Report of the city of Somerville 1908, Part 18

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 466


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Permits.


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


Cows .- Thirty-four applications were received for permits to keep ninety-three cows. Thirty-three permits to keep eighty- six cows were granted, and one permit was refused.


Swine .- Seventeen applications were received for permits to keep thirty-three swine. Sixteen permits were granted to keep thirty swine, and one permit was refused. The fee is one dollar for each swine.


Goats .- One application was received for a permit to keep two goats, which permit was granted. The fee is one dollar for each goat.


Hens .- Eighty-six applications for permits to keep 1,879 hens were received. Sixty-three permits to keep 1,579 hens were granted, and twenty-three permits were refused.


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


Manure .- One permit was 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 revoked. No fee is charged for these permits.


Melting and Rendering .- Four 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.


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Pedlers.


Two hundred and seventy-two certificates of registration were issued to hawkers and pedlers during the year under the provisions of ordinance number 27-an increase of 156 over the year 1907. One hundred and forty-eight certificates have been renewed during the year. Each pedler is required to present a statement from the sealer of weights and measures, showing that his measures have been properly sealed, before a certificate is issued to him. Pedlers are also required to present their vehi- cles at the police station the first Monday of each month for in- spection by the agent of the board, that he may see if they are kept in a clean condition, and are properly marked with the . owner's name and number.


Ashes and Offal.


The collection and disposal of ashes, garbage, and other refuse materials is under the control of the board of health, and a competent superintendent is employed to take charge of this department.


To do this work seventy men are employed, and the de- partment owns and uses thirty-four horses, twenty ash carts, five paper wagons, and thirteen garbage wagons.


Ashes .- The ashes and non-combustible materials are de- posited upon the city dumps at Winter Hill and West Somer- ville. The combustible materials are burned in the incinerator which was built last year near the city stables, except those mate- rials which can be sold at a profit, such as clean paper, rags, and bottles.


During the year 48,271 loads of ashes and 3,260 loads of refuse material have been collected and disposed of.


Collections are made weekly, and the districts and days of collection are as follows :-


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- inont 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.


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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


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.


RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR COLLECTION OF ASHES AND OFFAL.


Chapters six and seven of the revised regulations of 1908 read as follows :-


CHAPTER VI.


HOUSE-OFFAL.


Section I. How to Be Kept .- All house-offal and refuse animal or vegetable substances shall be placed in suitable water-tight vessels and kept in some convenient place, to be removed by the persons duly au- thorized for that purpose by the board of health. Such vessels shall be kept covered, and shall not be permitted to become offensive.


Section 2. Not to be Removed Without Permit or Contract .- No person shall remove or carry in or through any street, avenue, square, court, lane, place, or alley, within the city, any house-offal, or any offensive animal or vegetable substance unless employed or authorized so to do by the board of health, nor in any manner except such as authorized by said board.


CHAPTER VII. ASHES, RUBBISH, AND HOUSE-DIRT.


Section I. Removal of, Etc .- Ashes, rubbish, house-dirt, and other refuse materials will be removed by the board of health wagons on such days as the board shall from time to time designate by notices left at the dwellings or otherwise, and under the following conditions :-


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Ashes, glass, metal, and other non-combustible waste materials must be put in suitable receptacles not larger than an ordinary flour barrel, and must be kept free from all other refuse matter.


All combustible waste materials, such as paper, rags, excelsior, straw, etc., must be kept free from non-combustible matter and garbage, and placed in suitable packages or barrels to prevent being scattered in handling.


All refuse matter for removal must be placed on the outer edge of the sidewalk opposite the dwelling from which it comes before the time that the board of health wagons are expected to make collections. No wagon, having passed through the street, will be sent back to col- lect materials not put out before its regular arrival.


Earth, gravel, bricks, mortar, stones, lime, plaster, cement, con- crete. or refuse material from repairs or construction of buildings will not be removed by the board of health wagons.


Tree trimmings, vine cuttings, and yard cleanings will be removed 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 refuse material.


No person shall overhaul the contents of receptacles for waste material set upon the sidewalks to be removed by the board of health.


Section 2. Dumping of Ashes and Refuse Materials .-- No person own- ing or occupying any premises within the limits of the city of Somer- ville, and no city officer controlling or in charge of city premises, shall cause any ashes or refuse material to be placed thereon, or shall allow such premises to be used as a public dump for ashes, refuse, or other material without a permit from the board of health, and only in accord- ance with such permit.


Section 3. Filling of Premises with Waste, Ashes, or Rubbish .- Any person owning or occupying any premises within this city, and desiring to fill such premises with dry waste, ashes, or rubbish, shall make writ- ten application to the board of health, describing the land and the filling material proposed, and the sources from which he proposes to obtain the material.


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 direct to farmers and others, and is handled in a thoroughly sanitary and satisfactory manner. The demand for the garbage has exceeded the supply, and in its disposal there has been an entire absence of objectionable features. The financial returns to the city are large.


During the year ?,916 loads of offal have been collected.


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 chapter 102 of the revised laws of 1902, thirteen petitions for licenses to erect and use stables were received and disposed of as follows :-


Number granted . 9


Number refused . 4


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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Board of Infants.


Fourteen parties, whose applications were first approved by this board, have been licensed by the state board of charity to care for thirty children, in this city, under the provisions of chap- ter 83 of the revised laws of 1902.


Deaths.


There were 903 deaths and seventy stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following table, which shows a decrease of deaths from the previous year of ninety-four :-


Deaths at Somerville hospital during the year 52


Deaths at Cherry-street hospital


2


Deaths at hospital for contagious diseases


7


Deaths at home for aged poor (Highland avenue), 40


Deaths at City home .


5


DEATHS BY AGES.


AGES.


Total.


Male.


Female.


Under one


One to two .


36


21


15


Three to four


Four to five .


7


2


5


Five to ten


24


12


12


Ten to fifteen


13


6


7


Fifteen to twenty .


18


S


10


Twenty to thirty


44


22


22


Thirty to forty


72


35


37


Forty to fifty


53


20


33


Fifty to sixty


85


37


48


Sixty to seventy


132


58


74


Seventy to eighty .


153


58


95


Eighty to ninety


58


23


35


Ninety and over


10


2


8


Total


903


429


474


178


111


67


Two to three.


14


5


6


9


1


Of the stillborn, 42 were males and 28 females.


250


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Mortality in Somerville in 1908.


January.


February,


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


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


Whooping cough .


1


1


1


1


1


2


Scarlet fever


1


1


2


1


1


1


2


2


Typhoid fever


1


1


2


1


1


1


1


1


9


Erysipelas


1


1


3


2


1


4


La grippe


5


1


.


1


1


.


(B. Other General Diseases.)


Septicemia


1


1


Rheumatism


1


1


4


1


.


1


8


Pernicious anæmia


1


1


1


1


1


4


Cancer of breast


1


1


2


3


1


2


1


1


13


Cancer of face .


1


1


1


1


1


1


6


Cancer liver and kidneys


2


2


1


2


7


Cancer of stomach


1


1


1


1


1


1


6


1


2


1


3


Cancer of uterus


1


1


1


1


1


1


3


2


2


13


Cancer of vulva


1


2


Mutiple sarcoma


1


1


1


Tumor


1


1


1


1


4


Leukæmia


1


1


1


2


2


1


1


71


Tuberculosis


7


4


5


8


5


6


5


4


6


5


9


7


6


2


Tuberculosis of spine


II. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.


Meningitis


1


1


2


1


5


Apoplexy


5


6


4


4


1


6


4


6


4


8


4


58


Paralysis


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


3


Convulsions


1


2


Neuritis


2


1


2


1


1


2


Myelitis


2


Eclampsia


1


1


2


Paresis


1


1


2


Cerebro-spinal meningitis


1


1


1


1


4


III. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULA- TORY SYSTEM.


Heart disease


6


8


2


6


7


3


2


6


3


2


61


Myocarditis .


1


1


2


2


2


3


1


1


1


5


21


Pericarditis .


3


Angina pectoris


1


1


1


1


4


Cyanosis


1


2


IV. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRA- TORY SYSTEM.


Pneumonia .


15


23


13


16


17


11


5


8


2


10


7


142


Bronchitis


3


4


1


2


2


27


Hemorrhage


1


Asthma


1


.. .


Pulmonary œdema


2


1


7


Emphysema


1


1


3


Laryngitis


1


. .


.


1


.


. .


1


1


1


1


. .


7 4


Dysentery


1


6


Measles


2


Cancer of anus


1


1


1


1


1


6


Cancer intestines


1


1


1


1


2


3


Cancer of throat


1


1


Metastatic cancer


1


1


2


Sarcoma of brain


. .


1


. . .


. .


1


1


9


Tubercular meningitis


1


3


1


1


1


1


1


1


6


Brain diseases


1


1


1 6


Epilepsy


1


1


1


.


.


.


.


1


2


1


1


1


1


2


1


3


13


1


1


1


1


..


4


1


1


3


1


1


1


1


. . .


..


1


6


3


2


4


7


Endocarditis


2


1


1


15


14


Cancer of tongue and jaw


1


Diabetes


..


Tuberculosis of intestines


Hemiplegia


1


6


5


Diphtheria .


11


1


...


....


1


251


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1908. - Concluded.


January.


February.


March.


April. .


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


V. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.


Acute indigestion


1


1


23


1


1


1


1


8


Gastritis .


2


1


1


1


2


1


8


Peritonitis


2


1


5


Diarrhea


1


1


1


3


Cholera infantum


...


..


....


1


1


2


Gastric ulcer


1


1


2


Enteritis


1


1


1


1


3


3


4


2


2


1


19


Intestinal obstruction


2


1


1


1


Abcess of gall bladder


1


1


1


1


1


4


Cirrhosis liver .


1


1


3


Gall stones


1


1


2


Hepatitis


VI. DISEASES OF GENITO-URI- NARY SYSTEM.


Bright's disease


1


1


2


1


1


1


1


1


9


Cystitis


2


8


3


2


6


4


5


3


6


7


5


7


58. 2


VII. CHILDBIRTH.


Childbirth


2


1


1


1


1


6


VIII. DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND CELLULAR TISSUE.


Abscess


1


1


1


Pemphigus


IX. MALFORMATIONS.


Hydrocephalus Malformation


1


1


1


2


1


X. EARLY INFANCY.


Marasmus


1


1


1


1


1


3


2


1


1


12


Inanition


1


2


1


2


2


8


Asphyxia neona torum


1


1


1


Premature


birth and congenital


3


3


1


4


3


3


2


2


1


1


3


28


XI. OLD AGE.


Old age .


1


2


2


4


1


1


2


13


Senile dementia


3


Arterio-sclerosis .


1


1


3


2


1


2


2


1


13


XII. VIOLENCE.


1


1


2


Drowning


1


1


2


Suicide


1


...


2


1


1


1


6


1


1


1


3


2


Fracture of hip


2


Fracture of skull


2


2


4


Fracture of ribs


1


1


Fracture of thigh


2


1


3


Injury to head.


1


1


1


3


1


1


Shock from fall


1


Total


81


82


80


68


78


77


65


75


63


78


76


80


903


Stillborn


6


3


7


10


6


0


6


7


2


5


9


9


70


Population ( estimated ) Death rate per thousand


75,500


11.96


. . .


4


Colitis


.. .


....


+


. .


. ..


. .


.


5


1


Appendicitis


. . .


...


. .


. .


. .


1


. .


2


. .


. .


. .


1


1


1


1


4


Nephritis


Pyelitis


1


1


. .


. .


1


1


4


1


1


1


. .


. .


..


.


3


debility


2


. . .


. .


1


1


Alcoholism


1


1


Burning


Suffocation


1


1


1


1


1


1


Shock from operation on palate


..


. .


1


. .


2


6


...


....


...


1


3


5


3


2


14


· Ptomaine poisoning


Hernia


1


1


1


1


1


. .


...


. .


Gangrene


1


1


1


. .


1


Railroad .


Bullet wound .


.. .


1


1


252


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Social Relations of Decedents.


Married


298


Single


393


Widow


..


152


Widower


58


Divorced .


2


Unknown


0


Total


903


Nativity of Decedents.


Somerville


· 238


Massachusetts


.


226


Other New England states


132


Other states


26


Canada .


78


England, Scotland, and Wales


35


Ireland


132


Italy


9


Norway and Sweden


8


Russia


3


Other countries


14


Unknown


2


Total


903


Nativity of Parents of Decedents.


Father. Mother.


Somerville


21


18


Massachusetts


145


170


Other New England states


157


151


Other states


20


27


Canada and provinces .


110


122


England, Scotland, and Wales


70


61


Ireland


255


251


Italy


31


28


Norway and Sweden


18


17


Russia


9


8


Other countries


47


33


Unknown


20


17


Total


903


903


.


.


.


.


.


.


Of the parents of the stillborn, 35 fathers and 30 mothers were na- tives of the United States, and 35 fathers and 40 mothers were of foreign birth.


Diseases Dangerous to the Public Health.


This board has adjudged that the diseases known as acti- nomycosis, Asiatic cholera, cerebro-spinal meningitis, diph- theria, glanders, leprosy, malignant pustule, measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, tetanus, trichinosis, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, typhus fever, varicella, whooping-cough, and yellow fever are in- fectious, 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 coming under their care, and postal cards con-


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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


veniently printed and addressed are supplied to them for the purpose. On receipt of a card from a physician, the superin- tendent of schools, the principal of the school in the district in which the patient resides, and the librarian of the public library are notified, and state board of health.


Scarlet Fever .- Two hundred eighty-three cases of scarlet fever have been reported during the year, four of which resulted fatally. In 1907 there were 400 cases, twelve of which resulted fatally.


Diphtheria .- Two hundred seventy-eight cases of diphtheria have been reported during the year, eleven of which were fatal. In 1907 there were 194 cases, nine 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 .- One hundred thirty-six cases of tuberculosis have been reported during the year. There were seventy-one deaths from this disease.


Typhoid Fever .- Sixty-four cases of typhoid fever have been reported during the year, nine of which have proved fatal. In 1907 there were ninety-one cases reported, eleven of which were fatal.


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


Smallpox .- No case of smallpox has been reported during the year.


Number of cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria for which houses were placarded


561


Number of premises disinfected by agent 960


Disinfection.


It will be seen by the foregoing figures that, in addition to the 561 premises infected with scarlet fever or diphtheria, 399 other premises were disinfected. Forty-eight disinfections were made at the request of attending physicians whose patients had been ill with typhoid fever or cancer. One hundred and eighty- three schoolrooms were disinfected, 124 for scarlet fever, fifty- nine for diphtheria, and 168 premises for tuberculosis, in compli- ance with the regulations passed by this board.


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


251


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLES.


The prevalence of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever in the city during the several months of the year 1908 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 1908.


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


MONTHS.


Cases


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


of Deaths.


Reported.


Number of


Percentage


of Deaths.


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


of Deaths.


January


33


.


..


....


22


1


4.5


1


1


100.0


February


16


....


10


....


March .


13


1


7.7


22


1


4.5


April


21


...


12


2


16.6


3


1


33.3


May .


19


1


5.3


17


1


5.9


5


2


40.0


June .


12


5


1


20.0


July .


2


. . .


....


12


1


8.3


9


1


11.1


August .


14


....


....


20


1


5.0


7


10


1


10.0


October


30


1


3 3


40


....


....


6


1


16.6


November


61


1


1.6


34


2


5.9


13


1


7.7


December .


46


3.2


3


....


. .


Total .


283


4


1.4


278


11


3.9


64


9


14.1


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


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


MONTHS.'


1899.


1900.


1901.


190%.


1903.


1904.


1905.


1906.


1907.


1908.


1899.


1900.


1901.


1902.


1903.


1904.


1905.


1906.


1907.


1908.


1899.


1900.


1901.


1902.


1903.


1904.


1905.


1906.


1907.


1908.


-


-


-


1


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


1


10


2


1


1


5


2


1


3


2


?


3


1


1


1


3


1


1


1


.


1


1


1


2


2


1


1


July


4


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


September


1


1


1


1


6


3


2


2


1


3


1


1


1


2


4


1


November


3


1


3


1


2


5


4


1


I GIWN.


2


3


1


4


2


3


3


1


1


1


..


-


-


Total


3 7 5 3 10


3


4 1 12


4


11 49 29 19 19 14 17 15


9,11


15


9 12


6 10 11 9 11 11 9


..


. .


September .


16


..


. .


. .


...


....


1


1


February .


March


April


: : :


: : :


.


2


1


May


June


:


2


1


1


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1


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1


3


1


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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Table of Deaths During the Last Ten Years.


Year.


No. of Deaths.


Rate per 1,000.


1899


801


13


1900


967


16


1901


831


13


1902


890


13


1903


955


14


1904


964


14


1905


968


14


1906


1,004


14


1907


997


14


1908


903


12


Average death rate per 1,000 for ten years


14


Table Showing the Five Principal Causes of Death in Somerville in . 1908.


PNEUMONIA.


HEART DISEASE.


CANCER.


TUBERCULO· SIS.


NEPHRITIS.


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.


142


18.8


104


13.8


75


9.9


71


9.4


58


7.7


Hospital for Contagious Diseases.


The hospital has continued to demonstrate its value to the city during the past year. Many of the cases treated could not have been properly cared for at home, and undoubtedly their re- moval to the hospital reduced the danger of the spread of the diseases. Additional rooms are needed for nurses and help, be- sides laundry and storage accommodations, and it is hoped that necessary additions and alterations may be made in the near future.


Miss Nellie J. Van Cor has continued as matron during the year, and has conducted the care of the patients and the business management of the hospital with marked success.


The statistical report is included in the report of the medical inspector.


Medical Inspection of Schools.


The medical inspection of the schools of Somerville, which was instituted in December, 1907, has been continued during the year. The value of the system has been constantly demon- strated, and the work has been done in a very satisfactory man-


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


ner. There has been harmony of action between the board of health and the school board, and the school principals and teach- ers have very generally co-operated with the inspectors in mak- ing the system as successful as possible.


The inspectors make daily visits to the schools under their charge, and to them are referred all children who show evi- dences of disease or abnormal conditions. Children who are found to be unfit to remain in school are sent home, accompanied by a slip properly filled out advising that the family physician be consulted. The inspectors 'also make an annual inspection of all the children in the schools, and any defects discovered are called to the attention of the parents. Monthly inspections of the school buildings and premises are made, and suggestions or criticisms are referred to the proper authorities. Every effort is made to protect the health of the children and to co-operate with the parents in keeping the children in as normal a condition as possible.


In accordance with the provisions of the statute, tests of sight and hearing are made by the principals or teachers.


During the year 5,774 children have been referred to the in- spectors during their daily visits, and 1,448 have been sent home because of illness.


The following list will show the classes of diseases and de- fects which have been found in the schools, except defects of sight and hearing :-


LIST OF DISEASES AND NUMBER OF CASES REPORTED.


1. Infectious diseases :-


Measles


121


Whooping cough


49


Chicken pox


34


Mumps


30


Scarlet fever


5 .


Diphtheria


4


Total


243


Enlarged tonsils and adenoids


600


Inflammatory diseases


221


Other abnormal conditions


8


Total 829


3. Diseases of the eyes :-


Inflammatory conditions of the eyes and lids 114


Foreign bodies and injuries


5


Other abnormal conditions


9


Total


128


4. Diseases of the ears :-


Inflammatory condition :


24


Other abnormal conditions


2


Total


26


.


.


2. Diseases of the nose and throat :-


257.


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


5. Diseases of the skin :-


Pediculosis


1,079


Impetigo


67


Scabes


48


Eczema


43


Tinea


17 -


1


Herpes


16


Miscellaneous conditions


110


Total


. 1,380


6. Miscellaneous diseases :-


Constitutional diseases


24


Diseases of the digestive system


112


Diseases of the respiratory system


32


Diseases of the circulatory system


10


Diseases of the lymphatic system .


54


Diseases of the nervous system Diseases of the urinary system


30


Wounds and injuries


59


Other conditions


73


Total


437


Total number of diseases reported . 3,043


The districts and inspectors are as follows :-.




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