Overseeing the administration of public health services, 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 food handling permits, beer/liquor licenses and permits, medical records, student health programs, air pollution control, hazardous materials control, comprehensive indoor air pollution testing, lead information, pest control services, public facility health inspection, restaurant/food sanitation, lead poisoning screening, disease/disability information, general health edcation programs, animal control, animal adoption, animal shelter, and substance use disorder education/prevention. ALSO KNOWN AS CITY OF ST. LOUIS, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HEALTH , CITY OF ST. LOUIS DEPARTMENT OF ST. LOUIS CITY: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH