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*468 Mr. Freeman said he paid $250,000 for theland and house. He tried to get Mr. Tropeano to come and see the conditions that the 86 year old couple were living in. After further discussion, the Board agreed to condemn the house as living quarters. Mr. Smith said the Building Commissioner could order the house torn down. Mr. Smith discussed with the Board the idea of charging for issuing of BURIAL burial permits to the funeral directors that come into the Board of Health PERMITS Office. He said some towns do charge a fee for this service. The Board decided that it would be best at this time not to charge for the issuing of a burial permit. Mr. Smith told the Board about the stuffed chicks that had been imported to this country around Easter time. They killed live chicks and then stuffed STUFFED them with a filler that contained arsenic. He said they had a high bacteria CHICKS count. He found that Joel's Candy Store had sold 14 of them and Mr. Smith was able to get two of them back and take them to the State Lab. He wrote an article for the Lexington paper this week so people can be aware of this. We had received a notice that many restaurants have been using sulfite in their food, particularly in the salads to keep them fresh looking. Mr. Smith SULFITE visited the restaurants and made them aware that they can use this only if they post a sign stating that that they do. Some restaurants had been using sulfite but they agreed to stop using it. This is very detrimental to the health of asmatics. SWIMMING Mr. Smith told the Board that the State has redone the swimming pool regulations. POOL BEGS. He is going to work this year with the new chemical standards. There have been very stringent changes in the regulations. Mr. Smith mentioned briefly that chlordane is now illegal to have in one's possession. Some people have brought chlordane into the office and a disposal CHLORDANE truck is coming tomorrow to take it away. The Rabies Clinic has been set for May 26 and May 27, 1983 from one to four p.m. RABIES Mr. Smith said if we don't have a good turnout this year - we will cut it down CLINIC to one day next year. He told the Board that we will not be selling licenses at the clinic this year. Ginny Brady had reported that she received some hostility in East Lexington because of cutting back of the blood pressure clinic there. The Health Fair will be held on May 14th at the Fire Station. The Board of Health is working with Choate -Symmes for the fair. Cancer detection clinic will be held on May 10th in Cary Hall. 1 1