Report of the city of Somerville 1902, Part 22

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 518


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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 termi- nation of the case. An inspection is made by the agent of the Board of the premises where diphtheria is reported, and all sani- tary defects discovered are required to be remedied as soon as possible.


Typhoid Fever .- Twenty-eight cases of typhoid fever have been reported during the year, six of which have proved fatal. In 1901 there were seventy-eight cases reported, twelve of which were fatal.


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


Smallpox .- Sixty-two cases of smallpox have been reported during the year, four of which have proved fatal.


Number of houses placarded for various diseases . 302 Premises disinfected by agent 429


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 in- fected bedding and other material.


TABLES.


The prevalence of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever in the city during the several months of the year 1902 is shown by the following table, and in the table next following is given the number of deaths from these three diseases, by months, dur- ing the last ten years :-


280


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Typhoid Fever Reported in 1902.


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


MONTHS.


Cases


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


of Deaths.


Cases


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


of Deaths.


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage of Deaths.


January


13


4


3.07


1


February


1


14.3


9


March


2


12


....


. . ..


1


1


100


April


6


....


....


16


1


6.2


2


May .


7


....


....


15


2


13.3


2


...


100


July .


6


....


....


11


1


9.1


...


2


.


September .


8


...


....


15


·


2


6.6


5


1


20.0


November .


10


1


10.0


36


3


8.3


3


...


1


25.0


December


8


1


12,5


34


5


14.7


4


Total .


78


3


3.8


224


19


8.5


28


6


21.4


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


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


MONTHS.


1893.


1894.


1895.


1896.


1897.


1898.


1899.


1900.


1901.


1902.


1893.


1894.


1895.


1896.


1897.


1898.


1899.


1900.


1901.


1902.


1893.


1894.


1895.


1896.


1897.


1898.


1899.


1900.


1901.


1902.


January


.


1


7


2


2


4


1


2


7


4


February .


March


7


2


:22. .


: :


3


1


2


.


4


.


April


3


2


1


6


5


5


1


2


1


1


2


1


2


:


.


May


7


2


3


4


4


7


1


1


5


3


2


1


1


1


1


1


1


July


4


1


1


2


5


1


4


1


1


2


1


1


1


August


3


1


4


3


2


3


3


3


1


2


2


2


1


2


1


1


September


2


1


1


·


4


3


1


5


1


6


2


3


4


3


2


1


1


3


1


1


November


9


7


2


2


5


1


3


2


December


7


2


1


3


1


1


1


8


6


1


1


5


4


1


5


2


2


1


1


1


3


3


1


Total


19 51 17


5


603


75


3


11 28 43 54 44 10 11 49 29 19


13 13


10 26,11 11 15


9 12 6


Public Vaccination.


Public vaccination was begun July 27, and continued until September 24, inclusive, the following physicians being em- ployed : Francis Shaw, W. Morrill Colby, Freeman L. Lowell, and J. Horace Dennen. All school children were required to present themselves for vaccination or show certificates of previ- ous vaccination before returning to school.


-


-


-


-


-


-


1


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


1


-


-


-


21


1


4


: :


-1.


June


4


2


1


3


1


1


1


2


2


2


7


..


. .


2


2


6


2


2


1


1


October


3


1


1


2


5


4


7


8


2


1


3


2


3


.


.


..


.


-


-


-


.


4


....


....


21


2


2


August


2


....


....


12


1


8.3


3


1


33.3


October


9


....


..


. HA.


4


6


3


5


2


·


2


1


2


1


.


.


9


1


3


2


1


:


. .


..


3


..


. .


10


1 1298


-. .


.


3


30


June .


Cases


281


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Compulsory Vaccination.


By an order of the Board, compulsory vaccination was insti- tuted October 24, and a system of house to house inspection and vaccination was inaugurated, in accordance with the following vote :-


"Voted, that in the opinion of this Board it is necessary for the pub- lic health and safety, and the Board hereby orders and requires that all the inhabitants of the City of Somerville who have not been successfully vaccinated since January 1, 1898, shall be vaccinated at the present time. "Ordered: That all persons who violate the foregoing regulation shall be prosecuted."


The following are copies of communications forwarded to His Honor the Mayor, and his indorsements thereon :-


City Hall, November 5, 1902.


Hon. Edward Glines, Mayor :-


Dear Sir: The Board of Health, duly assembled this date, appointed, subject to your approval, under Section 44, Title 6, of the new City Charter, the following persons to be employed for the purpose of carry- ing on the work of house to house vaccination: Dr. J. H. Dennen, Dr. Charles E. Bedell, Dr. Francis Shaw, Dr. Leonard Pote, Dr. George F. Hughes, Dr. Herbert K. Stiles, Dr. Charles F. Maguire, Dr. Frank E. Bateman, Dr. Herbert Cholerton, Dr. Joseph Aspray.


Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.


Mayor's Office, November 5, 1902.


I hereby approve of the employment of the above-named persons.


EDWARD GLINES, Mayor. City Hall, November 6, 1902.


Hon. Edward Glines, Mayor :-


Dear Sir: The Board of Health, at its meeting held November 5, voted that the compensation to the physicians appointed under that date and approved by your honor, to be employed for the purpose of carrying on house to house vaccination, be at the rate of two dollars ($2.00) per hour for the time actually employed in the work.


Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk.


Mayor's Office, November 6, 1902.


I hereby approve of the rate of compensation for the physicians em- ployed for the purpose of carrying on the work of house to house vac- cination.


EDWARD GLINES, Mayor.


Summary of Work to December 31.


Hours Employed.


Inspections.


Vaccinations


October


2621/4


3,320


786


November


858


8,268


1,986


December


872


8,624


1,704


1,9921/4


20,212


4,476


Bacteriological Department.


The work of this department was performed by Dr. Freeman L. Lowell from January 1 to August 1. Pursuant to a vote taken by the Board in July, the department, as thus constituted,


282


ANNUAL REPORTS.


ceased to exist, and the work was continued by the State Board of Health.


By vote of the Board taken in December, a bacteriological laboratory was established at the City Hall, and Dr. Frank L. Morse was elected bacteriologist, at a salary of six hundred dol- lars a year.


The following circular was sent to the physicians of the city :--


BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY.


OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH,


SOMERVILLE, December 23, 1902.


The Board of Health of the City of Somerville announces the estab- lishment of a bacteriological laboratory at the City Hall for the exam- ination of diphtheria cultures, sputum of tuberculosis, and of the blood for typhoid fever and malaria.


The following regulations have been made governing the work of the laboratory :-


HOURS FOR RECEIVING SPECIMENS.


Specimens will be received at the laboratory at the City Hall daily, including Sunday, at any time, and they will be examined and reported upon the morning following their reception.


TRANSMISSION OF SPECIMENS.


"Outfits for specimens for tuberculosis and diphtheria may be ob- tained at the laboratory and at the following places :-


Charles H. Crane, 154 Perkins street.


Milton H. Plummer, 25 Union square.


Percy A. Hall, Elm street, near Davis square.


Herbert E. Bowman, Magoun square.


Outfits for typhoid fever and malaria will be supplied from the laboratory only.


After the specimen is collected, it must be taken or sent directly to the laboratory at the City Hall.


REPORTS FROM SPECIMENS.


Early reports from the specimens submitted are of importance chiefly in the diphtheria diagnostic work. Everything else is sub- ordinated to obtaining these results quickly. All positives for diagnosis, and all doubtful or unsatisfactory results where a second examination may be desirable, are reported to the physicians, by telephone whenever possible. Negative results for diagnosis and cultures for release are not reported by telephone except upon request. All results are reported to physicians by mail, whether telephoned or not.


The diphtheria results are usually available by 10 A. M., sputum and typhoid results by 11 A. M., and other examinations by 12 M. Telephone inquiries should not be made before these hours.


RELEASE OF DIPHTHERIA PATIENTS FROM QUARANTINE.


On and after December 29, 1902, this Board requires that two con- secutive negative cultures be obtained from patients ill with diphtheria before releasing them from quarantine, the first culture to be taken by the attending physician, the second to be taken by the Board of Health.


Release cultures in all cases must be taken from both the nose and throat.


283


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


DISTRIBUTION OF ANTI-TOXIN FOR TREATMENT OF DIPHTHERIA.


Diphtheria anti-toxin will be kept at the laboratory and at the following-named places for free distribution to physicians, or upon their order, for immediate use :-


Charles H. Crane, 154 Perkins street.


Milton H. Plummer, 25 Union square.


Percy A. Hall, Elm street, near Davis square.


Herbert E. Bowman, Magoun square.


Blank forms will be furnished, which physicians are required to fill out and return to this Board as a report of the case for which anti-toxin is used.


ALLEN F. CARPENTER, Chairman, ALBERT C. ALDRICH, M. D.,


EDMUND S. SPARROW, 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.


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 dis- tricts, 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, 1902, has been obtained from the assessors' books.


284


Table of Deaths in Each District During the Last Ten Years.


Districts .


I.


=


III.


IV.


V.


VI.


VII.


VIII.


IX.


×


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


7,818


6,153


5,385


6,318


11,937


6,866


7,612


3,657


5,154


4,070


65,000


Dwellings


·


.


·


1,036


1,041


868


1,023


2,148


1,237


1,307


636


962


833


11,091


Average in each dwelling ·


7.5


6.0


6.1


6.1


5.6


5.5


5.8


5.7


5.4


5.0


5.8


-


.


YEAR.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


Number of


Rate


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


Deaths.


per 1,000.


per 1,000.


Number of


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


1893


161


00


80


9


63


16


94


16


180


20


64


20


72


14


23


13


26


9


27


18


790


15


1894 .


157


22


66


12


86


19


117


21


188


18


70


13


64


10


43


17


37


10


27


11


855


16


1895


136


19


76


14


91


20


94


17


184


17


77


15


67


16


29


12


29


00


40


17


823


16


1896 .


155


22


94


18


77


17


105


19


180


16


97


16


82


13


46


16


36


52


21


924 17


1897 .


158


22


80


15


80


16


88


17


170


15


93


15


68


12


40


14


29


53


18


859


15


1898 .


161


23


67


13


79


16


88


17


194


18


92


15


93


14


28


9


50


28


9


880


15


1899


102


14


68


13


81


113


19


155


14


87


14


87


12


34


11


46


11


28


9


801


13


1900


.


.


.


134


17


92


15


87


16


115


19


229


20


82


13


82


11


41


12


54


12


51


15


967


16


1901


.


.


.


133


17


74


12


70


13


67


11


178


15


65


10


66


9


47


14


58


11


73


20


831


13


1902 .


.


.


140


18


80


13


75


14


73


12


184


18


70


10


71


10


53


15


63


12


81


20


890


13


Average death rate per 1,000 for l ten years .


19


13


16


17


17


14


12


13


11


16


15


.


.


·


per 1,000.


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Number of


Number of


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


per 1,000.


Number of


ANNUAL REPORTS.


In 1902.


·


Number of


Rate


150000


16


Rate


285


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Table Showing the Five Principal Causes of Death in Somerville in 1902, with the Number and Rate in Each District.


PNEUMONIA.


TUBERCULOSIS.


HEART DISEASE.


NEPHRITIS.


CANCER.


DISTRICTS.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


1


21


2.68


17


2.17


5


0.64


5


0.64


7


0.89


II.


1.62


9


1.46


12


1.95


9


1.46


5


0.81


III.


1.67


7


1.29


4


0.74


3


0.56


2


0.38


IV.


1.59


14


2.22


3


0.48


3


0.48


3


0.48


V.


20


1.69


24


2.01


19


1.59


4


0.34


7


0.59


VI.


10


1.49


5


0.73


7


1,02


4


0,59


3


0.44


VII.


16


2.11


8


1.06


5


0.66


3


0.39


2


0.27


VIII.


7


1,92


5


1.38


6


1.67


2


0,56


4


1.11


IX.


8


1.55


9


1.74


8


1.55


4


0.78


3


0.58


X.


15


3.69


5


1.23


4


0.98


5


1.23


5


1.23


Total


126


1.94


103


1.59


73


1.13


42


0.65


41


0.63


Table of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Typhoid Fever in Each District in 1902.


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


DISTRICTS.


Reported.


Deaths.


Cases per


Deaths per


Cases


Deaths.


Cases per


Deaths per


Reported.


Deaths.


Cases per


Deaths per


I.


15


1


1.92


0.13


14


or


1.79


0.64


4


1


0,51


0.13


II.


8


..


1.32


13


.


. .


..


III.


11


2.13


14


2.61


1


0.16


5


1


0.81


0.16


V.


7


..


0.59


50


2


4.11


0.15


6


1


0.54


0.09


VI.


12


2


1.74


0.29


44


"


6.41


0.87


7


2


1.02


0 29


VII.


4


..


0.59


23


2


3.02


0.26


1


0.13


VIII.


2


0.56


14


1


3.84


0.29


1


. .


0.29


..


IX.


4


0.78


14


1


2.71


0.19


. .


X.


7


1.72


22


1


5.41


0.25


1


1


0.25


0,25


Total


78


3


1.20


0.46


224


19


3.45


0.29


28


9


0.43


0.09


....


IV.


8


.


1.28


...


16


1


2.56


1,000 of Pop.


1,000 of Pop.


1,000 of Pop.


1,000 of Pop.


Cases


1,000 of Pop.


1,000 of Pop.


Reported.


2.13


0.32


....


. .


. .


....


..


....


..


...


....


. .


0.19


Cases


500


Rates Per Thousand of Population of Cases of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Typhoid Fever Reported, and of Deaths from the Same, in the Last Seven Years.


1896.


1897


1898.


1899.


1900.


1901.


1902.


Av'age for Seven Yrs.


DISTRICTS.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


I.


.


.


( Cases Deaths


1.12 11.96 1.40


4.29 8.74 1.39 0.28 1.53 0.42


1.35 1.08 0.40 0.13 ....


.. 9.40 2.43 0.81 0.27


4.69 11.98 1.17 0.13


. . 1.29 9.46 1.17 0.26 0.78


1.92 1.79 0.51 0.13 0.64 0.13


3.44|6.78 78 0.98 0.16 0.99 0.08


II.


Deaths


....


1.25 0.72


3.36 7.07 0.53 0.18 0.53 0.36


0.85 1.36 1.02 . .. 0.17 0.34


2.04 2.04 0.85 0.51 0.34


7.09 0.99 0.16 ....


0.98 4.59 0.98 0.33 0.16


1.32 2.13 0.32


1.59 5.01 0.90 0.03 0.42 0.28


III.


§ Cases Deaths


1.49


5.97 1.07


3.77 6.27 0.42 0.21 1.05 ....


1.39 2.19 0.36 0.60 0.36 ..


1.99 5.09 0.39 0.59 0.39


3.66 10.22 2.12 0.19 1.35 .. ..


2.29 5.16 0.96 0.19 1.34 0.39


2.13 2.61 0.19


2.39 5.36 0.79 0.09 0.74 0.23


IV.


§ Cases Deaths


....


1.25 0.36


0.71 1.17


..


3.21 3.04 1.01 0.34 ..


0.49


4.75 15.88 2.13 1.15 ..


2.28 7.34 0.82 0.33


2.67 5.81 1.23 1.28 2.56 0.81 . . . 0.16 0.16 0.07 0.56 0.24


V.


§ Cases Deaths


6.09 1.16 0.72 0.72


1.42 3.27 0.62 0.09 0.35 0.18


1.38 0.69 1.04 3 31 1.74 0.97 0.17 0.18


4.13


5.08 0.95 0.69|0.43


1.37 4.26 0.86 .. 0.09 0.26


0.59 4.11 0.54 .... 0.17 0.09


2.06 3.62 0.88 0.04 0.29 0.31


§ Cases


2.84


7.18 1.00


2.71 7.05 0.95 0.17 0.95 0.17


0.93 1.08 0.77 0.15


3.59 2.34 1.72


2.55


8.99 0.89 0.59 0.15 ..


2.83 3.29 |1.94 0.29 0.45


1.74 6.41 1.02 0.29 0.87 0.29


0.07 0.51 0.18


VII.


·


§ Cases Deaths


3.45 0.15


6.87|1.05 0.75 0.45


2.01 7.55 1.02 0.88|0.14 ....


1.14 2.41 0.85 .. 0.43 0.43


1.54 1.96 2.09 0.14 0.56


2.73 0.27


4.78 0.96 0.27 0.14


1.35|2.69 0.68 .... 0.14 0.14


0.59|3.02 0.13 .. .. 0.26


....


0.08 0.39 0.27


VIII.


S Cases Deaths


8.44 11.00 2.93 0.38


4.51 4.19 1.61 0.64 0.32 . . .


2.80 1.25 0.62


1.22 2.49


4.53


6.99 0.60 0.30 0.30


2.19 7.97 0.88 0.59 0.29


0.56 3.84 0.29 0.29


3.47 5.39 0.99 0.06 0.52 0.34


IX.


.


§ Cases Deaths .


1.77 0.25


3.54 2.78


1.69 4.56 0.72 0.28 ...


0.23


3.95 3.26 2.79 0.23 0.47 ....


3.71


2.81 4.04 2.63


0.78 2.71 0.19


2.21 3.69 1.67 0.04 0.13 0.21


X.


.


§ Cases Deaths .


6.43


6.03 3.22 0.41 0.81


1.04 2.43 0.36 0.69


1.90 0.32 1.90 0.32


1.88 2.19 1.88


5.45


7.75 0.58 1.73 ..


5.57 8.07 2.51 0.56|1.68 0.28 ....


0.25 0.25


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286


ANNUAL REPORTS.


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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Undertakers.


Under the provisions of Section 7 of Chapter 437 of the Acts of the Legislature for the year 1897, fifteen persons have been duly licensed as undertakers, and three petitions for such licenses refused.


Examiners of Plumbers.


The public statutes provide for a Board of Examiners of Plumbers, consisting of the Chairman of the Board of Health, the Inspector of Buildings, and an expert at plumbing, to be ap- pointed by the Board of Health. This Board appointed Duncan C. Greene, the Inspector of Plumbing, to fill the place of expert. The number of licenses granted will be found in the report of the Inspector of Buildings.


Health Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$44,500 00


Transfer from Water Works Income


7,500 00


Receipts :-


Hannibal S. Pond, city offal


1,100 00


Everett Board of Health, use of ambu- lance


50 00


Medford Board of Health, use of ambu- lance


30 00


George F. McKenna, horse


25 00


Town of Andover, smallpox case, 1901


498 00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, small- pox cases


814 46


Town of Arlington, smallpox cases


765 00


City of Gloucester, smallpox case


205 00


Freeman L. Lowell, incubator Fees for milk inspector


139 48


Permit fees to keep goats, swine, and to collect grease


72 00


Total credit


$55,711 44


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


Salary of Agent


$1,200 00


Salary of Superintendent of Collection of Ashes and Offal


900 00


Salary of Inspector of Animals and Pro- visions


700 00


Salary of Inspector of Milk and Vinegar .


649 96


Salary of Bacteriologist


233 33


Collecting ashes


13,918 17


Collecting offal


12,392 00


Stable expenses


818 00


Wagons, sleds, etc.


937 17


Tools, and repairing same


193 73


Harnesses and horse clothing


658 94


Amounts carried forward


$32,601 30


$55,711 44


12 50


288


ANNUAL REPORTS.


$55,711 44


Amounts brought forward .


$32,601 30


Horses and horse doctoring


1,226 33


Horseshoeing


618 60


Hay and grain


4,258 17


Vaccine virus


86 78


Culture tubes and anti-toxin (expressing)


4 45


Burying dead animals


116 00


Books, stationery, printing, and postage


283 21


Office expenses, milk inspector


26 50


Bacteriological laboratory


95 21


Telephones


143 23


Public vaccination


4,497 04


Smallpox cases


7,069 49


Smallpox hospital


1,234 49


Compulsory vaccination


3,750 32


Incidentals


399 34


Total debit .


$56,410 46


Account overdrawn


$699 02


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ALLEN F. CARPENTER, Chairman, ALBERT C. ALDRICH, M. D., EDMUND S. SPARROW, Board of Health.


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS.


Somerville, Mass., January 5, 1903.


To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


Gentlemen,-I submit the following report as Inspector of Animals and Provisions for the year ending December 31, 1902.


The following is a statement of the number of animals killed during the year at the five slaughtering establishments in the city: John P. Squire Corporation, Medford street, 568,067 swine ; North Packing and Provision Company, Medford street, 595,659 swine; New England Dressed Meat and Wool Company, Med- ford street, 15,782 cattle, 59,272 calves, 352,077 sheep; Sturtevant & Haley Beef and Supply Company, Somerville avenue, 5,228 cattle; Rachel Gunsenhiser, North street, 166 cattle, 188 calves. Total number of animals slaughtered during the year, 1,596,439.


Thirty-five thousand four hundred and thirty-six cattle, 33,107 sheep, and 272 goats have been quarantined at Somerville before shipment to Europe. Brighton, Watertown, and Somer- ville are quarantine stations established by the State Board of Agriculture.


There are 187 cows and 83 swine kept in our city for do- mestic purposes.


Since receiving notice from the State Board of Agriculture in regard to the foot and mouth disease, I have visited all places where cattle are kept, and have found the cattle in good con- dition.


I have examined 1,017 horses in stables where contagious diseases were reported to exist, and thoroughly cleansed the premises when the reports were well founded. Fifty-two horses were killed for glanders, and three horses were released.


I have made 618 visits to stores and markets, and 653 inspec- tions of peddler carts from which fish, provisions, and produce are sold. There are 347 stores in the city where articles of food are sold.


I have made monthly inspections of all bakeries throughout the city, and have found them in good condition.


I have inspected, condemned, and caused to be destroyed 3,257 pounds fresh beef, 140 pounds corned beef, 1,533 pounds veal, 16 calves, 12 livers, 293 pounds fresh pork, 59 pounds mut- ton, 425 pounds poultry, 1,004 mackerel, 323 herrings, 758 pounds cod and haddock, 58 pounds halibut, 171 pollock, 12} dozen smelts, 45 lobsters, 5 pounds sword fish, 50 pounds crabs,


290


ANNUAL REPORTS.


13 pounds eels, 1} bushels clams, ¿ gallon clams, 2 barrels and 1 bushel cabbages, 62 barrels turnips, 24 bushels potatoes, 5 barrels and 14 bushels vegetables of different kinds, 16} bushels greens, 6¿ bushels tomatoes, 769 bananas, 86 boxes berries, 24 boxes lemons.


As agent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals, I have inspected and investigated complaints in regard to 92 horses and 28 cows, and have killed 15 horses, 32 cats, and 33 dogs, and found homes for 2 dogs.


Respectfully,


Lamen


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CHARLES M. BERRY, Inspector.


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR.


OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR, January 5, 1903.


To the Board of Health of Somerville :-


Gentlemen,-I herewith submit my report for the year end- ing December 31, 1902 :-


I have issued 277 licenses and collected and analyzed 611 samples of milk, butter, and vinegar. The inspections have been made in a general way, as I have no chemical apparatus for the purpose, but hope it may be provided this year. As a large amount of imitation butter is being sold in this city, the inspec- tions and analyses should be made in the most thorough manner.


The following is a statement of payments to the City Treas- urer, and of fines imposed, which are also paid into the treasury of the city :-


Paid Treasurer.


For milk licenses


$138 50


For postage stamps


98


Total


$139 48


Fines Imposed.


1 milkman, for using Formaldehyde in milk


$50 00


1 milkman, milk below standard


25 00


1 milkman, milk below standard


15 00


6 storekeepers, for selling poor milk, $15.00 each


90 00


1 storekeeper, for selling poor milk


1 00


1 storekeeper, for selling poor milk, placed on file.


2 storekeepers, for selling milk without a license, $30.00 each


60 00


1 storekeeper, for selling milk without a license


10 00


Total


$271 00


Making a total of $410.48 returned to the city through this office.


I have sent out 73 notices where I found milk below the standard, and in most cases there was no further cause for com- plaint.


Early in December I spent several days investigating our supply of milk, to make sure that none of it was coming from farms infected with the foot and mouth disease, and found that all farms affected were in quarantine. Thanks to the good work


292


ANNUAL REPORTS.


of our state and national officials, the consumers of milk have been fully protected.


I desire to renew my suggestion that more stringent rules in regard to the sale of milk from stores be made and enforced. The milk in a great many of them is handled and kept in a very filthy manner, endangering the health of our citizens, especially in hot weather, when milk is largely used for food.


I also would suggest that the card system for keeping the records of this department be installed, as it is in the other de- partments of the city.


Samples of milk have been brought into my office by nine citizens, and I have made analyses and reported to them the re- sults. I desire to say that any citizen is invited to submit a sample of milk for analysis, if at any time he has reason to think it is not up to the standard.


My office is open every business day from 7 A. M. to 10 P. M.


Respectfully, JULIUS E. RICHARDSON,


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, 310 Broadway, cor. Marshall Street. Telephone, 21,805 Somerville.


SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.


Board of Overseers of the Poor. EDWARD B. WEST, President. ALBERT W. EDMANDS, Vice-president. HERBERT E. MERRILL.




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