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300 Mr. Smith said there is Federal money available to communities for gypsy moths if they use "Dipel" but that is not the best road to take. The State has not done anything for the gypsy moths so far. They are hoping to get Federal money for the "defoliage program". Mr. Smith did say that this Town is going to be in real trouble in the Spring with the gypsy moths. He said that the eggs are everywhere. Re- infestation started - the eggs can be carried around on cars, campers, etc. He said we will have this problem for a long time. He said all those opposed to mosquito control can breath a sigh of relief now, as we are out of money and are out of the "mosquito control program". 1 Mr. Smith reported that the flu clinic was very successful this year. He VACCINATION said there will be no free flu vaccine from the State next year, he had been CLINICS informed recently. The Town will have to buy their own and we will most likely have to charge a fee for the shot. The pneumonia clinic will be held this coming Thursday, November 12, 1981. Mr. Smith said he hopes to do at least 70 or 80 shots. If we did that, it would be a good clinic as we only did 40 doses last year. We get calls from nursing homes, he said, looking for the vaccine that was left over (flu vaccine) but we ran out ourselves. Dr. Roemer asked bout Medicare paying for the immunizations. Mr. Smith said that Medicare will not recognize public clinics. Mr. Smith mentioned to the Board that he had received a letter from a Chiropractic Society that wanted to run a public education clinic for chiropractic care. The Board did not see any reason to get involved with this type of clinic. Mr. Lambie brought up the subject of goals for the Board of Health/Health Department. What have we accomplished? What are the future goals? The Board should put an emphasis on what they want to do. He said I am not looking for answers tonight, but would like each one's thought about this at a later date. Mr. Smith told the Board that the restaurants are supposed to be inspected twice a year but he has gotten a little behind on that because of other commitments. 1 CHIROPRACTIC SOCIETY He has been doing the quarantining of dogs that have bitten someone and also animal inspections when he can. GOALS MISC. The results of the immunization survey conducted by the State in day-care IMMUNIZATION centers is completed. The results were mailed to the Health Department. SURVEY The results of the survey show that the day-care center children were well immunized. Montessori School had the worse record of all day-care centers. There D.P.T. was poor but their immunizations of polio and MMR were good. Immunization in nursery school is not mandatory as it is in the public schools.