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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1963-02-28574 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING FEBRUARY 28, 1963 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Feb- ruary 28, 1963, at 7:30 P.M. in the Health Department Office. Members present were Dr. William Cosgrove, acting Chairman, Mr. James M. West and Executive Health Officer, James F. Finn- eran. The minutes of the January 28, 1963, meeting were approved as read. POSTURE Mrs. Flynn, Chairman of the Posture Committee, came before CLINIC the Board to discuss the action of the Board of Selectmen and the Appropriation Committee of -February 9, 1963, at which time they voted not to recommend the appropriation for the rosture Clinic Expenses and Personal Services. Dr. Cosgrove, Acting Chairman of the Board, explained to Mrs. Flynn that the letter received February 11, 1963, from Mr. Adams, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, was the first the Board of Health had heard of this action and the Board was very much upset. Mr. McQuillan, Chairman, has been notified of this action and has written to the Board regarding this. matter. Mrs. Flynn gave the Board members a written history of the Posture Clinic. Mrs. Flynn said she had talked to Mr. Peckham, Chairman of the P.T.A. Council and also requested an appoint- ment with Dr. Henry L. Isaksen of the School Health Services. Mrs. Flynn stated that she was amazed at the action of the Board of Selectmen and Appropriation Committee because she felt that the Posture Clinic was one of the most worthwhile clinics for children as well as being one of the least expensive clinics. Mrs. Flynn also brought to the.Boards attention the fact that Mrs. Donnelly, physiotherapist, had worked with the clinic since its origin in 1926 and had to work very odd hours so that the Clinic would not interfer with the School Study Hours. Mrs. Donnelly takes and develops all silhouettograph pictures taken at the clinics, and by Mrs. Donnelly developing these - pictures herself the cost of the clinic has been kept at a minimum. Another fact Mrs. Flynn brought to the attention of the Board was the referrals from the School Doctors of cases where an orthopedic surgeons opinion was advisable. After further discussion a motion was made and duly passed that Mr. McQuillan would be asked to investigate this action of the Board of Selectmen and the Appropriation Committee as soon as he returned from Florida. Mrs. Flynn asked about the bills and personal services since the first of January. 1 1 1 575 The Board assured Mrs. Flynn that according to law the Town is responsible for all usual bills and rersonal services on the assumption of the proposed budget until Town Meeting. The Board also stated they could not understand why the Selectmen aid App- ropriation Committee would not realize that we are committed on this clinic until the end of the school year. After further discussion the Board assured Mrs. Flynn that the Board would do all it could to see that this action by the Selectmen and Appropriation Committee was corrected. Mrs. Flynn thanked the Board and retired. Mr. Clifford Castle, representative from the Lexington Vis- L.V.N.A. iting Nurse Association, came before the Board to discuss an increase in our payment for services to the Lexington Visiting Nurse Association for the 1964 Budget. Mr. Castle said he knew it was early in the year but he wanted to bring this matter before the Board of Health well in advance of the 1964 Budget. Mr. Castle said at the present time they were receiving from the Board of Health $2900. per year and roughly figuring the calls average about 1500 per year. :At the present time the fee charged on individual cases was 43.25 which the L.V.N.A. feels will have to be raised to $3.75 per call for individual cases. . Dr. Cosgrove asked.Mr. Castle how much more they felt they needed. Mr. Castle said they had discussed $3600. as a fair figure. This would be about a $700. increase on the amount xiow received. Mr. Castle said he hoped the Board would consider this re- quest favorable and the L.V.N.A. would appreciate it very much. Dr. Cosgrove asked Mr. Castle if he would put this request in the form of a letter to the Board. Mr. Castle said he would have Mr. Charles Whitmore, president of the L.V.N.A. Association write to the Board requesting the additional funds for the 1964 Budget. The letter from Mr. McQuillan regarding his approval of the ADULT Boards action regarding the Adult Oral Polio Clinic and the actionPOLIO & regarding the Mental Health Association's request for funds was MENTAL read by the Board and placed on file. The letter to Mrs.' Joanne Sheehan, 53 Asbury Street, was 53 ASBURY approved by the Board. This letter stated that an inspection STREET of the premises at S3 Asbury Street on February 4, 1963 found unsanitary conditions and inadequate facilities and therefore this dwelling was unfit for human habitation. Dr. Cosgrove explained this case to Mr. West. Mr. Finneran reported that he went to court on this case a 576 second time and that at the hearing Mrs. Sheehan was ordered to be out of this dwelling by April 1, 1963. INFORMATION The letter from )*ss Joanne Gillespie requesting information regarding a position as Public Health Nurse was read and placed on file. The letter to Miss Gillespie auggesting she contact the School Health Service or the L.V.N.A. in regards to public health nursing in Lexington was approved by the Board. The letter from Miss Judith King requesting information concerning the Health Department for a problem in her college program was placed on file. - Mr. Finneran said he wrote a report on the Health Depart- ment for Miss King and we had since given this same report to a number of other students who had called this office or stopped in requesting information regarding the local health department. RUBBISH The letter to Henry B. Russell & Sons, Inc., 29 Webster St. PERMIT Cambridge, Mass., was approved by the Board. This letter stated that a Rubbish Disposal Permit must be obtained from the Board of Health in accordance to the Health Department Rules and Reg- ulations, Chapter IV, Section ta.. Mr. Finneran explained that he saw the Russell truck picking up rubbish at Brigham's and as this company had never had a per- mit before this letter was sent to them. WILLOW The report of the high milk counts on samples taken from FARM Willow Farm by the Health Department of Watertown was read by the Board. Mr. Finneran explained Willow Farm was a distributor for Maple Hill Farm in Waltham and he had investigated this situa- tion. One thing he found was that the pipes in the plant had not been properly washed, this was being done now. He will keep his eye on this plant and watch it very closely. SABIN The report and suggested protocol from the State Health VACCINE Department on the distribution of Sabin Vaccine, Type II was TYPE II read and placed on file. "THE The letters regarding the subdivision "The Grove" were GROVE" read and placed on file. Mr. Finneran explained that Lots 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 were originally disapproved subject to additional grading. The additional grading plans were submitted by Green & White and Mr. Lucas of Whitman & Howard, Inc. re -checked these lots and approved the grading plans with a few changes as submitted. Motion was made and dully passed that the Board would approve Lot': 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 in the subdivision entitled "The Grove" on the basis of the Whitman and Howard report and subject to the condition that the grading as Shown on the grading plan submitted with the changes made by Mr. Lucas 1 577 of Whitman & Howard, Inc. be established. The proposed sewage disposal plan for an addition to the LINCOLN Lincoln Laboratories was approved by the Board. LABORATORIES Mr. Finneran explained this project had been submitted before and then dropped by Lincoln Laboratories. Re-application was made recently and Mr. Lucas of Whitman & Howard, Inc. came out and checked the plan and the area and approved this plan. The letter to Mr. Charles Drake, Agent of Shrewsbury Health PUBLIC Department was approved by the Board. Mr. Drake requested infor SEWER mation and policies of our Board of Health pertaining• to the con- INFORMA- nection to public sewer. TION Motion made and dully passed that Mr. R.L. McQuillan be re- appointed as representative to the Lexington Visiting Nurse Assoc- iation. The nomination of Dr. Carl R. Benton as Animal Inspector and James F. Finneran as Assistant Animal. Inspector was made by the Board. The nomination papers were signed by the Board for the State Department of Agriculture approval. Mr. James F. Finneran was re -appointed Slaughtering Inspector by the Board. The animal permit to keep a horse submitted by Veronica Cor- ANIMAL mier, 144 East Street, was discussed by the Board. PERMIT Mr. Finneran stated he had checked the area and had received no objection from the abuttors, but he told Mrs. Cormier that the stable housing the horse must have a floor of impervious material with a drain connected to a dry well located outside of the build- ing. Also all manure from the stahle must be kept in suitable metal containers and removed from the premises at regular inter- vals. Motion was made and duly passed that permission be granted Mrs. Cormier to keep one horse at 144 East Street subject to the conditions as stated by Mr. Finneran, Executive Health Officer. Meeting was adjourned at 8:30 P.M.