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Raemistrasse 100 Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
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Destouchesstr. 1 Munchen, Bayern (Germany)
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162 City Road London, Greater London (UK)
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Torrington Area Health District
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Description
The Torrington Area Health District TAHD was the second health district formed in Connecticut and was officially recognized by the State Department of Public Health in 1967 Initially the TAHD was needed to enforce state regulations dealing with septic systems wells food inspections and other environmental health mandates Today the health district is a wideranging agency addressing traditional public health responsibilities as well as collaborating with many other federal state and local organizations on new emerging issues
Since starting the TAHD has grown from 47800 to over 121000 residents and from 193 to 582 square miles Municipalities with the year they became a member are as follows Borough of Bantam Borough of Litchfield Litchfield Goshen Harwinton Morris and Torrington 1967 Bethlehem and Thomaston 1978 Cornwall 1980 Warren 1981 Winsted 1983 Kent and Salisbury 1988 Norfolk 1993 Watertown 1995 Plymouth 1998 Canaan 2001 and North Canaan 2007
In 2000 the TAHD purchase a 13000 square foot building on Main Street in Torrington and converted it into a stateoftheart center for its activities This structure contains the TAHD general offices as well as programs dealing with Immunizations Food Protection and Women Infants amp Children WIC Early Head Start a program offered by Education Connection and Family Strides also shares this space and many of their clients overlap TAHD family services For the public convenience the TAHD operates from many other locations
Our Mission
To promote and to protect the physical and environmental wellbeing of the citizens of the Torrington Area Health District through direct services wellness and promotion programs and active support of community efforts
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