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320 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING March 8, 1982 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, March 8, 1982. Members present were: Mr. James W. Lambie, Chairman; Dr. Michael S. Erdos, Linda Roemer, Ph.D., and George A. Smith, Director of Public Health. The minutes of the February 8, 1982 meeting were approved as read. 1 Mr. Smith reported to the Board that we had received a letter from the State INFLUENZA Health Department notifying us that they will not be supplying the free in- VACCINE fluenza vaccine to the cities and towns this year because of cutbacks in CLINIC their budget. Mr. Smith said that the State may notify us that they have contracted with a company that the cities and towns could purchase the vaccine from a cheaper rate. The Board discussed whether we should charge a fee from now on for the flu vaccine clinic. Mr. Smith said we are one of the few towns left that do not charge and he feels that the elderly would not mind paying a fee of two or three dollars. Mr. Lambie asked if we did charge would it reduce the number of people that would attend? Dr. Erdos did not think charging a small fee would reduce the number of people coming and he doesn't think they mind paying a small fee. Mr. Smith told the Board that there is enough money in the budget at this time to purchase the vaccine for the Fall clinic. The Board decided to put the decision on hold for the present time until the State notifies this Department what the final status will be with the vaccine. 1 Mr. Smith told the Board he had been notified by the State there was an F.D.A. RECALL ON recall on cans of salmon involving certain code K-13 on the can. He went to SALMON all the markets in town for a check but no store in this town had any tins with that particular code number. A letter has been received from Dr. Nicholas Fiumara of the Mass. Department of Public Health, Division of Communicable Diseases, that in cooperation with the SEROSURVEY Center for Disease Control, they are going to do a State-wide study of immunity levels for certain vaccine preventable diseases among school-age children. The school chosen in this town for the study to take place is Lexington High School, grade 12. The study will determine whether the immunity levels of students with incomplete records (defined as a check mark or year only of vaccination) are lower than the immunity levels of students with complete records (defined as a month, day and year of vaccination). 1