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578 ADULT POLIO PROGRAM BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING MARCH 28, 1963 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Thursday evening, March 28, 1963, in the Health Department Off -ice. Mem- bers present were R.L. McQuillan, Chairman, Mr. James West and Executive Health Officer, Mr. James F. Finneran. The minutes of the February 28, 1963 meeting were approved as read. Mr. McQuillan stated that all the Communities around has an Adult Polio Program in progress and he and Mr. Finneran had been discussing the possibility of contacting the service clubs in Town to see- if they would sponsor an Oral -Sabin Polio Clinic for adults. Mr. Finneran said he had drafted a letter to be sent to the Rotary Club, Lions Club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce stating the possibility of using an adult polio clinic as a fund raising project. The Board read the draft of this letter and suggested that a -more detailed outline of the expense of such a project be listed and also the approximate amount that could be made on such a program. After further discussion Mr. West made the motion that the draft of the letter with the suggested revision be mailed to the service -clubs and if one of these clubs agreed to Sponsor the adult clinic the Health Department would give them all the help necessary. Motion seconded and duly passed. POSTURE The correspondence regarding the Posture Clinic was read CLINIC by the Board. CHILD CARE CENTERS The letters to the Selectmen and the Appropriation ittee requesting $1000. appropriation in order that the of the Posture Clinic could be carried on until the end School Year in June were approved by the Board. The letter to Mrs. Flynn, chairman of the Posture Clinic thanking her for her work with the Posture Clinic and stating that the appropriation -requested had been granted also that the Board of Health would be gladto meet with her and the P.T.A. Council to discuss the future of the Posture Clinic. Mr. Finneran reported that we had filled out application for the licensing of the Child Care Centers in Lexington under the State Health Department. The Board approved this action. 521 BEDFORD The order to Francis and Nida Nagle to connect the one - STREET family dwelling at 521 Bedford Street to public sewer was approved by the Board. C omm- work of the Mr. Finneran reported that sewage was found running from the front yard abutting the public side -walk over the retaining wall onto the public way. 1 1