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, but are not limited to, vaccine information, vaccines, immunizations, birth certificates, death related records/permits, wastewater monitoring, water quality monitoring, public facility health inspections, child passenger safety seat checks, blood pressure and blood sugar screening, tuberculosis screening, pregnancy testing, and WIC services. Vernon County in Missouri AKA VCHD