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99, SELECT1VIEN'S MEETING June 10,1930. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building at 7;30 P.M. Messrs. Burnha4i, Custanee, Blake, Trask add Shannon were present. The Supt. of Public Works and the Clerk were also present. Mr. Edward W. Taylor, Chief of the Fire Dept. came before the Board to call attention to the tragedy which occurred at the Lexington Reservoir in the death of a child fourteen years old, named Purchase of Patricia Kendall, on June 8, 1930. Mr. Taylor a lung motor. called attention to the fact that the pulmotor in the Police Dept. was not in good condition, and he felt that an inhalator should be purchased as this could be used in many cases where a pulmotor could not be used, for instance, gas poisoning cases, and feelin-r that it should be purchased he ordered one. After Mr. Taylor retired, Dr. James J. Walsh came before the Board to discuss the same matter. He reported that while using the pulmotor on the K-ndall child it went bad, and they had to send for the Town of Arlington to bring their pulmotor. He stated that if' the child?s life had been lost on account of the inability to operate the pulmotor, the Town would be severely criticised. As a matter of fact in this particular case, the child died from heart failure. However, they may have an incident when it might mean the loss of a life. He praised very highly the work of the Police and Fire Dept. in endeavoring to resuscitate the child. Dr. Walsh explained that he had sent for information regarding the lun_T_ motor and found that the cost of one would be $215. plus an additional oxygen tank, the cost would be $6, or $7.' more. He felt that this was necessary fiDr drowningaccidents, and it would not be safe to send back the present lung motor for repairs until another one had been purchased, and then he felt that that piece of apparatus should be sent back and probably the sum of050.-would be all that would be charred for repairing it. He recomnended that an inhalator be purchased for the Police Dept. also and for each piece of fire apparatus in the Fire Department. The Board after considering the matter, felt that inasmuch as the Fire Dept. had purchased an inhalator, that they would purchase a lung motor for the Police Dept. and have the ot'_er lung motor repaired, plus securing ad additional tank for oxygen.