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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-12-16262 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING December 16, 1955 A regular meeting of the Board of Health was held on December 16, 1955, at 3 P.M. in the Selectmen's Room of the Town Offices with Chairman McQ uillan, Dr. Cosgrove, Mr. Cole and Mr. Lurvey present. A letter from the Planning Board concerning the Watson Watson Realty Trust Subdivision was presented to the Board by Mr. Subdivision Lurvey. The Board has no objection to the plan for the subdivision except for Lot 19 for which there is no workable sewage disposal plan. Bills totalling $972.50 were discussed, approved and Bills given to the clerk to be put through for payment. Included were bills from Whitman and Howard, a final bill for the year, $296.91; from the Lexington Visiting Nurse Associa- tion for November, $145.83; from the Middlesex Sanatorium for November, $135., and from the Boston Lying -In Hospital for the Wheeler premature baby, $343. Permits There were 11 applications for permits to transport Garbage or Rubbish in Lexington in 1956. All trucks were inspected by the Health Sanatarian, and the fee of t2 was collected and turned over to Mr. Carroll, Town Treasurer. Permits will be signed by the Board and mailed to the appli- cants. The Sanitarian's Report was discussed. Mr. Lurvey said Mr. Anderson of 179 Grove Street would appear before the Board at 3 P.M. to discuss his overflowing cesspool. Mr. Lurvey found him very uncooperative when an inspection was made upon complaint of neighbors. Countryside Mr. and Mrs. Currier of Countryside, 400 Lowell Street, and two friends, came in to talk with the Boned. Mr. Currier has had a year in which to bring his restaurant up to the Lexington Board of Health standards and still does n'ot ful- full these requirements. Mr. Currier was distressed because he had received a letter from the Board of Selectmen refusing him a Common Victuallers License for the coming year. It was explained by Mr. McQuillan that it is on the recommenda- tion of the Board of Health that the Selectmen send out such notices. The Board feels it gave Mr. Currier more than ample time to bring his establishment up to the proper standard, and the most amiable settlement of the case would be to have the restaurant close on December 31, 1955, and no new Vic- tuallers License be issued for 1956. OFCP At 4.15 P.M. Mr. Anderson of 179 Grove Street met with the Board. Mr. Lurvey had explained that Mr. Anderson was very uncooperative about remedying the situation at 179 Grove Street. The neighbors had complained about six weeks ago that sewage was bubbling up on the lot, and odors and water presented a health menace and nuisance. Mr. Anderson agreed that a load of gravel properly spread would help t "- CC 1 1 1 temporarily, and in the spring he will have the situation taken care of. Mr. Anderson stated there is no drainage on the lot - he has the cesspool in front, twelve feet deep, water just stays there - no drainage at all. Mr. McQuillan said he understands that the Appropriation Committee and the Board of Selectmen expect the 1956 budget of the Board of Health to be satisfactory. The Salk Vaccine Inoculations are still not approved by the State. A decision must be made by January 9, 1956. The authorities are waiting for the results of an exhaustive study of the first inoculations. Mr. Lurvey said he would . like to bring Superintendent of Schools Smith up to date on the situation. Mr. Smith must be getting a great many calls asking for the date of the second inoculation. Mr. Lurvey attended a meeting on December 15, 1955, of the Metropolitan Health Officers and Agents Association in Brookline at which Commissioner Kirkwood gave a summary of the polio picture to date. Mr. Cole and Mr. Lurvey plan to be at the meting of the Board of Selectmen on Monday, December 19, 1955, to present the plan for 72 Cary Avenue submitted by Whitman & Howard Engineering Company. It was suggested that a letter be sent to Mr. Sweeney, the owner of 72 Cary Avenue, recommending that he raise the foundation one foot, so that the Board would be on record as making such a recommendation. The new plan will cost the Board about x'110.60. The next regular meeting of the Board will be on Friday, January 20, 1956. The meeting adjourned at 4.55 P.M. 263 Budget 1956 Salk Vaccine 72 Carl Ave. Cly; %F..-/ Clerk