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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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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.
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(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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
......
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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
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...
·
...
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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