Programs

PDDH, as the local health department for its member municipalities, serves as the official publick health entity with areas of responsibility and services including, but not limited to the following:

Food Service & Temporary Food Events

  • Plan Review for New Construction and Renovation
  • Permits and Routine Inspections
  • Foodborne Outbreak Investigations

Subsurface Sewage Disposal Programs

  • Subdivision Plan Review
  • Septic Systems for New Construction or Replacement
  • Plan Review for Change of Use and Additions

Private Water Well Permits

  • Plan Review and Inspection of New Private Water Wells and Repairs
  • Water Analysis for Potability, Chemical and Physical Characteristics

 

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

  • Enviromental Investigations of Premises of Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels
  • Lead Abatement Plan Review

Public Pools & Beaches

  • Routine Monitoring for Water Quality
  • Facility, Health and Safety Inspections
  • Routine Monitoring for Water Quality in th Public Bathing Areas

 

Day Care Centers & Group Homes

  • Routine Inspections and Complaint Investigation'
  • Food Service Inspections
  • Coordination of Facility Inspections with State Agencies

 

Laboratory Testing (through CT Public Health Laboratory)

  • Private Well Water Samples (Sanitary Chemistry & Hydrocarbons
  • Rabid Animals
  • Lead Paint and Dust
  • Contaminated Food (Fecal Kits)
  • Bathing Waters

Public Health Complaints

  • Housing/Garbage/Refuse
  • Rodents and Mosquitoes
  • Toxic Hazards/Air Pollution
  • Drinking Water, Sewage, and Drainage
  • Coordinate with State Agencies - DEP, Consumer Protection, Public Health, Other

Infectious Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Control

Chronic Disease Prevention, Detection, and Control

  • High Blood Pressure Screening, Monitoring, Counseling, Education, and Referral
  • Cholesterol Screening, Monitoring, Counseling, Education, and Referral
  • Health Education and Periodic Screening Programs
  • Lymes Disease: Tick Identification and Education
  • Diabetes Education

Maternal & Child Health Care Programs

  • Leading Poisoning Surveillance, Screening, and Education for Children
  • Vaccine for Children
  • HUSKY Enrollment Referral
  • Asthma Control Program
  • Provide Guidance to School Nurses

Public Health Programs

Emergency Preparedness/Promotion, Outbreak, All Hazard and Bioterrorism Response

Pandemic Influenza Planning/Exercises

Data Collection and needs assessment

Education for Health Providers, Community Agencies, and Individuals

Coordination with Town Police, Fire, EMS, Local Emergency Planning Councils (LEPC)