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517 Control, and Miss Elizabeth Russell, Head Social Worker of the Middlesex County Sanatorium, were approved b;,r the Board. The clerk exrlained these letters were to obtain information on old tuberculosis cases in order to bring the office records up to date, and also to complete a revision of the files in the Health Department to coincide with the State Tuberculosis Piles. The letter to Mr. R.A. Lord requesting his aid in obtaining FLU 150 Sec vials of Flu vaccine for the town clinic was approved b:. VACCINE the Board. The letter to Mr. Stevens, Town Council, stating the change SEPTIC in the septic tank regulation Chapter V, Section L, paragraph 3, TANK was approved by the Board. CHANGE Mr. Stevens acknowledgement of this change of regulation stated that the Health Department must. also file a copy of this change with the Town Clerk not later than 10 days after this change takes effect, as well as running the advertisement in the paper. The Board instructed the clerk to see that this change was filed with the Town Clerk by December 10, 1961. The change was also published in the Lexington Minute Man, November X32, 1961 as a paid advertisement to the people. The letter from Whitman & Howard, Inc. regarding the system at 34 Turning Mill Road was approved. Mr. Lurvey reported Mr. 34 TURNING Curry, owner of the property at 3L. Turning Mill Road, had re- MILL ROAD quested help in eliminating sewage seepage in the leaching bed, because of the difficulties encountered Mr. Lurvey requested Mr. Lucas of Whitman & Howard to consult with Mr. Curry. Mr. Lucas reported that although the present field is apparently leaching but not rapidly enough to take care of the water consumption. An:_additional leaching bed is to be added to the existing bed. This should relieve the situation for several years. The letter from Mrs. Morey, Chairman of the Board of Select- BUDGET men, requesting the proposed budgets for 1962 be submitted by December 1, 1961, was read and placed on file. The letter to Albert Koch, Suburbanite Cesspool Co. stating SUBURBAN - that a copy of the Rules and Regulations, Chapter V, Section 3, CESSPOOL means exactly what it says, a permit must be obtained for con- SERVICE struction on a sewage disposal unit whether it be old or new was approved by the Board. Mr. Lurvey explained Mr. Koch had violated this regulation before and he hoped this warning would be adequate and further steps would not have to be taken. A copy of the letter sent b: the Benjamin Franklin Homes 52 TURNING to Mr. Irwin, building inspector was read by the Board. This MILL ROAD letter is in regard to the fill at 52 Turning Mill Road reported on at our last meeting. Mr. Lurvey said this property was now in the process of being filled in. The.letter from the Massachusetts Veterinary Association RABIES regarding the reported case of rabies in Harvard Massachusetts was read by the Board.