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HEALTH DEPARTMENT 

The department is to improve the living conditions and quality of life of the Town Community.

SANITARY SECTION

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Sanitary Improvements on Rateable Properties

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  1. Inspections of:

  • Residential,

  • Commercial,

  • Industrial,

  • Educational and undeveloped properties (vacant lots)

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 2. Inspections of:

 

  • Boarding Houses,

  • Hotels,

  • Homestays,

  • Restaurants,

  • Refreshment Bars,

  • Coffee Shops

  • Restaurants,

  • Refreshment Bars,

  • Coffee Shops

  • Butcher Shops,

  • Bakeries,

  • Food Kitchens,

  • Aerated Water Factories,

  • Kava Pounding Premises,

  • Food Processing Factories,

  • Drinking Water Bottling Factories,

  • Ice-cream Factories,

  • Hairdresser Shops,

  • Chiropodists Shops,

  • Beauty Salons,

  • Massage Parlors,

  • Supermarkets/Grocery Retail Shops,

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Processing of Development Applications & Building Applications

  1. Scrutinize the building plans for conformance of the relevant legislations.

  2. Health comments are entered in the respective building files for applicants to attend to

  3. Recommend for approvals after the comments are satisfactorily attended to

  4. Site inspections in view of issuance of completion certificates or

  5. Site inspections in view of issuance of temporary occupancy of premises other than a Food Business Operation [FBO]

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Food Safety

  1. Inspections of:

    • refreshment bars,

    • restaurants, 

    • coffee shops,

    • taverns,

    • night clubs,

    • liquor bottles shops,

    • butcher shops,

    • bakeries,

    • food kitchens,

    • aerated water factories,

    • kava pounding premises,

    • other food processing factories,

    • drinking water bottling factories,

    • Ice- cream factories,

    • school canteens,

    • supermarkets/ grocery retail shops,

    • market food stalls,

    • bean carts,

    • hawkers & street traders operations

  2. Condemnations of unsound food

  3. Investigations of verified reported cases of food poisoning

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Pollution Control

  • Referrals to the appropriate Departments are made upon receipt of complains otherwise the issues are dealt by the Council.

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Processing of Health License Applications (New and Renewal)

  1. Business license applications go through health inspections as well to ensure compliance

    • The premises is conducive to the nature of business being applied for

    • Good lighting system & adequate/ suitable mode of ventilation

    • Provision of proper garbage bins as per regulations

    • Provision of adequate sanitary facilities

    • Intended place of business must be clean

    • Prosecutorial

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Restaurant Grading

Click on this link if you are to view the Restaurant Grading Checklist – PDF

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Mosquito Control

  1. Inspections of undeveloped properties ( vacant lots)

  2. Mosquito larvae survey

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Customer Services

  1. General enquiries

  2. Attend to health related complaints for abatement of nuisances.

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Health Education

  1. Carry out health awareness, trainings, outreach programs and other health related issues. 

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