Town of Arlington annual report 1928, Part 15

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1928
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Loans and Bonds:


Anticipation of Revenue


$750,000.00


Highways


31,000.00


Schools


58,000.00


Sewers


16,000.00


Parks


3,000.00


Water


15,500.00


Water (from Sinking Fund).


15,000.00


Fire Station


12,000.00


Police Station


4,000.00


Municipal Indebtedness, forward, $904,500.00


Forward, $2,214,340.04


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RECEIPTS


Forward, $3,330,929.50


AGENCY, TRUST, AND INVESTMENT:


Perpetual Care Fund.


$4,195.00


Public Trust Funds :


Matured Securities and Misc. . . 26,426.55


Tax Title Redemptions


2,478.24


Special Funds:


Special Service Deposits


15,029.25


Contract Deposits .


4,640.00


Dog Licenses-County


2,749.80


Sporting Licenses-State.


497.50


Evening School Deposits


478.00


Newsboy Badges Deposits .


21.50


Total, Agency, Trust, and Investment


56,515.84


REFUNDS:


Departmental


$250.28


Accrued Interest on Loans


1,898.26


Total, Refunds .


2,148.54


UNPAID WARRANTS


$38,404.06


Total, Unpaid Warrants


38,404.06


CASH BALANCES, JANUARY 1, 1929


General . $140,120.81


Sinking Fund 76,083.24


Perpetual Care Funds 37,542.64


Other Public Trust Funds


101,590.24


Private Trust Funds


617.00


Total, Cash Balances.


355,953.93


Grand Total Receipts and Cash on Hand, $3,783,951.87


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TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


PAYMENTS


Municipal Indebtedness, forward,


Forward, $2,214,340.04 $904,500.00


Metropolitan Requirements :


Sewer.


14,779.20


Park .


2,521.62


Water


4,195.17


Total, Municipal Indebtedness .. . 925,995.99


SINKING FUNDS:


Debt Requirements .


$5,000.00


Municipal Insurance Fund


5,000.00


Total, Sinking Fund 10,000.00


AGENCY AND TRUST TRANSACTIONS:


Agency :


State Tax


$63,240.00


State Sporting Licenses


497.50


County Tax.


66,588.96


County Dog Licenses.


2,659.80


Trust :


Bonds Purchased-Trust Funds


15,000.00


Trust Fund Expenses.


666.25


Tax Title Redemption


2,478.24


Special Service Deposits Refunded


3,663.70


Special Service Deposits Trans- ferred to Income Accounts . 11,395.45


Total, Agency and Trust Transactions. 166,189.90


REFUNDS:


Taxes . .


$1,232.67


All Others 516.47


Total, Refunds 1,749.14


Unpaid Warrants 1,895.11


CASH BALANCES, DECEMBER 31, 1928:


General . $231,127.93


Sinking Funds 83,276.48


Perpetual Care Funds 45,006.31


Other Public Trust Funds


98,549.81


Private Trust Funds . 5,821.16


Total Cash, End of Year. 463,781.69


Grand Total Payments and Cash on Hand


$3,783,951.87


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


BORROWING CAPACITY


Assessors' Valuation,


December 31, 1928:


1926 Taxes $47,663,194.00


1927 Taxes


52,496,340.00


1928 Taxes


56,076,834.00


$156,236,368.00


Average Valuation .


52,078,789.00


3% of Average Valuation $1,562,363.68


Town Debt:


December 31, 1928 $1,583,000.00


Less Sinking Funds on Loans not


exempt 26,435.79


$1,556,564.21


Less Loans Exempt:


Water


$165,500.00


Sewer


100,000.00


Parks


15,000.00


280,500.00 1,276,064.21


Borrowing Capacity December 31, 1928


$286,299.47


REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT


Arlington, Mass., December 31, 1928.


The report of this department for the year ending De- cember 31, 1928, 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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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 .


22


17


20


5


1


0


1


February


11


11


10


0


1


0


0


March .


6


4


1


2


2


0


()


April


46


41


45


5


1


0


()


May


13


11


12


2


1


0


0


June


65


64


63


1


2.


0


0


July


26


23


24


3


2


0


0


August


32


29


31


3


1


0


0


September


52


49


46


3


6


0


0


October .


57


53


52


4


5


0


0


November


27


22


23


3


4


2


0


December


15


13


14


2


1


0


0


372


337


344


33


27


2


1


Whole Number of Marriages Recorded


372


Residents of Arlington


407


Residents of other places


337


744


Solemnized in other places


198


Age of oldest groom


64


Age of youngest groom


18


Age of oldest bride.


58


Age of youngest bride


14


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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT


BIRTHS BY MONTHS


In Arlington


Out of Town


Totals


Months


Total


Males


Females


Males


Females


Males


Females


January .


71


22


26


17


6


39


32


February


SO


21


26


12


21


33


47


March


90


27


26


17


20


44


46


April


70


21


23


14


12


35


35


May


79


29


25


12


13


41


38


June .


97


32


26


16


23


48


49


July


74


25


22


12


15


37


37


August


85


22


33


19


11


41


44


September


79


32


31


7


9


39


40


October


69


16


21


12


10


38


31


November


66


19


16


13


18


32


34


December


68


20


21


16


11


36


32


*928


286


296


167


169


463


165


*Of the 928 births recorded, there were 336 which occurred out of Arlington, but were children born of parents who resided in Arlington.


*Of the 928 births recorded, there were 194 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 . 594


Born in foreign countries, both parents 161


Born in United States, one parent


172


Born in foreign countries, one parent.


162


Born in Arlington, both parents


4


Born in Arlington, one parent 34


Children born in Arlington hospitals, residents of other places 170


COMPARATIVE DEATH RATE BY MONTHS (Stillbirths Excluded)


Jan.


Feb.


Mar.


April


May


June


July


Aug.


Sept.


Oct.


Nov.


Dec.


Total


Whole Number:


14


14


12


19


14


18


15


11


18


12


13


15


175


Male


10


30


10


25


27


24


12


15


12


20


18


17


220


Females


9


11


9


15


11


13


11


7


10


4


5


11


116


Residents died in Arlington : Male .


8


21


8


19


23


15


4


8


5


16


12


10


149


Female .


Non-residents died in Arlington : Male


3


0


1


1


0


1


2


2


3


3


5


1


22


0


4.


1


2


1


1


4


0


4


1


2


3


23


Female


Residents of Arlington died out of town:


2


3


2


3


3


4


2


2


5


5


3


3


37


Male. .


2


5


1


4


3


8


4


7


3


3


4


4


48


Female


Children under one year:


1


3


3


0


2


4


2


0


2


1


1


2


21


Male . .


0


1


3


2


6


4


4


0


0


1


2


1


24


Female .


0


0


0


0


0


2


0


1


0


0


1


0


4


Male .


1


0


2


0


1


1


0


0


0


2


0


0


7


Female . .


16


2


0


0


2


1


1


3


2


1


0


1


2


1


3


15


0


1


0


3


1


2


Female


5


3


1


6


4


4


3


4


5


5


4


6


50


Between thirty and sixty years: Male


1


9


1


6


3


2


1


7


6


6


2.


4.


48


Female


Between sixty and ninety years: Male . .


6


Female .


7


19


4


14


13


14


6


8


5


9


13


9


121


Over ninety years: Male . .


0


1


1


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


3


Female


1


0


0


0


3


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


6


6


81


7


7


11


7


6


7


4


8


6


3


0


1


1


Between ten and thirty years: Male .


Between one and ten years:


272


5


.


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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT


DOGS REGISTERED


Whole number registered from November


15, 1927, to November 22, 1928


1,166


Males .


979


Females


187


1,166


Paid County Treasurer


$2,659.80


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 .


$346.00


Mortgages, releases, and discharges


565.93


Certificates


142.30


Sporting and trapping licenses.


92.00


Dog, Chapter 347, Acts 1928


1.00


Number of dog licenses, 1,166 at 20c


233.20


Miscellaneous licenses


663.50


Garage renewals


49.00


Witness


1.00


$2,093.93


E. CAROLINE PIERCE, Town Clerk.


REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH


The Board of Health herewith submits its 34th annual report since its inception as a separate department. A con- servative estimate at this time would seem to indicate the population of the Town to be thirty-two thousand inhabitants. We shall therefore in compiling this report use this figure as a basis for our tabulations. The regular meetings are held the first Monday evening of each month at 7.30 o'clock. During the past year, in addition to the twelve regular, three special meetings have been held. At the Annual Town Meeting held March 5, 1928, Mr. Alfred W. Lombard was re-elected a member of the Board for the term of three years. Mr. Lombard qualified before the Town Clerk on March 7, 1928. The Board held a special meeting on March 9, and organized by re-electing Mr. Lombard as its Chairman for the ensuing year.


At the regular monthly meeting held April 2, 1928, the following appointments were made for the year ending April 30, 1929:


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 M. HEFFERNAN, R.N., Asst. to Dental Operator. HELEN M. 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.


The phenomenal growth of the Town, particularly during the past decade, has naturally increased in numbers our com- municable disease reports. This is best illustrated by a reading


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of our disease chart, which shows that during the entire year of 1928 there was but one single period, and that of only thirty- six hours duration, when this chart (with the exception of Tuberculosis) was free from pins indicating one or more of the major communicable diseases to be present.


A total of seventeen hundred and forty cases of the various communicable diseases were reported to this office during the year. More than fifty per cent of those were Measles. Seven hundred and ninety cases were the total number reported for 1927. Following our usual custom we shall take the reports of those diseases most prevalent during the year, make compari- sons with those of 1927, with brief comments where deemed necessary.


DIPHTHERIA


Fifteen cases of this disease were reported during the year against ten cases for 1927. While the number for 1928 was greater than was that of 1927, it is gratifying to once again record that no Arlington child contracted the disease who had previously shown by a negative Schick Test to have been successfully immunized. As a furtherance of this we are able to cite two very striking instances where Diphtheria occurred in two widely separated and distinct families the past year, and in each instance those children of either family who had previ- ously taken the immunizing treatment, although exposed, did not contract the disease. Our program for the prevention of Diphtheria for 1928 was, we are sorry to say, more or less interrupted. We had planned a Schick Test for the spring to be followed by an Immunizing Clinic in the fall. Owing to the prevalence of Measles during the spring months, we were obliged to postpone the Schick Test Clinic until October. This occurring so late in the season forced us to omit our Immunizing Clinic.


INFLUENZA


Nine cases of this disease were reported during the year, one of these being reported during the month of May and eight cases reported on December 31. Only one case of this disease was reported for the year 1927.


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MEASLES


Nine hundred and eighty-four cases of this disease were reported the past year against twenty-six cases for 1927. Measles usually begins like a common cold, with sneezing, coughing, running nose and eyes reddened. It is a highly contagious disease, and especially dangerous to very young children on account of the complication of pneumonia which oftentimes follows and causes death.


SCARLET FEVER


One hundred and nineteen cases of this disease were re- ported the past year against one hundred and sixty-seven cases for 1927.


TYPHOID FEVER


One case of this disease was reported the past year against two cases for 1927. Twenty or even ten years ago, when a case of Typhoid Fever was reported, the cause of the infection was attributed and frequently found to be due to local conditions. Now, however, with extensive sanitary means of sewage disposal, the discovery and adoption of many other sanitary measures, together with the knowledge the general public have acquired as to the manner in which the disease is contracted, the source of infection in the majority of cases reported in late years is oftentimes found to be far removed from Arlington.


WHOOPING COUGH


Two hundred and forty cases of this disease were reported the past year against one hundred and thirty-three cases for 1927. This is an acute infectious disease, the infectious period being greater in the early stages, especially before the whoop develops. Parents should be extremely cautious in guarding their children when whooping cough is prevalent in their neighborhood, as the disease is one that is very often attended with fatal results, particularly in the very young children.


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SPY POND


This is the second successive year that we have had no complaints of disagreeable odors from this pond. The water appears to be fairly clear, free from vegetable growth, and we do not hesitate to say that the pond is in much better condition than for many years past.


SUCKER BROOK


We have mentioned the condition of this brook in our previous reports. Yet for the benefit of those citizens who have in recent years taken up their residence in our Town, a brief description and history of this brook would perhaps not be amiss. The brook is one of the outlets from what is known as the Great Meadows situated in Lexington. It is also the outlet from the Town Reservoir at Arlington Heights. From the latter it winds its way in a more or less irregular course through the almost geographical center of the Town to the lower Mystic Lake into which it empties. We are told that in the olden days before steam replaced water this brook played an important part in the business life of the community, its waters supplying the power that turned the wheels making possible the operating of the several industries scattered along its banks, and from which no doubt many of the inhabitants of that period gained a livelihood for themselves and families. While its days of use- fulness in this direction have long since passed, it still retains its position as the natural channel, and functions as well as con- ditions will permit in the very useful and important service of conveying, after heavy rainfa'ls and freshets, the surplus waters from our highways. This is a service which perhaps many fail to recognize or appreciate. Its present neglected con- dition, however, affords an excuse for making it just what it is at several points along its course : receiving stations for every con- ceivable kind of rubbish, such as discarded household furniture, bedding, stoves, automobile parts, etc., also the bodies of dead animals. All of which causes numerous complaints and much unfavorable comment.


The Board of Health, in an effort to improve these condi- tions, invited the Town Planning Board to meet with them on the


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evening of March 9, 1928. The matter was gone into very thoroughly at this meeting, and as a result an article sponsored by both Boards was inserted in, the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting to be held April 4, 1928, requesting an appro- priation of $500 to make a preliminary survey of the situa- tion. The Town Meeting voted the appropriation as requested, to be expended under the direction of the Planning Board. The Planning Board will undoubtedly make its report to the Annual March Town Meeting, and should this be favorably received, the Board of Health, having perhaps had the better opportunity of noting the size of the undertaking, would suggest that the work of rebuilding the brook be divided into sections, and that a sum sufficient to rebuild at least one section be appropriated each year, until the whole project is completed from the Reser- voir to the Mystic Lake.


LICENSES AND PERMITS


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


REPORTS


The financial report of the department, giving a detailed report of expenditures and receipts for the year, 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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BOARD OF HEALTH


FINANCIAL REPORT


Appropriation $20,730.00


Expenditures


Salaries


8,276.00


Patients at Rutland State Sanatorium, 1927 $5,869.77


Tuberculosis Patients at North Read- ing State Sanatorium, 1928 141.00


Total


$6,010.77


Other Communicable diseases . 3,011.37


Other Expenditures


Office Supplies


$225.08


Telephone .


142.36


New Typewriter


68.00


Automobile (new)


454.50


Automobile Maintenance


411.19


Burial of Dead Animals


81.50


Dental Clinic


336.32


Dispensary


18.95


Laboratory


113.52


Milk Inspector, expenses .


300.00


Suppression of Mosquito Larvæ


167.95


Traveling Expenses. Out of State.


145.06


Traveling Expenses. Within State.


16.85


Total 2,481.28


Balance 950.58


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Receipts


From licenses issued for sale of Milk


from stores $83.50


From licenses issued for sale of Milk


from vehicle . 22.00


From licenses issued for sale of Oleo- margarine 20.00


From licenses issued to practise Mani- curing and Massage 45.00


From licenses issued to operate Ice Cream Plants 7.00


From licenses issued to operate Milk Pasturization Plant 10.00


From license issued to operate Slaugh- terhouse . 1.00


From licenses issued to collect Meat Trimmings. 16.00


From licenses issued to sell and deal in Alcohols . 45.00


Receipts from Dental Clinic 317.30


Receipts from Communicable Diseases


2,551.15


Total


$3,117.95


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BOARD OF HEALTH


BIRTHS AND DEATHS OCCURRING IN ARLINGTON, RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT, DURING 1928


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


1924


1925


1926


1927


1928


Population estimated


24,000


25,155


26,000


27,000


32,000


*Number of Deaths


253


235


244


252


310


*Apparent Death Rate per 1,000


Population


10.54


9.34


9.4


9.3


9.7


Births


501


526


518


857


734


Deaths of Children under one year of age .


19


19


30


26


31


Rate of Infant Mortality, per one thousand births


37.92


36.12


57.91


30.34


42.2


Age of oldest person dying in Arlington, Male, 92 years 4 months 15 days Female, 95 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 the deaths of all residents of Arlington dying elsewhere, as shown by the records of the Town Clerk.


Deaths of residents occurring in Arlington . 265


Deaths of residents of Arlington occurring elsewhere 85


Total


350


Death rate per one thousand population


10.9


*Crude rate.


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN ARLINGTON DURING 1928


Heart Disease All Forms


Apoplexy


Cancer All Forms


Pneumonia All Forms


Arterio- Sclerosis


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


72


2.25


36


1.12


32


1


27


.84


26


.81


COMMUNICABLE DISEASES REPORTED BY MONTHS


Jan.


Feb.


Mar.


Apr.


May


June


July


Aug.


Sept.


Oct.


Nov.


Dec.


Total


Anterior Poliomyelitis


17


12


11


10


2


0


2


0


0


2


24


86


166


Chicken-pox .


0


0


1


0


0


3


3


1


1


2


2


2


15


Diphtheria .


1


0


1


0


0


3


2


2


0


2


6


6


23


Dog Bite.


0


0


0


0


1


5


0


2


1


0


0


2


11


Rabid Dog Bite.


2


4


1


3


3


0


0


1


3


0


1


2


20


German Measles


0


0


1


2


0


0


3


2


0


1


1


0


10


Gonorrhea .


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


Influenza .


44


121


288


362


134


26


3


1


1


0


0


4


984


Measles


20


9


8


6


2


1


0


0


0


3


3


5


57


Mumps .


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


Ophthalmia Neonatorum.


3


S


1


1


4


5


1


0


1


0


0


0


30


Pneumonia (Lobar) .


16


13


7


15


19


14


2


0


4


7


13


9


119


Scarlet Fever


6


1


1


2


5


5


3


7


5


6


4


0


45


Tuberculosis (Pulmonary).


0


0


0


1


2


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


4


Tuberculosis (Other Forms).


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


Typhoid Fever .


57


51


47


23


23


4


5


2


3


6


5


14


240


Whooping Cough .


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


Syphilis .


1,740


Total


20


Patients placed in Contagious Hospitals for Scarlet Fever .


2


Patients placed in Contagious Hospitals for Diphtheria .


Patients placed in Contagious Hospitals for Measles .


1


· Patients placed in Contagious Hospitals for Infantile Paralysis.


2


Patients placed in Contagious Hospitals for Whooping Cough ..


4


Patients placed in other Hospitals for various diseases .


5


Patients placed in State Infirmary for Tuberculosis


Patients placed in State Sanatoria for Tuberculosis


.


11


1


2


0


1


0


0


4


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


8


9


283


.


.


2


RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT DEATHS CLASSIFIED BY SEX, BY AGE, AND BY CAUSE, FOR 1928-(Stillbirths Excluded)


CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes


M or 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


I Epidemic, Endemic, and Infectious Diseases:


8 Scarlet Fever


M


1


31 Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System 32A Tuberculosis of the Meninges and Central Nervous System .


22


2


1


7


3


41 Purulent Infection, Septicemia .


284


Class II General Diseases not included above:


43 Cancer and other Malignant Tumors of the Buccal Cavity . .


1


1


44 Cancer of Stomach and Liver


5


44A Cancer of Esophagus


M


1


44B Cancer of Liver .


M


F


1


M


2


1


2


6


M


F


3


47 Cancer of the Breast .


M


F


1


1


49 Cancer of Other Unspecified Organs


1


4


1


6


57 Diabetes Mellitus .


1


58A Pernicious Anemia .


1


1


1


63 Addison's Disease .


1


11B Influenza


1


1


3


1


2


45 Cancer of Peritoneum, Intestines, and Rectum ..


46 Cancer of the Uterus .


F


1


6


1


One Year


285


65A Leukemia .


4W


Class


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


70 Encephalitis


1


74 Cerebral Hemorrhage, Apoplexy .


M F


1


2


1


4


3


1 6


3 2


1 3


1


21


74B Cerebral Thrombosis


F


1


1


M


1


75 A Hemiplegia .


F


M


3


F


1


Class


IV Diseases of the Circulatory System:


M


1


1


1


89 Angina Pectoris


M F


1


1


2


4


M F


1


1


3


1


1


8


1


M


1


1


2


1


2


7


M


1


2


1


2


1


3


1


1


13


F


1


.1


2


6


1


2


2


17


M


1


F


91B Arteriosclerosis .


1


5


2


1


15


91C2 Coronary Sclerosis


F


2


M


92 Embolism and Thrombosis (not cerebral).


F


2


£


1


1


M


1


1


12


74A Cerebral Hemorrhage


1


M


1


SO Infantile Convulsions .


1


SS Endocarditis and Myocarditis (Acute)


3


6


2


1


1


1


7


90A Mitral Diseases of the Heart and Chronic Endocarditis


1


1


F


90B Cardiorenal Disease and Chronic Myocarditis


90D Acute Dilatation of Heart


1


3


M


2


1


7


F M


2 3


2 2


2


1


1


1


4


2


90 Other Diseases of the Heart


1


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


CAUSES OFIDEATH All Causes


Mor 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


M


F


Class


V. Diseases of Respiratory System :


97A Diseases of the Nasal Fossa


99A Acute Bronchitis


1


1


3


2


2


1


1


1


9


2


1


4


101B Pneumonia, Hypostatic .


F


107 Other Diseases of the Respiratory System


2


Class


VI Diseases of the Digestive System:


1


1


111B Ulcer of the Duodenum


113 Acute Gastro-Enteritis.


F


1


3


118B Intestinal Obstruction and Intersusception


1


122B Cirrhosis of the Liver (not specified as alcoholic)


1


124A Diseases of the Gall Bladder.


F


124C Acute Yellow Atrophy of the Liver


F


1


125 Diseases of the Pancreas .


126 Peritonitis without specified cause .


1


2


286


M


1


101A Pneumonia, Lobar .


F


1


10


F


1


M


1


100A Broncho Pneumonia .


1


2


2


1


1


1


M


1


1


1


287


Class


VII Non-venereal Diseases of the Genito-urinary System: 129 Chronic Nephritis .


129A Chronic Interstitial Nephritis


AREWEW


2


4


1


2


5


3


2


2


Class IX Diseases of the Skin and of the Cellular Tissue: 151B Gangrene of Leg .


1


1


153B Cellulitis


Class XI Malformations, Congenital: 159 Malformation .


.12


2


Class XII Early Infancy: 161A Premature Birth (not stillborn)


000


6


8


161B Injury at Birth (not stillborn)


1


161 Other Diseases Peculiar to Early Infancy.


2


12


2


1


159C Others under this title .


AREWEW


129C Uremic Poisoning .


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


CAUSES OF DEATH All Causes


Mor F


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


M F


Class


XIII Old Age:


164 Senility .


【W


Class


XIV External Causes:


M


1


1


F


1


F


M


F


1


M


1


1


2


F


1


M


1


1


3


F


1


3


F


1


4


M


1


1


F


M


1


1


F


Total . Stillbirths .


134 176


14


5


1


2.


3


168 Suicide by Hanging . .


169 Suicide by Drowning .


M


171 Suicide by Cutting or Piercing Instruments.


181 Accidental Absorption of Poisonous Gas


185 Accidental Traumatism by Fall .


M


1


18SC Accidental Traumatism by Automobiles. .


188E Accidental Traumatism by Motorcycle. .


188F Accidental Traumatism by Other Vehicles.


Total


Under One Year


288


289


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, 1928.


Report of Bacteriologist


Blood Smears. 18


Sputa . 87


Throat Cultures 172


Specimens Examined


Urethral Smears 68


Total 345


Report of Physician


Visits to homes for release of patients upon recovery from communicable disease . 96


Bakery employees examined. (Physical examination) . . 5


Report of Tuberculosis Dispensary


Patients examined at Dispensary


19


Home visits 21


I also assisted in administering the Schick Test to three hundred and twenty-three children at the clinic at the Town Hall October 5, 1928.


Respectfully submitted, EZEKIEL PRATT, M.D


REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH NURSE


To the Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Board of Health Nurse for the year ending December 31, 1928.


290


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT REPORT OF NURSE


Number of visits to homes of persons suffering with com- municable diseases, 2,291.


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


Conveyed one patient to the North Reading State Sanatoria for examination.




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