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The library has had a prosperous and pleasant year. I wish to record my thanks for the faithful service of the staff, as well as for the generous co-operation of your board.
Respectfully submitted, SAM WALTER FOSS, Librarian.
December 29, 1903.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY HALL, January 1, 1904.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
Gentlemen,-We respectfully submit the following as the twenty-sixth 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, 1903 :-
Organization.
ALLEN F. CARPENTER, Chairman. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk. CALEB A. PAGE, Agent.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions.
CHARLES M. BERRY.
Inspector of Milk. JULIUS E. RICHARDSON.
Superintendent Collection of Ashes and Offal.
EDGAR T. MAYHEW.
Bacteriologist.
FRANK L. MORSE, M. D.
252
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 1903.
(SEE DESCRIPTION OF DISTRICTS IN LATTER PART OF THIS REPORT.)
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
Total.
Population ( estimated ).
8,027
6,250
5,460 6,401 12, 185
6,952
7,696
3,784
5,374 4,871
67,000
Bakery offensive .
1
1
1
1
2
1
7
Cellar damp .
4
3
1
2
1
1
16
Cesspool offensive
2
1
2
1
3
4
2
5
2
Cow barn offensive
3
2
3
1
1
1
4
5
19
Drainage defective
15
5
16
9
5
17
12
9
8
11
107
Drainage emptying into cellar .
3
3
5
4
2
2
4
2
42
1
28
Drainage emptying on surface .
2
2
1
5
2
3
1
1
1
2
20
Fish offal
1
1
Geese in cellar
1
1
2
2
1
5
2
3
2
2
1
·2
1
1
19
Manure exposed and offensive
12
3
3
4
3
42
2
1
1
1
32
Manure pit defective
13
2
4
4
3
3
2
1
1
33
Offal on land
8
3
7
4
3
2
4
1
1
33
Offensive odor in and about dwellings
2
1
3
2
2
1
4
2
17
Pigs kept without license
2
6
Premises dirty
39
17
22
19
20
19
10
8
11
13
178
Privy-vault offensive
9
3
1
1
1
12
4
1
1
33
Rubbish in cellar .
4
1
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
19
Sewage-gas in house
2
1
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
15
Stable infected with glanders
20
6
4
3
7
3
4
1
2
1
51
Stable and stable premises
10
2
10
4
1
5
3
1
2
3
41
Stable without drainage
4
1
5
2
1
3
2
2
20
Stagnant water on surface
2
1
4
2
1
3
2
1
1
2
19
Water-closet defective
20
8
7
13
9
14
11
7
5
14
108
Water in cellar
5
5
6
5
1
2
3
2
1
30
Water under stable
1
2
1
3
2
2
2
13
Total
197
71
112
103
76
113
76
47
54
69
918
Number of nuisances abated
918
Number of nuisances referred to board of 1904 .
54
Number of nuisances complained of 972
Number of complaints (many covering more than one nuisance)
582
Number of notices mailed
633
Number of notices served by constables .
3
.
4 8
Hens in cellar
2
1
2
1
1
2
.
.
. .
1
1
1
8
Slops thrown on surface
4
1
2
10
Cows kept without license
3
4
1
1
Goats kept without license
Hennery offensive
filthy and offensive
In addition to the above, 235 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 .- Fifty-one cases of glanders have been reported during the year. Prompt action was taken in every case, and forty-nine of the horses were killed, two 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 .- Forty-seven applications were received for permits to keep 138 cows. Forty-three permits to keep 112 cows were granted, and four permits were refused.
Swine .- Fourteen applications were received for permits to keep twenty-nine swine. Twelve permits were granted to keep twenty-five swine, and two permits were refused. The fee is one dollar for each swine.
Goats .- Seven applications were received for permits to keep eight goats. All were granted. The fee is one dollar for each goat.
Grease .- Nineteen applications were received for permits to collect grease, seventeen of which were granted. The fee is two dollars. Six of the parties licensed reside in Somerville, two in Charlestown, four in Cambridge, two in Boston, two in Chelsea, and one in Watertown.
Manure .- Fourteen permits were issued during the year for the carting of manure through the streets of the city in the day- time between May 1 and November 1. All permits issued for the removal of manure from the stables in the city in the daytime, or for carting through the streets of the city, remain in force until revoked. No fee is charged for these permits.
Melting and Rendering .- Seven parties have been licensed to carry on the business of melting and rendering, under the pro- visions of the revised laws of 1902, chapter 75, section 111.
Peddlers.
One hundred and six certificates of registration were issued to hawkers and peddlers during the year under the provisions of ordinance number 27-a decrease of sixteen from the year 1902. One hundred and forty-two certificates have been renewed dur- ing the year. 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. Peddlers 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 condi- tion, and are properly marked with the owner's name and num- ber.
254
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Ashes.
For several years past 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.
Twenty-six men, with fifteen horses, thirteen carts, and four wagons for the collection of waste paper, are employed in the work.
The number of loads of ashes collected each month during the year was as follows :-
January
2,642
February
2,411
March
2,950
April
3,520
May
2,778
June
2,515
July
1,979
August
1,203
September
2,047
October
2,476
November
2,761
December
3,421
Total
30,703
The number of loads of paper collected each month during the year was as follows :-
January
180
February
145
March
201
April
286
May
267
June
270
July
194
August
211
October
239
November
215
December
220
Total
2,659
This paper has been sold to the Middlesex Paper Company, at seventy-five cents a load, and the amount credited to the appro- priation for this department.
The collections are made weekly, as follows :-
. in district one.
Tuesday
three.
Thursday
four.
Friday
five.
Saturday
six.
Monday
two.
Wednesday
231
September
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
MONDAY, DISTRICT NO. 1.
Comprises the entire area extending easterly to the cities of Boston and Cambridge, from a line drawn across Somerville, commencing on Mystic avenue, and extending through Cross street, Central square, Med- ford street. Washington street, Prospect street, Webster avenue, Tre- mont street to the Cambridge line, and including collection on both sides of the above-named streets along the division line described.
TUESDAY, DISTRICT NO. 2.
Comprises the entire area extending westerly from the previously- described district number 1 to a line drawn across the city, commencing O11 Mystic avenue, and extending through Wheatland street, across Broadway, through Walnut street, and extending across Bow street and Somerville avenue, through Hawkins street, Washington street, Perry street, Wyatt street, Concord avenue, crossing Beacon street to the Cambridge line, and including collection on both sides of the above- named streets along the division line described.
WEDNESDAY, DISTRICT NO. 3.
Comprises the entire area extending westerly from the previously- described district number 2, to a line drawn across the city, commencing at the Medford boundary line at Main street, and extending easterly along said Main street, across Broadway, through Sycamore street, thence easterly on Highland avenue, through School street, thence west- erly on Somerville avenue, through Dane street and Washington street to the Cambridge line, and including the collection on both sides of the above-named streets along the division line described.
THURSDAY, DISTRICT NO. 4.
Comprises the entire area extending westerly from the previously- described district number 3, to a line drawn across the city, commencing at the Medford line at Magoun square, and extending on Medford street to Lowell street, thence easterly on Somerville avenue and through Park street to the Cambridge line, and including the collection on both sides of the above-named streets along the division line described.
FRIDAY, DISTRICT NO. 5.
Comprises the entire area extending westerly from the previously- described district number 4, to a line drawn across the city, commencing on Broadway, and extending through Willow avenue to the Cambridge line, and including the collection on both sides of the above-named streets along the division line described.
SATURDAY, DISTRICT NO. 6.
Comprises the entire area extending westerly from Willow avenue to the Medford, Arlington, and Cambridge lines.
256
ANNUAL REPORTS.
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR COLLECTION OF ASHES AND OFFAL.
Ashes must be put in suitable receptacles not larger than an ordinary flour barrel, and must be kept free from all other refuse matter.
House offal or garbage must be kept free from all other refuse mat- ter, and in suitable vessels.
All other refuse, such as paper, rags, excelsior, straw, mattresses, old clothes, pasteboard boxes, carpets, etc., must be kept free from ashes and garbage, and placed in suitable packages or barrels to prevent being scattered in handling.
All ashes and refuse matter for removal must be placed on the outer edge of the sidewalk, on or before seven o'clock in the morning of the day when the collection is to be made.
Earth, gravel, bricks, mortar, stones, lime, plaster, cement, concrete, or refuse material from repairs or construction of buildings will not be removed by this department.
The department will remove tree trimmings, vine cuttings, and yard cleanings during the spring and summer months.
Employees of this department are not allowed to enter cellars, cellar- ways, bulkheads, or areas for the removal of ashes or offal.
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 ten horses and twelve wagons.
The following table, showing the number of loads collected each month during the year, may be of interest :-
January
542
February
480
March
520
April
520
May
510
June
520
July
520
August
520
September
550
October
555
November
520
December
515
Total
. 6,272
Stables.
Under the provisions of sections 69 and 70 of the revised laws of 1902 twenty-eight petitions for licenses to erect and use stables were received and disposed of as follows :-
Number granted
13
Number refused 14
Number referred to board of 1904 1
257
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Board of Infants.
Seven parties, whose applications were first approved by this board, have been licensed by the state board of charity to care for fourteen children, in this city, under the provisions of chapter 83 of the revised laws of 1902.
Deaths.
There were 955 deaths and fifty-eight stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following table, which shows an increase of deaths over the previous year of sixty-five :-
Deaths at Somerville hospital during the year 38
Deaths at home for aged poor (Highland avenue) 65
DEATHS BY AGES.
AGES.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Under one
170
108
62
Two to three.
19
5
14
Four to five .
10
6
4
Five to ten
22
11
11
Ten to fifteen
11
5
6
Fifteen to twenty
19
9
10
Twenty to thirty
68
39
29
Thirty to forty
64
26
38
Fifty to sixty
77
40
37
Sixty to seventy
149
67
82
Seventy to eighty .
148
57
91
Eighty to ninety
66
25
41
Ninety and over
9
3
6
Total
955
454
501
.
One to two
33
16
17
Three to four
14
7
7
76
30
46
Forty to fifty
Of the stillborn, 36 were males and 22 females.
258
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Mortality in Somerville in 1903.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES. MIASMATIC.
Scarlet fever
2
1
3
10
Diphtheria .
1
3
2
1
62
2
2
2
2
19
Typhoid fever
3
1
1
1
2
2
10
Erysipelas
1
Diarrhea
1
Cholera morbus
1
Cholera infantum
2
2
2
3
1
1
12
Dysentery
1
1
1
1
1
5
La grippe
3
5
1
2
3
5
2
3
3
1
32
Septicaemia
2
1
2
1
1
1
. .
8
Rheumatism
1
1
1
3
1
2
2
11
Syphilis .
1
Carbuncle
1
1
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES
DIATHETIC.
Anæmia
1
1
.
..
1
1
2
6
Cancer
4
5
3
4
3
3
5
3
5
44
Tumor
10
Gangrene
TUBERCULAR.
Tuberculosis
6
4
7
8
4
4
9
6
10
7
4
13
82
Tubercular meningitis
1
1
2
1
1
1
7
LOCAL DISEASES.
NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Apoplexy
8
2
6
11
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
3
40
Paralysis
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
20
Brain diseases
2
2
1
1
1
4
11
Convulsions
1
1
1
1
4
Spinal disease
1
1
Hemiplegia .
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
6
1
Tetanus
ORGANS OF CIRCULATION.
Heart disease
7
8
5
12
9
6
2
6
11
6
9
11
92
Angina pectoris
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
Pneumonia
14
10
16
13
16
9
4
5
4
8
8
15
122
Bronchitis
6
7
4
3
2
3
2
2
2
3
1
4
39
Hemorrhage
Asthma .
1
1
1
Laryngitis
1
1
Pulmonary œdema
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
11
Emphysema
1
1
1
1
4
Pleurisy .
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
· ...
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
9
10
Whooping cough .
..
. .
11
Meningitis
6
2
3
3
1
1
3
1
6
Epilepsy Myelitis .
1
1
1
. .
5
Cyanosis
1
1
1
1
3
5
1
1
1
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1903. - Concluded.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
LOCAL DISEASES. DIGESTIVE ORGANS.
Catarrh of stomach
1
Gastritis .
2
5
?
1
2
1
2
1
1
17
Peritonitis
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
Liver disease
2
1
1
1
1
1
Gastric ulcer
1
1
1
1
3
1
6
1
13
Hernia
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
Cirrhosis
1
Jaundice
1
1
2
GENITO-URINARY ORGANS.
Bright's disease
1
5
5
6
1
2
1
2
2
3
2
30
Diabetes
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
11
Cystitis
2
5
5
2
2
4
4
3
2
3
2
4
41
Childbirth
3
5
Eclampsia
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM.
Abscess
1
1
1
2
1
6
Eczema
1
1
Pemphigus
1
Ulcer
2
DEVELOPMENTAL DIS- EASES.
OF CHILDREN.
Inanition
4
3
4
2
2
..
2
1
2
1
3
24
Premature
birth and congenital
4
2
2
3
3
2
1
3
4
3
3
4
34
Mal-formation
1
1
1
3
OF OLD PEOPLE.
Old age .
3
4
5
5
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
29
VIOLENT DEATHS.
Drowning
1
13
2
Railroad .
1
1
2
Suicide
1
5
Burning .
3
Fracture of thigh
1
....
1
1
1
1
2
7
Fracture of hip
1
1
1
1
4
Injury to head
1
..
1
1
3
7
Total
100
88
101
91
81
50
64
70
69
75
57
109
955
Stillborn
1
6
6
11
5
5
2
6
2
5
5
4
58
Population ( estimated ) Death rate per thousand
67,000
14.55
-
. .
....
....
13 7
1
3
Enteritis
1
1
4
Appendicitis
1
1
4
Nephritis
5
1
1
1
. .
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
Fracture of skull .
1
1
Suffocation
1
1
259
debility
1
1
260
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Social Relations of Decedents.
Married
304
Single
408
Widow
168
Widower
73
Divorced
2
Unknown
Total
.
955
Nativity of Decedents.
Somerville
266
Massachusetts
207
Other New England states
132
Other states
21
Canada
80
England, Scotland, and Wales
34
Ireland
179
Italy
2
Norway and Sweden
9
Russia
5
Other countries
17
Unknown
3
Total
955
Nativity of Parents of Decedents.
Father. Mother.
Somerville
21
19
Massachusetts
173
185
Other New England states
154
133
Other states
19
26
Canada and provinces
108
103
England, Scotland, and Wales
68
55
Ireland
309
327
Italy
9
8
Norway and Sweden
18
14
Russia
10
11
Other countries
36
29
Unknown
30
45
Total
955
955
Of the parents of the stillborn, 24 fathers and 27 mothers were na- tives of the United States, and 32 fathers and 30 mothers were of foreign birth. Birthplaces of two fathers and one mother unknown.
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, chicken-pox, and cholera are infectious, or conta- gious, and dangerous to the public health and safety within the meaning of the statutes. Physicians are required to report im- mediately to the board every case of either of these diseases and all cases of measles coming under their care, and postal cards conveniently printed and addressed are supplied to them for the
261
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
purpose. On receipt of a card from a physician, the superinten- dent of schools, the principal of the school in the district in which the patient resides, and the librarian of the public library are notified.
Scarlet Fever .- One hundred forty-six cases of scarlet fever have been reported during the year, ten of which resulted fatally. In 1902 there were seventy-eight cases, three of which resulted fatally.
Diphtheria .- Two hundred and eight cases of diphtheria have been reported during the year, nineteen of which were fatal. In 1902 there were two hundred twenty-four cases, nineteen of which proved fatal. Anti-toxin has been provided 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. Culture tubes for diphtheria and sputum bottles for suspected tuberculosis have been obtainable at the same stations.
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 .- Thirty-eight cases of typhoid fever have been reported during the year, ten of which have proved fatal. In 1902 there were twenty-eight cases reported, six of which were fatal.
Typhus Fever, Cholera .- No cases of typhus fever or cholera have been reported the past year.
Smallpox .- No cases of smallpox have been reported during the year.
Number of houses placarded 354
Premises disinfected by agent 438
Disinfection.
It will be seen by the foregoing figures that, in addition to the 354 premises infected with scarlet fever or diphtheria, eighty- four other premises were disinfected. This work was done at the request of attending physicians whose patients, in nearly all cases, had been ill with consumption, typhoid fever, or cancer. It has become the general practice among physicians to ask that rooms which have been occupied by persons suffering from con- sumption or cancer be disinfected.
Many library books have also been disinfected and quantities oi infected bedding and other material have been burned.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLES.
The prevalence of scarlet fever, diphtheria and typhoid fever in the city during the several months of the year 1903 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 : -
Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Typhoid Fever Reported in 1903.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
Cases
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths.
Cases
Reported.
Number of
Percentage
of Deaths.
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage of Deaths.
January
18
4
22.1
21
1
5.1
6
3
50.0
February
9
2
22.1
15
2
13.3
3
1
33.3
March
3
..
..
11
3
27.3
2
1
50.0
April
3
..
....
11
2
22.2
3
1
33.3
June .
20
1
5.0
5
1
20.0
1
....
...
July .
13
2
....
..
August
8
. .
..
....
18
2
11.1
10
...
September .
9
....
....
15
2
13.3
3
2
66.6
October
4
....
....
17
2
11.8
4
2
50.0
November .
17
...
...
35
2
5.7
..
....
. .
Total .
146
10
6.9
208
19
9.1
38
10
26.3
Deaths from Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Typhoid Fever in the Last Ten Years.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
MONTHS.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1894.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1894.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1901.
1902.
1903.
January ·
2
4
12
February .
3
March
7
2
22.
4
6
5
5
2
1
2
1
2
. .
May
7
3
4
4
7
1
5
3
2
1
1
1
1
.
.
1
1
August
3
1
4
3
2
3
3
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
.
September
1
6
2
2
1
3
1
2
October
3
2
1
4
3
1
5
1
6
3
4
3
2
1
1
3
1
1
2
November
7
2
5
1
3
.
..
. .
December
2
1
. .
3
1
1
3
1
8
6
1
1
5
4
1
5
2
2
1
1
1
3
3
1
1
Total
51 17
5
6
0
3 7
5
3 10
28,43 54 44 10 11 49
29 19 19
13 10 26 11,11 15
9 12, 6 10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
I
April
3
1
4
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
2
1
. .
July
4
1
2
1
2
5
1
4
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
. .
2
2
.
9
1
2
·
1
3
2
3
:
1
5
4
7
8
2
2
:
·
-
-
1 11 :. 2 1
4
2 12.921
2
June
.
w .
2
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
6
20
. .
. .
December .
23
3
13.1
31
2
6.5
2
..
...
May .
19
...
9
Deaths.
Cases
MONTHS.
1894.
-
1
1
1
1
2
2
:
. .
2
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Compulsory Vaccination.
The work of compulsory vaccination was continued from January 1 to February 28, 1903. The board having been in- structed by his honor, the mayor, that the work could not longer continue on account of lack of money wherewith to prosecute it, there being no cases of smallpox in the city, and the districts already vaccinated comprising nearly all the infected areas, it was voted February 17 that the work be suspended, and that the smallpox hospital be closed and the services of the matron dis- pensed with after February 19.
Following will be found the recapitulation of the work done from October 24, 1902, to February 28, 1903, inclusive :---
Number of
Number of
Number of
Hours Worked.
3,6521/2
Inspections. · 39,726
Vaccinations. 7,905
Statement of the total expenditures for compulsory vaccina- tion from October 24, 1902, to February 28, 1903 :--
Compensation to physicians
$7,255 00
Clerical services
138 00
Janitor's services
97 27
Vaccine points
475 00
Card index, (including cards and case)
152 70
Printing
62 26
Advertising
52 50
Postage
11 05
Cotton, alcohol, etc.
33 25
Total
.
$8,277 03
Bacteriological Department.
The work of this department was performed by Frank L. Morse, M. D., whose report is appended to this report :-
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.
SPECIMENS AND ANTI-TOXIN.
Outfits for specimens for tuberculosis and diphtheria, and diphtheria anti-toxin, may be obtained at the laboratory and at the following places :-
Charles H. Crane, 154 Perkins street.
Milton H. Plummer, 25 Union square.
Percy A. Hall, 2 Studio building, Davis square.
Herbert E. Bowman, 529 Medford street, Magoun square,
Eugene B. Carpenter, 10 Broadway.
Julius E. Richardson, 310 Broadway.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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. «
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, 1903, has been obtained from the assessors' books.
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Table of Deaths in Each District During the Last Ten Years.
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