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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-05-051 1 j53 After a short discussion Dr. Cosgrove said he would talk to Mrs. Tapia of the Visiting Nurse Association to determine if a clinic in East Lexington. would be worthwhile. At 8:00 p.m, a motion was made and duly seconded that the Board of Health would adjourn to Executive Session to discuss problems which could impair the reputation of a company or an individual. BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING MAY 5. 1975 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday. May 5, 1975. at 7:00 p.m. in Conference Room G-15. Members present were Dr. William L. Cosgrove Chairman; James W. Lambie. Dr. Charles E. Ellicott and George A. Smith. Director of Public Health. Mr. Smith reported that the court complaint against Mr. Suave, owner of the property at 33 Sylvia Street was heard on April 25, 1975. The Judge had 33 SYLVIA ST. Mr. Suave post one -hundred dollars bail and he was given 30 days to install the second stairway from the second floor apartment at 33 Sylvia Street, If This correction is not made in 30 days time then Mr. Suave will have to appear in court again The so-called Piper Road sub -division involving six lots owned by Herman E. Erikson. Mr_ Smith explained that to date there is no Town sewer service in the Piper Road area and the Terrain is such that he doubted if any septic system PIPER would work there. He went on the explain that he is bringing this sub -division SUB - to the attention of the Board because he had just heard about it, and the Plan- DIVISION ning Board has approved this plan before rir. Smith came here. The Health Depart- ment had never been notified of this plan before. The Board suggested a letter be sent to Donald Irwin, Building Inspector. that no lot should be built upon unless a percolation test was made first. Mr. Smith said that inspections of the Food Booths on the 19th of April went well. There were five inspectors from the State Food and Drug Division APRIL 19th and one from Framingham. The picture in the Minute Tian of the man selling pretzels was the worst one that could have been put in. That particular per- son was operating without a permit and had been asked to leave a number of times, also they confiscated a. box of roast beef sandwiches being sold by a person without a permit. Mr. Smith said he felt that in the future the Board of Health should he the licensing agent for all food booths and Food Permits. It was moved and seconded that it go on record that the Board of Health feels that they should be the authority to issue food permits for any Town Celebration, such as the 19th parades and etc, It was reported that the School Nurses had .inquired to see if the Board =TOM of Health would do the Mantoux tests on school personnel, =TING The Board asked what had been done in the past and it was explained that the School Department always had the mobile unit out and school personnel were DQG KENNEL ruled. tulle:: the tine tests were available this method was used., but now the State is recommending Mantoux testing for School personnel. The State will supply all the. materials. Dr. Ellicott said that the nurses whether they be school nurses or visiting nurses would probably have to he instructed in the use of Mantoux test. 2_r. Smith said he was sure the State would supply the equipment for a clinic and. would also instruct the nurses. The Board suggested that Mr. Smith check with the State regarding the Mantoux testing. Mr. Smith reported that the bids were out for the dog kennel and the State had been in to do the percolation tests for the proposed kennel site. Hopefully the new kennel will be started soon. Mr. Smith said he had been out on a complaint of an over -flowing cess - 673 WALTHAm pool at 673 Waltham Street. He said the owner, who lives in Quincy, has STREET been ordered to replace the entire septic system. As this .is a re -occurring situation he said if the Board approved he would wait a few days sand then if nothing has been done he will file a complaint in court. If the system is not. corrected after this the only other alternative is to condemn the house. The Board approved Mr. Smith's action and instructed him to proceed as he deemed necessary. Mr. Smith said he was also working on a problem of over -flowing septic system at 39 Somerset Road. At the present time public sewer is not available but some of the houses in this area are connected to streets running parallel to Somerset Road. The Board instructed Mr. Smith to handle this as he saw fit. MILK Mr, Smith reported to the Board that he would be picking up samples from SAMPLES the milk dispensers in the restaurants next month. He also reported that he would like to do something with the salads, such as tuna, chicken etc. He explained that in food, any count over 100 thousand was bad and he felt salads could be very explosive with all the handling they receive. He said he would try to get someone to do this testing and that could present a problem, The labeling of milk putout by Deary Brothers was brought to the at- tention of the Board., There was no company name on the cap and the other information was not sufficient. This was reported to the Food and Drug Division. Mr. Smith reported he was to meet with Mrs. Tapia, L.V,N.A, on the 13th to discuss the program for the coming year. He said Mrs. Tapia has requested th+t a meeting be held periodically so that progress reports may be made and also programs may be discussed. Mr. Smith said he had put the complaints relative to rubbish, rodents, cesspools and septic tanks on the agenda in the hope that someone from the newspaper would be at the meeting. He said he felt an article pointing out to the people that it was their responsibility to correct these problems would be helpful. It was suggested that an article be written for the paper or Mr. Smith could get in touch with a reported from the newspaper. 1 1 1