09/06/1961
REnUIAR MONTHLY 11EETING BOARD OF HEALTH
HELD IN OFF ICE OF BOARD
SEPTEMBER 6, 1961
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Present, Mr. James M. Hall, Jr., Chairman; Dr. James H. Smith, Dr. J. C. Knox, Dr.
R,i Bryant Hare, Jr., and Dr. Wm. H. Wagoner.
On motion by Dr. Knox, seconded by Dr. Wagoner, the minutes of the regular July
meeting and the minutes of the Special meeting held in July were approved without
reading; copies having been sent to the Board members. Carried. For lack of a
quorum a Board meeting was not held in August.
Dr. WIn. H. Wagoner,Superintendent of New Hanover County Schools, was welcomed to
the Board as an Ex-officio member.
A petition signed by residents of the Greenville Sound area in which complaint was
made of the condition, bad odors, etc. originating at the chicken house owned by
Dr. William A. Phillips, was presented to the Board. Mr. Haas, Sanitarian, reported
to the Board that the condition had been extremely bad, but every effort was being
made to correct the condition; that some improvements had already been made and he
thought that in the very near future it would be in a good sanitary condition. The
Health Director was instructed by the Board to write a letter to Mr. Lonnie Williams,
Attorney for the group signing the petition, with a copy to Dr. Phillips, advising
that the matter had been brought to the attention of the Board and that special efforts
are being made to correct the condition.
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A request from Mr. A. K. Glover, I.e.boratory TeChnician, that he be permitted to take
some special subjects at Wilmington College and that his time in the laboratory be
adjusted accordingly, was presented to the Board. Mr. J. B. EdwardS, Director of the
laboratory, recommended that 11r. Glover be permitted to do this. Motion was made by
Dr. Smith, seconded by Dr. Hare, that this permissiolll1 be granted provided the work in
the laboratory did not suffer by r0B.son of this. Motion carried. The Board requested that
Mr. Edwards report to the Board if thi*rogram is working satisfactory.
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Request from Mr. lassiter, Public Health Engineer, that his resignation following
thirty-six years of service in the department be accepted effective Septe1jlber 30, 1961.
Motion to accept Mr. lassiter's resignation with regrets was made by Dr. Knox, seconded
by Dr. Wagoner with the proviso that a letter of commendation for his many years of
faithful service to the department be sent to Mr. lassiter. Motion carried.
Chairman Hall requested information regarding state and Federal appropriations for
the fiscal year 1961-1962. Miss Bolyn, Secretary, stated that an allotment of $4638.00
more than was allotted for the previous fiscal year was made by the state and Federal
Governments, and that the first quarter of the allotment had been received.
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Miss Davis, Nurse Supervisor, was asked by the Board if a nurse was needed to fill
the position held by Nurse Clifford RiChardson, retired.. She answered in the affirma-
tive, stating that for the time being the present nursing staff is absorbing the
territory whialln had been served by Nurfll Richardson and that, of course, this meant that
the time consumed in this had to be taken from their own districts. After a discussion
of the means of utilizing this additional money from the state, it was decided by the
Board that the simplest and the moat desirable means was to use that portion needed
to replace this nurse. The Health Director disagreed and asked that he be recorded in
the minutes as not favoring this action.
Motion was made by Dr. Knox, seconded by Dr. Smith, that if no limitations are placed
on how this additional money is to be ~sed, that a public health nurse be employed
to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Nurse Richardson. Motion carried.
It was decided by the Board, after a discussion of a news release by the Federal
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Government, that the Board of Health would not enter a general
immunization program on influenza vaccine; this to include governmental J
agencies which have requested the information concerning the health .
department's willingness to administer this vaccine to them. The Board
suggested, however, that the general public be elerted to the desirability
I)f being immunized against Asian Influenza.
The Health Director asked Mr. Edwards to give a report on the work now being
done in the laboratory on Cholesterol. This was done.
Mr. lassiter mentioned the fact that since he is leaving the department
Septeinber 30, 1961, that a replacement for him was an urgent matter in order
that he might assist in instructing this person before he leaves. The
Health Director stated that at this time we do not know whether we can find
an engineering replacement for Mr. lassiter, but that he would talk with
Mr. Jarrett of the Sanitary Engineering Division, state Board of Health,
concerning this replacement.
The next item of business was the much delayed matter pertaining to the
persistent violations by Mr. John Galog of the plumbing regulations. Mr.
Galog and his Attorney were present and heard the Bill of Particulars
presented by Mr. Bradford Tillery, Attorney for the Board of Health. A copy
of this Bill of Particulars to be attached and made a part of these minutes.
After Mr. Galog had had an opportunity, through his Attorney, of answering
these charges, the members of the Board of Health asked that they be permitted
to discuss this in private and they would render their decision at a later
time.
Motion for adjournment was made.
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