Report of the city of Somerville 1910, Part 21

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 518


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Typhoid Fever .- Fifty-seven cases of typhoid fever have been reported during the year, six of which have proved fatal. In 1909 there were ninety-nine cases reported, eight of which were fatal. 1


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. ! 1


Number of persons with diphtheria or scarlet fever taken in am- bulance to hospital by agent 186


Number of cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria for which houses were placarded 562


. Number of premises disinfected by agent 1,146


It will be seen by the foregoing figures that, in addition to the 562 premises infected with scarlet fever or diphtheria, 584 other premises were disinfected. Twenty-eight disinfections were made at the request of attending physicians whose patients had been ill with typhoid fever or cancer. Four hun- dred forty-three schoolrooms were disinfected, 405 for scarlet fever, thirty-eight for diphtheria, and 113 premises for tubercu- losis, in compliance with the regulations passed by this board.


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


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


TABLES.


The prevalence of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever in the city during the several months of the year 1910 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 1910.


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


MONTHS.


Cases


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


of Deaths.


Cases


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


of Deaths.


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


of Deaths.


January


34


35


5


14.3


6


....


February


12


. .


...


23


3


13.


2


1


50.


March .


21


13


....


. .


April


124


1


0.8


18


2


11.


3


1


33.3


May


76


....


31


2


6.4


4


1


25.


June


18


2


28.6


17


2


11.8


1


....


8


1


12.5


9


.


..


...


September


4


....


....


15


2


13.3


8


1


12.5


October


11


....


....


14


. .


. .


6


1


16.6


December .


15


2


13.3


23


1


4.3


3


....


..


Total


336


5


1.5


226


20


9.0


57


6


10.5


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


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


MONTHS.


1901.


1902.


1903.


1904.


1905.


1906.


1907.


1908.


1909.


1901.


| 1902.


1903.


1904.


1905.


1906.


1907.


1908.


1909.


1910.


1901.


1902.


1903.


1904.


1905.


1906


1907.


1908.


1909.


1910.


January


10


4


1


3


3


1


February


1


: :


1.2812


1


1


1


2


2


May


3


2


2


3


1


1


1


1


2


1


1


1


1


2


2


1


2


1


1


July


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


..


August


2


1


1


3


1


1


1


1


1


1


2


2


3


1


1.


1


1


1


October


1


3


1


1


2


3


1


1


1


3


2


1


December


1


3


1


1


5


2


2


1


4


2


3


1


1


1


..


:


-


-


-


Total


5


3 10


3


4


1 12


4


9


5


129


19


19 14 17 15


9


11 27 20


12


6 10 11


9 11 11 9 8 6


1


-


-


-


-


-


1


-


1


: : :


: : : 1


H: : :


March


1


3


1


April


1


June


2


2


:


.


.


1


1


1


2


4


1


4


November


1


: :


· :


1


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


: :


2


H .


: :


1


1


2


1


1


1


September


2


22.


11


..


..


November


8


....


....


18


2


11.


5


1


20.


July


7


August


G


...


...


1


.


...


...


1910.


-


: : 1


2


- :: 11


..


9


Cases


278


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table of Deaths During the Last Ten Years.


Year.


No. of Deaths.


Rate per 1,000


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


1909


988


13


1910


1,043


13


Average death rate per 1,000 for ten years


13


Table Showing the Five Principal Causes of Death in Somerville in 1910.


PNEUMONIA.


HEART DISEASE.


CANCER.


APOPLEXY.


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


Number of


Deaths .


Number per


10,000 of Pop.


150


19.4


108


13.9


82


10.6


81


10.5


79


10.2


·


.


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- ner. There has been harmony of action between the board of health and the school board, and the school principals and teachers have very generally co-operated with the inspectors in making 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, accom- panied 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.


10,000 of Pop.


279


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


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.


It is extremely desirable that one or more school nurses should be employed to supplement and make more effective the work of the inspectors, and it is to be hoped that funds will be available to carry out this project.


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


During the year 4,968 children have been referred to the inspectors during their daily visits, and 1,032 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


4


Whooping cough


8


Chicken pox


12


Mumps


13


Scarlet fever


8


Total


45


2. Diseases of the nose and throat :-


713


Inflammatory diseases


246


Other abnormal conditions


6


Total


965


3. Diseases of the eyes :-


Inflammatory conditions of the eyes and lids 139


Foreign bodies and injuries


7


Other abnormal conditions


62


Total


208


4. Diseases of the ears :-


Inflammatory condition


19


Other abnormal conditions


12


Total


5. Diseases of the skin :-


Pediculosis


911


Impetigo


45


Scabes .


27


Eczema .


19


Tinea


.


16


Miscellaneous conditions


99


Total


.


.


, ·


1,139


.


.


.


.


.


22


Herpes ·


.


.


·


31


Enlarged tonsils and adenoids


280


ANNUAL REPORTS.


6. Miscellaneous diseases :-


Constitutional diseases 27


Diseases of the digestive system 67


Diseases of the respiratory system 97


Diseases of the circulatory system 2


Diseases of the lymphatic system .


66


Diseases of the nervous system


59


Diseases of the urinary system


2


Wounds and injuries


42


Other conditions


.


23


Total


Total number of diseases reported 2,778 390


The districts and inspectors are as follows :--.


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


District No. 2 .- Baxter, Knapp, Perry, and Bell schools. Inspector, Dr. Edward J. Dailey, 46 Bow street.


District No. 3 .- Bennett, Pope, Cummings, and Proctor schools. Inspector, Dr. L. H. Raymond, 66 Highland avenue. District No. 4 .- Morse, Carr, Durell, and Burns schools. Inspector, Dr. W. L. Bond, 322 Highland avenue.


District No. 5 .- Brown, Bingham, and Forster schools. In- spector, Dr. H. M. Stoodley, 383 Highland avenue.


District No. 6 .- Lincoln, Hodgkins, Highland, and Lowe schools. Inspector, Dr. H. Cholerton, 396 Highland avenue. District No. 7 .- Glines, English High, and Latin High schools. Inspector, Dr. R. F. Gibson, 108 Highland avenue.


Parochial Schools .- Inspector, Dr. M. W. White, 42 Bow street.


Hospital for Contagious Diseases.


Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria .- The hospital has continued to demonstrate its value to the city during the past year. An epidemic of scarlet fever in the spring filled the hospital to over- flowing, and a much more widespread epidemic was undoubt- edly averted by the fact that so many cases could be cared for in this institution. The alterations and improvements begun during the past year were completed in the early part of the present year, and great credit is due Mr. Littlefield, the build- ing commissioner, for his careful consideration of the needs of the institution, and his skilful and painstaking efforts in carry- ing out his plan. The institution is now well equipped and in every way modern and convenient.


Miss Edith M. Grant, who was appointed in October of last year, has continued as matron, and has done excellent work. The hospital has been carried on economically, and in every particular the results have been satisfactory to the board.


The statistical report is included in the report of the medi- cal inspector.


281


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Tuberculosis .- For several years there has been a strong agitation in favor of the establishment of a tuberculosis hos- pital, and the board has recommended an appropriation for this purpose. During the spring the matter was again considered, and through the efforts of Mr. Rideout, president of the board of aldermen, a public hearing was held in September, at which the Somerville Visiting Nursing Association, board of health, and several private individuals and representatives of associa- tions or societies strongly urged the necessity of the establish- ment of such a hospital. Early in the fall $8,700 was appro- priated for this purpose, plans were drawn by Mr. Littlefield, bids were received, and a building to accommodate twenty-five patients was begun. This building is now in process of con- struction, and will probably be ready for occupancy early in the year.


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, and typhoid fever, and diphtheria anti-toxin and vaccine lymph may be obtained at the laboratory and at the following places :-


Adams Pharmacy, Willow and Highland avenues.


Claude Curtis, 154 Perkins street.


Bay State Pharmacy, 173 Washington street.


Edward E. Edwards, 25 Union square.


1


Fred W. Gay, 524 Somerville avenue.


Highland Pharmacy, 263 Highland avenue.


Percy A. Hall, 2 Studio building, Davis square.


Henry W. Perry, 529 Medford street, Magoun square.


Eugene B. Carpenter, 10 Broadway.


Richardson Pharmacy, 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.


Undertakers.


Under the provisions of section 44 of chapter 78 of the revised laws of 1902, twenty-four persons have been duly li- censed as undertakers.


Examiners of Plumbers.


The public statutes provide for a board of examiners of plumbers, consisting of a chairman of the board of health, the


282


ANNUAL REPORTS.


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.


Financial Statement for 1910. HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$8,550 00


Receipts :---


Fees for milk licenses .


294 00


Fees for analysis of milk samples 87 00


Fees for permits to keep swine, goats, etc.


70 00


Use of telephone (E. W. Danforth) .


30


Sale of condemned veal to George W.


Norton


39


Sundry cities and towns, for care of dis- eases dangerous to public health .


758 71


Total credit


$9,760 40


Salaries


$5,300 00


New buggy


90 00


Repairing vehicles


25 50


Repairing generator


27 50


Repairing harnesses


12 00


Horse medicine and doctoring


10 78


Horseshoeing


22 50


Burying dead animals


95 25


Office expenses, milk inspector


905 22


Books, stationery, printing, and postage


197 22


Bacteriological laboratory


113 87


Board of agent's horse


312 50


Telephones


115 98


Care of diseases dangerous to the public health (settlements in Somerville)


4,202 83


Exterminating mosquitoes


53 29


Incidentals


135 94


Total debit


$11,620 38


Amount overdrawn .


$1,859 98


Health Department, Collection of Ashes and Offal.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


.


$50,000 00


Sale of offal


.


8,775 15


Sale of paper, etc.


981 80


Sale of manure


50 00


Sale of three old horses .


250 00


Sale of second-hand buggy


10 00


Received from Health


Department for


labor, exterminating mosquitoes


16 00


Total credit


$60,082 95


DEBIT.


283


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


DEBIT.


1


Salary of superintendent


$1,400 00


Collection of ashes


34,916 15


Collection of offal


18,588 00


Stable expenses


2,913 75


Two new offal wagons


395 00


New buggy


100 00


New sleigh


25 00


Repairing wagons


648 44


Tools and repairing same


187 88


Harnesses and repairing same


868 93


Eight new horses


2,475 25


Horse doctoring


159 17


Board of superintendent's horse


288 16


Horseshoeing


898 39


Hay and grain .


6,436 70


Incidentals


404 37


Spraying for Health Department for exter- minating mosquitoes 16 00


Total debit


$70,721 19


Amount overdrawn


$10,638 24


Health Department, Hospital for Contagious Diseases.


CREDIT.


Appropriation :


$1,000 00


Received from sundry persons, cities and


towns, and commonwealth of Massa-


chusetts


6,984 93


Total credit


$7,984 93


Salaries of employees


$4,959 77


Supplies


1,193 81


Groceries and provisions


2,510 90


Incidentals


301 87


Total debit


$8,966 35


Amount overdrawn


$981 42


Health Department, Medical Inspection in the Public Schools.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$1,450 00


Salaries of inspectors .


.


$1,400 00


Balance unexpended .


$50 00


Appropriations Overdrawn.


Health Department .


$1,859 90


Health Department, Collection of Ashes


and Offal


10,638 24


Amount carried forward · $12,498 14 .


1


DEBIT.


.


.


.


.


DEBIT.


284


ANNUAL REPORTS.


.Amount brought forward . for Con-


$12,498 14 Health Department, Hospital


tagious Diseases


981 42


Total overdrawn $13,479 56 Balance unexpended, Health Department, Medical In-


50 00


spection in Public Schools


Net amount overdrawn $13,429 56 WESLEY T. LEE, M. D., Chairman, JACKSON CALDWELL, WILLIAM P. FRENCH,


1


Board of Health.


REPORT OF THE MEDICAL INSPECTOR.


Í


Somerville, January 10, 1911.


To the Board of Health of the City of Somerville :-


Gentlemen,-I herewith present the report of the medical inspector for the year 1910, including the statistics of the con- tagious disease hospital and the bacteriological laboratory.


Scarlet Fever. During the year 336 cases of this disease were reported in the city, an increase of sixteen in number over the previous year. Every case has been inspected, before the house was fumigated, and 334 visits were made at residences to determine when desquamation was complete.


During the latter part of April and the early part of May an extensive epidemic of scarlet fever invaded the city, 116 cases being reported in April and seventy-five in May. From investigation, it was found that the neighboring cities of Mal- den, Everett, and Cambridge, and certain sections of Boston were also involved, and further study of the epidemic showed that the excess of cases were supplied with milk from one con- tractor. Vigorous measures were taken to stop it by restrict- ing and pasteurizing the supply, and the disease soon assumed the normal number.


Diphtheria. During the year 226 cases of diphtheria have been reported in the city, a decrease from the previous year, when 334 cases were reported. The same restrictions are placed upon all cases, and before patients are released from quarantine two successive negative cultures must be obtained. It is optional with the attending physician to take the first culture, but the second must be taken by the medical inspector, and during the year 264 visits were made at houses for this pur- pose.


Typhoid Fever. During the year fifty-seven cases of this disease were reported, a decrease of forty-two cases from the previous year.


Tuberculosis. One hundred and forty-nine cases of tuber- culosis were reported during the year, an increase of five over the year previous. In November, 1906, following a conference with the overseers of the poor, these cases, which had been pre- viously cared for medically by the city physician, were trans- ferred to the board of health and the medical inspector in- structed to care for them. During 1910, 147 visits have been made to thirty patients.


Contagious Disease Hospital.


In September, 1906, following a change in the city charter, the city physician, who, up to this time, had treated the cases at the hospital, was relieved of this duty, and the care of the pa-


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ANNUAL REPORTS:


tients transferred to the medical inspector on October 1. Dur- ing 1910 this arrangement has continued, 362 visits having been made at the hospital during the year.


Scarlet Fever. During the year eighty-six cases of scarlet fever were admitted, two of which proved fatal. Forty-two of these cases were among males, and forty-four among females. Twenty-one were under five years of age, twenty-five from five to ten years, and the remainder were over ten years. Vomit- ing was a constant symptom, it occurring in forty-nine cases, and a sore throat in sixty-four cases. In seven cases the raslı occurred on the first day of the illness, in forty-six cases on the second day, and in twenty-three instances on the third day. There was membrane present on the tonsils in thirty-one cases ; in twelve cases the disease was complicated with nephritis; in three cases with rheumatism, in seven cases with discharging ears, in nineteen with enlarged cervical glands, and in addition seven had diphtheria. The average stay in the hospital was forty days.


During the scarlet fever epidemic in April and May one patient was admitted with this disease, and on the following day showed, in addition, an eruption of measles. Although she was immediately isolated, the crowded condition of the hospital did not allow of its complete efficiency, and five other cases con- tracted the disease from her, the incubation period varying from twelve to nineteen days.


One case complicated with measles also came to incubation with complete recovery.


Another patient was admitted with scarlet fever, and five days after admission showed an eruption of varicella, she being promptly isolated. The patient in the next crib, however, had the disease twenty-two days later.


Two other patients were attended by their own physicians.


Diphtheria. During the year 100 cases of diphtheria were admitted, ten of which proved fatal. Of these patients, forty- four were among males and fifty-six among females. Twenty- six were under five years of age; thirty-seven were from five to ten, and the remainder were over ten. Ten entered the hospital on the first day of their illness, and all recovered. Forty-one entered the second day of the illness, and two died ; fourteen on the third day, with one death; eleven on the fourth day, with two deaths; seven on the fifth day, with two deaths; two on the seventh day, with one death; one on the eighth day, with one death; and three on the tenth day, with one death. The importance of early treatment with anti-toxin is thus very obvious. Of the laryngeal cases eight came to intubation, five of whom recovered. In twenty-five patients the membrane ex- tended over both tonsils, uvula and palate, five of whom died from systemic infection involving both the heart and kidneys. The throat was clear of membrane in fourteen cases on the


287


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


second day, in sixteen cases on the third, in thirteen cases on the fourth, in thirteen cases on the fifth, in nine on the seventh, in three on the ninth, one on the eleventh, and one on the thir- teenth. In fifty-two patients eruptions appeared on the body due to the use of the anti-toxin, and in five patients joint pains occurred from the same cause. The average stay in the hos- pital was eighteen days. Of the ten deaths during the year, three died within twenty-four hours of admission and were hopeless at that time, and were complicated with cardiac paralysis. Three cases were complicated with measles upon admission, all came to intubation, and one died, all being in one family. One case of varicella occurred seventeen days after the patient was admitted. Four cases were attended by their own physicians.


Patients Treated at the Contagious Hospital.


Admission by Months.


Remaining


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


Total admitted.


Cured.


Died.


January 1, 1911.


Percentage of Fatality.


Scarlet fever .


.


10


4


5


4


28


21


6


3


1


2


00


2


4


86


90


2


4


2.1


Diphtheria


or


12


13


6


01


=


00


0


9


6


4


10


10


100


90


10


5


10


Erysipelas


1


.


1


1


1


..


·


1


:


..


4


A


1


..


..


Carbuncle of lip


.


·


·


.


.



Totals


16


16


18


11


34


33


14


12


-1


00


10


13


14


191


194


14


9


..


·


.


.


1


1


1


..


December.


Remaining


DISEASE.


January 1, 1910.


288


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Bacteriological Department.


In March, 1910, the laboratory accommodations which had been provided for the past seven years were considered inade- quate, and a room on the third floor of the city hall was finished and equipped with modern appliances under the direction of the building commissioner. The milk inspector also transferred his work to this laboratory, and it has been performed in the same room.


During the year 1910 1,062 examinations were made of cultures for the diphtheria organism, 185 examinations made of sputum from patients suspected of having tuberculosis, and 120 examinations to detect the Widal reaction in typhoid fever.


Diphtheria. Ten hundred and sixty-two cultures have been examined for diphtheria, 448 being in males and 614 in females. Diphtheria being a disease of children, 341 of these examinations have been made in children under five years of age, 247 in those from five to ten years of age, 235 from ten to twenty, and 222 in adults over twenty years. In seventeen cases the age of the patient was not stated. Five hundred and forty examinations were made for the diagnosis of the case, ninety proving positive and 450 negative. Of the positive re- sults, twenty-four were of cases in which the attending physi- cian's diagnosis of diphtheria was confirmed, fourteen in which the clinical diagnosis was not diphtheria, and fifty-two in which no definite diagnosis was made. Of the 450 negative examina- tions, thirty-one were obtained in which the clinical diagnosis was diphtheria, 144 in which the diagnosis was not diphtheria, and 275 in which no diagnosis had been made.


Five hundred and twenty-two cultures were taken for re- lease of patients from quarantine, seventy-five of which were positive and 447 negative. The importance of taking release cultures is demonstrated by these figures, these patients show- ing the presence of the bacilli in the throat after the clinical evidence of the disease had disappeared. In six examinations there was no growth upon the serum tube.


Tuberculosis. One hundred and eighty-five examinations have been made of sputum suspected of containing the tubercle bacillus, thirty-six of which were positive and 149 negative. In sixty-four cases a definite diagnosis of this disease had been made by the attending physician, but in forty-six of them the organism could not be detected. In the remainder of the cases, eighty-five were stated as not showing evidence of the disease, twelve being positive, and in thirty-six cases no state- ments were made giving information as to its character, six of which were positive. Eighty-eight were males and ninety- seven females. Although printed directions accompany each outfit, telling how the specimen should be obtained, it has not been unusual for specimens to be sent to the laboratory con-


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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


taining only saliva from the mouth, with no excretion from the lungs or bronchial tubes. £ Physicians should be urged to give definite instructions to each patient, relating to the collection of the sputum, for in some instances a negative report would mis- lead both physician and patient. Consumption to-day is rec- ognized as an infectious disease, and all persons afflicted with it should be instructed in the modern methods for preventing its spread. In some cases this is not done by the attending physi- cian, and during the past seven years your board has required that this disease be reported to you, as other infectious diseases are, and that printed instructions and advice be sent to each patient ill with the disease. The decrease in the death rate of consumption, and the cure of persons afflicted with it, is due to the improved and intelligent manner with which cases are treated, and the prevention of further spread of the disease is a subject which is of importance to all local boards of health.


Typhoid Fever. One hundred and twenty examinations of the blood of patients suspected of having typhoid fever have been made, twenty-four of which proved positive. In thirty- six cases a positive diagnosis of this disease had been made by the attending physician, in five cases it was stated not to be typhoid fever, and in the remainder no statement was made re- lating to the diagnosis. Of the negative results, eighteen were diagnosed as typhoid, five were said not to be typhoid, and in seventy-three no diagnosis was made. Sixty-five were males and fifty-five females.




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