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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1954-07-16232 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING July 16, 1954 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Friday, July 16, 1954, at 3 P.M. in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building. Mr. McQuillan, Chairman, Mr. Cole, Dr. Cosgrove, and Mr. Jackson, Health Sanitarian, were present. Application from John F. Skinner for assistance on his wife's Mrs. hospitalization at Haynes Memorial Hospital for encephalitis was Skinner considered. Mr. Jackson reported that the Massachusetts Depart- ment of Public Health considered it reasonable that the Board of Health pay for hospitalization during the period of isolation. Mrs. Skinner was admitted May 13, 1954, and according to the hospital was considered non-infectious on May 23, 1954. The Board voted to pay for the last eight days of this period as the polio foundation had paid the first two days. Bill was received from Haynes Memorial Hospital concerning Miss Annie Ahearn who died there June 17, 1954 of tuberculosis. Ahearn Miss Ahearn had been on old age assistance in Lexington for some time. The Board of Health voted to approve the bill if Miss Ahearn had no funds. On July 19, 1954, Mr. Collins says that she had burial fund of $360.00 but it was used up by burial. Letter from Mr. Harold Stevens was read and his disposition Fidler of the Fidler premature baby case was accepted. The.Navy will baby make the father pay. Letter from Mr. Harold Stevens re Dailey piggery was re- ceived and read. It was voted to authorize Mr. Stevens to consent Dailey to the entry of a decree dismissing the sutt (Town of Lexington piggery vs. William J. Dailey), without costs and without prejudice. 1 Burgoyne ( CP • Letter from Mr. Stevens re overflowing cesspool at Burgoyne's, 80 North Street, was received. Mr. Jackson reported to the Board that the house at 80 North Hancock Street which is owned and occupied by Samuel and `Jennie M. Burgoyne is connected for sewage disposal to a cesspool located in land formerly owned by them but now owned by Thtboheau and numbered 5 Ballard Terrace; that the cesspool is overflowing and is a health menace, and that alehough he has directed Mr. Burgoyne on several occasions to correct the situation, Mr. Burgoyne has not done so. Upon consideration thereof and upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously Voted: That Samuel and Jennie M. Burgoyne, as the owners and occupants of the building numbered 80 North Hancock Street in Lexington, be abd they hereby are ordered, jointly and severally, to cause said building to be connected to the common sewer in North Hancock Street not later than August 2, 1954. 1 1 Report of the L.V.N.A. for the month of June was read and filed. Appropriations statements for June and current bills were received and read. The following licenses and permits were granted by the Board... Clara K. Stanley 20 Parker St. BoardingHome for Aged Mary E. Young 86 Winter St. Infant oarding Home Beaver Brook Academy 114 Camb.Conc.Hwy. Day Care for Children Mr. Jackson was requested to get regulations together on Day. Care agencies for Board of Health approval. C. M. S tarmer 344 Benjamin A. Greene 750 Ingeborg N. Swenson 145 George H. Wesinger 64 Cam.bConc. Hwy. et Spring S t. Garfield St. Methyl A lcbhol 1 saddle horse 12 horses, 36 cows 30 turkeys Letter to go to Mr. Wesinger warning him that thirty ((30) turkeys may be the limit. Application from Gustave Hurtado, 63 Westview Street, for permission to keep 25 swine was held up to give Mr. Hurtado one more week to clean u;. Some improvements have been made but manure has not been removed. Letter to go to Mr. Hurtado telling him the Board wrote on June 21, 1954, to clean up. The Health S anitarian reports that the piggery is not in sat- isfactory condition - the Board grants him one week to improve. 233 Licenses Child Care Rule$ Animal Permits Swine The report of the Health Sanitarian for period June 18 to July 51 was read and noted. At 4 P.M. Mr. Adams and Mr. Grindle from the Planning Board and Mr. Reed, Chairman, Board of Selectmen, met with the Board to discuss Board's "Report on Sanitary Facilities". The report was read and discussed. The group agreed that sewers were the final answer but wanted to defer their construction as long as possible. Mr. Adams was of the opinion that Recommendation #1 (no subdivisions on small lots unless severed) was illegal. Mr. Jackson is to check with Mr. Stevens and determine the legality of the statement. The group agreed to discuss Recommendation #2 further to find out what possibilities existed. The Board of Health is to meet with the Board of Selectmen July 26, 1954, to discuss employment of a man to check subdivisions, cesspools and septic tanks. Sanitary Facili- ties Recommendation 3# was talked over; Mr. Adams reported that the Planning Board had been unable to find a man to work for them as yet. He thought that site development would have to be in- cluded in new regulations of the Planning Board. As of now, as long as the developer abides by the requirements of the Planning Board, they cannot hold up approval of a subdivision. The only way at present is for the Board of Health to withhold approval of the land. Mr. Adams, Mr. Grindle, and Mr. Reed left at 4.45 P.M.