Protects the residents of Noble County by enforcing environmental health regulations relating to clean air and water, safe food, proper waste disposal, insect infestation and safety.

Acts as the reporting agency for all reportable communicable diseases, conducts surveillance for the incidence and control of communicable diseases, and provides education on communicable diseases to the public as well as to institutions in the community.

Provide nutrition education and supplemental food for women, infants and children who are determined to be a nutritional risk. Provides supplemental foods such as milk, eggs, cheese, fruit juices, etc. at no cost to participants.

Acts as the reporting agency for all reportable communicable diseases; conducts surveillance for the incidence and control of communicable diseases, and provides education on communicable diseases to the public as well as to institutions in the community.

Monitors and controls mosquitoes to prevent diseases.

Disease reporting, questions and concerns regarding infectious diseases and other public health emergencies, including nuisance complaints and animal bites.

LCHD's epidemiologist, public health specialists and public health nurses collect, investigate, analyze and distribute information on the incidence and prevalence of infectious diseases, outbreaks, health events, zoonotic and vector-borne diseases and vaccine-preventable diseases in Licking County. Information about outbreaks or unusual disease incidences are distributed to our healthcare providers through Health Alert Network notifications.

Includes monitoring and control activities for mosquitoes to prevent encephalitis, West Nile Virus, Lyme Disease and other vector-borne diseases.

Provides environmental health services, sewage disposal, water supply program, food protection, rabies control and emergency preparedness.

Protects the public health through comprehensive efforts to track the incidence and distribution of disease in the population and prevent, control and eradicate vaccine-preventable diseases, vector and food-borne illnesses, diseases that are transmitted person-to-person and other diseases that are spread by direct or indirect contact.

Protects the residents of Perry County by enforcing environmental health regulations relating to clean air and water, safe food, proper waste disposal, pest control spraying, insect infestation and safety.

Disease reporting, questions and concerns regarding infectious diseases and other public health emergencies. Protects the residents of the city of Galion by enforcing environmental health regulations relating to clean air and water, safe food, proper waste disposal, insect infestation and safety.

Licenses restaurants, retail food establishments, mobile and temporary food vendors, and vending machines which dispense perishable items, and conducts periodic inspections of these facilities. Assists those who are planning to open businesses of these types in applying for the proper licensing. Responds to consumer complaints about these establishments. Reports and investigates food-borne illnesses. Answers questions about food recalls.

Investigates all reported domestic and wild mammal bites.

Provide nutrition education and supplemental food for women, infants and children who are determined to be a nutritional risk. Provides supplemental foods such as milk, eggs, cheese, fruit juices, etc. at no cost to participants.

Protects the public health through comprehensive efforts to track the incidence and distribution of disease in the population and prevent, control, and eradicate vaccine-preventable diseases, vector and food-borne illnesses, diseases that are transmitted person-to-person, and other diseases that are spread by direct or indirect contact.

Provides protection of the public health by preventing the spread of rabies from wildlife to people, pets and other animals. Assists physicians in determining proper treatment for exposure victims.

Provide nutrition education and supplemental food for women, infants and children who are determined to be a nutritional risk. Provides supplemental foods such as milk, eggs, cheese, fruit juices, etc. at no cost to participants.

Provide nutrition education and supplemental food for women, infants and children who are determined to be a nutritional risk. Provides supplemental foods such as milk, eggs, cheese, fruit juices, etc. at no cost to participants.

Disease reporting, questions and concerns regarding infectious diseases and other public health emergencies, including nuisance complaints and animal bites.

Provide nutrition education and supplemental food for women, infants and children who are determined to be a nutritional risk. Provides supplemental foods such as milk, eggs, cheese, fruit juices, etc. at no cost to participants.

Provide nutrition education and supplemental food for women, infants and children who are determined to be a nutritional risk. Provides supplemental foods such as milk, eggs, cheese, fruit juices, etc. at no cost to participants.

Washington County Health Department strives to protect its residents from public health emergencies, by developing and maintaining emergency response plans that addresses foodborne outbreaks, bioterrorism, infectious disease outbreaks, etc. Health Department staff participate in annual exercises, that focus on public health emergencies, so that we can respond effectively and efficiently, at any given notice.

Investigates all incidents of animal bites in the county both wild and domestic. Issues 10-day quarantine orders to the owners of dogs, cats, and ferrets involved in bites to determine if the animal was exposed to rabies prior to the biting incident with a follow-up veterinarian check and rabies vaccination, if applicable. Submits animal specimens to the Ohio Department of Health Laboratory in Columbus for rabies testing.

Conducts surveillance of communicable diseases reported in Geauga County in compliance with the Ohio Department of Health Infectious Disease reporting requirements and CDC recommendations. Contact investigation and follow-up is performed by a public health nurse following strict confidentiality guidelines.