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Our Public Health Mission<\/span><\/p>\n We aim to protect, promote, maintain and improve the health and quality of life for LaGrange County citizens and visitors through a responsive, well-managed and organized community effort. We offer a wide range of public health services through partnerships with the county, state, and federal agencies. Check out some of the services we offer.<\/p>\n Vital Statistics<\/strong><\/span>: Monitoring death certificates for unusual patterns of mortality. Drinking Water Monitoring<\/strong><\/span>: To identify bacterial and chemical contamination of wells, before people in the community are made ill. Water Well Testing for residential and Businesses. Immunization Clinics<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0Walk-in clinics operate on a first come first served basis. They are limited to the number of children that can be served by the available nursing staff. For more information on clinic hours, click here<\/a>. Birth Certificate and Death Records<\/strong><\/span>: Indiana began keeping birth and death records in 1882. LaGrange County\u2019s birth and death records are kept at the LaGrange County Health Department, which is located across the street from the LaGrange Parkview Hospital. Septic Records<\/strong><\/span>: LaGrange County Health Department has record for septic systems installed after 1967. For any septic system installed before 1967 or without a septic permit, a legal septic record is not available. Immunization Records<\/strong><\/span>:
\n Health Surveillance<\/span><\/p>\n
\n Communicable Disease Investigation and Reporting<\/strong><\/span>: Investigate cases of disease, follows the incidence of cases of infectious disease and identify contacts to protect the community from outbreaks and spread disease.<\/p>\n
\n Health Protection<\/span><\/p>\n
\n Food Sanitation<\/strong><\/span>: Inspecting restaurants to prevent poor food handling practices that could spread hepatitis and food poisoning. Food Permit, Food Safety Day.
\n Sewage Treatment<\/strong><\/span>: Permitting construction and maintenance of on-site sewage treatment systems in a manner to prevent disease spread by improperly treated sewage. You must follow these procedures to get a Septic Permit<\/a>. The health department has been working in constructed wetlands as a green alternative to conventional septic systems.
\n Environmental Health<\/strong><\/span>: To evaluate and maintain a healthy environment to reduce health risks, including complaints regarding garbage and trash accumulation, open burning; failing septic system, illegal dumping, etc.
\n Animal and Vector Control<\/strong><\/span>: Identify and reduce the risk to the community from insects (mosquito, ticks) and animal (rats, horses, dog, bats) related diseases such as West Nile, rabies, equine encephalitis, Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
\n Monitoring and Inspect Public Swimming Areas and Pools<\/strong><\/span>: To identify conditions which will promote disease.
\n Housing Sanitation and Safety<\/strong><\/span>: To assure housing, mobile home parks, campgrounds, labor camps, school, day care centers and mass gatherings are maintained and operated in a manner that will minimize disease transmission and injury.<\/p>\n
\n Preventative Services<\/span><\/p>\n
\n Water Well Testing & Groundwater Program<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0The LaGrange County Health Department has free sample bottles to test drinking water wells. For more information, click here<\/a>.
\n <\/strong>Food Safety Day<\/strong><\/span>: A two-hour curriculum to educate you in food safety and make you aware of safe food handling procedures for food retail and foodservice establishment.<\/p>\n
\n Public Records<\/span><\/p>\n
\n Contact<\/em>: Kelly Bills, Registrar
\n Phone<\/em>: (260) 499-4182 ext 5
\n Fax:<\/em>\u00a0(260) 499-4189
\n email<\/em>:\u00a0kbills@lagrangecounty.org<\/p>\n
\n Contact<\/em>: Alf Garc\u00eda, Environmental Health Specialist
\n Phone<\/em>: – (260) 499-4182 ext 7
\n Fax<\/em>: – (260) 499-4189
\n email<\/em>: agarcia@lagrangecounty.org<\/p>\n
\n Contact<\/em>: LouAnn Sherck, Immununization Coordinator
\n Phone:<\/em>\u00a0(260) 499-4182 ext 1
\n Fax:\u00a0<\/em>(260) 499-4189
\n email<\/em>: lsherck@lagrangecounty.org<\/p>\n