HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-12-16 2
hrs . pones said she was going to talk to Kr. ..ner re-
' gardin; a page in memory of !-.r. Lc uillari for the i'own Report.
The [ealth Officer' s report was checked and t_ie ,oard ex-
pressed concern rearding the Cumberland } arm, Lowell Street
Store, milk counts.
r. heustis said violation notices pad been sent to Cumoer-
land t''arms, Sunnyhurst llairy and First National Stores.
The approval for renewal for application for license for
Pine Knoll i' ursin ' ...ome , 30 atertown Street was sic:ned by the
board.
The renewal food establishment permit for Servomation of
bew bnsland for itatneon Cafeteria was sined.
The renewal license for a da,7 care center for Commanity
i‘ urser- School was si :ned br the board.
i eetint, was adjourned at 9 •QQ
BOARD OF IiEALTI: MELTING
DECFIBDR 16, 1966
The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held
December 16 , 1961 at 7 :00 P.I' . in the Board of .wealth Office.
embers present were Dr. rlilliam Cos_]rove , Chairman, Dr.
Charles Colburn and Robert C . Jeustis, Director of Public
Health.
The minutes of the i.ovember 8, 1968 meeting were approved
as read.
The letter from Donald Legro, Town Counsel, re'ardinT his lit VII-E ST .
opinion of the future action to be taken b the board of nealth
in regard to the property at 18 Vine Street owned b John
Jean Shanahan was discussed by the Board.
The original order dated September 23, 1966 -ave '_r. Snan-
anan 30 days to correct the condition of wet ceiling and water
in tn.e upstairs bedroom at 18 Vine St. rhe tenants who ._ade
the oriinal complaint have moved from this multiple dwellin,..
Iir. Shananan has stated in phone conversations with ._r. eustis
that he would send a letter stating that tie apartment woald
not be rented until renairs were .Wade . To date this letter __as
not been received by the health Department.
According to hr. Legro' s letter the bard rla, 1. Flacard
the dwelling as unfit for human habitation or 2. take hr. Shan-
ahan to court because the repairs were not made within the 30
da- reriou as stated on the original order.
236
Dr. Cos rove said now as I understand t. ls we can 'o to owati
court or placard this place acco-'din to r. Le .ro. i t ou1d
prefer, if we can, to settle this glint out of court , and I
would a.- same that a landlord would not like to be erabarassed
by havins^ an apartment condemned.
It was agreed by the f oard that r. Jeustis should write
to ._r. Shanahan requesting a statement from him teat this
apartment would not be rented until proper repairs were mace
and the building ret the standards as stated in Article II
oi the State Sanitary Code .
i otion was made t_rat t Le board of _ealth would adopt
i USING Article ii of t_re State Sanitary Code , entitled tt. inimum
CODE Standards of ritness for _Luman habitation" as a workable
hosing code for tae Town of Lexington. _otion was seconded
and dully passed.
The Planning* Board will be notified of this action by
the oa-'d. rr. heustis was also instructed to check and see
if tris Article should be publisued in the local newsraper
to insure tine le :alit- of this action.
The letter to Thomas __cLaughlin, District Sanitary
OLD RAS reouesting the se-vices of the i aesachusetts
Department of i'i;blic : ealth in detorr inin. the sanitary
facilities required for the development of tile "Old es"
was approved.
LIXTr7=7 ")N The reports of inspections made at tie Lexin`°tin-u_reraton • otor In
g1-thFiATON bi, the Department of Food and Drugs Division was reviewed by
INN the _ flard. .r. _:eustis explained that w yen .re received the
first i -ispection report in October he went un to t-ie Inn and
arrange cents were made to correct the violations noted. A
re-inspection wcs rade by the Food and Drug people in becember
and t? e7' rero-'t^d that altuoum construction was still Moinr
on the kitchen seemed to be in ood conuition.
The o_'cur to kinute an r ai f eteni a , 316 arrett cad,
was discussed by the ; card. Ir. __eust-i s exrlained that tie
_uA walls and ceiling near the front door were leaking- and in
need of repair. The toilet room floor should be covered with
i_'nervious material and repairs should be made in the Lack
storage room.
hr. Ant pony fossil operator of this establishment, does
not own tare buildini. i inest Cleaners, Inc. , 312 i arrett
Road are -;ne owners and the-,' were also sent a copy of this
order.
A -'e- Lnspection will be made on January Q , 1Vug , to see
if any improvement has been made .
ATP, The letter and questionair'e from the Air I ollution
FOLLUTIoN ,on:mittee was read and the ]hoard instructed t:ie clerk to
complete t .e questionaire and reti. rn it to rs. _reene ,
Secretar; of this corm- ittee .
237
r. .e s ti s 'er _,1'ted t ht __ante-, 13 azel Dead, __.,d a 1' LA1LL .J
serious se a -e reotlem. F il!c orLs Derartment has l ssl ed
a Per' .it Lor the nsta_l fat nn of rt.r lic sewer a a - t
1 'moi o"e i, is .r crk Co ild e con- let'd t :e cold T.te` :..iei skt in
la'_ in it i.'rossible to curt ince vita e ;1 Cir,_ . Cl " ani,e
es snool ,.service has , .,owever, i -stslled a leac__in. ' it for
t_r pOrar' co„ ectson. It is row a sumod t,h._.t in tie ._nr Ln
rQ.rmanent connection to t e r i Lc _acilities 1%111 be r a, e .
co_:rla-nt a.ro2 i v's . L. alekones , 20 a (nin, treet, ,?C
re a1'd n." a draiha e Lrook rennin in t_te l_nck Oi t ,e i'o -e"'- b t r
ties alon _-1i. and i_aniiinr Streets w ,s discL.ssed.
r'. e' st s oxr aired t .at orfs ,as t li^
a
pro:)k oft tut not to hrs . _ alekones satisfaction. zhe com-
plained that the neichbors durreinr leaves alon the edge of
the brook will ca u.se t ,e brook to clot therefore cans n.m flood-
in it a wet well. This matter nas been referred to _ublic
iorks and a cop- of the letter sent b- hrs . i. alel_;ones uas also
sent to _r. , osen.1 Du ke , Sunerintendt:nt of :ublic Wor .s .
T i._e c0"r_laInt iron Dr. r scent crossen arb'.__r ' roxt C
r'oor neinbors threwitig refuse over the fence onto n-i s land,
was discussed b77 the hoard. Dr. cUrossen Zeit t _at a note-
able increase in rats in tne area coold be caused b ; his
ref use .
hr. eustis reported he had checked this com-sla_.nt and .n
t<<e ti .e Dr. cCrossen w =,s not home but me noticed. _he chickens
in his , and and he felt t.nat this could be one of the reasons
for rats in tie area. At tne time of the ins-Dectian me di, not
see an refuse referred to in Dr. lcOrossen' s letter.
The letter iron Theodore i_arc ls , Director of t__e IL.assa- FILL
chusetts Dairy Laboratories , regardin the elarse b-e leen
the tine _lilt sah*roles a •e collected and the "eports a'•e race_Lved
b- the da pries w s read b- the aaoard. , r. ,,arcus stated it was
veru- di_ficult to follow up on the violations w t1 such a lone
tine elapse , n this c„se t.e sa:.hples were collected on "io,er-1,er
lu and the dairies did not receive their reports antil alter
December 'th w..en the Amort was received by the health Office
Iron. _r. Condon.
The -pard felt tins was a ver reasonable letter and it was
su ,rested Mat . r. '=.e'_.s is speak to h"r. Condon and Veriest t l se
re'--orts as soon as possible.
oard discussed the anrointnent Of. a ne,u men_dr to re-lice
_"r. . c"i."illan. A list of names of Interested ~people l:,,,s 'evi ,.ued
b, t_e oard. Dr. Cos ;rove sa d _,e ;aol ld ei, no to ch with one
or two of t_.es'e peorle air' them 'e ort to tine oa 'd o1' a;electmen.
; .r. heastis retorted that in the past 2 months there has been
4 cases of infectious hepatitus reported in the 5th and 6th grades
at Tirid e School. These are beinz; carefully watched t- the bcnool
r_ C'i'IUI
9 6r4 hen,
a
_.uuses a L _cv __eaitn Den-;f-n„ t.
i r. heastis said ie also talked to Dr. ;-,ateu an, State
health Department, Jivislon of :;om_ unieable Diseases , and
at the present time Dr. laterman did not think it necessary
to adir nister immune serums to tile school children as lone'
as family contacts were taken care of. i_r. e; stis said the
sciool nurses were nivin_ e_:tra instructions in nersonnal
h r•iene as Dr. l aterman felt this was an oral .fecal t ne
ihi e ct i on.
The board d. scussed this problem, Dr. Colburn said he
wo ?ld be in favor of giving gamma globulin to all the children.
Dr. Cosgrove said he felt a letter s_ioluld be sent to tae
State _iealth Department statin, the case and a written re ply
requested rather than discuss the problem over the shone. In
that way we would have on record the recommendations of the
State Health Department in cases of this type for reference
in the future as well as an answer to procedure now.
hr. _Ieustis stated that a meeting was scheduled for the
Drug Abase Committee at which time they would discuss nir.ing
a social worker, office space and etc. , he wondered if the Dui
Z2oard would consider recommending support of this work. 211 : ,E
CO:a_Ii'I E
Dr. Cosgrove sand at this time the budget was in and
.ie did not feel we nad enouc,h facts or data on this problem
to bring before the apnronriation committee to support any
financial request. _Ie felt if someone on the Drug Abuse
Committee wanted to go before the board of Selectmen and
request financial aid and submit an article for the warrant
that would be another thing. He did ask if the i . stic Valley
kental health wasn1 t equipped to handle these cases in a
routine manner.
hr. et.stis said the t.iou,,ht of hiring a social worker
and setting up a separate office was that a child needing
help or wanting help would be more apt to call a stran._er
than someone in an established office.
Dr. Colburn said he did not think an 7oung person
would call a stranger on their own if they wore on drugs to
the extent they wanted help. he felt the i rstic alley
bental _ealt'h Association was very well equipped to assist
an - oung person who wanted help.
I