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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-03-21 316 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING ' March 21, 1958 The March meeting_ of the Board of Health was held. at, 3 P.M. on Friday, March 21,- 1958, at the new Office with Chairman .McQuillan and Mr. Lurvey, the Health Officer., present. Anna Mr. James Phillips appeared before. the Board representing his Phillips mother,. Mrs. Anna Phillips.,. and discussed some violations. with the [ Phillip- Board. in connection with_.Mrs. Phillips' restaurant. It was. agreed Restauant that. Mr. Phillips. would talk with his. mother .and report. back• to the Board. on. Monday before_ any further action of the Board. The Board would like to have. the restaurant. kept_ up to the standards of the Health. rules. and .regulations as. expected of all such establishments. The. Board agreed.. to wait for word from Mr. Phillips before writing to Mrs. Phillips diredtly. j Mrs. Adelina. Cooper., 118. Burlington Street, cancelled her Mrs. appointment with the Board_.for 3.30 P.M. because of the. s.torm and Cooper the fact that her partner.. .Mrs. Norlin, was out of state at. present. Mrs. Cooper will be asked to attend. a special meeting of. the Board on Friday.,. April .I}., to continue a hearing on the Child Care Center conducted in her home which. is in violation of several counts. for a C!:ld Care Center to be licensed by the Board of Health. Mr. Lurvey presented a..letter from. Mr. Rodenhiser, the Electric Roden- Sewer Cleaning. Company, in answer to a request from the Board to hiser attend this. meeting concerning thA Sullivan. case., 341 Marrett Road. Mr. Rodenhiaer stated. he. expect.ed. to be out of. the state for the next t*o weeks, and, gave his version of his connection with the nuisance at Mr. Sullivan's home. Mr.. Stevens, town counsel, has given Mr. Snhlivan's lawyer three days to contact him. If the Board does not have word.from Mr. Sullivan. by March 28, the Board agreed to request. Mr. Sullivan to attend the special meeting on April. Ii.,. 1958, to show cause. why he should not be aske.d._ to connect to the public. sewer. k letter has been received from the Middlesex County Sanatorium Mid. Cty. director, Miss. Helen .Evarts., M. D., asking for suggestions. from the San. Health Department for using the many empty beds. Mr. Lurvey sug- gested he contact Mr. Mulcahy, Waltham Heal.th .Department, for his ideas on this problem as Mr. Mulcahy has been in. clos.e. contact with the Sanatorium over the years. In connection with a letter from the Northeastern District Fluor- Health Office in. regard to fluoridation, Mr. McQuillan suggested a idation panel discussion might be set up by the Board of Health. to present both sides of this question. Mr. McQuillan feels we have approached the question of fluoridation in the correct way by sounding. out the town people 's opinions before any action is taken in the town. Some towns .have. inaugur.ated a. fluoridation program without inVestigating the. feeling. of the citizens,. and have created heated controversy. Jr.High Mr. Lurvey had a letter from the Superintendent of Schools in School connection with. the hot. water facilities at the Junior High. School. 317 -2- Mr. Smith wanted to assure the Health Department that the School autivrities are aware of the conditions, and are anxious to coopera- Jr.High ate with the Board fully in keeping conditions up to_ standard. Mr. Lurvey had a report from. Mr. Kenneth Lucas of Whitman & Frisson Howard, Engineers, on the land of Ralph Fris.sore, Young Street. YoungSt A letter was written to Mr. Robert Johnson, 40 Bridge. Street. He has a pipe running. out onto the driveway discharging laundry 40 waste . He was notified that he must. have the correct. underground Bridge disposal. facilities by April. l, in order to correct the. nuisance . St. A letter has been sent to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Gruber., 32 Pea- cock Farm. Road., asking. their cooperation- .in correcting the nuisance 32 of an overflowing septic. tank. Mr. Lurvey recommended cleaning the Peacock septic tank .and a stone trench to carry off surface and ground water FarmRd. above the system. In discussing the application of Mrs. Wilda. Ward,. 233 East Street, for a Child Care .License, the. Board decided to check with the Board Mrs. of Appeals by letter on the question of approval of the nu*ther of Ward children allowed- in the Center. Mrs. Ward should also be. notified 233 Ead kg the Board of Health that she. must have approval of the Board of St . Appeals and the Board. of Health each year for her Center - she must not think that under any circumstances would the Board. of Health grant the present license unless she is approved for the, number of children first by the Board of Appeals.. Mr. McQuillan felt that the Board of Appeals might not approve the number of 24. children for which Mrs . Ward now would like to be approved. Mr. McQuillan asked. .that a list of the Child Cara Center appli- cations with the number of children asked for be sent in a letter Child to the Board of Appeals., in order to be sure that the Board of Care Health. is only granting Child Care Center. Licenses from. the Health Centers Department for the approved..numbe.r granted by the Board .of Appeals. The Board was notified by the Symmes Arlington Hospital that Prem. Mrs. Lillian Vessey, 23 Oakland Avenue, with a. premature baby born Baby FBbruary 13., 1958, may need financial aid thru the Lexington Board Vessey of Health. No application. has been made, so Mr. Vessey was, contacted by telephone.. He agreed to come in the next day for filling out the necessary forms, but did not keep the appointment. The clerk con- tacted the hospital and found that .people are asked_ to fill out forms. if they feel they need. .financ.ial__help, but are not told to contact their local Board of Health. As Mr. Vessey has not been in touch with us after notification, we think he. may have decided he can take care of payment without help. Three .Animal Permit. applications were reviewed. Mr. David Haydon, _ 3l.i Homestead Street, had applied to keep 12 chickens., but. objections were received from. both abutt.ors. Denied. Mr. WalterO'Brien, of Animal 33 Homestead Street,. requested a permit for a horse or pony. The Permit; area is not large enough., the houses are too close, and. Mr. Lurvey did not recommend t.he granting of this permit. Denied. Mrs. Margaret Breslin. asked. permission to keep_ a horse. at 1.7 _Hayward Avenue, After Mr. Lurvey's investigp tion,he.. recommended. appr.oval. of the permit after a stable and corral. have been finished.. Granted. Pine Hill. Turkey Farm and. the Wilson Farm were approved for permits 1 318 -S- as renewals. Granted. Mr. McQuillan has.. received .a report from the Hospital Hospital Needs. Study Committee which recommends that a site for a Committee hospital be acquired for the. future by the Town while land is is still available.. The Committee does not recommend .a hospital at this time_ as the. .surroaanding hospitals have adequate facili- ties, for Lexington. to use at the present time. Mr. Lurvey reported. that he had. found. s.ump. pumps being dis- Sump Pumps charged .directly into the .sewage disposal. installationa. ..in three homes. It was decided to. include in the minutes of the..meeting sent to the paper .a strong. warning to_homeowners that. this is contrary to. the Board.of .Health re_gulationa and .Plumbing .laws, and can_ i3nly result in trouble_f or the community-. The sewage in- stallations are not. equipped.. to take care of sump pumps, and this practice must be discontinued. A latter has. be.en..aent from the Health Officer ta. the Com- V.F.W. mender of. the..Veterans. of. Foreign. Wars concerning rubbish and garbage strewn. in. back. of. the V.F.W. building., Vine Street. A latter was. received from Mrs. Peyton, 4.0 -Freemont Street, 40 in, regard to. her wet basement., broken. driveway, and. drainage Freemont into the street,. from. her home. Mr. Irwin, the building inspector, St . and Mr. Lurvey have investigated the situation together, and this letter from..Mrs.. Peyton asks_ that help be given her in her trouble. It was found. that..a sump pump had. been connected. directly to her septic tank. Zitso Mr. Lurvey had. some. pictures taken by Zitso at Ralph Frissore+ s Bill land (swamp) on. Webb Street. Mr. Lurvey asked for three prints, and received. a. bill for seven prints, even before receiving the pictures.. He reported. the bill was sent. back to Mr.Zitso. We have a .request for financial. aid for a premature baby bill Premature from Mrs. Jean. Brenchink, 72 Winter Street. Mr. Collins., Welfare Baby Department., feels .this. is a cage where help is needed. Mr. Lurvey Brenchick and Mr. McQuillan. decided to. bring the matter before the rest of the Board before making.a. decision.. A budget from Mr. Collins will help_ in making a decision. Public Mr. McQuillan asked. the. clerk to put through the. Public Health Education. appropriation for. Mr. Lurvey as. soon as it .is authorized Health to do so. Education Health Mr. McQuillan. and Mr. Lurvey discussed the. Health. Officer's He Healthy a s Report for the. period.. This included. inspections of food estab- e lishments.,. school lunchrooms, building. lots., septic tank and cess, Report pool installations., child care centers, and investigations of nuisance. c.omplaints. .and animal permit applications, sewage per- mits issued, and. meetings. and, conference.s attended. Slaughter Mr. Lurvey was approved as Slaughter Inspector and notifiea- Inspector tion will be. sent. to the. State. L 319 .4- Four Child Care Centers were approved. Mrs . Iris Howard, Child of 15 Ewell Avenue, Beaver Brooke Academy, 114 Concord Turn- Care pike, the Lexington Academy of the Holy Family, 13 Pelham Road, Centers and Hancock Church Weekday Kindergarten. In regard to a rubbish disposal permit application made by Rubbish the City and Town Disposal. Company of Cambridge, it was agreed Disposal to wait for the full Board' s decision. Permit Mr. McQuillan said he would like the minutes of the meeting with the decisions made. by him and. Mr. Lurvey sent to Dr. Cosgrove Minutes and Mr. Cole for their approval or disapproval.- Also a. notice is to be sent of the special meeting on. Friday, April 4, 1958, 3 PQM. , when the Board. has requested Mr. Sullivans presence, and that of Mrs. Adeline Cooper., 118. Burlington Street. The meeting adjourned, at 5.30 P.M. C, Ci ®� 4) na-Sal Clerk 1 I