Report of the city of Somerville 1898, Part 31

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 870


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Owners' applications received in 1898 204


Transferred from City of Cambridge main in


Somerville avenue . 1


205


1


574


ANNUAL REPORTS.


The following table shows the sizes and lengths laid : -


SIZE.


NUMBER.


LENGTH.


2"


3


121 feet


8


229


34'


194


7,301


Total


205


7,651 feet


Total number of service pipes laid to January 1, 1899, 9,806. Total length of service pipe used in making service connec- tions, 61 miles, 3,536 feet.


SERVICE MAINTENANCE.


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


Leaks repaired on service pipes


163


Iron service boxes set


129


New service gates set on old connections


44


Services cleaned of sediment, fish, etc. .


107


Services replaced at city's expense on


account of defective pipe and fittings .


7


Total expenditure for labor and fittings


on service maintenance account . $2,085.36


HIGH SERVICE.


COST OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.


Engineer's salary


$1,100.00


Firemen's wages


850.75


Fuel for boiler


1,554.14


Telephone rental and tolls .


82.69


Electric lighting


49.21


Supplies and repairs to pump and boilers


215.70


$3,852.49


Total number of gallons of water pumped in 1898, 287,760,000.


Cost of pumping per 1,000 gallons, based on the expense of operating the high service system, $0.01343.


-. SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS - CHART SHOWING THE CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN THE DISTRICT SUPPLIED BY THE SOMERVILLE HIGH SERVICE


ALSO THE RAINFALL IN SOMERVILLE


1891


1892


1893


1894


1895


1896


1897


1898


NE


LY


AUG


CT


STT


MONTHLY CONSUMPTION OF WATER AND AVERAGE FOR THE YEAR.


29


29


28


28


27


27


26


26


25


25


24


24


23


23


22


22


21


21


20


2


19


AVERAGE 20777772


18


17


16


200


15


14


13


I


AVERAGE


12


12


10


9


9


8


8


7


7


6


6


125328,000


127,082,640


150,494300


170,496,000


195,6 00000


227,280,000


242016,000


287,760,000


5


1


RAINFALL.


10


10


8


8 inches 6


6


of


4


4


Rainfall


2


2


0


0 Yearly


46.45


38.90


43.69


36.99


· 46.95


40,59


45.91


51.23


Rainfall


19 18 17 16 15 13 MILLION GALLONS WATER. 14


AVERAGE


AVERAGE


1


Yearly Consumption 5


AVERAGE


AVERAGE


AVERAGE.


and


SS


575


REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.


VALUATION OF PROPERTY UNDER CONTROL OF THE WATER BOARD, DECEMBER 31, 1898.


78 miles, 2,442 feet of iron and cement dis- tribution mains .


1,035 gates and boxes set in connection therewith


$700,000.00


822 fire hydrants set in connection therewith 57 water-posts set in connection therewith 194 water meters set in connection therewith High-service standpipe and grounds


17,000.00


Department building and grounds


32,000.00


High-service pumps and boilers


10,000.00


Fuel for high-service boilers


12.85


Pump and boiler sundries .


16.70


Department building furniture


902.25


Office furniture .


1,341.55


Books, stationery, etc.


200.00


Tools .


2,565.23


Horses


500.00


Wagons, sleighs, etc. .


760.00


Harnesses, robes, etc.,


235.00


Hay and grain


15.50


Stable equipment


120.18


Main pipe .


13,200.00


Special castings and fittings


3,384.17


Gates and boxes


960.60


Pig lead


8.00


Service pipe and fittings


1,423.21


Meters and fittings


749.75


$785,394.99


The Board is also in control of 61 miles, 3,536 feet of service pipes, with 9,806 connections, the cost of which has been paid to the city by the owners of properties connected to the water mains.


576


ANNUAL REPORTS.


REPORT OF THE ENGINEER OF THE PUMPING STATION.


HIGH SERVICE PUMPING STATION, SOMERVILLE, Dec. 31, 1898.


TO THE BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.


Gentlemen : - The following table shows the work done at the high service pumping station for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1898.


Date, 1898.


No. of Days.


No. of Runs.


Pumping Time in Hours.


Gallons of Water Pumped.


Pounds of Coal Burned.


Pounds of Ashes and Clinkers.


January


31


62


227.30


21,984,000


69,100


8,700


February


28


57


426.00


24,552,000


83,440


10,195


March


31


62


236.00


22,056,000


67,350


7,025


April


30


61


226.00


21,480,000


62,625


8,175


May


31


62


227.30


21,336,000


62,075


9,075


June


30


60


249.00


25,632,000


72,350


8,650


July


31


62


250.45


25,872,000


71,725


9,175


August


31


63


228.30


23,088,000


68,495


9,015


September


30


60


249.30


25,128,000


62,825


11,275


October


31


62


234.15


24,312,000


68,625


10,625


November


30


60


281.30


24,000,000


72,650


9,8:25


December


31


64


349.30


28,320,000


93,625


12,075


Total . .


365


735


3,186.00


287,760,000


854,885


113,810


No general repairs have been necessary. The air pump has been overhauled and the vacuum improved. The boilers have been thoroughly cleaned and inspected ; new fire-brick linings have been laid, and the entire apparatus is in good condition.


SIDNEY E. HAYDEN,


Engineer.


REPORT


OF THE


BOARD OF HEALTH.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 11, 1899.


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


GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 11, 1899.


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 2, 1899.


To HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR, AND THE CITY COUNCIL.


Gentlemen : - We respectfully submit the following as the twenty-first 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, 1898 :-


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 : -


580


ANNUAL REPORTS.


NUISANCES ABATED IN EACH DISTRICT IN 189S.


(SEE DESCRIPTION OF DISTRICTS IN LATTER PART OF THIS REPORT.)


I.


II.


III.


IV.


V.


VI.


VII. VIII. IX.


x.


Total.


Population (estimated).


7,431 5, 891 5,023 5,928 11,555 6,468 7,044


3,210


4,292 3,158


60,000


Calf kept in cellar .


.


.


.


.


.


Cellar damp


4


4


2


1


1


1


18


Cesspool offensive


1


1


6


Cow barn offensive


1


3


4


1


1


10


Dogs kept in cellar


1


5


1


4


2


3


4


1


2


1


26


Drainage emptying into cellar .


2


3


00


1


2


1


1


13


Drainage not ventilated .


1


3


2


5


2


4


1


2


3


23


Goats kept without license


2


Hennery offensive


4


3


2


1


3


1


1


18


Hens kept in cellar


1


2


3


2


2


1


11


Manure exposed and offensive


4


2


3


4


1


3


2


2


1


2


24


Manure pit defective


3


4


5


2


5


4


3


4


3


35


Offal on land


1


1


1


1


1


2


1


8


Offensive odor in and about dwellings


2


1


1


1


5


Pigeons kept in cellar


1


1


Pigs kept without license


3


1


1


1


Premises filthy


2


1


1


2


1


2


1


1


22


Privy-vault offensive


73


12


10


14


13


16


13


12


14


14


194


Sewage flowing under floor


2


1


1


1


1


1


7


Sewage-gas in house


4


3


3


2


1


2


2


1


2


1


21


Slops thrown on surface


3


1


2


4


1


2


1


2


3


19


Stable infected with glanders


13


2


6


3


4


4


7


41


Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive .


4


3


5


7


2


4


3


2


2


3


35


Stable without drainage


10


2


3


4


3


5


2


1


3


4


37


Stagnant water on surface


2


3


2


2


3


2


2


2


3


4


25


Waste-pipe defective


13


5


6


8


4


6


7


4


8


5


66


Waste-pipe not trapped


8


2


1


1


2


2


2


4


3


2


27


Water-closet defective .


5


2


1


1


2


3


1


4


2


21


Water-closet insufficiently sup- plied with water


3


·


2


1


2


1


9


Water-closet offensive


8


3


4


5


1


4


1


3


1


2


32


Water in cellar


2


1


1


.


1


4


Total


229


69


86


109


49


99


65


49


60


65


880


Number of nuisances abated


880


Number of nuisances referred to Board of 1899


120


Number of nuisances complained of


1,000


Number of complaints (many covering more than one nuisance)


518


Number of notices mailed


509


Number of notices served by constables


.


23


.


4


Drainage emptying on surface


4


1


1


3


2


2


12


Drain-pipe defective


4


Fish offal .


2


2


1


5


1


·


.


·


8


Premises untidy


23


2


12


4


13


2


58


Privy-vault defective


6


1


1


8


2


2


Rubbish in cellar


3


1


2


2


2


1


1


12


·


6


Water under stable


1


.


.


2


.


1


1


2


2


1


Drainage defective


3


2


2


1


8


1


2


1


6


1


·


581


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


In addition to the above, one hundred and thirty-seven dead animals have been removed from the public streets, and many nuisances have been abated on verbal notice from the agent, without action by the Board, of which no record has been made.


GLANDERS .- Forty-one '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 to the Committee on Highways, that the committee have the watering troughs cleaned out frequently, in order to prevent the spread of this disease.


PERMITS.


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


Cows .- Thirty applications were received for permits to keep one hundred and seventy-eight cows. Twenty-seven per- mits to keep one hundred and seventy cows were granted, and three permits were refused.


SWINE .- Thirteen applications were received for permits to keep twenty-four swine. Eleven permits were granted to keep twenty-two swine, and two permits were refused. The fee is one dollar for each swine.


GREASE .- Eleven applications were received for permits to collect grease, nine of which were granted. The fee is two dollars. One of the parties licensed resides in Somerville, two in Charlestown, three in Cambridge, two in Boston, and one in Malden.


MANURE .- Seven 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 day- time, 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 sixty-seven certificates of registration were issued to hawkers and peddlers during. the year,-a


582


ANNUAL REPORTS.


decrease of thirty-two from the year 1897. 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 Mon- day 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 collec- tion of house offal.


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


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


January .


2,099


February


1,733


March


2,187


April


2,056


May


2,427


June


1,817


July


1,559


August


1,552


September


1,606


October .


1,738


November


1,796


December


2,634


Total


23,204


The collections are made weekly, as follows : -


Monday .


in district one.


Tuesday .


two.


Wednesday


three.


Thursday


four.


Friday


five.


Saturday


.


six.


583


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


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 Wash- ington 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, pro- longed 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.


584


ANNUAL REPORTS.


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 removal of ashes, and which was adopted in both departments in the year 1895.


The force employed consists of eighteen men, with ten horses and nine wagons.


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


January


418


February


368


March


392


April


416


May


416


June


416


July


446


August


516


September .


510


October


511


November


498


December


502


Total


5,409


NIGHT SOIL.


There are but few privies remaining in the city, and it is the expectation of the Board that most of these will be removed during the coming year.


585


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


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, as amended by Chapter 332 of the Acts of 1896, and Section 3 of Chapter 300 of the Acts of 1897.


SECTION 1 .- No person shall hereafter erect, occupy, or use for a stable, any building in any city whose population exceeds twenty-five thousand, unless such use is licensed by the Board of Health of said city, and in such case only to the extent so licensed.


SECT. 2 .- The foregoing provisions shall not be con- strued 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 regulations or orders respecting the drainage, ventilation, number of animals, and the storage and handling of manure in any existing stables in their respective cities as in their judg- ment the public health requires.


SECT. 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 con- tinues ; and any court having equity jurisdiction may restrain any such erection, occupation, or use contrary to the provisions of this act.


The number of petitions received for licenses to erect stables under the above law was fifty-eight.


Number granted 35


Number refused 23


DEATHS.


There were eight hundred and eighty deaths and sixty-two stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the follow- ing table, which shows an increase of deaths over the previous year of twenty-one.


Deaths at Somerville Hospital during the year 20


Deaths at Home for Aged Poor .


58


*


586


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEATHS BY AGES.


AGES.


Total.


Male.


Female


Under one


One to two


35


17


18


Two to three


18


8


10


Three to four


8


6


2


Four to five


3


2


1


Five to ten


14


6


8


Ten to fifteen .


10


S


2


Thirty to forty


55


24


31


Forty to fifty


68


35


33


Fifty to sixty .


S5


47


38


Sixty to seventy


131


71


60


Seventy to eighty


106


52


54


Eighty and over


66


21


45


880


443


437


195


106


89


Fifteen to twenty


11


7


4


Twenty to thirty


75


33


42


587


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1898.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


ZYMOTIC DISEASES. MIASMATIC.


Diphtheria .


1


1


3


2


1


10


Typhoid fever


K2.


1


1


1


3


3


7


Cholera morbus


1


1


9


29


11


51


Whooping cough


1


1


1


3


Dysentery


4


1


1


7


Rheumatism


2


1


1


1


5


Croup


1


1


2


La grippe


1


Co.


2


4


9


5


2


3


2


43


Septicemia


1


1


CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.


DIATHETIC.


Leucocythæmia


1


2


Anæmia


1


40


Tumor


2


8


Canker


1


07. 1


er. .


7


13


70


LOCAL DISEASES. NERVOUS SYSTEM.


Apoplexy


4 2


3


4


5


2


8


2


4


2


2


4


40


Paralysis


2


1


1


1


3


5


3


18


Brain diseases.


1


1


1


1


2


2


2


1


1


3


Hemiplegia


1


1


1


1


1


1


4


ORGANS OF CIRCULATION.


Heart disease


10


9


4


5


8


4


2


5


5


4


6


9


71


Aneurism


Angina pectoris


1


1


1


1


1


2


1


8


Cyanosis .


1


Hypertrophia


1


1


4


RESPIRATORY ORGANS.


Pneumonia


6


10


11


11


7


3


4


3


2


3


5


14


79


Bronchitis


1


2


2


4


1


3


2


2


6


23


Hemorrhage


1


1


1


1


4


Pleurisy


1


2


1


2


Pulmonary œdema


1


1


1


1


2


6


Emphysema


1


1


1


3


/


Tuberculosis .


1


1


2


1


27


Tubercular meningitis


10


Phthisis


6


1. 2


2


1


2


1


1


1


1


10


Convulsions


11


Spinal disease


1


1


1


1


5


Epilepsy


1


2


1


1


1


1


5


1


1


1


1


3


Asthma


2


4


Laryngitis


1


·


.


1


11


Erysipelas


4


Diarrhea .


1


1


2


Cholera infantum


5


Meningitis .


3


5


1 1 18-1


.


1


6


222.


.


1


.


-. 1


1


1


1


1


4


Cancer


5


1


1


-. 1


1


1


5


1


TUBERCULAR.


6


.


Myelitis


1


588


ANNUAL REPORTS.


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1898 .- Concluded.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


LOCAL DISEASES.


DIGESTIVE ORGANS.


Gastritis


1


1


1


1


2


1


1


8


Peritonitis


1


1


1


1


1


5


Hepatitis


1


2


Jaundice


1


1


2


Liver disease


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


2


Enteritis


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


3


Appendicitis


Cirrhosis


1


1


1


1


GENITO-URINARY ORGANS.


Bright's disease


1


3


3


2


1


1


2


15


Diabetes


1


1


2


2


11


Cystitis


2


3


2


1


2


1


1


1


1


4


INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM.


Abscess


1


1


1


2


1


6


Pemphigus


3


Eczema


1


1


1


3


DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.


OF CHILDREN.


Inanition


1


2


3


1


4


3


5


2


2


3


26


Premature birth and congenital de- bility .


2


2


3


3


4


4


3


4


5


5


3


2


40


OF OLD PEOPLE.


Old age


3


4


6


2


3


3


1


.


3


3


1


2


31


VIOLENT DEATHS.


Rupture of Liver


1


Railroad


4


Suicide .


5


Accidental poisoning


2


Asphyxia


1


1


1


2


2


Burning


1


1


2


Alcoholism


1


Concussion of brain


1


1


1


1


4


Fracture of hip


1


3


Fracture of skull


2


2


1


5


Shock from electric wire


1


1


Total . Stillborn


64


65


79


75


69


64


59


112


73


54


68


98


.880


5


6


6


9


4


6


4


3


2


2


62


Population (estimated)


€0,000


Death rate per thousand .


14.6


.


2


7


3


1


15


Hæmatemesis


1


4


Hernia


1


1


1


2


co. 3


2


15


Childbirth


1


5


Eclampsia


1


1


1


1


1


1


2


1


1


3


Nephritis


1


221


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


3


Accidental drowning


1


1


1


.


1


1


1


2


Ulcer .


1


6


Gastric ulcer


1


2


4


589


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH.


This Board has adjudged that the diseases known as small- pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, typhus fever, typhoid fever, and cholera are infectious, or contagious, and dangerous to the public health and safety 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.


There have been but few cases of contagious disease this year, as compared with former years. The general use of anti- toxine by the physicians and of culture tubes provided and placed in central localities by the Board, and the care exercised by our agent in the fumigation of infected premises have, we believe, been important factors in decreasing the number of cases.


SCARLET FEVER .- Eighty cases of scarlet fever have been reported during the year, none of which resulted fatally. In 1897 there were one hundred and fifty-eight cases, six of which resulted fatally.


DIPHTHERIA .- Seventy-four cases of diphtheria have been reported during the year, ten of which were fatal. In 1897 there were three hundred and twenty-four cases, forty-four of which proved fatal. Warning cards are used in dealing with scarlet fever and with diphtheria, and the premises are fumigated by the use of the Formaldehyde gas regenerator, immediately after the termination of a case. An inspection 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.


TYPHOID FEVER .- Fifty-four cases of typhoid fever have been reported during the year, eleven of which have proved fatal. In 1897 there were fifty cases reported, eleven of which were fatal.


TYPHUS FEVER, SMALLPOX, CHOLERA .- No cases of typhus fever, smallpox, or cholera have been reported the past year.


590


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Number of houses placarded


154


Premises disinfected by agent


176


Tables .- The prevalence of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever in the city during the several months of the year 1898 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 : -


SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER REPORTED IN 1898.


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


Cases


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


of Deaths.


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


of Deaths.


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage of Deaths.


January


11


15


2


13.3


2


100


February


4


1


*


.


March


8


8


.


.


April


16


3


1


14.3


4


1


25


June


8


3


1


33.3


July .


2


10


.


·


oc.


1


12.5


September


3


3


.


.


7


2


28.5


6


.


1


20


Total


80


74


10


13,5


54


11


20,3


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


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


1889.


1890.


1891.


1892.


1893.


1894.


1895.


1896.


1897.


1898.


1889.


1890.


1891.


1892.


1893.


1894.


1895.


1896.


1897.


1898.


1889.


1890.


1891.


1892.


1893.


1894.


1895.


1896.


1897.


1898.


January


1


1


2


2


1


2


2 . 2


February


March


·


.


1


212


May


1


4


4


1


2


]


4


1


1


2


5


3


1


3


1 2221


September


1


1


2


2


4


3


1


5


2


3


432 1


November


2


9


1


1


4


2


1


3


2


2


51 .


December


1


3


7


1


5


2


.


.


·


·


2


211.1


.


1


5


3


60


16


October


4


5


1


20


November


5


December


5


4


1


25


5


N. 2


66.6


May


13


.


.


-


1


-NOIR


.


. .


.


.


.


.


4


1 2 . 1


July .


1


1


·


.


.


.


1


1


12.


August


.


.


2


1


.


.


2


1


4


2


2


62.


October


.


.


.


.


.


Total


7 5


2 14 19 51 17 5 6; 0 28 21 18 8 11 28 43 54 44 10 7 10 11 11 13 13 10 26 11 11


.


. .


.


1


2


April


·


.


.


·


.


.


.


.


*


1


1


4


3


2


1


1


.


·


1


.


NHH'


4


1


1


2


June


1


.


.


.


.


6


1


1


1


1


3


1


1


*


8


1


33.3


3


Cases


MONTHS.


Cases


100


August


MONTHS.


2


M YSTIC


M E


R


1


V


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12


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11248


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HEALTH DISTRICTS.


SEWERS SHOWN THUS


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107


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591


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 danger- ous diseases, and the number of nuisances abated in these several districts, and is continued in the following tables, and in the table near the beginning of this report.


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. Substan- tially the same method of estimating the population has been continued, the census of every fifth year being taken as a basis for calculation.


The number of dwellings and of assessed polls, May 1, 1898, has been obtained from the assessors' books.


592


TABLE OF DEATHS IN EACH DISTRICT DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS.


Districts


I.


II.


III.


IV.


V.


VI.


VII.


VIII.


IX.


X.


Entire City.


Area .


337 A.


107 A.


93 A.


171 A.


361 A.


285 A.


194 A.


482 A.


174 A.


456 A.


2,660 A.


Population


7,431


5,891


5,023


5,928


11,555


6,468


7,044


3,210


4,292


3,158


60,000


Dwellings


1,067


1,005


818


982


2,080


1,190


1,230


566


804


666


10,408


Average in each dwelling


6.9


5.8


6.1


6.1


5.5


5.5


5.9


5.7


5.4


4.8


5.8


r


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Deaths.




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