Report of the city of Somerville 1905, Part 19

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 486


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Philology


249


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


the new stacks. But, reckoning the circulation of these months the same as the circulation of the corresponding months of the previous year, the circulation of books would have been 96,998. In 1905 our circulation is 391,783, an increase of over 300 per cent. While the population has increased thirty-two per cent., the circulation of the library has increased upwards of 300 per cent. If the population of the city had increased as rapidly as has the circulation of the public library, we would now be a city of over 200,000 population. If the reading of good books is the standard of the community's intelligence, these statistics should be gratifying to our people. The library has increased corre- In 1895 the staff consisted of


spondingly in other respects. librarian and three assistants. There are now twelve assistants. Since that date the reference room has been opened to the public, a children's department has been added, and a school librarian has been appointed, who practically devotes her exclusive time to the service of the schools. An addition doubling its capacity has been annexed to the library. The growth of the library can- not be expected to continue at this rate indefinitely, although there are at present no indications of its diminution. Such being the conditions of our growth, it is evident that at least a slight in- crease in our appropriation is needed each successive year.


250


ANNUAL REPORTS.


The library has received the following donations of books, pamphlets, and periodicals during the past year :--


List of Donations.


Vols.


Pamph.


Period.


Association of the Bar


1


Bates College


Boston Atheneum


Boston Children's Friend Society


1


Boston Economic Club


·


1


Bostonian Society


Bennett Fund, Trustees of


1


Berry, Charles W.


1


154


Brown University


2


1


Browning Club


1


Cambridge, Mass.


1


Chandler, Hon. L. B.


3


Children's Institutions


4


Dalton, Mrs. Charles X.


2


Dartmouth College


1


Dolbear, A. E.


1


160


Elliot, Charles D.


3


1


Goldsmith, Benj. W.


7


2


Gould, Levi


1


Green, Samuel S.


5


Harvard University


2


Hayes, Edith B.


34 50


Herbert, John


3


Hillside Club


2


Indian Rights Association


1


Lake Mohawk Conference


1


Library of Congress


2


Littlefield, George E.


1


24


Marshall, William I.


28


1


Massachusetts Civic League


1


Metropolitan Water Board


1


Middlesex County


1


Missouri World's Fair, Commission


1


Moon, Robert C., M. D.


1


Morse Institute


1


Mount Auburn Cemetery


1


1


National Educational Association


Nebraska Library Commission


1


Carried forward


75


60


398


Hill, James R.


1


Irish Reform Association


4


Lincoln, Charles P.


1


Luce, Robert ·


1


Massachusetts .


1


Massachusetts Institute of Technology


1


Chamber of N. Y. Commerce


1


Cutler, S. Newton


1


Foss, Sam Walter


1


Hapgood, John G.


1


2


Boston Five Cents Savings Bank


3


1


2


Museum of Fine Arts


251


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


LIST OF DONATIONS .- Continued.


Vols.


Pamph.


Period.


Brought forward


75


60


398


Newcomb, H. T.


1


New York Merchants' Association


1


Peabody Institute


2


Pennsylvania Home Teaching Society


1


Perkins Institute


2


1


Phillips, S. L.


1


Pratt Institute


1


Providence Atheneum


1


Public Libraries : -


Allegheny, Pa. ( Carnegie Library )


Arlington ( Robbins Library )


Atlanta, Ga. (Carnegie Library )


Baltimore ( Enoch Pratt Library )


1


Beverly


1


Boston


1


Braddock, Pa. ( Carnegie Library ) .


1


Bradford, Pa. ( Carnegie Library )


1


Brockton


1


Bromley, Eng.


1


Brooklyn, -N. Y.


1


Burlington, Vt. ( Fletcher Library ) Canton


1


Cedar Rapids, Iowa


1


Chelsea ( Fitz Library )


1


Chicago, Ill. ( John Crerar Library )


1


Cleveland, Ohio


1


Clinton ( Bigelow Library )


1


Concord, N. H.


1


Davenport, Iowa


1


Dayton, Ohio


Detroit, Mich.


1 2


Erie, Pa.


1


Everett ( Shute Library )


1


Fall River


6


Fitchburg


1


Groton


1


Hagerstown, Maryland


1


Halifax, N. S. .


1


Hartford, Conn.


1


Haverhill


1


Hoboken, N. J.


1


Hyde Park


1


Jersey City, N. J. Lancaster,


1


Lawrence


1


Los Angeles, Cal.


1


Ludlow, Vt. ( Fletcher Memorial Library )


1


Carried forward .


81


118


398


·Concord


1


District of Columbia


Everett ( Parlin Library ) .


1


Brookline


1


1


1


2


New Hampshire College of Forestry


1


252


ANNUAL REPORTS.


LIST OF DONATIONS. - Continued.


Vols.


Pamph.


Period.


Brought forward Public Libraries ( Continued ) :


Lynn .


Malden


Manchester, N. H.


1


Medford


1


Milwaukee, Wis.


1


Nashville, Tenn. ( Carnegie Library )


1


Newark, N. J.


2


New Bedford


1


Newburyport


2


New Haven, Conn.


1


Newington, N. H.


2


New Orleans, La.


1


Newton


1


Niagara Falls, N. Y.


1


North Adams ( Houghton Memorial Library )


Northampton


Northampton ( Forbes Library )


2


Norwich, Conn. ( Otis Library )


2


Omaha, Nebraska


1


Paterson, N. J.


1


Peoria, Ill.


1


Philadelphia, Pa.


1 1


Pittsburg, Pa. ( Carnegie Library )


1


Portland, Me.


1 2 1


1


Reading, Pa.


1


Rochester, N. H.


1


St. Louis, Mo.


1


Salem, Mass.


1


San Francisco, Cal.


1


Scranton, Pa.


1


Seattle, Washington


2


Springfield


1 1


Toledo, O.


1


Waltham


1 1


Watertown


1


Westborough


1 1


Winchester


1


Winthrop .


1 1


Woburn


Worcester


Public Reservations


1


Ralston and Siddons


2


St. Louis Mercantile Library Association


1


Sanborn, Carrie A. .


7 1


10


Sanborn, Helen J.


Scott, Mrs. J. W. .


3


Simmons College


2 77


17 1


91


Simonds, Mrs.


Society of Psychical Research


Carried forward


172


205


489


81


118


398


1


1


1


1 1


Plainfield, N. J.


Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ( Adriance Memorial Library ) Providence, R. I. .


Quincy ( Thos. Crane Library )


Syracuse, N. Y.


Wakefield


Weymouth ( Tufts Library )


1


253


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


LIST OF DONATIONS. - Concluded.


Vols.


Pamph.


Period.


Brought forward


172


205


489


Somerville, Mass.


1


Sprague, Homer B.


1


State Library Commission


2


1


Superintendent of Immigration ( Ottawa )


1


Tufts College .


1


2


Union Press, Philadelphia


1


United States


15


1


University of Chicago


10


University of Cincinnati


1


Viall, John B.


1


Washburn, Frank D.


38


West, Mabel .


1


Western Reserve University


1


Wilmington Institute


2


Woodman, J. E.


3


Worcester Board of Trade


1


Totals


245


216


490


Remarks.


As in many public libraries, the percentage of fiction is still about three times the circulation of all other books together. The library, through the special reading committee, takes un- usual precaution to seek out novels of real merit. After the merit of a novel is determined as far as human fallibility can determine it, it is purchased in as large numbers as our funds will permit. I feel that our readers are given as many privileges in this line as we are justified in offering them. But it seems to ·me our readers of non-fiction, the comparatively small fraction who use what may be called the solid reading of the library, can safely be granted much greater privileges. Readers are now al- lowed to take out one book of fiction and one of non-fiction, or two books of non-fiction. I recommend that while readers shall still be restricted to one book of fiction, they may be allowed to take out as many books of non-fiction as they desire. I see no insuperable difficulty in the way to prevent us from doing this. As I have said, only about thirty per cent. of our readers are non- fiction readers, so the library will not be swamped by the number of people who will avail themselves of this new privilege. Now while the number of our non-fiction readers is only about thirty per cent of the entire number, the number of non-fiction books in the library is, at a rough estimate, upwards of eighty per cent. If the whole number of non-fiction readers, which is very im- probable, should ask for an increased number of books, eighty per cent. of the books of the library would be accessible to the


1


University of Colorado


254


ANNUAL REPORTS.


increased demand. The greater proportion of these books are now seldom used, and if any plan can be devised to render their use more general, a decisive benefit to the community will result. I submit this recommendation to your careful consideration.


My thanks are due to the members of the staff for their faith- fulness, and to your board for your kindly co-operation.


SAM WALTER FOSS, Librarian.


December 26, 1905.


BOARD OF HEALTH


1905


ALLEN F. CARPENTER, Chairman EDMUND S. SPARROW, WESLEY T. LEE, M. D.


OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk and Agent to Issue Burial Permits. CALEB A. PAGE, Agent.


FRANK L. MORSE, M. D., Bacteriologist. .


CHARLES M. BERRY, Inspector of Animals and Provisions.


JULIUS E. RICHARDSON, Milk Inspector.


DUNCAN C. GREENE, Plumbing Inspector.


EDGAR T. MAYHEW, Superintendent Collection of Ashes and Offal.


.


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY HALL, January 1, 1906.


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


Gentlemen,-We respectfully submit the following as the twenty-eighth 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, 1905 :-


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 1905.


(SEE DESCRIPTION OF DISTRICTS IN LATTER PART OF THIS REPORT.)


I.


II.


III.


IV.


V.


VI.


VII.


VIII.


IX.


X.


Total.


Population ( estimated ).


6,853


6,985


5,315


5,529


15,416


10,755


5,056


4,670


4,840


4,581


70,000


Bakery offensive


1


1


1


5


Cellar damp .


5


3


2


2


6


4


3


4


2


4


35


Cesspool offensive


3


5


Cow barn offensive


2


1


1


1


2


7


Cows kept without license .


1


1


1


2


5


Drainage defective


14


12


16


13


11


15


14


13


11


13


132


3


1


2


1


3


4


2


1


2


1


20


4


2


3


2


1


4


4


2


1


2


25


1


1


2


1


1


1


3


3


1


3


2


1


1


1


3


2


7


22


Manure exposed and offensive


4


3


3


4


2


3


3


2


2


4


30


Manure pit defective .


3


3


2


1


2


1


2


1


3


23


Offal on land


2


1


1


1


2


1


1


1


2


1


13


Offensive odor in and about dwellings


4


2


1


1


2


2


3


3


2


2


22


Pigs kept without license


1


1


15


8


9


11


8


9


7


8


6


8


89


Privy-vault offensive


1


4


9


Rabbits.


1


1


5


4


1


3


3


2


4


2


2


3


29


Slops thrown on surface


5


3


2


4


2


3


2


2


1


3


27


Stable infected with glanders


17


4


1


2


2


1


1


28


Stable and stable premises filthy and offensive


3


1


4


3


2


5


2


2


1


4


27


Stable without drainage


2


1


1


2


2


1


1


1


1


2


14


Stagnant water on surface


1


2


1


1


1


2


1


2


1


3


15


Water-closet defective


5


3


6


8


4


5


4


3


5


G


49


Water under stable


1


1


2


2


1


1


4


12


Total


106


63


63


70


58


72


55


56


46


80


669


3


2


1


1


1


2


1


1


8


Premises dirty .


Goats kept without license .


Hens in cellar


1


1


12


Hennery offensive


1


1


2


Drainage emptying into cellar Drainage emptying on surface Fish offal


5


2


4


Rubbish in cellar


.


1


257


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Number of nuisances abated 669


Number of nuisances referred to board of 1906 60


Number of nuisances complained of 729


Number of complaints (many covering more than one nuisance) . 427


Number of notices mailed


Number of notices served by constables 4


501


In addition to the above, '267 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.


Glanders .- Twenty-eight cases of glanders have been re- ported during the year. Prompt action was taken in every case, and twenty-seven of the horses were killed, one being released from quarantine by order of the cattle commissioners.


Permits.


The record of permits to keep cows, swine, goats, and hens, to collect grease, and to remove manure is as follows :-


Cows .- Thirty-eight applications were received for permits to keep 153 cows. Thirty-three permits to keep 129 cows were granted, and five permits were refused.


Swine .- Nineteen applications were received for permits to keep thirty-four swine. Seventeen permits were granted to keep thirty swine, and two permits were refused. The fee is one dollar for each swine.


Goats .- Six applications were received for permits to keep six goats. Five permits were granted to keep five goats, and one permit was refused. The fee is one dollar for each goat.


Hens .- Seventy-three applications for permits to keep 1,627 hens were received. Sixty-nine permits to keep 1,566 hens were granted, and four permits were refused.


Grease .- Fifteen applications were received for permits to collect grease, fourteen of which were granted. The fee is two dollars. Four of the parties licensed reside in Somerville, two in Charlestown, five in Cambridge, two in Boston, and one in Chelsea.


Manure .- Two permits were issued during the year for the carting of manure through the streets of the city in the daytime between May 1 and November 1. All permits issued for the re- moval of manure from the stables in the city in the daytime, or for carting through the streets of the city, remain in force until re- voked. No fee is charged for these permits.


Melting and Rendering .- Three 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.


258


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Pedlers.


One hundred and fifty-two certificates of registration were issued to hawkers and pedlers during the year under the pro .. visions of ordinance number 27-an increase of five over the year 1904. One hundred and eighteen certificates have been renewed during the year. Each pedler is required to present a writing from the sealer of weights and measures, showing that his meas- ures have been properly sealed, before a certificate is issued to him. Pedlers 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 condition, and are properly marked with the owner's name and number.


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.


An average of twenty-eight men, with seventeen horses, thirteen carts, and four wagons for the collection of waste paper, has been employed in the work.


The collections are made weekly, as follows :-


Monday


. in district one.


Tuesday


two.


Wednesday


66


three.


Thursday


four.


Friday


66


five.


Saturday


66


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,


259:


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


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.


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.


Disposal of City Offal.


How to dispose of the city's offal in the most expeditious, sanitary, and profitable manner has always been a perplexing question. For many years garbage was supposed to have no value, and the city was obliged to pay for its removal ; but as its use as a food for swine became recognized, its worth was appre- ciated, and a contract was made for its disposal without expense to the city. The demand for it increased, and a contract was


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


later made by which the city received a financial compensation. The last contract was made in 1900 for a period of five years, and the city was to receive the sum of $1,100 annually. The contract expired April 1, 1905, and this board determined, after careful investigation and deliberation, that the city's offal could be much more profitably disposed of by establishing a plant where it could be sold directly to customers.


Necessary buildings were constructed by recommendation of his honor the mayor April 5, 1905, on the city's land adjacent to the health department stables, and the sale of the offal at this place has continued during the last nine months of the year. During this time the amount received has been $4,549.86, while the added expense of handling it, exclusive of the cost of install- ing the plant, has been $470, leaving a net income for the nine months of $4,079.86.


Since the first few weeks when the new system was getting into running order, the demand has equaled the supply, and the offal has been disposed of as fast as it has been collected, and in a sanitary and satisfactory manner. The force employed con- sists of twenty-three regular men, with eleven horses and eleven wagons.


Stables.


Under the provisions of sections 69 and 70 of the revised laws of 1902, seventeen petitions for licenses to erect and use stables were received and disposed of as follows :-


Number granted 8


Number refused .


8


Number referred to board of 1906 .


1


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 968 deaths and sixty stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following table, which shows an in- crease of deaths over the previous year of four :-


Deaths at Somerville hospital during the year 53


Deaths at Cherry-street hospital 2


Deaths at home for aged poor (Highland avenue), 51


Deaths at home for aged (Grand View avenue) 1 Deaths at City home . 2


261


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


DEATHS BY AGES.


AGES.


Total.


Male.


Female.


Under one


157


76


81


One to two .


23


14


9


Two to three.


10


4


6


Three to four


13


9


4


Four to five


11


10


1


Five to ten


29


17


12


Ten to fifteen


9


5


4


Fifteen to twenty


17


9


8


Twenty to thirty


67


28


39


Thirty to forty


68


33


35


Forty to fifty


80


31


49


Fifty to sixty


98


48


50


Sixty to seventy


132


74


58


Seventy to eighty .


172


70


102


Eighty to ninety


74


21


53


Ninety and over


8


4


4


Total


968


453


515


.


Of the stillborn, 32 were males and 28 females.


262


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Mortality in Somerville in 1905.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


I. GENERAL DISEASES.


(A. Epidemic Diseases.)


Scarlet fever


1


1


4


Diphtheria . .


3


2


1


1


1 1 6211


1


1


3


1


9


Erysipelas


1


1


1


1


1


7


Cholera morbus


1


1


2


6


10


La grippe


4


3


3


3


1


(B. „Other General Diseases.)


Septicemia


1


1


3


Rheumatism


1


3


3


1


1


1


1


....


Chlorosis


4


2


4


4


3


6


3


6


4


5


4


52


Tumor


1


1


1


1


1


5


Leukæmia


1


1


Diabetes


1


1


1


2


5


Syphilis' .


4


8


10


12


10


4


8


9


6


4


2


7


84


Tubercular meningiti:


3


2


1


1


....


8 1


II. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.


Meningitis


2


2


4


1


2


1


1 4


2


1


16


Apoplexy


4


3


6


6


3


3


8


8


4


7


8


64


Paralysis


4


1


3


2


1


4


1


1


1


1


1


5


Convulsions


2


6


Neuritis .


1


1


Spinal disease


1


1


3


Hemiplegia .


1


2


1


2


2


9


Epilepsy


1


1


1


1


4


Myelitis .


1


1


2


Eclampsia


1


1


1


1


4


III. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULA- TORY SYSTEM.


Heart disease


3


9


3


12


6


2


8


10


2


8


10


9


82


Endocarditis


2


1


6


Myocarditis


1


1


1


3


2


1


1


1


2


13


Pericarditis


1


1


1


1


1


1


6


Cyanosis


1


1


IV. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRA - TORY SYSTEM.


Pneumonia .


14


19


14


14


10


4


5


2


5


11


15


14


127


Bronchitis


5


2


3


3


3


2


2


1


3


5


2


31


Hemorrhage


Asthma .


Pulmonary œdema


3


1


1


1


1


1


8


Emphysema


...


1


.. . .


1


.


Exophthalmic goiter


1


...


...


18


Brain diseases


1


1


1


1


..


1


Tuberculosis


1


. .


1


1


Dysentery


3


17


1 1


Pernicious Anæmia


1


. .


Cancer


7


1


Typhoid fever


1


2


3


3


17


5 7 1


.


2


1


1


2


6


2


1


1


2


Angina pectoris


1


3


1


1


3


2


1


1


263


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1905. - Concluded.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


V. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.


Colitis


1


1


4


1


7


Gastritis .


1


2


1


2


1


. .


Peritonitis


1


1


1


1


1


5


Diarrhea


1


3


1


1


6


Cholera infantum .


1


10


6


3


2


22


Liver disease


1


3


Ptomaine poisoning


2


1


1


Enteritis


1


3


2


7


8


2


4


1


28


Hernia


1


1


1


3


Intestinal obstruction


3


1


1


1


6


Appendicitis


1


. .


.


1


1


1


1


2


7


Cirrhosis liver


1


2


2


1


6


Jaundice


1


.


VI. DISEASES OF GENITO-URI- NARY SYSTEM.


Bright's disease


2


2


3


2


1


2


1


1


14


Cystitis


2


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


9


Nephritis


5


6


9


2


5


7


3


5


5


5


11


63


VII. CHILDBIRTH.


Childbirth


1


1


2


1


2


1


1


9


VIII. DISEASES OF THE SKIN.


Abscess


1


1


1


1


1


5


Eczema


1


1


Gangrene


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


Ulcer


IX. DISEASES OF THE LOCOMO- TOR SYSTEM.


Ostitis


1


1


X. MALFORMATIONS.


Hydrocephalus


1


1


1


1


4


Malformation


3


1


5


XI. EARLY INFANCY.


Inanition


1


2


3


1


7


Atelecta sis


1


1


2


Premature birth and congenital debility


4


6


1


5


2


1


5


4


2


1


1


32


XII. OLD AGE.


Old age


1


1


2


2


1


1


2


1


4


3


18


XIII. VIOLENCE.


Alcoholism


1


1


2


Railroad .


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


7


Suicide


1


1


1


3


Burning .


1


1


2


4


Fracture of skull


1


2


3


Gas poisoning


1


1


2


Concussion of brain


1


1


Bullet wound .


1


1


Total


90


82


107


80


76


57


86


82


72


71


88


77


968


Stillborn


8


4


6


3


4


6


4


6


5


4


4


6


60


Population ( estimated )


70,000


Death rate per thousand


13.8


2


. ..


....


...


....


Erythema


1


1


1


1


Asphyxia neonatorum


. .


. .


...


1


. .


1


Drowning


1


1


2


Poisoning


1


1


...


2


2


Gastric ulcer


1


...


.


1


..


264


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Social Relations of Decedents.


Married


334


Single


381


Widow


188


Widower


62


Divorced


2


Unknown


1


Total


Nativity of Decedents.


Somerville


233


Massachusetts


Other New England states


237


Other states


162


Canada


74


Ireland


158


Italy


11


Norway and Sweden


6


Russia


5


Other countries


8


Unknown


2


Total


968


Nativity of Parents of Decedents.


Father Mother


Somerville


11


21


Massachusetts


171


173


Other New England states .


167


163


Other states


29


18


Canada and provinces .


126


144


England, Scotland, and Wales


63


52


Ireland


294


301


Italy


14


12


Norway and Sweden


18


13


Russia


6


6


Other countries


26


21


Unknown


43


44


Total


968


968


Of the parents of the stillborn, 25 fathers and 31 mothers were na- tives of the United States, and 35 fathers and 29 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, membraneous croup, typhus fever. typhoid fever, chicken-pox, pulmonary tuberculosis, cerebro- spinal meningitis, 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 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




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