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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
December 17, 194S
A regular meeting of the Board of Health was
held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building on
Friday, December 17, 1948 at 3:00 P.M. Chairman McQuillan,
Messrs Terhune and Lamont were present. The Clerk was also
present.
The Chairman stated that he had received a complaint
to the effect that Ernest LaRose, 60 Harding Road was
creating a nuisance because of the fact that he has no
container for garbage which is apparently being thrown
in his yard.
The Clerk was instructed to write Mr. LaRose and
request him to obtain the proper container for garbage
disposal.
The Chairman asked the Health Inspector to investigate
the condition of the cesspool on the property owned by
Dr. Manning, 58 Harding Road and report tothe Board.
Upon motion duly made and seconded it was voted to
enforce Section 1 of Chapter VI of the Board of Health
Rules and Regulations whereby all owners of dwellings
in Lexington Manor, abutting on a public or private way
in which there is a common sewer, shall connect with
the public sewer. The time designated for the sewers in
this section to be connected is January 1, 1950.
Mr. Lamont submitted a list of seven locations in
Lexington where poultry is being slaughtered. The Clerk
was instructed to advise the individuals now slaughter-
ing poultry that a permit must be obtained from the Board
of Health.
Mr. Lamont reported that there are approximately
fifty cesspools in the Woodhaven development (Spring Street
area) that have been constructed with eight inch block.
The Plumbing Laws require twelve inch walls of cement
blocks and an eighteen inch wall of cement stone. The con-
tractor who built the cesspools was not aware of the specifi-
cations inasmuch as towns in which he has worked have varied
requirements. Mr. Lamont recommended that no action be
taken.
Mr. Lamont reported that he had inspected Shoppers'
Haven on Marrett Road and found the temperature of the
Shoppers' water used for sterilizing to be less than is required.
Haven He was instructed to make another inspection within ten
days and if no improvement is made, the owner of the
business is to be requ®sted to meet with the Board.
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Letter was received from the State Department of
Public Health listing the Boarding Homes for the
Aged and Convalescent and Nursing Homes. Mr. Terhune
called the Board's attention to the fact that the nursing
home on Lincoln Street was not listed as one being
licensed by the State. He agreed to check with the
individual operating the }some to determine whether or
not a license has been issued.
Upon motion duly made and seconded it was voted to
approve the following licenses, all renewals.
Connors Brothers
Leslie J. Wood
Walnut Farms Trust
John Reardon &
Sons
Lowell Rendering
Co.
Walter F. Murphy
Mary E. Silva
Pattison Brothers
N. E. Rendering
Co.
Woburn Live Stock,
Inc.
Frank Reynolds
Mass. Reformatory
Lester H. Fogg
Middlesex Street, Burl.
62 Webb Street, Lex.
25 Walnut Street, Lex.
51 Waverly St., Lamb.
North Billerica
Center Street, Burl.
State Road, Lincoln
Middlesex St., Burl.
Brighton
Woburn
South Road, Bedford
Elm St., W. Concord
239 Woburn Street, Lex.
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It was decided to hold a special meeting on Friday,
January 7, 1948, at three o'clock for the purpose of pre-
paring further information relative to the duties of a
Health Officer to be submitted to the Appropriation
Committee.
The meeting adjourned.
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