health department

collocation in English

meaningsofhealthanddepartment

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health
noun[U]
uk
/helθ/us
/helθ/
the condition of the body and the degree to which it is free from illness, or the state of ...
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department
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/dɪˈpɑːt.mənt/us
/dɪˈpɑːrt.mənt/
a part of an organization such as a school, business, or government that deals with a particular area of study ...
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(Definition ofhealthanddepartmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhealth department

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Some people think public health is what the publichealthdepartmentdo.
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Inadequate food-handler training as well as delayed reporting to thehealthdepartmentcontributed to this outbreak.
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Thehealthdepartmenthad malaria under control within a few years but it took decades to eradicate it completely.
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Officials from the street cleaning department corroborated the testimony ofhealthdepartmentdoctors on the connection between population density and disease.
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Pregnant women were recruited from a free antepartum clinic sponsored by the countyhealthdepartmentand the offices of private obstetricians.
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She naturally involved the environmentalhealthdepartment.
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That is still the responsibility of the councilhealthdepartment.
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I rely upon ourhealthdepartmentto do that.
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I spoke to the environmentalhealthdepartmentthis morning.
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Already the environmentalhealthdepartmenthas exercised its powers.
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As such, the most prevalent form of purification is chlorination, where chlorine tablets are distributed (free of cost for the household) by the state publichealthdepartment.
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If access to resources is the focus, then the area defining a police precinct, school district, orhealthdepartmentcatchment area may be a more suitable unit of analysis.
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It was general in that such knowledge could be applied to a wide variety of civil-service positions-being as useful in the education department as in thehealthdepartment.
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They do not mind whether thehealthdepartmentor the social services department provides their care.
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Each occupationalhealthdepartmentis autonomous and their finances are managed by their individual trust.
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Did an officer of thehealthdepartmentor housing department examine this wall?
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I should say that many are not the responsibility of thehealthdepartment.
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The environmentalhealthdepartmentcould object, but not the licensing committee itself.
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I asked the environmentalhealthdepartmentto assess the flat for overcrowding.
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It might be found by the local authority environmentalhealthdepartmentto be unfit to drink.
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The environmentalhealthdepartmentof a local authority is responsible for many aspects of health.
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The local authority environmentalhealthdepartmenthas primary responsibility for investigating cases of food poisoning.
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One may conclude that this is a reflection on thehealthdepartmentof the county council.
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It is not a report on the whole remit of thehealthdepartment.
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