Report of the city of Somerville 1950, Part 15

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Publication date: 1950
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1929


1 Laurette Waters, 243 Summer Street


1942


Kdgn.


Ida M. Kane, 383 Broadway


1905


Asst. Mrs. Margaret Baine, 93 Pearl Street


1946


3 Philomena Buccelli, 71 Bonair Street


1936


2 Mary Donohoe, 6 Gibbens Street


1948


Joseph A. Regan, Principal, 42 Stone Avenue


1929


Grade


23 1


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1950-Continued CHARLES A. GRIMMONS SCHOOL


Shore Drive


Name and Residence


Began Service


Grade


Joseph A. Regan, Principal, 42 Stone Avenue


1929


1


Anna M. Dee, 10 Bromfield Road


1928


6


Henry J. Lambert, 95 West Quincy Street


1948


5


Marion C. Drew, 22 Sewall Street


1945


4


Catherine O'Connor, 40 Adrian Street


1942


4


Margaret Sliney, 88 Glen Street


1928


3 ° Agnes Battit, 56a Elm Street


1948


2 Leda L. Dini, 22 Heath Street


1948


Kdgn.


Rita P. McNamara, 53 Dartmouth Street


1937


CHARLES FORSTER SCHOOL Sycamore Street and Evergreen Avenue


6


Bessie J. Baker, 19 Mills Street, Malden


1905


6


Hazel C. Wellington, 71 Oxford Street


1924


6


Irene Allen, 391 Broadway


1931


5


°John Murray, 21 Prospect Hill Avenue


1950.


5


Mrs. Monira G. Blodgett, 8 Teele Avenue


1921


5


Gladys M. Wellington, 71 Oxford Street


1925


4


Lillian J. Rollins, 230 Pearl Street


1925


4


Jane A. Doyle, 80 Hinckley Street


1925


4


Pauline Scully, 59 Preston Road


1929


3


Florence V. English, 83 Glenburn Road, Arlington


1925


3


Mrs. Helen M. Mason, 36 College Avenue


1936


3


Elsie Capone, 309 Lawrence Road, Medford


1934


2


° Dorothy Lally, 123 Highland Avenue


1950


2


°Olga Coscia, 122 Rogers Avenue


1950


2 2


Ann Laffin, 21 Lowden Avenue


1939


1


Mary A. Clark, 25 Columbus Avenue


1942'


1


Mary L. McKenna, 119 College Avenue


1917


Kdgn.


Esther D. Hamilton, 28 Dearborn Road


1924


Asst.


Catherine Killilea, 31 Wenham Street, Jamaica Plain


1946.


NORMAN W. BINGHAM SCHOOL Lowell Street, near Vernon Street


4


Anna R. Canfield, 205 Cedar Street


1914


6


Anna G. Molloy, 520 High Street, West Medford


1921


6:5 5


Helen F. Wiseman, 51 Prentiss Street, Cambridge


1932


4


Alice E. Griffiths, 39 Ames Street


1920,


3


Philomena C. Lombardi, 8 Mount Pleasant Street


1929


3


Catherine E. Wiggins, 139 Lowell Street


1925,


2


Frances E. Fisher, 215 Eastern Avenue, East Lynn


1921


2


Gertrude M. Dewire, 399 Washington Street


1925


1


Mary T. Maguire, 133 Langdon Avenue, Watertown


1929


1 Loretta M. Tansey, 108 Bromfield Road


1928


Kdgn.


Marguerite M. Driscoll, 20 Benton Road


1921


Asst.


Mrs. Margaret Grady, 34 Highland Avenue


1947


MARTIN W. CARR SCHOOL Atherton Street


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


Helen Hession, 30 Merrill Road, Watertown


1924


4:5 4 Alice M. Cumming, 117 School Street


1917


3 Bessie 1. Berry, 11 Oak Terrace, Malden


1915-


Michael B. Dewire, Principal, 600 Washington Street, Brookline


1929


Joseph S. Hawthorne, Principal, 11 Everett Street, Concord


1915,


Julia M. Riordan, 165 Albion Street


1914


Gloria K. Mawhinney, Cadet, 25 Walnut Street


1948


Joseph S. Hawthorne, Principal, 11 Everett Street, Concord


1915.


232


ANNUAL REPORTS


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1950-Continued


Name and Residence


Began Service


Grade


3:2 Mildred L. Shanahan, 68 Avon Street


1933


2


Mary E. Flanley, 4 Avon Street, Wakefield


1915


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


John W. Healey, Principal, 214 Powder House Boulevard


1931


6


Eunice F. Lanigan, 161 Lowell Street


1942


5


Agnes C. O'Brien, 16 Prescott Street 1941


4


Theresa Mclaughlin, Cadet, 31 Avon Street


1949


4


Margaret B. O'Hare, 24 Essex Street, Belmont


1949


3


1949


2


İlsobel M. Leyden, 3 Langdon Street, Cambridge


1930


1946


1946


Kdgn.


Lucille Moseley, 21 Playstead Road, Medford


1948


Asst. ° Mrs. Josephine Crotty, 327 Washington Street


1950


GEORGE O. PROCTOR SCHOOL Hudson Street


Joseph S. Hawthorne, Principal, 11 Everett Street, Concord


1915


A. Teresa Diotaiuti, Rem, Read., 170 Lowell Street


1942


6


°John M. Russell, 11 Cambria Street


1950


5


Anne B. Mullin, 33 Allen Street, Arlington


1930


3


Anne M. Clark, 25 Columbus Avenue


1942


2


Mary E. McCarthy, 101 Central Street


1926


1 Mrs. Ethel M. Ziegel, 8 Foskett Street


1934


Kgdn.


Claire M. O'Brien, 59 Boston Street


1941


GEORGE W. DURELL SCHOOL Beacon and Kent Streets


John J. Collins, Principal, 25 Hall Street


1930


3


Mary A. Dewire, 48 Central Street 1939


1946


2


Helen Volante, 391 Dedham Street, Newton Center


1950


1 Mrs. Marion Lemander, 14 Sheridan Avenue, Medford


948


MARK F. BURNS SCHOOL


Cherry Street, near Highland Avenue


4


M. Constance MacDonald, 74 Belmont Street 1941


4 V. Maria DelTorto, 275 Highland Avenue 1943


3 °Estelle Brennan, 38 Arborway, Jamaica Plain


1950


°Mrs. Elinor Duggan, 28 Parkdale Street


1934


3:2 2 Josephine Lacy, 64 Vinal Avenue 1921


1 °Mary Battit, 56a Elm Street 1950


1 °Elaine Cotter, 11 Governor Winthrop Road


1950


2


3 ° Mrs. Alice Burkhart, 4a Pleasant Avenue Marjorie M. O'Brien, Cadet, 22 Hancock Street, Borokline Ruth G. Harrington, 1 Carver Street


1947


1930


2 Mrs. Ruth Kaup, 58 Central Street 1 Catherine E. Frazer, 95 Heath Street 1 H. Jeannette O'Brien, 36 Ash Avenue


1947


4 Ruth E. Andrews, 123 Highland Avenue


1917


4


Mildred I. O'Meara, 272 Farrington Street, Wollaston


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


233


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1950-Continued BENJAMIN G. BROWN SCHOOL Willow and Josephine Avenue Name and Residence


Grade


John W. Healey, Principal, 214 Powder House Boulevard


1931


6 Gertrude E. Macdonald, 50 Bromfield Road


1926


5 Frederick E. Tirrell, Cadet, 54 Woods Avenue


1949


BENJAMIN G. BROWN SCHOOL Willow and Josephine Avenues


4 Elsie G. Brady, 26 Sargent Road, Belmont


1947


4:3


Mrs. Gertrude T. MacNamara, 383 Broadway


1940


3


Helen M. Lawrence, 433a Broadway 1923


2 Alice C. Fitzpatrick, 54 Trull Street


1936


2 Andrea Driscoll, 101 Glen Street


1944


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. Anna M. Burke, 52 Mount Vernon Street, Arlington


1946


HERBERT CHOLERTON SCHOOL Highland Avenue and Grove Street


Edward L. Smith, Principal, 10 Francis Street


1930


6


Marion Allen, 14 Billingham Street


1911


6 Margaret McLeod, 20 Grove Street


1923


6 Perry Yanow, 64 Putnam Street


1948


5 Mary Ahern, 62 Curtis Street


1928


5 Anne M. Doherty, 49 Electric Avenue


1933


5 Raymond I. Rigney, 35 Nathaniel Road, Winchester


1949


Kdgn.


Mrs. Dorothy C. Huddy, 16a Forest Street, Cambridge


1921


Asst. °Mrs. Bernice Fitzgerald, 64 Bristol Road, Medford


1950


(WILLIAM H.) HODGKINS SCHOOL Holland Street


Edward L. Smith, Principal, 10 Francis Street


1930


4


Stella G. Bucknam, Asst., 35 Curtis Avenue


1917


6:5


Helen B. Busher, 33 Bromfield Road


1943


6


Edith H. Murchie, 3 Lincoln Street


1937


5 Carolyn E. Crockett, 38 Day Street


1923


5:4 Helen M. Merry, 12 Summit Street


1936


3


Gertrude O. Kohler, 24a Jackson Road


1931


3


Isabelle G. Porter, 36 College Avenue


1928


2


Mary M. Diskin, 33 Lexington Avenue


1938


2 Abbie M. Brown, 154 Morrison Avenue


1923


2 °Mrs. Elizabeth Veneri, 8 Hancock Street 1 Doris F. Tomlinson, 9 Watson Street Helen B. Hesson, 64 Horne Road, Belmont


1932


Kdgn.


Louise Gartland, 7 Craigie Circle, Cambridge


1928


Asst.


Corinne A. Dillon, 6 Walter Terrace


1950


S. NEWTON CUTLER SCHOOL Powder House Boulevard near Raymond Avenue


6


Edward L. Smith, Principal, 10 Francis Street 1930 Bernice J. Andrews, 24 Hamilton Road 1914


6


Mrs. Minnie E. Lougee, Moorland Road, Scituate


1922


6 Gladys R. Clark, Lowell Road, Concord


1926


5 Alice A. Libbey, 32 Paulina Street


1919


1950


1947


1 °Margaret L. Donovan, 74 Derby Street


1950


Began Service


234


ANNUAL REPORTS


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1950-Continued


Name and Residence


Began Service


5 Eugenia Carver, 119 College Avenue


1922


5 Frances Cronin, 24 Bow Street, Medford


1946


4 Evelyn J. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue


1945


4 Mildred H. Lunt, 119 College Avenue


1926


4


Eliza I. Patterson, 59 Ossipee Road


1919


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


1945


3


°Eileen M. Dewire, 80 Kirkland Street, Cambridge


1950


3


E. Mildred Milner, 119 College Avenue


1920


3


° Mrs. Marion K. White, 45 Morrison Avenue


1949


2


Alice J. McNally, 52 Vinal Avenue


1942


2


2 'Anna E. Martin, 34 Leonard Street Pauline Emery, 36 College Avenue


1925


2


Nora F. Keniry, 110 West Quincy Street Mrs. Nancy G. Higgins, 34 North Street


1950


1 * Muriel P. King, 77 Wheatland Street


1931


1


Mildred M. Lougee, Gingerbread Hill, Marblehead


1928


1


Mildred Buinitsky, 56 Farragut Avenue


1940


1 Eleanor E. Waldron, 135 Powder House Boulevard


1919


Kdgn.


Catherine M. Hagan, 351 Washington Street


1943


Kdgn.


Katherine R. Austin, 34 Ware Street


1945


Asst.


Mary E. Barrett, 61 Park Drive, Boston


1950


MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL Morrison Avenue near Grove Street


4


Marion A. Cannon, 6 Cherry Street, Lexington


1928


4


Mrs. Katherine D. Millen, 108 Powder House Boulevard


1920


3


Clare A. Stanton, 754 Broadway


1945


2


Ruth Brooks, 17 Cedar Street


1943


2 Elizabeth M. Sliney, 19 Garden Street, Cambridge


1925


1


Selena G. Wilson, 30 Hall Avenue


1922


1 Helen J. Dervan, 75 Crest Avenue, Winthrop


1928


EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPAL


John F. McMahon, High and Junior High


CADETS


Term Exipres September 1, 1951


Kathleen M. Cullinane, 19r Prospect Hiil Avenue


Josephine M. A'Accone, 112 Glen Street


Mary F. Maguire, 11 Robinson Street


Shirley A. Mckenzie, 80 Lowden Avenue


Theresa A. Mclaughlin, 31 Avon Street


Marjorie M. O'Brien, 22 Hancock Street, Brookline


* Millard G. Owen, 123 Orchard Street


Frederick E. Tirrell, 54 Woods Avenue


Patricia Keating, 44 Tower Street


Robert Lynch, 88 Hooker Avenue


Louis Diegoli, 8 Walter Terrace


September 1, 1952


Paul Protopapas, 51 Upland Road


Marie Spiers, 10 Lincoln Avenue


SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS ELEMENTARY SUPERVISOR


William J. Crotty, 52 Highland Road


1926


MUSIC


Paul O. Kelley, Director, 585 Broadway James M. Clark, 60 Irving Street 1929


1946


12-7 6-1 Arthur F. Sullivan, 219 Beacon Street 1934


1950


1941


1


John W. Healey, Principal, 214 Powder House Boulevard


1931


235


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1950-Continued ART


Began Service


Name and Residence Mrs. Elsie M. Guthrie, Director, 50 Bromfield Road


1919


PENMANSHIP


6-1 Ruth L. Whitehouse, Supervisor, 123 Highland Avenue 1915


SEWING


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


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


6-5 Cornelia Dalaklis, 52 Linwood Street 1948


MANUAL ARTS


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


ATHLETICS


Charles A. Dickerman, Director, 163 Summer Street


1925


PHYSICAL INSTRUCTION


John St. Angelo, Director, 109 Highland Avenue 1928


ATYPICAL


Edward M. McCarty, Supervisor, 48 Upland Road


1939


Winifred M. Ford, Educational Tester, 83 Pearson Road


1927


°Mrs. Ethel Garfield, 16 Wesley Park


1947


Irma Di Giusto, 19 Flint Street


1934


Dorothy M. Leighton, 148 Lovell Road, Watertown


1936


° Muriel H. O'Brien, 18r Adrian Street


1949


1936


1938


1949


1942


1943


Susanne Lombardi, 8 Mount Pleasant Street Donald Jones, 12 Brown Street, Maynard


1948


° Katherine E. Dooley, 18 Bagnel Street, Allston


1950


°Ruth Buttery, 416r Washington Street


1946


SIGHT SAVING


Alice M. Hayes, 181 Central Street


1913


LIP READING


Marion C. Moran, 42 Montrose Street


1929


THRIFT


E. Bella Weisman, 78 Gibbs Street, Brookline Eva Palmer, Assistant, 24 Austin Street


1921


1930


FIELD MUSIC


Bart E. Grady, Jr., 123 Highland Avenue 1945


°Mrs. Margaret E. Sullivan, 22 Pennsylvania Avenue James Keefe, 108 Webster Street, Arlington Wilson E. Whittaker, 135 Walnut Street Gasperina Messina, 49 Pennsylvania Avenue Elena Alberghini, 18 White Street, Arlington


1946


236


ANNUAL REPORTS


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1950-Continued AMERICANIZATION


Name and Residence


Mary A. Whitney, Supervisor, 10 Dow Street


Began Service 1916


PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED


Mrs. Blanche G. Crowell, 145 Highland Avenue 1928


Mary E. Miller, 16 MacArthur Street 1936


° Mrs. Clifford Hulbert, 67 Ossipee Road


1946


AUDIOMETER


Marion T. Carroll, 82 Belmont Street


1948


SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY


Everett W. Ireland, 18 Day Street


ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT


Leo C. Donahue, 108 Summer Street


CLERKS


Marion E. Marshall, 62 Highland Avenue Regina Truelson, 23 Black Rock Road, Melrose


Margaret R. O'Connor, 27 College Avenue


Frances C. Geaton, 29 Tennyson Street


William E. Hogan, 12 Richardson Road, Newton


Mary P. Brady, 164 Washington Street


SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE


James G. Hourihan, 225 Powder House Boulevard


VISITING TEACHER


Estelle M. Walsh, 12 Wendell Street, Cambridge


CUSTODIAN SCHOOL COMMITTEE ROOMS


Leo J. Callahan, 9 Spring Hill Terrace


237


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


SCHOOL CUSTODIANS, DECEMBER, 1950


School


Name


George A. Sullivan


John J. Irving


Andrew J. Curran


John Mullaney


William G. Hitch


Leonard C. Mallette


Patrick Delmore


3 Harvard Place


High, Central Heating Plant High, Central Heating Plant High, Central Heating Plant


Prescott


Jeremiah O'Connor


William J. Hickey


9 Aberdeen Rd.


64a Gordon St. 17 Grand View Ave.


Baxter


George M. Caley


192 Morrison Ave. 23 Everett Ave.


Perry


Southern Jr. High


Michael J. Reilly


Bartholomew Cronin


23 Summit Ave.


Southern Jr. High


Southern Jr. High


Frank J. Boyle


36 Greenville St.


Cummings


Thomas Murphy


63 Endicott Ave.


New Vocational


New Vocational


New Vocational New Vocational


Glines


Grimmons


Northeastern Jr. High


Hugh F. McQuaid


Northeastern Jr. High


John F. O'Connell


George E. Babin


Frank Regan


Arthur F. Law


Bernard J. Kelley


Walter W. Kennedy


Joseph F. Kelley


84 Rogers Ave.


47 Lowell St.


Morse Proctor Dureli


Burns


Anthony Liberatore


95 Jaques St.


Brown


William Anderson


36 Rhode Island Ave.


16 Grant St.


Hodgkins


Western Jr. High


Western Jr. High


Western Jr. High


Harry Hoyt


Harry Dangora


Thurston W. Buchan


Antonio Severino


Thomas Copithorne John Kiley


Residence


High High High High


High


High High, Gymnasium


Martin J. Frazer


95 Heath St.


7 Record Court


7 Lee St. 12 Delaware St.


Prescott Hanscom Bennett


Richard Sullivan


Edwin C. Lamkin


Knapp


Peter McNally George Kelley


James E. Dowd


66 Hudson St.


Francis Gormley John F. Fonseca


Elmer Carleton


Austin A. Albanese John P. Driscoll Earl R. March


43 Garrison Ave. 67 Electric Ave. 162 Hudson St. 44 Montrose St. 121 Ten Hills Rd.


139 Walnut St.


40 Concord Ave.


33 Vernon St.


Northeastern Jr. High Forster


Forster Annex


Bingham


Bingham Carr


Joseph Binari


Thomas J. Driscoll


Francis J. Donovan


20 Lincoln Parkway 3 Harvard Place


Cholerton


Emilio P. Buccelli


Cornelius Collins


Carl Marotti Edward Buckley


27 Pearson Rd.


92 Elm St.


5 Grove St. 22 Richdale Ave.


53 Sunset Rd. 23 Gordon St.


122 Heath St.


275 Medford St. 10 Sterling St. 11 Pleasant Ave. 11 Stone Ave.


393 Somerville Ave.


27 Rogers Ave.


Paul F. Sheridan


Michael P. Harrington


10 Nevada Ave. 52 Thurston St.


Southern Jr. High


32 Sewall St.


209 Powder House Blvd. 71 Park St. 98 School St. 508 Broadway


49 Woods Ave. 7 Derby St.


Western Jr. High Cutler Cutler


Lowe Unassigned


238


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


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


January 3, 1951.


To His Honor the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen.


Gentlemen:


We respectfully submit the following, which is a summary of the work of the department for the year 1950, as the Sev- enty-third Annual Report of the Board of Health.


RECORD OF LICENSES AND PERMITS ISSUED


DAY NURSERY - One application was received for a per- mit to conduct a day nursery under the provisions of Section 59 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws relating to Public Health which was granted. Fee for same is one dollar.


SLAUGHTER POULTRY - Under the provisions of Sec- tion 139a, Chapter 679 of the General Laws, five applications for a license to slaughter poultry were received. Four were granted. The fee is one dollar.


COLLECT GREASE - Thirteen applications for a permit to collect grease were received all of which were granted. The fee is two dollars for each truck.


MELT AND RENDER - Four licenses to carry on the busi- ness of melting and rendering, for which a fee of one dollar is charged, were granted.


MASSAGE - Twenty persons have been licensed to prac- tice massage in the city at a fee of one dollar each.


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BOARD OF HEALTH


BOTTLING CARBONATED BEVERAGES - Five licenses were granted to engage in the business of bottling carbonated beverages, soda waters, and mineral and spring water. A fee of twenty dollars is charged for each license, ten of which is paid to the Commonwealth.


SALE OF ALCOHOL - Six persons have been licensed to sell methyl alcohol in the city for which a fee of one dollar is charged.


BOARD INFANTS - Five applications made to the State Department of Public Welfare for licenses to care for children in this city were referred to this Board and under the provi- sions of Chapter 119 of the General Laws, four were approved.


TRANSPORT GARBAGE - One permit to remove, trans- port and dispose of garbage was granted under the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws. Three permits to trans- port through the city only were granted.


MORTALITY


There were 828 deaths and 36 stillbirths in the city during the year, as specified in the following tables:


Deaths at the Central Hospital


38


Deaths at the Somerville Hospital


201


Deaths at the Home for Aged Poor (Highland Avenue) ..


43


Deaths at the City Home


8


Deaths at Other Institutions


91


DEATHS BY AGES


Male


Female


Total


Under one year


11


6


17


One to five years


1


1


2


Five to ten years


0


2


2


Ten to fifteen years


2


0


2


Fifteen to twenty years


3


0


3


Twenty to thirty years


2


2


4


Thirty to forty years


8


8


16


Forty to fifty years


20


26


46


Fifty to sixty years


65


46


111


Sixty to seventy years


88


93


181


Seventy to eighty years


111


125


236


Eighty to ninety years


76


103


179


Ninety and over


9


20


29


Totals


396


432


828


240


MORTALITY FOR 1950-Continued


January


February


March


2 ON April


May


June


July


August


September


October


November


December


Total


1. Infectious and Parasitic Diseases


Il. Cancer and Other Tumors .


III. Rheumatism, Diseases of Nutrition and of the Endocrini Glands, etc.


9


7


9


9


8


8


12


11


11


12


9 12 117


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


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IV. Diseases of the Blood Forming Organs


V. Chronic Poisoning and Intoxication


VI. Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs


13


8


6 12 16


7


6


6


4


3


4 7 3 5


1 8 66


3


3


4


3


1


2


1


1


3


1


1


2


17


X. Diseases of the Genito-urinary System


3


2


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3


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3


XI. Diseases of Pregnancy, Childbirth, etc.


XII. Diseases of the Skin and Cellular Tissue


1


XIII. Diseases of the Bones and Organs of Movement


XIV. Congential Malformations


2


1


1


9


XV. Diseases Peculiar to First Year of Life


XVI. Senility


1


1


1


1


3


2


4


2


1


3


4


5


28


XVII. Violent and Accidental Deaths


XVIII. III-Defined and Unknown Causes


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12 15 130


43 31 38 45 32 32 33 21 29 29 32 36 401


VII. Diseases of the Circulatory System


8


3


9


VIII. Diseases of the Respiratory System


IX. Diseases of the Digestive System


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ANNUAL REPORTS


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241


BOARD OF HEALTH


DEATHS DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS


1941


872


8.53


1942


833


8.14


1943


952


9.31


1944


894


8.73


1945


870


8.50


1946


874


8.25


1947


841


7.94


1948


941


8.88


1949


847


7.99


1950


828


7.88


Average death rate per 1,000 for ten years


8.42


SPECIMENS AND SUPPLIES


Outfits for specimens to be examined for tuberculosis, diphtheria and typhoid fever as well as biologics may be ob- tained at the office of the Board of Health, City Hall and at the following places:


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


A. Ernest Zangrilli, 346 Highland Avenue


INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN


Eight physicians are employed by the Board for Inspection of School Children and to them are referred all children who show evidence of disease or abnormal condition. Children who are found unfit to remain in school are sent home with a no- tice to the parent or guardian that the family physician be con- sulted.


An annual examination of all the children in the schools is made and any defects discovered are called to the attention of the parents or guardians.


Complete physical examination of all students of the soph- omore class at the High School was inaugurated this year.


In accordance with the provisions of the statute, tests of sight and hearing are made by principals and teachers.


Monthly inspections of the school buildings and premises are made and suggestions or criticisms are referred to the


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ANNUAL REPORTS


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.


Following are the School Physicians and the schools under their jurisdiction:


District I. Dr. Francis Shaw, 202 Broadway Prescott, Hanscom, Dickerman and Edgerly Schools


District Il. Dr. David F. O'Brien, 44 Summer Street Baxter, High and Southern Junior High Schools


District III. Dr. Emil Goduti, 434 Broadway Bennett, Pope, Cummings and Proctor Schools


District IV. Dr. Benjamin Blesoff, 333 Highland Avenue Morse, Carr, Durell, Burns and Perry Schools


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


District VI. Dr. Joseph Scaringi, 66 Curtis Street Bingham, Brown, Forster and Northeastern Junior High Schools


District VII. Dr. Anthony Russo, 2 Austin Street Glines, Grimmons and St. Benedict's Schools


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


During the year 8009 children were referred to the school physicians during their daily visits and 164 sent home because of illness.


The following list will show the diseases and defects, except those of sight and hearing which have been found.


243


BOARD OF HEALTH


LIST OF DISEASES AND NUMBER OF CASES REPORTED


1. Infectious Diseases:


Chicken Pox


2


Pertussis


3


Total


5


2. Diseases of the Nose and Throat :-


Enlarged tonsils and adenoids


683


Inflammatory diseases


66


Other abnormal conditions


6


Total


755


3. Diseases of the Eye :-


Foreign bodies


4


Inflammatory conditions


24


Other abnormal conditions


22


Total 50


4. Diseases of the Ear


20


5. Diseases of the Skin :-


Eczema


5


Herpes


48


Impetigo


88


Dermatitis


12


Pediculosis


47


Scabies


18


Tinea


0


Miscellaneous conditions


32


Total 250


6. Diseases of the Feet :-


Flat feet


264


Other conditions


10


Total 274


7. Miscellaneous Conditions :-


Diseases of the Circulatory System


135


Diseases of the Digestive System


17


Diseases of the Lymphatic System 143


Diseases of the Nervous System


0


Diseases of the Respiratory System


63


Wounds and injuries


78


Other conditions


165


Total 601


Examination for vaccination


1


Diphtheria inoculations


829


Total number of diseases


1955


244


ANNUAL REPORTS


FUNERAL DIRECTORS


Under the provisions of Chapter 114, Section 49 of the Laws Relating to Public Health, twenty-nine persons were duly licensed as Funeral Directors.


HEALTH NURSES


Seven nurses are employed by the Board of Health, three as Public Health Nurses and four School Nurses. The work of the Public Health Nurses consists of follow-up work on tuber- culosis cases, post natal hygiene, quarantining for contagious diseases and other related duties. The reports of the School Nurses are included in the report of the School Committee while those of the Public Health Nurses are submitted, in de- tail, in subsequent pages of this report.


INFANT HYGIENE CLINICS


During the year, under the supervision of this Board, clinics have been held every Tuesday afternoon at the New Vocational School, every Wednesday at the Knights of Colum- bus Building and every Thursday at the Western Junior High School, except when the days were holidays. The average weekly attendance at the New Vocational School was 12, at the Knights of Columbus Building 8, and at the Western Junior High School 14. The attendance for the year at these clinics was 1476.


HUGH J. GALLAGHER, D. S. E., Chairman JOSEPH H. McSWEENEY, M. D. ALFRED S. WASS, D. M. D.


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BOARD OF HEALTH


Somerville, Mass. January 3, 1951.


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, 1950:


INFANT HYGIENE


Infants reported born in Somerville during 1950 772


Infants born elsewhere resident in Somerville 1290


Pairs of twins born in Somerville 12


Stillbirths in Somerville 36


There were 17 deaths of infants under one year of age in Somerville during the past year as shown in the following table:


Prematurity


8


Congenital Diseases


5


Accidental Injury


2


Pneumonia and other diseases


2


Total 17


Total attendance at Well Baby Clinics during 1950 1476




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