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Clerk KATHARINE C. HEALY
Agent GEORGE I. CANFIELD
Medical Inspector and Bacteriologist FRANK L. MORSE, M. D.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions HENRY T. MURRAY Appointed February 1, 1932
Assistant Inspector of Animals and Provisions JAMES A. DWYER Appointed February 8, 1932
Inspector of Animals and Veterinarian
EINER W. JOHANSON, V. S.
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Inspector of Milk and Vinegar HERBERT E. BOWMAN, Ph.G., Ph.C.
Milk Collector and Dairy Inspector WILLIAM H. WALLIS
Technician GEORGE H. MORELAND, Ph.G., Ph.C.
Plumbing Inspector DUNCAN C. GREENE
School Nurses
GRACE M. ANDREWS, R. N.
MARY F. CASEY, R. N.
MARGARET L. KINIRY, R. N. Appointed January 14, 1932
DOROTHY E. HOOPER, R. N. Resigned March 31, 1932 MARTINA JENNINGS, R.N. Appointed February 14, 1932
Health Nurses
HELEN B. BERRY GRACE E. PICKERING, R. N. MARY V. RYAN, R. N.
Superintendent at Contagious Hospital JULIA E. FITZPATRICK, R. N.
Medical Inspectors of Schools
JOHN D. BENNETT, M. D. FRANCIS SHAW, M. D.
HERBERT E. CHOLERTON, M. D.
HARRY M. STOODLEY, M. D.
WILFRED C. MACDONALD, M. D.
CRAWFORD K. SWEELEY, M. D.
EDGAR F. SEWALL, M. D.
MICHAEL W. WHITE, M. D.
Supervising School Dentist ANTHONY F. BIANCHI, D. M. D.
Clerk M. ETHEL DOHERTY
School Dentists
FRED A. SWETT, D. D. S.
GEORGE E. JONES, D. M. D.
ELMER L. PERRON, D. M. D.
JOHN J. MORAN, D. M. D. RICHARD H. WALSH, D. M. D. ARTHUR L. CAVANAGH, D. M. D.
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Dental Assistants
ELLEN F. BRINE MARIE HULTMAN MARY C. KNOWLES HELEN F. KELLEHER MARGARET H. LAHAN Died October 27, 1932 MARY L. MORAN
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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH,
City Hall, January 2, 1933.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen :
We respectfully submit the following as the Fifty-fifth An- nual 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, 1932.
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 1931
1
Complaints received during 1932
199
200
Complaints received with no just cause
0
Complaints abated on verbal notice of Agent
58
Complaints abated on notices sent
138
Complaints referred to 1933 .
4
200
First notices sent
135
Second and third notices sent
7
Total notices sent
142
Annually the cellars and alleyways of the city are ex- amined and the owners of the property where unsanitary con- ditions exist are required to remedy the same.
RECORD OF LICENSES AND PERMITS ISSUED
GOATS-One application was received for a permit to keep two goats, which was granted. The fee is one dollar for each goat.
HENS-Twenty-five applications for permits to keep 730 hens were received and all were granted.
GREASE-Nineteen applications were received for per-
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mits to collect grease, which were granted. The fee is two dol- lars for each team.
MELTING AND RENDERNG-Three licenses have been granted to carry on the business of melting and rendering, for which a fee of one dollar is charged.
MASSAGE AND MANICURE-One hundred thirty-seven 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 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 dena- tured alcohol, or any preparation containing more than three per cent of any said alcohols, without being licensed so to do by the Board of Health.
Under the provisions of this act seventy 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 man- ufacturing or bottling of carbonated non-alcoholic beverages, soda waters and mineral and spring water without a permit from the Board of Health. Four 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 fifteen licenses for the manufacture of ice cream were granted by this board. The fee received was one dollar for each license.
SALE OF ICE CREAM-Regulation No. 109 adopted by the Board of Health May 3, 1932, provides that no person, either by himself, or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of any other person, firm or corporation, shall have in his custody or possession with intent to sell, or to offer or ex- pose for sale, or to deliver in the City of Somerville, any ice cream or sherbet, without first obtaining from the Board of Health a permit authorizing him so to do. 407 such permits were granted and a fee of one dollar was received for each permit.
SALE OF POULTRY-Regulation No. 110 adopted by the Board of Health July 1, 1932, provides that no live chickens,
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geese, turkeys, ducks or other live fowl shall be brought into, or kept, or held or offered for sale, in any place in the City of Somerville, and no person, firm or corporation shall sell or deliver chickens, geese, turkeys, ducks or other live fowl in the city of Somerville without having obtained a permit there- for from the Board of Health. There were thirteen such permits granted.
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 of Health for such occupancy. Each applica- tion is referred to the Agent of this Board and no license is granted unless all regulations of the Board are complied with. There were no applications received for occupancy of stables.
BOARD INFANTS
Thirty-seven 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 all but one were ap- proved.
LYING-IN HOSPITALS
Three applications were made to the State Department of Public Welfare for a license 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 ap- proved.
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MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1932
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
I. EPIDEMIC, ENDEMIC AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
9 Whooping Cough
10 Diphtheria.
1
3
11A La Grippe without Pulmonary Complications. 11B La Grippe with
22
Pulmonary Complications. Anterior Poliomyelitis ...
31
Tuberculosis of the Res- piratory System
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
2
1
13
32 Tuberculosis of the Meninges.
.38 Syphilis
41 Septicaemia
II. GENERAL DISEASES NOT INCLUDED IN CLASS I.
43 Cancer of the Buccal Cavity
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
4
3
31
45 Cancer of Intestines.
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
9
46 Cancer of Female Genital Organs
1
3
2
4
3
2
2
3
1
21
1
1
2
1
1
6
3
1
1
3
4
1
2
1
3
2
1
22 2
52 Chronic Rheumatism.
1
1
3
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
62
Diseases of the Thyroid Gland
1
1
2
1
1
66
Chronic alcoholism
69 Other General Diseases
..
1
1
4
III. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND OF THE ORGANS OF SPECIAL SENSE.
71A Meningitis
4
9
6
11
4
1
7
7
4
4
6
13
8
80 4
75 Paralysis wiihout Speci- fied cause.
2
75A Hemiplegia
1
78 Epilepsy
1
1
84 Other Diseases of the Ner- vous System.
1
1
1
3
IV. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULA- TORY SYSTEM.
.88 Endocarditis & Myocarditis (acute)
:89 Angina Pectoris
3
3
1
3
2
2
1
2
17
1
1
47 Cancer of breast.
49
Cancer of other Organs
51
Acute Rheumatism
1
1
1
56 Rickets
1
1
57 Diabetes Mellitus
58A
Pernicious Anæmia
11 5
1
1
1
1
74B Cerebral Thrombosis
2
1
1
2
2
1
·
1
....
6
1
2
1
4
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
5
1
1
2
1
1
2
44 Cancer of Stomach & Liver
1
65 Leukemia.
2
73 Other Diseases Spinal Cord 74A Cerebral Hemorrhage
2
1
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MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1932-Continued
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
90 Other Diseases of the Heart
91B Arterio Sclerosis
92 Embolism and Thrombosis
94 Diseases of the Veins.
96 Other Diseases of the Cir- culatory System
V. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRA- TORY SYSTEM.
98 Diseases of the Larynx
99A Acute Bronchitis
99 B Chronic Bronchitis
99C Bronchitis Unspecified under 5 years
99D Bronchitis unspecified over 5 years
1
1
5
5
13
15
6
1
2
2
1
5
5
6
4
7
9
6
2
2
2
3
1
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
105
Asthma
107C Others Under This Title ..
1
VI. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
109B Others Under This Title.
111 A Ulcer of Stomach
6
111B Ulcer of the Duodenum
5
112 Other Diseases of Stomach
1
1
1
1
1
4
114 Diarrhea and Enteritis (over 2 years)
117 Appendicitis
1
1
1
1
2
7
118A Hernia
1
3
1
5
119 Other Diseases of In- testines
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
1:23 Biliary Calculi
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
2
2
1
6
VII. NON VENEREAL DISEASES OF THE GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM.
128 Acute Nephritis 129 Chronic Nephritis
3
2
3
5
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
3
26
131
Other Diseases of the Kidneys
2
1
3
132 Caculi of Urinary Pas- sages ..
1
1
133
Diseases of the bladder
1
1
1
1
2
138
135 Diseases of the Prostate ... Salpingitis
...
..
2
1
2
·2
1
2
1
2
3
17
1
1
1
3
19
12
17
11
21
11
14 4
20
26
208
8
12 16
30 9
8
3
10
11
9
5
9
14
106
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
6
1
1
1
1
100A Broncho Pneumonia
101A Lobar Pneumonia
103 Congestion and Hemor- rhagic Infarct of Lung
9
2
1
2
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
113 Diarrhea and Enteritis (under 2 years)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
118B Intestinal Obstruction
122B Cirrhosis of the Liver
1
124B Other Diseases of the Liver
125 Diseases of the Pancreas ... 126 Peritonitis without specified cause
2
2
2
..
2
3
1
66
40
1
1
...
1
15
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MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1932-Continued
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
VIIJ. THE PUERPERAL STATE
144 Puerperal hemorrhage ...
145A Cesarean Section
146 Puerperal Septicaemia
148 Puerperal Albuminaria
IX. DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND OF THE CELLULAR TISSUE.
X. DISEASES OF THE BONES AND OF THE ORGANS OF LO- COMOTION.
155 Diseases of the Bones
156 Acute Arthritis
XI. MALFORMATIONS.
159B Congenital Malformation of the Heart
159C Others under this title
XII. EARLY INFANCY.
1
1
1
6
161A Premature Birth
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
13
161B Injury at Birth
1
1
1
1
1
5
162 Other Diseases peculiar to Early Infancy
2
1
1
1
5.
XIII. SENILITY
164 Senility
XIV. EXTERNAL VIOLENCE.
166 Suicide by corrosive Substances
1
1
167
Suicide by Poisonous Gas
4
168
Suicide by Hanging
1
1
1
1
3
1
2
178 Conflagrations
1
1
3
2
1
6
180
Accidential Suffocation
1
1
181
Accidential Absorption of Poisonous Gas.
7 1
185
Accidental Fall
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
8
188A
Railroad Accident
2
2
1
3
2
11
188E Motorcycle Accident.
1
1
201
Fracture cause not Speci- fied
1
2
3
1
1
1
3
XV. ILL DEFINED CAUSES
83
80
110
102
59
78
65
68
51
67
82
85
930
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1:
1
1
2
1
2
6
2
5.
160 Congenital Debility
1
2
1
2
1
..
3
1
7
170 Suicide by Firearms
1
1
188C
Automobile Accident.
2
1
...
202 Other External Violence ..
2
6
179 Accidental Burns ..
1
1
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MORTALITY
There were 930 deaths and 60 still-births in the city dur- ing the year, as specified in the following table :
Deaths at Central Hospital
76
Deaths at Somerville Hospital
73
Deaths at hospital for contagious diseases
6
Deaths at home for aged poor (Highland Avenue)
19
Deaths at City Home
19
Deaths at Other Institutions
28
DEATHS BY AGES
Ages
Total
Male 38
Female
Under one
63
25
One to two
11
5
6
Two to three
4
3
1
Three to five
6
3
3
Five to ten
12
3
9
Ten to fifteen
2
1
1
Fifteen to twenty
8
3
5
Twenty to thirty
27
15
12
Thirty to forty
40
17
23
Forty to fifty
66
37
29
Fifty to sixty
139
71
68
Sixty to seventy
196
90
106
Seventy to eighty
213
90
123
Eighty to ninety
1.26
50
76
Ninety and over
17
6
11
Total
930
432
498
.
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TOTAL DEATHS DURING LAST TEN YEARS
Year
No. of Deaths
1,000
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
10.18
1929
947
9.10
1930
1,009
9.73
1931
938
9.05
1932
930
8.95
Average death rate per 1,000 for ten years
9.91
Table Showing the Five Principal Causes of Deaths in Somerville in 1932
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.
208
20.01
106
10.2
106
10.2
90
8.66
80
7.69
Rate per
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Deaths from Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever, and Tuberculosis in the Last Ten Years
TUBERCULOSIS ALL FORMS.
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
MONTHS.
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1
I
2
3
3
4
1
5
7
5
6
2
4
5
2
·2
2
1
5
6
7
3
1
3
4
7
6
4
3
7
1
6
7
4
2|
5
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
7
5
5
6
4
3
4
1
1
4
3
4
2
2
3
1
1
2.
4
1
..
...
...
1
1
1
...
...
1
1
3
2
1
5
4
3
3
3 1
2
...
..
...
...
1
..
...
...
..
1
2
1
2
3
1
. .
1
2
4
..
. . .
1
01
54 46 52 35
0
2
0
1
1
3 10
5
6
5
7
3
16
14
4
3
1
4
0
1
4
2.
0 0
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
4
...
...
.. .
...
..
February
2
1
...
1
2
2
1
1
...
1
1
..
...
1
4
3
2
6
1
3
3
2
1
8
3
4
3
3
July
...
August
3
6
1
6
3
2
1
8
3
4
1
4
1
1
2 2
2
...
1
1
..
November
..
December
Table Showing Comparisons Between 1931 and 1932 in Prevalence, Deaths and Percentage of Deaths of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever and Tuberculosis
TUBERCULOSIS ALL FORMS.
SCARLET FEVER.
YEAR.
Cases
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths.
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths.
1931.
377
0
.0
63
3
4.7
4
0
.0
127
15
11.8
466
2
.4
116
7
6.03
4
0
.0
129
24
18.6
1932.
TYPHOID FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
SCARLET FEVER.
January
2 1.
2
1
1
6
March
April
2
3
1
May
2
June
2
..
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
3
...
1
-
0
38 34 34 29 24 15
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TYPHOID FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
Cases
Cases
Cases
of Deaths.
i
11
3
]
7.
2
4
1
-
1
2
2
...
1
...
3
2
1
....
...
...
September
October.
ãO
1
1
-
1
:
9
2
2
...
1
2
of Deaths.
.
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DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH
This board has adjudged that the diseases known as ac- tinomycosis, anterior poliomyelitis, anthrax, Asiatic cholera, cerebro-spinal meningitis, chicken pox, diphtheria, dog bite, dysentery, German measles, glanders, hookworm disease, in fectious disease of the eye, influenza, leprosy, malaria, measles, mumps, pellagra, plague, pneumonia (lobar only), rabies, scar- let fever, septic sore throat, small pox, tetanus, trichinosis, tuberculosis (all forms), typhoid fever, whooping cough, yel- low fever, are infectious and dangerous to the public health and safety within the meaning of the statutes. Physicians are re- quired to report immediately to the board every case of either of these diseases coming under their care and postal cards con- veniently printed and addressed are supplied to them for the purpose. On receipt of card from a physician, the principal of the school in the district in which the patient resides and State Board of Health are notified.
SPECIMENS AND SUPPLIES
Outfits for specimens to be examined for tuberculosis, diph- theria and typhoid fever, and diphtheria anti-toxin, vaccine lymph and nitrate of silver solution may be obtained at the laboratory and at the following places :
Edward Edwards, 23 Union Square R. A. Peckham, 86 Broadway Ernest M. Vose, 310 Broadway George E. Wardrobe, 716 Broadway Willis S. Furbush & Co., 1153 Broadway George R. Reed, Hobbs Building, Davis Square Somerville Drug Co., 288 Highland Avenue George E. Grover, 146 Broadway Henry L. White, 52 Union Square
Physicians desiring reports on the following day, must de- posit specimens 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-thirty p. m., will be reported to the physicians on the following morning.
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS
The medical inspection of the schools of Somerville which was instituted in December, 1907, has been continued during
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the year. The value of the system has been constantly demon- strated and the work has been done in a very satisfactory man- ner. There has been harmony of action between the Board of Health and the school board and the school principals and teachers have very generally co-operated with the inspectors in making the system as successful as possible.
The inspectors are required to make daily visits to the schools under their charge, and to them are referred all chil- dren who show evidences of disease or abnormal conditions. Children who are found to be unfit to remain in school are sent home, accompanied by a slip properly filled out advising that the family physician be consulted. The inspectors also make an annual 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 prem- ises are made, and suggestions or criticisms are referred to the proper authorities. Every effort is made to protect the health of the children and 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 and teachers.
District No. 1
Inspector Dr. Francis Shaw, 144 School Street
Schools Prescott, Hanscom, Edgerly and Boys' Voca- tional Schools.
District No. 2
Inspector Dr. John D. Bennett, 72 College Avenue
Schools Baxter, Knapp, Perry and Southern Junior High Schools.
District No. 3
Inspector Dr. Crawford K. Sweeley, 25 Curtis Street Schools Bennett, Pope, Cummings and Proctor Schools.
District No. 4
Inspector Dr. Wilfrid C. Macdonald, 189 Summer Street Schools Morse, Carr, Durell and Burns Schools.
District No. 5
Inspector Dr. H. M. Stoodley, 283 Highland Avenue
Schools Brown, Bingham, Forster and Northeastern Junior High Schools.
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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, Grimmons and High Schools.
District No. 8
Inspector Dr. M. W. White, 21 Walnut Street
Schools Parochial
During the year 11,390 children have been referred to the inspectors during their daily visits, and 1175 have been sent home because of illness.
The following list will show the classes of diseases and de- fects which have been found in the schools, except defects of sight and hearing :
LIST OF DISEASES AND NUMBER OF CASES REPORTED
1. Infectious Diseases : -
Chicken Pox
38
Diphtheria
0
Infantile Paralysis
0
Influenza
0
Measles
5
Mumps
75
Scarlet Fever
5
Tuberculosis
0
Whooping Cough
5
Total
128
2. Diseases of the Nose and Throat :---
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids
1,126
Inflammatory Diseases
180
Other abnormal conditions
55
Total
1,361
3. Diseases of the Eyes :-
Foreign bodies
13
Inflammatory conditions
6
Other abnormal conditions
30
Total
49
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4. Diseases of the Ear :-
Inflammatory conditions
19
Other abnormal conditions
6
Total
25
5 Diseases of the Skin :- -
Eczema
109
Herpes
593
Impetigo
18
Dermatitis
434
Pediculosis
175
Scabies
7.
Tinea
98.
Miscellaneous conditions
1,441
Total
6. Miscellaneous Diseases :-
Diseases of the Circulatory System
6
Diseases of the Digestive Organs
7
Diseases of the Lymphatic System
13.
Diseases of the Nervous System
49
Teeth
55
Wounds and injuries
169
Other conditions
303
Total
3,307
Total number of diseases
105
Vaccinations performed
88
Examinations for vaccinations
BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK
The report of the work of this department is made by Frank L. Morse, M. D., on a subsequent page and becomes a part of this report.
UNDERTAKERS
Under the provisions of Section 49 of Chapter 114 of the General Laws, 25 persons have been duly licensed as under- takers.
EXAMINATIONS OF PLUMBERS
The public statutes provide for a board of examiners of plumbers, consisting of the chairman of the Board of Health, the inspector of buildings, and an expert at plumbing, to be ap-
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Diseases of the Respiratory System
0:
7.
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pointed by the Board of Health. This board appointed Duncan C. Greene, the inspector of plumbing, to fill the place of ex- pert. The number of licenses granted will be found in the re- port of the inspector of buildings.
HEALTH NURSES
There are at present seven nurses employed by this board, four of these are employed as school nurses and the work of the others consists of follow-up work regarding tuberculosis cases and post natal hygiene work, together with the other work con- nected with this board.
The reports of the school nurses are made a part of the report of the School Committee and those of the other nurses are made a part of this report being submitted in detail in sub- sequent pages.
INFANT HYGIENE CLINICS
During the past year under the supervision of this board, clinics have been held every Tuesday afternoon at the Edgerly Schoolhouse, every Thursday afternoon at the Bennett School- house, and every Friday afternoon at the Bingham Schoolhouse except when the days were holidays.
Owing to the lack of patronage the clinic at the Bennett Schoolhouse was discontinued June 9, 1932, and a new clinic was opened on June 15, 1932, at the Lincoln Schoolhouse on Broadway at Teele Square, on Wednesday afternoons.
The average weekly atendance at the Edgerly Schoolhouse was 22, at the Bennett Schoolhouse S, at the Bingham School- house 41, and at the Lincoln Schoolhouse 11. The attendance for the year at these clinics was 3,743.
This work is of inestimable value and the results are very far reaching.
LOUIS J. GRANDISON, Chairman JAMES A. KILEY GERALD L. McSWEENEY
Board of Health.
Attest :
LAURENCE S. HOWARD, Executive Clerk
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REPORT OF HEALTH. NURSES
Somerville, Mass.
January 2, 1933.
To the Board of Health,
Somerville, Mass.
Gentlemen :
We submit the following report of work performed by us in infant hygiene, post natal and tuberculosis cases for the year ending December 31, 1932.
Infant Hygiene
Infants reported as born in Somerville during 1932 .... 1,167
Infants born elsewhere resident in Somerville 555
Pairs of twins born in Somerville 11
Sets of triplets born in Somerville
0
Stillbirths in Somerville 60
Infants reported with Ophthalmia Neonatorum 8
Infants reported with Conjunctivitis
3
Infants reported with Infantile. Paralysis
1
There were 63 deaths of infants under one year of age in Somerville during the past year as shown in the following table :
Permaturity
9
Congenital Diseases
12
Intestinal Diseases
2
Accidental Injury
5
Pneumonia and other Diseases
35
Total 63
Total attendance at Baby Welfare Clinics during 1932
3,743
New registrations during 1932
522
Average attendance during 1932
21
TUBERCULOSIS
Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases reported during 1932 105
Other forms of Tuberculosis reported in 1932
22
Patients in Sanatoria January 1, 1932
78
Patients admitted to Sanatoria during 1932
58
Deaths in Sanatoria 10, Discharged 41
51
Patients now in Sanatoria
85
Patients temporarily out of Somerville
21
Patients who have moved out of Somerville
52
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TABLE SHOWING AGES AND SEX OF CASES REPORTED DURING 1932
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Sex
Male
Female
Tota
Under fifteen years
5
3
8
From fifteen to twenty years
6
11
17
From twenty to thirty years
12
18
30
From thirty to forty years
16
12
28
Over forty years
13
9
22
52
53
105
Other Forms of Tuberculosis
Sex-
Male
Female
Total
Under fifteen years
3
6
9
From fifteen to twenty years
1
1
2
From twenty to thirty years
0
5
5
From thirty to forty years
1
4
5
Over forty years
0
1
1
5
17
22
Miscellaneous
Typhoid Fever cases reported
4
Recapitulation of Visits
Baby Hygiene
3,418
Tuberculosis
964
Miscellaneous
955
Total visits
5,337
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN B. BERRY GRACE E. PICKERING, R. N.
MARY V. RYAN, R. N.
Health Nurses.
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REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL INSPECTION
Somerville, Mass.
January 2, 1933.
To the Board of Health, Somerville, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith present the Report of the Department of Med- ical Inspection for the year 1932 including statistics of the Contagious Hospital.
VISITS
Scarlet Fever-Each case must be inspected before release from quarantine to see that the condition of the patient is suitable for release
253
Diphtheria-Before patients are released from qua- rantine two successive negative cultures must be obtained
68
Contagious Hospital
390
Total number of visits
711
Contagious Disease Hospital
Disease
In Hospital Jan 1, 1932
Ad- mitted
Discharged Well or Improved
Dead
In Hospital Jan. 1, 1933:
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