USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Arlington > Town of Arlington annual report 1923 > Part 15
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52
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
. .
2
.
.
.
.
. .
Jan.
26
14
Jan. 25
Ernest E. Pearse
.
.
. .
Jan. 11 Mary Begley
68
2
8
Jan. 9
Michael F. Burke
·
. .
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
. .
. .
. .
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
. .
·
. .
. .
·
. .
·
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
.
..
Feb. 25
Leslie J. Canniff .
. .
4
. .
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
.
.... .
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
· . .
.
·
.
.
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
. .
..
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
. .
. .
. .
Nov. 22
Amelia Congdon Gladwin
82
11
10
Nov. 24
Hannah M. Dunn .
76
5
26
. .
.
.
.
.
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1
2
16
Sept. 15
Evelyn E. Walker.
3
.
. .
. .
.
.
12
Sept. 25
Mary Garvey
.
.
.
.
. .
·
. .
. .
Nov. 15
Irene May Smith
28
Oct. 17
Oct. 31
> . ·
.
Nov. 19
·
.
.
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.
276
277
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.
278
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.
279
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 . .
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.