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13,977
88
363
451
The number of service connections shut off during the year for permanent or tem- porary non-use of water was
433
Increase in number of services in actual use
18
The total number of services in use on December 31, 1929, was approximately These services, under state law, are all re- quired to be metered.
13,995
In addition to the above there are fire supplies for private sprinkler systems, which are not at present required to be metered, to the number of
92
There are also services supplying public properties, to the number of 153
The number of new service connections in- stalled during the year was 74 but not all of these are yet in use, or "alive". The number of feet of pipe laid in making these connections was 2,626.
Size, number and length of services installed in 1929 :-
3/4 " 59 2,063'
1 "
2 88'
11%"
1 17'
2
4 134'
4
"
2 12'
6
5 254'
10
1 58'
74 2,626'
Number of fire supplies installed during 1929
(Included in above) 3
Location of Fire Supplies
117 Linwood Street: Whitney Barrel Com- pany, Factory
1
6"
Warehouse
1
6"
154 Cedar Street: White Cross Laundry,
Laundry
1
6"
No.
Size
Mystic Avenue: First National Stores,
163
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Fire Services in Public Buildings
No.
Size
Installed
Atherton Street, Carr School
1 .
6"
1927
Boston Street, Pope School
1
6"
1927
Broadway, Lincoln School
1
6"
1927
Broadway, City Home
1
6" 1916
Cherry Street, Burns School
1
6"
1916
Concord Square, Knapp School
1
6"
1927
Craigie Street, Morse School
1
6"
1927
Cross Street, Edgerly School
1
6"
1927
Evergreen Avenue, Forster School Annex ....
1
6"
1923
*Gov. Winthrop Road, Charles A. Grimmons School
1
6"
1929
Grove Street, Highland School
1
6"
1927
Highland Avenue, Central High School.
1
8"
1916
*Holland Street, Western Junior High School
1
6"
1916
Holland Street, Hodgkins School
1
6"
1928
Jaques Street, Glines School
1
6"
1928
Lowell Street, Bingham School
1
6"
1927
Maple Street, Bennett School
1
6"
1927
*Marshall Street, Northeastern Junior High School
1
6"
1923
Myrtle Street, Prescott School
1
1927
Powder House Blvd., Cutler School
1
6"
1927
School Street, Cummings School
1
6"
1916
School Street, High School (west wing)
1
6"
1928
Sycamore Street. Forster School
1
6"
1927
Willow Avenue, Brown School
1
6"
1928
Total
24
* No sprinklers installed.
Number of Services Supplying Public Property
City Hall
1
Police Station, Bow Street
1
· Bath House, Shore Drive
1
City Home, Broadway, 3 (1 shut off)
2
Contagious Hospital
1
Tuberculosis Hospital
1
Water Works
1
Incinerator
1
City Stables, City Road
1
Garbage Plant
1
Sewerage Yard
1
Public Libraries
4
Fire Stations
7
Schools
30
Public Grounds
17
Water Posts
61
Street Sprinklers
15
Drinking Fountains
8
Total
154
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Water Meters
Number of water meters in city, January 1, 1929
13,977
Number installed during the year, new
88
Number reset
363
451
Number removed on account of permanent or tem-
porary discontinuance of water and for substi- stitution of other meters
433
Net increase in number of operating meters
18
Number of motor registers (included in above)
1
Total number of meters in service
13.995
Per cent. of services metered
100
Operating Meters December 31, 1929
Size
5/8 "
3/4"
1" 11/2"
2"
3"
6"
12"
No. 13,476
294
111
27
54
20
8
3
1 13,994
Motor and elevator registers
1
13,995
The meters installed in 1929 were classed as follows :-
New services
88
Reset
363
Total
451
Meters were removed for the following causes :-
Vacancies and temporary non-use of water
181
Services permanently discontinued
1
Replaced by other meters
251
Total
433
The annual report of 1926 shows the progress of metering services from its beginning in 1898 to December 31, 1926, when the city reached the point of 100% meterage. Subsequent data follows :-
Year ending
December 31
Population
Number Services Required by Law to be Metered
Per Cent Metered
Daily Per-Capita Consumption of Water
1927
... ....
103,000
13,857
100
78
1928
..
103,500
13,977
100
81
1929
........ ...
103,860
13,995
100
83
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Summery of Pipes and Fixtures of the Water System December 31, 1929
Feet of main pipe (approximately )
584,873
Miles of main pipe (approximately )
110.77
Services in use (approximately )
13,995
Services supplying public property
154
Private fire supplies (sprinkler systems)
92
Fire supplies to public buildings
24
Sprinkler systems installed in public buildings
21
Public fire hydrants
1,291
Private fire hydrants
80
Gates
2,391
Check Valves
9
Meters (including 1 motor register)
13,995
Waterposts
61
Car-sprinkler connections
15
Blow-offs
204
Drinking fountains and troughs
8
WATER ASSESSMENTS AND CONSUMPTION
The assessment paid to the Commonwealth by this city as its proportionate part of the cost and operation of the Metro politan Water Works for the year 1929 was as follows :-
Sinking Fund
$8,226 16
Maintenance
43,639 87
Interest
102,359 58
Maturing Bonds
12,380 67
Brookline Credit
6,079 20
Improvements, etc.
22,465 50
Total payment for 1929
195,150 98
The amount paid by this city since the beginning in 1898 is as follows :-
Sinking Fund
$466,727 67
Maintenance
809,093 81
Interest
2,033,618 15
Maturing Bonds
60,919 98
Miscellaneous
162,054 12
Total payments to date
$3,532,413 73
There has been credited to the city by the Commonwealth as its proportion of the amounts received from entrance fees, water supplied outside the district and water furnished to water companies, the sum of $9,056.10.
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WATER DEPARTMENT
The daily consumption of water in Somerville, as recorded by the Venturi-meters, operated by the Metropolitan water works, is shown below by months for the year 1929 :-
Months
Gallons per day
Gallons per capita
Months
Gallons per day
Gallons per capita
January
8,780,100
85
July
9,129,700
88
February
8,602,500
83
August
8,676,900
83
March
8,236,400
80
September
8,744,400
84
April
8,186,800
79
October
8,450,400
81
May
8,463,500
82
November
8,147,800
78
June
9,135,500
88
December
8,423,600
81
Year 1929
8,581,600
83
Total consumption for the year 1929:
High-service
700,379,000 Gals.
Low-service
2,431,901,000 Gals.
Total City
3,132,280,000 Gals.
The following table shows the daily per capita consump- tion of water in cities and towns in the Metropolitan Water District for the year 1929, as registered by the Metropolitan · meters :-
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Year
Arlington
60
59
59
60
65
79 84
86 95
70 85
68
60
59 64
61 71
Boston
120
118
112
110
113
118
118
116
117
114 112
71
71
73
Everett
117
118
114 67
110 64
114
114
117
120
131
127
70 110 69
115 62
117 76
Malden
69
68
67
65
66 64
71 71
68
69 64 68 59
73 63 69 60 142 85 65
71 60 68 56 93 81 57
68 60 68 54 68 82
70 53 126 61. 56 81 70 58 72
83 68 78
Watertown
78
75
76
74
79
84
89
81
102 81
80 78
60 74
61
66
Met. Dist.
101
100
96
94
97
103
105
102
102
63 98
60 95
98
99
74
89 103
86
77
69
Medford
57
58
59
59
Melrose
68
67
67
66
6.9
Milton
53
52
55
54
Nahant
66
70
72
67
80
80
57 82
67 88
77 88
Stoneham
67
69
68
65
61
68
77
Swampscott
55
55
54
57
71
107
125
108
84 68
81 67
53 78 66
61
Revere
58
58
57
55
66 56 83
75 66 204 86
231 90
Somerville .
85
83
80
79
61
71
87
82
71
Winthrop
58
57
59
59
71
74
76
75
74
Chelsea
75
74
74
71
Lexington
78
78
61
60
61
61
69
74
81 65
Quincy
79
80
79
185 84 72 83 69
80
66
58 65
Belmont
115 115
69 65 61 62
57 118 82
78
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ANNUAL REPORTS
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1929 In form recommended by the New England Water Works Association SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS SOMERVILLE, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS.
General Statistics .
Population, census 1920, 93,033; present, estimated 103,860.
Date of construction: Commenced in 1868.
By whom owned : City of Somerville.
Source of supply : Metropolitan water system.
Mode of supply: Water is delivered into the city's mains, under
both high and low pressure, by the Metropolitan Water Works.
Statistics of Consumption of Water
Census population, 1920, 93,033.
Population on lines of pipe, Dec. 31, 1929, 103,860.
Population supplied, Dec. 31, 1929, 103,860.
Total consumption for the year, 3,132,280,000 gallons.
Average daily consumption, 8,581,600 gallons.
Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 83.
Statistics Relating to Distributing System, 1929 MAINS
Kind of pipe, cast iron.
Sizes, from 4-inch and under to 20-inch.
Laid 4,700 feet; discontinued 1,569 feet; net extension, 3,131 feet.
Total now in use, 110.70 miles.
Number of hydrants added during year: public, 11; private, 0.
Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 1,371.
Number of stop gates added during year, net increase, 48.
Number of stop gates now in use, 2,391.
Number of blow-offs, 204.
Range of pressure on mains, 35 pounds to 100 pounds.
SERVICES
Kind of pipe: Lead; lead-lined wrought iron; cement-lined wrought iron; cast iron; brass.
Sizes, one-half to eight inches.
Laid 2,626 feet.
Number of service connections made, 74.
Services in use, approximately, 13,995.
Number of private fire supplies (sprinkler systems), 92.
Number of meters added, 451; meters and motor registers discon- tinued, 433; net increase, 18.
Number now in use, 13,995.
Percentage of services metered, 100.
Number of motors and elevator registers added, 0; removed, 0.
Number now in use, 1 (included in number of meters.)
REVENUE
From Water Rates :-
Temporary supplies for builders and contractors
$2,372 57
Meter rates
368,291 63
$370,664 20
Abated and forwarded
1,360 97
Total from consumers
$369,303 23
From other sources :-
Water service assessments ....
5,573 41
Labor and materials:
From private parties
9,960 56
Total
$384,837 20
Balance
46,371 04
Disposition of balance: applied to municipal purposes.
Cost of works to date $1,411,411 53
Bonded debt at date
None
EXPENDITURES
Water Works Maintenance :-
Operation
(Management, Re-
pairs and renewals
$95,824 95
Special :-
Miscellaneous accounts
15,533 97
Total $111,358 92 1,605 15 Water Works Buildings
Water Works Construction :-
Mains $24,416 30
Services
4,677 79
Meters
1,257 02
Total construction 30,351 11
Metropolitan water assessment
195,150 9S
Total
$384,837 20
WATER DEPARTMENT
175
176
ANNUAL REPORTS
Construction and Renewal
The outstanding improvement of the water works distri- bution system during the year was the construction of a 16" high-service line through Cedar Street, feeding the Spring Hill district with a more direct and ample supply of water from the Metropolitan main in Broadway, and giving a better balance to the older feeding and distributing lines.
A special problem was encountered in the crossing of the B. & M. R. R. main line tracks. This was finally solved by the installation of a 16" arc-welded butt-strapped steel pipe above the bridge sidewalk. At the same time a 16" low service main of like material and type of construction was laid over the top of the high-service pipe across the bridge and properly re- connected at both ends with the existing under-ground pipes. The old 12" low-service main was then removed from its long- time location, thus widening the roadway of the bridge about three feet and abolishing a source of danger to automobile traffic passing over the bridge.
Distribution System
The policy of reconstruction has been carried on so far as appropriations would permit. There is need of enlarging and strengthening the high-service system in portions of the city so as to furnish an ample supply of water to all districts on all occasions, especially in view of the requirements of modern fire-fighting engines of so much greater capacity than those of former years and consequent greater draught on the older existing mains.
This need of an abundance of water for fire protection applies equally to the low-service districts in which all our industrial plants are located and which comprise about two- thirds of the city's area. Many of the water mains in this, as well as in the high-service district, are nearly fifty years old and were laid at a time when the demands of the city for water were vastly less than today.
As "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" so is con- stant watchfulness of our water system the price of the health and safety of our city.
177
WATER DEPARTMENT
Water Income
Due to the increase in water rates of approximately 25% , made by direction of Mayor Leon M. Conwell in 1928 and effec- tive at the beginning of 1929, the water income for the year has shown a large gain, as indicated in the financial tables of this report. Owing, however, to changes in the bookkeeping system of the tax collector's office, whereby the commitment of water income for the last quarter of the year is carried forward to 1930 instead of being credited to the year in which the water was used, the actual earnings for the year are not comparable. with the figures given in other years.
Metropolitan Water Assessments
Inasmuch as the decision of the case of Connecticut vs. Massachusetts in the matter of water diversion from the tribu- taries of the Connecticut River into the Metropolitan water system is still pending in the United States Supreme Court but little money for construction or for diversion damages in the Swift River project has yet been expended, as it was anticipated would be done when the estimated assessments for 1929 were made up by the Metropolitan District Commission, and instead therefore of an assessment of $207,000 as estimated by the Com- mission, the actual assessment for the year was only about $195,000, being an increase of approximately $11,000 in place of the $23,000 estimated. This, however, is probably but a temporary relief, for if the case is settled favorably to Massa- chusetts the amount unexpended will naturally be included in some subsequent year, to pay for the reservoir land takings and' for delayed construction work.
With grateful acknowledgement of the support given by all with whom my duties have brought me into contact, this. report is respectfully submitted.
FRANK E. MERRILL, Water Commissioner.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
BOARD OF HEALTH Organization - 1929
C. A. C. RICHARDSON, M.D., Chairman JAMES A. KILEY JESSE S. NEWCOMB
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., Ph.C.
Milk Collector and Dairy Inspector WILLIAM H. WALLIS
Technician GEORGIA H. MORELAND, Ph.G., Ph.C.
Plumbing Inspector DUNCAN C. GREENE
School Nurses
GRACE M. ANDREWS, R.N. MARY F. CASEY, R.N. Appointed October 1, 1929
DOROTHY E. HOOPER, R.N. GRACE WALSH, R.N. Temporarily appointed from Oct. 1, 1929
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Health Nurses
HELEN B. BERRY
GRACE E. PICKERING, R.N.
MARY L. SCOTT, R.N. J. EDITH McLEAN, R.N. Resigned April 1, 1929 Resigned October 1, 1929 ANNE E. SMITH, R.N. Appointed November 5, 1929 Matron at Contagious Hospital LILLIAN E. GOULD, R.N. Resigned July 14, 1929
Superintendent at Contagious Hospital
RUTH H. HORNBECK, R.N. Appointed October 1, 1929
Medical Inspectors of Schools
WALTER L. BOND, M.D.
EDMUND H. ROBBINS, M.D.
Resigned April 1, 1929
EDGAR F. SEWALL, M.D.
WILFRED C. MACDONALD, M.D. FRANCIS SHAW, M.D.
Appointed April 1, 1929 HARRY M. STOODLEY, M.D.
HERBERT E. CHOLERTON, M.D. CRAWFORD K. SWEELEY, M.D. MICHAEL W. WHITE, M.D.
School Dentists FRED A. SWETT, D.D.S. GEORGE E. JONES, D.M.D.
Dental Nurse
ELLEN F. BRINE
Dental Clerk
MARIE HULTMAN
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Office of the Board of Health, City Hall, January 2, 1930.
To His Honor the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen :
We respectfully submit the following as the fifty-second 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, 1929.
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 1928 16
Complaints received during 1929
324
340
Complaints received with no just cause
3
Complaints abated on verbal notice of Agent
50
Complaints abated on notices sent 266
Complaints referred to 1930
21
340
First notices sent
266
Second and third notices sent
7
Total notices sent 273
Annually the cellars and alleyways of the city are examined and the owners of the property where unsanitary conditions exist are required to remedy the same.
RECORD OF LICENSES AND PERMITS ISSUED
GOATS. Two applications were received for permits to keep goats, two of which were granted to keep four goats. The fee is one dollar for each goat.
HENS. Fifteen applications for permits to keep 174 hens were received. Eleven to keep 132 hens were granted and four permits were refused.
COW'S. Two applications for permits to keep two cows were received, which were granted.
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT
GREASE. Sixteen applications were received for per- mits 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, for which a fee of one dollar is charged.
MASSAGE AND MANICURE. One hundred one per- sons have been licensed to practice massage and manicure. The fee is one dollar for each license.
SALE OF ALCOHOL. The statutes provide that no per- son, 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 de- natured alcohol, or any preparation containing more than three per cent of any of said alcohols, without being licensed so to do by the board of health.
Under the provisions of this act seventy-seven 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 bever- ages, soda waters and mineral and spring water without a per- mit from the board of health. Five such permits were granted. A fee of ten dollars being charged in each case.
ICE CREAM. Chapter 74 of the General Laws as amended by Chapter 278, of the Acts of 1927 requires that all persons manufacturing ice cream must obtain a license so to do from the board of health. Under the provisions of the above law nine licenses for the manufacture of ice cream were granted by this board. The fee received was 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. There were three applications received for occupancy of stables which were granted.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
BOARD OF INFANTS
Thirty-three applications having been made to the State Department 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
One application was made to the State Department of Public Welfare for a license to maintain a lying-in hospital in this city, was referred to this board under the provisions of Section 71, of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, and was ap- proved.
There were 947 deaths and 45 still-births in the ctiy dur- ing the year, as specified in the following table :
Deaths at Somerville Hospital 111
Deaths at hospital for contagious diseases 8
Deaths at home for aged poor (Highland Avenue) 36
Deaths at city home 5
Deaths at other institutions 72
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1929
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
I. EPIDEMIC, ENDEMIC AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
7 Measles
Scarlet Fever
9 Whooping Cough
10 Diphtheria
11A Influenza with Pulmonary complications.
11B Influenza without Pulmon- ary complications
13 Mumps
21 Erysipelas
24 Meninogococcus Meningitis
31
Tuberculosis of the Res- piratory System
3
2
1
1
4
4
1
2
2
3
4
1
28
32 Tuberculosis of the Menin- ges.
33
Tuberculosis of the Intest- tines
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
4:
1
2
3
5
4
2
4
4
2
3
3
33.
3
3
1
1
2
2
1
1
14.
1
3
2
1
2
13
49 Cancer of other Organs
2
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
1
1
17.
52 Chronic Rheumatism.
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
60A Exophalmic Goiter
1
62 Diseases of the Thymus Gland
1
1
1
1
1
1
III. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND OF THE ORGANS OF SPECIAL SENSE.
71A Simple Meningitis
74A Cerebral Hemorrhage
9
9
5
8
7
4
10
10
9
7
105
74B Cerebral Embolism
75A Hemiplegia
75B Paralysis
76 General Paralysis of the Insane .
80 Infantile Convulsions.
84 Other Diseases of the Ner- vous System
IV. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULA- TORY SYSTEM.
88
Endocarditis & Myocarditis
89 Angina Pectoris
2
1
3
3
1
2
3
2
1
3
4
25
1
1
1
3
2
2
4
34 Tuberculosis of the Verte- bral Column
41 Septicaemia
II. GENERAL DISEASES NOT INCLUDED IN CLASS I.
43 Cancer of the Buccal Cavity Cancer of Stomach & Liver
45 Cancer of Intestines.
46 Cancer of Female Genital Organs
47 Cancer of breast.
1
1
1
1
1
5
1. 5 7. 3 HNW HYOTH
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
7,
2
1
2
3
1
2
13
5
1
1
1
8
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
5
1
1
..
1
53 Scurvy
57 Diabetis Mellitus
1
1:
58A Pernicious Anæmia
65B Hodgkins Disease
69 Other General Diseases
44
3
1
16
11
1
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ANNUAL REPORTS
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1929-Continued
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
90 Other Diseases of the Heart
22
20
20
17
15
10
9
9
11
11
9
6
159
:91A Aneuryism
91B Arterio Sclerosis
17
10
10
8
5
10
7
20
5
18
23
140
192 Embolism and Thrombosis
V. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRA- TORY SYSTEM.
.97B Diseasesofthe Nasal Fossae
98 Diseases of the Larynx
99A Acute Bronchitis
2
1
1
1
5
99 B Chronic Bronchitis
.99C Bronchitis Unspecified).
1
21
19
5
10
6
1
2
1
3
4
2
9
100B
Capillary Bronchitis
1
101A Lobar Pneumonia
7
11
3
1
1
3
2
5
33
102 Pleurisy
1
1
1
1
4
103 Congestion and Hemor- rhagic Infarct of Lung.
1
1
1
2
5
105 Asthma
107C Other Diseases
1
·2
3
VI. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
109 B Diseases of the Pharynx and Tonsils
1
1
2
1
2
112 Other Diseases of the
Stomach
1
1
1
1
3
.114 Diorrhea and Enteritis (over 2 years)
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
8
2
1
1
4
124 Other Diseases of the Liver
1
1
2
1
1
VII. NON VENEREAL DISEASES OF THE GENITO-URINARY ORGANS.
128 Acute Nephritis
1
1
2
1
2
2
4
3
4
1
4
2
3
28
131 Other Diseases of the Kid- neys
1
1
1
1
1
1
VIIJ. THE PUERPERAL STATE
¿143B Estopic Gestation
143C Other Accidents of Preg- nancy
144 Puerperal Hemorrhage
1
1
2
145A Caesarian Section
1
1
2
146 Puerperal Septicaemia
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
......
...
...
1
1
1
9
1
1
1
1
1
+2
3
100A Broncho Pneumonia
1
1
...
1
111A Ulcer of the Stomach
1
1
.113 Diorrhea and Enteritis (under 2 years).
117 Appendicitis
118A Intestinal Obstruction.
1.25 Diseases of the Pancreas .. Peritonitis
1
1
126
135 Diseases of the Prostate ..
138 Salpingitis.
1
..
....
1
1
1
1
1
1
147 Puerperal Thrombosis
..
.129 Chronic Nephritis
1 83
185
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1929-Continued
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
IX. DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND OF THE CELLULAR TISSUE.
151 Gangrene
152 Furuncle
154 Othes Diseases of the Skin
1
X. DISEASES OF THE BONES AND OF THE ORGANS OF LO- COMOTION.
XI. MALFORMATIONS.
159A CongenitalHydrocephalus
1
1 1
159B Congenital Malformations of the Heart ..
1
1
159C Others under this title
XII. EARLY INFANCY.
160 Congenital Debility
3
1
1
2
3
1
11
161A Premature Birth
4
1
5
1
1
2
1
4
1
3
3
26
161B Injury at Birth
2
4
162 Other Diseases peculiar to Early Infancy
1
1
2
XIII. OLD AGE.
164
Senility
1
2
1
1
1
6
XIV. EXTERNAL CAUSES.
2
2
168 Suicide by Hanging
1
1
1
1
·2
180 Accidental Mechanical Suffocation
1
1
1
1
2
182
Accidental Drowning
1
183
Accidental Shooting
1
185 Accidental Fall
1
1
1
1
1
5
188A Railroad Accident
2
1
3
188C
Automobile Accident
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
3
1
17
196
Accidental Electrocution
2
197
Homicide.
202 Accidental Strangulation
1
1
XV. ILL DEFINED CAUSES.
129
104 92
86
77
51
55
56
72
63
77
85
947
1 218 2
1 11
1
1
1
1
..
2
1
1
5
1
1
179 Accidental Burns ..
3
181
Accidental Gas Poisoning
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
167 Suicide by Poisonous Gas
1
186
ANNUAL REPORTS
DEATHS BY AGES
AGES.
Total.
Male.
Female :-
Under one
87
51
36
One to two
19
11
8
Two to three
7
5
2
Three to five
9
4
5
Five to ten
9
3
6
Ten to fifteen
7
4
3
Fifteen to twenty
11
5
6
Twenty to thirty
46
19
27
Thirty to forty
36
16
20
Forty to fifty
71
31
40
Fifty to sixty
103
45
58
Sixty to seventy
214
103
111
Seventy to eighty
193
86
107
Eighty to ninety
98
27
71
Ninety and over
37
7
30
Total
947
417
5.0'
.
Total Deaths During Last Ten Years
Year.
No. of Deaths.
Rate per 1,000
1920
1,137
12.22
1921
986
10.38
1922
1,019
10.41
1923
1,108
11.30
1924
979
9.79
1925
1,110
11.20
1926
1,084
10.73
1927
931
9.04
1928
1,059
10.13
1929
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