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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Volumes withdrawn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"Withdrawn" (legitimate losses) not fully recorded .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".
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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
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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
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PUBLIC
LIBRARY.
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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
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$3,260 48
$910.87
$4,171 35
$1,022 87
$3,148 38
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REPORTS.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
....
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....
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.
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
..
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.. . .
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
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