The functions of the Environmental Health Unit are to:

a. assist to establish, install, build and control public latrines, lavatories, urinals and wash places;

b. assist the Assemblies in the licensing of persons to build and operate public latrines, lavatories, urinals, washhouses and related services in the District;

c. monitor the activities of the operators and report to the District Assembly;

d. assist to establish, maintain and carry out services for the removal and treatment of liquid waste;

e. advise on the regulation and provision of services for removal and treatment of liquid waste by the private sector, persons authorized or licensed by the District Assembly;

f. assist to establish, maintain and carry out the removal and disposal of refuse, filth and carcasses of dead animals from any public place;

g. assist in the disposal of dead bodies found in the district.

h. advise on the regulation and provision of services by the private sector licensed by the District Assembly for the removal, disposal and processing of refuse, filth and carcasses of animals;

i. assist to regulate any trade or business which may be harmful or injurious to public health or a source of danger to the public or which otherwise is in the public interest to regulate;

j. assist to provide for the inspection of meat, fish, vegetables and other foodstuff and liquids of whatever kind or nature, whether intended for sale or not and to seize, destroy and otherwise deal with such foodstuff or liquids as are unfit for human consumption;

k. facilitate supervision and control of the manufacture of foodstuffs and liquids of whatever kind or nature intended for human consumption;

l. assist to provide, maintain, supervise and control slaughter houses and pounds and all such matters and things as may be necessary for the convenient use of such slaughter houses;

m. advise on licensing of persons and regulation of the provision of slaughter houses and related services;

n. facilitate the prevention and dealing with the outbreak and prevalence of any diseases; (ff) advise on the prevention of the spreading and extermination of tsetse fly, mosquitoes, rats, bugs and other vermin in the district;

o. advise on the establishment and maintenance of cemeteries and crematoria; or

p. advise and encourage the keeping of animals in the district including horses, cattle, sheep and goats, domestic pets and poultry; and (ii) assist in the control of noise, odour, dust and smoke pollution.