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10147
385,238
37.9
26,333
2.5
1885
10758
398,281
37
25,582
2.4
1886
10751
442,239
41.1
25,407
2.4
1887
10774
368,837
34.2
23,792
2.3
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ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE
CITY OF WORCESTER,
JANUARY, 1888.
SAMUEL WINSLOW, President.
ALBERT P. MARBLE, Sup't and Sec'y. 492 MAIN STREET.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
MEMBERS WHOSE TERM EXPIRES JANUARY, 1889.
Ward. Residence.
Ward.
Residence.
1. GEO. F. THOMPSON,
4 Agricultural St.
5. PETER J. NIHILL, 37 Washington St.
2. EDWARD F. TOLMAN, 18 Catharine St.
6. WILLIAM H. DEXTER,
3 Charlton St.
3. DANIEL J. SAVAGE,
68 Shrewsbury St.
7. JOSEPH A. HOWLAND,
8 Loudon St.
4. JOHN J. HUGHES, 8 Pond St.
8. FREEMAN BROWN, 6 West St.
MEMBERS WHOSE TERM EXPIRES JANUARY, 1890.
Ward.
Residence.
Ward.
Residence.
1. WM. T. SOUTHER, 1 Lincoln Sq. 5. JOHN B. RATIGAN,
2. CHARLES BALLARD,
22 Channing St.
6. GEORGE L. SANFORD,
3 Benefit St.
3. JAMES F. GUERIN, 154 Shrewsbury St.
4. M. J. P. MCCAFFERTY, 6 Goddard St.
8. JOSEPH F. LOVERING,
93 Elm St,
MEMBERS WHOSE TERM EXPIRES JANUARY, 1891.
Ward. Residence.
Ward.
Residence.
1. REBECCA BARNARD,
184 Main St
5. JOSEPH H. KELLEY, Trumbull Sq.
2. CHAS. F. ADAMS,
2 Normal St.
6. ALZIRUS BROWN.
633 Main St.
3. EUGENE M. MORIARTY,
5 Howard St.
7. SAMUEL E. HILDRETH, 31 May St.
4. DANIEL J. KELLEY,
61 Union Av.
S. GEORGE SWAN,
3 Irving St.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
ON SCHOOL-HOUSES .- Messrs. A. Brown, McCafferty, F. Brown, Nihill and Ballard.
ON BOOKS AND APPARATUS .- Messrs: Moriarty, Lovering, Sanford, Adams and Taft.
ON TEACHERS .- The Superintendent, ex-officio; Messrs. Swan, Tolman, Ratigan, Taft and Souther.
ON APPOINTMENTS .- The Superintendent, ex-officio; Miss Barnard, Messrs. Hughes, Guerin, Howland and Savage.
ON FINANCE .- The Mayor, ex-officio; Messrs. Thompson, Daniel J. Kelley, Dexter, Joseph H. Kelley and Hildreth.
The Committee of Visitation shall exercise a general supervision over the schools to which they are severally assigned, and shall visit them not less than once in four weeks, and report their condition at the monthly meeting of the board .- [Rules, Chap. 3, Sec. 6.
Though each school is assigned to a special committee, yet every member of the Board shall consider it his duty to watch over and visit all the public schools of the city, as his convenience will permit .- [Sec. 7.
113 Washington St.
7. ARTHUR M. TAFT, 3 Brigham St.
375
SCHOOLS .- SECRETARY'S REPORT.
VISITING COMMITTEES.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Committee.
Teachers.
Salary.
SWAN,
A. Carey Field,
2,300
William F. Abbot,
1,600
Souther,
Joseph H. Perry,
1,350
Edward M. Woodward,
1,000
Mary P. Jefts,
1,000
Lovering,
Jennie I. Ware, .
1,100
Rachel L. Moore,
1,000
Sarah Brigham, .
600
Moriarty,
Frank L. Mellen,
1,000
Nellie M. White,
800
Sally H. Delano,
700
Adams,
Carrie P. Townsend,
700
Florence Snow, .
800
Miss Barnard,
Helen M. Parkhurst,
700
Irene P. Huse,
700
Annie M. Russell,
600
Ratigan,
Charles S. Merrick, .
800
George E. Gardner, .
800
The ROMAN NUMERALS designate the ROOMS to which members of commit- tees are especially assigned, and the GRADES according to the course of study.
Committee.
Teachers.
Grade.
Salary.
Adams,
Arthur G. Lewis, Principal, .
$2,000
Emma C. McClellan, Assistant,
IX
600
Mary H. Warren, Assistant, .
IX
600
Sarah E. Rogers,
VIII
550
Grace R. Everett,
VIII-VII
500
Sarah L. Phillips,
VII
600
Sanford,
Jennie L. Dearborn,
VI
550
66
Tirzah S. Nichols,
VI
550
Emma E. Hayward, .
V
500
A. Brown,
Mattie A. Collins,
IV
550
66
Anna M. Waite,
III
500
Nihill,
Addie T. Gauren,
II
500
Maud L. Davis, .
II
500
Lilla F. Upton, .
II
500
66
Hattie B. Andrews, .
I
500
Ella J. Emerson,
I
500
V
550
Esther G. Chenery, .
IV
550
Carrie A. Smith,
Mary T. Gale, .
III
550
Benj. B. Holmes,
1,200
BELMONT STREET.
Alfred S. Roe, Principal, V
$3,000
376
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 42.
Committee.
Teachers.
Grade.
Salary.
D. J. Kelley,
James Jenkins, Principal,
$1,800
66
Mary A. Hayward,
VIII
550
66
Mattie Howe,
VII
550
Minnie W. Sherman,
VI
550
Guerin,
Nellie F. Lindsay, ·
V
550
Susie W. Forbes, .
IV
550
Alice W. Giddings, .
III
500
Ballard,
Harriet Lightbourn,
II
500
Maria F. Bosworth,
I
500
e
Carrie L. Maynard, .
I
500
SUNNYSIDE.
Ballard,
Mary A. Morrissey,
VI-IV
500
Carrie A. Thompson,
III-I
500
WINSLOW STREET.
Ballard,
J. Chauncey Lyford, Principal,
2,000
Sarah M. Averill, Assistant, .
IX
550
Mary A. Drake,
VIII
550
Jessie M. Nichols,
VII
550
Eva E. Stone,
VI
500
Hughes,
Octavia H. Vaughan,
V
500
66
Julia E. Greenwood, Ella E. Goddard,
IV
550
Ida M. McCambridge,
IV
500
Emma G. Goodwin,
III
500
Hattie L. Partridge,
II
500
A. Calista Hale,
I
550
CHANDLER STREET.
Lovering,
William H. Bartlett, Principal,
2,000
Clara Manly, Assistant, .
IX
600
Jennie L. Higgins, .
VIII
500
Helena M. Kalaher, .
VII
550
Nettie A. Murray,
VI
500
Guerin,
Mary E. Convery,
VI-V
500
Eliza J. Seaver,
V
500
Harriet E. Maynard,
IV
500
Anna M. Murray,
III
500
Miss Barnard,
Mary L. Haselden,
II
500
D. Isabell Newbury,
I
500
66
Ada E. Mason, .
500
WOODLAND STREET.
Miss Barnard,
Joseph Jackson, Principal, .
2,000
Alice E. Meriam, Assistant. .
IX
550
66
66
Marietta Knight, Assistant, . Ann S. Dunton,
IX
500
VIII
55
.
V
500
Taft,
66
Carrie L. Paige, Assistant,
IX
550
DIX STREET.
377
SCHOOLS .- SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Committee.
Teachers.
Grade.
Salary.
Miss Barnard, Swan,
Mary M. Lawton,
VIII-VII
$600
Carrie R. Clements, .
VII
550
Martha T. Wyman, .
VI
550
Emina F. Brown,
VI-V
500
Susie A. Partridge, .
V
550
Sarah J. Melanefy, .
IV
550
Ratigan,
M. Rosalie Goddard,
IV
500
66
Maggie I. Melanefy,
III
500
Carrie F. Meriam,
III
500
Howland,
Emma Buckley,
II
550
Carrie A. Hildreth,
I
500
Cora A. Cooley,
I
500
WASHINGTON STREET.
McCafferty,
Charles T. Haynes, Principal,
1,500
Ida L. Gaskill, Assistant,
IX
600
66
M. Louise Rice, Assistant,
IX
600
LEDGE STREET.
J. H. Kelley,
166
Margaret M. Geary, Assistant,
IX
600
66
Emma L. Cowles,
VIII
600
66
Maria P. Cole, .
VIII-VII
550
66
Kate A. McCarthy,
VII
600
F. Brown,
Daniel H. Casey,
VI
550
Alice G. McMahon, .
VI
550
Frances M. Athy,
V
550
66
L. Elizabeth King, .
V
550
Thompson,
Mary E. D. King,
IV
550
66
·
Fanny A. Williams, .
III
500
Carrie E. Howe,
III-II
500
66
Hannah M. Kickham,
II-I
500
Mary E. Joyce,
I
500
MILLBURY STREET.
Taft,
Francis P. Mckeon, Principal,
1,500
Ella J. Lyford, Assistant,
IX
550
Mary A. Rourke,
VIII-VII
550
Elida M. Capen,
VII-VI
500
Hannah Shechan,
V
500
Hattie S. Putnam,
IV
500
Carrie H. Wilmarth,
III
500
Henrietta M. Wright,
III-II
450
Mary L. Gafney,
II
500
Julia A. Riley, .
I
500
Julia A. Quinn, .
I
500
THOMAS STREET.
Harriet G. Waite, Principal,
Anna P. Smith, Assistant, .
.
VIII
600
·
Savage,
66
Dexter,
66
Nihill,
1,140
.
.
Charles C. Woodman, Principal,
2,000
Maggie A. Flaherty,
II
550
378
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 42.
Committee.
Teachers.
Grade.
Salary.
Nihill,
John E. Lynch,
VII
$550
66
Mary E. Fitzgerald,
VI
550
66
F. May Prentice,
VI
500
J. H. Kelley,
Hattie G. Gates,
V
500
66
Ella A. Casey, .
III
600
Lovering,
Belle H. Tucker,
III-II
550
Addie E. Sprague,
II
500
Nellie M. Rood,
I
500
Jennie C. Clough,
.
EDGEWORTH STREET.
Ratigan,
Ella E. Roper, Principal,
VII
700
Anna T. Cavanough,
VI
550
Etta M. Thayer,
V
500
66
Louise F. Clark,
IV
500
Taft,
Lucia N. Jennison,
IV
500
Fransess D. Martin,
III
500
Lilla Ingalls,
II
500
Estella V. Rolston, .
I
550
Selma P. Ahlstrom, .
.
I
500
WALNUT STREET.
Nellie C. Thomas, Principal,
VIII
700
66
Kate A. Meade,
VII
550
.6
Ella M. Macfarland,
VI
550
Mary L. Norcross, .
V
550
Sanford,
Kate A. Coughlin,
IV
500
Mary E. McCormick,
III-II
550
66
Mary L. Seavey,
I
500
OXFORD STREET.
A. Brown,
Ella L. Dwyer, Principal,
VIII
700
Mary A. Hathaway,
VII
550
Lucy Lewisson,
VI
500
66
Mary F. Harrington,
V
550
Moriarty,
Edith M. Harding, .
IV
500
Mary F. Barker,
III
500
Florence S. Waite, .
II
500
Catherine T. Nevins,
.
I
600
SYCAMORE STREET.
Souther,
Charlotte H. Munger, Principal, .
VIII
800
Janet Martin,
VII
550
A. Teresa Timon,
VI
600
60
S. Lizzie Carter,
V
600
Hattie S. Hagan,
IV
550
Sarah W. Clements,
III
550
Ida A. E. Kenney,
II
500
Eliza J. Day,
·
I
500
.
I
500
Thompson,
66
.6
66
D. J. Kelley,
Marion Holbrook,
V-IV
450
379
SCHOOLS .- SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Committee.
Teachers.
Grade.
Salary.
FREELAND STREET.
Tolman,
66
Emma M. Plimpton,
VII
550
66
Ida F. Buxton, .
VI
500
Madge H. Coughlin,
V
500
Nihill,
Myra H. Baker,
IV
500
66
Jennie M. Tainter, .
III-II
500
Addie T. Banister,.
I
500
NEW WORCESTER.
Georgianna M. Newton, .
IV-III
500
Anna B. Ranger,
II
500
Rebecca H. Davie,
I
500
SOUTH WORCESTER.
Dexter,
66
Ellen M. Boyden,
VII
550
Edward A. Quinland,
VI
550
Mary O. Whitney, .
V
550
Lydia W. Ball, .
IV
550
Tolman,
Nellie Hinsley, .
IV-III
500
Mary C. Paige, .
III
550
Maggie A. Mahony, .
II
500
Mary McBride, .
I
500
M. Jennie Hart,
I
500
QUINSIGAMOND.
Richard H. Mooney, Principal,
VIII-VII
1,000
66
Mary A. Winter,
VI
500
Annie W. Newell,
V
500
Jeannie E. Sanderson,
IV
500
Mary J. Campbell,
III
500
Alice V. Phelps,
II
500
Mary G. Smith,
II-I
500
Carrie M. Sweetzer,
I
500
PROVIDENCE STREET.
Benj. W. Kinney, Principal,
VIII
700
Thomas J. Higgins, .
VII
500
Anna G. Foley, .
VI
500
Julia A. Bunker,
V
500
Margaret F. Hagan,
IV
500
Sarah J. Newton,
III
550
Mary C. Smith, .
II
500
Margaret L. Walsh,
I
500
GAGE STREET.
Ella W. Foskett, Principal, .
800
Nellie F. Saunders, Assistant, .
VIII
500
66
F. Brown,
66
.
Hughes,
66
66
Guerin, 66
M. Ella Spalding, Principal, .
VIII
$700
Hildreth, 66 66
Carrie A. George, Principal,
VIII
800
Moriarty,
Adams,
380
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 42.
Committee.
Teachers.
Grade.
Salary.
Guerin,
Annie Brown,
VII-VI
550
66
Jennie E. Maloney, .
VI
500
M. Ella Clark,
V
550
McCafferty,
Marion C. Tucker,
V
500
Kate C. Cosgrove,
IV
500
Sarah W. Hay, .
IV
500
66
Mary J. O'Connor,
III
500
Savage,
Maggie E. Magone, .
III
500
Ellen F. Fallon,
II
500
EAST WORCESTER.
Souther,
Anna T. Kelley,
II
500
Nellie G. McGillicuddy, .
I
500
66
Mary A. Carney,
I
500
LAMARTINE STREET.
McCafferty,
Owen H. Conlin, Principal, .
1,000
Emma P. Brewer, Assistant,
VII
500
Mary J. Sullivan,
VI
500
Louise A. Dawson,
V
550
Aloysia Radcliffe,
V
550
Hildreth,
Mary E. Russell,
IV
500
66
Mary A. McGillicuddy,
III
500
Abbie F. Hemenway,
III
500
Ellen G. Daley, .
II
500
F. Brown,
Agnes J. O'Gorman,
II
500
Mary C. Morrissey,
I
500
Annie G. Thompson,
.
I
500
ADRIATIC.
Howland,
Emma A. Porter, Principal, .
VII-VI
700
Eudora E. Hay,
VI-V
500
Elizabeth E. Chapin,
V
500
66
Abby B. Shute, .
IV
500
A. Brown,
Cora A. Baldwin,
III
500
Mary M. Bowen,
III-II
500
Etta T. Whalen,
II
500
Ballard,
Alice L. Bainbridge,
I
500
ASH STREET.
Sanford,
Mary J. Mack, Principal,
VI
700
Mabel Piper,
V
500
66
Nelly F. Monroe,
IV
500
Kate A. Fallon,
III
550
Sarah A. Boyd,
II
550
Marina H. Tucker,
.
I
500
GRAFTON STREET.
Bridget T. Carlon, Principal,
V 700
.
.
.
.
J. H. Kelley,
66
Hughes,
Ellen T. Shannon,
IV
500
381
SCHOOLS .- SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Committee.
Teachers.
Grade.
Salary.
Hughes,
Kate A. McLoughlin,
IV
$550
Margaret J. McCann,
III
500
Carrie M. Adams,
II
500
Katharine A. Hackett,
.
I
500
Minnie A. Davis,
.
I
500
SUMMER STREET.
Savage,
Mary A. Gauren, Principal, .
V
600
Emma L. Studley,
IV
550
Anna T. Smith, .
III
500
66
Alice Chapin,
II
500
Agnes R. Stewart,
I
500
SALEM STREET.
Swan,
Minnie F. Whittier, Principal,
IV
600
Mary O. Whitmore,
III
550
66
Addie M. Blenus,
II
500
66
Nellie J. Carlon,
I
550
UNION HILL.
D. J. Kelley,
Etha M. Stowell, Principal,
IV-III
550
Anna D. Stowell,
II-I
500
MASON STREET.
Hildreth,
Mary E. Pease, Principal,
II
550
Effie L. Bennett,
I
500
Dexter, 66 66
66
.
382
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 42.
Committee.
Place.
Teachers.
Salary.
Tolman,
Northville,
Joanna F. Smith,
$550
Hildreth, 66
Tatnuck, 66
Cora E. Kemp,
450
Myra N. Moore, Asst.,
250
Souther,
Jamesville,
Ada D. Saunders,
500
A. Brown,
Blithewood,
Susan R. Hartwell,
500
Savage,
Bloomingdale,
Lizzie M. Urban,
VIII-V
500
Josephine E. Bauer,
IV-I
500
Howland,
Adams Square,
Olive G. Davidson,
VIII-V
550
Edith M. Rolston,
IV-I
500
J. H. Kelley,
Burncoat Plain,
Hattie L. White,
550
Miss Barnard,
North Pond,
Carrie L. Fletcher,
500
Dexter,
Lake View,
Minnie A. B. Chase,
VIII-V
550
Souther,
Valley Falls,
Ann Foskett,
VI-I
500
Tolman,
Greendale,
A. Louise Penniman,
500
DRAWING.
Jeanie Lea Southwick, Teacher, $1,000. Annie N. Sinclair, Assistant, High School, $150.
COMMITTEE.
Messrs. Tolman, J. H. Kelley, Ballard, Howland and Hildreth.
MUSIC.
Seth Richards, Teacher, $1,650.
COMMITTEE.
Messrs. Lovering, D. J. Kelley, Adams, Ratigan and Souther.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
COMMITTEE.
Miss Barnard, Messrs. Thompson, McCafferty, Moriarty, Souther, Guerin, F. Brown, Hughes and Ballard.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
Henry E. Fayerweather, 105 Summer St. Michael J. English, Brackett Ct.
Chamberlain,
Fanny R. Spurr,
500
Hattie M. Ruggles,
IV-I
500
383
SCHOOLS .- SECRETARY'S REPORT.
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1888.
Vacation periods indicated by Full-Face Figures.
1888.
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1888.
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The 1st Term begins Nov. 28th, 1887, and ends Feby. 18th, 1888, comprising 11 weeks.
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2
1
JUNE.
4
5
6
7
MARCH.
26
27
28
29
. .
.
AUGUST.
1
21
3
4
FEB.
.
JULY.
29 30 31
.
.
1
1
2
3
MAY.
NOV.
DEC.
3031
66
June 30th,
8 «
The 4th
Assuming that Thanksgiving Day will be Thursday, November 29th,
JAN.
1
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
To His Honor the Mayor, and Gentlemen of the City Council :
The Board of Health submit the following report :- Appropriation,
$2,400 00
Received for licenses, etc.,
100 93
$2,500 93
Expended (for items, see Auditor's report),
2,401 18
Balance unexpended,
$99 75
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VITAL STATISTICS.
Population,
78,937
Total deaths, 1,463
Births,
2,276
Still-born,
128
Death rate,
16.90
Actual deaths,
1,335
Deaths under one year,
289
Deaths under five years, 435
Males,
759
Females,
706
At City Hospital,
53
At Insane Asylums, 100
.
At Almshouse,
15
At Jail,
1
DEATHS BY MONTHS.
January, 135.
February, 107. March, 133. April, 120.
May,
101.
June,
108. July, 158. August, 128.
Sept. 126.
October, 128.
Nov. 95. Dec. 114.
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MORTALITY REPORT.
Principal causes of death-
Zymotic Diseases.
Cholera infantum,
111 | Pyæmia,
3
Croup,
14
Scartlet fever,
6
Diarrhœal (adults),
17
Typhoid fever,
14
Diphtheria,
35
Whooping cough,
2
Erysipelas,
2
Malaria,
1
Injuries,
Measles,
6
Suicides,
Ovarian tumor,
2
and unknown,
Puerperal Septicemia,
8
General Diseases.
Acute lung diseases,
100
Hernia,
2
Apoplexy,
25
Heart disease,
58
Bright's disease,
31
Hip disease,
1
Cancer,
37
Insanity,
87
Carbuncle,
2
Laryngitis,
3
Consumption,
163
Paralysis,
27
Convulsions,
30
Pleurisy,
2
Cirrhosis,
7
Peritonitis,
3
Cystitis,
2
Premature birth,
14
Diabetis.
3
Puerperal,
7
Embolism,
5
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. REGISTRATION OF DISEASES.
DIPHTHERIA.
SCARLET FEVER.
TYPHOID FEVER.
YEAR.
Number
of cases.
Number
of deaths.
Death rate,
per 1,000.
Number
of cases.
Number
of deaths.
Death rate,
per 1,000.
Number
of cases.
Number
of deaths.
Death rate,
per 1,000.
1884
398
64
16.00
60
4
66.0
6 months
S
1885
360
49
13.61
73
1
13.50
Six 49
5
10.21
1887
144
35
24.38
124
11
88.70
166
13
78.31
month s.
1886
170
21
12.35
123
2
16.26
74
Accidents,
387
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
Small-pox, yellow fever, cholera, no cases ; measles, 6 deaths ; whooping cough, 2 deaths ; chicken pox, unusually prevalent, no deaths.
The act requiring the reporting and registration of contagious diseases went into effect May 1, 1884. Previous to that, noth- ing definite was known as to the prevalence of any disease, and but little was done to regulate the sanitary surroundings of the patient, or to quarantine the school-children. In Worcester the amount of diphtheria has steadily decreased since this registra- tion. There can be no doubt that its spread through a neighbor- hood is prevented by the publicity given such a case, by the school regulations, and the work or the Board of Health.
This Board has up to the present time endeavored to make the treatment of such cases as little irksome as possible to the family, and tenants of the houses, as was compatible with public safety. As yet it has not placarded the houses, or forbidden the adults from pursuing their ordinary vocations.
Of the prevalence of particular diseases, we can congratulate ourselves, that we have escaped the epidemics of diphtheria, scarlet fever, and typhoid fever, from which many of our sister cities have suffered.
Diphtheria has been less prevalent than last year, but more fatal, and the death-rate is higher than at any time since the registration went into effect.
The following table shows its distribution in wards since May, 1884 :-
TABLE SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF DIPHTHERIA IN WARDS.
WARD.
May 1 to Dec. 31, 1884.
1885.
1886.
1887.
Total in each Ward.
Per Cent. in each Ward.
1
13
35
10
11
69
6.8
2
40
36
16
30
122.
12.1
3
48
44
21
27
140.
13.9
4
78
44
31
21
174.
17.3
5
43
59
21
26
149.
14.8
6
45
69
10
14
138.
13.6
7
34
42
19
16
111.
11.
8
35
36
17
14
102.
10.1
Total, , -
336
365
145
159
1005.
100.5
Deaths,
64.
49.
49.
21.
35.
169
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Scarlet Fever has prevailed to about the same extent as last year, and has not been particularly fatal.
Typhoid Fever began earlier in the summer than usual, and for four months threatened to become quite serious, but it sub- sided in the latter part of the autumn. The cases on the whole, were mild and the death-rate was not excessive. In connection with this disease, the water and milk supplies were carefully looked into, but no contagion could be traced to either of these sources.
FUMIGATION AND DISINFECTION.
The Board has made it a practice during the past year, to fumigate every house in which there has been a death from diphtheria, and it offers the service of its inspectors, to do this work in any contagious disease, when requested. We have felt the want of a proper apparatus for the disinfection of bedding and clothing, and hope soon that a process for this purpose will be at our command.
INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
1886.
1887.
Whole number of Complaints,
1,163
2,886
Number of visits to markets,
93
Bob veal condemned (weight 40, 36, 56),
3
Turkey condemned (10 pounds),
1
Hog condemned,
Inspected houses where the plumbing was new,
1 250
Filthy yards,
204 | Connected with sewer, 96
Houses trapped,
103
Poor water supply in urinals, 63
Foul cess-pools,
67
Soil pipe extended through the roof, 44
Filthy cellars, 56
Imperfect drainage, 43
Foul closets, 42
Open pipes in cellars,
41
Defective plumbing, 38
Tenements vacated,
35
Houses fumigated, 29
Dead animals. 27
Foul stables,
21
Imperfect ventilation, 10
Pigs without licenses,
15
Water shut off,
8
Foul markets,
9
Escaping illuminating gas,
4
Condemned meat,
5
General nastiness,
2
Foul wells,
4
Slaughter-house,
1 Foul henneries, 3
Foul privies,
201 Foul storehouses,
2
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
Six cases of glanders in horses were reported. Two of them proved to be genuine. The horses were killed, the barns were fumigated and disinfected.
Number of tenements vacated, 35.
Occupied after repairs satisfactory to the Board, 9.
Demolished, 11.
Now stand vacant, 15.
ANALYSIS OF CITY WATER.
AMMONIA.
RESIDUE ON EVAPORATION.
Color
SOURCE OF SUPPLY.
Zero
thaw.
Fixed.
Volatile.
Total.
Chlorine.
Nitrogen as
Nitrates and
Nitrites.
Nitrites.
Holden Supply. Storage, June, 1887.
.0002
.0144
0.1
1.20
1.07
2.27
.14
.013
000
Holden Supply. Distributing, Aug., 1887.
.0023
.0189
0.6
1.90
1.27
3.17
.08
.003
000
Leicester Supply. Storage, Oct., 1887.
.0092
.0224
0.35
2.50
0.75
3.25
.15
.007
000
Leicester Supply.
Distributing, Sept., 1887.
.0014
.0182
0.1
2.10
0.80
2.90
.20
.003
000
Bell Pond.
September, 1887.
.0008
.0232
0.1
2.05
0.50
2.65
.22
.000
000
Analysis by the State Board of Health.
STABLE MANURE.
With the increase of population this source of complaint, in the thickly settled portions of the city, is becoming frequent and troublesome .- The subject is a difficult one to handle by gen- eral rules. What may be an intolerable nuisance in the centre of the city, may not be noticed in the outskirts. There are several stables so located that it is impossible to cart manure from them in the daytime, without great inconvenience to their neighbors. The carting of this material through the streets seems to be less of a nuisance than handling it in the stables. The Board requires that during the summer months it be re- moved from all centrally located stables as often as once in two
26
Free.
Albuminoid.
390
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 42.
weeks, except in those where the vaults are constructed with sufficient capacity for holding the accumulation of several months. These vaults should be cleaned out only in cold weather. The loading and carting of manure should in all cases be done out of business hours.
PUBLIC BATH-HOUSES.
Although repeatedly recommended by the Board of Health, and the plans for them approved by the Parks-Commission, the city is still without public bath-houses .- An invaluable luxury, and an aid most necessary to the health and cleanliness of the poorer classes. The small boy can for a few years longer, escape the vigilance of the police, and enjoy his swim in some of the many ponds about the city, but in the enforcement of the ordinance for- bidding public bathing, the city takes away a privilege from the people, without giving anything in return. We believe that should you appropriate the money necessary to construct and maintain one or more such houses, there would be no difficulty in obtaining permission to locate them on the shores of Institute or Lake Park, and the Parks-Commission would gladly assume the care of them.
PLUMBING ORDINANCE.
The changes adopted in the plumbing ordinance this year have been a decided step in advance of previous years. The Board recognizes that the care of the plumbing of the city, is one of its most important charges. It is our custom to inspect carefully every house from which any sort of complaint comes, and wherever a bad condition of things is found, or there is a case of contagious disease, to correct faults in the plumbing as far as possible. In old houses, we cannot always tear out every pipe, but in new houses, we strive to have the plumber's work as safe and thorough as we can.
Heretofore the greater part of this inspecting has been done by a member of the Board. We feel that with the increase of work during the past two years, it would in the future be more
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economical to employ a competent man to follow up the plumbers, and allow this member to give his whole time to the general supervision of the work of the Board.
COLLECTION OF ASHES, ETC.
The Board would again call your attention to the imperative need of a public service, for the collection of waste material. With our present lack of system, it is impossible to control the truckmen who move this through the streets. They frequently ignore all rules relating to the public dumps, and deposit their loads after dark, on the highways, and on private estates. The Board is powerless to correct this evil, without incurring greater expense than its appropriation will allow. It does most earn- estly ask, that you establish and equip a service for this work, in connection with one of the City departments.
UNHEALTHY LOCALITIES.
The general sanitary condition of the City shows a marked improvement over past years, as a whole, but there are several unhealthy districts which might be improved by better drainage. It is a well known fact, that the amount of sickness in a locality is increased by the introduction of an abundant supply of water, unless sewers are constructed at the same time.
We have a good illustration of this in Quinsigamond. The water department has carried its supply pipes all over this dis- trict, while the sewer department has done no work there. This matter should receive immediate attention, not only by putting a sewer through the main street of the village, but branches should be carried up Stebbins, Perry, and Whipple Streets.
North Street, with Powers Court and Milton Street, should be sewered as soon as possible, and thus stop the contamination of Salisbury Pond.
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