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1 1 1 5278 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING OCTOBER 21, 1986 The monthly meeting of the Board of Health was held Tuesday, October 21, 1986 in Room 111 of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Dr. Howard B. Asarkof, Chairman; Dr. Donald Goldmann, Dr. Stan Finkelstein and Mr. George A. Smith, Jr., Director of Public Health. Mr. Smith said the Sanitarian, Jacqy Selway, was ill this evening and is unable to attend the meeting. He said there had been "door to door" salesmen selling meat and fish. They had been taken to court by the police for being in town selling without the proper permits. They were told to come into the Board of Health Office to obtain their applications and also were told to get a hawkers/peddlers permit from the state. The refrigerated cases at Sebastians had stopped functioning so George and Jacqy had to go there and they threw out some of the food. Mr. Smith reported that we had our annual flu vaccine clinic for the elderly, chronically ill, and the town employees. We immunized 570 people. We distri- buted 480 doses to the local nursing homes. Mr. Smith said that there were complaints to Jack Eddison that we turned some people away but that was not so if they were eligible to receive the vaccine. We do not give the vaccine to anyone under 65 years of age that is not chronically ill, or a town employee. Mr. Smith told the Board that we will be having our Hazardous Waste Day on the 25th of October. The Board of Health discussed the Visiting Nurse Association and the services that they provide with the Health Department through a contact with them. Dr. Asarkof told our new member, Dr. Finkelstein, that Mary mails each member of the Board a copy every month of the bills, etc., of the visiting nurses, and they look it over. The Board brought up how the V.N.A. charges the Board of Health $20.00 per phone call (visit). This must be instead of going out and finding out about the communicable diseases in a person. The Board said the Visiting Nurses should the Board of Health such as going out and our blood pressure screening clinics, flu thing the Board feels is needed as far as One member said they don't want it to want to be "doing important" things. and the nurses want to do "hyper -cal" giving B-12 shots is a way to achieve be doing simple little things for checking communicable diseases, doing clinics, etc., and any other little public health is concerned. be just a simple nursing program but The level of professionalism has increased and home I.V. therapy and if they feel this that is what they want to do. The Board feels there is a need for home care because the elderly are being released from hospitals earlier than they used to be. We must have someone in town determine the eligibility and the need and have town meeting then appropri- ate such monies after the need is determined. The program right now needs much improvement.