Town of Arlington annual report 1927, Part 13

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Publication date: 1927
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15.00


$174.98


PENSIONS


Various Departments :


Police


$892.50


Fire.


1,208.80


Highway


4,193.32


Water.


702.00


Cemetery .


714.00


$7,710.62


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UNCLASSIFIED


Town Yard Buildings .


$31,551.17


Registration of Town Titles.


192.20


Damages to Persons and Property .. .


75.00


Memorial Day .


700.00


Town Clock-Maintenance. .


33.02


Maintenance of Menotomy Hall. . ..


904.84


Repairs to Houses Owned by Town ..


490.27


Auditing Municipal Accounts, State Assessment . 75.90


"No School" Auxiliary System


1,007.51


Insurance :


Fire and Liability


$8,882.26


Workmans' Compensation.


4,926.28


Fidelity and Others


2,245.14


$16,053.68


Printing Town Reports .


3,401.15


Recording Tax Titles held by Town.


1.92


Other Miscellaneous Expenses


408.51


PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES


Water:


Maintenance and Operation :


Salaries and Wages $30,691.95


Material and Other Expenses. . 29,807.47


$60,499.42


Construction :


Salaries and Wages $26,869.73


Material and Other Expenses . 38,714.62


$65,584.35


State Assessment-Metropolitan Water $17,138.57


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TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


CEMETERIES


Salary-Superintendent


$2,762.00


Salary-Clerk


792.00


Other Wages


10,281.83


Office Maintenance.


193.61


Other Maintenance and Supplies . . .


6,958.85


$20,988.29


INTEREST


Loans and Bonds :


Anticipation of Revenue.


$15,299.69


Highways


5,551.00


Schools.


25,460.00


Sewers


7,425.00


Parks


1,365.00


Water


4,902.50


Town House Site


1,820.00


Fire Stations®


2,790.00


Police Station


2,800.00


$67,413.19


Metropolitan Interest Requirements:


Sewers


$10,974.28


Parks .


6,726.48


Water.


20,986.05


Alewife Brook


243.51


$38,930.32


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS


Loans and Bonds :


Anticipation of Revenue


$800,000.00


Highways


30,400.00


Schools


46,000.00


Sewers


21,000.00


Parks


3,000.00


Water


12,500.00


Water (from Sinking Fund)


10,000.00


Fire Station


12,000.00


Police Station


4,000.00


$938,900.00


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Metropolitan Requirements:


Sewer


$12,638.89


Park


3,381.93


Water


3,779.47


$19,800.29


SINKING FUNDS


Debt Requirements


$5,000.00


Municipal Insurance Fund.


5,000.00


$10,000.00


AGENCY AND TRUST TRANSACTIONS


Agency :


State Tax .


$63,960.00


County Tax


55,781.59


$119,741.59


Trust :


Tax Title Redemption .


$830.96


Guarantee Deposits Refunded .


6,157.86


Guarantee Deposits Transferred to Income Accounts . 24,415.72


Trust Fund Expenses


180.00


REFUNDS


Taxes .


$866.96


All Others


166.98


$1,033.94


CASH BALANCES, DECEMBER 31, 1927


General . $140,120.81


Sinking Funds .


76,083.24


Perpetual Care Funds


37,542.64


Other Public Trust Funds


101,590.24


Private Trust Funds. 617.00


$355,953.93


$3,590,777.66


BORROWING CAPACITY


Assessors' Valuation,


December 31, 1927:


1925 Taxes


$41,857,333.00


1926 Taxes .


47,675,491.00


1927 Taxes


52,633,050.00


$142,165,874.00


Average Valuation


47,388,625.00


3% of Average Valuation


$1,421,658.74


Town Debt:


December 31, 1927 .


$1,407,500.00


Loan authorized .


5,000.00


$1,412,500.00


Less Sinking Funds on Loans not exempt .


23,529.89


$1,388,970.11


Less Loans Exempt :


Water


$146,000.00


Sewer


100,000.00


Parks


15,000.00


$261,000.00


$1,127,970.11


Borrowing Capacity December 31, 1927


$293,688.63


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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT


Arlington, Mass., December 31, 1927.


The report of this department for the year ending December 31, 1927, is herewith submitted.


For reports of Town Meetings, Cemetery Commissioners, and Registrars of Voters, all of which come under the work of this department, reference is made to those headings.


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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT


MARRIAGES BY MONTHS


Months


Whole Number


First of Groom


First of Bride


Second of Groom


Second of Bride


Third of Groom


Third of Bride


January .


18


12


14


6


4


0


0


February


22


21


20


1


2


0


0


March.


10


10


10


0


0


0


0


April.


24


19


20


4


4


1


0


May


23


18


19


5


4


0


0


June


62


58


61


4


1


0


0


July .


34


28


29


6


5


0


0


August


32


26


28


6


4


0


0


September


43


40


42


3


1


0


0


October


51


47


48


3


3


1


0


November


34


31 .


31


3


3


0


0


December


12


10


12


2


0


0


0


365


320


334


43


31


2


0


Whole Number of Marriages Recorded


365


Residents of Arlington . .


425


Residents of other places


305


730


Solemnized in other places


198


Age of oldest groom


70


Age of youngest groom


19


Age of oldest bride.


54


Age of youngest bride


16


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


BIRTHS BY MONTHS


In Arlington


Out of Town


Totals


Months


Total


Males


Females


Males


Females


Males


Females


January .


67


28


22


8


9


36


31


February


59


20


18


9


12


29


30


March


75


32


19


15


9


47


28


April


63


15


26


10


12


25


38


May


66


23


19


11


13


34


32


June


67


19


27


10


11


29


38


July .


102


32


39


18


13


50


52


August .


67


32


20


10


5


42


25


September


77


30


24


12


11


42


35


October


78


30


27


9


12


39


39


November


70


22


23


14


11


36


34


December


66


20


26


10


10


30


36


* 857


303


290


136


128


439


418


*Of the 857 births recorded, there were 264 which occurred out of Arlington, but were children born of parents who resided in Arlington.


*Of the 857 births recorded, there were 197 which occurred in Arlington, but were children of parents who resided out of Town.


The parentage of children born was as follows:


Born in United States, both parents . 528


Born in foreign countries, both parents 146


Born in United States, one parent 179


Born in foreign countries, one parent 176


Born in Arlington, both parents


9


Born in Arlington, one parent . 99


Born in Arlington Hospitals, residents of other places 192


COMPARATIVE DEATH RATE BY MONTHS (Stillbirths excluded)


Jan.


Feb.


Mar.


April


May


June


July


Aug.


Sept.


Oct.


Nov.


Dec.


Total


Whole Number:


18


11


13


16


11


Male . . Female .


8


11


19


18


12


13


12


12


10


12


13


22


162


Residents died in Arlington : Male .


11


7


6


7


13


14


6


5


5


5


7


7


8


15


98


Female .


24


2


0


2


4


2


1


4


2


4


5


2


2


1


3


28


Female


34


5


4


3


3


3


3


1


2


2


7


0


1


Male . .


2


2


4


3


2


6


3


2


1


3


4


4


36


Female .


21


2


1


4


2


0


3


2


3


3


1


0


1


4


1


22


Female .


0


0


2


0


0


6


0


0


0


0


0


1


1


1


2


0


0


0


0


0


5


Female .


16


0


1


3


0


0


1


1


3


0


0


1


2


0


2


11


Female


48


5


3


1


5


4


2


4


3


1


4


3


4


3


0


6


45


3


2


8


8


3


Between sixty and ninety years: Male .


11


6


4


8


4


2


5


9


5


4


1


9


68


Female .


0


1


Male . .


1


1


2


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


1


1


7


Female .


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


Over ninety years:


2


7


7


5


5


5


2


8


5


6


8


12


72


0


4


2


2


1


6


0


1


0


2


8


9


8


5


10


9


9


9


5


12


160


9


11


15


13


18


6


19


227


0


1


2


3


0


3


Children under one year: Male


1


1


2


Between one and ten years:


1


0


2


0


1


2


1


2


1


3


1


1


1


0


1


5


6


4


6


Between thirty and sixty years: Male . Female


Male .


Between ten and thirty years: Male


102


Non-residents died in Arlington . . Male .


Residents of Arlington died out of town:


3


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DOGS REGISTERED


Whole number registered from November


15, 1926, to November 15, 1927


1,116


Males


930


Females


186


1,116


Two Special licenses


2


Paid County Treasurer


$2,616.40


FEES


The following fees have been received during the year, and the same have been turned over to the Town, as per vote of the Town:


Marriage licenses .


$341.00


Mortgages, releases, and discharges


418.31


Certificates .


118.95


Sporting and trapping licenses.


90.75


Number of dogs licensed . 1,116


Two Special licenses . 2 1,118 @ 20c


223.60


Miscellaneous licenses


58.50


Garage renewals


43.50


Miscellaneous cash


2.00


$1,296.61


E. CAROLINE PIERCE,


Town Clerk.


REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH


The Board of Health herewith submits its 33rd annual report since its inception as a separate department. In making up this report we shall base our tabulations on a 27,000 popula- tion. The Board meets the first Monday evening of each month. During the past year twelve regular and one special meetings have been held. At the Annual Town Meeting of March 7, 1927, Charles F. Atwood, M.D., was re-elected a member of the Board for the term of three years, and after qualifying before the Town Clerk, the Board, consisting of Mr. Alfred W. Lombard, Charles F. Atwood, M.D., and Ernest R. Brooks, D.M.D., held a special meeting March 9, and organized by re-electing Mr. Alfred W. Lombard to serve as its Chairman for the ensuing year.


At the regular monthly meeting held April 4, the following appointments were made for the year ending April 1, 1928:


WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Agent and Clerk. EZEKIEL PRATT, M.D., Physician to Board. EZEKIEL PRATT, M.D., Bacteriologist. E. F. MACKAY, D.M.D., Dental Operator. HELEN HEFFERNAN, R.N., Asst. to Dental Operator. HELEN HEFFERNAN, R.N., Board of Health Nurse. ALFRED W. LOMBARD, Inspector of Milk.


WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Collector of Milk Samples. ARTHUR TAYLOR, Inspector of Slaughtering. WILLIAM H. BRADLEY, Inspector of Slaughtering.


In beginning this report we feel that the citizens of the Town should know as to why our annual expenditures have increased from approximately $12,000 for the year 1925 to more than $20,000 for the year 1927.


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Previous to June, 1925, all tubercular patients were cared for at the several State Sanatoria at a cost of $7.00 per week per patient. The General Acts of 1916, Chapter 286, provides in substance, that the County Commissioners of each County are authorized and directed to provide adequate hospital care for all persons residing in cities and towns in their County, having less than fifty thousand population and suffering from consumption. Hospitals to be available for patients on or before the first day of January, 1918. From time to time, for various reasons, the law was amended, and the time for providing such hospital care finally extended to September 1, 1925.


In conforming with this law the County Commissioners of Middlesex County entered into a contract with the State De- partment of Public Health for a period of eighteen months from June 1, 1925, to care for adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients within the County at the Rutland State Sanatorium at a cost of $17.50 per week per patient. Each city or town within the district sending a patient to the Sanatorium will, when bills are rendered, pay to the Treasurer of Middlesex County the sum of $7.00 per week for such patient. The remaining $10.50 per week due for each and every patient admitted during the year throughout the district is then totaled, and divided by general taxation among all the cities and towns in the hospital district, each paying its proportionate share based on the assessed valuation of each, regardless as to whether they may or may not have had a patient at the Sanatorium during the year. Under this contract our assessment from June 1 to December 1, 1925 (six months), amounted to $1,193.53. And from December 1, 1925, to December 1, 1926 (twelve months), $6,758.94. This is the principal reason for the aforementioned increase.


During the year there has, in accordance with the law, been reported to this office 781 cases of the various communi- cable diseases, against 1,248 cases for 1926. While the diseases were much less in number for the year 1927 than that of 1926, our expenditures for care was greater, due to the large number of cases we were called upon to hospitalize.


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We will give the number, make comparisons, with the following comments which may be of interest in regard to the various diseases reported during the year.


ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS (INFANTILE PARALYSIS) : During the late summer and early fall months this disease was epidemic in several sections of the country. Eight cases were reported to this office against two cases for 1926. So little is known as to the cause or transmission of this disease, we will attempt no comment.


DIPHTHERIA : Ten cases with one death were reported, against twelve cases with no deaths for 1926. While the trend of Diphtheria all over the country has been down- ward for the past few years, due undoubtedly to the extensive use of Toxin-Antitoxin Immunization, the disease will continue to be considered by health officials as a dangerous one, until parents in general realize and take advantage of the protection afforded by artificial im- munization.


SCARLET FEVER: One hundred and sixty-seven cases of this disease were reported against one hundred and one cases for 1926. Many of these were secondary cases occurring in the same family, and might have been avoided had reasonable quarantine been maintained in the home.


MEASLES: Twenty-six cases of this disease were reported against three hundred and ninety-two cases for 1926. This is thought to be the most highly contagious of all the diseases of childhood, and while the average parent looks upon a case of measles lightly, almost with contempt, public health officials look upon it as one of the dangerous diseases, particularly in the very young child, owing to the frequency with which it is followed by Broncho-Pneumonia, and oftentimes with fatal results.


WHOOPING COUGH: One hundred and thirty-three cases were reported against two hundred and eighty-eight for 1926. This disease is also highly contagious, and owing to


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the difficulty of diagnosis is hard to control. Where this disease is prevalent in a neighborhood parents should take every precaution in protecting their children from exposure.


DENTAL CLINIC


The Dental Clinic with E. F. MacKay, D.M.D., as operator, and Miss Helen Heffernan, R.N., assistant, has functioned satisfactorily during the year. A detailed report of the work performed will be found under the report of the Dental Clinic.


SPY POND


The water in the pond has been maintained at a high level, there has been no noticeable weed growths, and for the first year in many not a single complaint has been received at this office. For these conditions we believe credit is due the committee appointed at the special Town Meeting of January 14, 1926.


SUCKER BROOK


We have received the usual number of complaints in regard to this brook the past year. The condition of the brook itself is deplorable. In many sections it is nothing more or less than a ditch. It serves as a catch-all for every description of waste matter, including dead animals, fowl, etc. We believe the time has arrived when definite measures should be taken to improve these conditions. A new channel should be established and the brook, with the exception of the new section in rear of High School, rebuilt from the Arlington Heights Reservoir to the Mystic Lake. As this work should come under the direction of the Board of Public Works, we have written said Board, calling their attention to the matter.


PUBLIC SEWERS


As sewers are necessary for the health and welfare of a community, we would like to see sewer mains installed in every street throughout the Town. This of course would not be


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immediately possible. We do hope, however, that ample funds will be voted for sewer purposes in order that present mains may be extended wherever necessary, and new ones installed where most needed. 7


LICENSES AND PERMITS


The usual licenses and permits required by Statue Law and our regulations have been issued.


REPORTS


The financial report of the department, giving a detailed report of expenditures and receipts, together with morbidity and mortality reports, and reports of appointees are appended.


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


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FINANCIAL REPORT


Appropriation $18,665.00


Appropriation by transfer from Reserve


Fund 1,500.00


Total


$20,165.00


Expenditures


Salaries .


$7,926.00


Tuberculosis. Patients at Rutland State


Sanatorium, 1926


6,768.94


Tuberculosis. Patients at North Read- ing State Sanatorium, 1927


136.00


Other communicable Diseases


3,003.65


Dispensary


35.92


Laboratory


156.07


Dental Clinic


354.87


Office Expenses .


309.17


Maintenance of Auto.


398.96


Milk Inspection Expenses .


293.00


Suppression of Mosquito Larvæ


168.66


Burial of Dead Animals .


78.50


Miscellaneous Expense


229.63


Total


Balance


$19,849.37 315.63


Receipts


Licenses issued for sale of Milk from stores. . $86.00 Licenses issued for sale of Milk from vehicles 21.00


Licenses issued for sale of Oleomargarine. . . 21.50


Licenses issued for sale of Alcohols .


45.00


Licenses issued to manufacture Ice Cream ..


7.00


Licenses issued to maintain Pasteurization Plant 10.00


Licenses issued to practice Manicuring and Massage


40.00


Licenses issued to collect Meat Trimmings . 12.00


Licenses issued to maintain Slaughterhouse.


1.00


Receipts from Dental Clinic .


351.28


Receipts from Communicable Diseases .


2,878.00


Total Receipts $3,472.78


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BIRTHS AND DEATHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON, RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DURING 1927


WITH FIVE YEAR COMPARATIVE DEATH RATE AND INFANT MORTALITY (Stillbirths excluded)


1923


1924


1925


1926


1927


Population estimated


23,000


24,000


25,155


26,000


27,000


*Number of Deaths .


230


253


235


244


252


*Apparent death rate per 1,000 popu- lation .


10


10.54


9.34


9.4


9.3


*Births .


475


50


526


518


857


*Deaths of children under one year of age .


20


19


19


30


26


*Rate of Infant Mortality, per one thousand births


42.1


37.92


36.12


57.91


30.34


Age of oldest persons dying in Arlington Male 91 years 6 months 6 days Female 101 years 10 months 17 days


CORRECTED DEATH RATE


NOTE: The corrected death rate is found by eliminating the deaths of all non-residents dying in Arlington and adding deaths of all residents dying elsewhere, as shown by the records of the Town Clerk.


Total number of deaths occurring in Arlington, resident and non- resident . 252


Deaths of residents occurring in Arlington . 202


Deaths of residents of Arlington occurring elsewhere 70


Total 272


Death rate per one thousand population


10 *Crude rate.


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SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN ARLINGTON DURING 1927


Heart Disease All Forms


Cancer All Forms


Pneumonia All Forms


Arterio- Sclerosis


Nephritis All Forms


Number of Deaths


Number per 1,000


of Population


Number of Deaths


Number per 1,000


of Population


Number of Deaths


Number per 1,000


of Population


Number of Deaths


Number per 1,000


of Population


Number of Deaths


Number per 1,000 of Population


49


1.8


29


1.08


25


.93


23


.86


18


.7


COMMUNICABLE DISEASES REPORTED BY MONTHS


Jan.


Feb.


March


April


May


June


July


Aug.


Sept.


Oct.


Nov.


Dec.


Total


Anterior Poliomyelitis. .


36


5


13


18


10


5


3


0


5


0


5


10


110


Chicken-pox .


2


0


0


2


0


0


1


2


1


1


1


0


10


Diphtheria .


0


7


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


8


Dog Bite (Requiring Anti-Rabic Treatment)


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


1


Encephalitis Lethargica .


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


Epidemic Cerebrospinal Men- ingitis


2


2


0


0


2


1


0


0


3


1


1


1


13


German Measles .


2


1


0


2


1


1


0


0


6


0


0


0


13


Gonorrhea


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


1


Influenza .


0


1


1


3


8


3


7


1


0


0


2


8


5


214


Measles


34


36


42


29


30


26


0


1


1


1


0


0


0


1


3


Mumps


0


1


1


3


3


3


1


0


0


2


1


1


5


21


Lobar Pneumonia .


16


14


19


25


17


22


7


6


5


10


14


12


167


Scarlet Fever .


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


Septic Sore Throat .


3


2


3


2


8


6


4


1


1


4


2


3


39


Tuberculosis (Pulmonary).


0


0


1


0


0


3


2


1


1


1


0


0


9


Tuberculosis (Other Forms)


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


2


Typhoid Fever. .


3


2


1


0


2


2


3


2


7


18


28


65


133


Whooping Cough


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


Syphilis . .


781


Total .


28


Patients placed in Contagious Hospitals for Scarlet Fever .


Patients placed in Contagious Hospitals for Diphtheria .


Patients placed in Contagious Hospitals for other diseases


Patients placed in State Sanatoria .


.


5


. .


9


4


3


1


0


81


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


237


0


0


Ophthalmia Neonatorum.


1


.


0


2


26


0


0


0


1


RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE, AND BY CAUSE FOR 1927-(Stillbirths Excluded)


CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes


Mor F


Under


1


2


3


1


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


90-99


Total M F


Class


I Epidemie, Endcinie and Infectious Diseases:


10 Diphtheria.


F


0


13 Mumps .


F


1


M


1


21 Erysipelas.


F


0


M


1


25C Other Epidemic and Endemic Diseases


F


0


M


2


1


8


F


1


3


1


1


F


1


0


F


2


Class II General Diseases not included above:


44 Cancer of Stomach and Liver


F


2


44A Cancer of Esophagus .


F


1


44B Cancer of Gall Bladder


F


4


5


F


0


MI


0


F


2


3


MI F


2


M F


6


M


1


57 Diabetes Mellitus


F


3


M


0


58A Pernicious Anemia .


F


1


238


32 Tubereulosis of the Meninges and Central


Nervous System


41 Purulent Infection, Septicemia


M


2


2


MI


0


0


45 Cancer of Peritoneum, Intestines and Rectuin ..


46 Cancer of the Uterus.


17 Cancer of the Breast.


49 Cancer of Other Unspecified Organs


1


4


0


31 Tubereulosis of the Respiratory System .


One Year


1


0


239


58BI Bantis Disease


65A Leukemia


66 Alcoholism


F


Class


III Diseases of the Nervous System and of the Organs of Special Sense:


71B Nonepidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis ..


F


0


73A Other Diseases of the Spinal Cord


F


1


F


1


9


M


1


1


1


5


M


1


1


F


1


F


1


M


F


0


Class


IV Diseases of the Circulatory System:


88 Endocarditis and Myocarditis


F


1


2


22


.21 1


1


1


1


M


1


1


2


2


1


8


F


1


1


2


M


2


1


1


6


M


F


1


2


4


F


0


M


1


M


91B Arteriosclerosis


F


1


1


22 2


22


3


16


M


91C Other Diseases of the Arteries


F


0


M


F


0


0 01


1


1


0


M


1


M


1


74A Cerebral Hemorrhage ..


F


75 Paralysis without specified cause.


0


M


1


M


1


1


6


1


11 I


1


1


1


4


F


0


90A Mitral Diseases of the Heart


3


1


6


M


90B Cardiorenal Disease


0


91 Diseases of the Arteries


F


7


1


2 2


[ 92 Embolism and Thrombosis (not cerebral).


89 Angina Pectoris


90 Other Diseases of the Heart


75A Hemiplegia . .


75B Cerebral Embolism and Thrombosis.


74 Cerebral Hemorrhage, Apoplexy .


240


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


CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes


M or F


Under


One Year


1


2


3


4


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


90-99


Total


MI F


Class


V Diseases of the Respiratory System:


100A Bronchopneumonia ..


F


7


MI


5


F


1


MI


1


F


0


N


1


1


0


107 Other Diseases of the Respiratory System


2


Class


VI Diseases of the Digestive System


113 Diarrhea and Eniteritis (under two years of age) .


2


2


M


0


1


0


118B Intestinal Obstruction .


M


1


124B Other Diseases of the Liver.


0


1


1


126 Peritonitis without Special Cause.


0


1


10


1 -10


1


1


1


1


101A Lobar Pneumonia ..


1


103 Congestion of the Lungs


105 Asthma .


0


0


114 Diarrhea and Enteritis (2 years and over)


3


241


Class VII Non-Venereal Diseases of the Genito-Urinary System and Annexa:


128 Acute Nephritis (including unspecified under 10 years of age) . .


129 Chronic Nephritis (including unspecified 10 years and over)


129A Brights Disease


F


1


M


0


1


F


0


Class VIII The Puerperal State:


145 Other Accidents of Labor


2


3


0


146 Puerperal Septicemia .


1


0


1


Class


XII Early Infancy:


5


5


161A Premature Birth


4


4


0


161B Injury at Birth.


3


3


4


4


0


Class XIII Old Age: 164 Senility .


0


·


.


2


2


0


1


1


M


9


1


21


41 1


1


7


M


0


1


129B Urcmia


F


135 Diseases of the Prostate.


0


148 Puerperal Albuminuria and Convulsions .


162 Other Diseases peculiar to Early Infancy . . .


HWAWAW


1


Deaths Classified by Sex, by Age, and by Cause (Stillbirths Excluded)-Concluded


CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes


Mor F


Under


1


2


3


4


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


90-99


Total


M F


Class


XIV External Causes:


167 Suicide by Poisonous Gas


1


168 Suicide by Hanging .


0


170 Suicide by Firearms .


F


0


M


0


F


1


M


1


179 Accidental Burns.


F


0


182 Accidental Drowning.


F


0


M


1


2


F


1


M


1


1


F


0


M


4


188C Automobile Accidents


F


3


M


0


ISSG Other Crushing .


F


1


M


1


0


.


Stillbirths .


M


12


6


0


1


2


172 Suicide by Jumping from High Places.


M


1


185 Accidental Traumatism by Fall


1SSA Railroad Accidents


202 Other External Violence


One Year


242


243


BOARD ) OF HEALTH


REPORT OF 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, 1927.


Report of Bacteriologist


Throat Cultures 135


Sputa 18


Specimens Examined


Widal Tests 2


Blood Smears


11


Urethral Smears. 31


Total 197


Report of Physician Visits to homes for release upon recovery from com- municable disease. 105


Bakery employees examined (physically) 3


Tuberculosis Dispensary Report


Patients examined at Dispensary 14


Von Pirquet Test administered .


1


Visits to homes of tubercular patients


18


I also assisted at the Schick Test and immunizing clinics held during the year.


Respectfully submitted, EZEKIEL PRATT, M.D.


REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH NURSE AND ASSISTANT TO DENTAL OPERATOR


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Board of Health Nurse and Dental Assistant for the year ending De- cember 31, 1927.


244


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Report of Nurse


Number of visits to homes of persons suffering with cummunicable disease, 1,045.


Conveyed three patients from hospital to their homes in Arlington after recovery from communicable disease.


Conveyed one patient from Arlington to the North Reading State Sanatoria for admission.


Conveyed ten persons to the North Reading State Sana- toria for examination.


Assisted Dr. Pratt in the examination of fourteen patients at the Dispensary.


Assisted at the Schick Test and Immunizing clinics held at the Board of Health office during the year.


Investigated conditions in the homes of eleven applicants for licenses to maintain Boarding-Houses for Infants.


Inspected twelve licensed Boarding-Houses for Infants.


REPORT OF DENTAL ASSISTANT


I have assisted the Dental Operator at the daily sessions of the clinic, also assisted in the examination of the teeth of children in the 2nd grade of the Parochial and Public schools.


Respectfully submitted,




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