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1 1 1975 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING JANUARY 6, 1975 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, January 6, 1975 at 7:00 p.m. in Room G-15 of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Dr. William L. Cosgrove, Chairman; Dr. Charles Ellicott, Mr. James W. Lambie and George Smith, Director of Public Health, The minutes of the December 2, 1974 meeting were approved as typed. The minutes of the Budget Meeting with the Lexington Visiting Nurse Association were approved with the following corrections: The Board did set the number of visits at 340 and the charge was to be $14.00 per visit. It was also pointed out that Mrs. Tapia's name had been misspelled and should be corrected. 541_ The letter from the Boston Guild for the Hard of Hearing regarding a free workshop on hearing for public health nurses was discussed by the Board. It HARD OF was agreed that because the Red Cross provided assistance at the Hard of HEARING Hearing Clinic this notice should be sent to Mrs. McGonagle of the Red Cross for her consideration. The letter from the Council on Aging Project Center of Arlington, Mass- achusetts regarding the planning of a Diabetes Screening Clinic was discussed by the Board. DIABET1S CLINIC Dr. Cosgrove said the Rotary had been working on a clinic of this type but no definite plans have been made. Dr. Cosgrove and Dr. Ellicott said they would try to make the meeting regarding this program, the meeting will be held in Symmes Hospital Auditorium on Wednesday, January 8, 1975 at 8:30 a.m. The notice regarding the discontinuation of the distribution of smallpox vaccine was read and placed on file. Smallpox vaccination is no longer re- SMALLPDX quired for school entrance and international travel. Smallpox vaccine may be purchased commercially by physicians if they need it. The proposed regulations prohibiting "Barefeet in Food Establishments" was discussed by the Board. BAREFEET REGULATIONS Dr. Ellicott recalled the discussions the Board had on such regulations prior to now. The purpose of the regulations discussed before was to prevent bare feet in public buildings. Mr. Smith said these regulations would apply to food establishments only, Mr. Lambie asked if these regulations were adopted whose responsibility would it be to enforce the regulations. Mr. Smith said the enforcement would be up to the owner or operator of the establishment. After further discussion it was decided that Mr. Smith would check these regulations out with Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel, before any further action was taken by the Board.