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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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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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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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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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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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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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