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BO= OF ?T.EALT1T MEETING 000,01
APRIL 7, 1975
The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday April 7
1175 at 7 00 p m in Conference Room G-15 of the Town Office Building
Members present were Dr William L Cosgrove, Chairman; James W Lambie
Dr Charles Ellicott and Director of Public Health, George A Smith
Minutes of the March 17 1975 meeting were approved as typed.
Mr Smith explained that he had more information on the service entitled
Tel-Med being offered by the City of Boston Department of Health and Hospital.
TEL-MED He went on to explain that the City of Boston had invested seventy to eighty
thousand dollars in this service and were now asking the Towns for donations
to help support it They are now asking for a donation of one hundred dollars
at this time He said he did not know that Lexington people would get that
much aid from this service
It was also pointed put that at the present time our budget was depleted
and although we had received funds from E & D we were operating pretty close
Mr Lambie said he felt that funds for this service should be placed near
the bottom of the priority list.
Mr Smith reported that Brewster's Inc 913 Waltham Street Lexington,
BREWSTER'S Massachusetts had been closed due to unsanitary conditions The license
for this establishment had expired and the owners had left town,
A letter has been received from the Board of Selectmen stating that
they had revoled the Common Victulars License for this establishment
The Board unanimously approved the action taken by Mr Smith regarding
Brewster's Inc
Mr Smith reported he had taken out a court complaint against Mr Suave
33 SYLVIA ST owner of the house at 33 Sylvia Street because he had not installed a second
exit for the second floor apartment at this address
Mr Suave has been notified about this condition a number of times but
has not complied with the orders sent to him This case will come up in
Concord Court after the 19th of April
The Board approved this action taken by Mr Smith
Dr Ellicott and the Board congratulated Mr Smith in the way he was
handling and inspecting restaurants and markets in Town Dr Ellicott said
it was wonderful where these things had never been done properly before
L.V N A Dr Cosgrove asked if Dr Ellicott or Mr Lambie had talked of any
special programs for the L. V N A when they discussed the Budget.
Dr Ellicott said "No" they just figured on 4 clinics 3 hours each per
month
Dr Cosgrove said the reason he asked was because he thought a clinic
in East Lexington might be to an advantage.