Report of the city of Somerville 1896, Part 24

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
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All fixtures of the water-works have been inspected and necessary repairs made.


Respectfully submitted,


N. DENNETT, Superintendent.


REPORT OF THE ENGINEER OF THE PUMPING STATION.


High Service Pumping Station,


Somerville, Dec. 31, 1896.


To the Somerville Mystic Water Board :-


Gentlemen,-The following table shows the work done at the High Service pumping station for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1896.


The amount of coal used also includes the heating of the building.


There have been no breaks or accidents during the year, and the boilers and machinery are in good condition :-


Date 1896.


No. of Days.


No. of Runs.


Pumping Time in Hours.


Gallons of Water Pumped.


Pounds of Coal Burned.


Pounds of Ashes and Clinkers.


Jan.


31


62


202.30


18,026,640


55,900


4,480


Feb.


29


60


182.30


17,189,328


52,775


4,105


Mch.


31


62


187.00


17,766,432


56,925


4,450


Apr. May.


30


60


177.30


17,044,224


53,750


4,000


31


62


215.00


20,304,576


61,525


6,700


June.


30


60


206.30


20,644,800


63,425


5,650


July.


31


62


208.30


20,256,000


60,725


6,550


Aug.


31


62


213.30


19,689,600


66,400


8,525


Sept.


30


60


188.00


17,761,056


62,785


9,115


Oct. .


31


62


190.00


17.498,640


66,000


7,825


Nov.


30


60


205.30


19,666,704


65,625


7,150


Dec.


31


62


208.30


21,432,000


71,050


8,675


Total


366


735


2,385.00


227,280,000


736,885


77,225


Respectfully submitted,


SIDNEY E. HAYDEN,


Engineer.


REPORT OF THE


BOARD OF HEALTH.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 10, 1897.


Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, February 11, 1897.


Referred to the Committee on Printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.


CHARLES S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH - CITY HALL, January 1, 1897.


To HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR, AND THE CITY COUNCIL :-


Gentlemen,-We respectfully submit the following as the nineteenth annual report of the Board of Health, in which is pre- sented a statement, tabulated and otherwise, of the sanitary con- dition of the city and the business of the Board for the year ending December 31, 1896.


ORGANIZATION.


Chairman, Allen F. Carpenter. Clerk, William P. Mitchell. Agent, Caleb A. Page.


NUISANCES.


A record of nuisances abated during the year, in compliance with notices issued by the Board, or under the Board's direction, is presented in the following table, under the head of months when the complaints were made :-


454


ANNUAL REPORTS.


NUISANCES ABATED IN THE YEAR 1896.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


Cellar damp


2


3


6


4


6


1


1


5


2


5


4


39


Cesspool offensive


1


2


1


1


2


3


1


1


1


13


Cesspool overflowing


2


3


6


4


1


...


2


1


21


pipes defective


3


2


6


S


9


3


3


3


2


1


40


Cow barn offensive .


4


6


8


4


2


3


1


2


32


Drainage emptying into cel- lar


3


3


1


2


1


1


2


3


16


Drainage emptying on sur- face.


4


3


3


4


2


1


3


3


1


1


28


Drain-pipe defective


4


2


3


5


5


1


10


2


1


1


3


29


Feeding


1


1


1


1


. . . .


.


1


2


1


...


2


1


Q


1


4


1


17


Hens kept in cellar .


3


2


1


4


.


1


2


15


Infected bedding


1


2


1


. .


1


2


2


3


5


3


2


2


1


2


1


23


Manure-pit defective


1


2


2


1


1


1


S


Offal on land


2


1


1


1


5


Offensive odor in and about dwellings


1


3


1


2


1


S


Opening in drain-pipe in cel. lar


10


1


2


4


1


2


1


14


Pigeons kept in house


....


2


1


1


L


5


Pigs kept without license


3


2


5 2S


Premises untidy


3


4


30


21


1


1


62


Privy-vault defective


3


3


9


10


1


·2


3


3


2


2


43


Privy-vault full


10


3


4


10


11


2


4


11


5


4


S


3


136


Rubbish in cellar


2


3


1


1


1


3


2


1


4


1


1


2


5


3


1


1


2


2


1


1


1


12


2


2


6


10


5


4


1


1


2


3


1


37


Stable without drainage.


3


2


3


5


6


3


4


2


2


1


2


40


Stagnant water on surface


3


2


1


1


2


10


Waste-pipe defective


2


1


1


1


1


1


10


Waste-pipe not trapped .


1


3


4


2


1


1


3


15


Water-closet defective .


1


1


1


3


1


2


1


1


2


15


Water - closet insufficiently


1


2


2


1


6


Water-closet offensive


1


1


2


1


1


6


Water in cellar.


2


3


1


5


3


1


1


16


Water under stable .


1


2


4


3


1


1


12


Total .


:7


56


80


183


162


49


44


45


52


44


42


37


871


·


1


2


1


1


1


6


ws on decayed fruit.


1


2


Fish offal


3.


Goats kept in cellar.


1


. .


4 3


Goats kept without license


..


...


1


2


3


Horse shed offensive


2


4


5


..


3


·


. .


2


Drainage defective .


1


1


. .


.


...


1


1


46


Privy-vault offensive


20


10


4


25


21


16


9


5


Sewage flowing under floor Sewer-gas in house .


1


1


1


Premises filthy.


15


12


1


.


Siops thrown on surface. Stable infected with glanders Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive


1


.


3


2


supplied with water


..


1


16 5


Manure exposed and offen- sive .


2


Hennery offensive .


3


Drainage not ventilated.


Connections of drainage


·


Pigs kept in cellar


7


455


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


Number of nuisances abated 871


Number of nuisances referred to Board of 1897 130


Number of nuisances complained of 1001


Number of complaints (many covering more than one nuisance) 503


Number of notices mailed . 491


Number of notices served by constables 46


In addition to the above, many nuisances have been abated on verbal notice from the Agent, without action by the Board, and of which no record has been made.


Glanders .- Twelve cases of glanders have occurred during the year. Prompt action was taken in every case, and the horses have been killed. We renew our request of previous years, that owners of horses notify the Board or its Agent, at once, on the appearance of this disease. We renew our request sent to the Committee on Highways last year, that the committee use great care to have the watering troughs cleaned out occasionally, in order to prevent the spread of this disease.


PERMITS.


The record of permits to keep cows, swine, and goats, to collect grease, and to remove manure, is as follows :-


Cows .- Six applications were received for permits to keep seventy-five cows. Five permits to keep twenty cows were granted, and one permit was refused.


Swine .- Thirty-four applications were received for permits to keep sixty-six swine. Thirty-two permits were granted to keep fifty-two swine, and two permits were refused. The fee is one dollar for each swine.


Goats .- Two applications were received for permits to keep three goats, all of which were granted. Fee for each goat, one dollar.


Grease .- Three applications were received for permits to collect grease, all of which were granted. The fee is two dollars. One of the parties licensed resides in Somerville, one in Chelsea, and the other in Charlestown.


456


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Manure .- Nine permits were issued during the year for the carting of manure through the streets of the city in the daytime, between May 1 and November 1. All permits issued for the removal of manure from the stables in the city in the daytime, or for carting through the streets of the city, remain in force until revoked. No fee is charged for these permits.


PEDDLERS.


Two hundred and eighteen certificates of registration were issued to hawkers and peddlers during the year,-an increase of forty-seven over the year 1895. These certificates are issued under Ordinance number thirty of the Revised Ordinances of 1891, and are good for an indefinite period. All peddlers 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 condi- tion and are properly marked with the owner's name and num- ber.


ASHES.


During the past year the ashes have been removed by this department, with teams owned and men hired by the city, under a competent superintendent, who also superintends the collec- tion of house offal.


Nine men, with six horses and carts, are employed in the work.


The number of loads collected each month during the year was as follows:


January


2,023 loads.


February


1,899 "


March


1,778


1,976


May


1,676


June


1,174


July


1,303


66


August


1,166


September


1,285


October


1,578


November


1,427


December


1,955


66


Total


.


19,240


66


April


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


The collections are made weekly, as follows:


Monday


in district one.


Tuesday


two.


Wednesday


three.


Thursday


four.


Friday .


66


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 sidewalk before seven 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 southeasterly line of Walnut street, the northeasterly line of Highland avenue, the easterly 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 Walnut street, the northeasterly line of Broadway, the north- easterly 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 Highland 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 Washington 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 south-


458


ANNUAL REPORTS.


easterly 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 west- wardly), the southeasterly lines of Oxford, Mossland, and Cedar streets, the northeasterly line of Summer street, the southeast- erly line of School street, and the northeasterly line of Somer- ville avenue to Prospect street.


District 6 .- All of that portion of the city lying west of the southeasterly 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.


HOUSE OFFAL.


The house offal has been collected by the city during the year, under the same system that has been employed in the re- moval of ashes, and which was adopted in both departments in the year 1895.


The force employed consists of sixteen men, with eight horses and wagons.


The cost for the past year was $10,351.00, in addition to the Superintendent's salary, and the maintenance of the teams and stable, which would be chargeable, proportionately, to this work and the collection of ashes. The amount of eight hundred dollars, received for the offal sold, should be deducted from this expense, as should also the present value of the equipment. (See table of receipts and expenditures at end of this report.)


The following table, showing the number of loads collected each month during the year, may be of interest :-


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


January


.


.


439 loads.


February


. 400


March


416


.


April


406


May


416


June


437


July


·


442


August


469


September


501


October


428


November


304


December


451


Total


5,109


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. An order box for the removal is kept at the Police Station on Bow street.


The collection of night soil during the year has been very small, as the old-fashioned privy-vaults have been almost en- tirely removed.


STABLES.


The following is a copy of an Act of the Legislature of 1895, Chapter 213, relating to the licensing and regulating of stables in cities :-


Section 1 .- No person shall hereafter erect, occupy, or use for a stable, any building in any city whose population exceeds 50,000, unless first licensed so to do by the Board of Health of said city, and in such case only to the extent so licensed.


Section 2 .- The foregoing provisions shall not be construed to prevent any such occupation and use which may be authorized by law at the time of the passage of this Act, to the extent and


66


.


.


.


·


460


ANNUAL REPORTS.


by the person or persons so authorized; provided, however, that the Board of Health, of any such city, may make such regula- tions or orders respecting the drainage, ventilation, number of animals, and the storage and handling of manure, in any exist- ing stables in their respective cities as in their judgment the public health requires.


Section 3 .- Whoever violates the provisions of this Act, or of any regulation or order made pursuant thereto, shall be pun- ished by a fine of five dollars for each day such offence con- tinues; and any court having equity jurisdiction may restrain any such erection, occupation, or use contrary to the provisions of this Act. (Approved April 4, 1895.)


The number of petitions received for licenses to erect sta- bles, under the above law, was eighty-two.


Number granted 54 ·


Number refused .


. 28


DEATHS.


There were nine hundred and twenty-four deaths and fifty- two stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following table, which shows an increase of deaths over the pre- vious year of eighty-six.


Deaths of children under one year of age 206


Deaths of children over one year and under five


years .


132


Deaths of Somerville Hospital during the year . 34


Deaths of Home for Aged Poor .


21


461


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1896.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


ZYMOTIC DISEASES.


MIASMATIC.


Scarlet fever .


1


1


2


1


Diphtheria


12


5


3


5


4


2


5


2


2


1


7


6


54


Typhoid fever


2


1


2


1


2


1


2


6


3


5


1


26


Erysipelas


2


2


1


1


1


1


Cholera morbus


1


23


28


16


2


Whooping cough


1


3


1


1


2


1


1


5


Rheumatism


2


1


1


1


1


3


4


11


La grippe


1


1


1


5


5


3


2


2


.


. .


1


32


Measles .


CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.


DIATHETIC.


Anæmia .


1


2


3


1


2


2


2


13


Cancer


·


3


2


1


4


1


3


1


1


1


2


9


Gangrene


TUBERCULAR.


Tuberculosis .


2


1


2


3


2 1


3


2 1


3 1


2 1


....


2


22


Phthisis . ·


3


7


7


4


5


10


5


3


5


7


7


7


70


LOCAL DISEASES.


NERVOUS SYSTEM.


Apoplexy


5


5


2


1


4


1


2


1


1


1


2


2


27


Paralysis


1


1


1


2


4


1


2


1


1


..


5


Convulsions .


1


2


3


1


3


1


1


12


Spinal disease


1


1


1


1


1


3


1


1


1


1


1


5


ORGANS OF CIRCULATION.


Heart disease.


9


5


4


9


5


14


7


8


7


8


3


5


84


Aneurism


4


Angina pectoris


1


1


2


Cyanosis .


1


1


1


1


4


Hypertrophia.


1


1


3


RESPIRATORY ORGANS.


Pneumonia


5


9


11


12


16


2


9


2


1


11


9


10


97


Bronchitis


1


5


2


2


2


2


1


1


2


18


Hemorrhage


1


1


1


1


4


Pleurisy .


1


Asthma .


3


Laryngitis :


1


.


.


. .


. .


. .


1


2


Pulmonary œdema


1


1


1


1


1


5


Emphysema


.


...


. . .


1


1


1


1


4


. . . .


....


1


Cholera infantum .


5


Dysentery


3


Croup


1


3


Meningitis


3


5


3


3


1


1


2


1


1


. .


1


10


Tubercular meningitis.


1


3


1


1


1


1


1


2


Hemiplegia


3


Epilepsy .


1


1


Myelitis .


..


1


2


1


4


24


Tumor


1


2


1


2


Diarrhea


1


.


...


. .


..


1


2


1


1


1


.


1


14


Brain diseases


2


6


70


.


-


5


6


1


3


1


·


462


ANNUAL REPORTS.


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1896 -- Concluded.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


--


LOCAL DISEASES. DIGESTIVE ORGANS.


Gastritis


1


1


1


1


1


1


Peritonitis


2


1


2


2


1


8


Hepatitis


1


2


Liver disease


3


Gastric ulcer .


1


1


1


3


1


7


3


1


1


1


20


Hæmatemesis


1


1


1


1


1


2


Jaundice


1


1


1


1


2


·


.


3


GENITO-URINARY ORGANS.


Bright's disease


2


1


1


3


4


1


1


1


2


16


Diabetes


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


7


Cystitis


,


4


2


1


1


1


1


1


2


1


1


15


Childbirth


..


.


..


1


2


Eclampsia


1


1


1


1


1


.


1


1


.. .


..


INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM.


Abcess


1


1


1


1


2


6


Pemphigus


.


..


1


1


1


....


3


DEVELOPMENTAL DIS- EASES.


OF CHILDREN.


Inanition


4


4


...


1


1


2


....


2


4


1


1


2


22


Premature birth and congenitai debility


3


1


2


2


2


2


5


2


21


OF OLD PEOPLE.


Old age .


1


3


2


5


4


2


2


4


8


1


...


3


35


VIOLENT DEATHS.


Railroad


1


1


3


1


1


1


3


11


Suicide .


1


1


.


1


Accidental Poisoning


3


Asphyxia


1


1


1


1


1


5


Accidental Drowning


2


1


1


1


2


5


Alcoholism


1


1


. .


1


1


2 4


Fracture of hip


1


1


1


1


..


..


Fracture of ribs


1


1


3


Fracture of skull .


2


3


Sunstroke


2


Total


80


68


70


71


73


64


101


89


95


74


65


74


924


Stillborn


4


4


5


2


3


3


7


3


5


7


6


3


52


Population (estimated) Death rate per thousand, ·


·


·


·


.


56,000 16.5


6


..


2


1


...


1


1


Enteritis


3


Hernia


4


Appendicitis .


2


Cirrhosis


1


1


1


...


..


. .


3


Nephritis


.. .


1


1


1


1


.


1


1


...


Ulcer .


1


Eczema .


Homicide


1


1


1


.. .


2


...


Burning


..


.


. .


...


. ..


...


1


....


...


1


. ....


....


...


1


3


1


Concussion of brain


·


.


.


...


7


1


1


....


1


463


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH.


This Board has adjudged small pox, scarlet fever, diph- theria, typhus fever, and typhoid fever to be contagious and dangerous to the public health, within the meaning of the statutes. Physicians 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 .- One hundred and forty-two cases of scarlet fever have been reported during the year, five of which resulted fatally. In 1895 there were two hundred and seventeen cases, seventeen of which resulted fatally.


Diphtheria .- Four hundred and thirty cases of diphtheria have been reported during the year, fifty-four of which were fatal. In 1895 there were two hundred and forty-six cases, forty- three of which proved fatal. Warning cards are used in dealing with scarlet fever and with diphtheria, 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 .-- Eighty-eight cases of typhoid fever have been reported during the year, twenty-six of which have proved fatal. In 1895 there were sixty-one cases reported, ten of which were fatal.


Small Pox .-- The city has been free from this disease during the year.


Tables .- The prevalence of scarlet fever, diphtheria and typhoid fever in the city during the several months of the year 1896 is shown by the following table, and in the table next fol- lowing is given the number of deaths from these three diseases, by months, during the last ten years :-


464


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER REPORTED IN 1896.


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


11


..


62


12


19.3


1


2


.. ..


February .


8


27


5


18.5


1


March


13


1


7.7


20


3


15.


3


1


33.3


April


6


. .


...


35


4


11.4


3


1


33.3


June


20


....


..


. .


36


2


5.6


4


2


50.


July .


15


....


1


16 7


23


2


8.7


11


2


18.2


September


9


.


2


12.5


41


1


2.44


10


3


30.


November


13


·


. .


45


7


16.


16


5


31.2


December


11


1


9.


36


6


16.6


5


1


20.


Total


142


5


3.5


430


54


12.6


88


26


29.5


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


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


MONTHS.


1887.


1888.


1889.


1890.


1891


| 1892.


1893


1894.


1895.


1896.


1988.


1989


1890.


1S91.


1892.


1893.


1894.


1895.


1896.


1887.


1888.


1889.


1890


1891.


1892.


1893.


1894.


1895.


1896.


January


1


5


1


7


..


February


3


1


3


March


1


4


1


1


3


7


1


4


1 3


2


1


1


6


1


1


2


3


4


4


1


June .


1


1


1


1


4


1


4


I


1


1


July .


1


4


1


2


1


4


1


1


2


1


12


1


1


1


August .


3


1


1


1


4


3


2


2


2


1


1


1


1 .


3


1


2


1


4


4


2


2


6


October


6


1


·


3


3


4


2


3


3


1


4


1


1


3


November.


11


9


1


4


1


3


4


2


5


4


7


2


3


.


.


December .


10


1


3


7


2


1


2


1


5


3


1


8


6


. .


.


:


.


= 1


1


Total . .


31 15 7 5 2 14 19


51|17


5


11 21 28 21 18 8 11 28 43 54 11 17


7 10 11 11 13 13 10 26


-


-


-


-


-


-


.


·


.


.


..


Q


2


April


1


2


3


2


May .


1


1


4


7


1


2 1 -2010.10


1


5


.


3


2


.


51


1


1


6


5


1


27


6


22.2


48


5


10.4


4


2


50.


May .


5


17.9


3


1


33.3


August


6


29


2


7.


October


16


| 1887.


1


-


-


i


1


1


2 2 : : 126.


1 11116 1


1


1


2


September


4


3


.


5


.


:


.


.


·


1


2 67828.


.


:


HIOT00


1


2


2


5


4 12


co


6


1


3


2


Cases


Cases


..


14


. .


28


MAP OF


SOMERVILLE


4


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VIII


1897


MYSTIC


S


0 200 4-00 600 800 1000


1500


2000


2 500


5000


350¢


4000


4500


5000


JAILE


SHOWING HEALTH DISTRICTS.


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N


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Nº15.


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CHURCH


QUINCY


RAIL


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CLARK ST


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M


B


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Nº18.


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VIS.


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TALE


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DEAN


LOSERS


PEARS


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RAIL ROAD.


MAIN


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Nº16.


STATE


SOUTHINIG


AV.


JOSEPHINE


FRANCESCA AVE


SIMPSON


GTON


LIVEMOR


1981


465


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


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 dan- gerous 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 origi- nally 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 con- tinted, 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, 1896, from the assessors' books, by actual count, as was also done for the years 1894 and 1895, instead of assuming, as had been done in former years, that their increase was uniform throughout the city.


TABLE OF DEATHS IN EACH DISTRICT DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS, EXCLUSIVE OF DEATHS IN THE MCLEAN ASYLUM.


Districts .


I.


II.


III.


IV.


V.


VI.


VII.


VIII.


IX.


X.


Entire City.


Area .


·


337A.


107A.


93 A.


171A.


361A.


285A.


194A.


482A.


174A.


456A.


2,660A.


Population.


7,104


5,591


4,688


5,602


11,160


5,992


6,697


2,725


3,953


2,488


56,000


{ Dwellings .


1,048


988


793


958


2,035


1,133


1,204


504


755


574


9,992


Average in each dwelling ·


6.8


5.7


5.9


5.8


5.4


5.3


5.6


5.4


5.2


4.3


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


YEAR.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000


Number of


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


15


15


663


16


1890


140


19


69


20


18


17


94


19


18


46


27


59


14


27


22


26


12


1891


169


22


71


9


68


23


103


20


15


75


42


17


33


25


33


14


12


12


761


18


1892


139


17


75


9


42


13


76


14


16


65


34


5


27


19


44


17


25


22


696


16


1893


161


18


80


0


63


16


94


16


180


20


64


20


72


14


23


13


26


9


27


18


790


15


1894


157


22


66


12


86


19


117


21


188


18


70


13


64


10


43


17


37


10


27


11


855


16


1895


136


19


76


14


91


20


94


17


184


17


17


15


67


16


29


12


29


S


40


17


823


16


1896


.


155


22


94


18


77


17


105


19


180


16


97


16


82


13


46


16


36


9


52


21


924


17


Average death rate per 1,000 for ten years.


21


11


18


18


17


23


14


17


12


16


16


ANNUAL REPORTS.


466


.


1887


182 148


29


9


45


19


81


19 14


87 117


13


37


25 22


62 50


17 13 15


20 16


19


14


12


14


606


18


1888


15


1889


125


16


67


9


48


17


85


17


105


14


28


17


62


19


15


26


12


17


17


582


16


23


54 68


11


44


18


62


18


33


14


26 28


14


13


15


579


In 1896.


·


.


.


·


·


.


.


.


·


5.6


Rate


139 120 144


77 59


Rate


467


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


TABLE SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN SOMERVILLE IN 1896. WITH THE NUMBER AND RATE IN EACH DISTRICT.


PNEUMONIA,


HEART DISEASE.


PHTHISIS.


CHOLERA INFANTUM.


DIPH- THERIA.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


I.


23


3.24


7


0.99


18


2.53


24


3.38


16


2.25


II.


10


1.78


9


1.61


1


0.18


6


1.07


7


10.73


III.


11


2.35


1.71


9


1.92


4


0.85


1


0.21


IV.


6


1.07


9


1.60


12


2.14


6


1.07


7


1.25


V.


19


1.70


14


1.26


6


0.54


7


0.63


8


0.72


VI.


9


1.50


7


1.17


9


1.50


11


1.84


4


0.67


VII.


8


1.19


1.05


6


0.89


00


0.89


5


0.75


VIII.


3


1.10.


7


2.57


.


....


2


0.73


5


1.83


IX.


4


1.01


5


1.27


1


0.25




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