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Table No. 3
Expenditures
$13,722.16
Reimbursements and refunds 17,259.27
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN M. REYNOLDS, Warden.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OFFICE OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN SOMERVILLE, MASS.
January 1, 1936.
To HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR, AND THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN :
Gentlemen :
The work of your City Physician during the year 1935 is presented in the following abstract :
Office consultations and treatments
12,679
Total outside visits
3,795
Confinements
1
Visits at City Home
85
Attended at Police Station
26
Examinations: -
For police department
121
For fire department
133
For legal department
17
For pension
13
Other work of the City Physician does not admit of tabula- tion.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK P. SCIGLIANO,
City Physician.
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BOARD OF HEALTH
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Organization, 1935 CRAWFORD K. SWEELEY, M. D., Chairman CHARLES L. McCROSSAN, M. D. JAMES A. KILEY
Executive Clerk LAURENCE S. HOWARD
Assistant Clerk OLIVE M. STANLEY
Bookkeeper KATHERINE C. HEALY
Agent GEORGE I. CANFIELD
Medical Inspector and Bacteriologist FRANK L. MORSE, M. D.
Inspector of Animals and Provisions HENRY T. MURRAY
Assistant Inspector of Animals and Provisions JAMES A. DWYER
Inspector of Animals and Veterinarian EINER W. JOHANSON, V. S.
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar WILLIAM H. WALLIS-Appointed July 2, 1935
Assistant Inspector of Milk and Vinegar JAMES C. MOORE, Ph. G .- Appointed July 2, 1935
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Technician GEORGIA H. MORELAND, Ph.G., Ph.C.
School Nurses
GRACE M. ANDREWS, R. N.
MARY CASEY, R. N.
MARGARET L. KINIRY, R. N. MARTINA JENNINGS, R. N.
Health Nurses
HELEN B. BERRY
GRACE E. PICKERING, R. N.
Superintendent at the 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. MICHAEL W. WHITE, M. D.
EDGAR F. SEWALL, M. D. EMIL GODUTI, M. D.
Supervising School Dentist ANTHONY F. BIANCHI, D.M.D.
Clerk M. ETHEL DOHERTY-Resigned Oct. 18, 1935
School Dentists
FRED A. SWETT, D.D.S. JOHN J. MORAN, D.M.D. GEORGE E. JONES, D.M.D. RICHARD H. WALSH, D.M.D. ELMER L. PERRON, D.M.D. ARTHUR L. CAVANAGH, D.M.D.
Dental Assistants
MARIE HULTMAN ELIZABETH KELLEY MARY C. KNOWLES ELEANOR DAVIDSON HOVEY MARY L. MORAN MARGARET T. CAVANAGH HELEN F. KELLEHER on leave of absence.
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BOARD OF HEALTH
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH CITY HALL
January 2, 1936.
To HIS HONOR THE MAYOR, AND THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN :
Gentlemen :
We respectfully submit the following as the Fifty-eighth 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, 1935.
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 1934 4
Complaints received during 1935 124
128
Complaints received with no just cause
10
Complaints abated on verbal notice of Agent
13
Complaints abated on notices sent
88
Complaints referred to 1936
17
128
First notices sent
95
Second notices sent
10
Total notices sent
105
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 three goats, which was granted. The fee is one dollar for each goat.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
HENS-Three applications for permits to keep 35 hens were received and all were granted.
GREASE-Seventeen applications were received for per- mits to collect grease which were granted. The fee is two dollars for each team.
MELTING AND RENDERING-Two 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-163 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 without being licensed so to do by the Board of Health. Under the provisions of this act three 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 permit from the Board of Health. Four such permits were granted. A fee of ten dollars being charged in each case.
FROZEN DESSERTS AND ICE CREAM MIX-Chapter 373, Acts of 1934 provides that all persons manufacturing frozen desserts or ice cream mix must obtain a license so to do from the Board of Health. Under the provisions of the above law, eighteen licenses for the manufacture of frozen desserts or ice cream mix were granted by this board. The fees for such licenses shall be as follows: License for retail manufac. turer, five dollars for each plant. License for wholesale manu- facturer, not more than twenty-five thousand gallons, not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars ; more than twenty- five thousand but not more than one hundred thousand gallons, fifty dollars; more than one hundred thousand but not more than two hundred and fifty thousand gallons, one hundred dollars; more than two hundred and fifty thousand but not more than five hundred thousand gallons, one hundred and
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fifty dollars; more than five hundred thousand gallons, two hundred dollars.
SALE OF FROZEN DESSERTS AND ICE CREAM MIX -Regulation 109 adopted by the Board of Health, October 17, 1934, provides that no person, either by himself, or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of any person, firm or corporation, shall have in his custody or possession with intent to sell, or to offer or expose for sale, or to deliver in the City of Somerville, any frozen dessert or ice cream mix, without first obtaining from the Board of Health a permit authorizing him so to do. Three hundred seventy-eight such permits were granted and a fee of one dollar was received for each permit.
SALE OF POULTRY - Regulation 110 adopted by the Board of Health July 1, 1932, provides that no live chickens, 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 foul in the City of Somerville without having obtained a permit there- for from the Board of Health. There were two 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 fror; the Board of Health for such occupancy. Each application is referred to the Agent of this Board and no license is granted unless all regulations of the Board are com- plied with. There was one application received for occupancy of a stable.
BOARD INFANTS-Twenty 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 and under provisions of Chapter 119 of the General Laws, and all but one was approved.
LYING-IN HOSPITALS-Two 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 approved.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1935
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
I. Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
8 Scarlet Fever
1
1
9 Pertussis
1
1
2
10 Diphtheria
1
1
11B Influenza, without re- spiratory complications specified
2
2
1
1
1
3
16 Acute Poliomyelitis and Acute Polioencephalitis
1
1
18 Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis
1
1
23 Tuberculosis of the re- spiratory system
1
1
2
1
1
1
4
2
3
16
34 Syphilis
1
1
1
1
4
II. Cancers and other Tumors
45 Cancer of the buccal cavity and Pharynx ...
1
1
2
2
2
6
3
4
3
10
5
8
4
3
58
1
1
1
1
2
6
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
3
2
15
1
1
3
3
1
1
10
51 Cancer of the male genitourinary organs .....
1
1
2
1
7
2
3
1
1
9
55E Tumor of other organs (nature unspecified)
1
1
111. Rheumatic Diseases, Nutritional Diseases, Diseases of the En- docrine Glands and Other General Dis- eases
56 Acute rheumatic fever.
1
1
57 Chronic rheumatism - osteoarthritis
1
2
1
4
1
2
1
1
2
14
67 Diseases of the thymus gland
1
1
IV. Diseases of the Blood and Blood - Making Organs
71A Pernicious Anemia
1
1
2
72B Hodgkin's disease
1
.....
1
V. Chronic Poisonings and Intoxications
75 Alcoholism (acute and chronic)
1
..
...
...
..
2
..
46 Cancer of the Digestive tract and Peritoneum ....
47 Cancer of the respira- tory system
48 Cancer of the uterus
50 Cancer of the breasts
..
..
53 Cancer of other or un- specified organs
59 Diabetes mellitus
1
...
1
15 Erysipelas
145
BOARD OF HEALTH
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1935-Continued
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
VI. Diseases of the Nervous System and of the Organs of Special Sense
79A Simple meningitis
80 Progressive locomotor
ataxia
81 Other diseases of the Spinal Cord
1
1
82A Cerebral Hemorrhage ....
9
5
7
10
8
6
7
5
6
8
10
82B Cerebral embolism and thrombosis
1
1
1
3
82D Hemiphlegia and other paralysis - cause un- specified
1
1
1
3
86 Convulsions (under five years)
1
1
87B Other Diseases of the nervous system
1
1
1
3
VII. Diseases of the Cir- culatory System
90 Peridarditis
91A Acute Endocarditis
1
1
1
3
91B Endocarditis, unspeci- fied (under 45 years)
1
1
1
3
92A Chronic Endocarditis
2
1
3
1
1
8
92B Endocarditis, unspeci- fied (over 45 years)
1
2
93A Acute Myocarditis
1
1
3
1
1
1
5
4
5
3
1
3
5
3
6
2
6
44
3
2
6
2
4
5
2
·2
3
4
1
34
1
5
1
1
2
1
13
94B Diseases of the Coron- ary Arteries
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
11
20
10
12
15
9
15
4
3
8
8
18
7
129
96 Aneurysm
97 Arteriosclerosis
10
13
7
7
10
4
7
9
4
7
3
7
88
99 Other diseases of the Arteries
1
1
Vill. Diseases of the Re- spiratory System
105 Diseases of the larynx
106A Acute bronchitis
106B Chronic bronchitis
2
9
12
8
5
7
1
3
1
1
4
4
6
61
108
Lobar pneumonia
5
4
3
5
3
8
5
3
36
111 Congestion, edema, em- bolism, hemorrhagic in- farct and thrombosis of lung
1
111A Pulmonary embolism and thrombosis
111B Others under this title.
114 Other diseases of the respiratory system
1
1
2
...
93D Myocarditis, unspecified (over 45 years)
94A Angina Pectoris
95 Other diseases of Heart
the
1
1
1
1
3
-2
5
1
1
1
1
2
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
93B Myocarditis, unspecified (under 45 years)
93C Chronic Myocarditis
2
107A Broncho pneumonia
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ANNUAL REPORTS
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1935-Continued
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August
September.
October.
November.
December.
Total.
IX. Diseases of the Diges- tive System
115A Diseases of the pharynx and tonsils
117A Ulcer of ine stomach ....
·2
1
117B Ulcer of the duodenum ..
1
119 Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years of age) ..
2
1
3
120 Diarrhea and enteritis (over 2 years of age) 121 Appendicitis
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
1
1
4
124 Cirrhosis of the Liver
1
2
1
4
125 Other diseases of the Liver
1
1
1
1
4
127 Other diseases of the Gall-Bladder and biliary passages
1
1
128 Diseases of the pancreas
1
1
129 Peritonitis, cause not specified
1
1
1
1
4
x. Diseases of the Genito- Urinary System
130 Acute Nephritis
1
1
131 Chronic Nephritis
2
4
2
1
2 !
1
2
1
15
132 Nephritis, unspecified
(10 years and over)
2
1
3
137 Diseases of the Prostate
1
1
1
3
139C Diseases of the Uterus .. 1
1
XI. Diseases of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperal State
145 Puerperal septicemia
1
....
1
XII. Diseases of the Skin and Cellular Tissue
151 Carbuncle
1
1
153 Other diseases of the Skin and annexa and cellular tissue
2
2
1 3 183
2
2
122B Intestinal obstruction
1
1
123 Other diseases of the intestines
1
1
..
XIll. Diseases of the Bones and Organs of Loco- motion
2
1
122A Hernia
147
BOARD OF HEALTH
MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1935-Continued
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total.
XIV. Congenital Malforma- tions
157B Spina Bifida and men- ingocele
1
1
157C Congenital malforma- tions of heart
1
1
2
157D Other congenital mal- formations
1
1
2
XV. Diseases of Early
Infancy
158 Congenital debility
159 Premature Birth
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
9
160 Injury at Birth
2
1
1
1
2
9
161A Atelectases
1
1
XVI. Senility 162 Senility
1
1
1
3
XVII. Violent and Acciden - tal Deaths
163 Suicide by solid or liquid poisons or ab- sorption of corrosive substances
1
2
1
4
165 Suicide by hanging or strangulation
1
1
166 Suicide by drowning
1
167 Suicide by firearms
1
1
1
3
181 Accidental burns
1
1
2
4
183 Accidental drowning
1
1
2
184 Accidental traumatism by firearms
1
1
186A Accidental fall
8
4
2
3
1
1
1
3
2
2
3
25
207 Other railroad accidents
1
1
2
210 Automobile accidents ...
1
2
1
1
4
2
1
12
XVIII. III Defined Causes of Death
Totals
94
85
85
87
78
57
47
60
49
80
73
67
862
1 1
1
164 Suicide , by poisonous gas
1
1 1
1
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ANNUAL REPORTS
MORTALITY
There were 862 deaths and 48 still-births in the city during the year, as specified in the following table :
Deaths at Central Hospital
67
Deaths at Somerville Hospital
151
Deaths at hospital for contagious diseases
6
Deaths at home for aged poor (Highland Avenue)
24
Deaths at City Home
12
Deaths at other institutions
20
DEATHS BY AGES
Ages
Total 43
Male 28
Female
Under one
15
One to two
3
1
2
Two to three
8
4
4
Three to five
4
1
3
Five to ten
7
3
4
Ten to fifteen
7
3
4
Fifteen to twenty
8
3
5
Twenty to thirty
26
14
12
Thirty to forty
31
15
16
Forty to fifty
76
38
38
Fifty to sixty
119
53
66
Sixty to seventy
186
90
96
Seventy to eighty
202
78
124
Eighty to ninety
123
61
62
Ninety and over
19
8
11
Totals
862
400
462
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BOARD OF HEALTH
TOTAL DEATHS DURING LAST TEN YEARS
Year
No. of Deaths 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
S.95
1933
989
9.51
1934
900
8.66
1935
862
S.21
Average death rate per 1,000 for ten years
9.31
Table Showing the Five Principal Causes of Deaths in Somerville in 1935.
HEART DISEASE.
ARTERIO SCLEROSIS
CANCER ALL FORMS.
APOPLEXY.
PNEUMONIA ALL FORMS.
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.
252
24.
88
8.38
102
9.71
88
8.38
97
9.23
Rate per 1,000
1926
Table Showing Comparisons between 1934 and 1935 in Prevalence, Deaths and Percentage of Deaths of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever and Tuberculosis.
TUBERCULOSIS ALL FORMS.
YEAR.
Cases
Reported.
Deaths. Number of
Percentage
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths.
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
Reported.
Number of
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths.
1934
193
1
.51
1935.
Deaths from Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever, and Tuberculosis in the Last Ten Years
TUBERCULOSIS ALL FORMS.
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
January
1
1
3
3
1
2
7.
4 1
2
1
2
February
6
4
1
2
2
2
3
1
1
March
1
...
1
6
7
4
2
2.
2
3
April
2
...
. . .
...
6
4
3
4
1
1
1
2
1
May
3
1
2
3
1
4
June
1
July
1
1
1
3
9
4
3
3
3
1
2
1
6
2
...
...
...
.. .
...
...
. ..
..
2
1
3
. .
..
4
1
3
1
..
..
.. .
..
. .
December
16
Total
-
4
0
1
2
0
A
1
1
10
5
6
5
J
تت
J
1
1
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
35 38
34 34 29
24 15 17 21
ANNUAL REPORTS
150
DIPHTHERIA.
TYPHOID FEVER.
SCARLET FEVER.
Cases
Cases
Cases
116
21
17.2
155
1
.64
53
7
13.2
1
0
0
0
.0
83
16
19.2
4
20
1
5.
DIPHTHERIA.
SCARLET FEVER.
MONTHS.
6
2
3
1
2
4
5
2
2
2 ...
3
1
1
...
..
...
12
1
...
1
2
2
1
2
1
2
4
1
1
1
2
...
...
..
..
...
...
..
1
1
...
..
5
4
2
..
1
1
1
..
October.
2
1
...
...
1
4
1
1
2
2
2
1
3
...
...
1
2
:
1
3
6
2
1
2
...
1
...
November
...
..
....
3
1
August
...
1
September.
3
...
:
2
1
2
1
1
1
..
9A1
1
N:
1
1
1
..
1
..
1
..
..
3
1
...
1
5
...
-
28
TYPHOID FEVER.
of Deaths.
of Deaths.
151
BOARD OF HEALTH
DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH
This board has adjudged that the diseases known as actinomycosis, anterior poliomyelitis, anthrax, Asiatic cholera, cerebro-spinal meningitis, chicken pox, diphtheria, dog bite, dysentery, German measles, glanders, hookworm disease, in- fectious disease of the eye, leprosy, malaria, measles, mumps, pellagra, plague, pneumonia (lobar only), rabies, scarlet fever, septic sore throat, small pox, tetanus, trichinosis, tuberculosis (all forms), typhoid fever, whooping cough, yellow fever, are infectious and dangerous to the public health and safety within the meaning of the statutes. Physicians are required to report immediately to the board every case of either of these diseases coming under their care and postal cards conveniently printed and addressed are supplied to them for the purpose. On receipt of a card from a physician, the principal of the school in the district in which the patient resides and the State Board of Health are notified.
SPECIMENS AND SUPPLIES
Outfits for specimens to be examined for tuberculosis, diphtheria and typhoid fever and diphtheria anti-toxin, vaccine lymph and nitrate of silver solution may be obtained at the laboratory and at the following places :
David Brisk, 23 Union Square Estate of E. M. McClure, 528 Medford Street 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 Fermoyle Pharmacy, 217B Highland Avenue
Physicians desiring reports on the following day, must deposit specimens at the City Hall, in the receptacles provided, before 9:00 p.m.
Results of all examinations of specimens received at the City Hall prior to 9:00 p.m., will be reported to the physicians on the following morning.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS
The medical inspection of the schools of Somerville which was instituted in December, 1907, has been continued during the year. The value of the system has been constantly 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, the school principals, and teachers have very generally coöperated 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 premises are made and suggestions or criticisms are referred to the proper authorities. Every effort is made to protect the health of the children and cooperate with the parents in keep- ing the children in as normal a condition as possible. In ac- cordance with provisions of the statute, tests of sight and hearing are made by the principals and teachers.
DISTRICT NO. 1
Inspector Dr. Francis Shaw, 57 Cross Street, Schools Prescott, Hanscom, Edgerly and Boys' Vocational 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 Schools
Dr. E. Goduti, 434 Broadway, Bennett, Pope, Cummings and Proctor Schools.
DISTRICT NO. 4
Inspector Dr. Wilfrid C. Macdonald, 189 Summer Street, Schools Morse, Carr, Durell and Burns Schools.
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DISTRICT NO. 5
Inspector Dr. H. M. Stoodley, 283 Highland Avenue,
Schools Brown, Bingham, Forester and Northeastern Junior High Schools.
DISTRICT NO. 6
Inspector Dr. H. Cholerton, 94 College Avenue,
Schools Western Junior High, Lincoln, Highland, Cutler and Lowe Schools.
DISTRICT NO. 7
Inspector Dr. E. F. Sewall, 281 Broadway,
Schools Glines, Grimmons and High Schools.
DISTRICT NO. 8
Inspector Dr. M. W. White, 21 Walnut Street,
Schools Parochial Schools.
During the year 9,769 children have been referred to the inspectors during their daily visits and 586 have been sent home because of illness.
The following list will show the classes of diseases and defects which have been found in the schools, except defects of sight and hearing :
LIST OF DISEASES AND NUMBER OF CASES REPORTED
1. Infectious Diseases :-
Chicken Pox
26
Diphtheria
0
Infantile Paralysis
1
Influenza
7
Measles
31
Mumps
25
Scarlet Fever
2
Tuberculosis
0
Whooping Cough
1
Total 93
2 .Diseases of the Nose and Throat :-
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids
885
Inflamatory Diseases 114
Other abnormal conditions
5
Total
1,004
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3. Diseases of the Eyes:
Foreign Bodies
14
Inflammatory conditions
12
Other abnormal conditions
44
Total 70
4. Diseases of the Ear :-
Inflammatory conditions
9
Other abormal conditions
0
Total
9
5. Diseases of the Skin :-
Eczema
15
Herpes
42
Impetigo
215
Dermatitis
7
Pediculosis
331
Scabies
95
Tinea
5
Miscellaneous conditions
44
Total
754
6. Miscellaneous Conditions :-
Diseases of the Circulatory System
54
Diseases of the Digestive Organs
17
Diseases of the Lymphatic System 157
Diseases of the Nervous System
1
Diseases of the Respiratory System
85
Wounds and Injuries
95
Other conditions
32
Total 441
Total number of diseases
2,371
Vaccinations performed
21
Examinations for vaccinations
47
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, 23 persons have been duly licensed as under- takers.
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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 connected 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 subsequent pages.
INFANT HYGIENE CLINICS
During the past year under the supervision of this board, clinics have been held every Tuesday afternoon at the Hanscom Schoolhouse, every Wednesday afternoon at the Hodgkins Schoolhouse and every Friday afternoon at the Bingham Schoolhouse except when the days were holidays.
The average weekly attendance at the Hanscom School- house was 32 at the Bingham Schoolhouse 33, and at the Hodg- kins Schoolhouse 37. The attendance for the year at these clinics was 4775.
This work is of inestimable value and the results are very far reaching.
Respectfully submitted,
CRAWFORD K. SWEELEY, M.D., Chairman, JAMES A. KILEY, CHARLES L. MCCROSSAN, M.D.
Attest :
LAURENCE S. HOWARD,
Executive Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE HEALTH NURSES SOMERVILLE, MASS.
January 2, 1936.
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, 1935 :
INFANT HYGIENE
Infants reported as born in Somerville during 1935 1,035
Infants born elsewhere resident of Somerville 562
Pairs of twins born in Somerville 10
Sets of triplets born in Somerville
0
Stillbirths in Somerville 48
Infants reported with Ophthalmia Neonatorum
4
Infants reported with Conjunctivitis
1
Infants reported with Infantile Paralysis
38
There were 43 deaths of infants under one year of age in Somerville during the past year as shown in the following table :
Prematurity
9
Congenital Diseases
6
Intestinal Diseases
2
Accidental Injury
11
Pneumonia and other Diseases
15
Total 43
Total attendance at Baby Welfare Clinics during 1935 4,775
New registration during 1935 545
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TUBERCULOSIS
Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases reported during 1935 .. 71
Other Forms of Tuberculosis reported in 1935 12
Patients in Sanatoria January 1, 1935 71
Patients admitted to Sanatoria during 1935
55
Deaths in Sanatoria 39, Discharged 11 50
Patients now in Sanatoria
76
Patients temporarily out of Somerville
18
Patients who have moved out of Somerville
30
Average attendance during 1935
157
BOARD OF HEALTH
TABLE SHOWING AGES AND SEX OF CASES REPORTED DURING 1935
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