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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
December 16, 1955
A regular meeting of the Board of Health was held on
December 16, 1955, at 3 P.M. in the Selectmen's Room of
the Town Offices with Chairman McQ uillan, Dr. Cosgrove,
Mr. Cole and Mr. Lurvey present.
A letter from the Planning Board concerning the Watson
Watson Realty Trust Subdivision was presented to the Board by Mr.
Subdivision Lurvey. The Board has no objection to the plan for the
subdivision except for Lot 19 for which there is no workable
sewage disposal plan.
Bills totalling $972.50 were discussed, approved and
Bills given to the clerk to be put through for payment. Included
were bills from Whitman and Howard, a final bill for the
year, $296.91; from the Lexington Visiting Nurse Associa-
tion for November, $145.83; from the Middlesex Sanatorium
for November, $135., and from the Boston Lying -In Hospital
for the Wheeler premature baby, $343.
Permits There were 11 applications for permits to transport
Garbage or Rubbish in Lexington in 1956. All trucks were
inspected by the Health Sanatarian, and the fee of t2 was
collected and turned over to Mr. Carroll, Town Treasurer.
Permits will be signed by the Board and mailed to the appli-
cants.
The Sanitarian's Report was discussed. Mr. Lurvey said
Mr. Anderson of 179 Grove Street would appear before the
Board at 3 P.M. to discuss his overflowing cesspool. Mr.
Lurvey found him very uncooperative when an inspection was
made upon complaint of neighbors.
Countryside Mr. and Mrs. Currier of Countryside, 400 Lowell Street,
and two friends, came in to talk with the Boned. Mr. Currier
has had a year in which to bring his restaurant up to the
Lexington Board of Health standards and still does n'ot ful-
full these requirements. Mr. Currier was distressed because
he had received a letter from the Board of Selectmen refusing
him a Common Victuallers License for the coming year. It
was explained by Mr. McQuillan that it is on the recommenda-
tion of the Board of Health that the Selectmen send out such
notices. The Board feels it gave Mr. Currier more than ample
time to bring his establishment up to the proper standard,
and the most amiable settlement of the case would be to have
the restaurant close on December 31, 1955, and no new Vic-
tuallers License be issued for 1956.
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At 4.15 P.M. Mr. Anderson of 179 Grove Street met with
the Board. Mr. Lurvey had explained that Mr. Anderson was
very uncooperative about remedying the situation at 179
Grove Street. The neighbors had complained about six weeks
ago that sewage was bubbling up on the lot, and odors and
water presented a health menace and nuisance. Mr. Anderson
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temporarily, and in the spring he will have the situation
taken care of. Mr. Anderson stated there is no drainage
on the lot - he has the cesspool in front, twelve feet deep,
water just stays there - no drainage at all.
Mr. McQuillan said he understands that the Appropriation
Committee and the Board of Selectmen expect the 1956 budget
of the Board of Health to be satisfactory.
The Salk Vaccine Inoculations are still not approved by
the State. A decision must be made by January 9, 1956. The
authorities are waiting for the results of an exhaustive
study of the first inoculations. Mr. Lurvey said he would
. like to bring Superintendent of Schools Smith up to date on
the situation. Mr. Smith must be getting a great many calls
asking for the date of the second inoculation. Mr. Lurvey
attended a meeting on December 15, 1955, of the Metropolitan
Health Officers and Agents Association in Brookline at which
Commissioner Kirkwood gave a summary of the polio picture to
date.
Mr. Cole and Mr. Lurvey plan to be at the meting of the
Board of Selectmen on Monday, December 19, 1955, to present
the plan for 72 Cary Avenue submitted by Whitman & Howard
Engineering Company. It was suggested that a letter be sent
to Mr. Sweeney, the owner of 72 Cary Avenue, recommending
that he raise the foundation one foot, so that the Board
would be on record as making such a recommendation. The new
plan will cost the Board about x'110.60.
The next regular meeting of the Board will be on Friday,
January 20, 1956.
The meeting adjourned at 4.55 P.M.
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