Hämeenlinna health protection supervises drinking water and bathing water as well as housing and indoor air health in the Hämeenlinna and Hattula areas. Supervision is also carried out in schools and educational institutions, daycare centers, care homes, beauty salons, and accommodation and sports facilities.
The goal of health protection is to maintain and promote the health of the population and the individual. The goal is also to prevent, reduce, and eliminate factors in the living environment that may cause health hazards.
Supervision is carried out on a risk basis in accordance with the environmental health supervision plan. The supervision plan sets out the statutory tasks, objectives, and priority areas of health protection, as well as the content and frequency of inspections.
Activities affecting the living environment must be planned and organized in such a way that the health of the population and the individual is maintained and promoted.
In their self-monitoring, operators must identify the risks of their activities that may cause health hazards and monitor them. Activities must be carried out in such a way that the occurrence of health hazards is prevented as far as possible.
