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443 The members of the Minute Man Highland Association thanked the Board of health for the kind consideration shown them and expressed their feeling that the Boardts decission was for the best interest of the people and the .Lown. The letter to J. Phillip bower, Health Department, Arlington Massachusetts calling his attention to the fact that the house at 18 Reed Street, Arlington, Massachusetts had an overflowing sewage system leaching into Summer & Lowell Street Brook was arproved by the Board. The Child Care Center at 29 Patterson Road was approved tenta- tively by the Board pending further investigation by Mr. Lurvey and the Fire Department. The draft of the letter in regard to the change in Dental Clinic policy was read and approved by the Board. Meeting was adjourned at 8:30 P.M. BOARD -OF HEALTH MEETING OCTOBER 21, 1960 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Friday, October 21, 1960 in the Selectments Room of the Town Office Build- ing. Members present were R.L. McQuillan, Chairman, Dr. William Cosgrove, Mr. Charles H. Cole and Health Officer, Mark D. Lurvey. The minutes of the Special Meeting held September 22, 1960 were approved as read. Mrs. Flynn, Chairman of the Posture Committee, and Mrs. Don- POSTURE nelly, physiotherapist, for the posture clinic met with the Board CLINIC in order to keep the Board informed of the Work being done by the posture clinic. The clinic will operate much the same as it did last year but it was suggested by the orthopedic doctor last spring that instead of taking posture pictures of each child in every grade 3 - 7 they now take pictures of alternate grades 3 through 7. This. will enable the physiotherapist more time to work with the children and also with the rapid growth of the town and the rapid growth of the school population it has become very difficult to cover all schools. The pupils have their picture taken in the fall. Miss Donn- elly then grades these pictures "A" to "D". The children are then called to posture clinic if their rating is "C" or "D". The chil- dren now have 6 or 7 weeks of posture classes before the orthopedic surgeon checks them at the posture clinic. This year the posture committee plans to have two clinics with fewer children and this will enable them to give more time to a follow-up program. The longer class should cut down on the fall -backs and the development of a serious posture problem among the pupils.