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41 BOARD OF HEALTH Mr, !ING JUN 6, 1977 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held on June 6, 1977 at 7:00 P.M. in the Health Department Office of the Town Office Building. Mem- 7.<.BOn.",Teev bers present were: Dr. William L. Cosgrove, Chair am James W. Lambie, Dr. ;".`,TER T' T`: Michael S. Erdos, and George A. Smith, Director of Public Health. Mr. Smith reported that he had been checking out the implementation of the laboratory analysis prior to the E.P.A. Safe Drinking 'Vater Act. He went en to explain he had met with Mr. Gerald McCall regarding the certifica- tion of our laboratory but in going over the requirements it was agreed that at the present time the Town world stay with the State program because of the limited man power in the Health Office. A meeting with ,William Green of the M.D.C. and John neeweeney to discuss the i.mplementetion of this pro- gram was held on May 25th. It will be un to !.r. McSweeney's department to establish the sampling sitee and also train the water personnel to collect the sample'-. TiceState laboratory i:'i' l dc chemical and Cter i -+a -'ci .r..l r.. ,, anal`.rr;is. The F.P.A. Safe nrinki.ng tThter Act goes into effect en June 24th. Mr. Smith reported that en .. we d7d have nOmr±l. .3l pts o.1�.�.. 'Fh.e i'.:n.r. a.TSIIotln,-nr7 their haeq pi't an additive in the water s1r pl<r to combat corresi on in the nines 7n7Tnn throughout '7.D.C, water supply, this additive is also being used because of the fluoride which is enticinrted in the near future. Mr. SM.,'.th reported th t Cary ee-rrial r ihrery had beer having nr h1ems. '.n.th the tsste and oder of the t-er*, •:•.'!ter. nri.cr to the 2 th -f 71,77, some of the workers had heen ill but the,/ rationalized it by the fact th.=t t'^e .?,ter heater 1-d been out of or -ler and the water eoeler -as nut .et the .^.ar' ti^'e. The r 3rr .et that ti. -'e feor' thr eetee — siril ar t-, :anti -free: -e. The -ter di,a n -t feel -lick or ^Z'~der r. We have t^)cen sem lee e.rd i.n the r eeetiee thev , re croi_no to have the -ir conditioner checked. This could bp a cro's- connection problem because thev do nut anti -freeze in the air conditioning system during the winter. We have nothing certain atthis tire but e -e ^•ill keep on this problem. nr..,Cnith explained that in ."nri.l the Department had a letter from the MEASLES State Health Department regarding the high incidence of measles throughout the .State, earticularlv in the teen age boys and girls. , survey of these children showed that most of then had been, inneculnted prior to one year of nae. A review was made of the school records and statistics showed that a number of children were lec?;ing in thb i_rmunization required for schori attendance. Most of the surrounding tcn'ns have sched'lled i.mmuni cation clinics for this innoculation. As soon as "e herr from all the schools, if the need is here, we will also have clinics. This year where it is so late in the school year we will just do the junior high and high schools, the elementary schools will be done in the Fall, 2't these clinics the girls will receive the Bingle virus dose of measles vaccine and the boys will receive measles, mumps and rubella. (MMR). At 7:45 o.m. Mrs. Jane Tapia came before the Board to discuss the Tri- TRS-COMMUNIT" Com^'unity Health Servicer- to date. She reported that the re -visits at the HEALTH SEPwec`' Well Elderly Clinics are staying stable and she mould like to suggest a joint meeting ':pith the Board, Council on Acing end the Tri -Community Health Services so that they may do more with the educational. program.