The Portland daily press., 1875-03-02
CITY REPORTS.
The following are additional reports:

The following are additional reports:
CITY PHYSICIAN.
There has been an unusual amount of sick
ness amongst the poor of the city for the past
year. There are recorded upon my books 522
professional calls upon the poor of the city, ex-
elusive of visits to the Aims House and the
Hospital, and the diseases which have come
under my observation have been almost as va
red as the visits have been numerous. In all
cases where it has been necessary patients thus
visited have been removed to the Greedy Hos
pital, which was opened for occupancy the last
of July.
There have been admitted to the Hospital
since its opening eighty patients. At present
there are fifteen in the mems department,
which is under the charge of Mr.. Ben]amln
SWEET, who has held the position of nurse very
acceptably since December 1st OF this fifteen
eight are men who received injuries OF became
disabled while employed in building the Port
laud and Ogdensburg Railroad; others are sui
ferng from consumption, erysipelas and minor
diseases. The women's department contains
twelve patients, including four children. Miss
Kate Stewart performs the duties of nurse in
most trustworthy manner. Pneumonia, spl-
nal diseases, mammary abscess, syphilis, and
paralysis are the principal diseases
Registers have been provided for recording
the inmates and are great improvement over
the memory; $50 names of patients treated at
the Hospital office have been recorded since
Nov. 1st have made 1926 visits to the Hospi-
tai during the year. There have been D BIRTHS
mothers and children living-and deaths
caused by consumption, paralysis, cancer w.
phoid fever, heart disease, old age and 1ntem-
perance. No small pox has occurred except
one case last March treated at the small pox
hospital Owing to the increased hospital &C
com modations and the unusually severe winter
the duties of the City Physician have been
more arduous than usual.
TRUANr OFFICERS REPORT.
To the Honorable City Council of Portland:
As in previous reports have made mention
of the method pursued in regard to boys in
clined to truancy, will simply say that Ihave
found no occasion to change the plan, but find
nv convictions growing stronger each year that
no surer way of correcting the evil tendencies
of children lin any direction) can be found,
than to appeal to and secure the cooperation OF
the parents.
Believing that large number of arrests and
q large list of commitments to the Reform
School is not indicative of the highest degree OF
success, but on the contrary, fewer arrests and
commitments with a better percentage OF at
tendance at schools; am pleased to say that
while have received about the usual number
of cards for investigation, have made fewer
arrests sent less to the Reform School than in
any previous year of my service, and believe
the DER cent. of attendance has never been bet
ter. think we have reason to congratulate
ourselves that we have at last compulsory
law, the execution of which will bring many OF
our large class of non-attendants to the school'
room who, in the past have found protection
from arrest on the plea of Irregular employ
ment" by the wish and consent of their pa
rents, who knowing their aversion to study, al
low them to seek such employment with no
better motive than in this way to avoid the
school.
trust our new law will prove beneficial to
this class and that many careless and lndiffer-
ent parents will be compelled to feel the i'm
portance of education.
Aside from my regular street labor, l have
received nine hundred and sixty cards from the
teachers for investigation, made one hundred
and fifty arrests and sent four to the State Re-
form School.
1t gives me pleasure in closing to refer to the
very cheerful cooperation of all the teachers
and Their continued kindness and courtesy.
Respectfully submitted, w. L. FITCH.
THE POWDER MAGAZINE.
From the report of the agent of the powder
magazine we learn that there were 1876 packa-
ges of powder on hand January list, 1874, 1881
packages has been received, 1907 packages has
been delivered, leaving 256 packages now on
hand; $130 so has been received as fees.
HARBoR MASTERS REPORT.
From the report of the harbor master, B. W.
Jones, we learn that a tug boat has been en-
ployed the past season 83a hours at an expense
of 1924. larger amount than has been usually
expended for that purpose. The harbor has
been kept clear at all times for the arrival or
departure of vessels.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIALs.
The following is the report of James 5.
Gould, Superintendent of Burials: There have
been 702 deaths during the past year from the
following es-Consumption 1888, disease
unknown SO, cholera infantum SO, still-born u,
whooping cough %, accident 10, scarlet fever
IS, softening of the brain 20, heart disease 20,
old age 80, lung fever II, dropsy II, diphtherla
IA, paralysis IA, cancer IA, kidney II, Group IL,
measles II, brain fever 7, disease of bowels 8, OF
lungs 6. typhoid fever s, cholera morbus 6, in
fantile 8, canker 5, diarrhea T. heart disease a.
slow fever 8, apoplexy 4, rheumatism 4, casual
ty 4, drowned a. tumors 8, suicide 8, pleurisy
3, liver complaint 2, spinal complaint 2, disease
of head 2, and one each of erysipelas, scrofula,
stoppage, phthisis, dyspepsia, murder, fits,
beading, carbuncle and gangrene.
The deaths have occurred as follows: 178 un-
der one year, 1O1 from to 5 years, q from
to 10, 43 from 10 to 2O 63 from 20 to 30, 81 from
30 to 40, SO from 40 to so, 81 from 80 to 60. 5S
from 60 to 70, GA from 70 to 80, IS from 80 to &c.
from 90 to 100, and 80 still born, and q whose
ages were not known.
STREET COMMISSIONERS REPORT.
From the report of the Street Commissioner