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BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
February 17, 1956
A regular meeting of the Board of Health was held in
the Board of Health Office on Friday, February 17t 1956,
at 3 P.M. Chairman McQuillan, Dr. Cosgrove , Mr. Cole and
Mr. Lurvey were present .
The regular monthly report from the Lexington Visiting
Nurses Association for January was noted and approved.
An application for a permit to transport and dispose of
Rubbish rubbish from John Cuccinello, 72 Valleyfield Street, was
Permit approved. Mr. Cuccinello is to notify Mr. Lurvey when his
truck is ready for inspection.
Plans for the Diphtheria Clinic to be held on February 28
Diphtheria at Cary Memorial Hall were discussed. Doctors , nurses ,
Clinic clerical help, and materials have all been arranged for.
Applications for two rummage sale permits were dia-
Rummage cussed and approved. . .one for Lexington Post V.F.w. , Ladies
Sales Auxiliary, on March 10, at 2 Hayes Lane , and one for the
KiWi Club on April 14, at the Barnes Property. The list
of donors will be checked for communicable diseases , and
letters of permission will be sent to the organizations
involved.
It was decided that it would be wise to appoint an
Polio Advisory Board for the polio program. In such a large pr o-
Adv_Lsory gram many questions are sure to arise. The following people
Board were invited to be on the Board: Dr. Potter , Dr. Wells ,
Dr. Ellicott , Dr . Perry, Dr. Newell , Miss Ayers , Chairman
of the local Red Cross , Miss Morrison of the Lexington
Visiting Nurses Association, Mrs . Maher and Mrs. Clarke ,
school nurses , and Mr. Smith, Superintendent of Lexington
schools , Mr. Lurvey will notify these people that the
Board of Health would like to have them on the Advisory
Board, and that a meeting is to be held on March 1 at 4
P .M. in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building.
A budget of 12500 is necessary to run the 1956 Polio
Polic Program, and a letter asking for this special fund is being
Biu,kt sent to the Board of Selectmen. This was approved by the
Board of Health. The priority for inoculations is for all
those children under 14 years of age as of last October 1,
1955, and expectant mothers. The Board expects 10,000
inoculations in all.
The Board members had heard rumors of a typhoid case
Typhoid in Lexington, but Mr. Lurvey explained it was a paratyphoid
case , perhaps caused by eating snow. The boy involved was
one of a group of Boy Scouts on a trip to Cannon Mountain,
New Hampshire, who became very ill. It was thought at first
that it was appendicitis , but was later diagnosed by Dr.
Conrad Wesselhoeft of Hahnanan Hospital, Boston, as para-
typhoid.
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All families of boys in the Scout Troop have been con-
tacted and precautions taken.
A letter was read from the Lexington Visiting Nurses
Association asking that a representative be 'sent to its LVNA
meetings once a month. Mr. McQuillan said he would be glad
to go, and when unable to be present would notify one of the
other Board members . Dr. Cosgrove and Mr. Cole said cne of
them would try to be there.
Bills for office supplies , diphtheria clinic supplies , Bills
dog burials , monthly bills for the Lexington Visiting Nurses
Association, and the Middlesex County Sanatorium, office
supplies for the polio program, and printing of post cards
for infectious disease reports , to the amount of $378.85
were approved.
The Methodist Church sewerage problem was discussed. Methodist
The Board's decision was that the sewage for this church Church
should be ejected into the adjacent School Street sewer.
It was decided that a meeting will be scheduled shortly
for the Board, and Mr. Chayes , 31 Patterson Road. Mr. Lurvey
watch Mr. Iodice do the lob. A month later, it broke thru, Chayes
and there was a slight odor.
The meeting adjourned at 4 .45 P .M.
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