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r 266 Rubbish Permit Diphtheria Clinic Rummage Sales Polio Advl s ory oard Polio Bic "€ t Typhoid BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING February 17, 1956 A regular meeting of the Board of Health was held in the Board of Health Office on Friday, February 17, 1956, at 3 P.M. Chairman McQuillan, Dr. Cosgrove, Mr. Cole and Mr. Lurvey were present. The regular monthly report from the Lexington Visiting Nurses Association for January was noted and approved. An application for a permit to transport and dispose of rubbish from John Cuccinello, 72 Valleyfield Street, was approved. Mr. Cuccinello is to notify Mr. Lurvey when his truck is ready for inspection. Plans for the Diphtheria Clinic to be held on February 28 at Cary Memorial Hall were discussed. Doctors, nurses, clerical help, and materials have all been arranged for. Applications for two rummage sale permits were dis- cussed and approved...one for Lexington Post V.F.W., Ladies Auxiliary, on March 10, at 2 Hayes Lane, and one for the KiWi Club on April 14, at the Barnes Property. The list of donors will be checked for communicable diseases, and letters of permission will be sent to the organizations involved. It was decidedthat it would be wise to appoint an Advisory. Board for the polio program. In such a large pro- gram many questions are sure to arise. The following people were invited to be on the Board: Dr. Potter, Dr. Wells, Dr. Ellicott, Dr. Perry, Dr. Newell, Miss Ayers, Chairman of the local Red Cross, Miss Morrison of the Lexington Visiting Nurses Association, Mrs. Maher and Mrs. Clarke, school nurses, and Mr. Smith, Superintendent of Lexington schools, Mr. Lurvey will notify these people that the Board of Health would like to have them on the Advisory Board, and that a meeting is to be held on March 1 at 4 P.M. in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building. A budget of 12500 is necessary to run the 1956 Polio Program, and a letter asking for this special fund is being sent to the Board of Selectmen. This was approved by the Board of Health. The priority for inoculations is for all those children under 14 years of age as of last October 1, 1955, and expectant mothers. The Board expects 10,000 inoculations in all. The Board members had heard rumors of a typhoid case in Lexington, but Mr. Lurvey explained it was a paratyphoid case, perhaps caused by eating snow. The boy involved was one of a group of Boy Scouts on a trip to Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire, who became very ill. It was thought at first that it was appendicitis, but was later diagnosed by Dr. Conrad Wesselhoeft of Hahnanan Hospital, Boston, as para- typhoid. 1 1