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1 1 1 247 Mr. Smith said the Town Manager had signed the contract for the study this week. They hope this will give some long time solutions to the Town's sewer problems. Mr. Smith told the Board how he had taken a ride down Mellex Road this past week MELLEX and the odor down at the Bedford line was terrible from the DeFelice ROAD piggery. Actually the pigs are located in Bedford. He said it is like a regular landfill - they bury the pig manure right there on their land. Mr. Smith told the Board that he had received a letter from Paul Etkind, Epidemiolo- gist for the State Health Department, stating that the physicians that get their BIOLOGICS vaccine at the Lexington Health Department Biological Station have not been re- porting how much vaccine they have been using. Mr. Smith said the figures showing how much vaccine being taken does not coincide with the amount used. Mr. Smith read a letter that Paul Etkind composed to send to the doctors stating that if all vaccine is not accounted for, the supply of vaccine to the doctors could be stopped. Mr. Smith told the Board that Mr. Etkind would like him to co-sign this letter. Mr. Smith said a vial of most vaccines that are 10 doses, usually only give eight or nine doses. Mr. Smith asked the Board members if they had read the material he sent to them from the State called "Required Duties of Local Boards of Health in Massachusetts". The Board said "yes" they had read it and it seemed pretty accurate. Mr. Smith said there is a manual being put together for the Boards of Health in Massachusetts, Laws relating to Public Health. The Board discussed briefly "cluster development" and "planned unit development". Mr. Smith said these types of developments do not have to come before the Board of Health. Mr. Lambie asked if we shouldn't make a rule that they come before the Board. Mr. Smith said that he makes sure that he sees their plans, anyway, like the Corrazini land. Dr. Cosgrove asked if they sent a preliminary or definitive plan? Mr. Smith said that a preliminary plan does not have to be filed. He said there never is any water or sewer on the preliminary so people just submit a definitive plan and save money instead of paying for an extra plan. Mr. Smith discussed with the Board "proper manure pits" for land with horses. He said they should have a concrete bottom and three concrete sides, and should be properly covered with a canvas. The manure should be removed every thirty days.