Report of the city of Somerville 1932, Part 19

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Publication date: 1932
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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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ANNUAL REPORTS


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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ANNUAL REPORTS


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


339


Total


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


BOARD OF HEALTH


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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ANNUAL REPORTS


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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ANNUAL REPORTS


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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