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Below is a list
of available services being offered by the Department of
Health in Bayonne.
Annual
Flu Program - 858-6100
Annual
Rabies Clinic - 858-6100
Child
Health Clinic - 858-7113
The Child Health Clinic, located at Bayonne Hospital,
provides the following services to any resident of Bayonne,
by appointment:
Contracted
Services - 858-6100
Dental
Health - (Contact school directly)
Limited dental care is available to school age children of
Bayonne at the Bayonne Medical Center Clinic. Parent must contact
school nurse, who will schedule the appointment.
Environmental
Concerns - 858-6107
Food
Surveillance - 858-6100
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Investigates
food establishments to maintain compliance with state
and local ordinances.
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Conducts
a mandatory six-hour Food Service Manager's
Certification Course for supervisory personnel in food
establishments
Public Health Concerns -
858-6100
Bayonne
Office On Aging - 858-6119
The Bayonne Office on Aging, located at 630 Avenue C, offers
the following services to senior citizens living in
Bayonne age 60 & over:
For
additional information regarding the
Bayonne Office On Aging click here.
Health
Education - 858-6508
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Lectures
on health related topics given to any school or
organization in the community.
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Literature
available on health related issues.
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Variety
of activities and services dealing with health promotion
and preventive medicine free to the community.
Vital
Statistics - 858-6134
Issues certified copies of:
Burial
permits are available for a fee.
Women-Infants-Children
(WIC) - 858-6509
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Provides
nutritious foods and education to pregnant and breast
feeding women, infants, and children up to the age of 5
who are considered to be at nutritional risk.
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Nutrition
education to eligible pregnant, breast feeding, and
postpartum women.
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Communicable
Disease Surveillance
858-6140
- Botulism
- Hepatitis
- Lyme
- Meningitis
- Measles
- Pertussis (whooping
cough)
- Poliomyelitis
- Rabies
- Salmonella
- Shigellosis
- Syphilis - Sexual
Trans. Disease
- Tuberculosis
Lead Poisoning
Prevention Program
858-6583
- Community Education
for parrents & preschool
Licenses
- 858-6102
The following licenses and permits are issued:
- Cat and Dogs
(Note: Fee is $10.00 for cats and dogs which have
not been altered and $7.00 for those spayed or
neutered with proof. All cats and dogs must
be inoculated against rabies prior to licensing.
Proof that animals have been vaccinated by a
veterinarian must be provided before licensing.
- Retail Food
Establishments
The following licenses
must be renewed annually by January 31 of each
calendar year, or subject to a fine:
Dogs and Cats
Dry Cleaners
Laundromats
Milk Trucks
Mobile Vendors
Pets Shops
Pigeon Coops
Pre-packaged Goods
Retail Food Establishments
Tattoo Parlors
Vending Machines
Garbage and
Recycling
Screening
Clinic - 858-6140
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Physicals
(free annually to any Bayonne resident 16 years old
or older) - includes height, weight, blood pressure,
diabetes, pap smears, homocult, SMA 23.
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Screenings:
blood pressure, cancer, diabetes.
On-
Going Special Projects
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Department
of Health and Welfare