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302 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING DECEMBER 9, 1981 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Wednesday, December 9, 1981 at 7:15 p.m. in the Recreation Office (G-1) of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Mr. James W. Lambie, Chairman; Michael S. Erdos, M.D., Linda Roemer, Ph.D. and George A. Smith, Director of Public Health. There was a change in the minutes of the November 9, 1981 meeting notes on page 3, paragraph eleven in regard to "the fees charged for permits a licenses issued by the Board of Health". Dr. Roemer had said "We should look at all the fees at one time this year. The present fees do not even pay for the clerical help". Mr. Smith said some of the fees have to be submitted to Town Meeting for approval. The Board discussed the new schedule sheet for the blood pressure reading clinic. There is a new clinic added once a month at the Council on Aging site. This clinic will be from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. the first Thursday of each month. This 1st. Thursday is the day of the congregate meals and they figure they will get more people at the blood pressure clinic at this time. Mr. Smith told the Board that he is having some larger size blood pressure cards made up. They will also have larger print because the current cards are rather difficult for the elderly to read. Dr. Erdos asked if the visiting nurses kept track of the number of people using these blood pressure clinics. Mr. Smith answered that they kept track of each clinic. Mr. Smith said that the headlice are still somewhat a problem in the schools. He received two calls from parents last week. He has talked to Dr. Monderer over at the School Administration Office. Mr. Smith asked him if they needed any help with the head lice problem as he had been talking to the State Health Office and they offered to send out a couple of their nurses to lend a hand, by going through the children's heads. Mr. Smith told the Board the schools would never go for that idea. Dr. Erdos wanted to know if the schools sent letters home to the parents telling them of this problem? Mr. Smith said, "Yes, every school did that this year". Mr. Smith told the Board that some parents don't want to use the shampoo because it has pesticides in it but they cannot get the children back into the schools with the nits in their heads. Dr. Roemer said she is concerned with the problem. She said if the parents won't use the shampoo on their children, it puts other children at a risk. 1 1