Report of the city of Somerville 1897, Part 30

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 870


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Ninety-two new iron boxes were set in place of decayed wooden boxes, twenty-three were lowered to grade, eighteen gates were repacked, and necessary repairs were made at an expenditure for labor, materials, and teaming of .


$873 17


RECAPITULATION.


SIZE.


GATES.


1"'


2'


4//


8''


10//


12"


20/


Total.


Set .. .


·


.


12


1


17


7


11


13


4


65


Removed .


2


4


13


·


19


Net increase in number of gates in 1897 .


46


Total number of gates in the city December 31, 1897 969


547


REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.


WATER POSTS.


Two new water posts, for the use of the street-watering department, were set in 1897, in the following locations :-


Appleton street, near Willow avenue. Broadway, opposite North street.


The total number now in the city is fifty-three. One water post was moved from Orchard street, near Day street, to Orchard street, near Meacham, and one was moved from Walnut street, near Pearl street, to Gilman street, near Walnut street. All are in good condition, having received the usual renewals of boxes, valves, hose, and general repairs.


LOCATIONS OF WATER POSTS.


Albion street, near Lowell street.


Beacon street, opposite Cooney street.


Beacon street, near Vine street. Beacon street, near Sacramento street. Boston street, near Greenville street. Broadway, near corner of Franklin street.


Broadway, opposite Broadway park. Broadway, opposite city farm. Broadway, near Irving street. Broadway, corner of Clarendon avenue.


Columbus avenue, near Stone avenue.


Concord avenue, corner of Marion street. Elm street; near Burnside avenue. Elm street, near Morrison street.


Elm street, opposite Kenwood street.


Flint street, near Cross street.


Gilman street, near Walnut street. Highland avenue, corner of Medford street. Highland avenue, corner of Central street. Highland avenue, near Crocker street. Highland avenue, near Willow avenue. Holland street, near Elmwood street. Jaques street, near Glines school. Linwood street, near Poplar street.


548


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Main street, near Broadway.


Medford street, corner of Lee street. Medford street, near Jenny Lind avenue. Montrose street, near School street. Mystic avenue, corner of Union street.


Orchard street, near Meacham street. Pearl street, near Delaware street.


Pearl street, near Myrtle street.


Putnam street, corner of Summer street. School street, near Broadway. Somerville avenue, near East Cambridge line.


Somerville avenue, near Poplar street.


Somerville avenue, corner of Mystic street. Somerville avenue, near School street. Somerville avenue, corner of Beacon street. Spring street, near Somerville avenue. Summer street, opposite Laurel street. Summer street, near Belmont street.


Summer street, corner of Cedar street.


Summer street, corner of Elm street. Tufts street, corner of Cross street. Vinal avenue, near Highland avenue. Washington street, corner of Myrtle street.


Washington street, corner of Boston street.


Washington street, near Union square. Washington street, opposite Leland street. Webster avenue, near glass house.


The following items of expense appear for the construction and maintenance of water posts :-


Cost of setting two new water posts, complete :-


Materials


$53 54


Labor and teaming .


27 91


$81 45


Maintenance of posts and turning off and on water :-


Materials $154 00


Labor and teaming .


223 197


377 15


Total cost


$458 62


549


REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.


DRINKING FOUNTAINS.


The expense for maintenance of fountains and watering troughs, cleaning and repairs, was $15.71.


The total number now in the city is seven, located as follows :-


Highland avenue, corner of Walnut street.


Gilman square, in centre.


Somerville avenue, junction with Washington street.


Union square, in front of Hill building.


Davis square, in centre.


Davis square, in front of Medina building.


Teele square, junction of Broadway and Holland street.


MAINTENANCE OF STREET MAINS.


The following bursts and leaks on street mains are recorded for 1897 :-


BURSTS.


SIZE OF MAIN.


NUMBER.


4/


5


2


8 !!


1


10/1


1


20'


1


Total


10


LEAKS.


SIZE OF MAIN.


NUMBER.


4/


2


6 !!


2


8 !!


2


10''


2


12//


1


14/


1


Total


10


550


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Expenditures in 1897 on account of defective street mains follow :-


Pipe and fittings used


$63 25


Labor and teaming


.


248 57


$311 82


WATER SERVICES.


SERVICE CONSTRUCTION.


Five hundred and sixty-two new service connections were made in 1897, as follows :-


Owners' applications received in 1897


320


" 1896 1


Transferred from City of Cambridge mains in Prospect street district


. 241


562


The following table shows the sizes and lengths laid :-


SIZE.


NUMBER.


LENGTH.


2"


2


119 feet


1}"


3


182


11


394


8. "


546


15,332


Total


.


562


16,027 feet.


Total number of service pipes laid to January 1, 1898, 9,601.


Total length of service pipe used in making service connec- tions, 60 miles 1,165 feet.


551


REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.


SERVICE MAINTENANCE.


The following items of expense appear in the maintenance and repairs of service pipes :-


Leaks repaired on service pipes .


110


Iron service boxes set, decayed wooden ones re- placed, etc. . .


194


New service gates set on old connections


.


96


Services cleaned of sediment, fish, etc.


58


Service boxes brought to grade by construction of new sidewalks


78


Services replaced at city's expense on account of defective pipe or fittings


9


Total expenditure for labor and fittings on service maintenance account


$2,000 26


HIGH SERVICE.


COST OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.


Engineer's salary


$1,100 04


Firemen's wages .


872 50


Fuel for boiler


1,107 61


Telephone rental and tolls


82 30


Electric lighting .


65 87


Furniture and tools


35 03


Supplies and repairs to pump and boilers


35 42


Insurance on boilers


100 00.


Incidentals


8 00


$3,406 77


Total number of gallons of water pumped in 1897, 242,- 016,000.


Cost of pumping per 1,000 gallons, based on the expense of operating the high-service system, $0.01407.


552


ANNUAL REPORTS.


VALUATION OF PROPERTY UNDER CONTROL OF


THE WATER BOARD, DECEMBER 31, 1897.


77 miles, 2,886 feet of iron and cement distri- bution mains


969 gates and boxes set in connection there- with


$650,000 00


790 fire hydrants set in connection therewith 53 water posts set in connection therewith


High-service standpipe and grounds ·


17,000 00


pumping station, buildings, and


grounds


17,300 00


High-service pumps and boilers


10,000 00


Pump and boiler sundries


24 25


Pumping station furniture and tools


744 50


Shop buildings and yard


6,900 00


Shop furniture


157 00


Office furniture


1,204 00


Books, stationery, etc.


200 00


Tools


1,784 00


Horses


.


500 00


Wagons, sleighs, etc.


835 00


Harnesses, robes, etc.


235 00


Hay and grain


53 20


Stable utensils


32 00


Main pipe on hand


15,630 00


Special castings on hand


3,080 10


Hydrants on hand


138 00


Gates and boxes on hand


999 75


Pig lead on hand


16 00


Service pipe and fittings on hand


1,796 52


$728,629 32


The Board is also in control of 60 miles 1,165 feet of service pipes, with 9,601 connections, the cost of which has been paid to the city by the owners of properties connected to the water mains.


553


REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.


REPORT OF THE ENGINEER OF THE PUMPING STATION.


HIGH SERVICE PUMPING STATION, Somerville, December 31, 1897.


TO THE SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD : -


Gentlemen,-The following table shows the work done at the high service pumping station for the year ending December 31, 1897.


The machinery is in good working condition, and no acci- dents have occurred, or repairs been necessary :-


Date 1897.


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


228.00


22,521,600


72,525


7,600


Feb.


28


56


199.00


19,238,400


61,350


7,725


March


31


62


215.00


20,688,000


65,625


7,875


Apr.


30


60


214.30


20,544,000


64,250


10,125


May


31


62


217.00


20,976,000


65,125


9,250


June


30


60


221.30


20,352,000


64,325


9,050


July


31


62


237.30


21,504,000


72,075


9,300


Aug.


31


62


213.00


18,456,000


67,620


8,625


Sept.


30


60


203.30


18,600,000


64,425


8,250


Oct.


31


62


208.30


18,960,000


59,675


10,275


Nov.


30


61


195.00


17,172,000


58,300


9,700


Dec


31


63


357.45


23,004,000


81,750


11,900


Total


365


732


2,710.15


242,016,000


797,045


109,675


SIDNEY E. HAYDEN,


Engineer.


REPORT


OF THE


BOARD OF HEALTH.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, February 23, 1898. 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 23, 1898.


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, 1898.


To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL : -


Gentlemen,-We respectfully submit the following as the twentieth annual report of the Board of Health, in which is presented a statement, tabulated and otherwise, of the sanitary condition of the city and the business of the Board for the year ending December 31, 1897.


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 :-


560


ANNUAL REPORTS.


NUISANCES ABATED IN THE YEAR 1897.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June."


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


Cellar damp


6


2


3


2


1


1


3


1


2


1


22-


Cesspool offensive


3


2


4


1


2


2


1


15


Cesspool overflowing


2


3


1


3


1


2


1


Connections of drainage pipes de- fective .


5


6


2


1


4


1


3


2


1


2


3


1


31


Cow barn offensive


1


1


7


2


1


2


2


1


1


18 1


Dogs kept in cellar


8


9


4


59


5


25


4


5


3


4


5


131


Drainage emptying into cellar


4


2


1


1


2


1


1


2


1


1


2


18-


Drainage emptying on surface


3


4


1


1


2


1


2


1


1


1


17


Drain-pipe defective


7


6


5


1


3


1


3


2


4


2


1


35. 4


Goats kept in cellar


1


1


1


2


1


2


1


2


1


1


3


14


Hens kept in cellar


2


1


1


1


1


1


1


9


Manure exposed and offensive


2


4


3


4


2


2


3


3


4


2


3


2


Manure-pit defective


1


3


1


2


1


1


1


3


1


2


1


Offal on land


1


1


1


2


1


1


1


2


2


21


Opening in drain-pipe in cellar


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


7 1


Pigs kept without license


8


Premises filthy


3


2


1


4


2


4


2


1


2


Premises untidy


6


3


9


4


5


3


2


3


1


5


1


1


Privy-vault full


6


3


4


5


5


4


6


5


3


2


2


45


Privy-vault offensive


13


8


9


6


6


7


27


12


10


6


2


3


109 1


Rubbish in cellar


4


3


. .


1


1


2


1


1


1


2


2


6


1


1


1


23


Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive


4


2


1


2


1


2


3


2


1


1


19


Stable without drainage


3


1


1


1


.


1


1


1


2


3


3


Waste-pipe defective


4


3


2


3


2


1


4


3


3


1


2


1


29


Waste-pipe not trapped


5


1


1


2


2


4


3


4


1


3


2


2


1


34


Water-closet insufficiently supplied with water


2


3


1


1


2


1


3


1


1


1


1


17


Water-closet offensive


4


2


3


2


3


4


6


2


4


2


4


1


37


Water in cellar


3


1


1


2


2


1


3


1


1


2


17


Water under stable


1


1


. .


1


1


2


1


2


2


11


Total


126


106


64


127


80


48


137


83


83


52


49


34


989


1


1


3


....


2


3


1


4


34 17 8


Offensive odor in and about dwel- lings


5


3


1


1


3


1


2


1


1


3


2


1


21 34 47


Privy-vault defective


8


2


1


1


2


3


3


1


1


3


1


1


1


1 2 18- 11 11


Sewer-gas in house


3


2


1


1


2


11


Stable infected with glanders


18


Stagnant water on surface


1


3


15


15


Water-closet defective


2


2


2


2


1


1


2


2


3


1


Sewage flowing under floor


2


1


7


Horse shed offensive .


2


1


2


1


1


1


8


Fish offal


1


1


1


1


1 2


Hennery offensive


1


1


Infected bedding .


. .


Pigs kept in cellar


.


3


5


8


6


3


Rabbits kept in cellar


1


2


1


1


3


3


2


2


1


. .


3


7


-


13.


Drainage defective


1


Drainage not ventilated


Goats kept without a license


1


Slops thrown on surface


5


561


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


Number of nuisances abated


989


Number of nuisances referred to Board of 1898 120


Number of nuisances complained of 1,107


Number of complaints (many covering more than one nuisance) 497


Number of notices mailed


493


Number of notices served by constables 8


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 .- Twenty-three 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 .- Thirty-seven applications were received for permits to keep one hundred and seventy-six cows. Thirty permits to keep one hundred and forty-six cows were granted, and seven permits were refused.


Swine .- Twenty-one applications were received for permits to keep thirty-seven swine. Seventeen permits were granted to keep thirty swine, and four permits were refused. The fee is one dollar for each swine.


Goats .- One application was received for permit to keep one goat, which was refused. Fee for each goat, one dollar.


Grease .- Two applications were received for. permits to col- lect grease, both of which were granted. The fee is two dollars. One of the parties licensed resides in Somerville, and the other in Charlestown.


562


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Manure .- Thirteen permits were issued during the year for the carting of manure through the streets of the city in the day- time, 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.


One hundred and ninety-nine certificates of registration were issued to hawkers and peddlers during the year,-a decrease of forty-seven from the year 1896. 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 condition and are properly marked with the owner's name and number.


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 collection of house offal.


Twelve men, with seven horses and carts, are employed in the work.


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


January


1,804


February


1,926


March


2,114


April


1,923


May


1,658


Number carried forward ·


9,425


563


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


Number brought forward


9,425


June


1,554


July


1,421


August


1,310


September


1,307


October


1,538


November


1,741


December


1,924


Total


20,220


The collections are made weekly as follows :-


Monday


in district one.


Tuesday


66 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


564


ANNUAL REPORTS.


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 Wash- ington street, the northwesterly line of Prospect street, the north- easterly 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 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 Somerville 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 fifteen men, with eight horses and wagons.


The cost for the past year was $16,143, in addition to the superintendent's salary, and the maintenance of the teams and stable, which would be chargeable, proportionately, to this work


565


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


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 :-


January


440


February


391


March


412


April


396


May


407


June


476


July


573


August


449


September


503


October


470


November


427


December


426


Total


5,370


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 entirely 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 :-


566


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Section 1 .- No person shall hereafter erect, occupy, or use for a stable, any building in any city whose population exceeds 25,000, 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 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 offense continues ; 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 stables, under the above law, was sixty-four.


Number granted 29


Number refused 35


DEATHS.


There were eight hundred and fifty-nine deaths and fifty- seven stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following table, which shows a decrease of deaths from the pre- vious year of sixty-five :-


Deaths of children under one year of age 196


Deaths of children over one year and under five


years 122


Deaths at Somerville Hospital during the year 22


Deaths at Home for Aged Poor 48


567


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1897.


January.


February


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


ZYMOTIC DISEASES. MIASMATIC.


Smallpox


Scarlet fever


2


2


2


6


Diphtheria .


2


4


5


7


1


1


3


7


5 *


8


1


44


Typhoid fever


1


1


2


2


2


2


1


Erysipelas


1


1


1


1


2


1


1


8


Cholera morbus


1


18


17


7


2


45


Whooping cough


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


4


Rheumatism


. . .


. .


1


Croup


2


6


1


·


1


2


2


14


Meningitis


2


2


6


10


11


3


4


2


1


2


6


3


52


Measles .


1


1


1


CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES


DIATHETIC.


Anæmia .


1


1


1 3


2


1


3


5


1


1


22


Tumor


4


Gangrene


1


1


1


3


TUBERCULAR.


Tuberculosis


3


2


2


3


2


1


2


2


21


Phthisis .


8


8


4


8


6


4


5


5


1 6


5


6


67


LOCAL DISEASES.


NERVOUS SYSTEM.


Apoplexy


1


1


3


1


1


1


2


1


3


3


6


25


Paralysis


Brain diseases


1


1


1


2


1


1


1


2


8


Spinal disease


2


Hemiplegia .


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


5


Myelitis .


1


1


ORGANS OF CIRCULATION.


Heart disease


7


4


4


4


9


7


7


2


5


7


5


3


64


Aneurism


1


1


4


Angina pectoris


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


3


RESPIRATORY ORGANS.


Pneumonia .


2


8


27


11


10


9


3


2


5


7


9


11


104


Bronchitis


2


2


3


2


3


1


1


2


1


17


Hemorrhage


2


Pleurisy .


2


Asthma


1


1


1


3


Laryngitis


2


Pulmonary œdema


1


2


1


. .


1


1


. .


1


1


1


7


Emphysema


. . .


1


. .


....


·


...


1


1


Diarrhœa


1


1


Cholera infantum


4


Dysentery .


1


1


3


1


2


3


La grippe


1


1


5


Cancer


1


2


1


1


1


1


..


Tubercular meningitis .


1


1


4 3


2


1


1


1


1


1


7


Convulsions


1


1


1


1


1


5


Epilepsy


1


3


Cyanosis


5


Hypertrophia


1


. .


....


1


1


1


....


1


4


1


1


1


1


1


2


2


5


1


1


1


3


1


1


1


11


.


1


10


1


1


1


3


11 2


1


568


ANNUAL REPORTS.


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1897. - Concluded.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


LOCAL DISEASES. DIGESTIVE ORGANS.


Gastritis .


1


1


1


3


1


3


10


Peritonitis


2


1


3


1


1


8


Hepatitis


1


1


1


3


Liver disease


1


1


4


Gastric ulcer


1


1


1


3


5


1


1


13


Hæmatemesis .


1


1


1


3


Hernia


1


1


2


1


1


1


4


1


1


2


GENITO-URINARY ORGANS.


Bright's disease


2


2


1


2


2


2


1


1


1


2


16


Diabetes


1


3


2


2


1


1


1


1


6


Nephritis


2


1


1


3


1


3


2


2


1


1


17


Childbirth


Eclampsia


2


1


2


1


1


1


8


INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM.


Abcess


1


1


1


1


. .


. .


. ..


. .


1


. .


.


DEVELOPMENTAL DIS- EASES.


OF CHILDREN.


Inanition


2


5


. .


. .


3


9


1


3


4


4


33


Premature


birth


and congenital


2


1


1


3


1


7


3


6


3


3


2


2


34


OF OLD PEOPLE.


Old age .


2


2


2


3


2


2


2


3


4


3


25


VIOLENT DEATHS.


Railroad .


1


2


1


4


Suicide


1


Accidental poisoning


1


3


Asphyxia


1


2


Accidental drowning


2


2


Burning .


1


1


1


3


Alcoholism


1


1


Concussion of brain


1


1


1


3


Fracture of ribs


1


1


Fracture of skull


1


1


2


Total


52


57


99


72


74


65


83.


84


68


69


71


65


859


Stillborn


6


7


5


4


3


6


4


5


9


3


5


. .


57


Population ( estimated ) Death rate per thousand


58,000 14 81


1


1


10


Cystitis


1


1


1


1


Eczema


1


1


Ulcer .


1


....


1


1


2


Appendicitis


1


Cirrhosis


...


....


..


1


1


1


4


Enteritis


1


1


1


1


...


. .


1


1


1


1


. .


·


. .


2


debility


Pemphigus


569


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH.


This Board has adjudged smallpox, 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 .- One hundred and fifty-eight cases of scarlet fever have been reported during the year, six of which resulted fatally. In 1896 there were one hundred and forty-two cases, five of which resulted fatally.


Diphtheria .- Three hundred and twenty-four cases of diph- theria have been reported during the year, forty-four of which were fatal. In 1896 there were four hundred and thirty cases, forty-four of which proved fatal. Warning cards are used in deal- ing 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 .-- Fifty cases of typhoid fever have been re- ported during the year, eleven of which have proved fatal. In 1896 there were eighty-eight cases reported, twenty-six of which were fatal.




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