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1 1 327 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING APRIL 12, 1982 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, April 12, 1982 at 7:15 p.m. in Room G-1 (Recreation Office) of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Mr. James W. Lambie, Chairman; Dr. Linda Roemer and Mr. George A. Smith, Director of Public Health. The minutes of the meeting of March 8, 1982 had one correction. Page 4, paragraph two, had I.N.H. and should have been N.I.H. (National Institute of Health), otherwide the minutes were approved as read. Mr. Smith told the Board about the collapse of the courtyard on April 7 at BATTLEGREEN the Battle Green Inn in the center. He said he had sent a letter to the INN owners, Michael C. and Ann L. Hanafin notifying them their permit to operate a motel was revoked because the premises were "unfit for human habitation" at this time. There are not enough exits available in and out of the build- ing since the collapse. The jurisdiction of the building is with Mr. Peter DiMatteo, Building Com- missioner now. Constructional Engineers will decide the complete damage results that have taken place. The integrity of the building has to be decided. Mr. Smith told the Board that he has been receiving calls from schools in REPORTING OF regard to the doctors not reporting communicable diseases to the local Boards COMMUNICABLE of Health. He said a call came from the Montessori School claiming there DISEASES are diseases around and they are not being reported. Mr. Smith said there are quite a few cases of strep throat at this time - none are being reported. The Board discussed that a letter should be sent to all Lexington doctors, reminding them that all communicable diseases are reportable by law. Mr. Smith said that Dr. Erdos should be the one to write the letter and the members of the Board should sign it. Mr. Smith told the Board that he had received a call from the M.D.C. in regard BOW STREET to the Bow Street manhole that is the dumping site for sewage from the sewage MANHOLD disposal trucks. Only towns on the M.D.C. are allowed to dump at these sites but the M.D.C. has reason to believe that outside towns, namely Lincoln, have been coming into the Bow Street site. There have been outside trucks seen there in the past. The owner of Mal's car repair service has his station in front of the Bow Street site and he has, in the past, called if he sees out- side trucks that are not licensed here dumping sewage there. The M.D.C. is coming out to talk to Mr. Wally Tonaszuck, Director of Public Works in the Town of Lexington about this. Mr. Smith said that a Mr. Comeau from Concord has just applied to license two of his sewage disposal trucks in Lexington but before Mr. Smith sends out his permits he would like to know that he is doing work in the Town of Lexington.