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Public Health
water_glass_bore.jpgThe World Health Organisation (the United Nations specialised agency for health) defines health as a state of complete physical, social and mental wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

The Environmental Health Section is committed for securing the proper sanitary condition of the District Council of Yorke Peninsula and for ensuring the maintenance of satisfactory standards for the health of the community.

Operational areas include:
  • Food Safety and surveillance
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • Housing Conditions and Amenity
  • Public Health Pest Control
  • Hairdressing and Skin Penetration Activities
  • Water Quality – rainwater tanks
  • Waste Control Systems
  • Built Environment
  • Emergency Management –disease control
  • Immunisation – contracted to SYP Health Services

The District Council of Yorke Peninsula regularly refers to the following information sites to provide up to date information in relation to Public Health issues.

  Link   Australian Drinking Water Guidelines
National Health & Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) Guidelines.
  Link   Mosquito Control
  Link   Using Bore Water Safely
  Link   Rainwater Tanks, Maintenance and Water Care
  Link   Public & Environmental Health Act 1987
  Link   Guidance on the Use of Rainwater Tanks
  Link   Public Swimming Pools and Spa Pools
  Link   Rats - Prevention and Control
  Link   Public Health Pests
Guidelines for the control of public health pests – lice, fleas, scabies, bird mites, bedbugs and ticks.
  Link   Public & Environmental Health (General) Regulations 2006
 
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