Environmental Health

The Barbour EHS Information Service supports the information needs of Environmental Health professionals in local authorities and the armed services and other related professionals.

The service covers the full extent of topics required by environmental health professionals and  include:

• Communicable diseases: eg gastro-enteritis outbreaks, swine flu and other infectious disease incidents linked to epidemics
• Emergency planning eg: flooding, industrial accidents with community impact, civil emergency, including terrorist acts
• Housing standards, including: houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), housing renovation, grants, radon
• General registration and licensing, including: public entertainment, pet shops, dog breeding and boarding, riding establishments, theatres, cinemas, petroleum, special treatments (tattooing, body piercing, beauty therapies etc), Sunday trading, public health pest control (including rats, mice, cockroaches, pharaoh ants, flies, pigeons, feral cats and dogs).

the Barbour EHS service contains relevant documents from key publishers including:

• National and EU legislatures
• Government departments
• Royal Courts of Justice (ie, case law)
• BSI - British Standards Institution
• HSE - Health and Safety Executive
• LGA - Local Government Association
• Local Government Regulation (formerly LACORS)
• NRPB - National Radiological Protection Board
• Health Protection Agency
• WHO - World Health Organization
• BRE - Building Research Establishment