Report of the city of Somerville 1929, Part 9

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Publication date: 1929
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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


171


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


174


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.


178


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


-


180


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.


181


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.


182


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


183


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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