Report of the city of Somerville 1900, Part 21

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 546


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Inspector of Milk.


JULIUS E. RICHARDSON.


Superintendent Collection of Ashes and Offal.


GEORGE W. S. HUSE.


260


ANNUAL REPORTS.


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 :--


NUISANCES ABATED IN EACH DISTRICT IN 1900.


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


I.


II.


III.


IV.


V.


VI.


VII.


VIII.


IX.


X.


Total ..


Population ( estimated ).


7,678


6,067 5,188


6,110 11,616 6,674 7,320


3,310


4,553 3,484 62,000


Cellar damp .


6


4


8


6


3


4


5


2


5


4


47


Cesspool offensive


1


2


1


1


2


1


2


1


1


10


Drainage defective


10


8


11


5


6


8


4


3


5


5


65


Drainage emptying into cellar .


3


2


4


1


2


4


2


2


3


23.


Drainage emptying on surface . Fish offal


9


4


3


2


2


6


5


4


42


3


40


Goats kept without license


3


2


6


1


1


2


3


2 18 4


Manure exposed and offensive


5


6


8


5


4


4


6


2


4


3


47


Manure pit defective


3


2


2


1


3


2


1


2


4


20


Offal on land


11


6


10


8


4


7


3


2


4


8


63:


Offensive odor in and about dwellings


5


2


3


5


3


4


4


1


3


4


34


Pigeons kept in chamber


2


1


1


1


14


9


6


11


8


9


8


2


4


6


Privy-vault offensive


31


5


4


10


7


7


2


66


Rubbish in cellar


6


3


4


6


5


4


3


2


3


4


40


50


Slops thrown on surface


2


1


2


4


1


4


1


15


Stable infected with glanders


16


7


2


7


3


4


1


2


42


Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive


2


1


2


2


1


1


1


1


2


13


Stable without drainage


4


1


1


2


1


1


1


1


12 8


Waste-pipe defective .


6


3


2


6


2


2


4


4


3


2


34


Waste-pipe not trapped .


2


2


1


3


1


1


1


2


4


1


18


Water-closet defective


6


3


4


1


2


2


1


3


1


4


27


Water-closet insufficiently sup-


8


4


6


5


2


5


3


2


4


5


41


Water-closet offensive


11


8


2


4


3


4


2


1


3


4


42


Water in cellar


3


1


4


2


1


2


2


1


1


2


16


Water under stable


5


2


1


1


Total


186


92


107


106


77


95


71


37


65


84


920.


Number of nuisances abated 920


Number of nuisances referred to Board of 1901


85


Number of nuisances complained of 1,005


Number of complaints (many covering more than one nuisance)


496


Number of notices mailed


519


Number of notices served by constables ·


37


+


Hens kept in cellar


'2


2


3


1


5


16.


Cow barn offensive


1


هب


3


I


.


1


Hennery offensive


Pigs kept without license


2


1 2 5 77


Sewage-gas in house


4


4


8


7


6


7


4


1


4


5


Stagnant water on surface


2


2


2


2


plied with water


2


1


16


1


1


Premises filthy .


Premises untidy


1


1


2


In addition to the above, 187 dead animals have been re- moved 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. Each spring the whole city is examined, and cellars, yards, and alleyways where rubbish and filth have collected are required to be cleaned.


261


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Glanders .- Forty-two cases of glanders have been re- ported during the year. Prompt action was taken in every case, and thirty-nine of the horses were killed, three being released from quarantine by order of the Cattle Commissioners.


Permits.


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


Cows .- Twenty-eight applications were received for per- mits to keep 168 cows. Twenty-five permits to keep 159 cows were granted, and three permits were refused.


Swine .- Thirteen applications were received for permits to keep nineteen swine. Twelve permits were granted to keep eighteen swine, and one permit was refused. The fee is one dollar for each swine.


Goats .- Four applications were received for permits to keep four goats. All were granted. The fee is one dollar for each goat.


Grease .- Eleven applications were received for permits to collect grease, all of which were granted. The fee is two dollars. . Three of the parties licensed reside in Somerville, two in Charles- town, three in Cambridge, two in Boston, and one in Malden.


Manure .- Two 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 re- moval 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 forty certificates of registration were issued to hawkers and peddlers during the year under the provi- sions of ordinance No. 30,-a decrease of seven from the year 1899. Each peddler is required to present a writing from the Sealer of Weights and Measures, showing that his measures have been properly sealed, before a certificate is issued to him. Ped- dlers are also required to present their vehicles at the Police Station the first Monday of each month for inspection by the agent of the Board, that he may see they are kept in a clean con- dition, 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.


Sixteen men, with twelve horses, ten carts and one paper wagon are employed in the work.


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


262


ANNUAL REPORTS.


January


2,542


February


2,413


March


2,849


April


2,533


May


2,634


June


2,073;


July


1,743


August


1,712.


September


1,844


October


2,082


November


2,077


December


2,844


Total


27,346


The collections are made weekly, as follows :-


Monday


in district one.


Tuesday


two.


Wednesday


three.


Thursday


66


four.


Friday


66


five.


Saturday


66


six.


66


.


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 Cam- bridge 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 north- easterly line of Somerville avenue, the southeasterly line of School street, the northeasterly line of Summer street, the south- easterly line of Cedar street, the northeasterly line of Highland avenue, and the easterly line of Medford street to Washington street.


-


.


·


263


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


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 southeasterly 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 twenty men, with eleven horses and eleven wagons.


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


January


497


February


432


March


547


April


441


May


504


June


469


July


469


August


538


September


526


October


514


November


481


December


540


Total


5,958


.


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 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


264


ANNUAL REPORTS.


city may make such regulations or orders respecting the drainage, venti- lation, number of animals, and the storage and handling of manure in any existing stables in their respective cities as, in their judgment, the public health requires.


Sect. 3 .- Whoever violates the provisions of this act, or of any regu- lation or order made pursuant thereto, shall be punished 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.


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


Number granted 15


Number refused


14


Petitions referred to next Board


·


4


Board of Infants.


Eight parties have been licensed to care for sixteen children, under the provisions of Chapter 318, Acts of 1892.


Deaths.


There were 967 deaths and forty-one stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following table, which shows an increase of deaths over the previous year of one hundred and sixty-six :-


Deaths at Somerville Hospital during the year .


50


Deaths at Home for Aged Poor (Highland avenue) .


37


Deaths at Home for Aged (Pleasant avenue) 1


Deaths at City Home


.


DEATHS BY AGES.


AGES.


Total.


Male.


Female.


Under one


226


135


91


Two to three.


44


16


28


Three to four


14


5


9


Four to five .


13


9


4


Five to ten


35


18


17


Ten to fifteen


21


11


10


Fifteen to twenty .


20


7


1


Twenty to thirty


72


27


45


Thirty to forty


64


30


34


Forty to fifty


58


28


30


Fifty to sixty


91


52


39


Sixty to seventy


108


47


61


Seventy to eighty .


102


52


50


Eighty to ninety .


63


21


42


Ninety and over


15


4


11


967


472


495


Of the stillborn, 27 were males and 14 females.


21


10


11


1


One to two


265


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Mortality in Somerville in 1900.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


ZYMOTIC DISEASES.


MIASMATIC.


Scarlet fever


1


2


1


2


1


Diphtheria


7


1


5


2


5


3


4


9


6


2


5


49


Typhoid fever


1


1


1


1


3


1


8


Erysipelas


2


3


Diarrhea


2


2


·Cholera infantum


11


25


9


5


1


51


Whooping cough


1


1


1


3


Dysentery


4


2


1


1


1


6


2


2


4


4


3


1


1


2


1


1


1


·Carbuncles .


1


2


1


1


5


·CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES


DIATHETIC.


Anæmia .


1


2


1


1


1


1


1


8


Cancer


2


5


2


2


1


3


4


2


1


1


1


27


Tumor


1


1


1


TUBERCULAR.


5


13


8


8


12


7


9


5


10


7


9


9


102


Tubercular meningitis .


1


2


1


1


3


2


10


LOCAL DISEASES.


NERVOUS SYSTEM.


Apoplexy


5


3


7


3


5


4


4


3


2


4


40


Paralysis


3


1


1


3


5


2


3


3


21


Brain diseases


1


2


3


2


1


1


1


1


1


14


Spinal disease


1


1


1


1


1


3


Epilepsy


1


1


1


1


4


ORGANS OF CIRCULATION.


Heart disease


9


9


14


7


2


4


6


6


6


4


8


6


81


Aneurism


1


2


3


Angina pectoris


1


4


Cyanosis


1


1


2


1


5


Hypertrophia


2


1


1


4


RESPIRATORY ORGANS.


Pneumonia .


17


6


29


20


12


8


2


1


4


2


10


111


Bronchitis


3


5


7


3


3


5


1


3


2


2


36


Hemorrhage


2


3


Asthma .


1


1


4


Laryngitis


1


1


Pulmonary œdema


1


1


2


1


5


Emphysema


1


1


2


1


1


2


La grippe


6


15


Meningitis


1


1


26


Septicaemia


5


4


·Gangrene


1


1


3


1


1


2


1


6


Convulsions


1


3


Hemiplegia .


4


Myelitis .


1


1


2


1


. .


1


1


1


Rheumatism


7


9


1


·Cholera morbus


1


. .


1


1


Tuberculosis


L


266


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Mortality in Somerville in 1900. - Concluded.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


LOCAL DISEASES. DIGESTIVE ORGANS.


Gastritis .


1


2


1


2


1


1


10 13.


Peritonitis


2


2


3


1


1


1


Liver disease


1


1


1


1


1


Enteritis


1


1


1


1


1


3


4


3


1


16


Hæmatemesis


1


1


1


1


4


Hernia


1


2


1


1


3


1


1


6


GENITO- URINARY ORGANS.


Bright's disease


?


3


1


3


1


1


2


2


1


3


19


Diabetes


1


1


1


5


Cystitis


3


3


1


3


4


1


3


1


4


23


Childbirth


1


2


3


Eclampsia


INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM.


Abcess


1


1


1


3


Pemphigus


1


1


Eczema


1


1


Ulcer .


1


1


1


Pediculosis


DEVELOPMENTAL DIS- EASES.


OF CHILDREN.


Inanition


3


1


4


1


2


2


6


5


1


2


27


debility


1


3


3


4


2


6


2


5


3


4


3


36


Mal-formation


OF OLD PEOPLE.


Old age


6


3


5


3


4


3


3


1


5


1


3


1


38


VIOLENT DEATHS.


Shock from electric wire


Railroad .


1


1


1


1


1


1


6


Accidental poisoning


1


1


1


Sunstroke


1


1


Accidental drowning


4


1


5


Burning .


C.


1


Alcoholism


1


1


1


2


Fracture of skull .


1


9


5


Fracture of spine


1


1


2


Injury to head


1


. .


1


1


Total


72


74


119


90


74


58


91


101


83


70


54


81


967


Stillborn


1


5


4


4


3


3


4


2


2


7


5


1


41


Population ( estimated ) Death rate per thousand


62,000 15.6


3.


1


1


1


2


Appendicitis


1


1


5.


Cirrhosis


. .


1


1


1


6


Gastric ulcer


1


1


5


Hepatitis


2 23


1


1


1


1


1


Nephritis


1


1


3:


1


1


2


2


1


1


2


Suicide


1


1


7 3:


Fracture of hip


1


1


1


Suffocation


. .


Premature birth and congenital


2


1


267


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Social Relations of Decedents.


298


Married


486-


Single


Widow


51


Widower


1


Divorced


Unknown


Total


967.


Nativity of Decedents.


Somerville


Massachusetts


Other New England states


128


Other states


23


Canada


35.


Ireland


4


Norway and Sweden


12


Russia


4


Other countries


10-


Unknown


7


Total


967


Natibity of Parents of Decedents.


Father.


Mother ...


Somerville


18


17


Massachusetts


187


209


Other New England states


157


134


Other states


26


21


Canada


114


137


England, Scotland, and Wales


72


60-


Ireland


268


272


Italy


16


17


Norway and Sweden


18


12


Russia


14


14


Other countries


20


11


Unknown


57


63;


Total


967


967


Of the parents of the stillborn, 24 fathers and 20 mothers were natives of the United States and 17 fathers and 21 mothers were of foreign birth.


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 dan- gerous 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 and all cases of


78-


England, Scotland, and Wales


126-


Italy


322


218


129


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


measles coming under their care, and postal cards conveniently printed and addressed are supplied to them for the purpose. On receipt of a card from a physician, the Superintendent of Schools, the principal of the school in the district in which the patient re- sides, and the Librarian of the Public Library are notified.


Scarlet Fever .- Two hundred and thirty-one cases of scarlet fever have been reported during the year, seven of which resulted fatally. In 1899 there were one hundred and fifty-seven cases, three of which resulted fatally.


Diphtheria .- Five hundred and twenty cases of diph- theria have been reported during the year, forty-nine of which were fatal. In 1899 there were one hundred and forty-seven cases, eleven of which proved fatal. Anti-toxin has been provided, though often in insufficient quantities, by the State Board of Health, and placed by this Board in central locations for use by physicians in cases where people are unable to purchase the same. Recognizing the superior advantages to the community of an unrestricted and general supply of culture tubes easy of access to physicians called to cases of suspected diphtheria, the Board arranged in the latter part of the year to supply its own culture ·outfit boxes, and distributed them from a half a dozen pharmacies in different sections of the city. Sputum bottles, also, for sus- pected tuberculosis have been obtainable at the same stations. Since prompter and daily reports upon cultures from cases of suspected diphtheria were found to be necessary, the Board es- tablished a bacteriological laboratory, and during the infancy of the new tentative enterprise, Dr. Arthur R. Perry has been per- forming efficiently the duties of bacteriologist in his capacity as City Physician. 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. In May the prevalence of diphtheria necessitated the closing of the Pope School, and a thorough cleansing and disinfecting of the building.


Typhoid Fever .- Seventy-two cases of typhoid fever have been reported during the year, nine of which have proved fatal. In 1899 there were seventy-three cases reported, fifteen of which were fatal.


Typhus Fever, Smallpox, Cholera .- No cases of typhus fever, smallpox, or cholera have been reported the past year.


Number of houses placarded 751


Premises disinfected by agent . .


. 796


269>


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


DISINFECTION.


By special request of attending physicians, the agent has disinfected rooms that have been occupied by patients with con- sumption, typhoid fever, and cancer. He has also disinfected a large number of library books, and has burned a quantity of infected bedding and other material.


SCHOOL INSPECTION.


A system of daily medical inspection of the public schools by qualified physicians would exclude from our schoolrooms some mild cases of diphtheria and other infectious diseases, for not infrequently persons so infected are able to attend school. Cities that have adopted this daily inspection claim to have- good results and endorse the measure. It is hoped that the coming year the inspection may be made in this city, as it is strongly recommended by this Board.


CONTAGIOUS HOSPITAL.


The large number of cases among domestics in families, and persons in lodging houses and tenements, with no means of isolation, clearly demonstrated the need, for the protection of the city, of a hospital for persons sick with contagious disease. Recognizing this need, the Board voted to send the following communication to His Honor, the Mayor.


November 2, 1900. Hon. George O. Proctor, Mayor of the City of Somerville :-


Dear Sir: At a meeting of the Board of Health, held this date, it was voted to request that hospital accommodations be provided for the care and treatment of persons suffering from contagious diseases dangerous to the public health. In the opinion of said Board, the safety of the in- habitants of the city demands that suitable accommodations should be provided for the reception and treatment of persons suffering from such diseases.


This action is taken under Chapter 511 of the Acts of the General Court for the year 1894.


Respectfully submitted for the Board of Health, WM. P. MITCHELL, Clerk.


TABLES.


The prevalence of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid. fever in the city during the several months of the year 1900 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 :-


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Typhoid Fever Reported in 1900.


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


MONTHS.


Cases


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


of Deaths.


Cases


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage of Deaths.


Cases


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


of Deaths.


January


27


. .


. .


39


7


17.9


3


February


45


1


2.2


33


1


3.1


4


1


25.


March


28


34


5


14.7


1


1


100.


April


15


2


1.3


18


2


11.1


May .


3


. .


. .


. .


41


3


7.3


1


....


....


July .


7


....


....


26


32


9


28.1


11


1


7.1


·October


22


1


4.5


72


6


8.3


15


3


20.


November .


22


2


9.1


100


3


3.


12


2


16 6


December .


33


1


3.1


65


4


6.2


10


..


Total .


231


7


3.0


520


49


9.4


72


9


12.5


Deaths from Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Typhoid Fever in the Last Ten Years.


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


MONTHS.


1891.


1892.


1893.


1894.


1895


1896.


1897,


1898.


1899


1900.


1891.


1892.


1893.


1894.


1895.


1896.


1897.


1898.


1899.


1900.


1891.


1892.


1893.


1894.


1895.


1896.


1897.


1898.


1899.


1900.


January .


1


2


2


2


2


4 12


2


February .


.


1298


-..


1


1


3


1


5


2


1


1


April


2


3


.


7


1


1


2


3


4


4


7


1


1


5


1


1


1


1


June


1


4


1


1


2


1


July


1


1


2


1


1


2


5


4


1


1


2


1


·


August


3


1


4


3


2


1


3


1


2


2


1


2


1


September


2


1


1


2


9


2


4


2


2


6


2


2


1


·October


1


3


2


1


3


1


3


1


5


1


6


2


3


3


4


2


1


1


3


November


9


7


4


1


2


4


7


8


2


1


2


2


1


3


2


December


3


7


2


1


3


1


3


1


8


6


1


1


5


4


..


..


2


2


1


1


1


3


. .


Total


2 14 19 51 17


56037


18


8


11 28 43 54 44 10 11 49


11 11 13 13 10 26 11 11 15


9


·


. .


. ..


35


4


11.4


1


....


August


8


....


....


25


5


20.


4


....


....


June .


13


. .


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


1


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


March


7


2


2


2


2


1


6


5


5


1


2


2


1


2


1


2


May


1


4


·


2


1


3


1


.


.


.


2


7


.


. .


..


3


·


2


5


3


3


5


..


-


·


..


7


1


14.3


September .


8


1


1


NN


-1


4


6


3


4


5


. .


2


·


1


1


2


·


4


1


3


. .


. .


4


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SHOWING 1901. HEALTH DISTRICTS.


12 40


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271


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


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, 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. Substantially the same method of estimating the population has been con- tinued, the census of every fifth year being taken as a basis for calculation.


The number of dwellings and of assessed polls May 1, 1900, has been obtained from the assessors' books.


.


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


7,678


6,067


5,188


6,110


11,616


6,674


7,320


3,310


4,553


3,484


62,000


Dwellings


1,021


1,025


839


1,004


2,107


1,213


1,257


592


844


753


10,655


Average in each dwelling


7.5


5.9


6.2


6.1


5.5


5.5


5.9


5.6


5.4


4.7


5.8


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


Deaths.


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


Number of


Deaths.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


1891 .


169


71


9


68


23


103


20


120


1.5


75 65


42 34


77 59


17 12


33 27


25 19


33


12


12


761


18


1892 .


139


17


75


9


42


13


76


14


144


16


20


64


20


72


14


23


13


26


9


27


18


790


15


1894


157


22


66


12


86


19


117


21


188


00


13


64


10


43


17


37


10


27


11


855


16


1895


136


19


76


14


91


20


94


17


184


17


15


67


16


12


29


8


40


17


823


16


1896


155


22


94


00


77


17


105


19


180


16


97


16


82


13


16


36


9


52


21


924


17


1897 .


158


22


80


15


80


16


88


17


170


15


93


15


68


12


40


14


29


00


53


18


859


15


1898 .


161


23


67


13


79


16


88


17


194


18


92


15


93


14


28


9


50


12


28


9


880


15


1899


102


14


68


13


81


16


113


19


155


14


87


14


87


12


34


11


46


11


28


00


801


13


1900 .


134


17


92


15


87


16


115


19


229


20


82


13


82


11


41


12


54


12


51


OT


967


16


Average death rate per 1,000 for } ten years . ·


20


13


17


18


17


20


13


15


11


15


16


-


ANNUAL REPORTS.


272


.


.


161


18


80


9


63


16


94


16




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