
Deaths.
Number per
1,000 of pop.
Number of
Deaths.
Number per
1,000 of pop.
Number of
Deaths.
Number per
1,000 of pop.
Number of
Deaths.
Number per
1,000 of pop.
Number of
Deaths.
Number per 1,000 of pop.
I.
18
2.59
15
2.16
9
1.29
19
2 73
1.29
III.
11
2.44
9
1,99
3
0.66
9
1.99
0.44
IV.
11
2.05
10
1.86
6
1.12
12
2.24
5
0.93
V.
17
1.63
14
1.34
19
1,82
4
0.38
18
1.72
VI.
-1
1.32
5
0.94
0.37
4
0.75
5
0.94
VII.
S
1.25
1.09
5
0.78
1
0.15
4
0.62
VIII.
2
0 82
10
0.82
1
1.65
1
0.41
0.82
IX.
3
0.82
1
1.10
1
0.27
1
0.27
0.55
X.
4
1.73
6
2.59
2
0.55
·
..
1
0.43
Total .
89
1.69
79
1.50
56
1.06
51
0.96
51
0.96
TABLE OF SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER IN EACH DISTRICT IN 1894.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
DISTRICTS.
Cases
Reported.
Deaths.
Cases per
1,000 of pop.
Deaths per
1,000 of pop.
Reported.
Deaths.
Cases per
1,000 of pop.
Deaths per
1,000 of pop.
Reported.
Deaths.
Cases per
Deaths per
1,000 of pop.
1
97
19
13.98
2.73
10
4
1.44
0 57
8
1
1.15
0.14
II.
24
. .
4.45
..
-1
1
1 30
0.18
4
1
0.74
0.18
III.
54
11,98
1.99
20
6
4.44
1.33
6
IV.
77
12
14.37
2.24
20
S
3.73
1.49
4
0,74
0.18
V.
60
1
5.75
0.38
26
7
2.49
0.67
14
1.34
0.38
VI.
52
4
9 85
0.75
O1
. .
..
5
0.94
0.18
VII.
30
1
4.69
0.15
..
..
4
0.62
0.31
VIII.
20
1
8.29
0.41
11
4.56
0.82
2
0.82
0.41
IX.
23
1
6.35
0.27
5
. .
1.38
. .
. .
4
..
1.73
..
Total .
452
51
8.59
0.96
110
28
2.09
0.53
58
13
1.10
0.24
S
1.48
7
1.30
5
0.92
. .
3
0.55
II.
x.
15
.
6.49
.
6
. .
2.59
1.92
0.55
NOHOHAN.
1,33
. .
0.94
Cases
1,000 of pop.
Cases
397
RATES PER THOUSAND OF POPULATION OF CASES OF SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER REPORTED, AND OF DEATHS FROM THE SAME IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
1888.
1889.
1800.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
Average for Seven Yrs.
DISTRICTS.
.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
I.
( Cases ¿ Deaths
3.51 2.44 2.29 4.24 3.24 3.11 3.55 1.51 0.82 2.05 1.80 0.77
6.43 0.36
0.83 0.95 8.86 1.13 1.36 0.12 0.12 0.57 0.23 0.11
13.98 2.73
1.44 1.15 0.57 0.14
0.65 0.53 0.19
6 Cases ¿ Deaths
4.07 0.94 0.78
2.32 2.17 1.01
0.42 2.37 0.69
0.79 1.45 1.18
9.75
4.07 0.93 1.04
4.45
1.30 0.74 0.18 0.18
0.12 0.35 0.27
Ill. .
( Cases ¿ Deaths
0.81 2.43 2.43
1.19|1. 11 4.11|
7.97 3.18 1.09 0.73 0.37 ..
8.53 1.44 2.39 0.34 1.02 0.61
11.38 0.63
1.89 0.95 0.95 0.31
9.58 0.79 1.59 0.53 0.27
..
..
0.61 0.67 0.36
IV.
( Cases ¿ Deaths
1.362.72 1.71
1.24 2.52 0.84
3.28 6.57 1.03 0.21 1.64
3.47 1.35 1.16 0.19 0.39 0.39
5.19 0.36
0.89 0.36 0.18
5.70 0.35 0.34 0.86
2.24
3.73 0.74 1.49 0.18
0.67 0.78 0.20
V. .
6 Cases ¿ Deaths
2.04 2.89 1.59 0.55 0.15 0.45
4.04 4.58 0.95 0.94 0.13
6.34 2.34 0.91 0.26 0.26 0.26
3.65 1.22 0.97 ..
7.78 0.34
1.02 3.83 0.11 0.56
5.47 1.13 1.71 0.11 0.23 0.57
5.75 0.38
2.49 1.34 0.67 0.38
5.01 2.23 1.60 0.23 0.33 0.35
VI. .
6 Cases Deaths
0.66
..
..
.
..
..
. .
. .
6.26 1.56 1.25 0.62 0.31 . .
9.85 0.75
0.94 0.94 0.18
0.19 0.31 0.35
VII. .
( Cases ¿ Deaths
0.27 0.53
.
. .
. .
.
..
0.45
9.17 0.21
1.46 0.21
4.59 1.39 0.79 0.19 0.19 0.19
4.69 0.15 ·
0.62 0.31
0.12 0.24 0.21
VIII. .
·
§ Cases { Deaths
7.17
. .
·
..
·
. .
.. 0.81
0.76
..
4.20 2.94
7.79
. . ..
..
..
..
..
..
2.59 1.73
5.63 2.69 1.28 0.19 1.24 0.16
City.
6 Cases ¿ Deaths
3.42 2.09 1.75 0.42 0.59 0.48
4.94 3.34 1.57 0.18 0.72 0.18
4.01 2.89 0.97 0.07 0.54 0.24
2.97 1.62 1.26 0.05 0.42 0.25
8.06 0.30
0.85 1.61
6.28 1.12 1.18 0.17 0.24 0.38 0.22 0.26
8.59 0.96
2.09 1.10 0.53 0.24
0.33 0.45 1.27
..
0.43 0.29 ..
0.42 0.28
..
0.66 0.39
0.37
. .
..
..
11.98
4.44 1.33 1.33
7.34 2.61 1.98
0.40 0.40 1.21
10.37
. .
.
0.88 0.63 0.21
..
6.58 4.19 2.39
2.25 0.56 2.81 0.56 0.56
1.800.88 2.47
. .
..
4.96
0.71
.. . .
.. 0.65
0.41
0.82 0.41 0.39 0.34 0.39
1.X. .
( Cases ¿ Deaths
7.51 3.00 2.00 1.50 0.50 1.00
.
..
..
..
0.42
0.78 2.73 .. 0.78
5.59 1.75 2.73 6.35 0.27
1.38 1.92 0.55
4.74 2.39 1.66 0.25 0.19 0.33
Y. .
( Cases { Deaths
4.54 2.27 3.40
2.10|8.40 4.20
4.13 1.03 2.06 1.03 ..
9.71 0.97 0.97
3.59
0.90 1.80
8.89 2.73 1.36 1.37
..
..
..
.
..
..
. .
..
..
·
..
5.68 1.13 1.70 0.57
8.29
4.56 0.82
4.55 2.52 1.41
.77
.. 10.88
0.83
. .
4.63 1.85
1.79 2.23 0.45 .. 0.45 . .
4.52| 2.49 4. 14
3.27 4.08 1.63
3.06 1.53
14.57
2.08 4.16 0.52
..
.
15.59 1.07.1.07 3.45 4.68 0.41
5.26 3.37 0.95
4.93 1.61 1.11
0.98
0.24
..
10.38 ..
0.49 0.37 0.21
0.23 0.47
1.99
14.37
4.94 2.59 0.88
1.14 0.45
0.28 0.84 0.42
.. 0.55 0.14
3.69 1.37 0.83
II.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
·
. .
.. 0.17
2.63 1.98 1.32
3.65 0.61 2.43
6.54 1.71 2.18
0.59|1.19
.. 0.12
.: ..
6.49
1.13 1.13 ..
5.46 2.00 1.34
Typhoid Fever.
6.08 1.77 1.49
0.61 1.07 0.46|
0.47 0.31 0.31
398
ANNUAL REPORTS.
NUISANCES ABATED IN EACH DISTRICT IN 1894.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
Total.
Population (estimated)
6,936
5,382
4,504
5,357
10,418 5,278 6,389
2,410 3,617 2,309 52,600
Cellar damp
12
1
1
3
1
1
Cesspool offensive
3
. .
1
2
.
1
..
1
1
1
10
Cesspool overflowing
5
. .
..
1
1
1
. .
1
1
2
12
Connections of drainage pipes defective
7
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1 1
21
Cow-barn offensive
..
. .
. .
..
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
1
1
Drainage defective .
8
4
4
1
2
3
4
3
31
Drainage emptying into cellar
15
Drainage emptying on surface
6
5
1
1
..
. .
. .
2
Drain-pipe defective
Hennery offensive .
. .
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
10
Horse-shed offensive
.
.
.
..
·
·
.
. .
1
Manure exposed and offensive Manure-pit defective
10
1
3
1
..
2
1
3
1
10
Offal on land .
3
..
3
1
. .
1
. .
. .
1
. .
16
Opening in drain-pipe in cellar
9
2
3
3
19
Premises filthy
4
. .
3
2
..
. .
. .
.
1
1
1
64
Privy-vault offensive
96
7
5
13
18
12
10
3
3
6
173
Rubbish in cellar
5
1
. .
2
1
. .
1
..
6
1
1
1
?
. .
1
1
1
15
Slops thrown on surface
2
..
3
1
4
2
2
. .
1
1
18
Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive .
5
1
3
Stable without drainage
9
1
2
4
17
Stagnant water on surface
4
1
4
1
. .
1
1
1
2
15
Waste-pipe defective
4
1
2
1
3
.
3
2
. .
1
17
Waste-pipe not trapped
3
1
1
2
2
3
1
1
?
L
17
Water-closet defective
5
2
3
4
2
4
..
2
1
25
Water-closet insufficiently
supplied with water
136 1 6
. .
.
.
1
1
.
. .
6
Water-closet offensive
1
3
1
1
17
Water in cellar
17
Water under stable
.
. .
. .
1
1
. .
1
. .
. .
3
Total
299
37
83
110
67
47
40
31
32
32
778
1
4
3
1
. .
.
17
Hens kept in cellar
. .
1
..
1
. .
..
.
:211 1 1
S
Offensive odor in and about dwellings
S
1
2
1 1 1:1
1
1
1
. .
. .
10
Premises untidy
13
10
11
Privy-vault defective
3
1
4
4
5
5
2
Privy-vault full .
25
6
10
2
·
. .
Manure-pit too close to house
1
. .
1
1
2
121 1 1
1
3
. . : CI
25
Drainage not ventilated
1:1:2 1 · 1 .
1
2
. .
1
..
..
..
1
. .
. .
..
27
Rubbish under stable .
1
.
. .
· :
1
3
12
Sewer Gas in house
6
1
1
2
1
..
1
..
. .
.
1
. .
..
S
4
1
1
Cl
S
Pigs kept without license
3
. .
1
6
..
1
..
1
. .
1
..
. .
. .
3
4
1
1
1
..
1
1
4
1
2
..
. .
9
Sewage flowing under floor .
. .
. .
3
Stable infected with glanders Stable infected with tuber- culosis
4
.
. .
..
1
5
1
1
.
. .
19
. .
2
Decomposed meat offensive
1
3
25
34
2
1
4
12
1
?
1
399
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND EXPENDITURES THEREFROM, 1894.
CREDIT.
Appropriation
$12,000 00 Receipts :
For Permits to keep swine and goats
and to collect grease 200 00
rent of land on Melrose street 200 00
rebate, contagious disease .
62 69
Sundry bills not called for
12 50
.
Total credit $12,475 19
DEBIT.
Expenditures :
For Agent's salary . $1,200 00
Collecting ashes
5,700 00
Collecting offal .
6,855 .00
Burying dead animals
135 50
Vaccine virus
273 26
Oil of peppermint
13 68
Wagons and sleds
134 95
Care of small-pox case (Henry Liscomb)
1,180 12
House for contagious diseases
1,071 24
Books, stationery, printing, etc. . 123 88
Incidentals
1,230 10
Total debit
$17,917 73
Amount overdrawn .
$5,442 54
THOMAS M. DURELL, Chairman. ALVANO T. NICKERSON. ALVAH B. DEARBORN.
Board of Health.
REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
(25)
-
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 13, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 13, 1895.
Referred to Committee on Printing, to be printed in the Annual Reports, in concurrence.
CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.
BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, 1894.
Hon. WILLIAM H. HODGKINS, Chairman, ex officio.
NATHAN H. REED, President, term expired May, '94
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