Report of the city of Somerville 1925, Part 8

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Such development is, of course, impossible with the present limited organization of workers, and with the extreme limit- ations of time at the disposal of present workers under the Commission. Accordingly, in the proposed budget of 1926 needs, there is included an item calling for a small sum for promotion of this business.


That there is equal demand for and equal value to the Community in, similar leagues for Hockey and Basketball in season, the Director has had ample evidence during study of the local situation. For these, provision should be made by providing the physical facilities through the proper depart- ments and by appropriation of a small sum for promotion of these activities by your Commission. Examples of a mode of precedure and of noteworthy success at moderate cost are at hand, in the experience of several near-by municipalities.


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ANNUAL REPORTS


General Recommendations


To meet in part the needs of Recreation in Somerville, the following recommendations are enumerated. They are based on the considerations given in this report, and divided into two groups. Group 1 has to do with those branches of the work to which, by the present activities, your Commission is definitely committed. Group 2 includes suggestions look- ing toward expansion of the plans to raise municipal recreation from its hitherto undefined level, to the more definite and comprehensive plans to which it is destined if Somerville is to meet the problem presented by the large and congested pop- ulation.


I


(1) Employment of a part-time, all-year clerical work- er to assist the Director and to act as clerk for the Commission.


(2) Expansion of the Summer Playgrounds organiza- tion to include new units for boys at the newly purchased City land at Elm and Cherry Sts .; the Southern Junior High School grounds; the North- eastern Junior High School grounds; and the Brown School premises.


(3) Providing a playground surface and equipment on the vacant land (a large part of which is City property) at the junction of Oliver and Glen Streets, the equipment to include fencing, replace- ment of baseball back-stop, swing-frames, seats, shelterhouse and shade trees.


(4) Early adjustment of Northeast corner of Foss Park to use for athletics purposes, or the alterna- tive suggested earlier in this report under the Cap- tion, "Summer Playgrounds-Grounds."


(5) Securing more adequate play space and improved conditions of present areas at Joy Street, Bennett, and Kent Street grounds.


(6) Early completion of the playground in the rear of the Western Junior High School.


(7) Resurfacing the Morse School Playground and erection of high screen fence on westerly side of this area.


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WELFARE AND RECREATION COMMISSION


(8) Purchase of land for additional playgrounds, es- pecially for serving smaller children near their homes.


(9) The planting of some shade trees on several of the playgrounds to provide natural shelter for the fu- ture.


(10) Provision for a male supervisor at Central Hill and Morse playgrounds jointly.


(11) Installing of additional permanent framework for swings and teeters at the Morse Playground.


(12) Increasing the length of Summer supervision pe- riod by at least one week.


(13) Provision for increase in the Summer supervisory corps to meet the needs mentioned earlier in this report under the heading "Summer Playgrounds- Supervision."


(14) Increasing from 8 to 16, the number of Saturday "Neighborhood Playground" units, so as to make the organization City-wide. (See "Saturday and Afternoon Playgrounds" above.)


(15) Expansion of the After-School supervision of play- grounds to provide three sessions per week at each unit instead of two sessions, and 4 units instead of 2.


(16) Provision of the necessary field equipment for ten- nis, Field Hockey, Soccer, etc., for use at these after-school sessions. 1


(17) Provision for outdoor active recreation in winter, for children and adults, such as hockey, tobogan- ning, and skiing.


(18) Provision of additional skating rinks for the gen- eral public in winter.


(19) Providing a Recreation Center, with others to fol- . low (for women) on parallel lines with those of the young men's centers.


(20) Provision for additional facilities for indoor athlet- ics and physical exercise in all Recreation Centers for men.


(21) Employment, in the Recreation Center undertak- ing, of special leaders for special activities.


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(22) Provision for securing workers for the Evening Rec- reation Centers who have the special qualifications for that work, to overcome the present lack of ap- plicants for this work.


(23) Provision for increased publicity and public in- formation concerning the objectives and opportuni- ties of the Recreation Centers.


(24) Appropriation of funds for promotion of Adults' Athletic Leagues, in Baseball, Hockey, Basketball, etc.


(25) Appropriation for promoting Community drama and kindred activities as Community Recreation.


II


Pageantry


Dramatic Clubs


Other Activities in Drama


Forum


Civic Meetings


Music Week


Lectures


Hockey Rinks. (Some expense incurred under this item in 1924.)


Aquatic Sports Day at Somerville Beach


Vacant Lot Playground Campaign.


Marble Tournament


Public "Walks"


Respectfully submitted


FRANCIS J. MAHONEY, Director.


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WELFARE AND RECREATION COMMISSION


Appendix


General Financial Statement


$7,999.90 were expended from the City Treasury, for the operations here reported. The sum appropriated had been $8,000.00.


Following is a general statement of financial expendi- tures :-


Summer Playgrounds


Supervision


$2,229 00


Supplies, Maintenance, Printing, etc.


1,208 00


Janitor, Repair Man, Gen'l Helper ......


105 00


Other Labor


8 00


3,550 00


Saturday and Afternoon Playgrounds


Supervision


1,339 50


Supplies


165 51


1,505 01


Evening Recreation Centers


Supervision


310 00


Supplies, Publicity, Printing


122 05


432 05


Canning Activities


Supervision and Instruction


420 00


Supplies


48 81


County Dues, (Paid


to Middlesex


County Bureau of Agriculture &


Domestic Science)


100 00


568 81


Neighborhood Center


Supervision


162 50


Supplies, Rental, etc.


37 50


200 00


Little Theatre & Adults' Baseball League


23 27


Hockey Rink, Western Jr. High School Playground


28 35


Director's Salary


1304 17


Postage


31 18


Clerical Help and Rental of Typewriter


110 25


Use of Automobile, Messengers, Tele-


phone, Carfares and Maintenance Sun- dries


187 41


Office Supplies


59 40


Total


$7,999 90


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ANNUAL REPORTS


APPENDIX TO THE COMMISSION'S REPORT


Public Welfare and Recreation Department Proposed Budget for 1926


I. SUMMER PLAYGROUNDS SEASON $5,925


II. SATURDAY AND AFTERNOON PLAYGROUNDS


(See Table 1) (Jan. 1 to June 30-Sept. 10 to Dec. 31 91/2 months' program) 2,420


III. EVENING CENTERS 1,150


IV GIRLS' CANNING ACTIVITIES 600


V. NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE 800


VI. MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES 1400


VII. SALARY, DIRECTOR 1300


VIII. TYPEWRITER & ACCESSORIES 100


IX. PART-TIME (All-year-round ) CLERK 350


X. USE OF AUTOMOBILE (12 months) 165


XI.


OFFICE SUPPLIES, POSTAGE, STATIONERY, Etc.


125


XII.


CONTINGENT


165


TOTAL $14,500


137


HEALTH DEPARTMENT


BOARD OF HEALTH


Organization - 1925 C. A. C. RICHARDSON, M. D., Chairman JAMES A. KILEY LIZETTE L. VORCE


Executive Clerk 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, V. S.


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


Milk Collector and Dairy Inspector WILLIAM H. WALLIS


Technician GEORGIA H. MORELAND, Ph. G .- Ph. C.


Milk Collector FRANCIS W. SMALL


Plumbing Inspector DUNCAN C. GREENE


School Nurses


GRACE M. ANDREWS, R. N. GLADYS M. GRANT, R. N.


Health Nurses


HELEN B. BERRY MARY L. SCOTT, R. N.


GRACE E. PICKERING, R. N.


Matron at Contagious Hospital LILLIAN E. GOULD, R. N.


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ANNUAL REPORTS


Office of the Board of Health,- City Hall, January 2, 1926.


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


Gentlemen :


We respectfully submit the following as the forty-eighth annual report of the Board of Health in which is presented a statement, tabulated and otherwise, of the sanitary condi- tion of the city and the business of the board for the year ending December 31, 1925.


Nuisances


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


Complaints referred from 1924 1


Complaints received during 1925 649


650


Complaints received with no just cause 19


Complaints abated on verbal notice of Agent 124


Complaints abated on notices sent 497


Complaints referred to 1926 10


650


First notices sent


496


Second and third notices sent 56


Total notices sent 552


Annually the cellars and alleyways of the city are ex- amined and the owners of property where unsanitary condi- tions exist are required to remedy the same.


Record of Licenses and Permits Issued


GOATS. Eight applications were received for permits to keep eight goats, all of which were granted. One applica- tion to keep one goat was refused. The fee is one dollar for each goat.


HENS. Twenty-seven applications for permits to keep 302 hens were received. Sixteen to keep 205 hens were grant- ed and eleven permits were refused.


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HEALTH DEPARTMENT


COWS. Two applications for permits to keep two cows were received, which were granted.


GREASE. Fifteen applications were received for permits for eighteen 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 render- ing, for which a fee of one dollar is charged.


MASSAGE AND MANICURE. Seventy persons have been licensed to practice massage and manicure. The fee is one dollar for each license.


SALE OF ALCOHOL. The statutes provide that no person, firm or corporation other than a registered druggist shall engage in the business of manufacturing, buying, sell- ing or dealing in methyl alcohol, or wood alcohol so called or denatured alcohol, or any preparation containing more than three percent of any of the said alcohols, without being licens- ed so to do by the board of health.


Under the provisions of this act thirty licenses have been issued. A fee of one dollar was received for each license.


BOTTLING. CARBONATED BEVERAGES. Chapter 303, Acts of 1921 provides that no person shall engage in the manufacturing or bottling of carbonated non-alcoholic bev- erages, soda waters and mineral and spring water without a permit from the board of health. Five such permits were granted, a fee of ten dollars being charged in each case.


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 referred to the Agent of this board and no license is grant- ed unless all regulations of the board are complied with. The following is a record of applications received and licenses granted :


Applications pending from 1924 0 Applications received during 1925 ..


7


7


Licenses granted 3


Licenses refused 4


7


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ANNUAL REPORTS


Board of Infants


Twenty 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 119 of the General Laws, and were approved.


Lying-In Hospitals


Two applications having been made to the State Depart- ment of Public Welfare for licenses to maintain lying-in- hospitals in this city were referred to this board under the provisions of Section 71 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and were approved.


There were 1110 deaths and sixty-one stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following table.


Deaths at Somerville Hospital 122


Deaths at hospital for contagious diseases 8


Deaths at home for aged poor (Highland Avenue) 41 Deaths at city home 7 Deaths at other institutions 54


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HEALTH DEPARTMENT


Mortality in Somerville in 1925


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


I. EPIDEMIC, ENDEMIC AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES.


1A Typhoid Fever


7 Measles


1


1


1


8 Scarlet Fever


1


1


1


9 Whooping Cough


1


1


2


5


10 Diphtheria.


1


1


1


3


11 Influenza


1


1


·2


21 Erysipelas


1


2


5


2


6


5


4


2


4


4


2


1


2


2


39


32 Tubercular Meningitis


5


33 Tubercular Peritonitis ..


1


3


1


5


34 Tuberculosis of verterbral column


1


1


37A Acute Disseminated Tub- erculosis


1


1


38 Syphilis.


41 Septicaemia


II. GENERAL DISEASES NOT INCLUDED IN CLASS I.


43 Cancer of Buccal Cavity. .....


1


1


1


4


3


3


3


11


6


2


2


3


3


7


4


2


49


1


3


2


1


3


2


1


4


1


1


3


22


5


2


1


3


1


1


1


14


47 Cancer of breast


1


1


1


1


2


2


8


48 Cancer of Skin


3


1


2


1


3


1


2


1


4


4


22


51


Acute Rheumatic Fever


3


52


Chronic Rheumatism.


1


1


2


4


1


3


1


2


1


3


1


12


62 Diseases of the Thymus Gland


1


1


2


1


1


69


Other General Diseases.


1


1


1


1


4


III. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND OF THE ORGANS OF THE SPECIAL SENSE.


70 Encephalltis


1


1


2


71A Simple Meningitis


3


71B Non-Epidemic Cerebro- Spinal Meningitis


1


1


2


72


Tabes Dorsalis


1


1


2


73 Other Diseases of the Spi- nal Cord.


2


2


7


8


6


6 10


10


6


4


5


12


11


7


92


74B Cerebral Thrombosis


1


1


4


75A Hemiplegia


1


1


1


1


4


75B


Others under this title ..


1


1


2


77


Other forms of Mental Al- ienation


1


1


2


78 Epilepsey


3


80 Infantile Convulsions


1


1


2


81 Chorea


1


1


84 Other Diseases of the Ner- vous System


1


2


3


...


1


1


1


1


·2


3


45 Cancer of Peritoneum, In- testines and Rectum ...... 46 Cancer of Female Genital Organs


49


Cancer of other Organs.


1


1


1


1


1


57


Diabetes Mellitus.


58A


Pernicious Anæmia


1


2


2


..


...


1


1


1


1


3 3


1


31 Tuberculosis of Lungs


35 Tuberculosis of joints


1


44 Cancer of Stomach & Liver


.. .


1


1


1


1


1


74A Cerebral Hemorrhage.


1


1


1


65B Hodgkins Disease


142


ANNUAL REPORTS


Mortality in Somerville in 1925-Continued


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August.


September.


October.


November.


December.


Total.


IV. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULA- TORY SYSTEM.


89 Angina Pectoris


90 Other Diseases of the Heart


91A Aneurysm


91B Arterio Sclerosis


20


11


13


13


14


1.2


11


4


10


13


18


14


156


2


1


1


1


1


6


96 Other Diseases of the Cir- culatory System


1


1


V. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRA- TORY SYSTEM.


99. Acute Bronchitis


99 B Chronic Bronchitis


100A Broncho Pneumonia


7


9


16


13


11


6


2


4


5


8


81


9


14


7


4


6


·2


2


1


4


52


2


1


1


6


1


1


*2


107℃ Other Diseases of the Res- piratory System


VI. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.


109B Septic Sore Throat


1


1


2


1


1


1


1


1


3


2


1


1


3


2


9


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


2


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


124


Other Diseases of the Liver Peritonitis


VII. NON VENEREAL DISEASES OF THE GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM AND ANNEXA.


128 Acute Nephritis


1


1


2


3


*2


4


2


5


6


3


2


1


4| 2


34


131 Other Diseases of the Kid- neys


1


1


2


132 Calculi of the Urinary Passages.


133 Diseases of the Bladder


VIII. THE PUERPERAL STATE


143C Accidents of Pregnancy


144 Puerperal Hemorrhage .


:145A Cesarean Section


146 Puerperal Septicaemia


148 Puerperal Albumenaria


1


1


1


1


2


2


1


3


3


7


3


27


16


15


20


11


22


19


6


12


8


11


10


24


174


1


1


1


2


1


·2


6


1


1


7.


:100B Capillary Bronchitis


101A Lobar Pneumonia


103 Congestion of the Lungs


105 Asthma


1


1


111A Ulcer of the Stomach


112 Other Diseases of the Stom- mach


113 Diorrhea and Enteritis (under 2 years)


114 Diorrhea and Enteritis (2 years and over)


117 Appendicitis


118B Intestinal Obstruction


6


122B Cirrhosis of Liver


123 Biliary Calculi


1


1


·2 NINGSON


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


·2


1


1


1


1


2


2


2


.92 Embolism


..


1


1


1


126


129 Chronic Nephritis


143


HEALTH DEPARTMENT


Mortality in Somerville in 1925-Continued


January.


February.


March.


April.


May.


June.


July.


August


September.


October.


November


December.


Total.


IX. DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND OF THE CELLULAR TISSUES.


152 Furuncle


153 Acute Abscess


154 Other Diseases of the Skin


X. DISEASES OF THE BONES AND ORGANS OF LOCOMOTION


155 Diseases of the Bones.


XI. MALFORMATIONS.


159A Congenital Hydrocepha- lus ..


1


1


2


159B Congenital Malformations of heart


159C Others under this title


XII. EARLY INFANCY.


160 Congenital Debility


4


4


3


1


1


1


1


1


1


19


3


1


3


2


6


2


3


4


9


2


·2


43


161B Injury at Birth


2


2


1


2


4


2


1


14


162 Other Diseases


2


1


1


1


1


1


2


10


XIV. EXTERNAL CAUSES.


166


Suicide by Corosive Sub- stances


1


1


167 Suicide by Poisonous Gas


1


1


- 170 Suicide by Fire Arms.


1


1


1


3


177 Accidental Poisoning


1


1


178 Accidental Asphyxia by Fire


179 Accidental Burns ..


1


1


1


1


4


180 Accidental Mechanical Suffocation


1


2


1


1


5


181


Accidental gas poisoning ..


1


1


183


Accidental killing by Firearms


1


1


7.


2


1


1


2


11


188A Railroad Accident.


1


1


2


1


1


1


2


2


2


15


188E


Motorcycle Accident.


1


1


2


188F Injuries by other Vehicles


1


1


2


197 Homicide by Firearms


1


1


XV. ILL-DEFINED CAUSES.


Total Deaths


109


103


110


99


115


98


64


55


€5


103


86


103 1110


Population census Death rate per thousand


99,032


11.20


.


1


1


1


1


·2


1


1


1


1


2


1


1


..


...


1


5


XIII. OLD AGE.


164 Senility


2


1


2


1


185 Accidental Fall.


2


188C Auto Accident


1


1


4


1


1


2


161A Premature Birth


6


......


144


ANNUAL REPORTS


DEATHS BY AGES


AGES.


Total.


Male.


Female.


Under one


146


93


53


One to two


20


11


9


Two to three


7


4


3


Three to five


16


10


6


Five to ten


16


8


8


Ten to fifteen


12


5


7


Fifteen to twenty


16


5


11


Twenty to thirty


48


16


32


Thirty to forty :


43


18


25


Forty to fifty


82


32


50


Fifty to sixty


129


62


67


Sixty to seventy


197


90


107


Seventy to eighty


220


103


117


Eighty to ninety


127


46


81


Ninety and over


31


8


23


Total


1110


511


599


Total Deaths During the Last Ten Years


Year.


No. of Deaths.


Rate per 1,000


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


1921


986


10.38


1922


1,019


10.41


1023


1,108


11.30


1924


979


9.79


1925


1,110


11.20


Average death rate per 1000 for ten years


11.73


Table Showing the Five Principal Causes of Death in Somerville in 1925


HEART DISEASE.


ARTERIO SCLEROSIS


PNEUMONIA ALL FORMS.


CANCER ALL FORMS.


APOPLEXY.


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.


201


20.29


156


15.75


133


13.43


120


12.11


92


9.28


145


1925.


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


TUBERCULOSIS ALL FORMS.


SCARLET FEVER.


MONTHS.


1916


1917


1918


1919


1920


1921


1922


1923


1924


1925


1916


1917


1918


1919


1920


1921


1922


1923


1924


1925


1916


1917


1918


1919


1920


1921


1922


1923


1924


1925


1916


1917


1918


1919


1920


1921


1922


1923


1924


1925


1


1


1


1


I


I


5


5


16 7


6


7


7


5


3


1


5


January


11| 7


7 6


6 9


1


3


4


7


February


1


. .


..


2


4


3


2


1


3


1


1


March


9 8


6 11


4


5


7


5


4 4


4 7


9


8


3


4


3


8 31


9|10


4


5


1


3


2


6


June .


11|


6


8


7.


8


2


5


2


2


3


2


1


1


1


...


..


...


...


1


1


1


...


..


..


3


3


1


2


2


2


1 2 1


...


...


. ..


.. .


..


...


..


..


..


1


2


1


...


..


..


Table Showing Comparisons Between 1924 and 1925 in Prevalence, Deaths and Percentage of Deaths of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever and Tuberculosis


TUBERCULOSIS ALL FORMS.


TYPHOID FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


SCARLET FEVER.


YEAR.


Cases


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


Reported.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage


of Deaths.


34.84


132


46


10.0


10


1


14


7.1


390


2


.5


1924


226


3


1.1


113


3


2.6


13


1


7.7


144


52


36.11


:


-


:


:


..


1


1


1


1


3


4


2 3


2


5


2


·2


22


:


1


1


3


1


3


...


..


7


10 14 9


7


4


1


9


6


..


...


.


1


1


4


...


1


3


3


1


1


5|10


8 10 12 11


2


3


7


April


...


..


..


..


May


...


..


..


...


.. .


...


...


...


...


1


1


...


...


...


...


. .


..


1


1


8


1


10 4


6 10 4


2


3


6


2


8


7


5


8


3


2.


2


2


2


4


2


6


1


2


November


103 85 84 90


69


64


2


3


1


3


2


3


4


2


3


21 24 19


9


19


27


19 16 14


3


1


6


2


1


3.


1


4


1


1


1


54 46 52


Total


..


...


·


...


1


1


1


2


2


1


3


..


1


2


1


...


3


3


July


1


. .


...


...


...


...


2 2


3


..


. . .


..


1


1


. ..


...


6


11


4


October.


I


...


..


I


1


HEALTH DEPARTMENT


TYPHOID FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


1


1


12


0100


...


...


...


4


. .


1


2


4


1


5


2


1


1


..


..


...


...


1


4


1


1


1


2


..


..


2


...


..


1


1


August


3


2


September


J


1


2


..


...


. .


1


1


..


6


3


2


1


2


1


1


4


1


1


December


. .


1


1


...


1


2 6


5


...


..


. .


...


..


..


1


..


..


of Deaths.


Cases


Cases


Cases


of Deaths.


of Deaths.


197


2


-


146


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, 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. Physi- cians 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 physi- cian, 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.


Specimens and Supplies


Outfits for specimens to be examined for tuberculosis, diphtheria and typhoid fever, and diphtheria anti-toxin, vac- cine lymph and nitrate of silver solution may be obtained at the laboratory and at the following places :


Edward Edwards, 25 Union Square R. A. Peckham, 154 Perkins Street


Ernest M. Vose, 310 Broadway Ernest B. McClure, 529 Medford Street George E. Wardrobe, 716 Broadway Willis S. Furbush & Co., 1153 Broadway Hall Drug Co., Hobbs Building, Davis Square .John B. Maitland, 288 Highland Avenue


Hereafter the Agent of this Board will collect, daily, at five o'clock p. m., all specimens left at culture stations for examination, prior to that hour.


Physicians desiring reports on the following day, of specimens taken after this collection has been made must de- posit same at the City Hall, in the receptacle provided, be- fore nine-thirty p. m.


Results of all examinations of specimens received at the City Hall prior to nine-thiry p. m., will be reported to the physicians on the following morning.


147


HEALTH DEPARTMENT


Medical Inspection at 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 constantly dem- onstrated, and the work has been done in a very satisfactory manner. There has been harmony of action between the board of health and the school board, and the school princi- pals 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 evidences of disease or abnormal conditions. Children who are found to be unfit to remain in school are sent home, ac- companied by a slip properly filled out advising that the fam- ily physician be consulted. The inspectors also make an an- nual 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 authorities. Every effort is made to protect the health of the children and to co-operate with the parents in keeping the children in as normal a condition as possible.


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


District No. 1


Inspector Dr. Francis Shaw, 57 Cross Street.


Schools Prescott, Hanscom, Edgerly and Boys' Voca- tional Schools.


District No. 2


Inspector Dr. Edward J. Dailey, 46 Bow Street.


Schools Baxter, Knapp, Perry and Southern Junior High Schools.


District No. 3


Inspector Dr. Walter Jellis, 1028 Broadway.


Schools Bennett, Pope, Cummings and Proctor Schools.


District No. 4


Inspector Dr. W. L. Bond, 322 Highland Avenue.


Schools Morse, Carr, Durell and Burns Schools.


148


ANNUAL REPORTS


District No. 5


Inspector Dr. H. M. Stoodley, 283 Highland Avenue.


Schools Brown, Bingham, Forster and Northeastern Junior High Schools.


District No. 6


Inspector Dr. H. Cholerton, 94 College Avenue.


Schools Western Junior High, Lincoln, Highland, Cutler and Lowe Schools.


District No. 7


Inspector Dr. E. F. Sewall, 281 Broadway.


Schools Glines and High Schools.


District No. 8


Inspector Dr. M. W. White, 21 Walnut Street. Schools Parochial.


During the year 9,976 children have been referred to the inspectors during their daily visits, and 475 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 Dieases :


Chicken Pox


86


Measles


41


Mumps


17


Scarlet Fever


1


Whooping Cough


9


Total


154


2. Diseases of the nose and throat :-


Enlarged tonsils and adenoids




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