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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-04-04 320 SPECIAL BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING April 4, 1958 A special meeting of the Board. of Health was. he.ld an Friday, Apri1 .44 at 3 P.M. with Chairman McQuillan, Dr.. Cosgrove, Mr. Cole, and Mr. Lurvey present . Mrs. Mrs. Adeline Cooper and Mrs.. Merrill Norlin appeared before Cooper the Board in connection with the Child Care Center at 118. .Burling- 118 Burl- ton Street, which. does not comply with the regulations of the ington St . Board at the present time. After discussing each violation and how best to remedy them., Mrs.. Cooper and Mrs. Norlin agreed to correct them. starting immediately. A partition .must be. installed between..the heater and the area used for the children., the. light- ing must be. improved., the cement floor covered, with. asphalt tile or similar flooring, and. dangerous. steps corrected.. The Board suggeatedd it might be less. expensive to conduct. the Center up- stairs, but the ladies. said. all equipment downstairs is scaled to the small. children.,, and they would rather correct the. irregu- lations downstairs... The Board. approved a license for the Center with the. oondit.ion,.that alletter with the corrections- to be made be included. .with .the license_. Mr. Lurvey will make another in- spection before the close of the school in. June. Some outside work is to be done., but. the. Board agreed to give more time for this., and .oak. that, it be done sometime after school starts in the fall. (Nov. 1) . It was brought to the attention. of the Board that there are Child Child Care Centers operating without the proper permits. from the Care Board of Appeals. and. the.. Board. of Health. Permits must. be secured Centers from both. Boards_. Letters. have been sent from the Health .Depart- ment to the Board of Appeals bringing this problem to its attention, and asking. its. cooperation. in seeing that people ,realize permits from both Boards must be obtained to conr»tt. a. Child. Care Center. Mr. Nickerson,. Chairman. 'of the_ Board of Appeals., reported to Mr. MoQuillan_ that. the. Board. of. Appeals rule is to grant permits for Child. Care. Centers. .in private homes for not. over 12. children. Mr. John Sullivan,. 34.1. Mar.re.tt Road,. refused to. attend the Sullivan meeting..as. requested. It was felt. that. a talk_with the. Board 31i.1 Marrett might stra.ight.en. out the fact that the cesspool on. Mr. Sullivan' s Road property is still a nuisance .and must he corrected. The. Board has been advi.se.d by Mr. Stevens, town counsel, to start over again with an order for correction of the nuisance,. and follow. thru with court action if. necessary.. The. Board so voted unanimously. Eisenberg Mr. Eisenberg, 470 Concord_Avenue, met with. the Board and Mr. .70 Kraynick, the._ engineer from Whi.tman. & Howard., to discuss. the septic Concord tank installation at his home. Mr. Kraynick's. plan for the instal- Ave. lation was not complied with,. the tank is 18 to 20" lower than called for, and not in the location planned.. Mr. Eisenberg does not want to go t.o the expense of a sewage ejector pump as recom- mended .by Mr. Kraynick, and_auggested. an effluent. pp. Mr. Kray- nick asked to have it on record that he "represents Whitman & Howard., and_. they require that a sewage ejector be installed. If the Board. wished t.o have Mr. Eisenberg do otherwise, it is up to I .W. 321. -2- the Shard". Mr. McQuillan explained to Mr. Eisenberg that the Eisenberg Board of Health never has gone against the recommendations of 470 Whitman & Howard.. If anything ever happened to this house in Concord the future, the Board would be in .a bad position after ignoring Ave. the engineer's advice. The Board spends. tax payers' money to get this advice for the good of the present homeowner and the community, The Board_ moved to take this case under advisement. Mr. Cole asked that. Mr. Eisenberg's plans. be left so that the Board could. go. into the. problem, more fully, and suggested the Board give. Mr. Eisenberg an answer by Wednesday, April 9. Mr. Lurvey reported that he had. checked .Mrs. Anna. Phillips' Anna restaurant again., and no sink has been. installed or work done. Phillips Mr. Alan Adams.. reported. to Mr. McQuillan that Mr. Phillips, the 29 Depot son, has told him that the .sink was arriving Friday, April 4, Square and that the linoleum .and work on the ceiling would be done probably within a week. A small subdivision.„. "Part of Liberty Heights", off Taft Liberty Avenue,. was approved. by the. Board with the reservation. that it Hts. dould be. severed. Mr. Gayer, Public Works Superintendent, is looking_ into it for the Board. There are two lots involved, 1 and 6. There. is. .a converted. garage. on Lot 6 with_ one occupant at present, and. a .question as. to whether connection to. the. public sewer can be. made. Mr. Robert Johnson, 40. Bridge Street, has .not corrected the Johnson nuisance. of laundry waste flowing_ onto the street from. his property 40 as asked back in .February.. He was_ given until April 1 to correct. Bridge The Board made, a motion. to give. him. until. May 1 to build another St. cesspool t.o correct the. condition., and will .aend him. .an order to this effect. The Board reviewed the Brenchick Premature Baby case concerning Brenchicl financial .aid. The Board agreed help will be needed, but. will wait Prematur+ until there is a final bill from the hospital. Baby Mr. Lurvey brought. out the fact that. he felt Mr. John. Harvey Harvey of 1 Constitution Road, who is opposed. to the. building. of two 1 Consti houses on Harbell. Street. in. the rear of his. home., might. feel that tion Rd. the Board has. rejected the .two. lots .f or building purposes. In order to clear up, any such m.is.under tanding,_ Mr. Lurvey felt the Board should write. to. Mr. Harvey stating our position at the present time concerning the. matter. The Board moved to write him a letter stating that the. Board has not refused anyone per- mission as. yet to build. on.. that. land. If and when the .builder applies for a permit t.o construct dwellings. on these. lots, the Board of Health will. at. that. time either approve or disapprove on the basis of plans .submitted. Miss Florence McKinnon of the. Division of Hospital.Facilities 31 Maple! in the State. reported to the Board that. she. found no violation in St. the dwelling at 31. Maple Street (Mrs. Edith Tyler) which was thought. to be an Old Age. Home. 322 r.0 3 A new Rubbish Disposal Permit was approved for the City & Town Rubbish Disposal Company, Cambridge. Funeral .Directors renewal applica- Disposal tions were approved_ for. Montague., 21 Bedford Street, -and. McCarthy, permit , 80 Bedford. Street. Child. .Care Center. Licenses. were approved for etc. the Han.cock. Church_ Weekday. Kindergarten, Lexington Academy of the Holy Family, and Mrs. Cooper's Manor Kindergarten, 118 .Burlington Street. Mr. Brownell of Techbuilt_, Middle Ridge, Section Section, met Middle with. the. Board to discuss a.. system. .put in last_ fall. which now, Ridge owing to ground water condition, cannot be expected to function properly. Mr. Kraynick has proposed another leaching bed to be installed and.. use a. sewage. e..jec.tor pump if the garbage. .grinder is used,. or a sump. pump .if the garbage grinder is removed. The next. Board Meeting comes on Friday, April 18., 1958. The meeting adjourned at 5.30 P.M. 0.)01 Clerk 1 I