Report of the city of Somerville 1916, Part 16

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 432


USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Somerville > Report of the city of Somerville 1916 > Part 16


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29


My statements in previous reports, both formal and in- formal, concerning the justness and desirability of increasing various salaries are receiving added support from the present conditions of business and general livelihood. Both justice and necessity, in my opinion, call for action on the recommen- dations which I have so carefully and heartily made. The or- ganization of this library is well developed, well recognized and highly appreciated; the unit cost of issuing books and performing the various elements of library service is less than for service of similar quality in any other library whose fig- ures, reckoned upon the same basis, have come to hand; the workers who are responsible for this situation surely merit recognition and more adequate compensation.


Very respectfully,


DREW B. HALL, Librarian.


December 31, 1916,


THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE. APPENDIX A. Statistical Report for 1916.


Central.


West.


East.


Union.


Total.


Volumes in library (January 1, 1916)


93.545


10,425


2,124


2,755 108,849


Volumes added


6,807


1,334


560


698


9,399


Volumes transferred to .


460


6


33


61


560


Volumes transferred from


100


430


0


30


560


Volumes withdrawn


3,115


465


297


649


4,526


Volumes gained


.


4,052


445


296


80


4,873


Volumes in library (Decem- ber 31, 1916)


97,597


10,870


2,420


2,835 113,722


Adjustments of Records, 1906-1916.


LOSSES.


"Unaccounted" as shown by 1912-1916 inventory finals of September 12, 1916, by E. B. Hayes and November 27, 1916, by H. Luitwieler .


674


290


112


97


1,173


"Withdrawn" (legitimate losses) not fully recorded .


2,041


169


.. . .


3


2,213


Transferred to Branches, Jan- uary to February, 1912, but not charged to Brancli ac- counts


1,514


..


1,514


4,229


459


112


100


4,900


GAINS.


Deposits of above to Branch accounts .


1,022


492


1,514


Net losses


4,229


459


4,688


Net gains


910


392


1,302


Volumes in library (December 31, 1916)


97.597


10,870


2,420


2,835 113,722


Less net losses


4,229


459


4,688


Plus net gains .


910


392


109,034 1,302


Volumes in library (January 1, 1917)


93,368


10,411


3,330


3,227


110,336


Central.


West.


East.


Union.


Total.


Volumes circulated, adult


130,795


86,130


34,092


30,772


281,789


Volumes circulated, juvenile .


39,821


30,316


17,098


21,441


108,676


Total circulation (A. L. A. rules)


170,616 116,446


51,190


52,213 390,465


Estimated circulation, "old


94,927


Total circulation, "old


basis"


485,392


New borrowers registered


1,571


1,148


414


554


3,687


Valid borrowers' cards, i. e. registered or renewed within two years


14,436


basis".


·


APPENDIX B. CLASSIFIED EXPENDITURES-MAINTENANCE. JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1916. City Appropriations-Trustees.


No. 1, services (power)


Central. $15,400 57


West. $4,469 96


East. $2,022 51


Union. $2,045 83


Total. $23,938 87


Books


$5,773 66


$1,361 91


$635 00


$655 85


$8,426 42


Periodicals


681 92


308 65


112 81


128 50


1,231 83


Music


.


·


·


10 96


91 19


Binding


1,031 C3


345 02


179 26


196 51


1,751 82


No. 2 (material) .


$7,566 84


$2,026 54


$927 07


$980 86


$11,501 31


Stationery and postage


$472 28


$32 36


$19 45


$35 07


$559 16


Printing and advertising


310 40


13 00


1 75


1 75


326 90


Telephone


121 87


43 20


30 1


29 31


224 57


Express


102 45


101 67


93 31


101 69


399 12


Cards, catalogues, etc.


629 72


629 72


General supplies


97 34


7 00


5 00


4 88


114 22


Agency


42 38


42 38


Other


256 12


6 27


262 39


No. 3 (tools)


$2,032 56


$203 50


$149 70


$172 70


$2,558 46


Bill roll No. 2 and 3


$9,599 40


$2,230 04


$1,076 77


$1,153 56


$14,059 77


No. 1, 2 and 3


24,999 97


6,700 00


3,099 2S


3,199 39


37,998 64


Appropriation


$25,000 00


$6,700 00


$3,100 00


$3,200 00


$38,000 00


Expended


24,999 97


6,700 00


3,099 28


3,199 39


37,998 64


Balance reverting


$ 03


$ 00


$ 72


$ 61


$1 36


·


PUBLIC


LIBRARY.


.


.


·


. :


.


..


.


.


·


·


.


.


223


·


80 23


City Appropriation-Building Commissioner.


Central. $3,983 40


West. $1,745 14


East. $687 40


Union. $855 15


Total. $7,271 09


Total from city ·


$28,983 37


$8,445 14


$3,786 68


$4,054 54


$45,269 73


Endowment Funds-Current Accounts.


Bal. from 1916. $75 88


Receipts. $43 86


Cr. $119 74


Charges.


Bal. to 1917 $119 74


Hunt Art, principal


2,702 77


2,702 77


$500 00


2,202 77


Hunt Art, interest


103 50


149 14


252 64


103 35


149 29


Hunt Book .


131 35


494 77


676 12


125 52


550 60


Pitman Art .


147 67


175 16


322 83


219 30


103 53


Pitman Poetry


37 39


43 90


81 19


74 70


6 49


Wilder Children's


11 92


4 04


15 96


15 96


Totals


.


$3,260 48


$910.87


$4,171 35


$1,022 87


$3,148 38


.


·


.


·


·


·


.


)


ANNUAL


REPORTS.


224


'S. Newton Cutler


·


225


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


APPENDIX C.


American Library Association Form for Uniform Statistics.


Annual report for year ended December 31, 1916.


Name of Library, The Public Library.


City or town, Somerville; State, Massachusetts.


Population served (State Census in 1915)


86,854


Terms for use-Free for lending. Free for reference.


Total number of agencies :- Consisting of-Central Library


3 Branches (separate buildings) 1 Station 40 Other agencies; 23 school build- ings, and 17 institutions, etc.


Number of days open during year (Central library) 304 for lending, 356 for reading.


Hours open each week for lending (Central library). . .


72


Hours open each week for reading (Central library) ...


75


Number on staff (library service, adding part "timers" to make whole units)


37


Number of volumes at beginning of year


108,849


Number of volumes added during year by purchase ...


9,106


Number of volumes added by gift or exchange


157


Number of volumes added during year by binding ma- terial not otherwise counted ..


136


Number of volumes withdrawn during year


4,526 113,722


Adult.


Juvenile.


Total.


Number of volumes of fiction lent for home use


203,452


64,644


268,096


Total number of volumes lent for


home 11se 281,789 108,676


390,465


All books except 7 duy and juvenile (2 weeks) lent for one calendar month.


Number of borrowers registered during year ..


3,687


Total number of valid cards December 31 (used within two years)


14,436 .


Registration period two years.


Number of newspapers and periodicals currently re- ceived, 205 titles, 561 copies.


Receipts From


Reguiar :-


Local taxation


$41,015 72


Endowment funds : income balance from 1916.


3,260 38


Endowment funds : Income of 1916.


910 87


*Fines


1,422 61


*Other sources : Dog licenses.


2,831 40


$49,440 98


Extraordinary :-


From taxes for site of East Somerville Branch .... 4,500 00


$53,940 98


*These items are covered into the treasury of the city, which figures its appropriation to include them.


Total number at end of year


226


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Payments For


Maintenance :-


Books


$8,737 18


Picture collection from funds 247 30


Periodicals


1,231 88


Binding


1,751 82


Salaries, library service.


23,938 87


Library service "tools".


2,558 46


Maintenance of buildings by Commissioner


7,271 09


Total maintenance


$45,736 60


Extraordinary :-


Memorial bronze tablet: Sam Walter Foss: Hunt Art Fund


$556 00


Site for East Somerville Branch building. 4,500 00


Balances on Endowment Funds Income to 1917. .. . 3,148 38


$53,940 98


APPENDIX D. Information for Readers and Borrowers.


HOME USE. Books and periodicals may be taken from the li- brary only when charged on a borrower's card, which must also be presented when the books are returned, so that the charge may be canceled.


BORROWER'S CARD. Any resident upon registering by sign- ing the required application and agreement is entitled to a bor- rower's card. The parents of minors (juveniles) under eighteen must signify their consent in writing by endorsing the application.


Immediate notice in writing of a change of address must be given, and of the loss of a card. The registered owner of a card is in all cases responsible for books taken and charges incurred on his card. Cards should not be loaned.


"Special" and "Teachers" cards are not issued and all bor- rowers enjoy the service ordinarily rendered only to "Specials."


ISSUE OF BOOKS. Each adult may have on his card at one time :-


ONE SEVEN-DAY BOOK, due within one week;


ONE UNBOUND PERIODICAL, due within one week;


ANY REASONABLE NUMBER OF OTHER BOOKS, adult books due within one month, juvenile books due within two weeks.


Each juvenile (minor) borrower may have on his card at one time :-


ONE JUVENILE FICTION, due within two weeks ;


ONE JUVENILE NON-FICTION, due within two weeks;


ONE UNBOUND PERIODICAL, due within one week;


ONE SEVEN-DAY BOOK (adult) due within one week;


ANY REASONABLE NUMBER OF OTHER BOOKS (adult) due within one month.


A yellow dating slip in the back of a book indicates that it is a seven-day book; a white dating slip indicates that the book is due within two weeks; a pink dating slip indicates that the book is due within one month.


The borrower agrees to return any book immediately after the fourteenth day on recall notice from the library that it is needed by another borrower.


FINES. A fine of two cents a day, including Sundays and holi- days, is charged for each volume or number over-detained.


RESERVES. Other than seven-day books and unbound peri- odicals may be reserved by the filling of the required form.


RESPONSIBILITY cannot be assumed by the library for errors in executing telephone or verbal messages from borrowers, or for their failure to receive notices.


BOARD OF HEALTH. 1916.


-


JACKSON CALDWELL, Chairman. RALPH F. HODGDON, M. D. ROBERT M. LAVENDER.


Clerk and Agent to Issue Burial Permits. LAURENCE S. HOWARD.


Agent. CALEB A. PAGE, Resigned October 21, 1916.


GEORGE I. CANFIELD, Appointed October 23, 1916.


Medical Inspector. FRANK L. MORSE, M. D.


Inspector of Animals and Provisions. CHARLES M. BERRY, V. S.


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. HERBERT E. BOWMAN, Ph. G.


Milk Collector. GEORGE E. PLIMPTON.


Plumbing Inspector. DUNCAN C. GREENE.


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, - City Hall Annex, January 1, 1917. 5


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


Gentlemen,-We respectfully submit the following as the thirty-ninth 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, 1916.


Nuisances.


A record of nuisances abated during the year, in com- pliance with notices issued by the board, or under the board's direction, is presented in the following table :-


Animals kept in cellars .


2


Blacksmith shops whitewashed


13


Cellars filthy


23


Cesspools removed


2


Defective garbage houses


10


Dirty milk utensils


9


Factories unsanitary


10


Fish box unsanitary


2


Fish, foul odors from


2


Garbage thrown in yards


7


Hens being kept without permit


16


Hens running at large


8


Manure heaps, foul odors from


15


Milk rooms, screens not on .


5


Plumbing unsanitary


26


Privy vaults, foul odors from


4


Roosters crowing .


11


Rubbish on vacant land .


44


Stables whitewashed


125


Stables ventilated


5


Stores (bakeries) whitewashed


11


Stores and utensils dirty


26


Tenements unsanitary


19


Unlicensed animals


16


Unclassified


48


Water-closets, foul odors from


26


Water-closets without water


6


Water pipes burst .


3


Water turned off, house not tenantable


2


Yards filthy


157


Total


Complaints referred from 1915


6


Complaints received during 1916 . .


684


Complaints referred to 1917 .


63


Nuisances abated 1916


627


Second, third and fourth notices sent on nuisances


50


Total notices sent


734


Cellar, water in


22


.


690


690


Stables offensive


15


229


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


In addition to the above, 244 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-two cases of glanders have been re- ported during the year. Prompt action was taken in every case, and thirteen of the horses were killed, nine being re- leased from quarantine by order of the cattle commissioners.


Permits.


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


Cows .- Eight applications were received for permits to keep ten cows, which were granted.


Svine .- Twelve applications were received for permits to keep twenty-six swine, eleven of which were granted to keep twenty-four swine. The fee is one dollar for each swine.


Goats .- Eleven applications were received for permits to keep fifteen goats, ten of which were granted to keep four- teen goats. The fee is one dollar for each goat.


Hens .- Ninety-three applications for permits to keep 1,618 hens were received. Seventy-two permits to keep 1,260 hens were granted, and twenty-one permits were refused.


Grease .- Fifteen applications were received for permits for sixteen teams to collect grease, which were granted. The fee is two dollars for each team.


Melting and Rendering .- Three parties have been licensed to carry on the business of melting and rendering, under the provisions of the revised laws of 1902, chapter 75, section 111, for which a fee of one dollar is charged.


Massage and Manicure .- Fourteen persons have been li- censed to practice massage and manicure. The fee is one dollar for each license.


Pedlers.


Two hundred and seventy-four certificates of regis- tration were issued to hawkers and pedlers during the year under the provisions of ordinance number fifty-two. Each pedler is required to present a statement from the sealer of weights and measures, showing that his measures and scales 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 in- spection by the agent of the board, that he may see if they


230


ANNUAL REPORTS.


are kept in a clean condition, and are properly marked with the owner's name and number. A fee of one dollar is charged for each registration.


Stables.


Under the provisions of sections 69 and 70 of chapter 102 of the revised laws of 1902 the following regulations were passed :-


In Board of Health, Somerville, April 17, 1916.


Voted: On and after this date all licenses issued by this Board for the erection, occupancy and use of any building as a stable shall be subject to the following conditions for a violation of any of which the license may be revoked by the said Board :-


All requirements of law and of the ordinances of the City and of the rules and regulations of said Board shall be com- plied with at all times.


The stable shall be at all times open for inspection by said Board and its agents.


The manure pit to be constructed of brick or stone laid in cement and maintained in good condition at all times.


The stable to be ventilated through every floor to the roof and drained to the sewer.


Between the floors (if constructed of wood) of stables erected under a license issued by this Board there shall be four thicknesses of tarred paper, the same to be saturated with hot tar. Gutters must be placed behind each stall and drained to the sewer and maintained in good condition at all times.


A true copy. Attest :


LAURENCE S. HOWARD, Clerk.


The agents of the Board of Health were instructed to inspect all the stables in the city, to ascertain the name and address of the occupant, and if the said occupant has no li- cense to occupy to require that an application be filed im- mediately. The agents, were also instructed to ascertain if the stables inspected complied with the regulations of the board and report on blanks provided. The greater part of the city has been inspected as shown by the following re- port :-


Stable buildings inspected


590


Not occupied at time of inspection ·


190


Occupied at time of inspection


400


231


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Number of licenses already granted for occupancy . 80


Number not licensed 320


Number occupied by same occupants since before


May 4, 1895, to whom licenses were granted 87


Applications received for stables previously occupied Additional applications received


233


26


Total applications received


259


Licenses granted


132


Licenses refused


6


.


138


Applications pending


121


Board of Infants.


Twenty-six parties, whose applications were first ap- proved by this board, have been licensed by the state board of charity to care for fifty-two children in this city, under the provisions of chapter 83 of the revised laws of 1902.


Deaths.


There were 1,081 deaths and seventy-two stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following table, which shows an increase of deaths over the previous year of seventy- eight.


Deaths at Somerville hospital during the year


88


Deaths at hospital for contagious diseases and


59


Deaths at home for aged poor (Highland avenue)


41


Deaths at city home


19


Deaths at other institutions .


38


.


DEATHS BY AGES.


AGES.


Total.


Male.


Female.


Under one


132


73


59


Two to three


12


7


5


Three to four


11


5


6


Four to five


6


3


3


Five to ten


28


11


17


Ten to fifteen


8


6


2


Fifteen to twenty


17


6


11


Twenty to thirty


53


24


29


Thirty to forty


79


33


46


Forty to fifty


83


40


43


Fifty to sixty


137


72


65


Sixty to seventy


201


86


115


Seventy to eighty


193


83


110


Eighty to ninety


87


28


59


Ninety and over


9


-


9


Total


·


1,081


491


590


One to two


25


14


11


tuberculosis


.


232


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Mortality in Somerville in 1916.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


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


Scarlet fever


1


Diphtheria


3


4


1


2


1


1


1


3


2


21


Typhoid fever .


1


1


Measles


1


Cerebro-spinal meningitis


1


1


1


. .


1


1


...


1


9


(B. Other General Diseases.)


Septicemia


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


9


Pernicious anæmia


3


1


2


2


1


1


1


1


12


Cancer breast .


2


1


2


1


1


2


2


11


Cancer intestines


4


Cancer stomach


1


3


1


1


2


2


2


1


3


1


1


18


Cancer rectum


1


1


Cancer uterus


1


1


1


1


3


. . . .


4


6


2


2


3


2


2


3


8


1


2


35


Diabetes


1


2


5


4


7


14


3


6


3


6


8


7


9


6


86


Tuberculosis other forms


3


3


2


2


3


1


2


3


1


1


22


Abscess


1


1


1


1


4


Neuritis


1


1


Purpura hemorrhagica


1


1


Syphilis .


1


1


1


1


2


2


1


2


7


1


1


II. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.


Meningitis


Apoplexy


5


6


11


9


8


Б


2


4 i


4


4


10


68


Paralysis


2


1


1


9


Hemiplegia


1


1


3


Eclampsia


2


3


Locomotor


ataxia


1


..


1


1


III. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULA- TORY SYSTEM.


Heart disease


14


10


14


18


9


11


1


4


4


5


9


8


107


Endocarditis


1


4


3


6


1


3


4


2


24


Myocarditis


5


4


3


1


3


2


2


5


5


3


3


36


Angina pectoris


1


1


1


3


Aneurism of aorta


1


1


Pericarditis


1


1


IV. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRA- TORY SYSTEM.


Pneumonia


40


23


13


19


15


7


2


6


5


6


12


13


161


Bronchitis


4


2


3


1


1


1


1


13


Pulmonary œdema


1


2


2


1


1


1


8


Asthma


1


.


5


1


7


Empyema


....


. .


....


.


.


2


. .


3


1


1


1


1


4


Pertussis


3


1


6


Anterior Poliomyelitis


..


3


3


2


..


1


1


12


Cancer other forms


..


. .


Tuberculosis pulmonary


1


2


Erysipelas


Rachitis .


La grippe


Acidosis


..


...


..


. ..


1


1


1


. .


1


1


3


Myelitis


. .


Regurgitation


2


2


2


4


3


14


..


. .


$2


..


. .


. .


1


..


2


Influenza.


1


1


1


2


1


. .


1


2


10


3


13


1


1


1


1


233


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


Mortality in Somerville in 1916 .- Concluded.


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


V. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.


Acute indigestion


Colitis


1


1


1


1


1


1


6


Gastritis


1


1


1


3


Peritonitis


1


1


7.


1


1


1


. .


. .


2


9


Diarrhœa


1


1


1


2


1


5


4


1


4


25


Gall stones


2


1


1


1


....


Appendicitis


1


1


1


2


1


1


5


Ptomaine poisoning


1


VI. DISEASES OF GENITO-URI- NARY SYSTEM.


Bright's disease


3


1


2


3


2


1


14


Uraemia .


3


5


3


3


6


4


3


3


8


7


45


Cystitis


Prostatitis


VII. CHILDBIRTH.


Placenta previa


Childbirth .


VIII. DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND CELLULAR TISSUES.


Gangrene


2


1


3


IX. MALFORMATIONS.


Hydrocephalus


1


1


2


X. EARLY INFANCY.


Malnutrition


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


7


4


6


3


1


4


4


1


2


3


8


5


4


45


A talectosis


1


1


1


4


XI. OLD AGE.


Senile dementia


4


6


11


9


6


9


1


4


8


10


9


4


10


87


XII. VIOLENCE.


Accidental strangulation


1


1


Railroad


1


1


. .


5


Suicide


1


1.


1


2


1


1


Fracture of skull .


2


1


8


Accidental poisoning


1


1


Accidental fall


2


2


3


2


1


10


Run over by auto


1


1


2


2


1


7


Homicide


1


1


2


Exposure


1


...


1


Total


129


120


105


99


93


66


49


63


86


89


84


98


1081


Population (estimated) Death rate per thousand.


90,000


12.01


..


. .


.. . .


Enteritis


Intestinal obstruction


5


2


1


. .


1


4


Intestinal toxæmia


3


Cirrhosis liver


1


1


1


1


2


Nephritis


1


1


1


1


. .


....


1


1


..


. .


..


1


1


2


Accidental burns


2


1


.


1


1


1


6


..


..


...


5


Accidental burns from hot water Accidental gas poisoning.


2


1


1


2


1


Surgical shock


Premature birth and congenital debility


1


1


1


Arterio-sclerosis .


1


.. . .


. .


11


1


1


2


Gastric ulcer


1


1


2


. .


. .


..


.. .


234


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Diseases Dangerous to the Public Health.


This board has adjudged that the diseases known as actinomycosis, anterior poliomyelitis, anthrax, Asiatic cholera, cerebro-spinal meningitis, chicken-pox, diphtheria, dog-bite (requiring anti-rabic treatment), dysentery, German measles, glanders, hookworm disease, infectious disease of the eye, leprosy, malaria, measles, mumps, pellagra, plague, rabies, scarlet fever, septic sore throat, smallpox, tetanus, trichinosis, tuberculosis (all forms), typhoid fever, typhus fever, whoop- ing cough, yellow fever, are infectious, or contagious and dangerous to the public health and safety within the meaning of the statutes. Physicians are required to report immedi- ately to the board every case of either of these diseases coming under their care, and postal cards conveniently printed and addressed are supplied to them for the purpose. On receipt of a card from a physician, the superintendent of schools, the principal of the school in the district in which the patient resides, the librarian of the public library and state board of health are notified.


Scarlet Fever .- One hundred nineteen cases of scarlet fever have been reported during the year, two of which re- sulted fatally. In 1915 there were 313 cases, four of which resulted fatally.


Diphtheria .- One hundred fifty-nine cases of diphtheria have been reported during the year, twenty-one of which were fatal. In 1915 there were 237 cases, eighteen 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. Culture tubes, for diphtheria, and sputum bottles for suspected tuberculosis are obtainable at the same stations.


Warning cards are used in dealing with scarlet fever and diphtheria. An inspection is made by the agent of the board of the premises where diphtheria is reported, and all sanitary defects discovered are required to be remedied as soon as possible.


Tuberculosis .- One hundred sixty-six cases of pulmonary tuberculosis have been reported during the year with eighty- six deaths, and twenty-one cases of other forms of tubercu- losis with twenty-two deaths during the year.


Typhoid Fever .- Sixteen cases of typhoid fever have been reported during the year, one of which has proved fatal. In 1915 there were thirty-one cases reported, eleven of which were fatal.


Number of persons with diphtheria or scarlet fever taken in ambulance to hospital by agent .


Number of cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria for which


houses were placarded 136


142


235


HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


TABLES.


The prevalence of scarlet fever, diphtheria, and typhoid fever in the city during the several months of the year 1916 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 1916.


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


19


0


11


3


27.1


1


February


18


0


..


. .


11


3


27.1


March .


24


1


4.1


12


4


33.3


2


1


50.0


April


14


0


14


1


7.1


. .


May


10


0


....


9


1


11.1


1


July


8


0


....


..


...


..


..


....


August


1


0


. .


. .


1


7.1


1


....


October


3


0


. .


15


?


20.0


1


..


....


December .


8


0


....


29


2


6.9


1


. .


....


Total


119


2


1.7


159


21


13.2


16


1


6.2


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


SCARLET FEVER


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


MONTHS.


1907.


1908.


1909.


1910.


1911.


1912.


1913.


1914.


1915.


1916.


| 1907.


1908.


1909.


1910.


1911.


1912.


1913.


1914.


| 1915.


1916.


1 1907.


1908.


1909.


1910.


1911.


1912.


1914.


1915.


1916.


January .


3


1


1


1


1


4


1


1


4


February


2


-. .


.


1


1


1


1


April


1


1


1


2


1


1


1


1


2


1


4


2


2


1


June


1


1


1


1


2


2


1


1


1


1


1


1


2


July


2


1


1


2


2


1


1


1


1


1


3


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


2


1


.


October


1


1


3


1


4


1


1


1


2


.


November


1


1


1


1


2


1


1


4


3


5


3


1


1


1


2


:


December


2


2


:


:


| :


-


-


1


-


Total .


12


4


9


5


3


2


4 11


4


2


9 11 27 20 15 14 13


25


18 21


11


9


8


6] 6


4 6 6 11


1


-


-


-


-


-


-


1


:


:


1


3


1


2


2


2


1


1


1


-: : :


11


2


4


March


1


3


.21


1


:1


2


4


1


August


2


1


1


2


2


2


1


2


.


1


1


1


.


1 12A


.


1


2


.


4


2


3


1


3


1


4


2


..


-


·


1


3


1


September


3


1


33.3


14


14


1


7.1


2


....


November


1


0


....


23


2


8.7


June


10


0


...


4


3


7


....


September


-


-


1


| 1913.


:


May


2


1


1


1


2


..


Cases


236


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Table of Deaths During the Last Ten Years.


Year.


No. of Deaths.


Rate per 1,000


1907


997


13.47


1908


903


11.96


1909


988


13.08


1910


1,043


13.45


1911


1,035


12.93


1912


983


12.13


1913


993


12.11


1914


990


11.65


1915


1,003


11.55


1916


1,081


12.01


Average death rate per 1,000 for ten years




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.