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149 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING FEBRUARY 6, 1967 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held February 6, 1967, at 7:00 P.M. in the Health Department Office. Members present were Dr. William Cosgrove, Acting Chairman and James F. Finneran, Director of Public Health. Mr. West was unable to attend the meeting but went over the agenda with the clerk earlier and stated his opinions re- garding each item of business that would require discussion or vote. He also gave the clerk permission to sign for him the renewal licensesand permits requiring his signature at this meeting. Minutes of the December 5, 1966 meeting were approved as read. The letter to Musgrave's Tower Farm, Inc., 494 Boston MUSGRAVE Road, Billerica, regarding the high bacterial counts in TOWER FARM the milk sampling for the past year was approved. This letter also stated that if the standards of the milk products were not improved the license for the sale of retail milk products in Lexington would not be renewed for the coming year. The letter to Miss Ethel Wright, School Lunch Program Coordinator, regarding the bacteriological tests on the multi -use utensils from the Senior High School and Hancock School was approved. Mr. Finneran reported that Miss Wright called him and he went over to the High School at the time of the dish- washing operation. Tests were made as the utensils oame out of the dish washer. It was found that the machine was not doing the job properly. Miss Wright called a representative of the company that handles the dish -washing machine and had him come out to the school and check the operation until satisfaction was obtained. Miss Wright has also stated she was changing to a detergent that contained chlorine in all the schools. Dr. Cosgrove approved the action taken and stated that a check of the dish -washing operation at the schools should be continued until it was certain that it was operating properly. The letter from Antonio Del Rios, Field Representative MIGRANT for the Department of Labor, Migrant Division of the Common- WORKERS wealth of Puerto Rico, was read by the Board, Mr. Del Rios stated that a complaint had been received regarding the • living and sleeping quarters at Porter Wilson Greenhouse, 6 East Street, Lexington. This complaint stated that the housing provided needed to be enlarged, that the shower and toilet facilities were constantly out of order, the beds were too close and the living and sleeping area should be divider from the cooking area. Mr. Finneran stated he had made an inspection of the living quarters and found that they consisted of a single room 18 feet by 29 feet with a ceiling height of 9 feet.