City of Cape Town Environmental Health Services

DESCRIPTION:

The City of Cape Town provides a number of services relating to environmental health. The focus areas are:

sanitation and housing
planning and building development
institutional health and safety
disease control
food quality and safety
noise
smoking of tobacco products in public places
water quality and safety

They have also produced numerous informative publications on environmental health related issues:

Education regarding Sewerage and Stormwater
Health Education regarding Sanitation
Health Education regarding Water and Cleansing
Informal Food Vendor Requirements
Informal Hairdresser Requirements
Meat Products Vendor Requirements
Informal Permanent Trading Structure
Information document on Abused Cooking Oil
Information pamphlet on Dumping
Information pamphlet on Good Food Hygiene
Information pamphlet on Medical Waste
Information pamphlet on Noise Pollution
Information pamphlet on Washing of Hands
Information pamphlet on Water Pollution
Toilets and Hygiene
Information pamphlet on Bedbugs
Information pamphlet on Cockroaches
Information pamphlet on Fleas
Information pamphlet on Fly Control
Information pamphlet on Mosquitos
Information pamphlet on Rats and Mice
Prevention of Rodent Infestation
Difference between Rats and Mice
Information pamphlet on Ticks
Health education regarding Bilharzia
Health education regarding Diarrhoea
Educational poster for Cholera Control

INSTRUCTIONS:

For detailed information on the services for each focus area, visit the City of Cape Town website.Contact details for Environmental Health Facilities in the City of Cape Town are available online.

PROVIDED BY:

GOVERNMENT BODY:	City of Cape Town

GOVERNMENT BODY:

City of Cape Town

The content on this page was last updated on 12 July 2006

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