Town of Arlington annual report 1923, Part 15

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Publication date: 1923
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Arlington


Dec. 31 Arlington


George F. Hackett Salem


Lillian M. (Thomas) Haley . . Salem


Dec. 31 Boston


Charles Edmund Harrington . Arlington Ruth Frances LaMachia . . Allston


Leominster


Edith May Jackson


Ernest H. Huntress Lynn


Dec. 26 Boston


Daphne Dell Reilly


New York, N. Y.


Rosamond Wood . Arlington


Madeleine Thacher . Arlington


Lillian Bertha Anderson Arlington


Greta Margaret Lawson Everett


Helen Rebecca Saloman . Arlington


270


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


DEATHS REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1923


Date of


Age


Death


Name


Yrs.


Mos. Days


Jan. 1


Fernando Miles


82


3


17


Jan. 4


Hyde


1


Jan. 4 James W. Fowler.


62


5


Jan. 5 Thomas Kennedy Martin.


69


2


29


Jan. 5


Ada M. Balch.


81


6


17


Jan. 5


Otis Learned.


11


10


13


Jan.


6


Albert D. Stanton .


75


9


22


Jan. -


7


Ethel Ruby Maddocks


70


. .


. .


Jan.


10 Nora M. Hoare


43


. .


. .


Jan.


12


Abby Stuart Taylor.


85


7


4


Jan. 13


James Henry Holian


26


. .


. .


Jan. 13


Thomas McEnaney


60


Jan. 13 Richard William Pratt.


90


11


18


Jan. 15


William Walker Robertson.


68


S


24


Jan. 15


Louis May.


65


.


.


Jan. 15


Charles E. Collins .


8


1


Jan.


15


Annie M. L. Hickey


51


1


Jan. 15


Grace Appleton Phelps.


49


8


25


Jan. 15


Mary Hammond .


63


8


28


Jan. 16


Mary E. Wetherbee


85


5


8


Jan. 18


Rebecca Adams Farrington .


86


11


10


Jan. 20


Horace A. Maloon.


60


. .


·


Jan. 22


Ann Jane Learned


92


4


23


Jan.


22 Carl T. Elfstrom .


55


4


12


Jan.


23


Walter A. Adams.


50


6


16


Jan. 23


Richard S. Hall.


63


6


28


Jan. 24


Florence H. Nordstrom


23


10


3


Jan.


24


Bryce I. Burns


17


10


6


Jan. 25


Josephine R. Lane


42


6


Jan.


25


William B. Lynch


72


8


19


Jan.


26


Frank Wellington Hodgdon.


67


Jan.


26


Sarah E. Miley


75


7


11


Jan.


26


Edith May Ivester


12


1


13


Jan.


26


Dagmar Johnson .


30


.


Jan.


29


Elizabeth E. Blake


61


11


27


Jan.


29


Generoso DeMaio


63


. .


. .


Jan.


29


Zeba L. Bartlett.


52


·


·


Feb.


1


Elizabeth Celestine Hutchinson


70


5


13


Feb.


3 Anna C. Barlow.


72


3


. .


Feb. 3 Ann McGovern


86


8


. .


Feb.


6 Angus D. McLeod.


56


.


. .


Feb.


7 George Gilman Larkin


89


2


28


Feb.


7 Georgie R. Brazier


77


9


29


Feb.


8 Nellie Matthews


32


2


23


Feb. 9 Ida E. Peterson


60


3


18


Feb.


10 Annie Preston.


57


7


26


Feb. 12 Samuel W. Forest


61


7


4


Feb. 12 Elena Mildred Hues


5


3


21


Feb.


14 Caroline Lewis


75


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2


.


.


.


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Jan.


26


14


Jan. 25


Ernest E. Pearse


.


.


. .


Jan. 11 Mary Begley


68


2


8


Jan. 9


Michael F. Burke


·


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Feb.


6 Pietro Gaungi.


11


.


Jan. 3


.


271


REPORT OF TOWN CLERK


Date of Death


Name


Yrs. Mos. Days


Feb. 14


Margaret J. Holohan


63


Feb. 14 Hulda C. McNeal .


88


4


23


Feb. 16 Henry Thomas Frye.


67


Feb. 16


Donald Higgins .


69


10


Feb. 16


John Hokanson .


67


11


Feb. 16 Elizabeth M. L'Estrange .


42


17


1


Feb. 17


Ciriaco Spina .


35


15


27


Feb. 18


Leander J. Gustafson.


32


11


23


Feb.


22


Frank Augustus Child


73


1


29


Feb. 22


Carl J. Larsen.


69


8


5


Feb. 22


Olive Raynes .


89


7


11


Feb. 22


Lizzie Maud Brown


51


8


17


Feb. 23


Mary J. Power.


4


3


. .


Feb. 23


James Keaney


50


. .


. .


Feb. 24


Ellen Tobin.


70


. .


. .


Feb. 24


Gladys Elnora Swan.


27


10


22


Feb. 24


Margaret May Mansell


62


.


18


Feb. 25


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Feb. 25


Martha A. McCarthy


43


4


15


Mar. 1


Annie L. Freeman .


81


1


7


Mar. 2


Carrie A. Hayden .


62


11


26


Mar. 3


James L. Hatch


79


9


29


Mar.


3


Walter B. Hewins .


80


10


18


Mar. 5


Margaret McGuinness


69


.


·


Mar. 6 Emma F. Hewins.


78


4


6


Mar.


6 Thomas Kerr .


43


2


10


Mar.


6


Mary Daly .


42


.


.


Mar.


7


Harriet Holmes .


87


10


29


Mar. 7


Fannie Ewell Dodge


69


9


23


Mar.


8


John Fraser.


24


9


4


Mar.


8


Thomas White


16


2


2


Mar.


8


73


1


26


Mar. 10


Catherine Connors


80


Mar. 11


William Beck .


26


11


28


Mar. 11


Esther Marion Wyman


38


5


6


Mar. 11


Hortense Lovett Grant.


75


3


19


Mar. 12


John Stynes .


59


1


10


Mar. 16


Matthew P. Callanan


55


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·


Mar. 20


George Dwight Moore


87


1


13


Mar. 21


Laura G. Carroll .


19


6


3


Mar. 22


John E. Canniff.


25


6


10


Mar. 23


Harold F. Collier


11


6


23


Mar. 26


George Hartnell Bartlett


84


10


2


Mar. 27


Gustave Berglund


76


2


15


Mar. 28


N. Adelaide Melick.


62


11


4


Mar. 30


Mary D'Arcy .


56


10


2


Mar. 31


Helena Haupt


28


4


21


April


1


John Victor Drew .


79


4


5


April 3 A. Kidder Page


59


8


8


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..


Feb. 25


Leslie J. Canniff .


. .


4


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Mar.


2


·


·


Mar. 18


Pearl Hazel Selig


2


Mar. 19


Edward Irving Leland


.


Age


Feb. 19


Feb. 24


Feb. 26


272


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Date of Death


Name


Yrs.


Mos. Days


April 3


Thomas L. Crecley . .


73


10


11


April 4 Elizabeth Burnham Evans.


79


2


April 4


Lillian Etta May Kenney


23


5


12


April 4


Ruth Preston .


1


2


April 4


April 4


Edythe H. Blevins


25


5


16


April 5


Mary A. Hurney .


69


.


·


April 6


Josephine A. Sherden


37


6


4


April


6


Albin J. Anderson .


63


11


25


April


7


April


7


Helen V. Cass.


3


10


2


April


8


Herbert Garfield Pearse, Jr


56


3


18


April 10


Jane O. Moses .


71


3


1


April 11


Ernest Graves Pearse


58


3


5


April 14


Annie Isabel Beattie .


41


S


5


April 16


Frederick Joseph Devlin


6


3


10


April 17


April 17


Susan Elizabeth Bowker.


86


8


. .


April 18


Philip B. Stevens.


..


..


.


April 20


Sophia Johnson.


60


1


3


April 20


Bushrod E. Hoppin.


94


7


18


April 21


Edward A. Fales


61


4


1


April 24


Sarah Dixen .


90


.


April 27


Martha J. Delano .


53


4


4


April 27


Theodore P. Harding


62


7


29


April 29


Thomas H. Kneeland


64


..


.


.


May 2


Elizabeth Smith.


81


. .


May


3 William L. Holmes


75


2


19


May


3


Ernest G. Shumway


47


5


18


May


9


Francis J. Williams


74


11


May 10


Nils Sorensen


58


9


23


May 11


Gerrish


1


11


3


May 12


Emil Schwab.


72


18


May 12


Elizabeth Stearns Shattuck .


87


10


28


May 13


Catherine McGrath


52


.


. .


.


May 14


Emma Louise Negus


74


3


13


May 14


Anna M. Black.


4


.


. .


May 16


Eliza A. Grey


77


11


26


May 22


Mary E. Young


80


2


13


May 22


Mary Livingston


44


12


May 24


Marguerite Muriel Murphy:


1


6


7


May 25


Florence L. Crowley


47


11


16


May 26


Michael Drinan .


70


11


6


May 30


Jacob Baker


36


May 31


Hugh Gough Messenger


76


3


19


June 1 John A. Galvin.


75


. .


·


June 3 James W. McGinley


22


5


23


. .


.


.


28


April 12


Majoric Sophia Horton.


. .


. .


1


April 19


Sophie E. Shamich.


57


May 1


Elizabeth C. Allen


89


. .


1


May 11


Douglas V. Lord


May 13


May 26


Mildred M. Meadows


June 1 Patrick Shea.


38


1


15


.


25


April 9


Thomas J. Robinson .


Age


May 19


273


REPORT OF TOWN CLERK


Date of Death


Name


Yrs.


Mos. Days


June 3


William H. Robinson . .


55


24


June


4


Stella Kathryn E. Stevens


14


. .


4


June


6 Bridget Mitchell.


71


7


6


June


7


James B. Jackson.


80


2


11


June


9


James A. Cooper


79


10


27


June


9


Robert D. Porter


15


1


. .


June 9


. .


June 12


Margaret Leahy.


64


6


15


June 16


Gaetano Di'Francesco


73


·


·


June 1'


Angeline Bartlett Swadkins


89


9


20


June 18


Michael Lowder.


63


9


28


June 18


Ellen Fitzgerald .


87


4


9


June 19


Charles A. Flynn .


54


.


. .


June 22


June 25


Michael Dennan.


74


. .


. .


June 28


Thomas Edward Fay


57


June 29


Frances L. Cram .


72 .


2


1


July


2


Letitia S. Cook.


75


17


July


3


Thomas George Cloake.


55


. .


1


July


5


Jennie Sweetser Spring


63


2


23


July 6


Ernest Karazeanes


21


5


6


July 7


Hazel Glen Allen


27


4


24


July


11


Lillian Miranda McDowell.


51


7


29


July 14


Maurice Keezer


30


1


4


July


19


Domingos A. DeMello


88


3


6


July


20


Bridget Swanton


71


. .


. .


July 20


James A. Barker


70


.


·


July 21


James B. Commins .


2


4


7


July 23


Edward L. Kingman.


57


2


26


July 29 Agnes T. Lenk .


73


3


22


Aug.


1


Elizabeth M. Gothorpe


52


11


25


Aug.


2 Samuel F. Burdett


79


3


10


Aug. 2 Serafina Cameriera


1


3


13


Aug.


4


Annette E. Kennedy


74


7


10


Aug.


4


Catherine Golden


49


Aug.


6


Caroline Fisher


62


1


12


Aug. 8


John T. Lusk


65


6


13


Aug.


9


Rachel Anne Fuller


81


1


17


Aug. 9


Frank A. McLean


42


10


20


Aug. 10


Frederick M. Fallon


2


10


.


Aug. 17


Ida Gottlieb


34


Aug. 19


Anna Fehliman


. .


. .


Aug. 19


. .


. .


. .


.


Aug. 20


Mary Doyle


58


8


19


Aug. 20


Edith Lattie.


61


4


29


Aug. 22 Robert J. Ward.


21


26


Aug. 23


Thomas Hood Sully


85


5


1


Aug. 24


Marianna Hyde.


56


11


26


Aug. 25


Albert Hansen


.


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·


.


.


July 18


Martin J. Conley


45


.


.


.


.


.


.


29


June 4 John Maurice Wiseman .


39


.


·


June 15


June 18


Edwin Walker Phillips


66


8


15


June 20


Catherine Cremins.


July 5


Pike.


.


.


2


Aug. 19


2


Age


274


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Date of Death


Name


Yrs.


Mos. Days


Aug. 25 Mary T. Mannix.


12


1


8


Aug. 28


William J. Thompson .


78


9


11


Aug. 31


Georgianna Hill


70


S


6


Sept. 5


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..


Sept. S


Sept. 10 John W. Fermoyle.


61


4


6


Sept. 12 Susan Kearney


71


2


4


Sept. 15


Edward T. Curnick


72


11


22


Sept. 15


Dorothea Hahl


co .


2


Sept. 16


John Frederick Bitzer


73


6


28


Sept. 16


Cloff Brandberg


72


4


28


Sept. 19


Hortents LeGender


73


.


Sept. 20


Mary A. Alexandre.


60


1


Sept. 20


Madeline Green .


61


9


21


Sept. 24


George W. Dorntee


70


8


2


Sept. 26


George B. Hanley


72


9


7


Sept. 30


Charles J. Chase .


76


9


19


Oct. 2


Charlotte Hawkes.


81


10


20


Oct.


5 Marianna Cortinovis


30


. .


Oct. 6


John Patrick Merrigan


23


1


6


Oct. 6 Julia L. Worcester


56


8


7


Oct. 7 Arthur Vaillancourt


69


5


1


Oct.


10


Charles B. F. Davis


47


4


Oct. 12


Edward F. Scully


51


2


9


Oct. 13


Caroline Pike.


76


3


4


Oct.


14


Susanna G. VanHorn


82


1


5


Oct.


16


·


. .


19


Oct. 20


Elizabeth Clark .


66


4


24


Oct. 25


Edward A. Jones


76


8


11


Oct. 28


James Curtin .


72


. .


. .


Oct. 29


John F. Krohn


45


Oct. 30


Katherine P. Hart


25


2


13


Nov. 4


Antonia Pisano


85


Nov. 7


Mary Louise Smith .


86


11


30


Nov. 8


Leonard Parker Stearns.


22


8


20


Nov. 8


Hamilton Henry Perkins


73


2


2


Nov. 10


William Alphonso Prince


59


7


27


Nov. 16


Cornelius D. Smith .


S2


3


10


Nov. 18


Catherine M. Murphy


59


. .


Nov. 18


Cornelia C. Ware


48


1


28


Nov. 19


Elizabeth M. Bruce


12


4


29


Nov. 19


Morris Povetkin


45


Nov. 20


Mabelle V. Harrington


27


2


8


Nov. 21


Willard Munroe Hill


46


6


12


Nov. 21


Florence Irma Higgins


20


8


4


Nov. 22


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Nov. 22


Amelia Congdon Gladwin


82


11


10


Nov. 24


Hannah M. Dunn .


76


5


26


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1


2


16


Sept. 15


Evelyn E. Walker.


3


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.


.


12


Sept. 25


Mary Garvey


.


.


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·


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Nov. 15


Irene May Smith


28


Oct. 17


Oct. 31


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Nov. 19


·


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Nov. 24


. .


Sept. 12 Walter Earle Hight, Jr


Age


275


REPORT OF TOWN CLERK


Date of Death


Name'


Yrs.


Mos. Days


Nov. 24


Elizabeth Bell


81


8 20


Nov. 27 Catherine F. Quigley


50


Nov. 27 Daniel.C. Brown


68


1


7


Nov. 28


Alphonso G. Frye


90


6


10


Nov. 29


Ella Blake McKee


65


5


8


Nov. 30


Mary Eugenia Hull


88


6


1


Dec.


1


Mary Myette.


80


26


Dec.


5


Mary J. Colgan


64


6


11


Dec. 5


John F. Ward


52


2


18


Dec.


5


Dec.


6


Warren Caleb Bucknam


39


3


7


Dec.


9


George Sumner Smith


64


1


18


Dec. 12


Richard Chandler


6


11


21


Dec. 12


Walter Brown


47


3


3


Dec.


13


Julia Annie Twombly


58


8


9


Dec. 17


Fred George Quimby


60


8


2


Dec. 18


Mary B. Sweeney .


6


5


7


Dec. 19


Alfred T. Marston .


74


7


20


Dec. 19


Dec. 23


Ella M. Averill


78


11


23


Dec. 23


George Moritz Wahl


72


6


8


Dec. 24


Margaret Chapman Bolles


53


10


17


Dec. 25


James Conway


43


4


20


Dec. 25


Virginia Luz.


7


16


Dec. 25


Dorothy Edwards


8


2


12


Dec. 26


Dec. 27


Annette Sheehan


82


.


· ·


23


Dec. 31


Abbie Francena Farmer.


69


6


13


. .


. .


11


Dec. 27


Lillian Mullen .


36


Dec. 28


Mary J. Preston


65


.


Age


BOARD OF HEALTH


The Board of Health herewith submits the twenty-ninth annual report of the department with a brief review of a few of its most important activities during the year.


At the Annual Town Meeting of March 5, 1923, Ernest R. Brooks, D.M.D., having received two thousand two hundred and seventy-two (2272) votes was declared re-elected a member of the Board for the term of three years. Dr. Brooks having been sworn to the faithful performance of his duties by the Town Clerk, the Board organized on March 5th, with the re- election of Mr. Alfred W. Lombard to serve as its Chairman for the ensuing year.


The following are the appointments made by the Board at the regular monthly meeting of April 2d, together with those of later date, made necessary by resignations:


APPOINTMENTS


WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Agent and Clerk.


EZEKIEL PRATT, M.D., Physician to Board.


EZEKIEL PRATT, M.D., Bacteriologist.


*ALICE R. WATERHOUSE, Nurse (part time).


ETHEL M. FISHER, Nurse (part time).


E. F. MACKAY, D.M.D., Dental Operator.


MARION K. PEIRCE, Assistant to Dental Operator.


HELEN L. DUNK, Assistant to Dental Operator.


ALFRED W. LOMBARD, Inspector of Milk. WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Collector of Milk Samples.


*F. HOLDEN SMITH, V.M.D., Inspector of Slaugh tering.


WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Inspector of Slaughtering. CHESTER L. BLAKELY, .M.D.V., Inspector of Slaughtering.


Owing to the large number of cases of diphtheria occurring annually, the Board continued the policy begun the latter part of 1922, in conducting free Schick test and immunizing clinics, * Resigned.


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BOARD OF HEALTH


which, with the consent of the School Committee, were held in the several Town schools. At these clinics a total of eight hundred and forty-three persons were Schicked. Of this num- ber six hundred and fifty showed a positive reaction, meaning that they were susceptible to diphtheria, and if exposed to the disease would probably contract it. Five hundred and fifty-two of these susceptibles were, upon request, given the immunizing treatment of toxin anti-toxin. Notwithstanding that in this, as in all other preventive measures where the injection of a serum is necessary, there is bound to be a diversity of opinion, yet we believe that the immunizing with toxin anti-toxin, when prop- erly done, is a prime factor in combating diphtheria, and to those parents contemplating having their children immunized, we would advise the family physician as the proper person to administer the treatment.


The rapid growth of the Town calls for constantly in-' creasing appropriations to meet the demands of public neces- sities, and public sewers being recognized as one of the most important of public necessities, we would accordingly recom- mend liberal appropriations for same.


The Valley sewer seems at last likely to become a reality, and with its completion, will be a piece of constructive work which will be of great service to the Town.


The Dental Clinic has completed another year of useful- ness, and the results are plain to be seen in the improved con- dition of the mouths of our school children.


Miss Alice R. Waterhouse who, for the past two years has very efficiently filled the position of nurse (part time) for this department, tendered her resignation to take effect Sep- tember 1, 1923. Miss Waterhouse resigned to accept the posi- tion of nurse in our public schools, and Miss Ethel M. Fisher was appointed to fill the vacancy, beginning her duties October 1, 1923.


In the Dental Clinic, Mrs. Marion K. Peirce, who has occupied the position of assistant to the Operator from the opening of the clinic, was obliged, owing to ill health, to re- linquish the position January 1, 1924, and in her place Miss Helen L. Dunk has been appointed temporarily.


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


F. Holden Smith, V.M.D., who has served the Town as Inspector of Slaughtering from March 13, 1922, tendered his resignation to take effect December 1, 1923, and Chester L. Blakely, M. D. V., of Lexington was appointed to fill out the unexpired term.


The usual number of permits and licenses conforming with our regulations were issued during the year.


The reports of appointees, together with reports of vital statistics follow.


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


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BOARD OF HEALTH


REPORT OF THE AGENT


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Agent of the Board for the year ending December 31, 1923:


INPECTIONS


During the year, four hundred and thirty three inspections were made of food producing and distributing establishments including bakeries, ice cream plants, soda fountains, etc.


COMMUNICABLE DISEASES REQUIRING HOSPITAL TREATMENT


Twelve persons were admitted through this office to con- tagious hospitals for diphtheria, twenty-one for scarlet fever, six were admitted to the various state sanatoria for tuberculosis and one to the Boston City Hospital for trachoma. Twenty- four of these cases required investigation in order to determine their legal settlement, and in these reimbursement was collected to the amount of $502.67.


COMPLAINTS


One hundred and forty-nine complaints requiring investi- gation were received and adjusted, and two violators of our regulations were prosecuted in court.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Agent.


REPORT OF THE BACTERIOLOGIST AND PHYSICIAN


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Bacteriologist and Physician to the Board for the year ending December 31, 1923.


280


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


LABORATORY


Specimens examined


Positive


Negative


Total


Throat Cultures


28


376


404


Sputa


11


74


85


Widal Test


1


19


20


Blood Smears


0


13


13


Urethral Smears


8


17


25


Totals


48


499


547


PHYSICIAN TO BOARD


Visits to homes of contagious patients


93


Persons employed in bakeries examined


5


Patients examined at Tuberculosis Dispensary


18


Visits to homes of tuberculosis patients


20


Respectfully submitted,


EZEKIEL PRATT, M.D.


REPORT OF NURSE


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Board of Health Nurse from January 1 to September 1, 1923.


Number of visits to homes of persons affected with


Diphtheria


10


Measles


185


Scarlet Fever


28


Tetanus


1


Tuberculosis


182


Typhoid Fever


2


Miscellaneous Diseases


2


Total


410


Tuberculosis patients at Dispensary


7


281


BOARD OF HEALTH


I assisted at the Schick Test Clinics held in the several Town schools, also inspected and recommended approval of two houses to be maintained or a Boarding House for Infants and inspected one tenement renovated after having been vacated by a tubercular patient.


Respectfully submitted, ALICE R. WATERHOUSE


Nurse.


REPORT OF NURSE


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Board of Health Nurse beginning October 1 to December 31, 1923.


Number of visits to homes of persons affected with


Anterior Poliomyelitis


2


Diphtheria


26


Scarlet Fever


10


Tuberculosis


102


Miscellaneous Diseases


3


Totals


143


Tuberculosis patients at Dispensary


14


Tuberculosis patients under supervision December 31, 1923 72


Tuberculosis patients at State Sanatoria


5


Tuberculosis patients at Private Sanatorium 1


I assisted at the Schick Test Clinics held in the several schools, also inspected and recommended approval of one house to be maintained for a Boarding House for Infants, and in- spected one tenement renovated after having ben vacated by a tubercular patient.


Respectfully submitted,


ETHEL M. FISHER,


Nurse.


282


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


REPORT OF THE DENTAL CLINIC


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass. 1


Gentlemen: I herewith submit the annual report of the work performed in the Dental Clinic for the year ending December 31, 1923.


Total number of operations 1,888


Total number of cases treated 1,247


New cases 163


Cases dismissed 142


During the first week of the reopening of the schools in September for the Fall term, we made the usual examination of the teeth of the children of the second grade in all of the schools of the Town. In all we examined three hundred and fifty-nine children, and of this number we found that three hundred and five needed teeth treatment, or about 85%, which is the usual average each year. Cards were sent to the parents of these children urging immediate treatment, and the responses received were gratifying. The success of a clinic of this nature depends to a great extent upon the co-operation received from the principals and teachers of the several schools, and that we have this co-operation in Arlington is shown by the large num- ber of children treated each year.


Respectfully submitted,


EDGAR F. MACKAY, D.M.D., Operator.


MILK INSPECTOR'S REPORT


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Milk for the year ending December 31, 1923.


Arlington consumes daily ten thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine quarts of milk. Of this amount seven thousand one hundred and sixty-two quarts are pasteurized, and the balance three thousand six hundred and ninety-seven quarts, is raw milk.


283


BOARD OF HEALTH


This supply is distributed by forty-five licensed dealers by vehicle, and one hundred and thirty stores.


The samples analyzed during the year showed the average content to be -*


Milk fat


3.81%


Total milk solids 12.44%


The Massachusetts standard requires that milk shall con- tain 3.35% milk fat, and 12.00% milk solids. The fat and solid content of milk distributed in Arlington for 1923 is higher than the previous year. A summary of the year's work follows:


LICENSES ISSUED


For sale of milk from stores 130


For sale of milk from vehicles


45


For sale of Oleo from stores 28


203


Fees collected and paid to Town Treasurer $101.50


INSPECTIONS


Milk plants


14


Dairies


5


Stores


5


Total


24


SAMPLES ANALYZED


Taken from vehicles on street


198


Taken from schools


8


Taken from stores


20


Mother's breast


1


Total


227


ICE CREAM SAMPLES ANALYZED


Taken from ice cream plants, stores, etc. 17


Respectfully submitted,


ALFRED W. LOMBARD,


Inspector.


284


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughtering from January 1 to December 1, 1923.


INSPECTIONS


Calves slaughtered


1,919


Condemned


5


Sheep slaughtered 2


Condemned 0


Time required for inspecting, one hundred and fifty-five hours and twenty-four minutes.


Respectfully submitted,


F. HOLDEN SMITH, V.M.D., Inspector.


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughtering for the year ending December 31, 1923.


INSPECTIONS


Calves slaughtered 443


Condemned 0


Time required for inspecting, forty-three hours and thirty- five minutes.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Inspector.


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Slaughtering from December 1 to December 31, 1923.


285


BOARD OF HEALTH


INSPECTIONS


Calves slaughtered


53


Condemned


0


Time required for inspecting, five hours and thirty minutes. Respectfully submitted, CHESTER L. BLAKELY, M.V.D.


VITAL STATISTICS, 1923 COMPARATIVE DEATH RATE BY MONTHS (Still-births excluded)


1922


1923


January


19


34


February


26


29


March


22


19


April


19


24


May


27


21


June


15


13


July


15


8


August


18


16


September


11


14


October


19


13


November


17


21


December


24


18


Total


232


230


Still-births


24


17


1919


1920


1921


1922


. 1923


Population estimated


17,000


18,500


20,000


22,000


23,000


Number of deaths .


212


265


257


232


230


Apparent death rate, per 1,000 population


12.47


14.32


12.85


10.05


10


Births .


383


526


563


386


475


Deaths of children under one year.


26


25


27


21


20


Rate of infant mortality, per 1,000 births .


67.86


47.52


47.95


54.04


42


-


286


COMMUNICABLE DISEASES REPORTED BY MONTHS


Jan.


Feb.


Mar.


April


May


June


July


Aug.


Sept.


Oct.


Nov.


Dec.


Total


Anterior Poliomyelitis.


1


1


0


2


6


2


5


3


0


0


0


7


27


Chicken-pox.


1


2


3


0


3


6


2


5


4


12


5


10


53


Diphtheria .


0


1


6


1


2


8


3


0


10


3


0


0


34


Dog Bite.


2


2


0


0


0


3


0


0


0


0


0


0


7


Dog Bite (requiring anti-rabic treatment)


0


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


2


Encephalitis Lethargica


0


2


0


0


0


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


4


Gonorrhea.


3


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


.


4


Influenza. ..


5


11


2


2


1


1


0


1


1


0


2


1


27


Lobar Pneumonia .


14


35


116


108


19


9


3


1


1


0


0


6


312


Measles.


5


0


4


16


7


1


1


1


0


1


2


1


39


Mumps .


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


Ophthalmia Neonatorum ..


4


2


4


4


6


4


2


1


1


3


2


6


39


Pulmonary Tuberculosis .


0


2


1


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


4


Tuberculosis (other forms) .


11


10


3


S


17


13


2


1


1


1


2


10


79


Scarlet Fever .


0


0


0


0


70


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


71


Septic Sore Throat.


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


Syphilis


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


Tetanus.


0


0


0


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


2


Trachoma.


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


2


Typhoid Fever.


4


1


16


14


7


3


6


7


4


3


0


3


68


Whooping-cough .


778


Total. .


12


.


21


. .


5


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Persons admitted to contagious hospitals for Diphtheria .


Persons admitted to contagious hospitals for Scarlet Fever .


Persons admitted to State Sanatoria for Tuberculosis ...


... .


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


.


.


Deaths Classified by Sex, by Age and by Cause (Exclusive of Stillbirths) FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1923


CAUSES OF DEATH


M or F


Under


One Day


Under


One Year


1-2


2-3


3-4


4-5


5-9


10-14


15-19


2-024


25-29


30-34


35-39


40-44


45-49


50-54


55-59


60-64


65-69


70-74


75-79


80-84


85-89


90-94


95-99


F


Class


General Diseases:


7 Measles .


1


1


0 Whooping Cough


M


0


F


1


10 Diphtheria . .


M


1


1


F


1


1


23 Lethargica Encephalitis


M


0


F


1


31 Pulmonary Tuberculosis


M


34 Tuberculosis of Vertebra


MI


0


F


1


M


0


F


1


1


M


3


F


5


45 Carcinoma of Intestines.


M


2


F


2


M


0


F M


0


F


2


48 Carcinoma of Skin ..


M


-0


F


1


49 Carcinoma of other Organs


M


1


1


F


0


57 Diabetes.


M


2


0


58A Pernicious Anemia


M F


1


.


F


6


1


36E Tuberculosis of Organs (other than


those mentioned)


44 Carcinoma of Stomach.


46 Carcinoma of Female Genital Organs .


2


47 Careinoma of Breast ..


1


3


0


Total


M


Deaths Classified by Sex, by Age, and by Cause (Exclusive of Stillbirths)-Continued


CAUSES OF DEATH


M or F


Under


Under


One Year


1-2


2-3


3-4


4-5


5-9


10-14


15-19


20-24


25-29


30-34


35-39


40-44


45-49


50-54


55-59


60-64


65-69


70-74


75-79


80-84


85-89


90-94


95-99


M


F


Class


II Diseases of Nervous System and Organs of Special Sense:


71 Meningitis .


F


1


MI


1


F


0


MI


1


F


2


MI


9


F


1


12


74B Cerebral Thrombosis and Embolism . .




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