LYNNFIELD – Animal negligence charges could be filed as early as Wednesday following the discovery of 199 dogs, cats and other animals – many of them sick – in a Lynnfield house.The animals, including eight hedgehogs and 81 birds, were taken from 898 Salem St., said Lynnfield Police Chief David Breen, after police responded to a medical aid call at the house for a woman who lived there. The woman was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.”The amount of animals present was overwhelming,” said Breen, who described the house as a red, single-family residence near the Perley Burrill service station.Breen credited the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals law enforcement officer Martha Parkhurst and society workers with removing the animals on Feb. 27 for observation and treatment. The MSPCA didn’t release information about the case until Monday because its officials were unsure whether the animals would survive.The Animal Rescue League of Boston assisted in the removal, according to an MSPCA statement, and adoption procedures for the animals are being established as local police review possible charges.Breen said town officers and MSPCA representatives will review medical records provided by veterinarians responsible for treating the animals and determine by Wednesday whether negligence charges should be filed.”It’s a felony – a serious charge,” Breen said.Breen and Town Administrator William Gustus did not identify the man living in the residence or the woman transported by emergency medical workers. Essex District Attorney Spokesperson Carrie Kimball-Monahan said the woman was 69 years old and no foul play was suspected in the death.Gustus said the town Board of Health members are to meet March 20 to determine whether 898 Salem St. should be condemned. He said the male resident is no longer in the home and said family members “are diligently trying to clean it up.”Breen, Gustus and the MSPCA statement portrayed a house filled with animal cages, overflowing litter boxes and animal waste “scattered throughout the home,” according to the Society statement.Gustus said 898 Salem “from the outside looks like a modest single-family home,” but public safety workers who responded to the house last month found the residence crammed with belongings as well as animals.”These people were apparently hoarders,” Gustus said.Gustus said calls from neighbors prompted town officials to investigate complaints concerning 898 Salem St. on several occasions.He said a town health inspector visited the address last June and told the couple living there to clean up the yard. Gustus said the residents told the town official “three dogs, one cat and three birds were living in the property.””They would not allow entry into the property,” Gustus said.The MSPCA-Angell and Animal Rescue League of Boston rescued 27 dogs (four of which are month-old puppies), 77 cats and kittens, 81 birds, six hedgehogs and eight reptiles from the home, according to the statement Monday.Sixty animals – including six dogs, 31 cats, 16 birds and seven reptiles – went to the Animal Rescue League and the remainder were taken in by the MSPCA, according to the press release.Breen said police “had not responded there for anything recently.””We assume this is a case of people collecting animals over time and the animals procreating,” he said.The MSPCA agreed. Although the majority of the animals are considered specialty breeds, such as cockapoos and munchkin and Scottish Fold cats, there was no evidence the owner was selling them, according to MSPCA-Angell Law Enforcement Director Richard LeBlond.The MSCPA statement described the cats as suffering from various medical conditions, including upper respiratory infections, ear mites and conjunctivitis.Some of the birds are missing some or all of their plumage due to stress and illness from the living conditions.”It’s going to take several weeks and significant follow-up care to bring most of the cats aro