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Grade XI
English
4
4
Elocution (2)
1
1
Physiology
1
1
Penmanship (3)
21/2
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Electives
Bookkeeping (3) or .
5
5
Stenography (2) &
5
5
Typewriting (2)
5
21/2
Spanish (3)
5
5
French (3)
5
5
German (2)
5
5
Commercial History
4
4
Mod. Eur. History
4
4
Chemistry
5
5
Bookkeeping or Stenography and Typewriting must be included in the electives chosen by each pupil.
Grade XII
English .
4
4
U. S. History and Civ.
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·
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4
4
Elocution (3)
1
1
Bus. Arithmetic (2) .
21/2
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Penmanship (4)
21/2
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Electives
Bookkeeping (4) or .
5
5
Stenography (3) & .
5
5
Typewriting (3) or
5
21/2
Bus. Practice and Salesmanship
21/2
21/2
Spanish (4)
5
5
French' (4)
5
5
Commercial Law
21/2
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Bookkeeping or Stenography and Typewriting or Business Practice and Salesmanship must be included in the electives taken by each pupil. Pupils who do not take Bookkeeping need not take Penmanship. Pu- pils who take Bookkeeping or Business Practice and Salesmanship need not take Business Arithmetic (2).
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D., President. J. FRANK WELLINGTON, Vice-President.
FREDERICK W. PARKER. HERBERT E. BUFFUM, M. D. GILES W. BRYANT, M. D.
WILLIAM L. BARBER.
CHARLES L. NOYES, D. D.
DAVID H. FULTON.
FRANK M. BARNARD
COMMITTEES. On Administration.
The President, Messrs. Wellington, Parker, Noyes, Buffum and Fulton.
On Books and Cataloguing. The President, Messrs. Barber, Buffum, Bryant and Barnard.
On Buildings and Property. The President and the Vice-President.
Secretary of the Board. GEORGE H. EVANS.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY .. 1
ORGANIZATION OF LIBRARY AND STAFF PERSONNEL.
December 31, 1920.
GEORGE HILL EVANS, Librarian. NELLIE M. WHIPPLE, Assistant Librarian. VIVIAN J. MORSE, Executive Assistant.
CENTRAL LIBRARY AND LIBRARIAN'S OFFICE. Highland Avenue and Walnut Street.
1 GRADED SERVICE.
Department Heads and Special. Positions ..
CORA B. EAMES, Reference Librarian.
EDITH B. HAYES, Chief Cataloguer.
MARY S. WOODMAN, Reviewer and Classifier ..
ANNA L. STONE, Periodicals.
EDYTHE L. MILLER, High School Librarian.
NINA L. WINN, Librarian of Graded and Junior High School's®
GLADYS B. HASTINGS, Children's Librarian.
Senior Assistants. 1
MYRTLE NICHOLSON, Desk Chief.
Assistant Cataloguer DOROTHY B. SPEAR, Circulation Department. Circulation Department. RUTH A. MODUFFEE, Children's Room.
Junior Assistants.
Circulation Department :. Circulation Department.
UNGRADED SERVICE.
MAE L. GORMLEY, Circulation Department. BERNICE L. WATT, Catalogue Department. JESSIE E. BENNETT, Catalogue Department.
Attendants on Part Time.
ARTHUR HAYES RUTH HAYES DOROTHY A. JONES
WILMOT W. JONES MYRTLE I. MINZNER EDITH TAYLOR
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
WEST SOMERVILLE BRANCH.
Established 1909. 40 College Avenue.
GRADED SERVICE. ESTHER M. MAYHEW, Branch Librarian. MABEL E. BUNKER, 1st Assistant.
Senior Assistants. RUTH L. SWETT, Children's Librarian. Circulation Department.
Junior Assistants. EDNA L. HARTWELL, Circulation Department.
UNGRADED SERVICE. Attendants on Part Time.
Page
NATALIE C. HAILWOOD MARION F. MACDONALD MARSTON C. SARGENT
IRMA P. TRAPHAGEN RICHARD J. WALSH
EAST SOMERVILLE BRANCH. Established 1912. Broadway and Illinois Avenue.
GRADED SERVICE. Branch Librarian
Senior Assistants. H. LUTHERA FISHER, 1st Assistant. Children's Librarian
Junior Assistant.
OLIVE W. GLEASON, Circulation Department.
UNGRADED SERVICE.
Attendants on Part Time.
ANNIE GILMAN ISABELLE H. HUGHES
ELSIE L. KNOX GERTRUDE L. MCGLINCHY
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UNION SQUARE BRANCH. Established 1912. Washington Street and Bonner Avenue.
GRADED SERVICE. ALICE G. WORTHEN, Branch Librarian.
Senior Assistants. MARGUERITE C. KELLY, 1st Assistant. Children's Librarian
Junior Assistant. Circulation Department.
UNGRADED SERVICE. MARY STACK, Page.
Attendants on Part Time
GASPERO ALBANO
LEOLA STROUT ALICE RUSSELL
MEMBERS OF THE TRAINING CLASS.
MILDRED A. FULLER LUCY W. HARRIS MILDRED J. HESS ORPHA B. MATHESON
MARION J. MESERVE ELEANOR A. RANDALL FLORENCE SEWALL
NOTE: For changes in staff personnel during the year see Librarian's Report.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Report of the Trustees.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :
Gentlemen : The forty-eighth annual report of the trustees of the public library is herewith respectfully submitted ; being the report of the librarian and tables of statistics of operation.
Very respectfully, The Board of Trustees, by THOMAS M. DURELL, President.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.
Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees :
The forty-eighth annual report of the Somerville Public Library, for the year 1920, is herewith submitted.
As the year has drawn toward its close signs of a re-action from the abnormal conditions of employment that have worked havoc with library service far and wide have begun to. be manifest. The war has left a mark that will not soon nor easily be erased, but there is a dawning hope that we are already en- tering a period of re-building that will in due time restore the standards of service to which our people have previously been accustomed. That we were able in October to register a promis- ing training class of seven, as against none last year, points unmistakably to such a conclusion.
The total recorded home circulation for 1920 is 476,035. A moderate decline appears in the reports of all our circulating agencies, except the Central Library, which shows a slight in- crease. In no case, however, has the change either way been of significant proportions.
There are two disturbing features in our present cond tion. The general movement of upward salary adjustment of the last two years leaves us at a relatively lower level than formerly as compared with other libraries in or near our class. We must expect to see the inevitable operation of economic law that brings to the better paying institutions the more efficient personnel and to the poorer paying institutions the less effi- cient. Equally serious in another direction is the decline in our book purchasing power, shown in sharp relief by the net re- duction of our book collection this year by 3,619 volumes. This means that the funds available for book purchase are not suffi- cient to replace the wear and tear of use. In 1917 our total appropriation for book purchase was $8,313. It was thereafter radically reduced, and in succeeding years was as follows: 1918, $5,335; 1919, $5,902; 1920, $6,126. In the meantime the cost of books has nearly doubled. As a result of a decreased appropriation during a period of sharply increasing costs our purchasing power has declined approximately one half in the last three years. We are not now able to maintain the collec- tion with the present appropriation, but are in the position of a merchant who takes out of his business the money received from sales without replenishing his stock of merchandise. It is unnecessary to point out to any intelligent observer to what
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end this process leads. Your librarian would be derelict in his duty if he failed to direct attention to these features of our present condition.
During 1920 the following changes have occurred in the staff. Mildred R. Holt, Branch Librarian at Union Square Branch, and Beatrice E. Kelliher, Branch Librarian at East. Somerville Branch, resigned to accept better paid positions. Miss Holt was succeeded by Alice G. Worthen who came to us from the Melrose Public Library where she was Acting Librari- an. The position at East Somerville has not yet been filled. Ab- bie G. Glover, Librarian in charge of school deposits, resigned to accept the position of Librarian of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union of Boston. She was succeeded by Nina . L. Winn, promoted from Senior Assistant by examination. In addition the resignations of the following Senior and Junior Assistants have been received : Dorothy Kinney, Ruth S. Fales, Helen P. Smith, Ruth G. Markle, Ruth Burckes, Harriet C. Fen- wick, and Jessie B. Alcock. Resignations from the ungraded service were those of Lillian McGowan, Marion Fall, and Gladys Preble.
Appointments during the year have been as follows : to the First Grade, Alice G. Worthen; to the Second Grade, Dorothy B. Spear, H. Luthera Fisher, and Ruth A. McDuffee; to the Third Grade, Edna L. Hartwell and Olive W. Gleason; to the Ungraded Service, Bernice L. Watt, Jessie E. Bennett, and Mary Stack. Ruth L. Swett has been promoted to the position of Children's Librarian at West Somerville Branch, and Mar- guerite C. Kelly to the position of First Assistant at Union Square Branch, both for meritorious work. The library ser- vice was greatly reinforced at a critical time by the temporary summer appointment of Edith K. Coulman, Helen G. Gilman, and Elsie K. Wells, all of whom were experienced in library work.
Seven candidates for the Library Training Class success- fully qualified for admission, either by passing the required examination, or by presenting a college diploma. The class began its six months' course on the first Monday of October with the following members enrolled : Mildred A. Fuller, Lucy W. Harris, Mildred .J. Hess, Orpha B. Matheson, Marion J. Meserve, Eleanor A. Randall, Florence Sewall.
The usual statistical tables herewith appended are sub- mitted as a part of this report.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE H. EVANS,
Librarian.
The Public Library of the City of Somerville. APPENDIX A. Statistics of Use and Growth. Circulation.
Central
West
East 48,274
Union 32,317
Schools 7,680 43,427
Total 298,941
Volumes circulated, juvenile . ·
38,974
33,163
24,512
37,018
177,094
Total circulation (A. L. A. rules) ·
159,448
123,359
72,786
69,335
51,107
476,035
Accessions.
Central
West
East
Union
Total
Volumes in library Dec. 31, 1919
93,743
13,043
6,150
6,033
118,969
Volumes added
3,748
1,117
787
993
6,645
Volumes transferred to
.
1
56
55
142
254
Volumes restored
15
0
1
1
17
Total additions
3,764
1,173
843
1,136
6,916
Volumes withdrawn
7,557
716
488
628
9,389
Volumes transferred from
177
67
10
0
254
Volumes lost
321
48
272
251
892
Total reductions
8,055
831
770
879
10,535
Net loss
4,291
3,619
Volumes in library, Dec. 31, 1920 .
89,452
13,385
6,223
6,290
115,350
Registration.
Central
West
East
Union
Total
Borrowers registered Dec. 31, 1919 .
3,474
3,444
1,543
1,617
10,078
Borrowers registered during year
2,953
2,042
905
1,068
6,968
Registration in force Dec. 31, 1920 .
6,427
5,486
2,448
2,685
17,046
Expenditure in Library Department.
Population per capita cost of library service
$ .492 Circulation cost per book lent
$ .096
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Net gain
342
73
257
.
·
.
·
.
.
.
.
120,474
90,196
Volumes circulated, adult
·
..
.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
APPENDIX B
American Library Association Form For Uniform Statistics.
The Public Library of the City of Somerville, Mass.
93,091. Population served
Free for lending and free for reference .
.
207
Number of days open during year for lending and for reading ·
304
Hours open each week for lending (Central Library) . 72
Hours open each week for reading (Central Library) .
72
Number on staff: regular full time positions 34
part time positions in whole units 6
40
Number of volumes at beginning of year .
Number of volumes added during the year by purchase
Number of volumes added by gift or exchange
416
otherwise counted . ·
410:
Number of volumes withdrawn during the year
10,535
Total number at end of year .
115,350)
Adult ' Juvenile
Total
Number of volumes of fiction
lent for home use
226,132 94,468
320,600
Total number of volumes lent
for home use · 298,941 177,094
476,035
Number of borrowers registered during year
6,968
Number of valid borrower's cards, December 31 ·
17,046
Number of newspapers and periodicals currently received Titles
240
Copies
·
Receipts from :
Local taxation
Library Department .
$40,313 54
Public Buildings Department
12,763 00
Endowment Funds: Total credit ·
1,599 94
Fines
·
2,343 61
Other sources, Dog licenses . 2,180; 85 .
.
118,969 6,090
Number of volumes added by binding material not
.
.
.
499
Total number of agencies Consisting of Central Library 3 Branches High School Department 190 School Rooms 4 Institutions 8 Playgrounds
$59,200 94
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Payments for:
Library Department:
Books
9,491 78
Pictures
43 13
Periodicals
1,410 67
Music
37 38
Binding
2,969 51
Salaries, library service
28,724 88
Other maintenance
3,207 13
Balance from Appropriation
13 86
Balance from Endowment Funds
539 60
1
Public Buildings Department:
Janitor service, heat, light, etc. .
12,248 58
Balance
514 42
$59,200 94
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
BOARD OF HEALTH
ORGANIZATION - 1920.
ROBERT M. LAVENDER, Chairman WARREN C. BLAIR JOHN E. GILLIS, M. D.
Clerk and Agent to Issue Burial Permits. LAURENCE S. HOWARD.
Assistant Clerk. OLIVE M. STANLEY.
Agent. GEORGE I. CANFIELD.
Medical Inspector and Bacteriologist. FRANK L. MORSE. M. D.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions. CHARLES M. BERRY
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. HERBERT E. BOWMAN.
Milk Collector. WILLIAM H. WALLIS.
Plumbing Inspector. DUNCAN C. GREENE.
School Nurse. ELLA B. HORNBROOKE, R. N. Resigned Nov. 1, 1920. GRACE M. ANDREWS, R. N. From Nov. 1, 1920.
Assistant School Nurse. GRACE M. ANDREWS, R. N. to Nov. 1st.
Health Nurses. HELEN B. BERRY, R. N. MARY L. SCOTT, R. N.
Matron at Contagious Hospital. LILLIAN E. GOULD, R. N.
Assistant Matron at Contagious Hospital. GLADYS HORNE, R. N. Resigned June 26, 1920.
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Office of the Board of Health, City Hall Annex, January 1, 1921.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :---
Gentlemen :- We respectfully submit the following as the forty-third 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, 1920 :
Nuisances.
A record of the 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 :
Complaints referred from 1919 27
Complaints received during 1920
480
507
Complaints referred to 1921 . 26
Nuisances abated in 1920
481
Second and third notices sent
64
Received during 1920
480
Total notices sent
544
In addition to the above, 373 dead animals have been re- moved from the public streets. 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. Not a single case of glanders has been reported in the city during the past year.
· Record of Licenses and Permits Issued.
Cous. - Six applications were received for permits to keep seven cows, all of which were granted.
Goats. - Five applications were received for permits to keep nine goats, all of which were granted. The fee is one dollar for each goat.
Hens. - One hundred and eight-five applications for per- mits to keep 2957 hens were received. One hundred and fifty- nine permits to keep 2559 hens were granted, and twenty-six permits were refused.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Grease. - Fifteen applications were received for permits for seventeen 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. - Four persons have been licensed to practice massage and manicure. The fee is one dollar for . each license.
Sale of Alcohol. - Chapter 360, Acts of the Legislature of Massachusetts for the year 1919 provides that no person, firm or corporation other than a registered druggist shall engage in the business of manufacturing, buying, selling or dealing in methyl alcohol, or wood alcohol, so called or denatured alcohol, or any preparation containing more than three per cent of any of the said alcohols, without being licensed so to do by the board of health.
Under the provisions of this act eighteen licenses have been issued. The fee is one dollar for each license.
Stables.
No person has the legal right to erect, occupy or use any building in this city, as a stable, without obtaining a license from the Board for such occupancy. Each application is re- ferred to the Agent of this Board and no license is granted unless all regulations of the Board are complied with. The following is a record of applications received and licenses granted :-
Applications pending from 1919
7
Applications received during 1920 .
15
22
Licenses granted
14
Licenses refused
.
0
14
Licenses pending .
8
Board of Infants.
Thirteen applications having been made to the State De- partment of Public Welfare for licenses to care for children in this city, were referred to this Board under Provisions of Chapter 83 of the Revised Laws of 1902. Twelve of these ap-
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plications were approved for the care of twenty-four children and one was returned without the approval of this board.
Deaths.
There were 1137 deaths and sixty-four stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following table, which shows an increase of deaths over the previous year of sixty- three.
Deaths at Somerville hospital 105
Deaths at hospital for contagious diseases and
tuberculosis 34
Deaths at home for aged poor (Highland Avenue) 45
Deaths at city home 16
Deaths at other institutions . .
56
1
1
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Mortality in Somerville in 1920.
=
anuary.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
I. GENERAL DISEASES.
(A. Epidemic Diseases. )
Anterior Poliomyelitis.
4
2
Cerebro-spinal meningitis.
1
5
12
1
2
1
2
2
4
19
Influenza !
1
17
1
1
20
Measles
1
1
Pertussis
1
1
3
3
1
9
Scarlet Fever
2
3
Typhoid Fever.
1
1
1
B
(B. Other General Diseases. )
Abscess
1
1
1
1
6
Addisons disease
1
1
Arthritis .
1
1
Cancer of breast
1
1
1
1
1
6
Cancer of intestines
5
1
1
1
1
9
Cancer of rectum
1
1
1
..
1
14
Cancer uterus
1
1
2
2
6
Cancer other forms
3
6
8
5
1
4
7
2
6
2
2
48
Cardio Renal disease
1
1
2
3
1
2
1
1
2
12
Erysipelas.
1
1
Hodgkins disease
1
1
Leuchaemia ..
1
1
2
Pernicious anæmia.
2
2
2
1
1
1
9
Pleurisy
1
1
Progressive mus. atrophy
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
9
4
9
2
2
4
4
8
60
Tuberculosis other forms.
1
1
3
2
1
1
9
Rheumatism
1
1
II. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Apoplexy
9
14
.8
8
6
8
9
4
5
9
12
9
101
Eclampsia
1
1
1
Oedema of Brain
1
1
Paralysis
1
1
2
4
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
9
III. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULA- TORY SYSTEM.
Aneurism of aorta
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
10
Endocarditis
1
2
1
3
4
1
1
1
2
4
3
1
24
Heart disease
9
10
9
7
4
1
12
4
4
9
12
7
88
Mesentery Thrombosis
1
1
2
Myocarditis
5
8
1
5
4
1
3
1
4
1
5
4
42
Pericarditis
1
1
3
Regurgitation
4
5
3
1
3
1
1
1
4
1
24
2
1
1
1
1
Cancer of stomach
1
4
3
1
3
1
2
Hernia
1
1
1
1
Status Lymphaticus.
2
Tuberculosis pulmonary
7
4
5
1
Encephalitis
1
Hemiplegia
Meningitis
2
Angina pectoris
1
Diphtheria
6
1
Acidosis
1
Diabetes.
Septicæmia.
1
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Mortality in Somerville in 1920. - Concluded.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
IV. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRA- TORY SYSTEM.
Bronchitis
4
2
3
1
2
2
2
16.
Empyema
1
1
1
1
Pneumonia
27
66
17
11
9
3
3
1
5
3
9
7
161
Pulmonary œdema
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
V. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
Appendicitis
1
1
Cholangitis
1
1
Cholecystitis.
1
Cirrhosis liver
1
1
1
1
5
Colitis
1
1
1
3
Enteritis
1
3
1
1
1
12
2
3
1
25
Gall stones.
1
Gastritis
1
1
1
1
1
1
6
Intestinal toxæmia
1
L
1
3
Intestinal obstruction
2-
Pancreatitis
1
1
Peritonitis
1
1
1
1
1
6
VI. DISEASES OF THE GENITO- URINARY SYSTEM.
Cystitis
2
1
3
3
5
5
2
8
5
4
1
3
7
4
50'
Uræmia
1
1
1
3.
VII. CHILDBIRTH.
Caesarian operation
1
Hyperimess
1
Internal Hemorrhage
2:
Puerperal Mania.
1
1.
VIII. DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND CELLULAR TISSUES.
Gangrene
1
1
1
1
4:
IX. MALFORMATIONS.
Anacephalic
1
1.
X. EARLY INFANCY.
Asphyxia Neonatorum
1
2
3.
Atalectasis
2
1
2
5
Forceps delivery
1
Malnutrition
1
1
1
2
1
1
7
8
4
6
5
3
6
7
1
4
4
2
10
60
1
1
Hepatitis
1
Nephritis
1
1
1
1
. . .
..
..
1
Premature birth and congenital debility
1
1
1
1
1
2
Myxoedema
220
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Mortality in Somerville in 1920. - Concluded.
1
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July .
August
September.
October.
November
December.
Total.
XI. OLD AGE.
.
Arterio sclerosis
19
20
11
3
17
5
4
1
11
9
9
13
125
Senile dementia.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
9
XII. VIOLENCE.
Accidental burns from fire
2
1
1
1
1
6
Accidental burns from hot water
1
1
*2
Accidental fall
1
1
1
Accidental gas poisining
·2
1
1
1
Acc. carbonmonoxide poi.
Drowning
1
1
Heat Prostration
1
1
Homicide
1
1
Railroad
1
1
1
1
1
Struck by automobile
1
1
1
3
Suicide
2
1
1
1
1
6
Surgical shock
1
2
1
1
Total.
121
198
103
81
89
62
78
64
71
80
95
95
1137
Population (census)
93,033 Death rate per thousand. 12.22
1
1
1
1
221
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
DEATHS BY AGES.
AGES.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Under one
152
90
62
One to two
31
15
16
Three to four
7
2
5
Four to five
7
2
5
Five to ten
29
16
13
Ten to fifteen
10
6
4
Fifteen to twenty
17
5
12
Twenty to thirty
55
14
41
Thirty to forty
63
34
29
Forty to fifty
. 84
40
44
Fifty to sixty
151
81
70
Sixty to seventy
167
78
89
Seventy to eighty
215
93
122
Eighty to ninety
119
39
80
Ninety and over
16
7
9
Total
1137
528
609
Table of Deaths During the Last Ten Years.
Year.
No. of Deaths.
Rate per 1,000
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
1917
1,067
11.85
1918
1,533
16.84
1919
1,074
11.30
1920
1,137
12.22
Average death rate per 1,000 for ten years
12.45
Table Showing the Five Principal Causes of Death in Somerville in 1920.
PNEUMONIA.
ARTERIO SCLEROSIS
APOPLEXY.
HEART DISEASE.
CANCER ALL FORMS.
Number of Deaths.
Number per
10,000 of Pop.
Number of
Deaths.
Number per
10,000 of Pop.
Number of
Deaths.
Number per
10,000 of Pop.
Number of
Deaths.
Number per
10,000 of Pop. .
Number of
Deaths.
Number per
10,000 of Pop.
161
17.30
125
13.42
101
10.87
88
9.46
87
, 9.35
1
Two to three
14
6
8
.
1
REPORTS ..
222
MONTHS.
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
4
1
3
4
2
3
February
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
4
3
2.
1
1
9 4
8
5
3
8 8
7
8
5
9
8
4
4
4 7
9
June
10
9
7
6
9
8
3
11|
6
8
6
3
July
..
2
1
1
1
1
...
. ..
.. .
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
...
...
6
5
9
7
6
10
4
6 10
4
October.
1
...
1 2
3
1
41.
2
2
2
2
4
..
..
..
...
. .
..
December
3.
2 4 11
2.
3
1 3
15 14 13 25:18 21:24 19
9 19
6
حلـ
6
6
11
1
6
1
3
99 91 87 95 74
108 85 84 90
69
Total
Deaths from Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever, and Tuberculosis in the Last Ten Years.
TUBERCULOSIS ALL FORMS.
TYPHOID FEVER.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
January
1
1
1
March
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
April ..
1
1
...
..
1
1
4
1
1
1
...
May
1
1
1
1 1
2
1
...
...
1
3
1
1
...
...
7
6
4
3
4
...
2
1
1
1
August
1
September.
..
..
1
4
3 5.
3
3
1
2
..
...
?
1
1
11|10
4 14
6
6 11
4 2
8
...
November
*).
...
2
4
1
3
1
10 4
11
5
5
7
3
9 10
4
2
2
1
1
. . .
...
...
..
1
6
2 10
6
1
8
7
8. 2
5
2
. . .
2
1
1|
1
...
...
..
...
21
11
1
5 12
9|
8
8
5
4
9 12
3
13 11
10 14 10
16 7
6 9 10
10 14
9 7 4
5 10
2
11 7
5 10
8 10 12
...
...
1
4 2
...
1
2
1
2
1
...
1
...
1
1
...
.. .
76 6
...
1
6 13
9
6 11
4
:
..
1
...
..
.. .
..
...
1
...
1
6 7 7
ANNUAL
Table Showing Comparison Between 1919 and 1920 in Prevalence, Deaths Reported and Percentage of Deaths of Scar- let Fever, Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever and Tuberculosis.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
TUBERCULOSIS ALL FORMS.
Cases
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths.
1919 1920 1919 1920 1919 1920
1919 1920 1919 1920 1919
1920
1919 1920 1919 1920
1919
1920
1919 1920 1919 1920
1919
1920
January.
15
39
30
22
5
22.7
3
1
2
12
12
3 100.9
.25
February.
26
21
9
3
2
8.5
22.2
12
7
7
7
58.3
100
March
28
35
32
13
1
3.1
14
15
4.
50.0
26.6
April
24
34
17
8
1
12.5
17
10
6
6
35.3
60.
May
27
18
13
2
1
7.7
1
26
17
10
12
34.6
70.5
June.
7
16
12
16
2
12 5
23
17
11
4
47.8
23.5
July
9
2
7
5
1
20.0
1
4
1
.25
14
26
7
9
50.00
26.9
August
5
3
9
4
1
10
16
10
4,100.00
25.0
September
10
5
8
3
3
15
15
6
3
40.00
3.33
October
20
7
15
3
2
66.6
1
6
1
.16
12
21
2
5
16.66
23.8
November
17
11
1
5.8
20
17
2
2 10.
11.7
2
12
11
10
4
83.33
36.3
December
16
16
2
1 25
7
23
2
4
2.9
17.3
1
12
17
2
8
16.66
17.0
Total
204;
1
3
.5. 1.45
205: 125
9
19
4.4
15.2
17
16
1
3
5.9
18.7
169
184
90
69
53.2
37.5
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
MONTHS.
Cases
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths.
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths.
Cases
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths.
Cases
1
2.9
1
5
1
2
1
.50
2
1
.33
..
207
35
223
224
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Diseases Dangerous to the Public Health.
This board has adjudged that the diseases known as acti- nomycosis, anterior poliomyelitis, anthrax, Asiatic cholera, cerebro-spinal meningitis, chicken pox, diphtheria, dog-bite (re- quiring anti-rabic treatment), dysentery, German measles,. glanders, hookworm disease, infectious disease of the eye, in- fluenza, leprosy, malaria, measles, mumps, pellagra, plague, pneumonia (lobar only), rabies, scarlet fever, septic sore throat, small pox, tetanus, trichinosis, tuberculosis (all forms), typhoid fever, typhus fever, whooping 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 immediately 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 principal of the school in the district in which the patient re- sides, the librarian of the public library and state board of health are notified.
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