The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05
1872 Births Recorded
Here Within Past Year;
l,l4l Deaths

Births IN waterbury during the
past year totaled 1872. Deaths here
numbered 1,i4i. These figures are
included In the annual report Of the
health department released today by
DR.. Edward J. Godfrey. The report
shows that the department had q
decidedly busy year. Heart disease,
according to Dr.. Godfrey, continued
to be the main cause Of death here,
leading the list with over 200 deaths
or 20 per cent Of the local total.
Cancer showed q slight increase in
the city during the year and so did
cerebral hemorrhages. A total Of
l0l deaths was caused by the latter.
City's Population
In the report Waterbury's popu-
lation is fixed at 10000. This figure
Is used in filing statistical data con-
corning Waterbury with the federal
officials In Washington, d. @. The
1880 census credits Waterbury with
population Of only 99,90l.
A special plea Is made to parents
by DR.. Godfrey asking that they
have their children irnmunized
against diphtheria. On the whole
there was a very noticeable decrease
In communicable diseases In Water
bury. The 1895 total was .304 while
that Tor 1885 Is but S26. The re-
port follows:
waterh,rv MOS awarded Hcror.
abie Mention for the secnod s,,cces-
svie vear IN ne 1oas HeeIth Con-.
ssrvotic,, cortsst ~ tha IT chorn-
her NJ. rorr,erce Scores ore grant !.
ed chiefly m the nrooress mede In
health affairs.
m :. y rbo,nrso,, ,,,s>,,co, a..
snector NJ Schools resiorsd To n,,a Nv
icss IN eccent a ,;csit;er o,,t ~ ths
c;tv ' I" f'-' Wv "
N
Doctors Joseph F.. Burke, Frank
j. HILL Samuel Fabricant and
Vincent Shea were appointed med
ical inspectors Of schools October,
1885. DR.. Francis O'Donnell has left
the employ Of this department to
begin practice in a nearby city.
DR.. Raymond Clemente, dental
inferno at st. Mary's hospital elm
ic resigned and DR.. Michael Man
dino was appointed to serve one
year.
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W p.UsIe e'n 4xS,y!aSt,., o." ,,.srtnn ~.
po. S ta.,ts, eSey n..aS,ea
p sS.. 49, ~ 49, v - ~. a"t,va 40
t.is uesai ...len. ~ .a aa';. ao..se 20
~ ,.,,hi,a Sae,tS r,,rsine arT the
other in laboratory work.
Child Welfare
r,s. 1y,,,,.,o. r,,,. ,,r,, .,
..ies -. y, W.T. orh,,r, hu The
~ $500. IT, Va N,,n.o., aason;o .,o,, a.
s1 o..s x,asa.ssI 90 at,a,,t ~ ~
ma ,.s,.o,,t Ao and 10 Ssaith Ssro Vt
p .sn . x,.aa,ra +;n,, ard ;,,,rc,,rt.a :
. ..e vaCs .siu.sa Su n,,,an ~
s s,U rsaahss e ~ ,,nn+hs of sne
are urged. We feel that the nurse
who enters the home Is one Of the
most. important factors In bringing
about lower infant mortality rate
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sel lsu o =. s.ant,., ,,,at,,,,
sclooi ciniu - S" . .,'..,, tho
10. M.oSs p.sye 49,. - 10, % ora
eAcePtAol. y. ..'oHe =, $500. ~
vlslon, p@i e .S. S ost 80 90 ~ ~
pp. reHenyve W. tha;r ou,, nhvs,c,an
rartic,,iarlv when the child Is
aho,t to enter school One pre-
school clinic located on Taylor
street was discontinued during
March 1919.
School Hygiene: Inc spectre oD-
jects OF medical inspection III tne
schools includes: preventive treat-
ment against diphtheria ana small
pox: physical examination OF eacn
student; detection ana correctloil
Of physical defects. An increase was
made to the starr OF meolcai m,
spectors IN OCTOBER, making . 1otai
OF seven inspectors now eihp'oye"'
Eve examinations were held In
al schools bv the nurses. schools
are Visited daily in order that any
case Of contagious or infectious dis
ease might be detected and exciuo-
Cd. farental col's tnSt ,,,,s., % de-
/ cessaly NJ otue. S $ssiis end
1ects such ~ le.'U =. 30. " .o nttanttnn
aoenoioS' oslectS Al v, a' ,.,saht
70 eyes an9 o''iei uAe. '
De remeo'eo.
The dental hygienistS on their