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354 MASSAGE PARLOUR HEALTH INTERN FLU CLINIC BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING NOVEMBER 8, 1982 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, November 8, 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. Michael S. Erdos, Linda Roemer, Ph.D. and George A. Smith, Director of Public Health. Minutes of the last meeting were accepted as read. Mr. Smith discussed the massage parlour application. He said he is waiting for the lady, Janet DePhoure, to bring in added information about her back- ground. He is also waiting to hear from Chiropractors that know Mrs. DePhoure. He told the Board that our regulations call for a physical therapist to be on the premises at massage parlours. Philip, the owner, would have to request that the Board "waiver" this regulation if he did not plan to have a physical therapist. The Board cannot remove this regulation without his request. Mr. Smith told the Board that Philip seems to be going out of his way to do anything we have requested. Mr. Smith told the Board that he had invited our new Health Intern, Ellen Ripton to come in this evening to meet the Board Members. Ms. Ripton did not attend. Mr. Smith told the Board that we had a very successful Flu Clinic. We used all of our 610 doses that we were allotted by the State. Mr. Smith had to go to Theatre Pharmacy and purchase 60 more doses that afternoon in case we needed more. We plan to use it at make-up clinics at the blood pressure clinics at the elderly villages. Next year we:will have to extend the clinic another hour and find ways to keep the clinic moving faster. NON-SMOKING Dr. Erdos told the Board that a group of people had approached him about SECTION IN having the larger restaurants in Town set aside a section for non-smokers. RESTAURANTS Dr. Erdos said that he approved of this suggestion as did the other members and the Health Director. They discussed whether to make it a Board of Health Regulation or whether the group should include it as a warrant for Town Meeting. After some discussion, the Board decided the first step should be to have the Health Director write a letter to all restaurant owners telling them of the group's request and asking for their views and ideas about this and ask if they would do this voluntarily. GOALS OF THE The Board discussed the topic of the "goals of the Board of Health" for the BOARD OF coming year. They decided to pick one or two goals to work on specifically. HEALTH Different goals are: 1) RDNA Regulations (underway), 2) mosquito control, 3) report forms for reporting communicable disease and 4) school nurses (underway by T.M's Office), 5) Visiting Nurses Program for Town Employees in regard to sessions for: alcohol prevention, smoking and dieting. The one item chosen to concentrate on at this time is the mosquito control. In view of the current equine encephalitis cases in nearby towns the Board felt this to be a very important subject.