Report of the city of Somerville 1946, Part 15

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Publication date: 1946
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Grade


MARTIN W. CARR SCHOOL Atherton Street


Michael B. Dewire, Master. 600 Washington Street, Brookline 1929


6


Eva S. Bent, 10 Steeves Circle 1915


6


Dorothy L. Lundgren, 93 Lowden Avenue 1915


5 Margaret M. Brennan, 15 Waldo Street 1917


5 Francis X. Leahy, 101 Glenwood Road


1946


4 Helen Hession, 30 Merrill Road, Watertown


1924


4:3 Alice M. Cumming, 117 School Street


1917


3 Bessie I. Berry, 11 Oak Terrace, Malden


1915


2 Mary E. Flanley, 4 Avon Street, Wakefield


1915


2 Mildred L. Shanahan, 68 Avon Street


1933


1 Eleanor Rose, 149 Lowell Street


1942


1 Margaret Morgan, 123 Highland Avenue


1931


Kdgn. Mabel R Ingham, 62 Central Street


1912


Asst Helen T. Brooks, 4 Spring Hill Terrace 1946


(ENOCH R.) MORSE SCHOOL Summer and Craigie Streets


2


Eleanor M. Shanahan, 38 Benton Road


1934


6


¡Eunice M. Lanigan, 161 Lowell Street


1942


4


Mrs. Maybeth J. Folwell, 155 Summer Street


1941


3


Agnes C. O'Brien, 16 Prescott Street


1941


2


Isabel M. Leyden, 3 Langdon Street, Cambridge


1933


1 Ruth G. Harrington, 1 Carver Street


1930


Kdgn. Mildred D. Williston, 26 Warren Avenue


1934


Asst. Margaret Walsh, 37 Oak Street


1942


GEORGE O. PROCTOR SCHOOL Hudson Street


Joseph S. Hawthorne, Master, Lowell Road, Concord


1915


6


Winifred J. Macdonald, 476 Beacon Street, Boston 1917


5


Anne B. Mullin, 140 Medford Street, Arlington 1930


1917


43


Mary E. McCarthy, 101 Central Street


1926


2


Cecilia A. Sheehan, 49 Avon Street


1933


1 Mrs. Ethel M. Ziegel, & Foskett Street


1934


GEORGE W. DURRELL SCHOOL Beacon and Kent Streets


4


Mildred F. O'Meara, 103 Verchild Street, Quincy 1946


3


Mary A. Dewire, 48 Central Street 1939


1944


1 Mrs. Beatrice B. Ahern, 163 Elm Street


1945


MARK F. BURNS SCHOOL Cherry Street, near Highland Avenue


John W. Healey, Master, 214 Powder House Boulevard


1931


3


Ethel F. Morang, 16 Curtis Avenue


1920


4 M. Constance MacDonald, 74 Belmont Street 1941


1943


2 Mrs. Frances E. Savage, 303 Highland Avenue


1908


2 Josephine Lacy, 64 Vinal Avenue 1921


1 Marjorie E. Drew, 38 Linnaean Street, Cambridge 1927


1 Marjorie Kincaid, 86 Bromfield Road


1912


Name and Residence


Began Service


John J. Collins, Master, 25 Hall Street


1930


2 Mary M. Sharry, 27 Summit Avenue


4:3 V. Maria DelTorto, 275 Highland Avenue


Ruth E. Andrews, 123 Highland Avenue


John W. Healey, Master, 211 Powder House Boulevard 1931


230


ANNUAL REPORTS


Grade


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1946-Continued Name and Residence BENJAMIN G. BROWN SCHOOL Willow and Josephine Avenues


Began Service


John W. Healey, Master, 214 Powder House Boulevard 1931


6


Gertrude E. Macdonald, 50 Bromfield Road 1926


4


ĮMrs. Clare M. Stanton, 754 Broadway 1937


5 Mrs. Gertrude T. McNamara, 383 Broadway 1940


5:4 ° Mi's. Eileen Hartwell, 39 Highland Road


1944


4 Andrea Driscoll, 101 Glen Street


1944


3 Helen M. Lawrence, 433a Broadway


1923


3:2 Carol P. Mullaney, Cadet, 49 Vinal Avenue


1944


2 Anna L. McCarthy, 51 Liberty Avenue


1930


1 Anne E. Waters, 243 Summer Street


1940


1 Olivia H. Norcross, 11 Shawsheen Avenue, Wilmington


1914


Kdgn. Elizabeth V. Colbert, 1572 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge 1933


Asst. ºAnna M. Burke, 52 Mt Vernon Street, Arlington


1946


HERBERT CHOLERTON SCHOOL Highland Avenue and Grove Street


Edward L. Smith, Master, 10 Francis Street


1930


6


Marion Allen, 14 Billingham Street


1911


6 Margaret McLoed, 20 Grove Street 1923


1945


5 Mary Ahern, 62 Curtis Street


1928


5 Anne M. Doherty, 49 Electric Avenue


1933


5 Carolyn E. Crockett, 38 Day Street


1923


Kdgn. Mrs. Dorothy C. Huddv, 16a Forest Street, Cambridge


1921


Asst. Lucille K. Moseley, 21 Playstead Road, Medford -


1942


(WILLIAM H.) HODGKINS SCHOOL Holland Street


Edward L. Smith, Master, 10 Francis Street


1930


Stella G. Bucknam, Asst., 35 Curtis Avenue 4


1917



Helen B. Busher, 33 Bromfield Road


1943


6:5 Edith M. Murchie, 3 Lincoln Street


1937


5 James A. Devlin, 25 Everett Street


1946


4


Helen M. Merry, 12 Summit Street


1935


?


Gertrude O. Kohler, 24a Jackson Road


1921


3


Isabelle G. Porter, 36 College Avenue


1928


2


Mary M. Diskin, 33 Lexington Avenue


1938


2 Abbie M. Brown, 154 Morrison Avenue


1923


1 Mary C. Sweeney, 18 Alpine Street


1938


Kdgn. Hclen B. Hesson, 64 Horne Road, Belmont


1930


Asst. Marion R, Pugh, 46 Glen Street


1943


S. NEWTON CUTLER SCHOOL Powder House Boulevard, near Raymond Avenue


Edward L. Smith, Master, 10 Francis Street 6


Bernice J. Andrews, 24 Hamilton Road 1914,


Mrs. Minnie E. Lougee, Moorland Road, Scituate 6


1922


6 Gladys R. Clark, Lowell Road, Concord


1926


5


Alice A. Libbey, 32 Paulina Street


1919


Eugenia Carver, 119 College Avenue


1922


Frances Cronin, 24 Bow Street, Medford 5


1946


4 Mary R. Egan, 22 Aberdeen Road


1933


4


Mildred H. Lunt, 119 College Avenue


1926


1 Eliza I. Patterson, 59 Ossipee Road


1919


3 Mrs. Mary D. Manning, 125 West Adams Street


1945


.


1930


6 °Eileen M. Lynch, 184 Summer Street


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Name and Residence


Began


Grade


3 Alice E. Campbell, 6 Revere Street, Arlington


1928


3 E. Mildred Milner, 119 College Avenue


1920


2 Alice J. McNally, 52 Vinal Avenue 1942


2 Pauline Emery, 36 College Avenue


1925


2 Nora F. Keniry, 110 West Quincy Street


1941


1 [Helen Sullivan, 25 Conwell Avenue


1 *Muriel P. King, 77 Wheatland Street 1931


1 Mildred M. Lougee, Gingerbread Hill, Marblehead 1923


1 Mildred Buinitsky, 54 Farragut Avenue 1940


1 Eleanor E. Waldron, 135 Powder House Boulevard 1919


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


1921


Asst. Katherine R. Austin, 34 Ware Street 1945


MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL Morrison Avenue near Grove Street


4


Marion 1. Cannon, 16 James Street 1928


4


Mrs. Katherine D. Millen, 108 Powder House Boulevard 1920


3 Clare A. Stanton, Cadet, 734 Broadway 1945


1943


3:2 Ruth Brooks, 17 Cedar Street


2 Elizabeth M. Sliney, 19 Garden Street, Cambridge 1925


1 Selena G. Wilson, 11 Irving Street 1922


1 Helen J. Dervan, 75 Crest Avenue, Winthrop 1928


EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS


John F. McMahon, High and Elementary 1Gertrude C. Dooley, Practical Arts for Women


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 754 Broadway


Clare A. Stanton


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


1926


MUSIIC


Paul Kelley, 585 Broadway 1946


12-7 James M. Clark, 60 Irving Street 1929


6-1 Arthur F. Sullivan, 110 West Adams Street 1934


ART


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


1919


PENMANSHIP


6-1 Ruth L. Whitehouse, 123 Highland Avenue


1915


John W. Healey, Master, 214 Powder House Boulevard 1931


Service


232


ANNUAL REPORTS


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1946-Continued Name and Residence


Grade


SEWING


6-5 Mary Rhilinger, 48 Prince Street, Jamaica Plain 1926


6-5 Pia M. Fortini, 274 Willow Avenue 1930


6-5 Alice C. Sullivan, 74 Ossipee Road 1930


MANUAL ARTS


Melvin T. Carver, Supervisor, 247 Winthrop Street, Winthrop 1936


ATHLETICS


Charles A. Dickerman, Director, 163 Summer Street 1925


PHYSICAL INSTRUCTION


9-1 John St. Angelo, 4 Dickson Street 1928


ATYPICAL


Edward M. McCarty, Personnel, 48 Upland Road 1939


Winifred M. Ford, Educational Tester, 83 Pearson Road 1927


§Mrs. Nicoletta Giacobbe, 12 Minnesota Avenue 1942


Irma Di Giusto, 19 Flint Street 1934


Ursula H. Cairns, Main Street, South Hanson Dorothy M. Leighton, 148 Lovell Road, Watertown


1934


§Mrs. Margaret E. Sullivan, 22 Pennsylvania Avenue


1936


Margaret E. Connors, 5 Sherborn Court


1936


*James Keefe, 31a Trull Street Gasperina Messina, 49 Pennsylvania Ayenue


1942


*Marion E. Blanchard, 33 Gordon Street 1942


Mary F. Clifford, 125 Berkeley Street, Lawrence


1942


SIGHT SAVING


Alice M. Hayes, 181 Central Street 1913


LIP READING


Grace .A. Foley, 49 Dover Street


1937


THRIFT


E. Bella Weisman, 78 Gibbs Street, Brookline 1921


Eva Palmer, Assistant, 24 Austin Street 1930


FIELD MUSIC


Bart E. Grady, Jr., 35 Sagamore Avenue, West Medford 1945


AMERICANIZATION


Mary A. Whitney, Supervisor, 10 Dow Street 1916


Began Service


1936


1938


233;


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1946-Continued


Name and Residence


Began Service


Grade


PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED


Mrs. Blanche G. Crowell, 82 Bromfield Road 1928


Mary E. Miller, 16 MacArthur Street 1936


Mrs. Clifford Hulbert, 67 Ossipee Road


1946


AUDIOMETER


Marion C. Moran, 42 Montrose Street 1929


SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY Everett W. Ireland, 97 College Avenue


ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT


Leo C. Donahue, 108 Summer Street


CLERKS


Mary A. Clark, 156 Summer Street


Marion E. Marshall, 30 Gilman Street


Regina Truelsen, 38 Rogers Avenue


Margaret R. O'Connor, 2 Adrian Street


Frances C. Geaton, 29 Tennyson Street


Virginia V. Hender, 202 School Street


SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE James G. Hourihan, 225 Powder House Boulevard


VISITING TEACHER


Estelle M. Walsh, 12 Wendell Street, Cambridge


234


ANNUAL REPORTS


SCHOOL CUSTODIANS, DECEFBER, 1946


School


High


Frank Quirk


166 Broadway


High


George A. Sullivan


275 Medford St.


120 Summer St.


11 Pleasant Ave. 7 Green St.


High


High, Gymnasium


High, Central


Heating Plant


High, Central Heating Plant


High, Central


Heating Plant


Michael P. Harrington


Jeremiah O'Connor


Thomas R. Mullin


13 Fremont Ave.


64a Gordon St. 17 Grand View Ave.


201 Morrison Ave.


23 Everett Ave.


Perry


George Kelley


10 Nevada Ave.


122 Heath St.


7 Lee Street


23 Summit Ave.


9 Hillside Park


66 Hudson St.


52 Garrison Ave.


New Vocational


New Vocational


New Vocational


New Vocational


Glines


Glines


Grimmons


Northeastern Jr. High


Hugh F. McQuaid


John F. O'Connell


32 Foskett St.


Northeastern Jr. High


Northeastern Jr. High


George T. Pickett


209 Powder House Blvd.


71 Park St.


230 Broadway


84 Rogers Ave.


Morse


Joseph Binari


48 Lowell St. 89 School St.


Proctor


Thomas J. Driscoll


3 Harvard Place


Durell


Francis J. Donovan


95 Jaques St.


Burns


Anthony Liberatore


36 Rhode Island Ave.


Brown


William Anderson


25 Clark St.


Cholerton


William McLane


49 Woods Ave.


Western Jr. High


Wilfred J. Secord


23 Gordon St.


10 Sterling St.


92 Elm St.


Cutler


Thurston W. Buchan


22 Richdale Ave.


Cutler


Lowe


Name


Residence


95 Heath St.


7 Record Court


7 Lee St. 43 Pennsylvania Ave.


Prescott


Hanscom


Richard Sullivan


Edwin C. Lamkin


Baxter


Knapp


Pope


Southern Jr. High


Southern Jr. High


Southern Jr. High


Southern Jr. High


Cummings


Thomas Murphy


William J. Hickey


John F. Fonseca


43 Garrison Ave.


67 Electric Ave.


Royal W. Brenize


John P. Driscoll


Francis Gormley


Earl B. March


32 Sewall St. 121 Ten Hills Rd.


139 Walnut St.


Northeastern Jr. High


George E. Babin


33 Vernon St.


25 Fenwick St.


Forster


Forster Annex


Arthur F. Law


Bernard J. Kelley


Bingham Carr


Joseph F. Kelley


Hodgkins


Cornelius Collins


18 Acadia Park


Western Jr. High


Thomas Copithorne John J. Irving Henry Hoyt


Antonio Severino Walter M. Burns


53 Sunset Rd. 23 Avon St.


High


High


Andrew J. Curran


John Mullaney


Patrick Delmore


3 Harvard Place


Martin J. Frazer


Paul F. Sheridan


Prescott


Bennett


George M. Caley


Peter McNally


John F. Kilby


Michael J. Reilly


Bartholomew Cronin


John T. Donovan


James E. Dowd


7 Aberdeen Rd.


Elmer Carleton


34 Otis Street 44 Montrose St.


Frank Regan


Western Jr. High Western Jr. High


John F. Mack


235


BOARD OF HEALTH


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


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


January 2, 1947


To His Honor the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen:


Gentlemen :


We respectfully submit the following as the Sixty-ninth 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, 1946.


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 :


First notices sent 151


Second notices sent 10


Total notices sent 161


Annually the yards and alleyways of the city are inspected and the owners of the property where unsanitary conditions ex- ist are required to remedy the same.


RECORDS OF LICENSES AND PERMITS ISSUED


CANNING EGGS-Under the provisions of Section 89, Chapter 94 of the General Laws, one license was granted for the breaking and canning of eggs. A fee of twenty-five dollars was received to remedy the same.


236


ANNUAL REPORTS


SLAUGHTERING POULTRY-Under the provisions of Section 139a, Chapter 679, of the General Laws, five licenses to slaughter poultry were granted at a fee of one dollar each.


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 one dollar is charged.


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


BOTTLING CARBONATED BEVERAGES-Four li- censes were granted to engage in the business of bottling car- bonated 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-Six persons have been licensed to sell methyl alcohol in this city. A fee of one dollar is charged for each license.


BOARD INFANTS-Ten 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 but one were approved.


TRANSPORT GARBAGE-Four 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 874 deaths and fifty-one stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following tables :


Deaths at the Central Hospital 44


Deaths at the Somerville Hospital 189


'Deaths at the Hospital for Contagious Diseases 6


Deaths at the Home for Aged Poor (Highland Ave.) 40


Deaths at the City Home 10


Deaths at Other Institutions 69


237


BOARD OF HEALTH


DEATHS BY AGES


Male Female Total


Under One


14


11


25


One to Two


3


0


3


Two to Three


0


0


0


Three to Five


2


2


4


Five to Ten


3


1


4


Ten to Fifteen


1


3


4


Fifteen to Twenty


1


2


3


Twenty to Thirty


4


9


13


Thirty to Forty


16


21


37


Forty to Fifty


26


26


52


Fifty to Sixty


63


51


114


Sixty to Seventy


100


94


194


Seventy to Eighty


110


147


257


Eighty to Ninety


51


92


143


Ninety and Over


6


15


21


Totals


400


474


874


238


ANNUAL REPORTS


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1946


January


February


March


April


May


June


July


August


September


October


November


December


Total


1. Infectious and Parasitic Diseases


9 Pertussis


10 Diphtheria


13 Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System


1


1


3


1


1


1


1


)


1


11


44b Hodgkin's Disease


1


1


Il. Cancer and other Tumors


45 Cancer of the buccal cavity and pharynx ...


46 Cancer of the digestive


tract and peritoneum ...


3


4


7


8


4


4


2


4


6


5


5


54


50 Cancer of the breast ....


2


1


1


1


1


2


1


2


1


12


51 Cancer of the male genital organs


2


1


1


1


1


6


52 Cancer of the urinary organs


1


1


1


3


54 Cancer of the brain and other parts of the cen- tral nervous system ... Cancer of other and


55


unspecified organs


1


2


4


3


3


13


56a Tumor of the brain


1


1


2


4


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


61 Diabetes Mellitus


1


1


1


3


IV. Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming Organs


74a Leukemias


1


1


1


8


V. Chronic Poisoning and Intoxication


VI. Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs


82 Diseases of the Spinal Cord


83a Cerebral hemorrhage .....


10


10


9


15


11


10


11


4


8


8


21


125


83b Cerebral embolism and thrombosis


1


1


1


2


1


5


2


2


1


1


17


83d Hemiplegia


1


1


85 Epilepsy


87 Other diseases of the nervous system


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


5


4


1


3


3


3


1


1


1


4


21


48 Cancer of the uterus


2


2


2


1


7


...


...


..


...


1


1


2


..


..


..


...


1


1 8


......


. .


1


2


1


3


1


...


1


1


.. .


2


47 Cancer of the respira- tory system


239


BOARD OF HEALTH


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1946-Continued


January


February


March


April


May


June


July


August


September


October


November


December


Total


VII. Diseases of the Circula- tory System


90 Pericarditis


91 Acute endocarditis


1


1


92b Diseases of the Mitral Valve


1


1


93d Chronic Myocarditis


18


5


5


4


10


9


4


8


7


7


7


1


80


93e Other Myocarditis


2


2


3


6


1


14


94a Diseases of the Coronary Arteries


9


12


14


10


8


10


7


5


7


9


13


20


124


95 Other Diseases of the Heart


6


8


8


8


7


4


4


5


5


5


5


5


65


97 Arteriosclerosis


4


7


1


4


6


1


4


4


4


7


7


17


66


99 Other diseases of the arteries


1


1


100 Diseases of the Veins


1


1


VIII. Diseases of the Respiratory System


106a Acute bronchitis


1


1


1


2


107 Broncho pneumonia


12


4


2


5


6


3


1


4


4


1


4


7


53


108 Lobar pneumonia


1


3


4


109 Pneumonia, unspecified.


2


2


4


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


4


2


3


1


1


3


3


2


2


1


4


4


30


112 Asthma


1


IX. Diseases of the Diges- tive System


116 Diseases of the esopha- gus


1


1


1


3


117a Ulcer of the Stomach ....


1


2


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


1


1


121 Appendicitis


1222 Hernia


1


1


2


122h Intestinal Obstruction ...


1


1


...


1


2


5


124 Cirrhosis of the Liver ....


2


1


1


1


5


125b Other diseases of the liver


1


1


2


12S Diseases of the pancreas


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


3


8


93a Acute Myocarditis


3


1


4


...


..


94b Angina Pectoris


1


1


96 Aneurysm


1


1


1


106b Chronic bronchitis


...


1


1


1


92d Diseases of other and unspecified valves ...


1


1


1


240


ANNUAL REPORTS


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1946-Continued


January


February


March


April


May


June


July


August


September


October


November


December


Total


X. Diseases of the Genito- Urinary System


130 Acute Nephritis


131 Chronic Nephritis ....


1


3


1


2


3


2


1


6


1


1


21


2


1


1


1


3


8


133b Other diseases of the kidneys and vreters ......


137 Diseases of the prostate.


1


1


XI. Diseases of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium


142 Ectopic gestation


1


1


144 Toxemias of pregnancy.


1


147b General or local puer- peral infection


1


1


XII. Diseases of the Skin and Cellular Tissue


151 Carbuncle and furuncle. 153 Other diseases of the skin and cellular tissue.


1


1


1


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


XIV. Congenital Malforma- tions 157a Congenital hydrocepha- lus


1


1


157e Congenital malforma- tions of the heart


1


1


1


3


XV. Diseases Pecullar to the First Year of Life


159 Premature Birth


1


1


3


1


8


1


1


160 Injury at birth 161a Asphxia, atelectasis


1


1


2


4


161c Other diseases peculiar to the first year of life. 1


1


2


... ...


1


1


132 Nephritis unspecified


1


1


1


1


...


241


BOARD OF HEALTH


MORTALITY IN SOMERVILLE IN 1946-Concluded


January


February


March


April


May


June


July


August


September


October


November


December


Total


XVI. SenIlity


XVII. Violent or Accidental Deaths


163 Suicide by poisoning


1


1


1


2


1


1


7


164c Suicide by firearms


2


166 Homicide by firearms


1


1


2


170 Motor Vehicle Accidents


2


2


1


3


1


1


10


179


Accidental poisoning


1


181 Accidental Burns


1


1


182 Accidental mechanical


suffocation


1


1


186a Accidental Fall


1


4


1


......


...


XVIII. III-Defined and Un- known Causes


Totals


87


78


69


67


85


59


58


66


65


61


70


109


874


...


......


1


1


3


2


13


......


2


..


...


1


...


-


242


ANNUAL REPORTS


TOTAL DEATHS DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS


Year


No. of Deaths


Rate per 1,000


1937


899


8.92


1938


968


9.61


1939


938


9.31


1940


885


8.78


1941


872


8.53


1942


833


8.14


1943


952


9.31


1944


894


8.73


1945


87.0


8.50


1946


874


8.25


Average death rate per 1,000 for ten years


8.80


TABLE SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATHS IN SOMERVILLE IN 1946


HEART DISEASE.


APOPLEXY.


CANCER ALL FORMS.


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.


299


28.2


125


11.8


123


11.6


66


6.2


61


5.7


1946


1945


YEAR.


201


267


Cases Reported.


0


0


Number of Deaths.


SCARLET FEVER.


00


Percentage of Deaths.


93


21


Cases Reported.


3


0


Number of Deaths.


DIPHTHERIA.


2.25


Percentage of Deaths.


0


3


0


Cases Reported.


00


Number of Deaths.


0


0


Percentage of Deaths.


61


76


Cases Reported.


11


10


Number of Deaths.


18.03


13.15


Percentage of Deaths.


TUBERCULOSIS ALL FORMS.


Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever and Tuberculosis.


Table showing comparison between 1945 and 1946 in Prevalence, Deaths and Percentage of Deaths of Scarlet Fever;


BOARD OF HEALTH


TYPHOID FEVER.


243


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ANNUAL REPORTS


DISEASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH


This board has adjudged that the diseases known as actin- omycosis, anterior poliomyelitis, anthrax, Asiatic cholera, epi- demic cerebrospinal 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, whooping cough, yellow fever, are infec- tious and dangerous to the public health and safety within the meaning of the statutes. Physicians are required to report im- mediately 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 dis- trict in which the patient resides and the State Department of Health are notified.


SPECIMENS AND SUPPLIES


Outfits for specimens to be examined for tuberculosis, diph -. theria and typhoid fever, vaccine lymph and nitrate of silver solution may be obtained at the following places, and all sup- plies 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 Square Ernest M. Vose, 310 Broadway Union Square Pharmacy, 23 Union Square McClure's Pharmacy, Magoun Square


MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS


The medical inspection of the schools of Somerville which was instituted December 1907 has been continued during the 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.


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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 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 prop- er 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


DISTRICT No. 3


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


DISTRICT No. 4 Dr. Benjamin Blesoff, 326 Highland Avenue Morse, Carr, Durell and Burns Schools


DISTRICT NO. 5


Dr. Benjamin Russman, 33 Curtis Street Cutler, Hodgkins, Lowe, Highland and Western Junior High Schools


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ANNUAL REPORTS


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 9,158 children have been referred to the inspectors during their daily visits and 155 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


3


Diphtheria


2


Measles


2


Total 7


2. Diseases of the Nose and Throat :-


Enlarged tonsils and adenoids 664


Inflammatory diseases 39


Other abnormal conditions 0


Total 703


3. Diseases of the Eye :-


Foreign bodies


2


Inflammatory conditions


3


Other abnormal conditions 16


Total 21


4. Diseases of the Ear 0


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5. Diseases of the Skin :--


Eczema


7


Herpes


37


Impetigo


99


Dermatitis


4


Pediculosis


139


Scabies


63


Tinea


3


Miscellaneous conditions


22


Total


374


6. Diseases of the Feet :- -


Flat Feet


165


Hammer toes


2


Other conditions


28


Total 195


7. Miscellaneous Conditions : -


Diseases of the Circulatory System


183


Diseases of the Digestive System


43


Diseases of the Lymphatic System 40




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