In other business last Tuesday, the Board of Health heard from representatives of the Berkshire Public Health Alliance and Berkshire County Boards of Health Association and discussed a new air quality sensor initiative led by the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission.
Laura Kitross, who directs the BPHA and the county association of boards of health, discussed how those agencies serve local communities.
“Right now, the alliance has 11 communities for which we do all the inspections,” Kitross said. “And we have another 19, including Williamstown, for which we do the public health nursing.
“The nurses check the online reporting system [for infectious diseases] seven days a week. Anything that pops up, they make phone calls, as needed, to providers, labs and individuals to make sure the disease doesn’t spread wider in the community.”