HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-04-14 The following permits were signed by the ' oard
Rubbish Permits SwimmingPool Permits
Northeast Disposal Co. Peacock Farm Association
11inute Nan Disposal Sun jalley Association
Middlesex Tennis Club
Day Camp ( June - Aug) Hayden Recreation Centre
:Meadow Lrook Day Camp Christian High School
( Christian High School
The Health Officer' s Report was checked and it was noted
that the milk counts of Llue Ribbon Dairy on cream and non- MILK
fat milk were high. Also the counts on light cream and low- Ccso TS
fat milk from Musgrave Farms , Billerica were very high. The
board was pleased that the rest of the milk companies had
kept their milk counts well within the allowable counts.
The Board instructed Mr. Heustis to watch the companies
with violations .
The meeting was adjourned at 9 :00 P.M.
BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
APRIL lL., 1969
The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Iotoat , April
1
14, 1969 , at 7:00 P.1 . in the Board of healtn Office. .embers
present were : Dr. Jilliam Cosgrove, C. airman, Dr. Charles Colburn,
James 'v, . Lambie and Robert C. :_eastis , Director of blic ._ealth.
The minutes of the Larch 10, 1969 , were approved as read.
The application for a permit to keep 2 horses was again dis-
cussed by the board. Mr. Delfino has submitted a statement DELE I.N0
signed b- Samuel Mildred Dorella granting Mr. uelfino permissions_ ILAL
to use propert, at 9 "lard street for his horses. PER]=IT
Mr. Heustis saLd tne additional land would give 1% r. Delfino
the required amount of land needed to keep a horse. lie also said
that at his or' ginal inspection the dandling of manure was not too
good but ne would instruct hr. Delfino in the proper methods of
handling the barn wastes.
The hoard voted to grant this permit to lir. Eugene Delfino
for 2 horses .
The Clerk asked the Loard of Health if the would like RLGMLATIJN
the reg"alatIon on The Leering of Animals made more explicit
before the new permit applicat.,o ns are printed.
Dr. Colbi.rn stated that Chelmsford had a ruling 'Lich states
1 horse per acre , hut as far as he knew this was the only Town
tat stated tue requirements as definite as that .
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The Loard instructed hr. ee.,�stis to rephrase the ;:regulation p e
Chapter 'JIII, Section 1, so t__at 't could be d'scussed at the
next Board meeting.
"'RI ,L hr. heustis reported that ue had called the i ortheast
LORI CHILD District mealth Office on friday to check on this case . To
.,Aim date they had not received the applications for the children
under 3 years of age as was requested. hie went on to rePort
that a member of the Loard of appeals was in to ask about this
situation. Air. heustis said when he explained teat Ars . pork
was caring for 12 children, one a i roximatel; 6 weeks old, and
no other adult was visible at the time of the inspection the
member of the Appeal Board agreed that action had to be taken.
The Board of Appeals require one adult for every 5 children as
a safety precaution.
The hoard asked if the demands made on .yrs . ' ork were
unreasonable.
heustis said he didn' t think so, and when he talked
to rrs . fork she had agreed to a gate separating the kitchen
from the living room and since the inspect__on the cribs nave
been separated so that there was 2 feet between them. Also
she claimed her mother was in a back bedroom at tee time of
the initial inspection. The only t _i ng w e_ ch seems to bother
her is the filing of the required forms for children under 3.
She feels t - at as long as there is no .'elfare eoney involved
the State has no right to q aestion her takeng these children
b the day.
Dr. Cosgrove said he .ad recei red a letter from a hr.
C .A. ierench, Ledford, Bass . , complaining about t__e action the
Loard had taken. he went an to say , this Board did not make
the rules. If these people feel the-i are unjust then they
should write to their State Representative , not us .
The Board agreed that a reply should be made to hr. French' s
letter. hr. heustis was also instructed to write to hrs . ork
stating that the ioard would give her until hay 5, 1569 to
correct the :eolatiDns etaLec. _h Ll_e letter sent her on 7ebruary
13 , lg6Q .
5CC LNiELL _r. . eest_s recalled to the ,care tat an ordei to correct
STET an everfitm"ng cesspool was sent to hr. i"aul RRosa, Jr. , owner of
a dwelling at 50C Lowell Street, since t__at order was sent the
tenants have moved and ..r. Rosa has sold the Louse . In order to
Pr.,Lect the new owners hr. heustis said he notified ..r. i-.osa the
new owners should be informed of the pending ng diff i.cllty with the
cesspool. hr. osa agreed and not if l ed the health Office h
letter tl.at his broker, homeland'Realty , had not'.` ied the
prospective Buyers of the cesspool situation.
_'LtURIDAl� by The letters from Colonel . J. C'r-i,'. ler, C. F . and John
J. ihalen, Director of Veterans 1-idmini strati Jn hospital in
Iedford stating they Lad no obection to the fl! oridat_on of
the Lexington water sup- as read and placed on file.
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T ri �� v as requested,tthe
� osc . __i e ��lb� _o_1t Left , ie;K�.ee� d, a cop of
mot' on made .' , the -o1'tucaot loards of hcalt ri. :cc' at n ?- ort !n,
the fluoridat..on of water in this district. i' rs. Al1:rw-lit also sent
irforr at�on of the action taken isr other towns in the urea to date .
The letter iron ..ayor I:evir. h. n_iite , of Lostnn, sa 'esting
that possibly a Prosram whersb additional fluoride co zld to f_laced
in the i D.C. water supply would be siirpl or and less castle if done
for the entire i .D C . district instead of b each ;oun ? iparatelb .
The board discussed this letter and agreed that Ia or white ' s
idea hau merit and tris letter s._ould be answered.
Dr. oolburn moved that the -oard of :_ealth order ;,_ie up-vard
adjustment of t_Le fluoride content in the public water suppl to
1.0 part per million. Potion duly passed.
A le "al notice will be placed in the minute an FuLlication
and the - oard of electrier and Public 'works Department will be
notified that the Ioard of health _as ordered the fluoride adjust-
ment to the putt c water suppl,j . It w is also s LP,ested t.iat t _e
oard of Uelect.,ien be riot fioa of the letter from iia, or
211e def _iit_ve subdivis on plan entitled "Oak Park, Sect on 0Ah
11, " was approved sub „ect to the conciit ons as stated _r, tile .. _
Whitman Howard, Engineer' s re ort . This subd__v s un w-l1 be
on municipal sewer bat the lot grades must be kept at a min-'mum
' elevation of lL20 and the propose 30 incl and 36 inc__ dra ns
installed.
The preliminary subc. vision plan entitled "i illage circle" VILLAJE
was discussed bd the hoard. hr. Lucas , :lhitman Howard Engineer C_RCLE
nas requested information on street grades and profiles also
sewer and drain inverts . This subdivision will also be under
the hatch Act because the developer des;.res to file _n or divert
a brook which runs through this property.
The preliminary plan by Colonial Development Corp . "LA_ L Cil'
"Land off bates Road" was discussed by the Board. hr. Lucas , LAMS RD"
Wiiitman _Toward Lng7neer, has requested additional in -~ 'r,iati.on
in regard to invert grades and drainage in the swamp' areas .
A letter received from hr. _.erbert Sherman reuarain, th s
subdivision was discusscu t7; the :card. hr. Sherman was concerned
about septic tanks because of the amount of run-off water iron
this area . _ owever, this subdivision will be on municipal sewer
but until the req ired information is received o actin can be
taken bd the _card.
This matter was d'scussed and it was e,_pla_.r_ed that a I_ ,LJSE,ti
few years ago the decrease in tuberculosis cases and tie
shortening of hospitalization treatment led to t_ie closing of
sanatoriums in _ ort? Reading and Essex Count:y . fatier_ts from
these sections are now hospitalized at kiddlesex County osr1tal.
The hoard questioned if the towns outside iddlesex Cnoor't, ere
being assessed for this service . The ealt'r. Department also par s
14.L.0 per da, per patient. The hoard instructed i.r. .ieustis to
attend this meeting.
col, 53 ( T.ie letters to Joseph F . _ _r? e , upo ri ntendent of Fublic P.otvo
E.45 BEDFORD orks , re.,ardint, overflowin.E, cesspools and high ;round water
ST l_ at 1:41, r37 ana LedfDrd Street was discr sea b- the Beard.
_7,.71-4- ST nr. ne1 .stis recommended t tat public sewer be made available to
these homes as soon as possible .
The letter regarding the surface water at lb 'boung St .
was approved by the Board. air. Leustis explained that each
Spring, hr. Lester Zeiff complained that ti,e leach bed at lb
-Young Street overflowed and the effluent ran down the street
and settled in his driveway at 12 .: oung Street . This year
dye was flushed into the sewage system at lb T oung street and
observed. 110 dye appeared on the ground surface . It was rec-
ommended that either a catch basin or storm drain be installed
before this surface water reaches the driveway at 12 Loung St.
90 OUTLOOK The letter to the Board of Selectmen regarding the ground
DRIVE water and sewage disposal system at 90 Outlook Drive was read
by tine Board.
nr. Jeustis explained that this area has petitioned for
public sewer but he understood the area had been turned down
for this year. However, he felt the :iealth hazard caused b,
the high ground water flooding the leaching field should be
brought to the aelectmen' s attention.
COUI:iTR1 The orders to Countryside Delicatessen and Countryside
SIDE Fish and Chips were approved by the board.
rir. Heustis explained teat the rubbish in the rear of
these stores was a problem. Also he spoke to hrs . Currier
about the general condition of the parking area. In this
area tenants are responsible for keeping the area around
their stores clean but when the debris blows or is scattered
in the parking area there is no one responsible for cleaning
up. He also had I,rs . Currier remove a shack that was in the
rear of this area.
YJIIOLESALE The order to clean the debris in the rear of Wholesale
ELECTRuI;TC Electronic Supply was approved by the board. hr. Heustis ex-
SUPPLY plained that this company took over Peter' s Music Store and
the boxes etc from moving were in the rear of the store and
as the snow melted it was brought to our attention. This has
been taken care of .
65 iUNROE The order to Linde Emerson, 65 nunroe Road, to correct
ROAD the condition of an. overflow cesspool by connecting this
dwelling to the public sewer was approved. Mr. Heustis gave
Ir. Elverson 30 days from date of notice to correct this
condition.
L._PS The notice from the State Jealth Department stating that
VAC'CI1E lumps Vaccine was available for public clinic only for children
12 months of age through Junior nigh School was read by the
Board.
Dr. Colburn said he would like to see the Mumps Clinic
worked in before school closed in June.
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The notice to hr. Gray on Out of State Travel was approved
b ; the Board.
The request bi, hr. James D. '.illiams , 10 Strat yam load, A�;II,AL
to have a permit for a horse for 2 months was granted e, the PER,_IT
Eoard. hr. iieustis explained that hr. tl�illiams has had the
horse and when his applicat_on for a permit was discussed lase
month and the r oard asked for more informet eon on t is Permit
request he talked to i r. Williams . Dr. illia:+ s does not have
the required acre of land and so has decided not to keen the
horse but has requested 2 months so teat he may sell this horse.
hr. James Barbie was elected representative for the Board
to the Lexington Visiting burse Association.
The article written by hrs . Clea Dubs , 14 :Iamtlen -t . re-
ga^aing "bugging" of homes was read by the Board and placed on
file.
hr. aeustis explained that some work had been done at tee "CLD
"Old Res" but there was some question as to waetmer tae-, would R','S"
cet the bath house and lavatories done before tae warm weather.
he wondered if the oard would approve anything on a temporary
basis . ,ucii as tempora- bat ,rooms or Johnny on the Spot type
of thing.
The board questioned if it was a good idea to a,_rrove any-
thing on a temporary basis for public use . Portable lavatories
could be easily tipped over and could caese a health problem.
hr. Keustis said that at the State hearing on the 1 atbin,
heculations , tae .egulations would have to be met for "tate
accreditation but a Town could operate its own puLiic . ataing
place without State anrroval as long as tae water met tae bac-
teria standards and water clarity tests.
Dr. Cosgroz-e said at a Special heeting we accepted and aieed
to our hegulati ons s tat dards for Public Bathing _ laces ard i feel
we should adhere to these regulations. I arr not in favor of
approving any type or sanitary system on a temporary basis . I
feel that we approved the "Old Res" for bathing purposes on the
condition that these regulations would be ioilowuc_, Zino the,,
have .lad all :linter to work on this project.
The eoard agreed with Dr. Cosgrove that temporary facilities
at the "Old Res" would not be desirable.
.r. ._eustia announced teat tae Department of hental . eait i
Region I_ I would be holding a public hearing on April 29 , 1960 iE_,i_,L
at Car-v .fall. anis hearing will give aayone interested in Kental..LALi' i
Health a c Lance to say hat theb think needs to 'e ene to de- R'_hI(h. III
velop better mental health and mental retardation pro;ra_.s for
people en the community.unity. Statements ma„ be rade at the _.earin„
' or a written statenient may be aa_lerl to the Reg ' n I _ I :_foo at
1 ilitia Jrlve , Le,,;.net in.
The __ealt> )fricer' s report was checked and it Baa -aga-n toted
that tae counts for Cumberland _ an, _ilk were __ilii. ._r. :ieastis