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430 NOTIFICATION Letter from the School Health Services concerning the `COMMUNICABLEmeeting that was held in regard to the letter received by the DISEASES IN Health Department from Mrs. Caleb Warner concerning the not - SCHOOLS ification of Communicable Diseases in the Schools was read and approved by the Board. The Board agreed that a letter should be written to Mrs. Warner telling her we have turned this {{ matter over to the School Health Department and also stating the various departments we now notify of Communicable Diseases. MR. MCQUILLAN The Board voted to re-elect Mr. R. L. McQuillan Chairman RE-ELECTED of the Board for the coming year. POLIO REPORT Mr. McQuillan reported that the Polio posters have been placed in various places around town and that at the Metropolitan Health meeting on June 16, 1960 an announcement was made that the Free Polio Vaccine will be available for an indefinite time. Mr. McQuillan said around the first of July a letter will be sent to the Doctors stating that Polio Vaccine will be available for an indefinite time. ENGINEER'S BILL POSTURE CLINIC DENTAL BUDGET REPORT The Board approved the Whitman & Howard Engineering Bill for payment. Mr. Lurvey reported he attended a meeting of the Posture Clinic Committee and found it very interesting. The posture clinic will continue next year with possible a few changes. The Posture Committee would like to extend its operation to include the teen-agers, at present the Clinic works only with the Elementary School Children. CLINIC ARLINGTON SANITARY LAND FILL The Dental Clinic report was approved for May and June. The Budget Report for the Health Department was approved by the Board. Mr. Lurvey reported that upon receiptof several complaints he investigated the brook that runs from King Street, Arlington under Summer Street and Lowell Street, Lexington, in back of Buse farm and empties into the Arlington Reserviour. Upon his first inspection he had the Fire Department flush out the brook and the he put lime and B.K. powder into the brook. This helped for awhile. Recently more complaints were received concerning odors coming from this brook. A re -investigation was made and it was discovered that the odor was coming from the Arlington Sanitary Land fill program on Route 2A. This land was once a farm and is filled with soil treated with swine manure. This land drains into the brook. The Board voted to write to Mr. Edward Monahan, Town Manager of Arlington and ask for his assistance in abating this nuisance. The Board also voted to offer the assistance of Mr. Lurvey to Mr. Monahan because he is f amilar with this problem. Meeting was adjourned. at 5:15 P.M. 4 1 1 s