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Report of City Physician for Apr., 921
Number of Visits......................................................................415
City Department Calls...................................................... 44
Examined to enter Fire Dept............................................................... 2
Examined to enter Police Dept.................................................. 6
Venereal Clinics...................................................... 18
Civil Service Examination................................................................... 0
Isolation Hospital
North Fuller, between Michigan and Leonard Streets
Report foe Ape. 1921
Cases on hand Apr 1st, 1921
Erysipelas.................................................................... 0
Measles...................................................................0
Diphtheria...................................................................... 0
Smallpox................................................................ 0
Scarlet Fever.................................................................. 0
Erysipelas admitted....................................................... 1
Measles admitted during month..................................................... 6
Measles dincharged during month.............................................. 0
Erysipelas discharged...................................................... 1
Diphtheria Cases aamitted during month........................................5
Diphtheria Cases discharged during month............................................. 3
Diphtheria died during month................................................ 1
Smallpox Cases admitted during month................................................... 0
Smallpox Cases discharged during month............................................. 0
Small Pox died...................................................... 0
Scarlet Fever Cases admitted during month............................................... 5
Scarlet Fever Cases discharged during month.............................................. 5
Scarlet Fever Died................................................................. 0
Cases on hand Apr. 30 1921.
Diphtheria.......................................................................... 1
Sm allpox................................................................... 0
Scarlet Fever....................................................................... 4
M easles........................................................................... 0
Erysipelas........................................................... 0
Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Report for Apr.. 1921
Patients in Sanatorium first day of month................................................... 32
"4 admitted during month....................................................... 4
discharged during month quiescent................................................... 1
discharged during month arrested......................................... 0
discharged during month improved............................................ 0
" discharged during month not improved............................................... 2
died during month................................................................ 0
In Sanatorium last day oftmont.......................................... 83
Report of School Nurses for Apr., 1921
School Visits...................................................................... 121
Cases Handled,.............................................................2141
Visits to Homes.......................................................................129
Examined............................................................... 3310
Excluded................................................................ 69
Report of Clinic for Infant Feeding for Apr., 1921
Number of Stations......2
Babies Registered.,................................................................2733
Number of Clinics held.................................................................. 18
Total Attendance.....................................................................258
Nurses Calls................................................... 812
Children Registered at Pre-school Clinics..............................................122
Report of Bacteriologist for Apr., 1921
Negativet ositive Total
Diphtheria, Cultures examined for diagnosis............................48 12 60
". ". "t "l release................................. 19 2 21
Sputum examinations............................................ 36 10 46
W idal tests made.............................................0...... 0 1 1
Water Analysis............................................... 0 9 9
Miscellaneous examinations............................................. 0 0 0
Total........................................... 137
Plumbing Inspectors Report for Apr., 1921
Estimated Cost of Plumbing installed.......................................$63,364.00
Number of Permits issued............................................... 112
Number of Tests Made.............................................................. 133
Number ot Sewers Inspected..................................................... 0
Number o Complaints investigated.................................................... 2
Number of Final Inspections Made...................................................... 3
Total................................... 118
JATSTTT
J UN 1 11921
Grand Rapids, Michigan
DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE
A. E. DAVIDSON, Director
MONTHLY BULLETIN
ISSUED BY
THE HEALTH DIVISION
C. C. SLEMONS, M. D. Health Officer.
April 1921
BUREAUS
City Physician....................................A H Edwards, M. D.
Supervisor of Tuberculosis Division............Eugene N. Nesbitt, M. D.
Medical Examiner of Schools.....................E. W. Schnoor, M. D.
Bacteriological Department............ Lloyd C. Bilings, Bacteriologist.
City Hospitals................... Margaret Anway, R. N. Superintendent
Meat & Milk Inspection Department..... M. H. Sheffield, Chief Inspector.
Plumbing Inspection Department......... Henry Griffin, Chief Inspector.
HEALTH AND OTHER STATISTICS
Population, 1920............... 137,634 No. telephones used in city........... 27,266
Death Rate per 1,000 for 1920...... 13.6 No. public and private hospitals......... 10
Area of City in square miles.- 18 Newspapers.............3 daily, 29 weekly
Area of City Parks in acres........ 457 Total assessed valuation, 1919.......$185,141,508
Value of City Parks, 1917...... $1,166,967.00 Tax Rate...............................$1636
Bonded indebtedness...........$4,870,600.00 Public works, value.................4,901,040 00
Tax Rate........................ $16.339 Schools......... Public 42, Private7, Parochial 29
No. street lights.................. 1300 School Census between ages of 5 and 20.. 35257
Boulevard Lights............... 2600 Enrollment in Public Schools............ 20,108
Comparative Table of Deaths by Months
Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
1915..... 144 156 195 154 137 134 97 124 126 154 139 151
1916..... 183 164 157 155 145 101 136 103 130 122 142 148
1917..... 213 158 205 193 200[143 127 111 113 145 126 163
1918...... 171 147 160 209 155 122 125 132 135 174 205 292
1819..... 169 133 178 168 147 119 115 96 116 137 143 154
1920...... 147 288 195 168 204 157 119 120 121 181 148 161
1921.... 181 145 151 128
