Town of Arlington annual report 1920, Part 13

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8


12


Feb. 13


Madeline Theresa Tobin .


2


7


4


Feb. 13


Michael Daly.


50


. .


Feb. 14


John Dunn .


75


5


8


Feb. 14


John B. Crovo


83


9


1


Feb. 15


John J. Ryan .


75


9


12


Feb. 15


Helen Hanna Johnston .


5


24


Feb. 16


. .


Feb. 16


. .


.


·


Jan.


27


John Barry


62


. .


3


Feb.


2


Walter Dean Sawyer


53


31


. .


Feb. 12


Gaspero Cresci .


·


Jan. 19


Harriet Ayer .


38


:


·


. .


Age


242


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Date of


Death


Name


Yrs.


Age Mos.


Days


Feb. 16


Mabel Olive Williams


24


9


19


Feb. 17 Alice A. Barnes .


62


10


16


Feb. 17


Antoinette Masetta .


. .


·


. .


Feb. 18


Lawrence Edgar Whilton.


. .


.


4


Feb. 20


Katherine Chesterton Devereaux.


52


10


13


Feb. 20


Ellen Leahy .


37


10


15


Feb. 21


Irving Christian Baur


25


3


.20


Feb. 24


Patrick J. Fleming .


51


8


2


Feb. 25


Mary Abbie Lord


68


4


29


Feb. 25


Robert Nathaniel Turner


37


11


19


Feb. 26


Samuel Peter Wallace


56


10


23


Feb. 26


Isador Freedman


56


10


10


Feb. 29


Staniford Sorentine.


1


11


27


Feb.


29


Martha Ann Palmer


28


5


20


Mar.


6


Roy Mckinnon


9


12


Mar. 6


Warren Perkins


44


3


18


Mar. 6


Julia E. Conant.


71


22


Mar. 9 Elizabeth Hoar


49


9


26


Mar. 10


Elmer W. Smith .


21


9


4


Mar. 14


Helen Francina Fessenden


74


.


Mar. 15


Charles A. Bray.


56


9


Mar. 15


Constant Forbes Oakman.


75


7


2


Mar. 17


Elizabeth Victoria Palmer


68


9


28:


Mar. 20


John W. Kelley .


68


10


24


Mar. 21


David Young Comstock


67


9


8


Mar. 22


Louise A. Phillips


79


2


16


Mar. 22


Annie Adams Hewitt


74


1


8


Mar. 24


Ruth S. Chambers


50


10


4


Mar. 28


Cari Lundberg.


48


3


17


Mar. 28


Annie Feige Gotz .


40


Mar. 28


Edward G. Hurford


54


11


29


Mar. 28


Patrick Francis Tobin


46


1


28


Mar. 29


William Henry Stinson


67


3


2


Mar. 31


Richard Barry


55


3


20


April


3


Alan Roberts Baker


2


4


4


April


6


Reta J. LeBlanc.


2


19


April 7 Lucy Fay Gookin


70


11


14


April


8


Frederick D. Strobel .


56


2


April


9


Annie Charlotte Colton


61


1


29 ·


April 10


Ada L. Sanford


6


4


2


April 10


Frank E. Drayton


65


10


10


April 11


. .


·


. .


·


·


·


April 13


Stanley R. Battis.


1


1


April 13


Florence Gardner Giffin


46


8


20


April 14


April 16


John Williams Pitman .


72


9


15


.


4


Feb. 22


David Wilson Ferguson


Feb. 27


Mary E. Dillon .


31


11


Mar.


1 Herbert J. Day


20


5


26


Mar.


1


Philip Hendrick


. .


.


1


. .


5


Mar. 27


Mary A. Frazer


50


Mar. 24


William T. MacDonald, Jr.


.


·


20


Feb. 18


1


Feb. 19


Elizabeth M. Pellen .


April 12


Mary T. MacNeil.


Mar. 24


243


REPORT OF TOWN CLERK


Date of Death


Name


Yrs.


Age Mos.


Days


April 18


Willliam Henry Kimball .


58


6


1


April 19


Henry Joseph Welch .


9


5


1


April 20


Arthur Everett Collins


53


3


11


April 22


Dorothea Champagne


65


8


1


April 26


George Gilman Drew


61


10


23


April 26


Mary Jane McComb


74


6


30


April 26


Catherine Riley


75


4


26


April 27


Julia Peltier .


88


5


15


April 27


Sadie Lyons


35


8


29


April 29


Philoclea Wentworth Samuelson .


40


8


8


April 29


Emma Coppen May.


59


9


18


May


1


Frances Eudora Whitehouse


46


11


12


May


3


Laura Smith Pivers


74


9


6


May


4


Isaac J. Colbert.


47


7


26


May


4


.


. .


May


6


Esther Johnston .


65


9


·


May


6


Dorothy M. Sweet.


.


10


2


May 7


Martha Coleman Phemister ..


48


6


16


May


7


Marie A. Huerth .


68


.


. .


May


10


Jennie Almira Fletcher


74.


1


23


May 13


Mary A. Sexton .


67


8


·


May 14


Elizabeth H. Dudley


75


11


20


May 17


Charlotte Albino


22


9


25


May 17


Julia R. Hussey


26


1


18


May 19


Sherman D. Browne


55


2


8


May 19


Caleb B. Goodwin .


73


3


18


May 23


William Turner Foster


81


3


1


May 24


Alice Louise Wharton


18


1


21


May 25


John B. Bittner


85


May 26


Philip Nichols Smith.


7


7


26


May 26


Edwin Forest Deering


58


2


17


May 27


Melbourne Edgar Miller


May 27


James Mulherin .


72


. .


.


May 28


Francis G. Clark.


2


May 30


George Haynes Long.


68


4


10


May 30


Althea A. Ware.


76


9


7


May 30


Sarah J. O'Brien


60


3


25


May 31


Genoveffa Barbone .


1


2


. .


May 31


Ella Emogene French.


68


2


June


1


James Randall Mann


68


5


16


June


4


Emma S. Dyer


72


June


6


Emeline E. Crafts .


87


5


11


June


6


Abigail Ann Sanborn


82


8


18


June


6


Leo Famolare.


21


10


25


June


7


Mary Agnes Reardon .


40


1


5


June


7


Agnes J. Clarke.


42


6


June


9


Mary Eliza Alexander


77


5


7


June 9


Herbert B. Freeman


71


.


June 10


June 10


John Gilbert Luddy


36


5


10


June 10


John Strobel .


73


. .


2


June 11


Anthony A. Kesseler


. . . . .


52


.


1


.


.


May 28


Harriet T. Crump


39


May


9


May 22


Maria V. Reposa .


70


6


. .


. . .


.


April 20


244


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Date of Death


Name


Yrs.


Age Mos.


Days


June 12


Catherine C. Foster .


62


6


14


June 12


Edward J. McGrath.


52


2


26


June 13


Lucy Augusta Godbold.


54


5


26


June 14


Robert Travers.


·


June 14


Thomas F. Smith.


41


.


June 14


Albert F. Summers .


76


1


14


June 16


Hannah Charlotte Peterson


60


3


27


June 22


Benjamin Horace Peirce.


82


9


16


June 22


Mary A. Connor .


70


.


. .


June 24


William Porter Moore.


51


4


June 27


Helen A. Smith.


70


June 27


Ruth Barlow


2


10


30


June 28


Paul Franco


6


4


11


June 29


Flora Melverda Hulse


56


6


6


July


3


Charles F. Cummings


61


11


3


July


3


Hanna French .


86


. .


2


July


4


Edward Mears Breen


.16


·


29


July


11


Lois Frink


63


. .


. .


July 12


Maude A. Cann .


42


9


3


July


14


Nelon Julius Nelson


52


15


July


14


Catherine Ryan


53


1


14


July


16 16


William Selfridge


81


1


26


July


16


.


Royal W. Gates.


71


21


July


16


John Carr


81


11


6


July 18


M. Catherine Dolan


8


11


1


July


18


Kenneth H. Parker


23


8


7


July


19


Helen Leah Duff


30


1


25


July 20


Louise Crane.


86


3


23


July 20


John Harold Alt.


2


13


July 23


Joseph M. Guerin


29


. .


July 25


James A. Holmes.


87


July


Morgiannana Augusta Goodwillie.


81


3


5


July


26 27


. .


. .


July 27


. .


. .


July 28


78


4


21


July


28


Edwin Stone Storey


55


3


July


31


Aug.


2


Rebecca Jane Harris.


80


3


7


Aug.


4


Helen Dennen .


1


6


8


Aug. 4


Emma Lepore .


18


7


12


Aug.


5


Frederick Harvey Rideout


71


9


13


Aug.


9


Kate Thorndyke Keeler


44


9


19


Aug. 9


Rose A. Gately


59


9


28


Aug. 10


Michael Coughlin


67


. .


Aug. 11


Virginia F. Townsend.


86


10


11


Aug. 13


Braman Stewart Proctor


1


9


26


. .


·


July 4


John E. Eigenfeldt.


. .


July 8


Margaret Mahoney


. .


. .


.


July 11


·


.


. .


·


July 21


2


July 28


Melissa A. Norris. .


·


.


Aug. 13


Ella Frances Murray


62


6


3


June 24


.


. .


8


July 13


July


July 20


245


REPORT OF TOWN CLERK


Date of ·Death


Name


Yrs.


Mos. Days


Aug. 18


Mary A. O'Callaghan


71


8


5


Aug. 19


Julia Fisher Hastings. .


80


11


23


Aug. 21


Lawrence D. Dugaan .


18


8


7


Aug. 25


Sophia Jonette Toussaint.


34


5


29


Aug. 25


Francis Henry Boles


71


2


22


Aug. 25


Catherine Troy


44


11


23


Aug. 26


Ellen C. Hanley


65


.


3


26


Aug. 28


Wilfred Tuttle.


14


2


26


Aug. 28


Clarence C. Wharff.


67


6


25


Aug. 28


Berdie Viola Wilcox.


45


1


13


Aug. 30


John A. Steele.


76


3


18


Sept.


1


Isabella Stewart Whittemore.


66


7


26


Sept.


1


Elizabeth Catherine Payne.


84


1


5


Sept.


5


Elizabeth Musgrave.


54


3


19


Sept.


6


Richard Kelley


72


10


6


Sept. 6


Caroline E. Dunklee.


59


10


3


Sept.


6


Marion Gray Jenkinson


10


9


Sept.


8


Ruben Max Marcus.


55


.


.


Sept.


8


Ida Armett Johnson .


43


7


7


Sept.


9


Louise Christine Almeida


37


8


28


Sept. 10


Dorothy K. Hughes .


8


29


Sept. 10


Florence Fickessen


33


10


24


Sept. 12


George Burnell


54


8


18


Sept. 12


Peter Paupolos .


18


6


18


Sept. 13


Mary Louise Dupee .


65


2


4


Sept: 13


Caroline Ellen Putnam


82


10


12


Sept. 16


John A. Johnson


20


11


20


Sept. 16


Marietta Peirce Bailey


79


12


Sept. 18


Diana R. Hinton .


77


4


4


Sept. 18


Helen Louise Reid


25


10


. .


.


16


Sept. 22


Lizzie Frances Cooke.


57


3


20 .


Sept. 28


Stella Campobasso


10


4


6


Sept. 30


James Conroy .


73


. .


. .


Oct.


1


Horatio Nelson Hovey


80


1


10


Oct.


4


Margaret E. Thornton.


46


1.6


Oct.


4


Gertrude Terry Arnold


59


11


12


Oct.


10


John J. Anderson .


44


11


18


Oct.


12


Ruth Belle Shaw


50


1


Oct.


13


Bowman W. Patten


79


4


28


Oct.


15


Sara Jones Russell.


66


11


28


Oct.


16


Ella B. Pennell .


66


1


27


Oct.


16


Cyrus Cooledge.


78


8


28


Oct.


17


Charles Edward Kile


47


10


10


Oct.


19


Mary Aitken Whitehead .


72


7


7


. . . . ... .


. .


53


Sept.


4


Margaret E. Silva .


. .


1


Sept.


5


Antonio Basso


62


·


0


Sept.


9


Charles E. Whittredge


79


1


Sept. 18


Charles Vinal Reid.


·


Sept. 20


Dorothy Stewart.


5


3


Sept. 28


Wilfred Jennings Duke


Oct.


2


. .


. .


Oct.


4


·


. .


70


Aug. 26


Sophia C. Smith


Aug. 28


Aug. 31


Sept. 3


Dennis A. Cotter .


Age


246


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Date of Death


Name


Yrs.


Age Mos.


Days


Oct. 19


Charles O. Little


50


7


19


Oct. 22


Josephine Patovani.


29


6


22


Oct. 22 Elizabeth Argue. .


40


. .


14


Oct. 24


Arthur L. Woods


50


.


7


5


18


Oct.


28


Florence Berturelli.


5


10


5


Oct. 29


Frank Clifton Frost


66


2


4


Oct. 30


Martha W. Parris


89


10


21


Oct.


30


Thomas Murphy


85


.


Nov. 1


Elizabeth C. Wray


65


5


11


Nov.


3


Lilian Josephine Tyndal Payn-Sills .


51


1


8


Nov. 6


Mary Elizabeth Ferris


55


· .


23


Nov. 7


William Merrigan


52


4


14


Nov.


8 Ida F. Walker


63


9


2


Nov. 9


Nora Frances Olive.


43


11


26


Nov. 16


Beatrice Cassara. .


5


21


Nov. 16


Delia Louise Easterbrook Gilman


66


8


28


Nov. 17


Charles Spencer.


69


11


Nov. 20


John F. Kilfoil


11


9


28


Nov. 20


Annie Harriet Blackington .


55


8


23


Nov. 20


Matilda L. Bodge


74


10


8


Nov. 21


Irene Fidelia Wood


79


4


19


Nov. 23


Flora V. White.


87


2


20


Nov. 25


Laura Hazard Carpenter


68


2


6


Nov. 25


Arthur Mitchener.


69


3


8


Nov. 27


Hannah Walker


81


8


12


Nov. 27


John J. Kenna


59


5


21


Nov. 28


Frank August Samuelson .


57


7


18


Nov. 28


Harriett L'Estrange


68


1


Nov. 29


Cora A. Packard Haggerty


46


5


10


Dec.


3


Florence Maud Warren


2


9


2


Dec.


6


·


.


Dec.


6


Joseph G. Rosatto. .


9


7


8


Dec.


6


Hazel Coleman Nowell


13


9


28


Dec.


8


Helen E. Reardon. .


70


29


Dec.


8


Michael M. Toomey


62


ii


14


Dec.


9


Mary Ritchie White


67


7


8


Dec. 11


Sarah Daniels.


78


17


Dec. 11


Christopher Preston .


52


6


29


Dec. 11


Frank Sawyer Clarke.


41


8


2


Dec. 18


Patrick J. Power .


69


4


Dec. 20


Sara Louise Callahan


26


5


19


Dec. 21


Abby Louisa Peirce .


82


5


Dec. 21


John Howard Sawyer


58


11


Dec. 24


Arved Janiten .


7


8


11


Dec. 24


William Cosdillo


2


9


19


Dec. 24


Kate I. Muller .


61


8


27


Dec. 24


Philip Sherman Smith


. .


2


8


Dec. 25


Elza G. Hamm.


1


9


Dec. 25


Elmira Eliza Grover


74


3


.


.


2


Nov. 11


Charles Walcott Smith


Nov. 19


Octavia May Ayer


Nov. 24


Bertha Rosenthal.


34


·


.


+


Dec. 12


Walter E. Mullen .


2


Dec.


9


. .


.


Oct. 27


Margaret Hill .


Nov. 4


247


REPBRT OF TOWN CLERK


Date of Death


Name


Yrs.


Age Mos.


Days


Dec. 26


Patrick Luddy


75


.


·


.


Dec. 28


Charles McConnell .


74


5


1


Dec. 29


Mary Louise Pendleton


72


5


12


Dec. 29


Mary Lillian Joyce .


9


17


Dec. 31


Sarah Cobb Knowles


76


1


18


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


The following is a brief report of the Health Department together with such recommendations as the Board deems advisable in connection with Public Health work in the Town of Arlington.


ORGANIZATION


Mr. Alfred H. Knowles after twelve years service on the Board declined to run for another term, and Dr. Ernest R. Brooks was elected in his place. The Board organized on the evening of March 2, 1920 and elected Mr. Alfred W. Lombard Chairman, Drs. Atwood and Brooks completing the mem- bership.


APPOINTMENTS


WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Agent and Clerk.


EZEKIEL PRATT, Physician to the Board.


EZEKIEL PRATT, Bacteriologist.


FLORA M. WILSON, Nurse (part time).


ALFRED W. LOMBARD, Inspector of Milk.


THOMAS J. GREEN, Inspector of Slaughtering.


GEORGE W. DAY, (Civil Service. Appointed 1918 for three years) Inspector of Plumbing.


The Board is pleased to announce that the Dental Clinic, the equipping of which was a gift to the Town, has completed a very successful year, and is deserving of the hearty support of parents as well as school and health officials. This new depart- ure in public health work, should, if continued over a period of years, prove to be of decided benefit to the health and comfort of our school children. A summary of the year's work in the clinic is included in another part of this report.


While we have not had any pronounced epidemic of a con- tagious disease during the year, the total number of com-


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BOARD OF HEALTH


municable diseases reported to the office is somewhat larger than usual. This is due in a great measure to the growth of the Town, also to the fact that additional communicable diseases, including influenza are now reportable diseases. Notwith- standing that tuberculosis hospitals (except State Sanatoriums) have increased their rates fourteen per cent and contagious hospitals forty per cent, we have, with our usual appropriation, the amount of which has not been increased for the past three years, taken care of all cases, paid the bills and returned a substantial balance to the Town Treasury. This has been possible largely through the efforts of our Agent in adjusting claims of persons suffering with communicable diseases in out of town hospitals, and claiming legal settlement in Arlington.


There have been many calls during the year to abate nuisances, investigate unsanitary conditions, and examine suspected foodstuffs. All such are referred to the Agent for investigation, and if possible abatement. Complaints of a serious nature are submitted to the Board for adjustment.


We are indebted to the various local volunteer health and charitable organizations, who upon our request furnished clothing, etc., to several needy sick persons, and to further note the willingness of these organizations to at all times co-operate with us, and on every occasion with pleasing results.


RECOMMENDATIONS


We would recommend the extension of the public sewer from Brattle Street through Brattle Park to house numbered 33. Also in the new development known as High Haith, situated on the southeasterly side of Highland Avenue, and possibly the Allen Farm development between Massachusetts Avenue and Broadway. As the matter of sewage disposal is of vital interest in regard to health work, we shall repeat our annual request, and suggest to the citizens that liberal appropriations for sewer extensions be made.


250


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


During the year the following number of communicable diseases were reported to this office: 1


Anterior Poliomyelitis (Infantile paralysis)


2


Chicken Pox


39


Diphtheria


35


Cerebral-spinal Meningitis


1


German Measles


1


Opthalmia Neonatorum


1


Influenza


284


Lobar Pneumonia


18


Measles


231


Mumps


54


Scarlet Fever


109


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


39


Typhoid Fever


5


Whooping Cough


42


Total 861


Five persons afflicted with tuberculosis were through this office admitted to State Sanatoriums, one to the Cambridge Tuberculosis Hospital, and one temporarily to the Channing Home. Thirteen persons suffering with scarlet fever, and seven with diphtheria were admitted to contagious hospitals. Notice. was received from State Sanatoriums of the death of two of our patients from tuberculosis, and one from the same disease from the Cambridge Tuberculosis Hospital. From the contagious hospitals, notices were received of the death of three Arlington persons from diphtheria, one from scarlet fever and three from Anterio Poliomyelitis (Infantile paralysis).


In the early part of the year, and without consulting this Board, the United States Public Health service arranged with the owner of the Sanatorium known as Pinewood Rest, located at 53 Appleton Street, for the housing of suspected tubercu- losis ex-service men. When knowledge of this reached the Board, steps were immediately taken to learn just what meas- ures had been adopted, in the selection of this site, for the protection of the public health. With this end in view the United States Public Health Service was communicated with,


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BOARD OF HEALTH


also the State Department of Public Health was consulted, the result being that invitations were accepted, and representatives- of both departments were present at our meeting of May 3, 1920. At this meeting the subject matter was thoroughly gone into- and while duly cognizant, and fully appreciating the service these young men rendered to their country in time of need, the Board, purely in the interest of the public health, was. and still is, of the opinion that an institution of this kind should not be located in a thickly settled residential section of the Town. With the assurance however from the representatives of the United States Public Health Service that the occupying of this- building for this purpose was to be but temporary, the Govern- ment having in mind the erection of permanent quarters else- where for the care of these men, the Board decided to take no action at this time, other than having the building inspected, the taking of frequent sputums from these men for examination by our bacteriologist, and the making of such special rules and regulations as they deem advisable for the governing of this institution while it is being thus occupied.


ALFRED W. LOMBARD, Chairman, CHARLES F, ATWOOD, M.D., ERNEST R. BROOKS, D.M.D., Board of Health.


252


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


VITAL STATISTICS


Population (estimated)


18,500


Total number of births (stil !- births excluded)


Total number of deaths from all causes (still-births excluded)


265


Number of deaths under one year


25


Apparent birth rate, per thousand


29.6


Apparent death rate, per thousand


12.97


Infant mortality, per thousand


1.3


Males


Females


Total


Number of still-births


18


7


25


DEATHS BY MONTHS (still-births excluded)


1919


1920


January


40


24


February


12


39


March


23


17


April


18


18


May


15


27


June


5


21


July


17


20


August


4


18


September


20


23


October


18


18


November


23


18


December


17


22


Total


212


265


Still-births


17


25


Total


229


265


NOTE: For names of persons dying see report of Town Clerk.


253


BOARD OF HEALTH


DEATHS BY AGE AND SEX (Still-births excluded)


Male


Female


Deaths of persons under one year


10


15


Total 25


.


From one to 2 years


2


1.


3


From 2 to 3 years


2


2


4


From 3 to 4 years


0


0


0


From 4 to 5 years


0


1


1


From 5 to 9 years


2


1


3


From 9 to 14 years


2


1


3


From 14 to 19 years


5


3


8


From 19 to 24 years


1


2


3


From 24 to 29 years


2


5


7


From 29 to 34 years


1


7


8


From 34 to 39 years


3


5


8


From 39 to 44 years


3


7


10


From 44 to 49 years


6


8


14


From 49 to 54 years


15


8


23


From 54 to 59 years


8


9


17


From 59 to 64 years


5


14


19


From 64 to 69 years


11


16


27


From 69 to 74 years


12


14


26


From 74 to 79 years


9


16


25


From 79 to 84 years


9


11


20


From 84 to 89 years


3


7


10


From 89 to 94 years


0


1


1


Total


111


154


265


1


1


CAUSES OF DEATHS


Causes of Death


All Ages M F


Under 1 yr.


1


2


3


4


5-9


10-14


15-19


20-29


30-39


40-49


50-59


60-69


70-79


80-89


90+


I. General Diseases:


Influenza .


2


5


F-1


F-2


M-1 F-1


M-1


F-1


Erysipelas


0


1


F-1


Pulmonary Tuberculosis .


4


6


M-1


Tubercular Meningitis.


2


3


F-2


M-1


M-1


Abdominal Tuberculosis .


2


1


F-1


M-1 F-1 M-1


M-1


Cancer of the Buccal Cavity


2


1


M-1


Cancer of Stomach, Liver.


2


0


M-2


Cancer of Breast. .


2


3


F-2 M-1


Cancer of Intestines, Rectum. .


2


3


F-1


F-1


Cancer of Female Genitals ..


0


7


F-1


F-3 M-1


F-2


F-1


Cancer of Bladder .


1


1


F-1


M-1


M-1


General Septicemia .


2


1


F-1


M-1


Diabetes .


1


0


Anæmia Chloris


0


5


F-1


F-1


F-2


F-1


Peri-Nephritic Abcess


0


1


F-1


Typhoid Fever. 0


2


F-1


F-1


II. Diseases of the Nervous System and the Organs of Special Sense:


Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis


0


1


F-1


F-1


F-1


M-1 F-4


M-3 F-5 | F-4


M-4


Cerebral Hemorrhage. 8


15


F-1


F-2


M-1 F-1


M-2


F-1 M-1 F-1


M-1 F-1


F-1 M-1 F-1


Dementia Paralytica.


0


2


Hemorrhage of Brain.


0


1


Abcess of Brain.


1


1


Congestion of Brain. Other diseases of the Nervous System .


0


1


III. Diseases of the Circulatory System:


1


M-1


M-1


Acute Endocarditis


2


2


M-2


Organic Discases of the Heart.


2


11


F-1 M-1


F-4


F-5 M-1


F-1 M-1


Myocarditis.


3


4


M-1


Congenital Heart Lesion


1


0


M-1


Angina Pectoris.


2


1


Arterio-Sclerosis .


6


5


M-1


Bleeder.


1


1


F-1


M-1


Mitral Insufficiency


1


3


F-1 M-1


F-2 M-1 F-1


Mitral Regurgitation


2


2


Cardiac Dilation.


0


1


M-1


Cardiac Insufficiency


1


0


M-1


Cerebral Embolism .


1


1


Pulmonary Thrombus .


0


1


F-1 M-1


M-1


Cerebral Thrombus .


2


0


Organic Disease of Heart.


1


5


F-1


F-3


M-1 F-1


F-1


F-1


F-1


M-1


F-1


F-1


0


1


F-1


F-1


F-1


F-3


F-1


M-1


M-1 F-1 M-5


F-4


F-1


F-1


F-1


F-1


CAUSES OF DEATHS - Continued


Causes of Death


All Ages M F


| Under 1 yr.


1


2


3


4


5-9


10-14


15-19


20-29


30-39


40-49


50-59


60-69


70-79


80-89


90+


IV. Diseases of the Respiratory Sys- tem:


Acute Bronchitis .


1


1


F-1 M-1


Chronie Bronchitis.


1


0


Broncho-Pneumonia.


12


16


F-1


F-3 M-1 F-1


M-3 F-1


F-2


F-1


Nasal Hemorrhage .


1


0


2


F-1


F-1


V. Diseases of the Digestive System: Diarrhea and Enteritis (Under 2 Years) .


1


2


M-1 F-2


Diarrhea and Enteritis (2 Years and over)


0


1


F-1


Cirrhosis of the Liver .


1


1


M-1


Simple Peritonitis


1


4


Acidosis .


0


2


F-2


M-1


Acute Intestinal Obstruction


1


0


M-1


Ileo-Colitis .


1


0


Bantis Disease .


0


1


F-1


VI. Non-Venereal Diseases of the Genito-Urinary System and Annexa:


Bright's Disease .


0


1


F-1


M-2


Chronic Intestinal Nephritis


6


9


F-3


F-2


M-2 F-2


M-2 F-2


Pulmonary Oedema. .. 0


1


M-1 F-2


M-2


M-2 F-2 M-1


M-1 F-5 M-1


M-5 F-2


M-1 F-1


Lobar Pneumonia .


6


6


F-1


M-1


F-1


F-1 |F-3


F-1


M-1


Papillary Odenoma .


0


1


F-1


Uremic Poisoning .


0


1


F-1


VII. The Puerperal State:


Puerperal Eclampsia . .


0


1


F-1


Congenital Debility .


1


0


Surgical Shock.


0


1


F-1


X. Malformation:


Patent foramen Ovale .


0


1


F-1


Myxedema


0


1


F-1


XI. Diseases of Early Infancy :


Premature Birth.


4


3


M-4 F-3 M-1


Hemorrhage of the New Born. .


1


0


XII. Old Age:


Senile Dementia .


0


1


F-1


XIII. Affections produced by


External Causes:


M-1


M-2


Accidental Drowning. . .


3


0


.


Illuminating Gas Accident . 1 Fracture of Skull, Struck by Loco- motive .. . 1


0


M-1


M-1


0


M-1


CAUSES OF DEATHS - Concluded


Causes of Death


All Ages M F


Under 1 yr.


1


2


3


4


5-9


10-14


15-19


20-29


30-39


40-49


50-59


60-69


70-79


80-89


90+


Fracture of Skull, Auto Accident. .


1


0


Fracture of Femur, Auto


2


0


M-1


M-1


Fracture of Skull, Fall.


2


0


M-1


Crushing.


1


0


M-1


M-1


Burns.


2


0


Sucide by Drowning


0


2


F-1


F-1 M-1


Suicide by Hanging.


1


0


M-1


M-1


M-1


259


BOARD OF HEALTH


REPORT OF THE AGENT


INSPECTION OF MARKETS, STORES, ETC.


Inspections and investigations by the Agent of the Board


Stores and Markets


343


Fish Markets


57


Lunch rooms and carts


166


Bakeries


72


Fruit stores


67


Soda fountains


66


Barber shops


34


Total


805


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COMPLAINTS


The following is a list of complaints received and abated during the year.


Stagnant water in cellars


6


Cellars dirty


8


Odor from swine


7


Garbage pails unclean


8


Overflowing cesspools


6


Sewer complaints


8


Unheated tenements


3


Yards dirty


7


Dumps


3


Toilets unsanitary


3


Crowing roosters


4


Overcrowding in tenements


5


Minor complaints


27


Total


95


HEARINGS The Board held one hearing on complaint of a hen nuisance.


WILLIAM H. BRADLEY,


Agent.


260


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


UNDERTAKERS APPOINTED


Bonney, Thomas S., 21 Fairview Avenue.


Dale, William P., 113 Medford Street.


Derby, Edwin L., 6 Freeman Street


Grannan, Daniel W., 276 Massachusetts Avenue.


Grannan, William D., 276 Massachusetts Avenue.


Hartwell, Charles T. (firm name J. Henry Hartwell & Son), 4 Medford Street.


Kelley, George H., 418 Massachusetts Avenue.


Quinn, Joseph F., 138 Warren Street.


Saville, Leonard B., 8 Avon Place.


PERMITS ISSUED


Fifty-three permits were granted to keep 124 cows.


Twelve permits were granted to keep 74 ducks.


Eleven permits were granted to keep 27 goats.


Three hundred and fifty-one permits were granted to keep 17,324 hens.


Seventy-three permits were granted to keep 178 swine.


To HAUL OFFAL


Sixty-six permits were granted to haul offal through the town.


To BUILD CESSPOOLS Twenty-one permits were granted to build cesspools.


To CLEAN OUT CESSPOOLS Twenty-nine permits were granted to clean out cesspools.


TO CONDUCT RUMMAGE SALES Four permits were granted to conduct rummage sales.


LYING-IN HOSPITALS Three permits were approved to maintain lying-in hospitals.


261


BOARD OF HEALTH


To MAINTAIN BOARDING HOUSES FOR INFANTS


Four permits were approved to maintain boarding houses for infants.


MASSAGE AND MANICURING


Four permits were granted to conduct massage and mani- curing parlors.


ALCOHOLS


Fifteen licenses were granted under Chapter 360 of the General Acts of 1920 to buy, sell and deal in methyl alcohol, wood alcohol or denatured alcohol. Fee $1.00.


To COLLECT GREASE, ETC.


Six licenses were granted to collect grease, bones, etc., from stores. Fee $2.00.


SLAUGHTER HOUSE


One license was granted to maintain a slaughter house. Fee $1.00.


1


262


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH NURSE


JANUARY 1, 1921.


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Board of Health Nurse for the year ending December 31, 1920.


Number of visits to


Tuberculosis cases


487


Measle cases


163


Diptheria cases


25


Mumps cases


20


Whooping cough cases


8


Chicken pox cases


6


Scarlet fever cases


95


Typhoid fever cases


6


Influenza cases


39


Venereal cases


4


Miscellaneous cases


17


Total 870


Boarding House for Infants inspected


4


Patients treated at Dispensary 40


Patients sent to State Institutions


6


Patients sent to Cambridge Tuberculosis Hospital 2


Cases reported to Charitable organizations


12


Tuberculosis cases under supervision December 31, 1920


75


Respectfully submitted,


FLORA M. WILSON, R.N.


263


BOARD OF F HEALTH


REPORT OF THE BACTERIOLOGIST


JANUARY 1, 1921.


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Bacteriologist for the year ending December 31, 1920.


Bacteriological Laboratory


Positive


Negative 233


Total


Throat cultures


34


267


Sputa (T. B.)


21


88


109


Widal test (Typhoid)


6


43


49


Malaria Smears


0


11


11


Venereal Smears


15


22


37


School children (Cultures)


1


46


47


War Risk patients at Pinewood Rest


5


65


70


Totals


82


508


590


In addition to the above I have made many private exami- nations for physicians, such as examinations of urines, blood smears, spinal fluid, and isolation of bacteria. Having taken a course under Dr. Leslie Spooner, I feel fully competent to do all clinical laboratory tests, including typing of pneumonia.




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