County health department responsible for preventing epidemics and the spread of disease, protecting against environmental hazards and injuries, promoting and encouraging healthy behaviors and responding to disasters and assisting communities in recovery. Services include community gardening, baby furniture, birth certificates, death related records, school supplies, food poisoning investigation, tuberculosis control, west nile virus control, tap water testing, public facility health inspection, public health nursing, child passenger safety education, child passenger safety seat inspections, child passenger safety seats, blood pressure screening, mammograms, cholesterol/triglycerides test, lyme disease testing, sexually transmitted disease screening, tuberculosis screening, health education programs, nutrition education, prescription expense assistance, birth control counseling, breastfeeding support programs, community clinics, immunizations, vaccines, podiatry/foot care, WIC, family life education, exercise classes/groups, disaster preparedness information, emergency preparedness planning and space during extreme weather emergencies.