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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
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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
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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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