Report of the city of Somerville 1920, Part 14

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 422


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Grade XI


English


4


4


Elocution (2)


1


1


Physiology


1


1


Penmanship (3)


21/2


1


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.


·


·


.


4


4


Elocution (3)


1


1


Bus. Arithmetic (2) .


21/2


21/2


Penmanship (4)


21/2


1


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


2 1/2


·


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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ANNUAL REPORTS.


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


211


.


.


·


.


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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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.


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


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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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