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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.
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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 :-
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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.
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.
·
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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
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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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8248 308
SHOWING 1901. HEALTH DISTRICTS.
12 40
2P
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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