• Investigation of reports of communicable diseases including food and water borne illness.
• Staff also implement appropriate control measures to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in the community.
• Nursing staff provides information about various communicable diseases.

All physicians offices, labs, schools and daycare providers are communicable disease reporters. Please call a Health Department RN directly to report chicken pox, whooping cough/pertussis, measles, mumps, meningitis, rabies or any foodborne/waterborne illness within 24 hours.  

    Click here for a listing of reportable infectious diseases and conditions in Illinois   

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