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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-05-01l26 CO Mr. McQuillan explained to Mr. West he had been t in touch with Dr. Dunham's Office to see if we could get someone to help out in the Department during Mr. Finneran's absence.. Also he was going to talk to Mr. Richard Albanese, Director of Public Health of Billerica, to see what he could do for us. Renewal permits for the following were signed by the Board: Food Establishments: Folsom's Seafood Bakeri, Inc. Swimming Pool Permits: Five Field Pools Peacock Farm Pool Funeral Directors' Howard P. Ela, Jr. Louis H. Spencer Alice M. McCarthy John Douglass Arthur F. Douglass Ela P. Chipman The report of calls made by Mr. Lucas of Whitman & Howard on sewage problems for the month was checked by the Board. Also action taken by Mrs. Jones on miscellaneous complaints was checked and approved by the Board. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 P.M. BOARD OF- HEALTH MEETING May 1, 1967 The regular meeting of the Board of Health -was held Monday, May 5, 1967 at 7:00 P.M. in the Health Department Office. Members present were R.L. McQuillan, Chairman, Dr. William Cosgrove and Richard Albanese, Acting Health Officer. The minutes of the April 3, 1967 Meeting were approved as read. Dr. Howard Smith, newly appointed Veterinarian RABIES for the Health Department, came before the Board to discuss the use of a live vaccine for the Rabies clinic. The use of this vaccine will enable people to bring their dogs to Clinic once every two years. Dr. Smith explained to the Board that this type of vaccine has been proven very effective and will keep the dog immunized up to 36 months. Dr. Smith said it would be amatter of educating the public in this procedure. 1 1 2 - This year every dog will receive the"innoculation as in the past. Next year a cross check of the dogs will have to be made by the Clerk and only new dogs and dogs who did not receive the rabies innoculation in 1967 will be sent a card. It will also be announced in the Rabies Clinic Advertisement, also a booklet is to be prepared to be given to all dog owners at the Clinic and to all dog owners if their animal is placed under quarantine for biting. Dr. Smith said he felt this was a good way to educate the public as to their responsibility as a dog owner. The Board assured Dr. Smith that they would go along with his suggestions. Dr. Smith thanked the Board and retired. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, 69 Spring Street, came before 69 SPRING the Board to discuss the problem of an over -flowing cess- STREET pool. Mr. Albanese explained that effluent from the sanitary system flowed down into the neighbors yard caus- ing a health problem and there was public sewer available. Mr. Johnson said that 2 or 3 -years ago he received an estimate from the Town of $60Q. (six -hundred dollars) to dig to the street, a distance of about,35 feet, and then another 200 dollars for a plumber to bring the inside plumbing to the front of the house to connect to the public sewer. He stated he could not afford to do this at this time. Mr. Albanese explained that now the Town does not do that digging, a drain layer has to be hired and a list of those could be obtained from the public works department. Mr. McQuillan explained to the Johnsons that the Board had a ruling which stated, if public sewer was available the home owner must connect to the public sewer. This has always been the policy of the Board and when anyone had a problem such as the Johnsons had now there was no other way to handle the situation. Mr. Johnson said he.did not feel he could afford to do this at this time. He stated he was in construction work and had only gone back to work about 2 weeks ago. Mr. McQuillan explained that the Board did not like to cause a hardship for the homeowner but they also had to go by the rules and the rule did state that a house must be connected to public sewer when it was available and therefore the Board had no alternative but to insist that this be done. Dr. Cosgrove inquired if the sewer was on Spring Street when the Johnsont;6 bought the house. Mr. Johnson said Yes. Dr.. Cosgrove pointed out' that the previous owners should have had the house connected to the sewer but that was something the Johnsons should have checked before buying the house. Mr. McQuillan pointed out that a complaint had been received last year and then again this year so that with those circumstances the situation could not be let go. Dr. Cosgrove asked how often they had to have this system pumped. Mrs. Johnson said at least once a year and usually in the Spring. Mr. Albanese said there was still effluent flowing from the system, he checked this on his way into the meeting, it was not as bad as when he first inspected but it was still running onto the property next door. Mr. Johnson had limed it down to keep the odor under control. Mr. McQuillan said he was sorry but he felt that the Board could give the Johnsons only a month to see if they could work something out. He suggested that they get some idea of the cost of this work to be dons and then possibly -see the bank where the mortgage of their house is held,,but the house must be connected to public sewer. Mr. Albanese said he would like to suggest that Mr. Johnson put about 6 inches of gravel over the effluent that is running right away. The Board told Mr. and Mrs. Johnson to see what they could do and let the Board know. The Board thanked them for coming in. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson said they would do the best they could and retired. 1 Mrs. Jones, Clerk, reported that she had contacted 303 the tenant at 303 Concord Avenue regarding the repair CONCORD of a sanitary system ordered repaired in March and AVENUE to date nothing has been done. Mrs. Silva, the tenant, said she sent 2 estimates>to Mrs. Hyatt but had heard nothing from her. The Board discussed this problem and it was voted that an order would be sent to Mrs. Hyatt demanding that this system be repaired within 15 days or the dwelling would be condemned and the tenant forced to vacate. The approval of the Department of Agriculture, DR. SMITH Division of Livestock Disease Control, of Dr. Howard A. Smith as veterinarian was placed on file. The certification of Lot 28 Kendall Rd. -in the subdivision entitled "Colonial Acres" was approved by the Board. 1 4- 129 The letter to Mr. Thomas McLoughlin, State Division WATER & AIR of Sanitary Engineering regarding the contamination of POLLUTION brooks in Town was approved by the Board. Mr. McQuillan explained that he had contacted Mr. McLoughlin to help with the problem of the brooks that are being contaminated by raw sewage. Mr. Alan Adams had made some complaints and a letter had been received from a Mr. Bramley regarding the brook around the Arlington Land Fill and another brook in back of Stratham Road. Mr. Albanese said he had contacted Mr. Plunkett from Mr. McLoughlin's Office and they were going to do a survey on Thursday of next week (May 11) of all the brooks in Lexington. The letter to Mr. William Melbye, President of Senior Citizens Club was approved. Mr. McQuillan explained that with all the added work the Clerk had to do at this:time the monthly notices for this Club was just too much, and he felt therewere enough people in the group that could do this work. The subdivision entitled "Birch Hill Estates, Lexington, BIRCH Mass." and dated March -16, 1967 was -approved by the Board HILL per Whitman & Howard Report. This subdivision will be ESTATES public sewered and all lots were approved fr drainage except Lots 29 and 30 which would have to be filled to street grade. Mr. Jones reported that a letter had been received from a Mrs. McCarthy, 454 Marrett Road, -complaining about the owner at 458 Marrett Road filling in a brook causing the water to back up and stand in the rear of the property from Mrs. McCarthy's house down. This was referred to Public Works Department because it was the understanding that this complaint had been madelast year and the people ordered to open this brook and the order was ignored. It is the understanding that there is a Town easement clause concerning this brook. The complaint of sewage in the street -in front of YOUNG ST. 12 Young Street was brought before the Board. Mrs. Jones reported that this same complaint was made in 1964. Mr. Albanese said he would run some dye tests to see just where this sewage is coming from. Mr. McQuillan asked Mr. Albanese about the fill being ELKS brought in for fill at the Elks Building on Waltham Street. BUILDING Mr. Albanese said he had checked this out and it was salt water peat and it did have a noxious odor. He had placed a stop -order on the use of this fill until further notice from this Office. 458 MARRETT RD. The Board discussed this type of fill with Mr. Albanese and it was decided to contact the .contractor, Mr. DeMartio, and talk to him because by law he should have a permit to dump from the Board of Health. 130 C: A few questionable animal permits were brought before the Board. These permits were to be renewed: Renewal for 2 horses, an increase of 1 horse, 11 CHAD - at 11 Chadbourne Road. A complaint had been receivedBOtRNE RD. that these people had 4 horses there all winter and also the boys when they were around the corral were harass- ing the golfers at Powder Horn Golf Course. Mr. Albanese was to check this out before the renewal was sent. Joseph Kelley, 83 Cary Avenue, requesting and 83 CARY increase of from 3 to 6 horses. The Clerk reported AVENUE that Mr. Kelley has 37 acres of land. The Board approved this permit. The application for a permit for 1 horse made 34 MIDDLE- by Mr. Brown of 34 Middleby Road was brought to the BY ROAD Boards attention. The Clerk reported that -for 3 years this permit has been renewed and to date Mr. Brown has never had a horse. The Board agreed that this year the permit should not be renewed. If the time ever came when Mr. Brown did get a"horse then the Board could reconsider this permit. The Clerk reported to the Board that she had 72 CARY AVE. at least 3 calls regarding a horse at Mr. Charles SWEENEY, JR. Sweeney, Jr., 72 Cary Avenue. The application for a permit to keep a horserat this address had been denied at the February 6, 1967 meeting because of. insufficient area. Mr. Albanese was -to check this out and an order sent to have this horse removed from the premises. An application for a permit to keep 2 ducks 62 VALLEY by Mrs. McLatchy, 62 Valley Road was approved by ROAD the Board. The application for a permit to keep 1 pony at 14 WALNUT 14 Walnut Street by David Dionne was presented to STREET the Board. Mr. Dionne sent a letter explaining that he does not have the required area but could house the pony on his property and use the corral facilities at 11 Chadbourne Road. The Board discussed this and agreed that the housing of the animal was what our regulation dealt with and therefore there could be no exceptions made. Permit was denied. Mr. McQuillan reported that he had suggested to the Selectmen that a committee be formed to study this Air Pollution problem consisting of the Police, Firemen, Selectmen, Board of Health and a citizen of the Town. The Board approved this suggestion. The following renewal permits were signed by the Board: AIR POLLUTION 1