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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
January 20, 1956
A regular meeting of the Board of Health was held on
Friday, January 20, 1956, in the Health Department Office.
Chairman Mc'duillan, Dr. Cosgrove and Mr. Lurvey were present.
Copies of the Annual Reports of the Board of Health,
the Health Sanitarian, and the Animal Inspector, as sub-
mitted to the Board of Selectmen, were read by the Board
members.
Bills for office supplies, burial of animals, and dues
Bill's for the National Association of Sanitarians for Mr. Lurvey's
membership, totalling $34.50, were read and approved.
LVNA The monthly report for the Lexington Visiting Nurses
Association was noted.
Applications for licenses for the Pasteurization of Milk
Milk were received from William H. Shanahan, 52 P leasant Street,.
Licenses and from John A. Sellars, 430 Concord Avenue. The licenses
were approved, signed,and will be sent to the applicants for
the year 1956.
Child Six applications for Day Care for Children were investi-
Care gated andapproved by Mr. Lurvey. The following were signed
Centers by the Board for the year 1956:
Tom Thumb Nursery, 759 Waltham Street
North Lexington 'Country Kindergarten, 29 North Street
Community Nursery School, Inc., 2325 Mass. Avenue
Arlex Nursery, 21 Butler Avenue
Unitarian Cooperative Nursery, First Parish Church,
Harrington Road
Holy Child Kindergarten and Nursery School, 13 Pelham Road
Animal Applications for permits to keep animals were received.
Permits from Samuel Borella, 9 Ward Street, (new), 2 riding horses,
and from Dr. Vincent A. McCrossen, 627 Mass. Ave., (old), 6
goats and 80 poultry. These were investigated by Mr. Lurvey,
approved and permitted by the Board.
In connection with the poultry, the question was brought
up as to whether or not the slaughterhouses for poultry should
be issued permits. It was thought that only the slaughtering
of poultry brought in from out of State should be issued per-
mits, but Mr. Lurvey is to look into this and report to the
Board. The Board feels perhaps a permit requirement should
go along with the right to inspect such establishments.
Only Idlewylde, (Mr. Napoli), has permit at present time.
There are also Pine Hill, Roseland, Smith, etc.
The Board of Selectmen, thru Mr. McQuillanisnotified
Animal the Board that Dr. Benton's 1956 A ppropriation4cut from a
Inspector recommended 11275 to $900. The Selectmen said they did not
feel that the Animal Inspector's salary should be increased -
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that the amount of work involved could not have doubled
in the last two years. A copy of the Selectmen's letter
is to be sent to Dr. Benton.
Sometime the Board feels that Lexington will have to
have a hospital of its own. With the growth of the town
and the number of doctors here, it is only a question of
time. S ymmes Arlington and Emerson at Concord are so busy
now that they may have to curtail outside cases, and Lex-
ington would certainly do well to look ahead. A question-
naire to doctors in Lexington was suggested to get their
opinions on the idea. Mr. Lurvey said he thought the State
would cooperate and would help with suggestions for obtain-
ing necessary information.
Plans for the Diphtheria Clinic for January 28, March 3,
and March 31, are moving right along. A second notice was Diph-
sent to the children and parents thru the schools assigning theria
different days for the different schools, because of the Clinic
great response. Two teams of doctors and nurses were as-
signed in order to handle the large number of children to
be inoculated.
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Mr. McQuillan suggested putting list of lots turned
down by the Health Sanitarian in the minutes of the Meetings
as a record. Four lots were turned down between December
16 and January 20: Lot 13 on the corner of Longfellow
and Hawthorne Roads, Lot 454 to 457 Greenwood Street,
Lot TA Wingate Road, 10 Asbury Street.
The meeting adjourned at 4.30 P.M.
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