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Address:
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653 West Gore St
Stratford, ON
N5A 1L4
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Intersection:
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John St S and West Gore St
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Service Description:
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Delivery of public health programs including food safety, safe water and infectious diseases
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Beach Water Quality Monitoring
- Water testing at public lake shore beaches for unsafe bacteria * see X (formerly Twitter) @huronbeachinfo and website for notifications
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Diseases Reportable to Public Health
- Under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, public health works to prevent spread of communicable diseases * some conditions, such as whooping cough, mumps, tuberculosis, rabies, etc should be reported urgently and immediately * other conditions can wait until next business day, such as Lyme, chickenpox, typhoid, etc
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Food Safety
- Food safety information * food premises inspections, investigates food borne illnesses, responds to food premises related complaints
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Tobacco and Vapour Product Enforcement
- Enforces the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017 through inspections of enclosed workplaces, public places, schools and other places that are required to be smoke, vape and cannabis-free * conducts inspections of tobacco and electronic cigarette vendors to ensure compliance with the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, including youth access restrictions, and the display and promotion of products
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Water
- Provides free bacterial well water testing and monitors private well water testing * Public Health Inspectors conduct risk assessments of identified small drinking water systems that service publicly accessible facilities * free private well water testing bottles available at sites throughout the County
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Well Water Safety
- Free well water testing for bacteria * educates on well and drinking water safety
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Application:
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Call or visit * no referral required * appointments or registration required for certain programs or classes
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Eligibility - Population(s) Served:
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Varies depending on service
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Area(s) Served:
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Huron County and Perth County
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