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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-09-13221 The Board thanked the gentlemen for coming in and talking to them. Meeting adjourned at 11:00 A.M. BOARD Or' HEALTH MEETING SEPTEMBER 13, 1960 The regular meeting of the board of health was held Friday; September 13, 1960, at 7:00 P.N. in the Selectmen&s room or the Town Orrice Building. Ivembers present were R. L. McQuillan, Chairman, Dr. William Cosgrove, and Dr. Oharles Colburn. Mr.. McQuillan explained to the Board that Mr. ieustis, Director of Public health was unable to attend this meeting because of the death of his step -mother. The minutes of the July 19, 196t3 meeting and the minutes of the special milk dealers meeting July 31, 1960 were ap- proved as read. Mc. McQuillan explained to the Hoard that Dr. Foley was coming in to discuss his horse permit. he went on to explain that hr. :ieustis had made an inspection at Dr. i''oley T s on Thursday and found four horses and one pony. he recalled to the board tn.at in May the Hoard bent -over -backwards allowing Dr. Foley to keep d horses until the middle of June and he felt that with this violation the Board should be very stern with Dr. Foley. tie suggested court action or suspending the permit entirely. The Board discussed this problem and agreed that they would talk to Dr. Foley and then make a decision. Mrs. Galen, 46 Marrett Road, and her daughter came before the Board in regard to her application for a permit to keep MRS. one horse at 39-43 Marrett Road, property now owned by the GALE Supreme Council of the Masons. HORSE PERMIT The Board read the letter from Stanley F. Maxwell, Exec- utive Secretary of the Supreme Council of Masons, which stated that permission was granted to iIr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Galen to house the horse in the carriage house on the grounds at 39-43 Marrett Road andit was also agreed that the Galens would care for the premises in a manner agreeable to the Order of Hasons and the Board of health. Permit granted by the Board. At this time a number of other horse permit applications were considered by the Board. The application for p emit to keep 2 horses on the WILDEROTER property of Stanley B. Wilderoter, 114 East Street, was HORSE approved. This request complies with the regulation. These PERMIT horses will be supervised by Frank E. Hodges, 4 Whitman Dr. The manure will be kept in leakproor containers until removed rrom the barn. 222 EDWARD The application for permit to keep 2 horses b; Edward KELLv J. Kelly, 266 Bedford Street, was approved by tiie board. HORSE This request complies with the regulations, altnough Mr. PERMIT McGovern, an abuttor, has questioned the kistance from his house to the stable. He did not object to tie keep ing or the horses. Mr. Kelly is aware of this concern and will, if necessary, make other arrangements, CHARLES The application for a permit to keep one pony. by BRACKETT Charles F. Brackett, 121 Grove Street, was approved by PONY the Board. This request complies with the regulations PERMIT andhr. Brackettts property is surrounded by Town owned open land. The request or William L. Ivarson, Jr., 26 Cottage St., to keep 1 horse and 2 ponies was discussed by the IVARSo d Board. Mr. McQuillan explained that a complaint was HORSE received regarding the property of the Ivarson's and he PERMIT and Mr. Heustis inspected the property and found the horses and ponies. The ivarsons, at that time, were ordered to house the horses elsewhere until an applica- tion for a permit was made. This was done that after- noon and a permit filed in the Health Department Office. The neighbors in the area have signed a petition re- questing tnat the lvarson's be granted permission to keep these horses. The lvarson's nave also obtained permission from George F. Davis to use land owned by him which abutts the lvarson property. The addition or this area gives the ivarson's surricient area for keeping, corraling and riding tiie horses. The Board discussed this permit and agreed in view of the additional land and the lvarson's cooperation in dealing with the origional violation this permit would be approved. Dr. .coward Foley and ris daughter Jane, came to the :3oard'.to discuss the violation to their animal permit as noted by Mr. Heustis on an inspection Thursday, Sept. 12, and also ,to request an increase from 3 horses to 6 Horses. HOfdARD Mr. McQuillan: Well, Dr. is'oley, you remeroer back ,uLEY in the summer we allowed you to keep the t3 ho-ses with HuRSE the agreement that in September you wo.ld only have 3 PERM=IT horses stabled in Lexington? to were very surprised when Ir. Heustis reported tnat at tne time of his inspection there was 5 horses in the barn instead of 3 as we stip- ulated in tine Spring. Jane Foley: 1 brought 3 home with me and 2 are out to pasture in Concord. The extra 2 had to have work done on -their reet so we brought them down on Wednesday. Dr. Colburn: Where are they going to be kept? You nave 5 norses and you were directed you could keep 3. 104.0 1 1 Dr. Foley: That is one of the reasons we are here to- night. We were going to asp the board to reconsider. This summer 1 have taken the barn apart and put it back together again. Dr. Colburn: Dr. Foley, we are not, at the moment, in- terested in the barn, according to our records you were told you could keep 3 .horses. Now we rind out you have 5. uur per— mitostated 3 as of September 1. Dr. Foley: Could the board possibly reconsider? Dr. Colburn: You are keeping 5 horses now. Jane Foley: We have 3 in the barn and 2 in Concord. 1 only brought the 2 horses down from Concord to have their feet attended. Dr. Colburn: When did you bring the Horses in, and how many do you have in the barn now? Jane Foley: 1 brought the 2 from pasture in Concord late Wednesday evening and had the blacksmith rix their feet and took them back to Concord on Thursday when 1 got horae from teaching school. Dr. Colburn: You realize that was a violation of your permit? Jane Foley: Their feet needed attention and t.at was the mly thing 1 could do. Dr. Colburn: That was still a violation of your permit. Your permit'is for 3 horses, you realize this Board cold revoke your permit. Iir. McQuillan: This board has every right to revoke your permitat any time. Dr. Colburn: I wonder if this board should suspend this permit until the rules and regulations are complied with, in view or the evidence presented to the Board of health. Mr. McQuillan: You feel, Dr. Colburn, that tao Board should suspend this permit and all horses be taken out until such time as the board feels treat no more than the number of horsesatready approved by the board will be brought back? permit. Dr. Colburn: 1 reel it is appropiate action for this Mr. McQuillan: Dr. Colburn: issues of permits or Dr. Cosgrove, what are your ideas on this? I reel we must take a strong stand on Hese don't issue permits at all. 223 224 Mr. McQuillan: We did lean over backwards and with thecomplaints from people around, we let you keep b horses with the understanding that as or the first of September only 3 horses would be kept there. Dr. Cosgrove: As 1 understand this, you brought 2 horses down from Concord on Wednesday, had tr_eir .feet attended to, and brought them pack on Thursday. As rar as suspending this permit, 1 don't want to be that harsh, If at the present time. there are only 3 horses there, J. would let it go at that. Mr. McQuillan: They have a new permit in for 6 Horses. Dr. Cosgrove: Witn the acreage that Dr. Foley has and in view of our regulations, 1 would go along with the 3 horses but I don't feel tine area is large enough to accomodate 6 horses. Dr. holey: Since we were here in May 1 nave done some investigating. i have talked with people in the S.P.C.A. and County hxtension people and they both say the area needed for horses that do not graze is much less than for horses that graze. We bring in the hay and grain_ and 1 acre would be sufficient for almost any -' number under those circumstances, also these horses al- most never go out in the yard. I wish Mr. McQuillan you wouldcome up and see what we nave done to the barn. We nave tine quarter -ton trailer which we put true manure in and then cart it away. Mr. Iic ui11an: We want to be fair in every way but we must govern all applications the same way. We nave made a law and we must stick to it. Our idea when we issuepermits for horses is primarily for a .family to ride nor pleasure. Iuow we have you talking about show horses, etc., not tiding the horses. Your location is a problem, you are right in the middle oi town, next to tne church, with apartment houses in pack or you, actually that is quite a controversial area to keep any horses. We have complaints from the people of the church, etc. There is no other way for us to act. "v Ie don't like to sus- pend permits but if we say 3 horses and then you bring -in 3 more and then 3 more when we see these conditions then it is up to this board to take positive action. Dr. roley: May 1 interrupt? You say the maximum allowed is 1 horse per acre. Mr. i_cQuillan: Yes, 1 horse per acre. You have less than 3 acres but we did give you a permit for 3 horses. Dr. Colburn: You have a little over 2-2 acres and we did stretch the point and give you a permit for 3 horses. You must remember you are in a sensitive area, so near town and the church. 1 1 d d1111 ®) Dr. Foley: have the abutters been complaining or is it mostly church people? Iir. r°icQ,uillan: Mostly church people. Dr. Colburn: rdnen 1 saw tt:e manure pile in the Spring 1 was apalled. Dr. .coley: We know that was bad but we could not ;get a truck in to get it out with the winter we had. Dr. Colburn:. Jr you nave no way of taking care of the manure hien possibly we snoald reconsider tile wraold thing. Dr. Foley: 1. really misunderstood the action necessary by the Board. Mr. Tc:' uillan: We can grant you a permit for 3 Horses as you now nave. We were very disturbed to discover more than 3. We must leave this permit as granted. Dr. Foley: i'll accept treat. iowevee, if on special occasions, such as the 19th of April or a special show could we bringin a few extra horses overnight 11r. c(;uillan: I think something like this could be ar- ranged, if you called a few days ahead orthe time we would in all instances, go along; with it. Jane toley: Lay 1 ask something? The bab treat was born this Spring broke its leg 2 weeks ago and the Veterinarian is to call me to let me now if he is going to be all right. The baby is not olaenough to be taken away from its mother and fie willneed special care, could l bring the baby and her mother down until ne can be weaned? Dr. Colburn: if you take 2 of the horses you have out so that you keep only 3 horses in the barn. Jane Foley: i can't put tree show horses out to pasture. The Board: We must stand firm -- 3 horses, no more. Dr. Foley: 1 understand your position.. We will just have to make other arrangements. Dr. Foley thanked the Board and retired. The Board saidwteen tie permit for 3 horses was sent to Dr. Foley ailetter should be sent stating that only 3 horses may be kept and if at any time more are to be brought in for a special occasion the board must be notified in advance. The Board discussed the regulation for keeping horses and agreed that tree law governing the keeping of horses should be gone over. ytt RES" Dr. Cosgrove and hr. McQuillan said that when this law was reviewed in 1966 it was their understanding that the ruling on horses would be a separate regulation stating clearly 1 acre of land for 1 horse. Dr. Colburn said he would like to request a letter be sent to Town Counsel asking for an interpertation of this::regulation as it stands. 1 also suggest that e -r. heustis write to the field station or S.P.C.A. for their opinion in the amount or land needed for keeping horses just to make sure we are not being unreasonable about tills horse business. It was suggested that when the letter to Town Coun- sel is written it might be well to ask for advise on a ruling thatwould be applicable to horse permits only. Mr. McQuillan said nothing _las been done at Lex- ington "Res". The area has been drained but nothing has been heard from hr. Cortell. There has been no additional information from the FLUORiDAT±OIv State on the Fluoridation law so we just sit ti"ht. DRUG ABUSE CLINIC FLU CLINIC FOOR OVER Mr. McQuillan explained to the board about the "Mini- bus", a screening program for respiratory diseases which will be here for the week or Sept. 16. The clerk reported that the appointments were coming in very well. Mr. McQuillan reported he had been attending the Drug Abuse Committee Meetings and he did contact Mystic Valley Mental Health Association regarding treatment if referrals are made to the Clinic. Dr. Newman has suggested a member of his Clinic staff be appointed to this committee. Mr. °icQuillan said in view of the notice from the State regarding the expected outbreak of Asian influenza during the winter of 1968-69 he would like to do something in the way of a Flu Clinic for people 65 years or over and charge about 50¢' a person The Board discussed this and finally agreed that possibly a letter to the Doctors stating that the Board of Health would make the flu vaccine available to the Doctors for Lexington patients in the following catagories: 1. Persons in the older age group -- fifty years of age and older. 2. Persons of any age who have a chronic disease, such as a cardiovascular, pulmonary, renel or metabolic disorder. These include patients with: a) rheumatic heart disease, arteriosclerotic heart disease, hypertensive heart disease and congenital heart disease. 1 1 1 1 227 b) asthma, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, pulmonary -fibrosis, pulmonary emphysema and pulmonary tuberculosis. c) chronic nephritis or other kidney disorders. d) diabetes and Addison's disease. Mrs. Jones asked if the Board wanted to have a Leasle Vac- cine Clinic in view of the fact that last year in a 2 day clinic MEASLY only 90 people were done. CLINIC Dr. Colburn said he felt this clinic should be offered. It was agreed that we would hold this clinic this year and then revaluate the need of this clinic again. The notice from the State Health Dept. regarding the MUMPS availability of mumps vaccine for clinics for students in the CLINIC Junior High grades (7th, 8th, and 9th) was read by the Board. It was noted that a mumps clinic for this special age group would be held. Mr. Heustis will discuss this clinic with the school nurses. The letter and petition from residents in the Five Fields FIVE area for public sewer was read and placed on file. No action FIELDS can be taken on this until a pumping station is installed to PUBLIC service this area. SEWER The letter to Mr. Duncan McQueen, 91 Outlook Drive stating that his area be given top priority for public sewer in the DUNCAN 1969 work orders was read and placed on file. MCQUEEN The]atter to Melvyn Maxner, 18 Vine St. regarding the MELVYN condition of the wet ceilings in the bedroom of his apartment ivAXitiER was approved by the Board. The letter to Iir. Joseph Rooney, President, Chamber of Commerce was read and approved by the Board. This letter re- commends that Mr. Rooney, in a meeting with the shop keepers JOSEPH in the area. extending from Depositors Trust and including the ROONEY vacant Harvard Trust Lot, suggest various ways of keeping this LITTER area clean. A number of complaints have been received regarding; IN the conditions in this area. A carbon copy of this letter was CENTRE sentto the merchants located in the area. The application for aid for premature infant McCann was MCCAI'N approved forpaiy ment by the Board. Mr. Collins of the Welfare INFANT Department approved this request. The guide for the care and handling as prepared bJ_ Dr. DR. Howard Smith for the laboratory animals in the schools was HOWARD read by the Board. Lach school will have a copy of this book- SMITH let on file. 228 DATA PROCESSING MCCARTHY POOL CUMBERLAND WOBURN ST. MILK COUNT The notice regarding data processing was presented to the Board. It was felt that at the present time there was very little need for this type of service. The question of the licensing of Mrs. IcCarthy's swimming pool was discussed by the Board. This is a residental pool and although Mrs. McCarthy does give swimming lessons there is no regulation in the State Sanitary Code covering this type of operation. After discussion of this situation it was agreed that the State Health Dept. or Town Counsel would be asked for a ruling in this situation. The Health Officerts report was checked and it was noted that itusgraves Tower Farm and Woburn St. Cumberland Farm were bad. Mr. Heustis will pick up samples again on the 2Lth. Both dairies were notified of these high counts. The following licenses and permits were signed: FOOD ESTABLISHNFLNTS Powder Horn Golf Course Drummer Boy Restaurant Regent Delicassen Honeywell Cafeteria Instrumentation Laboratories Folsom Seafood CIHILD CARE CENTERS Countryside Kindergarten Lexington Montessori School Hancock Church Weekday School Lexington Day Nursery Methodist Weekday Nursery Pilgrim Church Nursery School Kreb's School --Concord Ave. New School Church of OurFbdeemer INSTALLER'S PERMITS David F. Eagle Suburban Pumping Co METHYL ALCOHOL Grant Gulf - Formerly Rowe Chevrolet RUBBISH COLT,ECTION PERMIT Stanley Roketenetz, dba North East Disposal Co. The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 P.M. v 00.4 1 1 1