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316 LODGING HOUSE 6 RAYMOND STREET T.B. ON INCREASE Mrs. Wheeler is concerned with the fact that there is not enough proper methods at this time to disposal of the sewerage and there are several more commercial buildings being constructed right in that area and this could create more problems. One of the members asked Mr. Smith if there were any back-ups at Chalet Sousse or Denny's. Mr. Smith said that there isn't at the present time but he as seen them in the past in their parking lot. Mr. Smith said, as far as the odors that Mrs. Wheeler said that she smells, it could possibly be the leaves being turned over at the landfill. He told the Board that they had been pumping from 2:30 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. this past Wednesday night but everything is back to normal right now. There is a prediction of rain for the coming weekend that may prove interesting. They all agreed that the millbrook Sewer Project will be the answer to this problem but it is very slow coming about. Mr. Lambie didn't feel that the Board could do any more at this time to push the project any faster, although Carol Amick of Bedford said that people should write their congressmen. Mr. Smith said that he would talk again tomorrow with Mike Hanlon, Town Engineer. Mr. Lambie said that the Board should reply to Mrs. Wheeler's letter and it was decided that he would draft a letter to be sent to Mrs. Wheeler with a copy to the Lexington Paper. Mr. Smith told the Board he had received a complaint about "no heat rented rooms" at 6 Raymond Street. He checked it out and found the cold. He went back the next day and found the heat had been turned in the rooms very on. This residence rents out rooms to seven people. There is no license to be operating as a lodging house. Mr. Smith sent a letter telling the owner to either apply for a license or reduce the number of roomers down to three. He has no heard from the owners since they received the letter. Mr. Smith said he felt that the Wild Acre Inn should also be licensed as a ' way house. Mr. Smith told the Board he had received a letter from the State notifying him of the increase of tuberculosis in Massachusetts. He said the State is blaming it on the increase of Cambodians. There are 52 more cases this year than there was last year. The total cases in 1981 was 504. He said that the State is trying to get away from inpatient care for T.B. and they are trying to treat it on an outpatient basis. Dr. Roemer asked if all cambodians are screened. Mr. Smith said most have been seen by doctors and the visiting nurses check up on them. Most cases are checked out at Mt. Auburn Hospital. 1 1