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CITY OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS IV
BOARD OF HEALTH
98 WASHINGTON STREET 3"D FLOOR PubHcHealth
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TEL. (978) 741-1800
KIMBERLEY DRISCOLL health@salem.com
DAVID GREENBAUM,RS
MAYOR HEAL.TI-I AGENT
March 22, 2021
Dear Sir or Madam,
On March 22, 2021 at 10:00am Jeffrey Barosy, Sanitarian, conducted a re-inspection at
10 Howard Street as a follow up to a rooming house inspection conducted on February 18, 2021.
The five rooming units referenced in the order letters of February 22, 2021 were re-inspected:
Unit 11, Unit 13, Unit 24,Unit 35, and Unit 41 (Smaller Side).
Most violations were observed to have been corrected. Unit 13's stove has a missing
burner and a missing knob. The owner of the property, Ms. Zimmer, provided the sanitarian
receipts of the parts and labor for the stove's missing burner and knob, and showed the sanitarian
a printout of a text chat between her the contractor who was hired to do the repair. In the text
chat the contractor states that the parts he needs are on back order and he is waiting for them to
get shipped before he can do the repair. The sanitarian observed the other three burners on the
stove to work as intended at time of re-inspection.
Unit 35 has no observable violations, but the occupant of the unit claims to have several
issues. The first issue is that his electricity is wired incorrectly, sharing a circuit breaker with the
adjacent rooming unit. This, the occupant states, causes his rooming unit and the adjacent
rooming unit to lose power on a regular basis. The sanitarian is not a licensed electrician and
could not prove the issue true or false at time of re-inspection. The second issue is that his
radiator does not turn on as fast as it should and may be controlled by a valve in a rooming unit
below his own. Sanitarian observed the heat to be working at time of re-inspection. The third
issue is that there are still mice and bed bugs in the unit. The occupant showed a video dated for
February 19, 2021 that has a mouse stuck in a glue trap. The sanitarian asked the occupant if he
has seen any mice since and the occupant says he has not. The sanitarian did not observe any
evidence of mice or bed bugs in the unit at the time of re-inspection.
At the conclusion of the re-inspection the sanitarian reminded Ms. Zimmer that the order
to rid the property of mice and bed bugs is a standing order until the property is free of the pests.
Ms. Zimmer and the sanitarian agreed that she would visit once a month to conduct
extermination work. The sanitarian also informed Ms. Zimmer he would consult the city's
Electrical Department about the electrical issue claim made by the occupant of Unit 35.
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