Designation	Officer Name	Responsible for
Chief Health Inspector	Mr. D.Eustasie	Overall management of Health Department, supervision villages of lot 1, PBMC/Trade Fee and ELO.
Principal Health Inspector	Mr J Kedoo	(i) Supervision villages of lot 2 (ii) Management of Debtors Trade Fee
Senior Health Inspector
Health Inspector	Mr. A  Marie	Villages: Flic en Flac, Bambous, Albion & Petite Rivière
Ag. Health Inspector	Mr M Jowaheer	Villages: Chamarel, La Gaulette, Le Morne, Petite Rivière Noire, Case Noyale and Tamarin
Assistant Health Inspector	Mr A Parsad	Processing of trade fees, office work and Villages: Grande Rivière Noire.
Clerical Officer	–	Clerical Duty, Processing of applications for new businesses.
Assistant Health Inspector	–	Responsible for Grande Rivière Noire and Bambous Cemeteries and Office duties
Assistant Health Inspector	M. Ramiad	Responsible Villages: Gros Cailloux/ Canot and St Martin Mont Roches Cemetery and Office duties
Assistant Health Inspector	G. Sookee	Responsible St George Cemetery, Richelieu & Petite Rivière Villages
Assistant Health Inspector	–	Responsible Flic en Flac Cemetery & Village

 

 

 

 The Health Dept is responsible for the proper monitoring of:

 

1.      Scavenging service

2.      Complaints concerning environmental sanitation and businesses operating without payment of trade fee

3.     Cemeteries and cremation grounds

4.      Trade fee/business activities

5.      Ex – post control

6.      Prosecution duty

7.      Wastelands

8.      Rodent control

9.      Enforcement of BRDC Regulations and Local Government Act 2011 and Environment Protection Act 2002

The Health Dept. also implements all policies and decisions taken by the public Health Committee which meets at least once monthly.

 

 

 1.        Scavenging service

The Department is responsible for the organization and supervision of the collection and disposal of refuse and general cleaning in all the 13 villages of the DCBR area. Scavenging service is fully contracted out.  A once weekly refuse collection service is provided throughout the Council’s jurisdiction. A monthly scavenging fee is claimed from listed economic operators (as per BRDC Collection and Disposal of Refuse Regulation), but the service is free of charge for residential premises (households). Main roads are swept and cleaned every day.

 

Scavenging service also include mowing of grasses, spraying of herbicides on public places and District Council premises and cleaning of drains.

 

2.        Complaints

Complaints received at the Health Dept are attended to within a delay of 1 week and complainants are informed accordingly of any outcome and actions initiated

 

3.        Cemeteries and Cremation Grounds

Location of Cemeteries in the Black River District Council Area

 

Cemetery	Officer-in-Charge
Flic En Flac Cemetery Royal Road, Flic En Flac	Mr B. Jodha – Tel 768-4996
Black River Cemetery La Preuneuse Road, Grande Rivière Noire	Mr L.Dhurma – Tel 748-5651
Bambous Cemetery Royal Road, Bambous	Mr L.Dhurma – Tel 748-5651
St Martin Mont Roches Cemetery Bambous Road, Mont Roches	Mr M. Ramiad – Tel: 723-6051
St Georges Cemetery and St Louis Cemetery Royal Road, Richelieu, Petite Rivière	Mr. G. Sookee – Tel: 791-7802

 

Location of Cremation grounds in the Black River District Council Area

1.      St. Georges Cremation Ground, Richelieu, Petite Rivière

2.      Medine Cremation Ground, Medine S.E, Bambous

3.      Beaux Songes Cremation Ground, Beaux Songes

 

  

Opening hours of Cemeteries

Weekdays: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm

Sundays/public holidays: 9.00 to 5.00 pm

Lunch time: 11.00 to 12.20

Late night burials St Martin, Mont Roches Cemetery up to 10.00 p.m.

(i)        Purchase of land for graves: Rs 500 (not exceeding 1m83cm x 91 cm)

(ii)       Digging / re-opening of graves

(iii)      The price for digging of the private or common grave is Rs 300

(iv)      Erection of Tombs and monuments:

1^st class– Rs 4000

2^nd class – Rs 2000

3^rd class – Rs 1000

4^th class – Rs 750

5^th class – Rs 500

6^th class – Rs 375

7^th class – Rs 250

 

4.        Trade fee/business activities: please click on this link

 

5.        Ex-post control

 

Regular control and inspection of business premises are carried out to ensure compliance within DCBR Regulations.

 

6.        Prosecution Duty

 

The Health Dept is also responsible for establishing contraventions and prosecute offenders in court.

 

7.        Cleaning of Barelands

 

As per the District Council of Black River Collection and Disposal of Refuse Regulations 1997 and the Environment Protection Act 2002, all barelands should be kept clean and free from undergrowth at all time.

 

The Health Department is responsible for monitoring of barelands, legal actions are taken against all known owners who fail to do so as per above regulations.

 

 8.        Rodent control

 

 

Rodent control is carried out in-house.  Different baits are used to maximize efficiency, namely Bromadiolone and Floucamafen.

 

Baiting is done once monthly mainly in:

(i)          Public drains

(ii)         Housing Estates

(iii)        District Council premises

(iv)        Barelands near residential premises

(v)         Cemeteries

 

9.       Enforcement of DCBR Regulations

The Health Dept enforces the following regulations within the jurisdiction of the DCBR

(i)          Local Government Acts 1989 and 2003 as subsequently amended

(ii)         Collection and Disposal of Refuse Regulation

(iii)        Cemeteries Regulations

(iv)        Market and Fair Regulations etc.