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REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, March 5, 1969
Present: Mr. J. M. Hall, Jr., Chairman, Dr. James Smith, Dr. James Tidler,
Dr. Frank Reynolds and Mr. James Fox, Attorney
Minutes of the February 5, 1969 meeting were approved by motion of Dr. Tidler,
seconded by Dr. Smith.
New Board Member: Mr. Hall welcomed Dr, Frank Reynolds to the Board of Health
and expressed appreciation on behalf of the Board for his acceptance.
New Employees, Dr. Knox reported to the Board that Miss Anita Edwards, PHN r,
and Mr. William Morton, Sanitarian I, will jOin our staff on March 10, 1969.
Air Pollution. Dr. Smith told the Board that he has been approached about the
Air Pollution problems of New Hanover County and asked if there were any plans
to renew the Air Pollution Program, It was the general feeling of the Board
that until some State or Federal laws were enacted that there is no need for
New Hanover County to try to enforce any Air Pollution Regulations,
Laboratory. The question of whether or not we should be operating a Laboratory
was brought up at a recent County Commissioner's meeting, The Commissioners
asked Dr. Knox to find out how many other Health Department Laboratories there
are in the State, Dr. Knox has furnished them with this information and also
had copies prepared for the Board of Health. After a discussion of the laboratory,
members of the Board were in agreement that there are certain things required by
law that we must carry out in one way or another and that we do need to keep our
laboratory but questions were raised about fees and whether or not we are infring-
ing on private laboratories, Mr. Hall appointed Dr. Knox, Dr, Smith and Dr,
Reynolds to a committee to investigate these questions, Mr. Fox also suggested
that we find out what the other laboratories in the State are doing about fees
for service,
New Quarters. Dr, Knox told the Board that he had met with the architect at the
old James Walker Memorial Hospital Building and that plans are being drawn up for
our needs. Dr, Knox expressed to the Board his feeling that we need all three
floors of the building in order to plan ahead, especially for Title 19 of Medicare.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Approved. April 2, 1969
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