Report of the city of Somerville 1906, Part 21

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 552


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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.


269


HEALTH 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.


Offal .- During the year the board has continued to dispose of the city offal at its garbage plant adjacent to the city stables. This offal is sold directly to farmers and others, and is handled in a thoroughly sanitary and satisfactory manner. The demand for garbage has exceeded the supply, and in its disposal there has been an entire absence of objectionable features. A new driveway to the plant has been constructed, and several impor- tant alterations and improvements have been made, which have rendered it entirely practicable and satisfactory.


During the year 6,756 loads of offal have been collected, averaging seven cords daily.


Two collections are made in each district weekly, and dur- ing the summer months an extra collection is made at hotels, stores, and other establishments producing large quantities of offal.


Stables.


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


Number granted 19


Number refused


. 12


Board of Infants.


Ten parties, whose applications were first approved by this board, have been licensed by the state board of charity to care for twenty children, in this city, under the provisions of chapter 83 of the revised laws of 1902.


Deaths.


There were 1,004 deaths and seventy-seven stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following table, which shows an increase of deaths over the previous year of thirty- six :-


Deaths at Somerville hospital during the year 69


Deaths at Cherry-street hospital 3


Deaths at hospital for contagious diseases 6 Deaths at home for aged poor (Highland avenue), 60 Deaths at City home . 3


270


ANNUAL REPORTS.


DEATHS BY AGES.


AGES.


Total.


Male.


Female.


Under one


183


111


72


One to two


48


21


27


Two to three.


17


14


3


Three to four


17


11


6


Four to five .


7


3


4


Five to ten


20


7


13


Ten to fifteen


14


9


5


Fifteen to twenty


11


4


7


Twenty to thirty


60


24


36


Thirty to forty


77


28


49


Forty to fifty


74


39


35


Fifty to sixty


103


54


49


Sixty to seventy


154


69


85


Seventy to eighty .


125


54


71


Eighty to ninety


.


83


31


52


Ninety and over


11


2


9


Total


1,004


481


523


·


Of the stillborn, 45 were males and 32 females.


241


HEALTH DEPARTMENT


Mortality in Somerville in 1906.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


I. GENERAL DISEASES. (A. Epidemic Diseases.)


Whooping cough .


1


2


1


4


2


1


11


Scarlet fever


1


1


Diphtheria .


2


2


5


2


2


1


1


15


Typhoid fever


1


1


3


2


1


1


2


11


Erysipelas


1


1


2


Cholera morbus


1


1


1


La grippe


1


1


Measles .


1


1


(B. Other General Diseases.)


Septicemia


1


1


1


1


4


Rheumatism


1


1


1


1


1


7


Pernicious Anæmia


1


2


1


2


6


Cancer of anus


2


3


Cancer of bladder


2


4


1


1


1


1


2


1


16


Cancer of face .


1


1


1


1


1


2


1


1


2


10


Cancer liver .


1


1


1


1


1


1


9


Cancer of stomach


2


2


1


6


1


1


1


15


Cancer of throat


1


1


2


2


2


1


1


11


Cancer of vulva


1


...


1


2


Tumor


1


2


1


2


2


1


9


Diabetes


2


1


1


Q


1


2


4


1


. .


1


Tuberculosis


7


11


6


12


8


6


9


9


7


4


9


95


Tubercular meningitis


2


1


1


2


1


1


1


3


1


13


Exophthalmic goiter


1


II. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.


Chorea


1


3


2


3


2


1


2


1


1


15


Apoplexy


9


9


1


1


4


1


5


2


3


55


Paralysis


1


1


2


1


2


3


2


13


Brain diseases


1


1


3


Convulsions


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


Spinal disease


1


1


Hemiplegia .


1


1


1


1


3


1


1


10


Epilepsy


1


1


1


3


Myelitis


1


1


1


3


Eclampsia


1


1


1


3


Paresis.


1


1


3


Tetanus


1


III. DISEASES OF THE CIRCUL A TORY SYSTEM.


Heart disease


3


5


2


G


1


6


5


1


4


6


4


2


45


Endocarditis


1


2


1


2


1


1


1


1


1


2


15


Myocarditis


1


1


2


2


2


1


1


1


11


Pericarditis


1


1


1


1


1


5


Angina pectoris.


2


1


5


Cyanosis


1


2


IV. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRA- TORY SYSTEM.


Pneumonia


14


17


14


20


7


4


2


11


7


20


133


Bronchitis


2


2


3


2


1


3


3


6


3


30


Asthma .


2


1


8


Pulmonary œdema


1


.. .


1


5


Emphysema


1


1


Pleurisy .


. .


1


1


. .


1


1


Cancer of breast


5


Cancer intestines


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


Cancer spinal cord


1


1


1


1


2


Cancer of uterus


1


Leukæmia


1


1


. .


14


Scorbutus


1


Meningitis


5


1


1


6


Neuritis .


1


1


.


1


1


1


2


1


1


2


1


1


1


...


2


1


1


Dysentery


3


2


. .


1


1


1


1


2


....


2


8 2


1


1


Hemorrhage


9 3


1


1


1


1


8


1


272


ANNUAL REPORTS.


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1906. - Concluded.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


V. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.


Acute indigestion


1


1


2


1


3


2


10


Colitis


1


1


2


4


6


1


1


16


Gastritis


1


1


3


2


1


1


1


10


Peritonitis


1


1


1


1


1


2


1


8


Diarrhea


3


Cholera infantum .


4


7


5


1


1


Ptomaine poisoning .


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


8


Enteritis


1


1


1


1


1


3


5


4


6


1


1


25


Hernia


1


1


1


2


1


6


Intestinal obstruction


1


1


1


1


1


5


Appendicitis


1


1


1


1


1


4


Jaundice


1


1


Hepatitis


1


1


VI. DISEASES OF GENITO-URI- NARY SYSTEM.


Bright's disease


1


1


2


2


1


2


2


1


12


Cystitis


1


1


11


4


2


5


2


7


6


4


9


6


66


Pyelitis


VII. CHILDBIRTH.


Childbirth


1


1


1


1


1


2


1


1


9


VIII. DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND CELLULAR TISSUE.


2


Carbuncle


1


1


Eczema .


1


1


Gangrene


1


1


1


2


2


IX. MALFORMATIONS.


Hydrocephalus


1


1


1


1


1


X. EARLY INFANCY.


2


2


4


Inanition


3


1


2


4


1


11


Asphyxia neonatorum


1


2


Premature birth and congenital debility


4


5


1


2


5


3


2


2


3


6


2


1


36


XI. OLD AGE.


Old age .


2


1


5


1


3


1


2


4


1


20


Senile dementia


2


1


1


2


1


1


1


2


1


12


XII. VIOLENCE.


Alcoholism


1


1


Drowning


1


Railroad .


1


1


2


1


3


8


Suicide


1


Burning .


2


1


1


4


Poisoning


1


1


2


Fracture of hip


1


1


2


Fracture of ribs and rupture liver


1


1


Fracture of skull .


1


1


2


Fracture of spine .


1


1


2


Fracture of thigh .


1


1


1


3


Gas poisoning


1


1


Concussion of brain .


1


1


Bullet wound


1


1


Overlaying .


1


. .


Total


85


75


88


95


75


69


65


84


101


98


85


84


100


Stillborn


7


6


1


3


7


4


5


11


7


11


7


8


774


Population ( estimated ) Death rate per thousand


72,000


13.9


. .


1


1


Gastric ulcer


1


1


1


3


Cirrhosis liver


2


7


Nephritis


6


4


1


1


Abscess


1


1


Ulcer


Malformation


1


2


Marasmus


1


2


1


1


18


Rupture of intestines


1


2


1


1


1


1


273


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Social Relations of Decedents.


. 327


Single


418


Widow


181


Widower


75


Divorced


3


Total


1,004


Nativity of Decedents.


Somerville


270


Massachusetts


231


Other New England states .


130


Other states


35


Canada


107


England, Scotland, and Wales


33


Ireland


154


Italy


11


Norway and Sweden


.


7


Russia


2


Other countries


21


Unknown


3


Total


1,004 .


Nativity of Parents of Decedents.


Father. Mother.


Somerville


26


25


Massachusetts


190


195


Other New England states


154


131


Other states


24


28


Canada and provinces


125


138


England, Scotland, and Wales


64


55


Ireland


282


283


Italy


26


25


Norway and Sweden


13


12


Russia


9


8


Other countries


37


31


Unknown


54


73


Total


1,004


1,004


Of the parents of the stillborn. 38 fathers and 36 mothers were na- tives of the United States, and 39 fathers and 41 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 patient re-


.


.


Married


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


sides, and the librarian of the public library are notified, and state board of health.


Scarlet Ferer .- One hundred fifty-four cases of scarlet fever have been reported during the year, one of which resulted fatally. In 1905 there were one hundred thirty-seven cases, four of which resulted fatally.


Diphtheria .- Two hundred and thirty-six cases of diph- theria have been reported during the year, fifteen of which were fatal. In 1905 there were one hundred and ninety-nine cases, seventeen 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.


Tuberculosis .- Fifty-eight cases of tuberculosis have been re- ported during the year. There were ninety-five deaths from this disease.


Typhoid Fever .- Ninety-three cases of typhoid fever have been reported during the year, eleven of which have proved fatal. In 1905 there were fifty-two cases reported, nine of which were fatal.


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


Smallpox .- One case of smallpox has been reported during the year.


Number of cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria for which houses


were placarded


. 390


Number of premises disinfected by agent


· 667


Disinfection.


It will be seen by the foregoing figures that, in addition to the 390 premises infected with scarlet fever or diphtheria, 277 other premises were disinfected. Thirty-seven disinfections were made at the request of attending physicians whose patients had been ill with typhoid fever or cancer. One hundred and thirty- five schoolrooms were disinfected for scarlet fever or diphtheria, and 105 premises for tuberculosis, in compliance with the regu- lations passed by this board.


Many library books have also been disinfected, and quan- tities of infected bedding and other material have been burned.


275


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


TABLES.


The prevalence of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever in the city during the several months of the year 1906 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 1906.


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


26


21


...


2


9.8


2


1


50.0


March


23


...


19


2


10.5


1


1


100.0


April


9


1


11.1


38


5


13.2


7


3


42.8


June .


9


. .


....


....


....


....


....


28


1


3.6


October


14


...


....


34


5.9


25


2


8.0


November .


9


....


. . .


31


1


3.2


3


....


December .


11


. ..


....


23


1


4.3


2


....


....


Total .


154


1


.64


236


15


6.3


95


11


11.6


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


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


MONTHS.


1897.


1898.


1899.


1900.


1901.


1902.


1903.


1904.


1905.


1906.


1897.


1898.


1899.


1900.


1901.


1902.


1903.


1904.


1905.


1906.


1897.


1898.


1899.


1900.


1901.


1902.


1903.


1904.


1905.


1906.


January


2


February .


March


1


April


3


May


1


1


5


3


1


1


1


1


1


2


2


July


1


4


1


1


1


1


1


1


3


3


2


1


2


1


1


2


1


1


1


September


2


2


1


3


1


2


1


October


1


5


1


6


3


2


2


2


2


1


3


1


2


1


2


November


2


1


8


2


1


3


2


3


3


1


1


3


2


3


3


.


December


3


1


1


3


1


1


1


5


4


1


5


2


2


3


1


1


3


3


1


1


1


. .


Total


6


0


3 7 5


3 10


3


4 1


44 10 11 49 29


19 19 14 17 15


11 11 15


9 12


6 10 11 9 11


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


1


1


-


-


-


--


-


-


3


1


:


. . -.


1: : :


1


1


1 111.28 1


1


1


1


1


June


1


1


1


3


August


1


. .


9


1


2


1


1 1


.


co:


. .


..


..


..


.


1


1


8


6


....


....


18


1


5.5


September .


5


...


....


17


2


11.8


2


.


....


5


. .


2


?


100.0


July .


5


....


August


4


....


...


February


23


. .


21


May .


13


....


10


11


1


1


2


1


2


1


:


-


1


Cases


Cases


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Hospital for Contagious Diseases.


The Russell estate at the corner of Broadway and North street, West Somerville, was purchased by the city in 1901 for the purpose of establishing a contagious hospital, and in 1905 the money was appropriated to remodel the old building and build necessary additions. The work was completed early this year, and the hospital was opened for patients March 18.


Miss Nellie J. Van Cor, for several years night superintend- ent of the contagious department of the Boston city hospital, was secured as matron, and under her efficient direction the hos- pital has been fitted up and the details of management and nurs- ing have been systematized and successfully carried out.


The experimental stage of the hospital has passed, and the enterprise has proved a most gratifying success. During the early months of the year there were a great many difficulties to overcome, owing to lack of equipment and appropriation, but as the year has advanced needed improvements and alterations have been made and difficult problems have been solved. There yet remains much to be done, and the success of the past months seems to warrant further additions and improvements.


When the hospital was opened twenty patients could be accommodated. Later in the year two large rooms, which were at first left unfinished, were completed and fitted up, so that the present capacity is forty patients. The first floor is used for diphtheria patients, and scarlet fever cases are treated on the second floor. It is a significant tribute to the ability of the matron and her assistants that no secondary infections or recur- rences have taken place since the hospital was opened.


Undoubtedly this institution has been a potent factor in pre- venting the development and spread of contagious diseases in the city. Many patients have been treated who could not have been properly isolated or cared for at home. With additional accom- modations and equipment, the hospital will prove to be one of the most valuable additions to the institutions of the city.


The statistical report of the hospital is as follows :-


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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Patients Treated at the Contagious Hospital.


Admission by Months.


DISEASE.


Mareh


April


May


June


July


August


September


October


November


December


Total admitted


Cured


Died


Remaining


January 1, 1907.


Scarlet fever .


3


13


1


5


5


9


5


5


1 1


47


43


1


3


Diphtheria


12


2


1


2


2


2


10


11


2


44


39


5


. .


Erysipelas


.


1


1


..


. .


..


.


2


2


. .


Totals


15


16


2


8


7


11


15


16


3


93


84


6


3


The mortality rate was 6.45 per cent. Of the six patients who died, two were moribund when admitted, two had the most septic form of diphtheria, one had diphtheria complicated by scarlet fever and nephritis, and the other died of nephritis com- plicating scarlet fever.


Medical Inspection of Schools.


The board of health has for several years endeavored to ob- tain an appropriation to enable it to institute a system of medical inspection in the schools of the city. At the beginning of the present year the usual request for an appropriation of $1,500 was inade, but owing to the fact that state legislation on the matter was pending, the request was laid on the table.


In June a law was passed making it mandatory upon cities and towns to provide a system of medical inspection in the schools, and in November the sum of $125 was appropriated by the board of aldermen for the purpose of instituting such a sys- tem in this city.


The board of health, with an advisory committee of the school committee, arranged a system of inspection which was put in operation in the public schools early in December. Inspectors were appointed, circulars describing the system were sent to parents and physicians, and a mass meeting of teachers was held at which the plan was described in detail.


Briefly stated, the plan is as follows :-


The inspector visits each of the schools under his care in the morning of every school day, and examines all children who are referred to him by the principal or teacher. Those who are too ill to remain in school are sent home with blanks properly filled out, and duplicate records are kept by the principal. The in- spector makes periodical inspections of the school buildings and premises, and reports any defects. Once each year all the chil-


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


dren are examined for physical defects, and abnormal conditions are reported to parents. In these ways the inspectors act as agents of the board of health, and they make monthly reports of their work to the board.


The districts and inspectors are as follows :--


District No. 1 .-- Prescott, Hanscom, Davis, and Edgerly schools ; Dr. Francis Shaw, 57 Cross street.


District No. 2 .- Baxter, Knapp, Perry, and Bell schools ; Dr. M. W. White, 42 Bow street.


District No. 3 .- Bennett, Pope, Cummings, and Proctor schools; Dr. L. H. Raymond, 30 Bow street.


District No. 4 .- Morse, Carr, Durell, and Burns schools ; Dr. W. L. Bond, 322 Highland avenue.


District No. 5 .- Brown, Bingham, and Forster schools; Dr. W. D. Ruston, 1 Pearson road.


District No. 6 .- Lincoln, Hodgkins, Highland, and Lowe schools ; Dr. H. Cholerton, 396 Highland avenue.


District No. 7 .- Glines, English high, and Latin high schools; Dr. R. F. Gibson, 108 Highland avenue.


The reports of the inspectors for the month during which they have been acting indicate the value of the system. The number of children examined was 810, of which 151 were sent home. Many cases of pediculosis were discovered, and children suffering with diphtheria, chicken pox, whooping cough, and other contagious diseases were excluded from school attendance.


The system is now in good working order, and will undoubt- edly result in great benefit to the children of the city. It is a long step in the direction of preventing disease, and cannot fail to limit the development and spread of contagious affections.


Bacteriological Department.


The work of this department was performed by Frank L. Morse, M. D., medical inspector of the board, 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, diphtheria, typhoid fever and malaria, and diphtheria anti-toxin and vaccine lymph may be obtained at the laboratory and at the following places :-


Claude Curtis, 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.


279


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Percy A. Hall, ? Studio building, Davis square.


Herbert E. Bowman, 529 Medford street, Magoun square.


Eugene B. Carpenter, 10 Broadway.


Julius E. Richardson, 310 Broadway.


Paul S. Eaton, 693 Broadway.


Willis S. Furbush & Co., 1153 Broadway.


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


Districts.


A map showing the health districts was printed with the annual reports for 1904 and previous years. This division of dis- tricts was made by the board of health of 1878, and has since remained unchanged.


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, 1906, has been obtained from the assessors' books.


280


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


Districts


I.


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.


1


Population


·


.


.


6,988


6,993


5,576


5,740


15,527


10,890


5,379


4,885


5,030


4,992


72,000


Dwellings


1,076


1,047


785


896


2,548


1,748


886


895


849


955


11,685


Average in each dwelling .


6.5


6.7


7.1


6.4


6.1


6.2


6.1


5.5


5.9


5.2


6.2


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


Number of


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Number of


Rate


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Number of


per 1,000.


Number of


Rate


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


Number of


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


1897


158


22


80


15


80


16


88


17


170


15


15


68


12


40


14


29


00


53


18


859


15


1898 .


161


23


67


13


79


16


88


17


194


18


15


93


14


28


9


50


12


28


00


880


15


1899 .


102


14


68


13


81


16


113


19


155


14


87


14


12


34


11


46


11


28


9


801


13


1900 ·


134


17


92


15


87


16


115


19


20


13


87 82 66


11 00


41 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


00


20


890


13


1903 .


158


20


79


13


76


14


89


14


151


12


96


14


90


12


64


17


65


12


37


18


955


14


1904 .


175


21


58


9


85


15


79


10


165


15


131


18


89


11


46


11


52


10


00


15


964


14


1905 .


.


·


.


.


171


24


57


00


100


16


72


12


181


12


121


11


107


19


57


11


49


10


89


18


1004


14


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


20


12


15


15


15


13


13


13


=


16


14


·


·


.


.


169


24


61


9


78


15


91


17


158


11


111


10


90


17


51


11


68


14


91


19


968


14


1906 .


.


-


1


ANNUAL REPORTS.


15


967 16


1901 .


133


17


74


12


13


67


11


229 178


15


10


82 65


Rate


Deaths.


Rate


Deaths.


12


54


12


51


Rate


per 1,000.


Rate


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Number of


Rate


Number of


Rate


YEAR.


.


In 1906.


.


.


.


per 1,000.


93 92


281


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Table Showing the Five Principal Causes of Death in Somerville in 1906, with the Number and Rate in Each District.


PNEUMONIA.


TUBERCULOSIS.


HEART DISEASE.


NEPHRITIS'


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.


24


34.3


19


27.2


12


17.2


11


15.7


12


17.2


II.


6


8.8


7


10.0


6


8.8


5


7.1


4


5.7


III.


17


30.5


00


14.4


8


14.4


0


10.8


10


17.9


IV.


6


10.5


11


19.2


6


10.5


9


15.7


2


3.5


V.


24


15.4


11


7.1


10


6.4


5.8


9


5.8


VI.


16


14.7


11


1.0


7


6.4


7.3


11


1.0


VII.


16


29.8


10


18.6


12


22.3


10


18.6


12


22.3


VIII.


7


14.4


5


10.2


6


12.3


7


14.4


5


10.2


IX.


7


13.9


6


11.9


6


11.9


7


13 9


5


9.9


X.


10


20.1


7


14.0


10


20.1


6


12.0


5


10.0


Total .


133


18.5


95


13.2


83


11.5


78


10.8


75


10.4


Table of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Typhoid Fever in Each District in 1906.


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


DISTRICTS.


Reported.


Deaths.


Cases per


Deaths per


Cases


Deaths.


Cases per


Deaths per


Cases


Deaths.


Cases per


Deaths per


1,000 of Pop.


I.


31


4.43


40


2


5.72


0.21


20


1


2.86


0.11


II.


12


1.72


14


.


...


.


8.75


III.


18


3.22


43


3


7.71


0.54


5


2


0.89


0.36


IV.


9


1.57


34


1


5.92


0.17


6


. .


1.05


V.


15


0.97


22


1


1.42


0.06


12


A


0.77


0.26


VI.


23


2.11


34


1


3.12


0.09


12


2


1.10


0.19


VII.


15


. .


..


14


1


2.61


0.18


9


1


1.12


0.18


VIII.


11


. .


2.25


9


1.84


...


..


0,99


X.


14


1


2.71


0.20


15


9


3.00


1.20


00


1


1.60


0.20


Total


154


1


2.14


0.01


236


15


3.28


0.21


93


11


1.29


0.15


...


....


IX.


6


1.19


11


.


2.19


...


.


2.66


cico


1,000 of Pop.


Reported.


Cases


1,000 of Pop.


1,000 of Pop.


Reported.


1,000 of Pop.


1.10


9


...


...


2.79


..


1,000 of Pop.


00 00


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.


1900.


1901.


1902.


1903.


1904.


1905.


1906.


Av'age for Seven Yrs.


DISTRICTS.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Scarlet Fever."


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


I.


Cases Deaths .


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




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