The Christian County Health Department has released its Annual Report, which shows last year was another busy one.

The local health department saw 20,598 separate patients between July 1^st of 2011 and June 30^th of this year, performing a total of nearly 175-thousand services.

Nearly 73-thousand pediatric services were performed on about 16-thousand children, while WIC services were provided to just under 8-thousand families.

The Health Department saw over 12-hundred cancer patients, assisted 125 diabetes patients, treated or tested 15-hundred patients for sexually transmitted diseases and helped about 19-hundred people with what’s termed “family planning.”

In non-medical duties, the Christian County Health Department inspected 206 separate food service establishments for a total of 867 occasions. Between all of its inspection duties, the department performed just over 28-hundred inspections of some type last year—ranging from septic tanks to tattoo parlors.

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