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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 sixteen 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
3,980
February
3,976
March
3,723
April
3,515
May
3,299
June
2,810
July
2,496
August
2,410
September
2,531
October
3,012
November
3,603
December
3,812
Total
39,167
Average weight per load, 2,500 pounds.
The number of loads of paper collected each month during the year was as follows :-
January
136
February
. 100
March
191
April .
228
May ·
309
June
276
July
270
September
271
October
305
November
295
December
248
265
August
2,894
261
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
This paper has been sold to the Middlesex Paper Company to April 22, when the company went out of business, at seventy- five cents a load, and the amount credited to the appropriation for this department.
The collections are made weekly, as follows :-
Monday
. in district one. two.
Tuesday
Wednesday
three.
Thursday
four.
Friday
66
five.
Saturday
SIX.
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 on 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.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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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 offal collected has been sold to Hannibal S. Pond for $1,100.
The force employed consists of twenty-four men, with twelve horses and twelve wagons.
The following table, showing the number of loads collected each month during the year, may be of interest :-
January
520
February
508
March
540
April
520
May
510
June
612
July
553
August
609
September
628
October
626
November
618
December
648
Total
. 6,892
Average weight per load, 3,000 pounds.
Stables.
Under the provisions of sections 69 and 70 of the revised laws of 1902, forty-four petitions for licenses to erect and use stables were received and disposed of as follows :-
Number granted 29
Number refused . 15
263
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Board of Infants.
Eight parties, whose applications were first approved by this board, have been licensed by the state board of charity to care for sixteen children, in this city, under the provisions of chapter 83 of the revised laws of 1902.
Deaths.
There were 964 deaths and sixty-three stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following table, which shows an increase of deaths over the previous year of nine :-
Deaths at Somerville hospital during the year 62
Deaths at home for aged poor (Highland avenue), 56
Deaths at City home .
2
DEATHS BY AGES.
AGES.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Under one
169
97
72
Two to three.
12
8
4
Four to five .
9
9
0
Five to ten
.
22
14
8
Ten to fifteen
17
9
8
Fifteen to twenty
20
8
12
Twenty to thirty
60
29
31
Thirty to forty
69
30
39
Forty to fifty
89
40
49
Fifty to sixty
97
42
55
Sixty to seventy
133
71
62
Seventy to eighty .
144
78
66
Eighty to ninety
63
22
41
Ninety and over
12
3
9
Total
964
492
472
.
33
20
13
Three to four
15
12
3
One to two
Of the stillborn, 39 were males and 24 females.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Mortality in Somerville in 1904.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
I. GENERAL DISEASES.
(A. Epidemic Diseases.)
Scarlet fever
1
1
1
3
Diphtheria .
3
3
1
3
1
1
2
14
Typhoid fever
1
1
]
1
1
2
3
1
11
Measles
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
Dysentery
2
2
1
1
6
La grippe
(B. Other General Diseases.)
Septicemia
Rheumatism
1
1
1
1
1
2
7
Cancer
3
8
6
4
6
1
5
2
5
5
2
5
52 5
Leukæmia
2
1
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
16
Diabetes
13
9
8
14
10
8
4
2
8
7
3
8
94
Tubercular meningitis
1
3
1
1
1
II. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS
SYSTEM.
Meningitis
2
1 6
1
4
2
1
1 9
2 7
...
1
19
Apoplexy
9
3
4
4
3
4
Paralysis
2
1
5
2
1
1
2
2
3
4
23 6
Brain diseases
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
Spinal disease
2
1
3
Hemiplegia .
1
1
1
3
Epilepsy
1
1
1
1
3
III. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULA-
TORY SYSTEM.
Heart disease
8
17
12
9
9
7
9
4
9
8
5
103
Angina pectoris
1
4
Cyanosis
1
1
.
1
4
IV. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRA-
TORY SYSTEM.
Pneumonia .
16
13
16
12
8
1
7
2
6
6
13
10
110
Bronchitis
6
1
3
4
1
1
1
4
9
30
Hemorrhage
2
Asthma
2
1
3
Laryngitis
1
1
Pulmonary œdema
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
12
Emphysema
1
1
1
3
2
1
2
5
5
Anæmia .
1
2
Tumor
1
1
1
$2
1
1
Tuberculosis
2
1
10
1
1
3
Erysipelas
1
5
Cholera morbus
1
1
4
5
2
5
61
Convulsions
1
1
5
.
. .
Myelitis
....
1
2
Eclampsia
1
.
6
1
1
1
1
. .
2
1
.
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1904. - Concluded.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
V. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
Perforation of stomach
1
Gastritis .
1
42
1
2
1
1
3
4
15
Peritonitis
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
12
Diarrhea
1
1
1
2
4
5
13
Liver disease
1
1
1
1
2
1
4
Enteritis
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
5
1
2
17
Hernia
4
Appendicitis
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
10
Cirrhosis
1
6
Jaundice
1
1
1
1
1
5
VI. DISEASES OF GENITO-URI- NARY SYSTEM.
Bright's disease
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
5
1
4
25
Cystitis
3
2
4
3
7
5
4
4
2
5
8
3
51
VII. CHILDBIRTH.
Childbirth
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
8
Hemorrhage
VIII. DISEASES OF THE SKIN.
Abscess
2
1
1
1
1
6
Eczema
1
1
Gangrene
1
2
3
Ulcer
1
1
IX. DISEASES OF THE LOCOMO- TOR SYSTEM.
X. MALFORMATIONS.
22
XI. EARLY INFANCY.
Inanition
3
2
5
3
3
4
2
5
2
30
debility
4
2
2
6
1
4
6
4
1
4
34
XII. OLD AGE.
Old age
2
2
2
3
1
1
1
2
1
15
XIII. VIOLENCE.
Alcoholism
2
1
3
Drowning
2
1
1
1
1
1
7
Suicide .
1
2
1
1
1
1
9
Poisoning
1
1
Fracture of skull .
1
1
1
5
Fracture of hip
1
1
1
1
3
Suffocation
1
4
Total
92
106
87
87
91
54
59
66
77
75
92
964
Stillborn
8
2
5
5
5
6
2
8
5
9
6
63
Population ( estimated ) Death rate per thousand
69,500
13,9
· ...
. .
.
1
2
1
5
Cholera infantumn
4
Gastric ulcer
1
...
. .
....
2
1
2
1
1
1
..
1
2
1
2
·
1
1
. ..
1
9
Nephritis
Hydrocephalus Malformation
1
1 1
1
2
.
..
1
. .
1
1
Railroad .
1
1
Burning .
1
1
Fracture of shoulder
2
1
1
Gas poisoning
1
Concussion of brain
1
1
1
78 2
. . .
1
1
. .
Premature 'birth' and' congenital
1
1
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Social Relations of Decedents.
Married
325
Single
405
Widow
.
154
Widower
76
Divorced
4
Unknown
-
Total
964
Nativity of Decedents.
Somerville
264
Massachusetts
226
Other New England states
158
Other states
17
Canada
77
England, Scotland, and Wales
37
Ireland
160
Italy
5
Norway and Sweden
4
Russia
1
Other countries
12
Unknown
-
Total
964
Nativity of Parents of Decedents.
Father Mother
Somerville
.
24
21
Massachusetts
161
180
Other New England states .
176
165
Other states .
28
15
Canada and provinces .
103
115
England, Scotland, and Wales
73
55
Ireland
289
297
Italy
16
16
Norway and Sweden
13
16
Russia
7
7
Other countries
24
20
Unknown
50
57
Total
964
964
.
.
.
Of the parents of the stillborn, 27 fathers and 31 mothers were na- tives of the United States, and 36 fathers and 32 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, chicken-pox, pulmonary tuberculosis, and cholera are infectious, or contagious, and dangerous to the public health and safety within the meaning of the statutes. Physicians are required to report immediately to the board every case of either
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
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 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 resides, and the libra- rian of the public library are notified.
Scarlet Fever .- One hundred nineteen cases of scarlet fever have been reported during the year, three of which resulted fatally. In 1903 there were one hundred forty-six cases, ten of which resulted fatally.
Diphtheria .- Three hundred and seventy-one cases of diph- theria have been reported during the year, fourteen of which were fatal. In 1903 there were two hundred and eight 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 formaldehye 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 .- Ninety-six cases of typhoid fever have been reported during the year, eleven of which have proved fatal. In 1903 there were thirty-eight cases reported, ten 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 cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria for which houses were placarded
. 490
Number of premises disinfected by agent .
. 629
Disinfection.
It will be seen by the foregoing figures that, in addition to the 490 premises infected with scarlet fever or diphtheria, 139 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 consump- tion or cancer be disinfected.
Many library books have also been disinfected, and quanti- ties of infected bedding and other material have been burned.
268
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLES.
The prevalence of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever in the city during the several months of the year 1904 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 1904.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
MONTHS.
Cases
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage of Deaths.
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths.
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage of Deaths.
January
19
. .
. .
. .
55
3
5.5
3
1
33.3
February
4
1
25.0
28
3
10.8
1
March
1
14.3
13
. . ..
2
1
50.0
April
6
32
1
3.1
3
May .
13
19
3
15.8
7
1
14.3
June .
4
. .
37
1
3
1
33 3
August .
3
....
12
1
8.4
13
15.3
September
14
. .
..
....
21
. .
. .
....
27.3
December
13
1
7.7
40
2
5.0
1
14.3
Total .
119
3
2.5
371
14
3.8
96
11
11.5
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.
1904.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1964.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1901.
1902.
19113.
1904.
March
2
1
2
1
6
3
5
5
1
1
5
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
July
1
2
2
5
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
August
1
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
October
2
1
3
1
5
1
6
3
4
3
1
1
3
1
1
2
November
4
8
2
1
3
2
3
5
1
December
1
3
1
1|13
1
8
6
1
1
5
4
1
5
2
1
1
1
3
3
1
1
1
-
1
Total
175
6| 0
3 7 5 310
3 43 54 44 10 11 49 29 19 19 14
10 26 11 11 15
9.12|
6 10 11
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
January
8
4:12
February .
5
1
1
5
-. .
.
1
1
2
April
1
2
4
4
7
2
1
. .
3
1
1
1
2
1
September
2
2
7
.
9
1
2
6
2
3
-. 119
1
May
1
June
25
...
...
38
...
19
. .
..
October
9
... .
. ..
17
...
24
11
3
1
33.3
July .
2
--
-
1
10
2
1
1
1
.
--
-1
. .
.
2
2
2
.
. .
-
2
2 15:
co :
3
..
2
-
-
6
1
Cases
Cases
..
59
November
MYSTIC
M
E
R
1
E R
POWDER
TUFT
İCOLLEGE
DAGADWAT
FLAT GROUND
BOULEVARD
PLAY GROUND
X
THLCTIF FIFLE
VII
ESTAE
VI
TANNERTY
ROOFUTF
SOMERVILLE
SHOWING
HEALTH' DISTRICTS.
CONTOURS WITH ELEVATIONS ABOVE MEAN
CW WATER.
M
I
D
G
E
M
B
R
SCALE
ERNESTW BAILEY
LEWIFE
ARLINGTON
LINCOLN PARK
VI
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Contagious Hospital.
By an order adopted by the board of aldermen October 27, 1904, the building owned by the city, and situated on Broadway, at the corner of North street, was transferred to the custody of the board of health for a contagious hospital for the treatment of contagious diseases other than smallpox.
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.
Will B. Fitts, 173 Washington street.
Milton H. Plummer, 25 Union square.
Fred W. Gay, 524 Somerville avenue.
Hart Brothers, 263 Highland avenue.
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.
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, 1904, has been obtained from the assessors' books.
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Table of Deaths in Each District During the Last Ten Years.
Districts
:
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
8,360
6,429
5,672
6,625
12,373
7,131
7,871 .
4,035
5,605
5,399
69,500
In 1904.
Dwellings
1,050
1,055
894
1,046
2,185
1,258
1,327
663
1,011
968
11,457
Average in each dwelling · .
7.9
6.1
6.3
6.3
5.2
5.7
5.9
6.1
5.6
5.6
6.1
Number of
Deaths.
Rate
per 1,000.
Number of
per 1,000.
Deaths.
per 1,000.
Deaths.
Rate
Rate
per 1,000.
Number of
Deaths.
per 1,000.
Number of
Rate
per 1,000.
Number of
Deaths.
Rate
per 1,000.
Number of
Deaths.
per 1,000.
Number of
Deaths.
Rate
Number of
Deaths.
Rate
per 1,000.
1895 .
136
·
19 22
76 94
14
91
20
94
17
184
17
77 97
15 16
67
29
12 16
29 36
CO
10
17
823
16
1896 .
155
·
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
6'
16
88
17
194
18
92
15
93
14
28
9
50
12
28
9 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
57
11
178
15
65
10
66
0
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
1903 .
158
20
79
13
76
14
14
151
12
96
14
90
12
64
17
65
12
87
18
955 14
1904 .
175
21
58
9
85
15
10
165
15
131
18
89
=
46
11
52
10
84
15
964
14
Average death rate per 1,000 for } ten years
5
14
16
16
16
14
12
13
11
16
15
·
·
14
68
13
81
16
113
19
155
14
87
14
87
12
34
11
46
11
28
9
52
21
924
17
.
.
.
.
.
.
Deaths.
Rate
Number of
Rate
Number of
per 1,000.
Number of
Deaths.
Rate
Deaths.
16 13
46
82
180
16
19
77
18
17
105
880 15
1899 .
102
.
.
.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
YEAR.
Rate
per 1,000.
39 79
241
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Table Showing the Five Principal Causes of Death in Somerville in 1904, with the Number and Rate in Each District.
PNEUMONIA.
HEART DISEASE.
TUBERCULOSIS.
APOPLEXY.
CANCER.
DISTRICTS.
Number of
Deaths.
Number per
10,000 of Pop.
Number of
Deaths.
Number per
10,000 of Pop.
Number of
Deaths.
Number per
10,000 of Pop.
Number of
Deaths.
Number per
10,000 of Pop.
Number of
Deaths.
Number per
10,000 of Pop.
I.
15
17.9
19
22.7
23
27.5
8
9.6
II.
4
6.2
8
12.4
4
6.2
3
4.7
10.9
III.
16
28.2
8
14.0
7
12.4
4
7.1
3.6
IV.
10
13.6
13
19.6
12
18.1
2
3.1
1.5
V.
25
20.2
15
12.1
9
7.3
19
15.4
12.1
VI.
13
18.2
7
98.0
12
16.8
6
8.4
5.6
VII.
9
11.5
8
10.1
8
10.1
9
11.5
6.3
VIII.
5
12.4
9
22.3
4
.9.9
3
7.4
4.9
IX.
7
12.5
6
10.7
4
7.1
3
5.4
7.1
X.
7
12.9
10
18.5
11
20.4
4
7.4
7.4
Total .
110
15.9
103
14.9
94
13.5
61
8.8
52
7.5
Table of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Typhoid Fever in Each District in 1904.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
DISTRICTS.
Reported.
Deaths.
Cases per
Deaths per
Cases
Deaths.
Cases per
Deaths per
Reported.
Deaths.
Cases per
Deaths per
1,000 of Pop.
I.
11
1.32
77
4
9.21
0.48
22
2
2.63
0.24
II.
14
N.
2.18
0.31
36
1
5.60
0.11
8
·2
1.24
0.31 :
III.
5
0.89
42
3
7.41
0.53
13
1
2.29
0.18
IV.
10
1.51
....
...
25
1
2.02
0.08
22
3
1.78
0.25
VI.
15
2.11
68
1
9.54
0.14
5
.
0.71
. ..
VII.
17
2.16
....
27
3
3.43
0.38
4
1
0,51
0 13
VIII.
8
.
....
.
. ..
.
0.49
IX.
8
. .
1.43
19
·
3.39
5
2
0.89
0.36=
X.
22
1
4.08
0.19
30
1
5.56
0.19
11
..
2.04
Total .
119
3
1.71
0.05
371
1-
5.34
0.21
06
11
1.39
0.16
.
4.98
4
..
0,61
V.
9
0.73
1,000 of Pop.
1,000 of Pop.
Reported.
1,000 of Pop.
1,000 of Pop.
1,000 of Pop.
Cases
Cases
...
33
....
14
3.47
2
1.98
.....
AANCAGHI-100
9.6
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.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1901.
1902.
1903.
1904.
Av'age for Seven Yrs.
DISTRICTS.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid Fever.
I.
( Cases
1.35 1.08 0.40 ... 0.13 .
9.40 2.43 0.81 0.27| .. ..
4.69 11.98 1.17 0.13 1.30
1.29 9.46 1.17 0.26 0.78 ....
1.92 1.79 0.51 0.13 0.64 0.13
2.12 0.12
4.60 0.37 0.50 0.12
1.32 9.21 2.63 [0.48|0.24
3.16 5.79 1.01 0.09 0.59 0.07
II.
§ Cases Deaths .
0.85 1.36 1.02 .... 0.17 0.34
2.04 2.04 0.85
1.81
7.09 0.99 0.16 ....
0.98 4.59 0.98 0.33|0.16
1.32 2.13 0.32
1.60| 0.16
3.36 0.48 0.16 0.16
2.18 5.60 1.24 0.31 0.11 0.31
1.54 3.74 0.84 0.07 0.21 0.19
III.
·
Deaths
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 2.56
..
..
..
....
1.51 4.98 0.61
2.55 5.53 0.93 0.09 0.39 0.05
V.
.
Cases Deaths .
1.38 0.69 1.04
3.31 1.74 0.97 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
1 39 0.16
1.97 0.74 0.33 0 16 ....
0.73 2.02|1.78 0.08 0.25
1.84 2.84 0.98 0.05 0.19 0.25
VI.
( Cases Deaths . .
0.93 1.08 0.77 .... 10.15 ....
13.59 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
2 30 0.29
3.02 0.43
2.11 9.54 0.71 0.14 ....
2.29 4.95 1.07 0.07 0.29 0.15
VII.
Cases Deaths .
1.14 2.41 0.85 .... 0. 13 0.43
1.54 1.96 2.09 0.14
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
1.30
2.47 1.04 0.13 0.52
2.16 3.43 0.51 0.38 0.13
1.55 2.97 0.89 0.21 0.23 0.28
VIII.
§ Cases ¿ Deaths .
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 .... 10.59 0.29
0.56 3.84 0.29 .. 0.29
2.91 0.26
2.11 0.53 ...
1.98 3.47 0.49
2.31 4.02 0.49 0.04 0.17 0.13
IX.
§ Cases Deaths .
0.70 0.93 1.63 10.23 .... .. . .
3.95 3.26 2.79 .... 0.23 0.47
3.71 6.81 1.09 () 22 0.22
2.81 4.04 2.63
0.78 2.71 0.19
2 97
2.23 0.37
1.43 3.39 |0.89 0.36
2.38 3.34 1.34 0.09|0.18
X.
§ Cases Deaths .
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 ....
1.72 5.41 0.25 0.25 0.25
3.08 0.21
2.87 1.03 0.41|0.21
4.08 5.56 2.04 .... 0.19 0.19|
3.28 4.59 1.45 0.14 0.65 0.11
City
.
·
§ Cases Deaths . .
1.33 1.93 0.90 ..
2.62 2.45 1.22 0.17 0.18 0.05 0.18|0.25
3.73 0.11
8.39 1.16 0.79 0.15
1.20 3.45 0.43 2.07 5.39 1.24 0.08|0.46 0.19 0.46 0.29 0.09 1
2.18 0.15
3.11 0.57 0.2810.15
1.71 5.34 1.39 0.05 0.21 0.16
2.12 4.19 0.99 0.13 0.34 0.17
.
.
....
0.51 0.34
...
....
..
..
..
4.04 0.18 0.36 ....
0.89 7.41 2.29 0.53 0.18
2.13 5.38 0.93 0.08 0.68 0.19
IV.
.
§ Cases Deaths
1.69 1.01 0.84 .
3.21 3.04 1.01 0.34 .. ...
4.75 15.88 2.13 0.49
. ... 2.28 7.34 0.82 0.33
!. 28 2.56 0.81 0.16 0.16 ...
3.12 0.16
3.90 0.31 0.78 0.16
.
..
..
. .. 0.17
....
0.35
..
...
..
. .
.
0.16
....
... ....
.. ..
·
. .
..
0.31
....
....
.. ..
..
.
·
·
..
..
...
....
·
..
...
Deaths .
....
ANNUAL
REPORTS.
212
.
..
0.56
....
. .
1.15 ....
....
..
§ Cases .
0.18
Diphtheria.
273
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Undertakers.
Under the provisions of section 44 of chapter 78 of the re- vised laws of 1902, sixteen persons have been duly licensed as undertakers.
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.
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