Report of the city of Somerville 1916, Part 17

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


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Table Showing the Five Principal Causes of Death in Somerville in 1916.


PNEUMONIA.


TUBERCULOSIS. ALL FORMS.


HEART DISEASE.


CANCER.


ARTERIO SCLEROSIS.


Number of Deaths.


Number per


10,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


10,050 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


10,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


Number of


Deaths .


Number per


161


17.9


108


12.0


107


11.9


87


9.6


87


9.6


10,000 of Pop.


10,000 of Pop.


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 con- stantly demonstrated, and the work has been done in a very satisfactory manner. There has been harmony of action be- tween 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 authori- ties. Every effort is made to protect the health of the chil-


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dren and to co-operate with the parents in keeping the chil- dren in as normal a condition as possible.


It is extremely desirable that one or more additional 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. One nurse has been employed since September, 1913.


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


During the year, 8,068 children have been referred to the inspectors during their daily visits, and 465 have been sent home because of illness.


The following list will show the classes of diseases and defects 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


· 14


Whooping cough


42


Chicken pox


31


Mumps


137


Scarlet fever


2


Total


226


2. Diseases of the nose and throat :-


Enlarged tonsils and adenoids .


499


Inflammatory diseases


260


Other abnormal conditions


18


Total


777


3. Diseases of the eyes :-


Inflammatory conditions of the eyes and lids


33


Foreign bodies and injuries


3


Other abnormal conditions


54


Total


90


4. Diseases of the ears :---


Inflammatory conditions


16


Other abnormal conditions


24


Total


40


5. Diseases of the skin :-


Pediculosis


534


Impetigo


71


Scabies


17


Eczema


56


Tinea .


2


Herpes


23


Miscellaneous conditions


164


Total


9 867


.


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


6. Miscellaneous diseases :---


Constitutional diseases


97


Diseases of the digestive system


32


Diseases of the respiratory system


191


Diseases of the circulatory system


5


Diseases of the lymphatic system


2


Diseases of the nervous system


25


Diseases of the urinary system


5


Wounds and injuries . ·


18


Diseases of teeth


137


Other conditions


873


Total


1,385


Total number of diseases reported . 3,385


Vaccinations performed


141


Examinations for vaccinations


1,100


The districts and inspectors are as follows :-


District No. I .- Prescott, Hanscom, Davis, Edgerly and Boys' Vocational 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, 146 Highland avenue.


District No. 4 .- Morse, Carr, Durell, Burns and Girls' Vocational schools. Inspector, Dr. W. L. Bond, 322 Highland avenue.


District No. 5 .- Brown, Bingham, and Forster schools. Inspector, Dr. H. M. Stoodley, 283 Highland avenue.


District No. 6 .- Lincoln, Hodgkins, Highland, Cutler, and Lowe schools. Inspector, Dr. H. Cholerton, 94 College ave- nue.


District No. 7 .- Glines and High schools. Inspector, Dr. Edgar F. Sewall, 281 Broadway.


Parochial Schools .- Inspector, Dr. M. W. White, 21 Wal- nut street.


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 annex 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 to be examined for tuberculosis, diphtheria, and typhoid fever, and diphtheria anti-toxin, vac-


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cine lymph and nitrate of silver solution may be obtained at the laboratory and at the following places :-


Edward Edwards, 25 Union square.


Willis S. Furbush & Co., 1153 Broadway.


Hall Drug Co., Hobbs building, Davis square.


Ernest B. McClure, 529 Medford street. John Morrison, 288 Highland avenue.


Richardson Pharmacy, 310 Broadway.


George E. Wardrobe, 693 Broadway.


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


Undertakers.


Under the provisions of Section 44 of Chapter 78 of the Revised Laws of 1902, twenty-one persons have been duly li- censed as undertakers.


Examination of Plumbers.


The public statutes provide for a board of examiners of plumbers, consisting of a chairman of the board of health, the inspector of buildings, and an expert at plumbing, to be appointed by the board of health. This board appointed Dun- can 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.


Agent of Board.


On October 21, 1916, Mr. Caleb A. Page, after twenty- eight years of service, severed his connection with this board by resignation. This board desires to express its sincere ap- preciation of his faithful, conscientious and valuable service rendered to the city. Major George I. Canfield was appointed his successor and assumed his duties October 23, 1916.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1916. Health Department.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$11,350 00


Transferred from Contagious Hospital .


447 21


Total credit


$11,797 21


DEBIT.


Salaries


$5,454 27


Books, printing, etc.


254 01


Telephones


193 35


Care of tuberculosis in other hospitals


3,553 40


Care of other diseases


1,106 21


Maintenance of vehicles


888 31


Other expenses


347 66


Total debit .


$11,797 21


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


Contagious Hospital.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


·


$20,575 00


Received from Poor Department


130 72


Received from refunds


93


$20,706 65


Amounts transferred :--


Health Department


$447 21


Sanitary Department


200 00


Support of Poor, miscellaneous .


1,727 91


2,375 12


Net credit


$18,331 53


DEBIT.


Salaries and wages


$8,845 84


Groceries and provisions


7,148 52


General supplies .


1,458 10


Other expenses


367 87


Total debit


17,820 33


Balance unexpended


$511 20


Inspection of Animals and Provisions.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$1,350 00


Salary .


$1,300 00


Expenses


26 38


Total debit


$1,326 38


Balance unexpended .


$23 62


Inspection of Milk and Vinegar.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


.


$3,125 00


Transferred to inspection of school children . 2 65


Net credit


DEBIT.


Salaries


$2,222 86


Maintenance of laboratory


254 55


Maintenance of automobile


475 86


Telephone


29 91


Printing, stationery and postage


92 20


Other expenses .


45 46


Total debit .


$3,120 84


Balance unexpended .


$1 51


·


DEBIT.


.


$3,122 35


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Inspection of School Children.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


·


$2,430 00


Transferred from inspection of milk and vinegar


2 65


Total credit .


$2,432 65


DEBIT.


Salaries


$2,380 00


Other expenses


52 65


Total debit .


$2,432 65


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


Board of Health.


Attest :


LAURENCE S. HOWARD, Clerk.


REPORT OF THE MEDICAL INSPECTOR.


·


Somerville, January 1, 1917. To the Board of Health of the City of Somerville :-


Gentlemen,-I herewith present the report of the medical inspector for the year 1916, including the statistics of the con- tagious disease hospital and the bacteriological laboratory.


Scarlet Fever. During the year 119 cases of this disease were reported in the city, a decrease of 194 in number from the previous year. Each case has been inspected before re- lease from quarantine and 100 visits were made at residences to determine when desquamation was complete.


Diphtheria. During the year 159 cases of diphtheria were reported in the city, a decrease of 78 in number from the previous year. Before patients are released from quarantine two sucessive negative cultures must be obtained, and during the year 152 visits were made at houses for this purpose.


Typhoid Fever. During the year sixteen cases of this disease were reported, a decrease of fifteen cases from the previous year.


Tuberculosis. During the year 166 cases of this disease were reported, an increase of twenty-five cases over the pre- vious year.


Ophthalmia Neonatorum. During the year forty cases of this disease were reported, a decrease of three cases from the previous year. An investigation was made of all these pa- tients.


Infantile Paralysis. During the year there were forty- eight cases of this disease with nine deaths. All of these cases were quarantined under the same restrictions as scarlet fever or diphtheria, but there is no evidence to show that these measures in any way prevented the spread of the disease.


Contagious Disease Hospital.


During the year 373 visits were made at the hospital. Scarlet Fever. During the year forty-nine cases were ad- mitted, two of which proved fatal. The average stay in the hospital was thirty-five days.


Diphtheria. During the year 115 cases were admitted, eighteen of which proved fatal. The average stay in the hos- pital was sixteen days.


Tuberculosis. During the year seventy-six cases were ad- mitted, thirty-one of which proved fatal. The average stay in the hospital was seventy-five days,


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Other Diseases. Two cases of measles were admitted, six cases of erysipelas, one of tooth abscess, and nine cases of in- fantile paralysis, four of which were fatal.


The daily average of patients was 10.57 in the contagious department and 15.76 in the tuberculosis department, a total of 26.33.


Bacteriological Department.


During the year 815 examinations were made of diph- theria cultures, 260 examinations of sputum, and eighty-one examinations of blood for typhoid fever.


Respectfully submitted, FRANK L. MORSE, Medical Inspector.


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS.


Somerville, Mass., January 1, 1917.


To the Board of Health, Somerville, Mass. :-


Gentlemen,-Following is the report of the inspector of animals and provisions, including tables showing the amount of work accomplished.


Articles Condemned.


Meats.


Hamburg steak, 121 pounds; tripe, 33 pounds; liver, 142 pounds ; pigs' feet, 1 keg; common sausage, 65 pounds ; fresh pork, 116 pounds ; poultry, 369 pounds ; veal. 274 pounds ; lamb, 292 pounds ; corned beef, 267 pounds ; fresh beef, 412 pounds; whole swine, 16.


One man fined thirty dollars for selling meat unfit for food.


Fish.


Salt fish, 17 pounds ; haddock, 219 pounds; halibut, 143 pounds ; pollock, 87 pounds; salmon, 51 pounds; fresh herring, 212 pounds ; (whole) fresh mackerel, 182; clams in shell, 11/2 bushel; clams, 37 quarts ; oysters, 5 gallons.


Fruit.


Plums, 19 baskets; oranges, 11 boxes; lemons, 21/2 boxes ; straw- berries, 393 quarts; blackberries, 45 quarts; raspberries, 184 cups; grape fruit, 6 boxes; grapes, 41 baskets; bananas, 134 dozen; canta- loupe melons, 11 crates; peaches, 47 baskets; apples, 16 bushels ; pears, 9 bushels.


Vegetables.


Cauliflower, 51 heads; rhubarb, 11 boxes; yellow turnips, 5 bar- rels; asparagus, 33 bunches; squash, 9 barrels; sweet potatoes, 5 baskets; common potatoes, 29 bushels ; greens, 19 bushels; lettuce, 17 dozen ; green corn, 7 bushels; cucumbers, 2 bushels; cabbage, 31/2 barrels; onions, 4 barrels; tomatoes, 14 baskets; green beans, 6 bushels.


Groceries.


Macaroni, 267 boxes; flour, 1,900 pounds; salt, 300 pounds.


Eggs.


Eggs, 81 dozen.


Inspected for 1916.


The following table shows the number of inspections made on slaughter houses, markets, grocery stores and street pedlers, over which there is a constant supervision to safe- guard the consumer.


Retail pedlers and hawkers


1,853


Retail fish markets


867


Retail markets and stores


4,924


Wholesale market and packing


.


187


Slaughter House Inspection.


During the year weekly inspections have been made at all slaughtering establishments. Inspections have also been made of all animals for infectious disease. The slaughtering


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houses have been enlarged, stock yards have been improved, new quarters for the help have been provided and the slaught- ering business in this city has increased thirty-three per cent. Somerville is one of the largest slaughtering centres in the United States.


Cattle


29,565


Sheep


.


285,840


Calves


91,818


Swine


·


.


1,245,131


Animals.


There has been a steady decrease of glanders in this city for the past three years, and I believe it is due in part to dis- continuance of public drinking fountains for horses, and a thorough disinfection of stables and blacksmith shops. Each stable and shop is now in first class sanitary condition. In 1913 there were sixty odd horses killed for glanders; 1914, only thirty odd; 1915, ten odd, and 1916, thirteen killed, but eight were in one stable-in all making a large decrease in the disease.


Inspected. Quarantined. Killed.


Horses (glanders)


3,461


22


13


Released. 9


Cows .


17


Goats


.


14


Swine (hog cholera) ·


221


Dogs (rabies)


11


4


4


Total


3,724


26


13


13


There have been many more lunch carts, restaurants and bakeries doing business in the city and each has been in- spected weekly.


Barber shops are required to be kept in a sanitary con- dition all the time and to properly sterilize their utensils, also that the barbers are in first class shape.


Factories.


The conditions in ice cream and candy . factories are greatly improved-all factories in the city have had monthly inspection.


As agent of the board of health, I have been on duty nights and Sundays most of the time to convey patients to the Contagious Hospital, by ambulance.


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES M. BERRY,


Inspector.


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1,652,354


REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR.


LABORATORY OF INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR. City Hall Annex, Somerville, Mass., January 1, 1917. To the Board of Health of the City of Somerville :-


Gentlemen,-I herewith present my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1916.


On the above date there were in this city licensed to sell milk, four hundred ninety-six stores and sixty-nine pedlers, and twenty-six stores to sell oleomargarine.


Of the sixty-nine pedlers thirty-seven are located in this city and thirty-two in the neighboring cities and towns.


There are approximately 6,000 gallons of milk distributed in Somerville daily, and thirty-two dealers selling pasteurized milk supply over eighty per cent. of this amount.


Table 1.


Months.


Licenses


Issued.


License


Fees.


Analytical


Fees.


Cash paid


City Treas.


Analyses


on Account.


Total


Dept.


January


12


$6.00


$2.00


$8.00


$18.50


$26.50


February .


9


4.50


1.50


6.00


43.00


49.00


March


17


8.50


8.50


18.50


27.00


April


63


31.50


13.50


45.00


41.50


86.50


May


397


198.50


2.50


201.00


23.50


224.50


June


35


17.50


2.50


20.00


36.50


56.50


July .


20


10.00


. ...


10.00


19.00


29.00


August


8


4.00


...


4.00


60.50


64.50


September


8


4.00


8.50


12.50


12.00


24.50


October


9


4.50


2.00


6.50


16.50


23.00


November


8


4.00


3.00


7.00


10.00


17.00


December.


5


2.50


1.00


3.50


19.00


22.50


Total


591


$295.50


$36.50'


$332.00


$318.50


*$650.50


Income for


·


*In addition to above fines imposed amounted to $515.00 and two cases continued for sentence.


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Table 2. Samples of Milk, Cream, Ice Cream and Vinegar Examined.


Months.


Chemical


Samples


Collected.


Bact.


Collections.


Lorenz


Tests.


Total


Collections.


Samples left at


Office.


Total


Examina-


tions.


January


198


98


17


313


35


348


February


148


88


8


244


82


326


March


162


64


16


242


35


277


April


166


80


27


273


73


346


May .


243


40


84


367


45


412


June .


127


70


111


308


57


365


July .


197


87


22


306


22


328


August


272


103


25


400


103


503


September


186


120


306


34


340


October


197


80


150


4:27


25


452


November


189


112


178


479


26


505


December


215


88


84


387


35


422


Total


2,300


1,030


722


4,052


572


4,624


Table 3.


Months.


Chem.


Notices.


Bact.


Notices.


Sanitary


Notices.


Total


Notices.


Inspections.


Infected


Samples.


January


.


·


5


13


15


33


60


0


February .


5


15


6


26


42


0


March


4


1


12


17


35


0


April


32


16


24


72


40


0


May .


46


12


47


105


155


0


June .


19


14


29


62


76


0


July .


32


26


8


66


43


0


August


37


31


9


77


141


0


September


17


29


11


57


118


0


October


8


6


32


46


22


0


November


12


7


89


108


83


0


December


10


2


8


20


40


0


Total


22


172


290


689


855


0


City Inspection.


The department work in the city proper covers the su- pervision of milk at the receiving stations, the taking of temperatures, examination of utensils and wagons, examina- tion of milk from dairies for visible dirt and bacteriogical


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standard, inspection of milk plants and stores and the taking of samples of milk at railroad stations, teams, stores, lunch rooms and hotels.


Laboratory work consists of the analysis of milk, cream, butter, ice cream and vinegar, chemically and bacteriologi- cally, with the exception of butter and vinegar (which are not examined for bacteria).


Milk dealers are urged to see that the bottles distributed by them are free from particles of dirt which settle to the bottom of the bottle, and consumers are requested to notify this department when any such conditions are noticed. The following cuts show the condition of a cotton disc after a pint of milk has been strained through it.


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It is needless to elaborate further as these cottons tell their own story. Dealers are further urged to see that their producers ship only clean milk to them.


During this year the Boston and Maine Railroad has built at the East Somerville yards a receiving station for the milk cars coming to Greater Boston. These cars are known as the open cars, that is, cars in which any producer may ship milk. This was done to comply with the ruling of the Inter- state Commerce Commission.


Somerville is now the largest receiving centre for milk in New England, about forty cars arriving daily, bringing in 312,375 quarts of milk to forty (40) dealers.


There were twenty-seven court cases during 1916.


Prosecutions in court were as follows :-


Twenty-three for milk below standard.


One for tasting milk contrary to law.


Three for watered milk.


Six cases were appealed and two cases were placed on probation. Fines to the amount of five hundred and fifteen dollars were imposed.


I desire to express my appreciation of the very efficient assistance rendered this department by the city solicitor, as convictions were obtained in each instance.


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Table 4.


1912


1913


1914


1915


1916


MILK INSPECTION-CITY.


Samples of milk and cream, ice cream and vinegar for chemical analysis .


1,001


876


787 70


3,008 374


4,624


· Number found below grade . Samples of milk and cream for bacteriological analysis


740


820


752


1,143


1,030


Number found above 500,000 bacteria per C.C.


102


66


58


47


172


Temperatures of milk and cream taken


1,500


1,690


1,599


2,006


1,775


INSPECTIONS.


Number of stores and depots handling milk ·


559


480


517 1,004


610


591


Number of inspections made Number of re-inspections made .


120


687


190


162


101


Number found contrary to regulations on 2d insp. ·


118


98


25


...


2*


Average number of inspec- tions per store, including re-inspections


. .


3


2.35


....


. . .


LICENSES.


Number of licenses


for


98


78


72


69


69


Number of licenses for stores issued (milk)


461


480


517


528


496


Number of licenses refused .


2


2


0


2


. . .


Number of licenses revoked . Number of licenses for stores issued (oleomargarine) .


1


0


0


0


.. .


26


LEGAL CASES.


Suits instituted


9


7


11


17


27


Convictions .


8


6


11


16


27


Pending


0


0


2


1


Fines imposed


$100


$62


$105


$205


· $515t .


MISCELLANEOUS MILK DATA.


Total daily supply (gals.)


6,000


6,200


5,665


6,250


9,000


Per cent. of milk pasteurized


44


56


60


80


82


9


9


9


9


10


Average price of milk, winter Average price of milk, summer Letters or orders sent. (See sanitary notices.)


8


8


8


8


10


. · Total daily cream supply (gals.)


420


450


560


.


.


* This work has been taken over by the Sanitary Inspectors.


t Two defendants were placed on probation for 6 months.


. . . .


. . . .


. . . .


146


106


399


.


1,002


753


1,227


855


wagons issued ·


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Table 5 .- Infantile Mortality.


Year.


Births.


Deaths under 1 year, all causes.


Deaths under 1 year, enteric diseases.


Enteric Death Rate per 10,000 population under 1 year.


Population.


1912.


1839


142


45


5.84


77,000


1913.


1861


166


45


5.48


82,000


1914.


1992


147


33


3.92


84,000


1915.


1898


142


25


2.90


86,000


1916


Birth re- turns in- complete


·


23


2.58


89,000


For several years I have tried to impress upon all con- cerned the desirability of pasteurizing all the milk offered for sale in Somerville.


I believe pasteurization is an absolute necessity and that every large city should have the necessary authority to en- force pasteurization in its entire supply. Table five is one of the most eloquent arguments for pasteurization that can pos- sibly be presented, showing, as it does, the steady decrease in mortality of children under one year of age.


Note should be made of the fact that the population and amount of milk consumed has steadily increased.


I should like to recommend at this time that the Somer- ville Board of Health support some legislation having as its object the enforcing of pasteurization in the larger cities and the control of the process by the local authorities.


New Legislation.


Chapter 744 of the Acts of 1914 was amended by Chapter 228 of the Acts of 1916, to include the inspection of the milk as well as the premises, as follows :-


Chapter 228. Acts 1916.


It shall be unlawful for any producer of milk or dealer in milk to sell or deliver for sale in any city or town in the commonwealth any milk produced or dealt in by him without first obtaining from the Board of Health of such city or town a permit authorizing such sale or delivery. Said Boards of Health are hereby authorized to issue such permits after an inspection, satisfactory to them, of the milk and of the place in which and of the circumstances under which


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such milk is produced and handled, has been made by them or by their authorized agent. Any permit so granted may contain such reasonable conditions as said board may think suitable for protect- ing the public health and may be revoked for failure to comply with any of such conditions. No charge shall be made to the producer for said permit or for said inspection.


Chapter 134 of the Acts of 1916 extends the duties of collectors and inspectors of milk as follows :-


Chapter 134. Acts 1916.


Inspectors of milk and collectors of milk samples shall have authority to take samples from milk, intended for sale in their respective cities or towns, wherever, within the commonwealth, such milk is produced, stored or transported, but this act shall not be construed to permit of any interference by such inspectors or collectors with milk in the course of interstate commerce.


Country Inspection.


There are at present about four hundred dairies, sending milk to this city, who have a permit in accordance with Chap- ter 744, Acts of 1914, as amended by Chapter 228, Acts of 1916. Four producers were prosecuted for selling watered milk and each paid a fine of fifty dollars.


I wish to advise producers of milk to have their milk tested for butter fat. I mean by this, to have each cow tested separately.


Many cows do not pay for their keep and the earlier this fact is discovered the better for the producer. All producers are urged to weigh the milk from each cow at each milking. It only takes a moment and it is of the greatest importance if milk is to be produced at a profit.


I wish to express my appreciation to my co-workers in the board of health for the assistance they have rendered this department during the past year, and to remind the citizens of Somerville that the department is at their service at all times upon any matter with which we can consistently deal.


Respectfully submitted, HERBERT E. BOWMAN,


Inspector of Milk and Vinegar.


SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.


Board of Overseers of the Poor. HENRY F. CURTIS, M. D., President. ALBERT W. EDMANDS, Vice-President. PHILIP KOEN. MICHAEL COLL.


Committees. ON FINANCE, INVESTIGATION AND RELIEF, AND CITY HOME-Dr. Curtis, Mr. Edmands, Mr. Koen and Mr. Coll.




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