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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
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Feb. 16
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Jan.
27
John Barry
62
. .
3
Feb.
2
Walter Dean Sawyer
53
31
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Feb. 12
Gaspero Cresci .
·
Jan. 19
Harriet Ayer .
38
:
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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
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·
. .
·
·
·
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
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52
.
1
.
.
May 28
Harriet T. Crump
39
May
9
May 22
Maria V. Reposa .
70
6
. .
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.
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
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. .
July 27
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. .
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
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. .
·
July 21
2
July 28
Melissa A. Norris. .
·
.
Aug. 13
Ella Frances Murray
62
6
3
June 24
.
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8
July 13
July
July 20
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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