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87 <br />REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. <br />To the Citizens of Lexington: <br />The Board of Health submits herewith its annum report <br />for 1898 : <br />Referring to that portion of our report of last year regard-. <br />ing the passage of diseased cattle through the town, we <br />would say that legislation in relation to the expenses of the <br />Board of Cattle Commissioners has stopped all cattle slaugh- <br />tering for the present, so that no diseased cattle have orna- <br />mented our highways for the past year, because no money <br />was forthcoming to ' ' lead them to the slaughter." <br />The piggery question has received our careful and best at- <br />tention and has compelled vigorous and drastic measures of <br />action. One piggery near the residential part of the town, <br />made such trouble and caused so large a degree of adverse <br />comment, that the owner was summoned to the court at Con- <br />cord, where a number of witnesses were present. The judge <br />administered a severe rebuke and peremptory order to abate <br />the nuisance, which was done, and the piggery was abandoned. <br />Another piggery in the outlying district was discontinued <br />after a summons from your board. <br />Another matter which came to the notice of your board <br />was that of the possible pollution of the water supply of the <br />Town of Arlington, from a slaughter house near the Arling- <br />ton line. While the matter was not strictly in our province, we <br />took the case up and by peaceable and persuasive measures, <br />induced the owner to avoid even the possibility of a nuisance, <br />by turning the channel of his offal in another direction. <br />We submit herewith the record of contagious diseases for <br />1898 : <br />Measles, 32, <br />Typhoid fever, 2, <br />Diphtheria, 1, <br />Scarlet fever, <br />Total 36 <br />88 <br />loss from last year, 13 <br />GG CG G( (G 1. <br />3 <br />2 <br />19 <br />1 <br />LG <br /><< <br />Record of contagious diseases from the introduction of <br />water in 1885 to January 1st, 1898 : <br />1885 <br />1887 <br />1888 <br />1889 <br />1890 <br />1891 <br />1892 <br />1893 <br />1894 <br />1895 <br />1896 <br />1897 <br />Diphtheria. <br />7 or 1 in 388 <br />0 <br />6. or 1 in 453 <br />2 or 1 in 1359 <br />1 or 1 in 3197 <br />1 or 1 in 3197 <br />0 <br />1 or 1 in 3197 <br />3 or 1 in 1066 <br />1 or 1 in 3498 <br />5 or 1 in 699 <br />4 or 1 in 875 <br />Scarlet Fever. Typhoid. <br />ll or l in 247 0 <br />30 or 1 in 90 2 or 1 in 1359 <br />16or1in169 5or1in543 <br />5 or 1 in 543 1 or 1 in 2718 <br />7 or 1 in 450 3 or 1 in 1066 <br />8 or 1 in 399 2 or 1 in 1098 <br />6 or 1 in 533 3 or 1 in 1066 <br />4 or 1 in 799 2 or 1 in 1359 <br />7 or 1 in 456 1 or 1 in 3197 <br />7or1in499 3or1in1166 <br />2 or 1 in 1749 5 or 1 in 699 <br />3 or 1 in 1166 4 or 1 in 875 <br />Total for 1885 to 1889 <br />Total for 1890 to 1894 <br />Total for 1895 to 1897 <br />Average for 1885--89 <br />Average for 1895--97 <br />Average for 1889--89 <br />Average for 1895--97 <br />1)iphtheria. <br />15 <br />6 <br />10 <br />3 <br />Scarlet <br />l ever. <br />62 <br />32 <br />12 <br />15z <br />4 <br />Total. <br />18 or 1 in 151 <br />32 or 1 in 85 <br />27 or 1 in 101 <br />8 or 1 in 340 <br />11 or 1 in 290 <br />11 or 1 in 290 <br />9 or 1 in 302 <br />7 or 1 in 456 <br />11 or 1 in 290 <br />11 or 1 in 318 <br />12 or 1 in 292 <br />11 or 1 in 318 <br />Typhoid. Total. <br />8 <br />11 <br />12 <br />2 <br />4 <br />85 <br />49 <br />34 <br />214 <br />11+ <br />Diphtheria. Scarlet 'typhoid. Total. <br />Never. <br />1 in 724 1 in 176 1 in 1359 1 in 128 <br />1 in 1049 1 in 875 1 in 875 1 in 308 <br />Some change has been made in the personnel of the board <br />by the election of Mr. Charles H. Franks, who succeeded <br />Mr. Charles M. Parker, in March, 1898. <br />