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Board of Health

Appointed by the Mayor

90 Pond Street
Braintree, MA 02184

Phone: 781-794-8090
Fax: 781-794-8098

Dr. Philip Nedelman
Paula Dowd, R.N.

Karen Hubbard

Marybeth McGrath, Director, Municipal Licenses and Inspections
mmcgrath@braintreema.gov

The mission of the Board of Health is to assist the Health Division to protect, promote and sustain the health, well being and quality of life for residents, the community and the environment through health assessment, education and prevention.

The Board of Health derives its authority from Massachusetts General Laws to set policies and make regulations to protect the public and environmental health.

It’s a fact: In 1799, Paul Revere was Chairman of the Board of Health in Boston, the first local health board in Massachusetts. He and his fellow board members
were given broad authority to control the “ filth and offal” that contaminated
the environment and produced deadly epidemics.