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Acknowledgments.
It is with great pleasure that the Board acknowledges the many courtesies received from His Honor, the Mayor, the members of the City Council, the heads of the various departments and many others.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. S. FRENCH, Clerk.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER STATISTICS.
Population, Estimated, .
25,438
Death rate per 1,000 in 1891
14.66
Area of city in acres .
11,600
Area of parks in acres
60
Gas, miles of mains laid
59
Gas, capacity of holders in cubic feet
370,000
Lights, number of electric {arc 79 incandescent 440
519
Lights, number of gas
803
Lights, number of oil
173
Number of churches .
36
Number of dwellings
4,700
Number of volumes in public libraries
39,500
Number of public schools .
22
Number of pupils attending
4,093
Number of teachers .
115
Number of private schools
20
Railways, miles of steam
12.5
Railways, number of stations
14
Railways, miles of street
8
Streets, average width of main
. 50 to 70 ft.
Streets, miles of accepted .
114.26
Streets, miles of unaccepted
55.04
Streets, miles of graveled .
108
Streets, miles of macadamized
61
55
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
Streets, miles of concrete sidewalks 50
Streets, miles of gravelled sidewalks . 70
Telephones, number of, in use by citizens . 400
Telephones, number of, controlled by city . 53
Water, capacity of reservoirs in gallons . 25,000,000
Water, daily average consumption in gallons
1,067,294
Water, daily pumping capacity of engines in gallons . 10,000,000
Water, number of fire hydrants 676
Water, number of services in use
4,705
Water, number of meters in use
3,269
Water, number of miles of main laid
102
Water, number of standpipes for street watering
66
1889
1888
1887 _20 656.
1886 __ 20 208 .__ Estimated.
1885 __ 19.759. State Census.
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FEB.
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JUNE
189!
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
AS REPORTED MONTHLY DURING THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. TOGETHER WITH RAINFALL.
COMPARATIVE VIEW OF CASES OF DIPHTHERIA, SCARLET FEVER, AND TYPHOID FEVER IN NEWTON,
Typhoid fever.
Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria.
5
10
15
20
25
Number.
21.553
21.105
POPULATION.
.
10
9
6
5
+
2
I
Inches.
POPULATION .
1891 _25,438. _ Estimated 1890 __ 24,379 ._ U.S. Census
18 87
1
1888
188 6
1885
TABLE I. Statement of Deaths by Months in each Ward .*
WARDS.
-
2
3
4
5
6
V
Total.
Aggre- gate.
Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.
31
January .
1
.
5
2
2
3
3
1
3
4
4
:
.
..
11
10
21
February
·
2
6
1
4
1
3
4
2
6
3
3
2
19
18
37
March
.
2
3
2
6
4
. .
1
6
.
4
3
2
2
1
2
00
15
23
May
.
·
·
·
:
00
19
37
July
2
3
2
4
5
6
2
3
3
1
5
1
2
1
1
2
19
17
36
August
·
4
1
3
3
4
3
6
2
1
. .
.
7
3
2
4
1
4
2
1
2
I
3
1
1
13
19
32
November
1
4
2
3
5
2
2
4
5
5
2
1
2
1
1
20
19
39
December
24
26
31
46
24
25
31
35
30
25
28
23
10
15
178
195
373
Totals
.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
Aggregate
50
77
49
66
55
51
25
373
.
.
2
1
1
1
2
1
3
4
14
18
June
2
1
.
·
1
2
6
2
3
2
·
1
3
22
11
33
September
19
11
30
October .
1
. .
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
1
Co
.
1
1
. .
:
co
12
24
36
April
.
. .
1
2
. .
5
1
4
:
3
3
1
. .
3
2
2
2
2
co
13
00
2
1
1
.
* Deaths at Cottage Hospital are distributed to Wards as much as possible.
59
.
3
60
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
TABLE II. Comparative View of the Causes of Death during the Year 1891.
5
10 15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pneumonia . 43
Phthisis ( Consumption) . 36
Heart Diseases . 29 .
Diphtheria
Croup, membranous Croup
14
Cancers 13
Cholera Infantum 13
Old Age 13
Tuberculosis 12
Marasmus 11
Brain Diseases 10
Bronchitis 10
Premature Birth 9
Convulsions 8
Nephritis(Bright's Disease) 8
Paralysis 8
Diphtheria
7
Meningitis 6
Fever, Typhoid . 6
Apoplexy . 5
Croup .
4
Dysentery 5
Catarrh, Gastro-Intestinal 4
Two diseases . each 2
Five diseases . 66
3
Four diseases
1
Nine diseases
66
2
Seven diseases 66
1
Thirty-seven diseases 66
1
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
Deaths from Other Diseases.
61
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
TABLE III. Causes of Death in each Month as Registered by the City Clerk, Arranged Alphabetically in Classes.
DISEASES.
JANUARY.
FEBRUARY.
MARCH.
APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUGUST.
SEPTEMBER.
OCTOBER.
NOVEMBER.
DECEMBER.
TOTAL.
I. ZYMOTIC.
Alcoholism
Blood poisoning -carbuncle
Cholera Infantum
Cholera Morbus
Croup
1
1
1
1
3
Diarrhea
1
2 7 4
Dysentery
1
1
Erysipelas
1
3
Fever, Scarlet
1
2
Fever, Typhoid
·
1
Influenza (La Grippe) .
3
Meningitis, Cerebro spinal
Metrc-Peritonitis
1
1
1
1
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.
Anæmia
Cancer of Cæcum
1
Cancer, Intestinal
Cancer of Liver
1
1
Cancer of Lungs .
1 1 1
Cancer of Pancreas
1
Cancer of Peritoneum .
1
Cancer of Rectum
1
Cancer of Stomach
2
Cancer (not stated)
2 1
Hydrencephalocele
1
Hydrocephalus
Leukæmia
1
Marasmus
11
Meningitis Tubercular
1
HINI
HINI
5
1
36
Rheumatism
Tuberculosis
1
1
III. LOCAL.
NERVOUS.
Apoplexy
1
5
Brain, Disease of
Brain, Embolism in
1
Brain, Hemorrhage of
7
Brain, Paralysis of
1
Convulsions .
1
Epilepsy
1
1
1
1
6
Myelitis
I
1
Paralysis
1
1
I
I
1
1
8
ʻ
I
1
1
-
-
1
1
Croup, Membranous
Diphtheria
1
Dysentery, Typhoid
1
6
Gangrene-mouth and throat Hydrophobia
1
1
1
I
-
-
1
IIIIIN
3
1
8
2
Meningitis
1
1
I
1
1
Phthisis (Consumption)
5
1
Caries, Tubercular Spinal .
1
1
-
2 12
Cancer of Œscophagus
Cancer of Omentum
1
13
1
4
Purpura Hemorrhagica
62
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
TABLE III .- Continued.
DISEASES.
JANUARY.
FEBRUARY.
MARCH.
APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUGUST.
SEPTEMBER.
OCTOBER.
NOVEMBER.
DECEMBER.
TOTAL.
NERVOUS, Continued.
Sciatica .
-
-
-
-
-
-
1 -
-
-
-
1
CIRCULATORY.
Angina Pectoris .
Heart, Disease of
Heart, Dropsy of .
Heart, Enlargement of
Heart Failure
Heart, Fatty degeneration of
Heart, Hypertrophy of
1
1
1
1
1
-
2
RESPIRATORY.
Bronchitis
Congestion, Bronchial
1
1
1
1
1
1
NITINTH
1 DIHITIN 9
1 3 1 3 1 43
DIGESTIVE.
Bowels, Inflammation of
Bowels, Intussusception of
Catarrh, Gastro-Intestinal .
Enteritis
Entero-Colitis
Gastro-Enteritis
Hepatitis
Intestinal Obstruction
1
1
Liver, Atrophy of
Liver, Cirrhosis of
1
Peritonitis
Stomach, Paralysis of
Stomach, Ulcer of
Stomatitis .
MISCELLANEOUS.
Albuminuria
Cystitis .
Diabetes
Kidneys, Abscess of
Nephritis (Bright's Disease)
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL.
Asthenia
1
1
-
1
1
-
I
1
Mal-nutrition
Old Age
.
Premature Birth
1
1
1
LOWNONOH 9 1
-
1
1
-
1
1
1
INI
1 1
1
1
2
Heart, Malformation of
Heart, Mitral Stenosis of
Pericarditis
1
I
1
1
1
1
Congestion, Pulmonary
1
1
Lungs, Congestion of .
Œdema, Pulmonary .
1
Pneumonia
5
3
CO /
1
1
1
1
1
1
I
-
-
-
-
1
-
NITHH
82811
Teething
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
I
Ì
1
NII
1
1
1
1
I
1
1
1 1
1 1
1
1
1
1
INI
1
1
-
Tetanus
3 21
1 1
1
10
Emphysema .
1
1
1
Inanition
13
1
-
-
63
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
TABLE III .- Concluded.
DISEASES.
JANUARY.
FEBRUARY.
MARCH.
APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUGUST.
SEPTEMBER.
OCTOBER.
NOVEMBER.
DECEMBER.
TOTAL.
V. VIOLENT.
Accident, Pistol Shot .
Accident, Railroad
Asphyxia
Drowned
Injuries, Internal abdominal
1
Suicide, Hanging
Suicide, Poison
1
Suicide, Throat-cut
1
Thigh, Fracture of
Umbilical cord compression
Vertebra, Dislocation of
Unknown
SUMMARY.
Zymotic
2
3
5
3
11
3
10 8
5 9
6
57
Local
18
15
19
17
16
9
15
10
10
8
14
22
173
Violent .
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
12
Unknown
1
Total
29
20
36
33
23
17
35
35
30
29
30
35
352
Still born
2
1
1
3
-
1
2
1
3
1
2
4
21
Aggregate
31
21
37
36
23
18
37
36
33
30
32
39
373
I
1
1
1
1
9
8
5
4
5
13
1
81
Developmental
2
3
4
1
1
8
3
2
2
2
28
-
-
-
1
1 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
9 8
Constitutional
64
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
TABLE IV. Deaths During the Year 1891, by Sex, Condition, Color, Nativity, Parentage, and Months.
JANUARY.
FEBRUARY.
MARCII.
APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUGUST.
SEPTEMBER.
OCTOBER.
NOVEMBER.
DECEMBER.
TOTAL.
Total Deaths
31
21
37
36
23
18 37
36
33
30
32
39
373
SEX :
Males .
13
11
19
12
8
4
18
19
22
19
13
20
178
Females
18
10
18
24
15
14
19
17
11
11
19
19
196
CONDITION :
Single .
14
6
14
19
12
7
28
24
17 12
19
17
20
197
Married
11
9
16
12
7
7
7
6
8
10
11
116
Widows
5
5
4
5
4
4
1
3
2
1
4
5
43
Widowers
1
1
3
1
1
14
Unknown
1
. .
2
3
COLOR :
White .
31
21
37
36
22
18
37
35 1
32
30
29
39
367
Colored
6
NATIVITY :
Newton
10
4
13
5
21
19
13
16 6
11 7
13
140
Massachusetts
5
4
10
8 S
3
4
3
5
4
6
4
61
England
1
1
1
. .
.
2
1
·
.
1
7
Ireland
6
5
7
4
2
3
4
5
5
1
6
5
53
Scotland
1
..
.
. .
1
1
. .
. .
1
British America
1
2
2
1 1
. .
. .
.
4
1
2
2
15
Other Countries
6
Unknown
1
1
1
1
5
PARENTAGE :
America
18
8
22
18
10
7
12
14 14
14
16
163
England
8
Ireland
9
5
11
12
5
1
S
12
8
6
10
9
102
Scotland
.
. .
.
. .
1
1
.
. .
. .
.
. .
. .
.
British America
3
2
1
3
1
5
1
2
3
2
3
26
Other Countries
3
Mixed .
1
4
2
1 1
2
1
. .
1
2
3
5
17
..
. .
1 2
. 1
1 11
8
6
5
3
5
52
Unknown
2
1
1
.
1
1
1
. .
. .
1
2
Germany
1
.
. .
. .
.
.
. .
1
.
.
. .
.
13
82
Other States
7
4
10
S 7
6
6
6 3
4
.
.
.
·
3
Germany
1
2 1
1
3
1
2
. .
3
. .
1
. .
1
1
. .
. .
·
.
. .
1
10 2
·
TABLE V.
Mortality arranged by Classes for the last Seven Years, together with Percentages to Total Mor- tality and Rate per 1000 Inhabitants.
1891.
1890.
1889.
1888.
1887.
1886.
1885.
CLASSES.
Percentage of
Total Mortality.
Rate per 1000 In-
Percentage of
Total Mortality.
Rate per 1000 In-
Percentage of
Total Mortality.
Rate per 1000 In-
Percentage of
Total Mortality.
Rate per 1000 In-
Percentage of
Deaths to
Total Mortality.
Rate per 1000 In-
Percentage of
Total Mortality.
Rate per 1000 In-
Percentage of
Total Mortality.
Rate per 1000 In-
habitants.
Zymotic .
57
15.28
2.24
48 13.56
1.97
70
21.67
3.25
51
14.82
2.42
49
15.26
2.37
34 12.36
1.68
36
13.14
1.82
Constitutional
81 21.71
3.18
61 17.23
2.50
59
18.27
2.74
56
16.28
2.65
51
15.89
2.47
53| 19.28
2.62
63
22.99
3.19
Local
173
46.38
6.80
174
49.15
7.14
130
40.25
6.03
174
50.58
8.25
158
49.22
7.65
119
43.27
5.89
114
41.61
5.77
Developmenta l
28
7.51
1.10
42 11.87
1.72
36
1.67
39
11.34
1.85
37
11.53
1.79
39
14.18
1.93
33|
12 04
1.67
Vio len . .
13
3.49
0.51
11
3.11
0.45
14
4.33
0.65
10
2.91
0 47
15
4.67
0.73
6
2.18
0.30
10
3.65
0.51
Total
352)
94.37
13.83
336| 94.92
13.78
309
95.67
14.34
330
95.93
15.64
310
96.57
15.01
251
91.27
12.42
256
93.43
12.96
Still born
21
5.63
0.83
18
5.08
0.74
14
4.33
0.65
14
4.07
0.66
11
3.43
0.53
24
8.73
1.19
18
6.57
0.91
Aggregate . .
373
14.66
354
14.52
323
14.99
344
16.30
321
. .
15.54
275
.
13.61
274
. .
..
. . .
-
..
-
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
Number.
Deaths to
habitants.
Deaths to
habitants.
Number.
Deaths to
habitants.
Number.
Deaths to
habitants.
Number.
Number.
Deaths to
habitants.
Deaths to
Number.
65
.
.
-
.
.
.
13.87
11.15
habitants.
Number.
99
TABLE VI. Total of Deaths, Still-births, and Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, for Seven Years with Percentages.
Total Deaths exclussive of
Still-births.
Still-births.
Total Mortality.
Rate per 1000 Inhabitants
Rate of Still-births per 1000
Total Rate per 1000 In-
Percentage of Still-births to
Diphtheria and Croup.
Scarlet Fever.
Typhoid Fever.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
Whooping Cough.
Measles.
Diarrheal Diseases.
Small-pox.
Other Zymotics.
Total Zymotics.
Percentage of Zymotic
Deaths to Total Mortality.
Population.
1891
352
21
373
13.83
0.83
14.66
5.63
14
2
6
2
0
0
21
0
12
57
15.28
25,438
1890
336
18
354
13.78
0.74
14.52
5.08
10
0
5
0
2
0
22
0
0
ão
13.56
37
1889
309
14
323
14.34
0.65
14.99
4.33
40
1
13
0
1
0
10
0
70
21.67
21,553
1888
330
14
344
15.64
0.66
16.30
4.07
10
2
11
1
2
-
16
0
00
ت
14.82
21,105
1887
310
11
32.
15.01
0.53
15.54
3.43
6
1
7
0
0
3
22
0
10
49
15.26
12.36
20,208
1885
256
00
274
12.96
0.91
13.87
6.57
3
3
7
0
0
5
12
0
6
36
13.14
19,759
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
20,656
1886
.
251
24
275
12.42
1.19
13.61
8.73
4
2
6
0
2
0
16
0
4
34
exclusive of Still-births.
Inhabitants.
habitants.
Total Mortality.
YEARS.
.
.
·
.
TABLE VII. Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, with Yearly Percentages to Total Mortality for Seven Years.
Percentage of each cause to Total Mortality.
Cause.
Deaths per 1000 Inhabi-
Total Deaths by Sex.
tants.
Total Deaths by Sex under Five Years.
Years.
Percentages of each cause
under Five Years to
Total Mortality.
1891.
1890.
1889.
1888.
1887.
1886.
1885.
M.
F.
M.
F.
Alcoholism
1
0.04
1
. .
.
Cholera Infantum
13
0.51
5
8
5
7
12
3.22
3.49
4.52
2.89
2.33
4.36
4.36
3.28
Cholera Morbus
1
0.04
. .
·
·
2
5
7
1.88
1.88
.57
3.40
.58
.62
.36
.36
Diarrhoea
2
0.08
2
..
. .
· .
.
.53
1.88
2.26
8.98
2.33
1.25
1.09
.73
Diphtheria
7
0.28
1
6
1
1
2
2
.53
1.34
.57
Dysentery
5
0.19
1
4
. .
Erysipelas
3
0.12
3
. .
. .
.
:
..
.80
28
..
.28
. .
.58
.31
.73
1.10
Fever, Typhoid
6
0.23
4
2
. .
·
.
1.61
1.41
4.02
3.20
2.18
2.18
2.56
Influenza
3
0.12
. .
. .
·
.
.
.80
.57
. .
..
.94
1.83
Measles
·
. .
·
.
..
1
1
1
1
.27
.54
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
Purpura Hem.
1
0.04
1
..
..
. .
.
..
. .
. .
.28
.62
.29
.31
Pyæmia
.
..
Septicæmia
..
. .
. .
. .
..
..
. .
. .
.85
.31
.58
Whooping Cough
.
. .
.
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
1.07
..
..
..
.94
.36
1.11
Other Causes .
4
0.15
3
1
. .
..
. .
.
Total .
57
2.24
23
34
9
16
25
6.70
15.28
13.57
21.67
14.82
15.26
12.36
13.14
.
7
0.28
2
5
Croup
.53
.85
.31
1.16
.31
1.46
36
1.16
2.49
. .
. .
·
.
..
. .
. .
. .
. .
.27
.53
.31
Fever, Scarlet .
2
0.08
. .
. .
1
1
. .
·
. .
.
.29
Meningitis, Cerebro-spinal
2
0.08
.31
·
..
. .
.
.
. .
. .
.36
..
.57
.31
.58
. .
.73
. .
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
67
.
.31
.73
.36
.27
.28
.31
.
.
.27
.28
. .
. .
.
.
.
. .
1.16
.93
.29
.31
.36
Fever, Malarial
·
.
·
. .
..
·
. .
.
.29
.27
.36
. .
..
..
.
Total Deaths from each
Total Deaths under Five
. .
1
2
.73
2
3
TABLE VIII .- Deaths from Eighteen of the Principal Causes.
Total Deaths from
each cause.
Percentage of each
cause to Total
Deaths per 1000 In-
habitants.
Total Deaths by Sex.
Total Deaths by Sex under five years.
Total Deaths under
five years.
Percentage of each
cause under five years
to Total Mortality.
Pneumonia
43
11.53
1.69
20
23
7
2
9
2.41
Phthisis (Consumption)
36
9.65
1.41
15
21
. .
·
. .
Heart Diseases
29
7.77
1.14
13
16
3
3
6
1.61
Diphtheria
4
14
3.75
0.55
3
11
3
6
9
2.41
Croup, memb. Cancers .
13
3.48
0.51
5
8
·
7
12
3.22
Old Age
13
3.48
0.51
4
9
. .
. .
. .
:
Tuberculosis
12
3.22
0.47
7
5
1
.
.
.
10
2.68
0.39
6
4
2
1
3
.80
Premature Birth
9
2.41
0.35
6
3
6
3
9
2.41
Convulsions
8
2.14
0.31
6
2
6
1
7
1.88
Nephritis (Bright's Disease)
8
2.14
0.31
3
. .
.
8
2.14
0.31
4.
4
. .
. .
. .
Diphtheria
7
1.88
0.28
1
6
1
1
2
.53
Meningitis
6
1.61
0.23
5
1
4
1
1.34
Fever, Typhoid
6
1.61
0.23
4
2
..
.
. .
.
.
.
.
13
3.48
0.51
5
8
5
Marasmus
11
2.95
0.43
3
1
3
10
2.68
Brain Diseases .
10
2.68
0.39
6
4
1
. .
1
.27
Bronchitis
. .
..
Paralysis .
.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
68
Mortality.
Male
Female
Male
Female
Croup
Cholera Infantum
1
27
8
69
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
TABLE IX.
Total Number of Deaths under Five Years, and Five Years and over, for Seven Years, with Percentages to the Total Mortality.
PERCENTAGES.
YEARS.
Total Deaths exclusive of Still-births.
Five Years Under Five and over.
Years.
Five Years and over.
Under Five Years.
1891
352
254
98
72.16
27.84
1890
336
244
92
72.62
27.38
1889
309
223
86
72.17
27.83
1888
330
248
82
75.15
24.85
1887
310
218
92
70.32
29.68
1886
251
179
72
71.32
28.68
1885
250
199
57
77.74
22.26
70
TABLE X. Total Deaths Each Quarter of the Last Seven Years, with the Aggregate and Average Numbers.
1891.
1890.
1889.
1888.
1887.
1886.
1885.
Number.
Percentage.
Number.
Percentage.
Number.
Percentage.
Number.
Percentage.
Number.
Percentage.
Number.
Percentage.
Number.
Percentage.
Aggregate.
Average.
First Qu.,
89
23.86
103
29.10
86
26.62
94
27.32
70
21.81
63
22.91
75
27.37
580
25.97
Second Qu.,
77
20.64
73
20.62
74
22.91
76
22.09
85
26.48
64
23.28
73
26.64
522
23.53
Third Qu., .
106
28.42
00
27.68
00
25.08
95
27.62
86
26.79
85
30.90
73
26.64
624
27.39
Fourth Qu.,
101
27.08
80
22.60
82
25.39
79
22.97
80
24.92
63
22.91
53
19.35
538
23.11
2,264
Total, .
373
354
323
344
321
275
274
323
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
TABLE XI. - Statement of cases of Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, Typhoid Fever, and Cholera Infantum by Months in each Ward.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
MONTHS.
Ward One.
Ward Two.
Ward Three.
Ward Four.
Ward Five.
Ward Six.
Ward Seven.
Total.
Ward One.
Ward Two.
Ward Three.
Ward Four.
Ward Five.
Ward Six.
Ward Seven.
Total.
January,
1
1
:
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
..
February,
.
March,
1
1
1
..
1
..
:
1
4
2
..
1
1
April,
.
·
1
.
1
4
May,
2
. .
..
..
1
1
1
. .
3
. .
. .
.
. .
1
IA
. .
5
June,
1
..
July,
1
. .
.
. .
.
August,
. .
.
.
. .
..
. .
. .
.
·
2
1
.
6
.
..
.
.
November,
1
2
1
. .
3
co
12
December ,
co
1
2
:
1
1
:
00
5
·
1
:
.
Total,
.
10
10
3
4
7
5
3
42
19
10
24
OD
4
35
7
105
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
71
6
2
11
1
. .
1
1
..
.
..
6
.
1
. .
1
5
1
. .
1
3
.
1
. .
1
..
. .
2
. .
.
1
. .
1
15
September,
2
.
.
..
. .
. .
12
. .
20
October,
17
4
..
00
1
6
.
. .
10
00
. .
..
2
.
2
2
1
OT
3
.
2
..
. .
2
. .
. .
1
.
3
. .
14
1
4
6
.
.
72
TABE XI. - Concluded.
TYPHOID FEVER.
MONTHS.
Ward One.
Ward Two.
Ward Three.
Ward Four.
Ward Five.
Ward Six.
Ward Seven.
Total.
Ward One.
Ward Two.
Ward Three.
Ward Four.
Ward Five.
Ward Six.
Ward Seven.
Total.
January,
·
.
:
1
1
·
·
March,
1
.
..
1
1
. .
3
· .
April, .
..
.
. .
. .
..
. .
3
3
. .
. .
. .
May, .
.
.
. .
..
. .
. .
. .
1
·
June, .
1
.
..
9
July,
. .
. .
. .
.
.
1
1
2
. .
1
1
2
1
.
5
August,
September,
1
3
..
.
1
6
..
..
. .
.
. .
1
1
1
6
1
October,
.
. .
4
. .
November ,
. .
..
..
. .
:
December ,
. .
:
·
.
. .
·
.
.
Total,
4
4
4
1
2
7
3
25
07
1
1
-
6
2
..
16
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
. .
. .
1
. .
. .
1
. .
. .
.
. .
. .
.
. .
.
. .
:
:
.
.
:
·
.
:
February, .
.
.
co
1
.
4
1
.
1
2
. .
.
. .
..
CHIOLERA INFANTUM.
.
TABLE XII. - Cases of Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever and Typhoid Fever reported during the last Seven Years by Months.
TYPHOID FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
SCARLET FEVER.
MONTHS.
1891.1
1890.t
1889.1
1888.
1887.
1886.
1885.
1891.
1890.
1889.
1888.
1887.
1886.
1885.
1891.
1890.
1889.
1888.
1887.
1886.
1885.
January,
6
17
25
2
5
4
11
9
1
13
3
5
14
0
1
1
:
2
.
February,
2
5
13
2
1
1
3
6
2
2
15
3
2
13
3
March,
2
7
15
2
2
4
3
6
2
3
9
9
5
13
3
18
0
2
1
. .
.
. .
.
April, .
3
. .
4
7
4
2
1
5
4
1
1
6
3
11
1
1
1
.
. .
. .
1
. .
.
3
1
. .
.
3
4
7
0
1
7
5
6
3
1
4
3
July,
2
3
2
.
.
7
4
.
..
. .
6
5
10
September,
2
1
7
6
.
. .
. .
15
1
6
3
1
.
6
6
16
13
5
15
4
8
1
October, .
6
..
.
4
12
4
3
5
6
17
3
4
2
25
5
6
1
4
1
3
1
2
4
December,
9
3
8
3
5
5
1
12
3
7
5
19
4
3
0
4
Total,
·
48
55
136
42
27
19
19
105
28
52
69
108
53
102
25
34
42
49
20
23
28
Aggregate,
.
49
Average,
.
+Including Membranous Croup.
73
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
221
346
31
..
4
2
11
5
9
15
10
3
2
1
1
2
4
15
5
4
2
..
May, ·
June,
1
4
2
2
2
5
1
1
.
20
. .
6
7
6
3
5
6
9
14
5
3
1
..
8
3
2
2
November,
8
·
10
11
.
2
1
.
11
11
18
4
..
1
. .
.
10: :
3
1
August,
1
·
517 74
. .
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND OF THE
FIRE AND POLICE TELEGRAPH
OF THE
CITY OF NEWTON.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1891.
E
BERTY AND UNIO
FOUNDED 163 0 .!
88 A CITY 1873
NON
TUM
NCORPORATE
AT
NEWTON UPPER FALLS : FANNING PRINTING CO. 1892.
MAYOR : HON. HERMON E. HIBBARD.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Alderman FREDERIC W. CREHORE, Chairman. Residence, Pine Grove Avenue, Newton Lower Falls. Alderman ARTHUR F. LUKE.
Residence, Prince Street, West Newton.
Councilman, GEORGE F. RICHARDSON.
Residence, Marshall Street, Newton Centre. Councilman, ERASTUS MOULTON.
Residence, Walnut Street, Newton Highlands.
Councilman GEORGE F. CHURCHILL.
Residence, Crafts and Clifton Streets, Newtonville.
REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
HEADQUARTERS FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITY HALL, WEST NEWTON, MASS., December 31, 1891.
To the Honorable, the Mayor and City Council of Newton :
GENTLEMEN :- Agreeable to the ordinance governing this department, I have the honor herewith to submit my thirteenth annual report, and the seventeenth of the present organization.
Fires.
A total of eighty-one calls were answered during the year as follows :
Bell alarms
54
Telephone
13
Verbal
9
Out of city
5
Thirty-one buildings were damaged, and three totally destroyed by fire.
Losses and Insurance.
Losses on buildings
$10,589 65
Insurance paid 10,186 65 .
6
REPORT OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Loss on contents
$7,945 50
Insurance paid 7,495 50
Total insurance at risk .
117,000 00
Total of property at risk
203,000 00
Manual Force.
I am pleased to report the morale of the entire command as beyond criticism. An increase of the working force, authorized by the City Council has been made as follows :
Drivers
2
Lieutenant Chemical B
1
Foreman Truck 2
1
Assistant Foreman Truck 2 .
1
Truckmen Truck 2
8
The total manual force being classified as follows :
UNIFORMED AND PERMANENT.
Chief of Department
1
Assistant Chief
1
Engineers of engines .
3
Drivers engines and trucks
6
Drivers reels
7
Relief engineer
1
Lieutenant Chemical B
1
Telegraph lineman
1
AT CALL.
Foremen .
9
Assistant Foremen
. 9
Hose and truckmen
48
Grand total 87
-
7
REPORT OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Apparatus.
The general condition of the apparatus is reasonably good. A new engine is an imperative necessity at No. 1 Station, and a careful examination of the matter satisfies me that a third-class engine will fully meet the require- ments in this district. This should receive early attention. I shall recommend that no outlay be made to our hose reels other than necessary repairs -looking to the intro- duction of wagons at the earliest opportunity.
NEW APPARATUS.
As authorized by the City Council, the following apparatus has been purchased and added to the equipment : One third size Babcock aerial truck.
One two-horse fifty gallon Champion chemical engine, being a duplicate of one previously in service.
APPARATUS-(in active service.)
Steam fire-engines
3
Hose reels
7
Chemical engines
2
Aerial truck (Babcock)
1
Ordinary truck
1
The following additional rolling stock, etc., is part of the equipment:
Chief's wagons
3
Chief's sleighs
2
Exercise wagons .
6
Exercise, etc., sleighs (heavy)
6
Hose Inventory.
Eighty-eight hundred feet of hose, good, bad, and in- different, is the sum total of the equipment in this depart- ment. Companies one, three, five and six, are fully supplied
8
REPORT OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
with first-class hose, while the remaining companies have outfits of fabric hose fast proving defective from wear and age. The surplus now on hand will hardly meet the re- quirements, in case of the unexpected. Five hundred and fifty feet of condemned has been turned over to the Water Department. Provision must be made for the purchase of additional hose for 1893. For distribution of the present complement, see inventory list, appended.
Hose Inventory.
COTTON.
RUBBER.
STATIONS.
TOTAL.
GOOD.
POOR.
GOOD.
Engine One . .
. .
400
850
1,250
Engine Two .
..
1,400
50
1,450
Engine Three
1,500
. .
50
1,550
Hose Four
. .
1,400
50
1,450
Hose Five
. .
. .
650
650
Hose Six
. .
. .
700
700
Hose Seven
. .
1,100
50
1,150
Chemical A
50 2 in.
250 1 in.
300
Chemical B
50 2 in.
..
250 1 in.
300
Grand Total
1,600
4,300
2.900
8,800
Horses.
Twenty-one horses are required for the moving of apparatus, and for use of the Chief and Assistant Chief. The usual standard has been maintained in this branch of the service, considering the prices paid. The ordinary health of the horses has been exceptionally good, and reflects credit on the employes having them in charge, under the super- vision of the Department Veterinarian.
9
REPORT OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
One horse killed (in collision, alarm 71) Chemical A. One horse died, inflamation bowels Chemical B.
One horse shot, old age . Chief Department.
New horses were purchased to replace the above, also for the placing in service of Truck 2, and Chemical B. Radical measures should be adopted for prompt and syste- matic removal of the stable refuse at all stations. Its accumulation for weeks and even months is decidedly ob- jectionable to those compelled to pass twenty-one hours per day in such surroundings. I would suggest an early solution of this decidedly unpleasant feature.
For details pertaining to condition, etc., of horses, with accompanying recommendations, you are respectfully referred to the report of the Department Veterinarian herewith an- nexed.
Stations.
The several stations are in reasonably good repair, with these exceptions : at No. 3, a new floor would seem necessary in the apparatus room, together with minor repairs to gutters, sky-lights, etc. At No. 1 Truck Station, the front doors must be enlarged to admit of use of the "three horse hitch." Additional windows on the apparatus floor are necessary for light and ventilation, and the removal of the unsightly storage sheds to the rear is urgently recom- mended. The condition of No. 2 Station is such as to require special examination to decide as to what is best to be done. (See recommendations.)
The new double station at the Highlands was occupied in July by Truck 2 and Chemical B, both pieces being operated by the same company, which will furnish both ladder and chemical service to the south side of the city.
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