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First, Nathan H. and Maria S. First,
Rufus P. Hibbard, at Gloucester.
Sept. 13,
Dennis Murphy, Mary Murphy,
29 Wakefield, 27 Boston,
Ireland, Ireland,
Daniel and Mary, Jeremiah and Julia,
First, First,
John W. Galligan, at Boston,
Sept. 13,
Francis W. Young, Roby B. Branch,
19 Wakefield, 21 Prov., R. I.
Richard M. and Sarah B. First, Providence, R.I. Francis G. and Annie E. First, Halifax, N. S.
Albert S. Stafford,
at Boston.
Sept. 24,
John J. Maloney, Nora G. Sullivan,
26 Wakefield, 24 Wakefield,
Ireland,
Patrick and Mary, Portsmouth, NH John and Eliza,
First, First,
D. H. Reardon, at Wakefield.
Sept. 24,
Archibald Cottam, Hannah Pigott,
30 Wakefield, 24 | Wakefield,
East Boston, Ireland,
Harvey and Sarah A. Machel and Sarah,
First, First,
D. H, Reardon, at Wakefield.
42
NON |Age.
Sept. 27, Oct. 8,2
Charles H. Keene, Kate M. A. Kenneally,
29 Wakefield, 22 Reading,
England, Newfoundland,
William T. and Ann, James and Joanna,
Chester, N. H., Wm. S. and Mary, Greenfield, N.S. Nicholas and Elizabeth,
Oct. 14,
J. Henry Wenzel, Annie M. Murphy,
28|Wakefield, 23 Wakefield,
Boston, Salem,
Peter and Marie, Michael and Ellen,
First, First,
J. E. Millerick,
at Wakefield.
Oct. 15,
Frederic C. Bloodgood, Etta F. Mansfield,
27 Wakefield, 22 Wakefield,
Oswego, N. Y. Wakefield,
Cyrus L. and Sarah J. First, James F. and Frances O. First,
L. L. Greene,
at Wakefield.
Oct. 15,
George W. Braxton, Alice S. Curtis,
27 Wakefield, 23 Boston,
Portsmouth, Va Robert S. and Lucy A. Hampton, Va. James H. and Ellen,
First, First,
Robert F. Hurley, at Boston.
Oct. 15,
Lyman E. Sweetser, Addie M. Eaton,
28 Wakefield, 26 Wakefield,
Wakefield, Wakefield.
George HI.and HannahM |First, Isaac F.and ElizabethM. First,
N. R. Everts,
at Wakefield.
Oct. 17,
Benjamin Doucette, Mary Doucette,
20 Wakefield, 17 Reading,
Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia,
Dominick and Viteline, First, Jeremiah and Charlotte, First,
C. F. Hartshorne,
at Wakefield.
Oct. 22,
Freeman B. Payne, Sarah DeLaney,
36 Wakefield, 29 Wakefield,
East Brewster, Nova Scotia,
George F. and Abbie B. First, First, Alfred F. and Mary A. (Hutchinson) Solomon L. and Olive C. Third, Jose'hD.andMary ( Wiley First,
N. R. Everts,
at Wakefield.
Oct. 22,
Charles Dutton, Mary L. Mansfield,
51 Tyngsboro', 40 Wakefield,
Acton, Wakefield,
Derry, N. H. Nova Scotia,
Albert A. and Anna H. James and Priscilla,
Third, Second,
R. W. Wallace,
at Wakefield.
Oct. 25,
George R. Singer, Lizzie A. Bilby,
22 Wakefield, 21 |Wakefield,
Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia,
Charles and Mary, Richard and Annie,
First, First,
Wm. F. Cook.
at Wakefield.
Oct. 25,
Henry Butler, Eudora E. Allen,
20|Wakefield, 17 |Wakefield,
Wakefield,
Aaron and Abbie, Kwk. Rdg., N.B. George C. and Melissa, First, First,
First, First, Second, First,
|D. C. Stevens, at Reading,
Arthur E. True,
Matilda C. Tibert,
30 Wakefield, 29 Needham,
J. F. Gleason,
at Needham,
43
N. R. Everts,
at Wakefield,
Oct. 23,
B. Frank Lewis,
30 Wakefield, Adelia R. (Wade) Trescott 24 Wakefield,
J. Nelson Lewis, at Malden.
Marriages Registered in the Town of Wakefield during the Year 1890.
Date of Marriage.
Names of Bride and Groom.
| Age. 22
Residence of each at time of Marriage.
Place of Birth.
Names of Parents.
What Marriage.
By Whom Married.
Oct. 25,
Aldis E. Mansfield, Josephine M. Smiley,
Wakefield, 22 Wakefield,
Lynnfield, Sidney, Me.
GeorgeJ.and Angeline S. First, Henry R.and Elizabeth J. First,
John Hood,
at Boston.
Oct. 27.
-
Hiram D. Pearson, Emily A. Ransom,
21 Wakefield, 22 Wakefield,
Wilmington, Chelsea,
James K. and Ellen M. Robert C. and Emily A.
First, First,
Robert W. Wallace, at Wakefield.
Oct. 28.
Henry K. Stone, Annie M. Walsh,
39 Boston, 24
Fayette, Me. Wakefield,
Kendall H. and Emily W . |First, John anh Julia,
First,
J. E. Millerick, at Wakefield.
Oct. 29.
Charles F. Perkins, Louise Griffin,
42 Canton, O. 42
New Bedford, Boston,
Barnabus S. & MatildaD. First, George and Sarah C.
First,
George H. Griffin, at Wakefield.
Oct. 29.
Joseph E. Maxwell, Mary L. Killorin,
28 Wakefield, 28 Wakefield,
New Brunswick Lemuel C. and Mary E. Wakefield,
First, First,
J. E. Millerick,
at Wakefield.
Nov. 6.
William H. Blood, Jr. Grace M. Nathan,
24 Newton, 23 Wakefield,
Charlestown, William H. and Mariana, New Haven, C'n. Albert F. and Elizabeth, First,
First,
Calvin Cutler,
at Wakefield.
Nov. 9.
-
John Coffey, Mary McGorty,
28 Wakefield, 27 Wakefield,
Ireland, Ireland,
John and Bridget, Frank and Jane,
First, First,
J. E. Millerick,
at Wakefield.
Nov. 9.
-
Moses Lutes, Margaret A. Hawkes,
26 Wakefield, 24 Wakefield,
New Brunswick Moses and Mary, New Brunswick John W. and Martha,
First, First,
Wm. F. Cook,
at Wakefield.
Nov. 18.
Simeon Muse, Nellie Dulong,
22| Wakefield, 23 Wakefield,
Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia,
Annie, Joseph and Elizabeth,
First, First,
J. E. Millerick,
at Wakefield.
Nov. 19
George Harney, Margaret Brennan,
22 |Brockton, 22 |Wakefield,
Woburn, Watertown,
George and Katherine, Dennis and Mary,
First, First,
D. H. Reardon, at Wakefield.
44
Wakefield,
Wakefield,
James J. and Margaret,
Nov. 20, - Nov. 27, William N. Pearson, Jennie D. Minikin
Frank B. Van Nostrand, [23|Charlestown|So. Boston, 21 Wakefield, Blanche E. Howard,
Wakefield,
|William T.and Mehitable First, George E. & Elizabeth S. First,
James K. and Ellen M.
First, First,
Robert W. Wallace, at Wakefield.
Nov. 27,2 Nov. 27,
Rufus C. North, Hattie M. Mitchell,
24 Wakefield, 19 Wakefield,
Nova Scotia, Wakefield,
Albert and Tabitha, David and Katherine,
First, First,
Robert W. Wallace, at Wakefield.
Dennis Driscoll, Josephine Connelly,
33 Lynn, 25 Wakefield,
Ireland, Ireland,
Cornelius and Bridget, John and Johanna,
First, First,
J. E. Millerick, at Wakefield.
Dec. 4,
George E. Smith, Ada R. (Ramsdell) Kelton 38 |Wakefield,
34 Bar'g'n, N. H. Barington, N. H. Abraham C. and Lydia, Gardner, Me.
First, William M. and Eliza A. Second,
Robert W. Wallace, at Wakefield.
Dec. 30,
Warren E. Beard, Jennie E. Fogg,
27 Reading, 25 Wakefield,
Reading, Wakefield,
Henry and Ellen, Lewis and Adeline.
Second, First,
Frederick N. Upham, at Reading.
45
1
Caleb Davis Bradlee at Wakefield.
24 Reading. 23| Wakefield,
Wilmington, Providence, R.I. John and Elizabeth,
Deaths Registered In the Town of Wakefield during the Year 1890.
Date.
Name of Deceased.
Age. y. m. d.
Condition.
Birthplace.
Name of Parents.
Cause of Death.
Jan. 1 Alice M. Philbrick,
0
7 3 Single,
Wakefield, Wakefield,
Alvin S. and Ella R. Meningitis.
2 Elizabeth B. Floyd (Newhall)
80 6 3 Widow,
Reuben and Mary T. Mortification of Hand.
3 John B. Stanford,
32 2 5 Married,
David C. & Amelia A. Heart Disease and Pneumonia
5 Kate M, Cronin,
22 9 7 Single,
Newton, Mass. Newark, N. J. Pepperell,
Patrick & Margaret, Elizabeth,
Phthisis.
9 Alice Smith.
0 11 27 Single,
9 George II. Kidder,
51 9 0 Married,
So. Boston, Alstead, N. II. Wakefield,
Daniel and Sarah, John D. & Eliza D., Jacob & Elizabeth, Peter and
Chronic Disease of Heart and Disease of Heart. [Stomach. Pneumonia.
16| Mary E. Courtmarch,
1 2 0 Single,
Wakefield,
Chronic Bronchitis.
16 John Atwell,
76|11 19 Married,
24 1 3 Single,
England,
William and Mary, Joseph and Sally,
Pneumonia.
20 Sarah R. Lewis (Rowell),
23 Sarah R. Kingman (Pope), 25 Annie Preston,
27 Bridget Norton,
60 0 0 Single,
Ireland,
Chronic Nephritis.
Feb. 4 Mary E. Mckeon, 5 William Doucett,
0 0 0 Single,
Wakefield, William H. and Jane, Premature Birth.
6 Mary Porter (Mahoney), 10 James M Evans,
80 5 17 Widower
69 5 17 Married,
Effingham, N. H. David and Betsey,
Pneumonia. [Arteries.
58 2 19 Single,
Exeter, N. H. John H. and Eliza A. Cancer. New H'pt'n, N.H. Nath'l and Abigail L. Pneumonia.
16 Betsey M. Carey (Drake), 17 |Elmer F. Perham,
19 Mary Haverty (Coyle), 37 3 19 Married,
Mar. 1 Nora Meade (Walch), 4 Annie M. Doyle,
64 0 0 Widow,
Ireland,
William and Julia, Hepatitis.
25| 3|13|Single,
Stoneham,
Cornelius and Eliza, La Grippe.
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19 Mary Sullivan (Collins),
20 Sally Walton (Eaton),
85 2 17 Widow
Wakefield,
E.Kingston, N.H. George S. & Mary E. Apoplexy.
0 9| 3|Single,
Wakefield, Wakefield,
Jesse and Nancy, Joseph and Mary, Daniel and Mary,
Influenza. Meningitis.
0 8 0 Single,
Wakefield, Patrick H. & Mary A. Capillary Bronchitis.
19 0 0 Married,
Somerville, Wakefield,
Pelvic Abscess. Patrick and Mary, Thomas and Phœbe, Ossification of Heart and
14 John F. Dennett, 16 Eliza A. Newman,
73 3|15 Widow, 1 9 Single,
28
Woodstock, Me. Andrew J. & Ann H. Heart Failure.
Ireland,
Philip and Jennie D. Consumption.
Scrofula and GastroEnteritis. Acute Bronchitis.
10 Mary E. Pratt (Kimball),
67 3 13 Widow
11 Matilda S. Parker,
51 10 27 |Single,
11 Peter Harrington,
90 1|3| Widower Watertown,
John and Maria, John B. & Philomela, Wakefield, Boston Hi'hlands John and Annie L.,
18 Stephen D. Arnold,
Consumption. Phthisis Pulmonalis.
39 .0 0 Married,
35 7 23 Married, 81|10|18 Widow,
13 Hamilton Moses, 17 D. Taylor Emmons, 18 Polly A. Gammons, 18 Mary F. Carr (O'Brien,) 18 John W. Lee,
20 Mahala M. Wood (Kelly,) 22 Hannah McCarthy (O'Connell) 25| Mary J. Riley,
Ap'116 | Harry Barratt,
17 Georgiana White,
26 Joseph A Jacquard,
28 Charles E Flint,
29 Charles M. Sanborn,
May 5 Joseph Burdett, 6 Hugh K. Bartley,
6 Susan W. Goodhue,
4 8 3 Single,
8|Cora I. O'Connell (Fogg,)
22 9 8 Married,
8 William H Hartshorne,
13 Mabel A. Blanchard,
25 Annie F. M. Bateman,
27 Francis J. Sullivan,
June 3 Mabel Cooper,
5 Ethel A. O'Connell,
0 3 8 Single,
Wakefield,
John P. and Cora I., Bronchitis.
7 Otis Sampson,
8|Ernest V. Creelmalı,
10 Mary McCormick, 13 Samuel Swett,
15 Oscar A. Pendleton,
15 Ann Curran (Mitchell,)
18 Randall K. Whitten,
22 Darius P. Richardson,
25 Austin T. Ilsley,
28
Ryland,
0 0| 0|Single,
Wakefield,
Germany,
50 61 4 Married,
Thomas & Elizabeth, Apoplexy.
Dimon and Jerusha, Chronic Bronchitis.
Joshua and Polly, William & Johanna, John and Emma, Plymouth, N. H. Joseph and
Apoplexy. Puerpural Fever. Chronic Ossifleation of Heart Chronic Nephrites. Old Age. Cancer.
Consumption. Unknown.
Bronchitis.
Consumption. Old Age.
Wakefield,
Robert B. & Mary J., Convulsions.
Wakefield,
James P. & Carrie S., Meningitis.
Consumption.
Cancer of Bladder.
47
Wakefield,
George A. & Alice M., Charles and Eliza,
Immaturity
2 2 9 Single,
Wakefield,
Jeremiah & Honora,
Typhoid Pneumonia.
0 0 1 Single,
Wakefield, JosephS. & Harriet A. Immaturity.
Pembroke,
Stephen and Mercy,
Apoplexy.
20 0 0 Single,
East Boston,
Andrew B. & Hettie A. Phthisis.
Still Birth.
0 0 0 Single,
Wakefield,
Frank and Mary,
Samuel & Charlotte, Cancer of Liver.
69 0 22 Married,
Readville, Me.
Northport, Me. Ireland,
Isaac and Weilthea, John and Ann,
Richard & Mary A.,
Peterboro, N. H. Geo. W. & Amanda, Delirium Tremens.
47 5 1 Married,
Limerick, Me.
Isaac & Clementine, Cancer.
Stra tfordJ.&Minnie, Still Birth. [rhage.
George & Catherina, Pleurisy and Cerebral Hemor-
Hopewell, N. B. Thomas & Hannah, Heart Failure.
July 2 Constantine Wittekind, 4|Robert Godfrey,
57| 50 79 0 Widow, 28 7 3 Married, 70|11 22 Married, 7.20 Widow, 80
8|16|Married, Boston, 9,26 Married,
90 0 0 Widow, Ireland, 75 0 3 Single, Andover, Wakefield, 0 6 16 Single, Wakefield, 0 0 11|Single,
Wakefield, Wakefield,
James and Mary, Joseph and Emily, Foster and Emily, Harry and Rose, Edw'd W . & Lillian G. Dropsy.
Joseph & Susan M., Michael and Polly,
Lewis and Adeline, James and Mary,
Wakefield,
Dentition.
0 0 10 Single,
Wakefield,
84 8 18 Widower
60 0 16 Married,
62 5|18 Married,
Cornish, Me.
Ascending Spinal Paralysis. Chronic Diarrhœa. Disease of Heart.
41 0| 0 | Married,
22 5 2 Single,
Lyman, Me. South Carver, Ireland, England,
So. Berwick, Me Wakefield,
Wakefield,
63 7 8 Married, 1 7 23 Single,
0 4 21 Single, 0 3 11 Single,
39 7 4 Married, 78|11|16 Widower 0 7 0 Single,
46 7 |8 Married,
Deaths Registered in the Town of Wakefield during the Year 1890.
Date.
Name of Deceased.
Age. y. m. d.
Condition.
Birthplace.
Name of Parents.
Cause of Death.
July 6 Ida Belle Perry, 22 Helen Ida Beebe (Ruggles,)
30 3 21 Married,
Reading,
Ira W. & Caroline J. Puerpural Convulsions.
24 George W. Aborn,
56 2 0 Married, Lynnfield,
John and Elizabeth, Heart Disease.
26 Lewis A. Smith,
0 3 0 Single,
Wakefield,
William and Rose,
Convulsions. Meningitis.
29 Edgar F. Hoyt,
0 11 12 Single,
San Antonio, Tex L. D. and Annie,
31 Joseph M. Rogers,
92 4 2 Widower
Austria,
Old Age.
2.
3 12 Single,
Lowell, Mass.
Patrick F. & Kate A. Malignant Scarlatina.
Aug. 4 Mary Etta Doyle, 4 William H. Frost, 8 Jeremiah Cronin,
35 6 3 Married,
Marblehead,
Joseph & Hannah S. Consumption.
Wakefield,
James and Ellen,
Fibroic Phthisis.
14|F. Eugene Hawkes,
0
4 5 Single,
Wakefield,
George and Mary,
Meningitis.
23 Nellie B. Hetchell,
0 1 15 Single,
Wakefield,
Emery F. & Kittie E. Marasmus.
24 Elizabeth Coffie (McIntosh,)
70 0|1 Married,
White Rock, N.S. William and Oleiva, Pelham, N. H. Ireland,
Heart Failure. Cancer of Liver.
26 John Maloney, 26 John Hawkes,
50 0 0 Married, 82 11 2 Married,
England,
Simeon & Emily II. and Mary, Robert and Martha, George H. & Mary, J. B. and Susan, Alfred & Elizabeth, Otis and Sarah,
Consumption. Old Age. Meningitis. Cholera Infantum.
28|Eva Lockhart, 28 Edmond Muse,
0 5 20 Single,
Wakefield,
Wakefield,
Cholera Infantum.
2 Lucinda C. Williams (Clapp,)
84 8 4 Widow,
Charlestown,
Cancer of Stomach.
61 9 14 Married,
Wakefield,
Leonard & Sally E.
Degeneration of Heart with
7 Joseph L. Wiley, 7 Emerson Hawes,
0 2 22 Single,
Wakefield, LouisE.& Hattie M.E. Meningitis. [Liver Disease.
Wakefield,
Anton & Helena,
Meningitis. Urænia.
13 William A. O'Connell,
73 0 0 Married,
7 8 Single,
Wakefield,
Thomas & Maggie,
Scarlet Fever.
1 8 Single,
Wakefield, John W. & Margaret, Marasmus.
0 0 0 Single,
Wakefield,
John H. & Margaret, Still Birth.
7 4 1 Single,
Wakefield,
Chas. A. & Hattie F., Scarlatina.
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25 Amos A. Currier,
56 6 22 Married,
0 4 14 Single,
Wakefield,
Sept.2 William H. Edgett,
0 6 29 Single,
11 Anton Marsch, 13 Julia C. Haley (Sullivan,)
35 8 17 Married, 3 1|13 Single,
Ireland, Wakefield, Ireland,
John and Maria, Jeremiah & Margaret Scarlet Fever.
Michael and Mary,
Dysentery.
27 John Kelley, Oet. 6 Julia Mulligan, 7 Joseph Dolan, 11 Kane, 11 Florence E. Henderson,
0 5 17 Single,
74 0 Married,
Providence, R. I. Austin E. & Clara A., Tubercular Peritonitis.
21 11 3 Single,
4
11|Isabella Mooney (Donohue ), 14 Margaret Kane, 17 Edith C. Warren (Wright).
165| 0| 0| Married, Ireland.
Owen aud Isabella, Cause unknown.
Edward & Winfred, Gastritis.
Emery F. Sophia B. Consumption
Still Birth.
Neuralgia of Heart.
22 Delilah Lassell (Fales), 23 Jerry J. Murphy,
72
22 5 7 Single.
70 6 16 Widower England.
Cancer of Liver.
24 Thomas W. Coombs, 24 |Emma A. Dewey (Harrington ) 44 6 24 Widow,
Acute Gastritis.
25 Moses E. Fisher,
Wrentham.
Chronic Cystitis.
30 Ortega Haskell,
71 11 7 Married. 25 1 28 Single, 75 11 22 Married,
Hamilton.
New York, N. Y. Leonidas & Sarah E. Ebenezer & Anna. Scotland, Robert & Martha, James and Mary A.,
Consumption. Cancer of Bowels. Chronic Gastritis.
Nov. 3 Annie E. Horne (Allen),
49 4|19 Married. 47 6 17 Married, 11| 8 4 Single,
Antrim. N. H.
New York, N. Y. Bartholomew & Ellen Tubercular Meningitis.
8 Francis Regan,
8 Effie M. Hurlburt (Warff'),
16 10 21 Married.
45 0 0 Married, 0 0 15 Single,
Wakefield,
Benj. W. & Effie M., Inanition.
28 Lucius M. Beebe,
29 0 26 Widower 0 8/20|Single,
Wakefield,
John B. & Mary S.
Consumption.
4 Mary Kelley (Finn),
62 0 o Widow,
Ireland,
John and Mary,
Fatty Degeneration of Heart.
6 Ellen Shea (Casey),
70 0 0 Widow,
Ireland,
Timothy & Bridget, Marasmus.
7 Elsie B.Tappan (Shaw),
70 1 21 Married,
Winterport, Me. Ireland,
Patriek & Mary,
Gastric Cancer.
21 Carrie L.Richardson,
16| 4|29 |Single,
Wakefield,
Darius P. and Lora, Pneumonia.
27 Helen L. Laetsch,
0 10 25 Single,
Wakefield, Stoneham,
Frank HI. & Dionna A. Scarlet Fever.
29 Gertrude Murphy,
4 5| 2 Single,
Cornelius & Margaret Convulsions. !
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24 Benjamin Hurlburt
Baltimore, Md.
Lucius M. & Henrietta Heart Failure.
29 Rose Muse
Dec. 1 Elizabeth Magoon (Grey), 49 1 |26 Married,
Norwich, Ont.
Thomas & Margaret, Acute Meningitis.
Wm. H & Abigail H. Heart Disease.
14 James Foley
59 0 0 Married,
Yarmouth, N. S. Douglas & JJennie, Ireland,
Eclampsia.
22 Bridget A. Coffee (Lynch),
Thomas & Margaret, Pneumonia.
Pneumonia.
3 Lovila M. Whiting (Boutell),
31 Addison Goodhue,
Joseph & Charlotte. Saugus, Ebenezer and Sally, Wakefield. S. Thomaston, Me Jonathan & Delilah. Jerry & Hannah, William and Mary. Ireland. Vergennes, Vt. Asa & Lucretia. Paul and Eunice.
Ireland. Charlestown.
18 Smith, 20 William J. Butterfield, 72
32 0 0 Married. 3 7 Married, 26
0 0 Single, 4|26 Married. 4.27 Widow,
Heart Failure.
Heart Disease.
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RECAPITULATION.
Births registered in 1890,
185
Males,
. 96
Females, .
89
185
Nativity of Parents.
Fathers.
Mothers.
Wakefield, .
18
18
United States,
66
67
British Provinces,
40
38
Ireland,
31
34
England,
11
9
Scotland,
6
7
Sweden,
4
6
Norway,
3
2
Germany,
3
Russia,
2
()
Italy.
1
1
185
185
Marriages registered in 1890,
81
Nativity.
Grooms.
Brides.
Born in Wakefield,
10
13
United States,
39
31
British Provinces,
23
25
Ireland, .
7
7
England,
.
2
4
66 Scotland,
()
1
-
81
81
.
·
.
51
Grooms.
Brides.
First marriage,
72
75
Second marriage.
.
.
.
.
6
Third marriage. .
2
0
81
81
No. under 20 years of age, .
1
16
between 20 and 30.
65
56
30 and 40.
10
7
40 and 50.
3
2
50 and 60.
2
0
-
-
81
81
Deaths registered in 1890,
121
Males,
57
Females.
64
121
Number under 5 years of age,
32
between 5 and 10,
2
10 and 20,
.
4
20 and 30,
13
30 and 40,
9
40 and 50,
8
50 and 60.
10
60 and 70,
11
70 and 80,
16
80 and 90,
8
90 and 100,
·
3
Still-births. . .
5
121
Average age, 36 years, 10 months, 21 days.
·
1
.
.
.
.
.
52
Nativity.
Born in Wakefield,
47
United States,
47
Ireland,
16
British Provinces,.
4
England,
4
Scotland,
1
Germany,
1
Austria, .
1
121
DOG LICENCES.
Number of dogs licensed in 1890, .
. 307
Males,
276
Females, .
31
Tax on 276 Males at $2.00,
$552 00
32 Females at $5.00, . .
.
155 00
$707 00
Deduct Clerk's fees,
61 40
$645 60
Paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer,
$645 60
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE,
Town Clerk.
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.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
The result of the annual election in 1890, for Board of Health, showed that Mr. J. B. Wiley, Dr. J. W. Heath and Dr. J. A. O'Leary were chosen to serve for the ensuing year; but Dr. Heath declining to qualify, it was necessary to proceed according to Chap. 307, Acts of 1885.
Accordingly a joint meeting of the Boards of Selectmen and Health, was held March 21, and Mr. C. E. Niles was chosen to fill the vacancy.
Organization was affected by the choice of Mr. Wiley as chair- man and Dr. O'Leary as secretary. It was voted at the first meet- ing that Mr. C. E. Niles be appointed "agent and Health Officer" for the year.
Last year's Board made a suggestion that the Health Officer be a man who gave his entire time to public duties in the town, claim- ing that the work would be accomplished with better satisfaction and that better results would be obtained.
The experience of the past year proves this to be true, for the work has been more satisfactorily performed and the results have been all that could be expected. There has been less friction and a much more ready compliance with the rules of the Board than in some previous years. A request to abate a nuisance has been fol- lowed by immediate attention and all notices and orders have been promptly complied with, so that the duties of the Health Officer have been less arduous than heretofore. This is as it should be, and has been due to the executive ability of the Health Officer as- sisted by the fact that he was also Chief of Police.
The retiring Board sincerely hopes that the work of the future Boards will run as smoothly as that of 1890.
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DISEASES AND DEATHS.
The past year has been one filled with sickness and all the anxiety and distress accompanying it.
From the early days of the year when everybody had the Influ- enza, through the long hot summer with its attending diseases, to the closing epidemic of Scarlet Fever and Measles, it has been one long siege of illness.
The death rate has increased, but not in proportion to the amount of sickness and the character of the diseases. La Grippe was with us and staid a while, but the number of deaths immediately follow- ing its visit were few, though some died during the year from dis- eases that followed, or were complications of it. The number of deaths resulting from summer diseases was not above the average.
The epidemic of Scarlet Fever has been of a mild character and the percentage of deaths has been small. The deaths occurring have resulted from the disease taking on a malignant form, or from some complication, as Diptheria.
Statistics show that the number of fatal cases in different epi- demics of Scarlet Fever, varies very largely, from 3 in 100 cases to 34 or even 40 in 100, and in one particularly severe epidemic, 53 in 100. The number in our town during the present run, has been 8 in 94 cases or 8 1-2 per cent.
The season of the year and condition of the weather usually has no effect upon the spread of the disease, and does not seem to change its type, but we had comparatively few cases until cold weather set in, and it seemed to spread most rapidly when the con- ditions of temperature and moisture were least favorable.
The first case was reported Feb. 1, 1890, and there were no more until June 2. The number of cases in each month, was as follows : Feb., 1; June, 2; July, 7; Ang., 2; Sept., |10; Oct., 10; Nov., 22; Dec., 29; Jan., 1891, 11.
It has visited all parts of the town and at one time was so prev- alent among children attending the schools on Academy Hill, that, after consulting with the School Committee, it was deemed best to close those schools for several weeks.
As an accompaniment of the Scarlet Fever we have had, and there is still, a run of Measles. This disease, while more con- tagious than the other, is not of so malignant a character, though
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every case is attended by more or less danger, if not from the course of the disease, from its sequelæ. Parents are, in too many cases, apt to regard both of these fevers as something that children must have, and think the sooner they get them the better for the children. They look upon it as some boys do smoking ; they never will be men until they can smoke without getting sick ; and these parents appear to think that their children cannot grow up until they have had all the diseases of childhood. Taking this erroneous view of it, they take little or no pains to protect them from contagion, and in some instances deliberately allow them to come into contact with some little patient who has the disease in a mild form.
Below is a list of the contagious diseases reported to the Board ; but it does not represent the full number of cases that have occurred in town, as there have been a great many that were not seen by physicians, and so were not reported.
From Feb. 1, 1890, to Feb. 1, 1891, there have been of
Scarlet Fever, 94 cases with 8 deaths.
Measles, 43 66 0 Diphtheria, 3 66 .6 ()
Typhoid Fever, 1 66 0
The number of deaths occurring in Wakefield for 1890 was 115. The list of causes presents no peculiar features, and as usual Consumption leads with a heavy percentage to its credit.
Consumption,
15
Marasmus, 4
Heart Disease,
10 Still Births,
4
Cancer,
10
Gastritis, 4
Meningitis,
10
Convulsions, 3
Pneumonia,
6
Chronic Bronchitis, 2
Apoplexy,
5 Bronchitis, 2
Heart Failure,
5 Immaturity, 2
Scarlatina,
5
Puerperal Convulsions, 2
Old Age,
5
Cholera Infantum, 2
, Capillary Bronchitis, Premature Birth, Pelvic Abscess, Hepatitis, Suicide, Puerperal Fever, Chronic Nephritis, Dropsy, Chronic Diarrhea, Tubercular Peritonitis, Uræmia, Dysentery, Cause Unknown, Prostatitis, 1 each.
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NUISANCES.
There have been no nuisances of any great importance for us to abate this year. and all the minor ones that have come to our notice have been carefully attended to. Improvement has been made in the Lake Street District by a change in the course of the outlet of the stream draining this section, but it will not be in good condition until the entire stream has been carefully cleared, obstructions removed, and a free water course made.
Every summer the Road Commissioners find it necessary to clean out several times the catch basins of the drain on Main street, and the material removed and the accompanying odor clearly prove that something besides rain water flows through the drain.
If this drain which was laid years ago, and has a number of pri- vate drains emptying into it, was intended for a public sewer, it should have been constructed so that the opening's on the Main street would not act as chimneys for the escape of foul air. Pri- vate drains, overflow from cesspools, in short, no drain of any kind has a right to empty into this main drain which we under- stand was constructed solely to receive and carry away the excess of rain water from the street.
By some mistake the builders of the basement of the proposed G. A. R. hall were given permission to connect a drain from the cellar with the main drain. The Board of Health is the only body having power to grant a permit in such a case, and this we did not do and would not, had application been made. As the building has not been erected or the drain used, the matter has not come before us or received our official attention.
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