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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
January 21, 1955
The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Htday,
January 21, 1955, at 3 P.M. in the Selectmen's Room, Town
Office Building. Chairman R. L. McQuillan, Dr. Cosgrove and
Mr.Cole were present. Mr. Mark Lurvey, Health Sanitarian,
and the clerk were also present.
Mr. MoGonchie met with the Board to discuss the new plan
and recommendations submitted by Whitman & Howard to take care
of the situation existing on Hawthc n and Longfellow Roads.
Mr. Lurvey had previously gone over these plans -with Mr. Burns,
our Town Engineer, and he felt that some modification could be
made. Mr. McQuillan suggested that Mr. Lurvey, Mr. Cole and
Mr. Burns meet with Mr. McConchie and discuss this plan and see'
if it is possible to save Mr. McConchie a little expense. This,
of course, to be subject to the approval of Whitman & Howard.
A letter was received from the Planning Board stating that
the DeVries Construction Company have filed an application for
the definite approval of Section 3 of the Sun Valley subdivision.
As this subdivision is to be sewered, the members of the Board
had no objection to passing on this subdivision, and the Chair-
man requested that the Planning Board be so notified.
The Board approved the payment of a bill to the Symmes Arl-
Premature ington Hospital in the amount of $209.25 for the care of pre-
Baby mature baby girl born to Mrs. Mary Palumbo, 42 Cliffe Avenue,
Palumbo Lexington, Mass. This case is a Boston settlement, and the
Board of Health of Lexington will be reimbursed by the Boston
Board of Health for this bill of x'209.25.
LVN* The report from the L.V.N.A. for the month of December was
read and noted.
Bills Board of Health bills paid in December and to date in Jan-
uary have been noted and approved by the Board.
A suggestion was made by the Chairman, and approved by the
Inspec- members of the Board, that the Health Sanitarian inspect res -
tions taurants one month, milk establishments the next month, and
food stores the following month, thus each group will be in -
inspected once every three months.
The Health Sanitarian's report on his inspection of Cumming'
Dairy in Arlington was noted by the Board. Mr. Lurvey would
like to check the producers from whom Cummings get their snply
of milk, and see what can be done to improve conditions. The
Board agreed that Mr. Lurvey should do this.
The following recommendation was made by the Health Sani-
Leaching tarian regarding special leaching beds, and this suggestion
Bed8 was approved by the members of the Board. 'that before a
permit is granted on any lot where a typical or special leach-
ing bed is to be installed, it shall be the responsibility of
the owner to hire an engineer approved by this Department to
see that the proper grades are set and the special bed is
correctly installed.
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The Board of Health also approved the suggestion made by
the Health Sanitarian that the fee for cesspool and septic Permit
tank permits be raised from 50 cents to $5.00. This sugges- Fees
tion has been adopted by the Board subject to the approval
of the Board of Selectmen. Also this adoption to be run in
the local newspaper.
Applications for permission to collect rubbish received
from John Brucchi, Frederick Miller, and Forsythe & Mabey Rubbish
have been approved by the Board subject to an inspection to Permits
be made by the Health Sanitarian as to their equipment.
The following applications for licenses
by the Board -
Fairlawn Nursing Home 265 Lowell St.
Madeleine C. Harrison 29 North St.
Mrs. C. S. Broussard 21 Butler Ave.
Community Nursery School 2325 Mass. Ave.
Mrs. John M. Dacey 545 Bedford St.
Lawrence Farms 52 Pleasant St.
John A. Sellars Dairy 430 Concord Ave.
New England Rendering Co. 29 Abattoir Ave.
The meeting adjourned at 4.15 P.M.
A true copy; Attest
have been approved
Licnesee
Nursing Home
Child Care Center
Pasteurization of Milk
Garbage Collection
Clerk