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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING <br />October 6, 1980 <br />The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, October 6, <br />1980 at 7:00 p.m. in the Board of Health Office (G-25) of the Town Office <br />Building. <br />Members present were: Dr. William L. Cosgrove, Chairman; Mr. James W. Lambie, <br />Dr. Michael S. Erdos, Mr. George A. Smith, Jr., Director of Public Health. <br />Mr. Smith told the Board the dates for the Flu Clinic have been set. The <br />CLINICS pneumonia clinic will be held October 16, 1980 and the flu clinic will be <br />held on Thursday, November 6, 1980. Mr. Smith stated that the Town had <br />been cut back more than half of the doses of vaccine usually allowed. <br />Dr. Erdos suggested Mr. Smith call Symmes Hospital and talk to a Mr. Shea <br />in the pharmacy and see if he could halp us out with some vaccine. <br />Mr. Smith said the production of vaccine had been cut back this year. We <br />will just have to give the shots until we run out of vaccine. <br />Mr. Smith told the Board that we are charging $4.00 per person at the <br />pneumonia vaccine clinic as the Board of Health has to purchase vaccine <br />and it is expensive. He said most towns do. Needham is charging $5.00 <br />and Framingham is charging $4.00. <br />Dr. Erdos said the vaccine could be given the same day, it otherwise <br />should be given at least two weeks apart. We are giving the vaccine three <br />weeks apart, is that a problem asked Mr. Smith. <br />Dr. Erdos said no, a minimum of two weeks is all right. <br />Mr. Smith said we are going to have articles in both papers, the Minute <br />Man and the Independent. <br />Dr. Erdos said people use to tell him they didn't know about the clinics. <br />Mr. Smith said we do try to let people know. <br />The Board discussed the money set aside for tuberculosis - why we couldn't <br />use some of that money for vaccines. <br />Mr. Smith said it is a "line" item and cannot be touched. He stated we <br />had a resident at Middlesex County Hospital for two weeks and will take <br />care of any credit we had over there. <br />Dr. Cosgrove said perhaps we could ask Norman Cohen if we could use the <br />money for another purpose. Mr. Smith said he had spoken to Mr. Perry and <br />he said we could not do that. <br />Mr. Smith said we will do all right the way we are. Mr. Smith said our <br />pneumonia clinic would be for persons 60 years of age and over and for <br />people with a respiratory disease. <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />