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1 1 1 419 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING April 15, 1960 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Friday, April 15, 1960 in the Selectmen's Room of the Town Office Building. Members present were Mr. R. L. McQuillan, chairman, Dr. William Cosgrove, Mr. Charles Cole and Health Officer Mark D. Lurvey. The Town Dump was discussed and Mr. McQuillan called to the TOWN Boards attention our regulation concerning dumps, either public DUMP or private, which states that any offensive matter dumped thereon must be immediately covered. This regulation also states that the Board of Health has jurisdiction over all dumps in Lexington. Mr. McQuillan stated that the State Health Department law reads that all dumps must have clean fill to cover any offensive matter at all times. Mr. Lurvey reported that an additional $10,000.00 was all- otted to the Board of Public Works for dump control. After further discussion it was agreed that Mr. Lurvey would work with Mr. John Carroll, Superintendent of Public Works, and cooperate in any way possible to keep the nuisance of the dump under control. The letters to Mrs. Ruth Morey, Chairman of the board of YOUNG ST. Selectmen, on the Young Street and Webb Street area were app- WEBB ST. roved. Mr. Lurvey reported on the conference he had with Mrs. Morey concerning this area. Mr. Lurvey told Mrs. Morey that the Board of rlealth had already voted not to issue any more permits in this area until proper drainage had been installed. Mr. Lurvey stated that at this conference he also discussed other drainage problems in town and felt that his conference with Mrs. Morey was most succesful. Letter of April 11, 1960 to Mr. Frederick M. Taylor, Jr. TAYLOR 176 Woburn Street ordering him to install a new cesspool or 176 WOBURN over flowing leaching lines within 7 days receipt of this letter STREET was approved. Mr. Lurvey reported that Mrs. Taylor stopped in to report that her husband was in the process of digging a new cesspool. Letter to Dr. Alfred Yood, President of the Arlington, DOCTOR'S Lexington Doctor's Club asking his help in finding another EMERGENCY Lexington Doctor to relieve Dr. Crumb of the resronsibility SERVICE of making up the Doctor's Emergency schedule was approved. Letter to Mr. Robert Armstrong of the East Middlesex MOSQUITO Mosquito Control Project asking for any comments he might have on the mosquito control project was approved. As a re- sult of an article published in the Lexington Minute Man on March 17, 1960 written by a member of the Audubon Society many questions arose at Town Meeting concerning the Mosquito Control Program and as Mr. Armstrong is well qualified to answer these questions Mr. McQuillan requested the information from Mr. Arm- strong which he compiled into an article for the Lexington Min- ute Man. This article answered all the questions brought up at Town Meeting and also assured the residents of Lexington that the Board of Health was.. still studying the problem of spraying in Lexington.