Health
We’re committed to providing you with a safe and healthy lifestyle. Our health services are a multi-disciplinary team committed to protecting public health.
About health services
We deliver a wide range of public health services by managing health risks to the community using a range of approaches, including monitoring for noise, air and water quality, smoke and pest control.
Infectious disease control
Notifiable and infectious disease investigation – WA Department of Health.
Public Health
The Environmental Health team have been working closely with local Cancer Council representatives and Council has signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the Livelighter campaign.
The aim of the partnership is to increase community awareness and knowledge around the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, cancer and obesity prevention messages.
SunSmart
Crunch&Sip
For businesses
Here’s some information you’ll need to know if you’re running a business.
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Nuisances
Noise
We can help manage neighbourhood noise, investigate complaints, and take steps as appropriate.
Air quality and smoke
Air quality affects our health, the liveability of our cities and towns, and our environment.
Stable Fly
Stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) is a declared pest under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 which can be prevalent in the Shire of Capel. It can attack humans, domestic pets and livestock, seeking to draw blood which is essential to complete its life cycle. Stable flies typically occur in large numbers from late spring through to late autumn.
DPIRD advise that stable fly management is a shared responsibility and we must all play our role in reducing the risk of this nasty fly:
- It is important for vegetable growers to bury crop residues and reject produce immediately to prevent breeding sites from being established.
- Livestock producers and horse owners can help by cleaning animal enclosures daily and covering animal feed and bedding waste with a fly-proof cover to keep it completely dry.
- It’s best not to feed waste vegetables to livestock – unless in a trough or box to prevent mixing with the soil and don’t forget to clean up spilt grain promptly.
Under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007, regulations are in place to manage the pest. The Stable Fly Management Plan 2019 outlines industry’s obligations under the Act to reduce the risk of the pest breeding, which is available on the DPIRD website.
Online resources to assist landholders and animal owners to reduce the risk of stable flies, including control measures, surveillance advice and a factsheet, are available on the DPIRD website www.agric.wa.gov.au by searching for ‘stable fly’.
Primary producers and the general public are encouraged to report stable flies agitating horses and livestock or biting humans and pets via DPIRD’s MyPestGuide Reporter app or calling the Pest and Disease Information Service on (08) 9368 3080