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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-06-14197 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING JUNE 14, 1968 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held June 1t, 1968 at 7:00 P. M. in the Selectmen's Room of the•Town Office Building. Members present were, R. L. McQuillan, Chair- man, Dr. William Cosgrove, Dr. Charles Colburn and Robert Heustis, Director of Health. The minutes of the May 5, 1968 meeting and the Special 1°leeting May 28, 1968 were approved as read. The area known as the "Old Res" was again discussed by OLD RES the Board. Mr. McQuillan reported that although the Board MARRETT of Health and the Selectmen both disapproved the development "RD., of this area for bathing purposes at the Town Meeting the article on the warrant was passed. Following the Special Meeting of the Board with Mr. Cortel and Mr. Bond of the Recreation Committee a letter was sent to the Board of Selectmen, prior to the Special Town Meeting, stating that further bio -engineering studies should be made of the 'Res' before any development of this area was started. A letter has been received from John C. Collins, Director Division of Sanitary Engineering, State Department of Public Health confirming the findings as stated in our report to the Town Meeting and the Board of Selectmen. Mr. Collins has also offered the assistance of one of his engineers in carrying out this additional study during the summer of 1968A The Board discussed the laws available governing swimming areas and agreed that rules and regulations should be adopted by the Board which would govern natural bathing areas. The State Sanitary Code covers swimming pools but as far as can be determined there is no ruling requiring a Board of Health to approve a pond or area before a bathing place is developed. The Board instruced Mr. Heustis to contact the State Health Department to see if there was any laws governing natural bathing areas, before and after development. Mr. Heustis showed the Board acopy of the rules that the Town of Winchester has adopted governing bathing places such as this. The Board asked that copies of these be sent to them for further study. Dr. Colburn suggested that as the State report coincided with our report to the Selectmen,and in view of the fact, that Mr. Cortel, Consulting Biologist, at the special meeting was not willing to guarantee that his proposals would develop the 'Old Res' in a satisfactory way to assure that all public health standards would be maintained a letter be written to the Select- men recommending that no action be taken by the Town on this development until further studies had been made by qualified per- sonnel. He said he felt we should go on record to the Selectmen that we disapproved this project until further study had been made. 98 The Board agreed that a letter would be written, also a copy of the State report and a copy of this letter would be gi.ren:.to the Minute Man Publications for publication this week. Mr. Heustis reported to the Board that he had talked with Dr. Monderer of the School Health Services regarding DENTAL the position of the Dental Hygienist in the Schools. Dr. HYGIENIST Monderer said that at the present time the school depart- ment did not feel that they would want to include a hy- gienist in their budget for next year. He also stated that they had other programs such as a drug abuse study, the introduction of a sex course, etc. He also said they really ;:needed more nurses for the schools and he thought the Dental Health education could be covered by the nurses. Mr. Heustis said this was just a phone conversation, nothing has been received in writing regarding the Dental Hygienist because the School Committee has not met yet. Dr. Cosgrove said he had talked to Mrs. Finneran and she said about the same thing to him. He said he felt that this was the time of year for her to find another job of this type and therefore we should tell her of the decision of the school department. He said Mrs. Finneran has one of the best educational programs in the State on Dental Health. The Board suggested that Dr. Cosgrove talk to Mrs. Finneran and tell her what was said by Dr. Monderer. The clerk asked about the equipment in the Dental Clinic, one of the school nurses had inquired about the drills and polishers for a biology teacher. Dr. Cosgrove said the equipment would be sold. Mr. Heustis said the school department asked that the equipment be moved from the Hancock School, this will be taken care of as soon as possible. KENNICOTT The addition to the Kennicott Copper Building at COPPER 128 Spring Street was approved by the Board. This addition will be serviced by existing public utilities and will therefore have to meet the Department of Public Works specifications. DRUG Mr. Heustis reported that a second meeting was held ABUSE on drug abuse and Rev. Richard Lund of the Pilgrim Con- gregational Church, was elected President, Pro -Tem. The group was divided into various committees to formulate and research various information on drug abuse. The pur- pose of these committees will be to provide information and aid to social organizations on drug abuse. 1 1 1 6 ASH ST. 20 AVON ST. TREMBLEY 1 1 Dr. Ellicott suggested that the present Doctor's Emergency Service number, now provided by the Board, be used for immediate medical attention if the need aroused. He will also designate to the answering service, doctors capable of handling this drug problem. The next scheduled meeting of this committee mill be held June25, 1968, at the school administration building at noon. Dr. Colburn and Dr. Cosgrove will try to attend as representatives of the Board of Health. The letters to the Board of Selectmen recommending that the dwellings at 6 Ash St. and 20 Avon St. Lexington be given priority for public sewer connection were ap- proved. The present sanitary systems servicing these dwellings are creating a definite health hazard and it is inadvisable to repair the present systems. The application for a permit to keep 2 horses by Henry J. Trembly, 1949 Massachusetts Ave., was discussed by the Board. Mr. Heustis did not recommenp granting this permit because Mr. Trembley does not have the required acre of land to keep horses and also access to his barn is by way of a public path leading to the Colonial Cemetery. Xrs.=Trenblsy-and her daughter came before the Board to discuss permit. Mr. McQuillan: Mrs. Trembley, we are very doubtful that we can grant this permit. You do not have the re- quired acre of land, nor any access to your barn except by way of the public path to the Colonial Cemetery. Mrs. Trembley: We do have permission from Mrs. Whalen to lead the horses across her land to Dr. Foley's and use his fenced in corrals for the horses. It is very doubtful that we would be riding the horses on the street. Dr. Cosgrove: May I suggest that you do not plan on using Dr. Foley's corral at all, Dr. Foley has his own horses and his own permit to consider and he should not violate the conditions of his permit. We have granted a variance when a neighbor has agreed to the use of part of their land. Does Mrs. Whalen use the land in back that is abutting your property? Dr. Colburn: If you could speak to Mrs. Whalen and ask her for an agreement in writing stating you can use her land for a coral then we could consider this request. However, where would you ride these horses if you have only the public path as access? tl_ 21) 0 Miss Trembley: We plan to show these horses, I doubt that we would be riding them on the street. My father and I plan to join a group or club for showing horses, not the 4-H groups, also my brother is interested in this too. Mrs. Trembley: We know we can take the horses over to Dr. Foley's yard and use his fenced in area for exercising the horses. Dr. Cosgrove: The use of the Foley's land is not a very good argument. Dr. Foley has a permit for all the horses he may have on his land. I suggest you talk with Mrs. Whalen and see if she will let you use some of her back land to go along with yours to obtain the required acrage. Dr. Colburn: You have a little over 24 thousand square feet of land which is not even enough to keep 1 horse. How much land does Mrs. Whalen have? Dr. Cosgrove: Mrs. Whalen's land extends to the cemetery and back to the church's parking lot. Foley's land is way beyond the Trembley's property, it would not be wise to plan on using that land at all. I would go along with granting this permit if the Trembley's can file with us a written agreement signed by Mrs. Whalen granting the use of her back land for the horses. As near as I can see the land is the only problem you have in regard to this permit. Mr. McQuillan: Do you have the horses there now? Mrs. Trembley: No, we have not got the horses yet. We did not want to go ahead until we were sure we could keep them. The Board: We suggest you see Mrs. Whalen and get per- mission to use a certain amount of her land and this should solve your problem. The permit, if issued, will be for a certain number of horses and must not be increased unless the Board is notified and permission is granted. Mrs. Trembley and her daughter thanked the Board and retired. Wei 1 1 The application for a permit to keep 10 veal calves CROSBY by Franklin J. Crosby, Jr., 5 Piper Rd., was considered ANIMAL PERMIT by the Board. Mr. Heustis explained that this is a .-H Project and application had been made for 10 veal calves, he recommended permit be granted for 7 veal calves and that the permit shall expire on October 1, 1968. The Board approved this application with the conditions as stated by Mr. Heustis. 1 Mr. Heustis reported he had met with Mr. Gray and Mr. Burke, Superintendent of Public Works to discuss the disposal of -rubbish and garbage mixed. He said after discussing the present operation and the allowing of mixing RUBBISH the rubbish and garbage it was agreed that the present DISPOSAL arrangement should be continued because, the present dump operation is not a true sanitary land fill operation because it has an open face side, a true land fill operation does not leave any side open-faced. Also, the present garbage contract would be altered if the commercial establishments were to dispose of garbage and rubbish in the same containers. The Board agreed that they would see that the rubbish and garbage collection permits will continue under the same restrictions as they are now. CHAIRMAN Mr. R. L. McQuillan was again elected Chairman by unanimous vote of the Board. WARE DAIRY The Health Officerts report was discussed and it was noted that Ware Dairy Co., Belmont, Mass. had milk counts that were very high. It was suggested that Mr. Heustis check this company again. SPURIA Mr. Heustis reported that an annonimous complaint PIGEONS regarding pigeons kept by Mr. Spuria, 393 Lincoln St., had been checked out. At the time of the inspection he could not find anything bothersome about the pigeons. Mr. Spuria told him he had talked with the Board of Health many years ago and the Board had granted him permission to keep these pigeons. They are a homing pigeon or a tumbler pigeon. 1 The Board agreed that an annonomous call should be checked out but a complaint of this type would not be given the same consideration as one in writing. The Board signed renewal permits for Methyl Alcohol, Swimming Pools and Food Service Establishments. The mext meeting of the Board of Health will be held the second week in July because of the week -end of the 4th. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 P. M. 201