Report of the city of Somerville 1904, Part 20

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 496


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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.


262


ANNUAL REPORTS.


i


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.


264


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


.


265


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


266


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


267


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


IJAA


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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.


270


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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