Report of the city of Somerville 1945, Part 16

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1945
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2300


1925


1


*Muriel P. King, 77 Wheatland Street


2200


1931


1


Mildred M. Lougee, Mt. Pleasant St., Marblehead


2300


1928


1 Mildred Buinitsky, 54 Farragut Avenue


2117.50


1940


1 Eleanor E. Waldron, 135 Powder House Boulevard


2300


1919


1 Nora F. Keniry, 110 West Quincy Street


1790


1941


Kdgn. Mrs. Dorothea G. Lamb, 55 Ossipee Road


2300


1921


Asst. Katherine R. Austin, 34 Ware Street


1000


1945


....


Edward L. Smith, Master, 10 Francis Street


3750


1930


235


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1945-Continued MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL Morrison Avenue near Grove Street Name and Residence


Grade


Salary


Began Service


4


Marion A. Cannon, 16 James Street


2450


1928


4


Mrs. Katherine D. Millen, 108 Powder House Blvd.


2300


1920


3


Clare A. Stanton, Cadet, 754 Broadway


1000


1945


3:2 Elizabeth M. Sliney, 19 Garden Street, Cambridge 2 Ruth Brooks, 17 Cedar Street


1715


1943


1 Selena G. Wilson, 11 Irving Street


1970


1922


1 Helen J. Dervan, 75 Crest Avenue, Winthrop


2217.50


1923


EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS


John F. McMahon, High and Elementary ¡Gertrude C. Dooley, Practical Arts for Women


Per Evening $7.50 6.00


CADETS


*Robert Healey


6 Conwell Street


Claire Gorman


32 Walker Street 49 Vinal Avenue


Carol Mullaney


Mary Margaret Sharry


27 Summit Avenue


Julia M. Leddy


162 Highland Avenue


Clare A. Stanton


754 Broadway


Marion C. Drew


22 Sewall Street


Mary Macero


192 Washington Street


Helen F. DeStefano


31 Grant Street


SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS ELEMENTARY SUPERVISOR


William J. Crotty, 52 Highland Road 4050


1926


MUSIC


§Bart E. Grady, 35 Sagamore Avenue, West Medford


3068.12


1935


12-7 James M. Clark, 60 Irving Street


2530


1929


6-1 Arthur F. Sullivan. 119 West Adams Street


2750


1934


ART


9-1 Mrs. Elsie M. Guthrie, 50 Bromfield Road


2650


1919


PENMANSHIP


6-1 Ruth L. Whitehouse, 123 Highland Avenue


2520


1915


SEWING


6-5 Mary Rhilinger, 48 Prince Street, Jamaica Plain


1975


1926


6-5 Pia M. Fortini, 274 Willow Avenue


2200


1930


6-5 Alice C. Sullivan, 74 Ossipee Road


2000


1930


MANUAL ARTS


Melvin T. Carver, Supervisor, 247 Winthrop Street,


Winthrop 440 1986


.....


1931


John W. Healey, Master, 214 Powder House Blvd.


2300


1925


236


ANNUAL REPORTS


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1945-Continued


Name and Residence


Grade


ATHLETICS


Charles A. Dickerman, Director, 163 Summer Street


3550


1925


PHYSICAL INSTRUCTION


9-1 John J. St. Angelo, 4 Dickson Street


3350


1928


ATYPICAL


Edward M. McCarty, Personnel, 48 Upland Road


2557.50


1939


Winifred M. Ford. Educational Tester, 83 Pearson Rd. 2350


1927


§Mrs. Nicoletta Giacobbe, 12 Minnesota Avenue


2000


1942


Irma Di Giusto, 19 Flint Street


2350


1934


Ursula H. Cairns, Main Street, South Hanson


2240


1934


Dorothy M. Leighton, 148 Lovell Road, Watertown


2350


1936


§Mrs. Margaret E. Sullivan, 22 Pennsylvania Avenue


2350


1936


Margaret E. Connors, 5 Sherborn Court


2350


1936


*James Keefe, 31a Trull Street


1938


Gasperina Messina, 49 Pennsylvania Avenue


1790


1912


*Marion E. Blanchard, 33 Gordon Street Mary F. Clifford, 125 Berkeley Street, Lawrence


1925


1942


A. Teresa Diotaiuti, 170 Lowell Street


2075


1942


TAmy F. Woodbury, 18 Westminster Street


1400


1943


SIGHT SAVING


Alice M. Hayes, 181 Central Street


2350


1913


LIP READING


Grace A. Foley, 2 Kenwood Street


2512.50


1937


THRIFT


E. Bella Weisman, 78 Gibbs Street, Brookline


2425


1921


Eva Palmer, Assistant, 24 Austin Street


1210


1930


FIELD MUSIC


Bart E. Grady, Jr., 35 Sagamore Ave., West Medford 1550


1945


AMERICANIZATION


Mary A. Whitney, Supervisor, 10 Dow Street


2650


1916


PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED


Mrs. Blanche G. Crowell, 82 Bromfield Road


2300


1928


Mary E. Miller, 16 MacArthur Street


2052.50


1936


AUDIOMETER


Margaret Crowley, 39 High Street


2300


1933


...


...


1942


.......


Began Service


Salary


237


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1945-Continued SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY Everett W. Ireland, 97 College Avenue $7120


ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT


Leo C. Donahue, 383 Broadway $4870


CLERKS


Mary A. Clark, 156 Summer Street


$2100


Marion E. Marshall, 30 Gilman Street


2100


Regina Truelson, 38 Rogers Avenue


1950


Margaret R. O'Connor, 2 Adrian Street


1825


Frances C. Geaton, 29 Tennyson Street 1825


Virginia V. Hender, 202 School Street


1150


SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE


James G. Hourihan, 225 Powder House Boulevard $2650


VISITING TEACHER


Estelle M. Walsh, 12 Wendell Street, Cambridge 2300


238


. ANNUAL REPORTS


SCHOOL CUSTODIANS, DECEMBER, 1945


School


Name


Residence


Weekly Salary


High


Frank Quirk


166 Broadway $39.80


High


George A. Sullivan


275 Medford St. 37.70


High


John F. Mack


120 Summer St. 39.80


High


Andrew J. Curran


11 Pleasant Ave.


39.80


High


Edward J. Barbour


109 Pennsylvania Ave. 39.80


Patrick Delmore


3 Harvard Place 44.10


High, Gymnasium


Jeremiah Sullivan


1091 Broadway


44.10


High, Central Heating Plant


Martin J. Frazer


95 Heath St. 49.67


High, Central Heating Plant


Peter McNally


23 Everett Ave. 42.95


High, Central


Heating Plant


Michael P. Harrington


7 Lee St. 42.95


High, Central


Heating Plant


Thomas Fitzgerald


73 Marion St.


42.95


Prescott


Jeremiah O'Connor


43 Pennsylvania


Ave. 41.90


Prescott


Thomas R. Mullin


13 Fremont Ave. 32.00


Hanscom


Richard Sullivan


41.90


Bennett


Edwin C. Lamkin


64a Gordon St. 17 Grand View


Ave. 42.95


Baxter


George M. Caley


201 Morrison Ave. 39.89


Knapp


Maurice T. Mullins


13 Fremont Ave. 44.08


39.80


Pope


William W. Kennedy Temporary


23 Summit Ave.


33.60


9 Hillside Park 39.80


66 Hudson St.


39.80


Thomas Murphy


52 Garrison Ave. 7 Aberdeen Rd.


40.33


New Vocational


John F. Fonseca


43 Garrison Ave.


39.80


New Vocational


John P. Driscoll


67 Electric Ave. 44 Montrose St.


44.00 33.60


Grimmons


Earl B. March


121 Ten Hills Rd.


44.00


Northeastern Jr. High


*George W. McGray


131 Walnut St. 32.00


Northeastern


Jr. High


John F. O'Connell


32 Foskett St. 39.80


Northeastern Jr. High


George E. Babin


33 Vernon St. 42.95


Northeastern


Jr. High


George T. Pickett


25 Fenwick St. 37.70


Northeastern Jr. High


+Thomas J. Driscoll


89 School St.


32.00


Forster


139 Walnut St.


33.60


Forster Annex


71 Park St.


41.90


Bingham


Joseph F. Kelley


84 Rogers Ave.


35.60


Morse


Joseph Binari


48 Lowell St.


43.48


Proctor


Edmund Dardis


15 Waldo Ave.


37.70


Durell


Francis J. Donovan


3 Harvard Place


39.80


Burns


95 Jaques St.


39.80


Brown


Anthony Liberatore William Anderson William McLane Cornelius Collins


25 Clark St.


42.95


Hodgkins


49 Woods Ave.


33.60


Western Jr. High


18 Acadia Park


44.10


Western Jr. High


Western Jr. High


Western Jr. High


Cutler


Thurston W. Buchan


22 Richdale Ave. 39.80


Cutler


Antonio Severino Walter M. Burns


23 Avon St.


39.80


+ Military Substitute


* Leave of Absence


53 Sunset Rd. 32.00


Lowe


Wilfred J. Secord Thomas Copithorne John J. Irving Temporary


23 Gordon St. 39.80


10 Sterling St.


39.80


Glines Glines


Francis Gormley


32 Sewall St.


40.85


Southern Jr. High


Southern Jr. High


Southern Jr. High


Southern High


Cummings


William J. Hickey


37.00


New Vocational


Elmer Carleton


42.95


Perry


George Kelley


10 Nevada Ave.


508 Broadway


Bartholomew Cronin John T. Donovan James E. Dowd


230 Broadway


44.10


Carr


Hugh F. McQuaid Arthur F. Law Bernard J. Kelley


36 Rhode Island Ave. 39.80


Cholerton


High


239


BOARD OF HEALTHI


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, MASS.


January 2, 1946


To His Honor the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen :


Gentlemen :


We respectfully submit the following as the Sixty-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, 1945.


NUISANCES


A record of the nuisances abated during the year, in com- pliance with notices issued by the Board, or under the Board's jurisdiction, is presented below :


Complaints received during 1945 774


First notices sent


156


Second notices sent


11


Total notices sent


167


Annually the yards and alleyways of the city are examined and the owners of the property where unsanitary conditions exist are required to remedy the same.


RECORDS OF LICENSES AND PERMITS ISSUED


GOATS - Two applications were received for permits to keep five goats, which were granted. The fee is one dollar for each goat.


240


ANNUAL REPORTS


HENS - No permits were required to keep hens during the war.


GREASE - Twelve applications were received for permits to collect grease which were granted. The fee is two dollars for each truck.


MELTING AND RENDERING - Four licenses have been granted to carry on the business of melting and rendering for which a fee of $1.00 is charged.


MASSAGE - Eighteen persons have been licensed to practice massage in this city. A fee of one dollar was received for each license.


BOTTLING CARBONATED BEVERAGES - Four per- sons were granted permits to engage in the business of bottling carbonated beverages, soda waters, and mineral and spring water. A fee of twenty dollars is charged in each case, ten dollars of which is paid to the State.


SALE OF ALCOHOL - Ten persons have been licensed to sell methyl alcohol in this city. A fee of one dollar is charged for each license.


BOARD INFANTS - Eleven 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, all were approved.


TRANSPORT GARBAGE-Three permits were granted to transport garbage through the city, under the provisions of Chapter 111, of the General Laws, by the Board of Health.


MORTALITY


There were 870 deaths and 38 stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following table :


Deaths at Central Hospital 54


Deaths at Somerville Hospital 184


Deaths at Hospital for Contagious Diseases 2


Deaths at Home for Aged Poor (Highland


Avenue


38


Deaths at City Home 5


Deaths at Other Institutions 77


241


BOARD OF HEALTH


DEATHS BY AGES


Male


Female


Total


Under One


19


9


28


One to Two


0


0


0


Two to Three


1


0


1


Three to Five


3


0


3


Five to Ten


1


1


2


Ten to Fifteen


2


1


3


Fifteen to Twenty


0


4


4


Twenty to Thirty


2


6


8


Thirty to Forty


14


21


35


Forty to Fifty


27


20


47


Fifty to Sixty


75


45


120


Sixty to Seventy


93


87


180


Seventy to Eighty


112


134


246


Eighty to Ninety


69


101


170


Ninety and Over


6


17


23:


Totals


424


446


870


242


ANNUAL REPORTS


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1945


January


February


March


April


May


June


July


August


September


October


November


December


Total


1. Infectious and Parasitic Diseases


13 Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System


44b Hodgkin's Disease


JI. Cancer and other Tumors


45 Cancer of the buccal cavity and pharynx ...


46 Cancer of the digestive tract and peritoneum


2


4


8


3


9


·2


3


9


2


3


.7


52


49 Cancer of other female genital organs


3


3


50 Cancer of the breast


1


2


1


2


1


1


3


1


12


51 Cancer of the male


genital organs


1


1


2


1


5


52 Cancer of the urinary organs


3


3


53 Cancer of the skin


1


1


54a Cancer of the Brain


1


1


4


3


1


2


2


1


1


1


1


1


17


57 Tumors of unspecified nature


1


1


III. Rheumatism, Diseases of Nutrition and of the Endocrine Glands, Other General Diseases and Avitaminoses


53 Chronic Rheumatism and Other Rheumatic Diseases


1


1


61 Diabetes Mellitus


1


...


IV. Diseases of the Blood and Blood -Forming Organs


72 Hemorrhagic conditions. 73a Pernicious Anemia


1


1


74a Leukemias


1


...


V. Chronic Poisoning and Intoxication


VI. Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs


83a Cerebral hemorrhage .....


12


5


7


8


13


11


4


6


9


8


10


15 108


83b Cerebral embolism and thrombosis


3


3


1


3


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


17


87 Other diseases of the nervous system


1


1


1


1


1


.. ...


1


1


47 Cancer of the respira- tory system


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


2


9


...


1


1


2


4


48 Cancer of the uterus


...


...


..


55 Cancer of other and unspecified organs


...


1


1


....


...


1


1


3


L


...


..


3


4


......


......


2


10


1


1


...


.....


.....


...


......


1.


243


BOARD OF HEALTH


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1945-Continued


January


February


March


April


May


June


July


August


September


October


November


December


Total


VII. Diseases of the Circula- tory System


91 Acute endocarditis


92a Chronic endocarditis


92d Diseases of other and unspecified valves


1 1


1


1


......


..


......


13


9


15


4


8


12


6


16


11


126


1


1


7


5


2


2


2


3


1


1


25


94a Diseases of the Coronary Arteries


22


8


6


11


6


6


4


10


6


7


9


13


108


4


5


10


8


4


5


3


6


4


6


4


8


67


97 Arteriosclerosis


9


9


4


7


6


7


4


5


5


5


8


71


98 Gangrene


1


3


VIII. Diseases of the Respiratory System


...


4


2


3


1


3


2


2


4


2


8


41


108 Lobar pneumonia


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


7


111 Hemorrhagic infarction, thrombosis, edema, and chronic congestion of the lungs


...


4


3


2


3


2


2


2


1


5


3


2


2


31


114 Other diseases of the respiratory system


1


1


IX. Diseases of the Diges- tive System


117a Ulcer of the Stomach ....


1


1


2


118 Other diseases of the stomach


1


1


2


119 Diarrhea and enteritis (under 2 years of age) ..


1


1


120 Diarrhea and enteritis (over 2 years of age) 122a Hernia


1


1


...


..


1


1


1


1


4


124 Cirrhosis of the Liver


1


1


126 Biliary calculi


1


1


127 Other diseases of the gall bladder and biliary ducts


1


1


3


129 Peritonitis


1 1


1


...


1


3


4


3


1


4


3


9


93a Acute Myocarditis


2


1


1


5


93d Chronic Myocarditis 93e Other Myocarditis


14


8


10


...


95 Other Diseases of the Heart


2 1


1


...


......


122b Intestinal Obstruction .. 123 Other diseases of the intestines


1


1


2


1


1


2


4


2


106a Acute bronchitis


107 Broncho pneumonia


1 7


2


1


...


3


244


ANNUAL REPORTS


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1945-Continued


January


February


March


April


May


June


July


August


September


October


November


December


Total


X. Diseases of the Genito- Urinary System


130 Acute Nephritis


1


2


1


1


1


2


1


4


...


132 Nephritis unspecified ....


4


1


2


133 Other diseases of the kidneys and ureters


1


2


XI. Diseases of Pregnancy. Childbirth and the Puerperium


144a Eclampsia of Pregnancy 148 Puerperal toxemias


1


1


1


Xil. Diseases of the Skin and Cellular Tissue


XIII. Diseases of the Bones and Organs of Move- ment


XIV. Congenital Malforma- tions 157b Spina bifidia and meningocele 157c Anencephalus


1


1


1


1


157e Congenital malforma- tions of the heart


1


1


..


2


XV. Diseases Peculiar to the First Year of Life


159 Premature Birth


1


1


2


1


1


3


1


10


160 Injury at birth


1


1


2


161 Other diseases peculiar to the first year of life ...


1


1


131 Chronic Nephritis


.....


2


CO COCOA 3


1


BOARD OF HEALTH


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1945-Concluded


January


February


March


April


May


June


July


August


September


October


November


December


Total


XVI. Senility 162 Senility


1


1


XVII. Violent or Accidental Deaths


163


Suicide by poisoning


1


1


.....


164a Suicide by hanging


2


1


1


4


169 Railway Accidents


170 Motor Vehicle Accidents


1


1


2


1


......


1


6


171 Street car accidents ......


178 Accidental absorption of


poisonous gas


1


1


180 Conflagration ...


1


1


181 Accidental Burns


182 Accidental mechanical suffocation


1


1


2


186a Accidental Fall


2


1


2


1


1


3


3


3


18


186b Injury by crushing


193 Accidents due to elec-


tric currents


1


1


XVIII. III-Defined and Un- known Causes


200 Ill-defined and un- known causes


1


1


Totals


101


56


69


85


70


71


51


65


68


61


80


93 870


...


1


.....


1


1


3


...


...


1


......


1


1


1


.....


...


1


1


..


2


.....


245


..


246


ANNUAL REPORTS


TOTAL DEATHS DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS


Year


No. of Deaths


Rate per 1,000


1936


965


9.58


1937


899


8.92


1938


968


9.61


1939


938


9.31


194


885


8.78


1941


872


8.53


1942


833


8.14


1943


952


9.31


1944


894


8.73


1945


870


8.50


Average death rate per 1,000 for ten years


8.94


TABLE SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATHS IN SOMERVILLE IN 1945


HEART DISEASE.


CANCER ALL FORMS.


APOPLEXY.


ARTERIO SCLEROSIS.


PNEUMONIA ALL FORMS.


Number of Deaths.


Percentage per 10,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage per


10,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage per


10,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage per


10,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Percentage per 10,000 of Pop.


458


44.8


111


10.9


108


10.6


71


6.9


48


4.8


.


1945


1944.


YEAR.


....


267


384


Cases Reported.


Number of Deaths.


0 -


SCARLET FEVER.


0


0.26


Percentage of Deaths.


21


47


Cases Reported.


0


0


Number of Deaths.


DIPHTHERIA.


0


Percentage of Deaths.


0


0


Cases Reported.


0 0


Number of Deaths.


0


0


Percentage of Deaths.


76


74


Cases Reported.


10


00


Number of Deaths.


13 15


12.16


Percentage of Deaths.


TUBERCULOSIS ALL FORMS.


Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever and Tuberculosis.


Table Showing comparisons Between 1944 and 1945 in Prevalence, Deaths and Percentage of Deaths of Scarlet Fever,


HIIVAH HO CUVOX


TYPHOID FEVER.


LTC.


248


ANNUAL REPORTS


DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH


This board has adjudged that the diseases known as actino- mycosis, anterior poliomyelitis, anthrax, Asiatic cholera, epi- demic cerebro-spinal meningitis, chicken pox, diphtheria, dog bite, dysentery, encephalitis (infectious) German measles, glanders, hookworm disease, infectious diseases of the eye, lep. rosy, malaria, measles, mumps, paratyphoid fever, pellagra, plague, pneumonia (lobar only), rabies, scarlet fever, septic sore throat, small pox, tetanus, trichinosis, tuberculosis (all forms), typhoid fever, tularemia, 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 Department of Health are notified.


SPECIMENS AND SUPPLIES


Outfits for specimens to be examined for tuberculosis, diphtheria and typhoid fever, vaccine lymph and nitrate of silver solution may be obtained at the following places, and all supplies may be obtained at the office of the Board of Health City Hall, and the Contagious Hospital, 1323 Broadway.


George R. Reed & Son, Inc., Hobbs Building, Davis Sq : Ernest M. Vose, 310 Broadway


Union Square Pharmacy, 23 Union Square


McClure's Pharmacy, Magoun Square


Physicians desiring reports on the following day, must deposit specimens at the City Hall, in the receptacle provided, before 9 P. M.


Results of all examinations of specimens received at the City Hall prior to 9 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 December 1907 has been continued during the


249


BOARD OF HEALTH


year. The value of the system 'has been constantly demonstrated and the work has been done in a very satisfactory manner. There has been harmony of action between the Board of Health and the School Board, the school principals, and the 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 jurisdiction and to them are referred all children who show evidences of disease or abnormal condition Children who are found to be unfit to remain in school are sent home with 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 to cooperate with the parents in keeping the children in as normal a condition as possible. In accordance with provisions of the statute, tests of sight and hearing are made by principals and teachers.


DISTRICT NO. 1


Dr. Francis Shaw, 167 Broadway Prescott, Hanscom, Dickerman and Edgerly Schools


DISTRICT NO. 2


Dr. Frank Ciampa, 731 Broadway Baxter, Knapp, Perry and Southern Junior High Schools


DICTRICT NO. 3


Dr. E. Goduti, 434 Broadway Bennett, Pope, Cummings and Proctor Schools


DISTRICT NO 4


Dr. Richard Maguire, 432 Medford Street Morse, Carr, Durell, Burns and St. Theresa Schools


250


ANNUAL REPORTS


DISTRICT NO. 5


Dr. John W. Hueber, 25 Day Street Cutler, Hodgkins, Lowe, Highland, Western Junior High Schools


DISTRICT NO 6


Dr. David O'Brien, 26 Summit Avenue


Bingham, Brown, Forster and Northeastern Junior High Schools.


DISTRICT NO. 7


Dr. Edgar F. Sewall, 380 Broadway Glines, Grimmons and High Schools


DISTRICT NO. 8


Dr. Michael W. White, 21 Walnut Street St. Joseph, St. Benedict and St. Ann's Parochial Schools


During the year 12,193 children have been referred to the inspectors during their daily visits and 103 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


8


Measles


13


Mumps


49


Whooping Cough


5


Total 75


2. Diseases of the Nose and Throat :-


Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids


1601


Inflammatory Diseases


50


Other Abnormal Conditions


Total


1658


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3. Diseases of the Eye :-


Foreign Bodies


6


2


Inflammatory Conditions Other Abnormal Conditions


15


Total


23


4. Diseases of the Ear :- 0


5. Diseases of the Skin :-


Eczema


5


Herpes


8


Impetigo


84


Dermatitis


4


Pediculosis


183


Scabies


25


Miscellaneous Conditions


40


Total


349


6. Diseases of the Feet :-


Flat Feet


154


Hammer Toes


1


Bunions


1


Other Conditions


39


Total


195


7. Miscellaneous Conditions : -


Diseases of the Circulatory System


155


Diseases of the Digestive System


47


Diseases of the Lymphatic System 74


Diseases of the Nervous System


0


Diseases of the Respiratory System


72


Wounds and Injuries


18


Other Conditions


49


Total


415


Total Number of Diseases


2715


FUNERAL DIRECTORS


Under the provisions of Chapter 407 of the Acts of 1936, twenty-four persons were duly licensed as funeral directors.


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


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ANNUAL REPORTS


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 CLIINCS


During the past year under the supervision of this Board, clinics have been held every Tuesday afternoon at the New Vocational School, every Wednesday afternoon at the Hodgkins School, and every Thursday afternoon at the Bingham School, except when the days were holidays. The average weekly at- tendance at the New Vocational School was 12, at the Hodg- kins School 14, and at the Bingham School 7. The attendance for the year at these clinics was 1415. This work is of inesti- mable value and the results are very far reaching.


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REPORT OF THE HEALTH NURSES


Somerville, Mass., January 2, 1946


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, 1945.


INFANT HYGIENE


Infants as reported born in Somerville dur- ing 1945


792


Infants born elsewhere resident of Somerville 981


Pairs of twins born in Somerville 5


Stillbirths in Somerville


38


Infants reported with Ophthalmia Neonatorum


0


Infants reported with Conjunctivitis


6


Infants reported with Infantile Paralysis


2


There were 28 deaths of infants under one year of age in Somerville during the past year as shown in the following table :


Prematurity


10


Congenital Diseases


4


Intestinal Diseases


1


Accidental Injury


4


Pneumonia and Other Diseases


9


Total 28


Total attendance at Baby Welfare Clinics dur- ing 1945


1415


New registration during 1945


224


Average attendance during 1945


11


TUBERCULOSIS


Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases reported dur- ing 1945


69


Other Forms of Tuberculosis reported in 1945


7


Number of patients admitted to the Middlesex County Sanatorium at Waltham


49


Xrays and examinations of patients and contacts are held every second and fourth Friday evenings of the month at the Knights of Columbus Building, Highland Avenue, Somerville.


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ANNUAL REPORTS


TABLE SHOWING AGES AND SEX OF CASES REPORTED DURING 1945


Male


Female


Total


Under fifteen years of age ...


2


1


3


From fifteen to twenty years


1


3


4


From twenty to thirty years


5


9


14


From thirty to forty years


10


7


17


Over forty years


19


12


31


Totals


37


32


69


OTHER FORMS OF TUBERCULOSIS


Male


Female


Total


Under fifteen years of age .... ..


1


0


1


From fifteen to twenty years ..


0


1


1


From twenty to thirty years ..


0


0


0


From thirty to forty years ....


0


0


0


Over forty years


1


4


5


Totals


2


5


7


MISCELLANEOUS


Typhoid Fever cases reported


0


RECAPITULATIONS OF VISITS


Baby Hygiene


2636


Tuberculosis


1374


Miscellaneous


960


Total visits


4970


A fifteen lecture Seminar on Public Health Nursing was attended by us from September 18, 1945 through the remainder of the year.


Respectfully submitted,


GRACE E. PICKERING, R. N. MARY J. RYAN, R. N. EILEEN A. DAILY, R. N.


Health Nurses.


BOARD OF HEALTH


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REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL INSPECTION


Somerville, Mass., January 2, 1946.


To the Board of Health, Somerville, Mass.


Gentlemen :


I herewith present the report of the Department of Medical Inspection for the year 1945 including statistics of the Con- tagious Hospital.




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