Housing and General Sanitation
Phone: 585 753-5171
- This comprehensive program is comprised of the following: Rabies/Animal Bites, Lyme Disease, Rodent Control, West Nile Virus, and General Sanitation issues. See below for details on each of these activities.
Rabies and Animal Bites
Phone: 585 753-5864
- Responds to reported animal bites and potential exposures, including consultation with medical personnel for follow up on post-exposure medical treatment when necessary.
- Submits suspected animal specimens to the New York State Laboratory in Albany for rabies analysis.
- Monitors 10-day confinement and 6-month quarantine of domestic animals involved in human contact or contact with potentially rabid animals.
- Conducts FREE RABIES IMMUNIZATION CLINICS for dogs and cats owned by Monroe County residents (see LINK below).
- Immunization records are maintained for animals receiving immunizations at clinics.
Informational Links and Documents
- Link to NYS Department of Health Rabies site - see video on "How to Safely Catch a Bat"
- Download the NYSDOH Rabies Treatment Algorithm (198k PDF)
- Download the Animal Bite/Contact Report (36k PDF)
- Download the 2010 Rabies Clinic Schedule
Lyme Disease
Phone: 585 753-5171
Submits ticks to the New York State laboratory in Buffalo for species identification.
Learn more from the New York State Department of Health Lyme Disease Fact Sheet.
Rodent Control
Phone: 585 753-5171
- Investigates complaints relating to unsanitary housing conditions.
- Enforces Monroe County Sanitary Code Article II, General Sanitation and Article IV, Habitable Buildings.
- Investigates heating complaints and assures compliance with applicable codes.
- Investigates rodent and insect infestation complaints.
- Performs rodent baiting in conjunction with the Monroe County Division of Pure Waters in City of Rochester sewer system and catch basins to control rodent breeding.
Online Information
- Article II, General Sanitation
- Article IV, Habitable Buildings
- Controlling the Rat
- Get Rid of Cockroaches
- Mouse Control
West Nile Virus
Phone: 585 753-5171
West Nile virus (WNV) is an illness transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. The illness is most serious for older people. Healthy children and younger adults are at very low-risk for 'serious' WNV infection. The risk of human WNV infection increases towards the end of summer and into early Fall. Risk continues until the first frost. Mosquitoes are most active at dusk and dawn. Covering exposed skin and use of insect repellent are effective at preventing bites.
