Midland Park Board of Health

Meeting Schedule
The Midland Park Board of Health meets every other month on the second Monday of the month. Meetings begin at 7:30 P.M. at the Borough Hall.

The Northwest Bergen Regional Health Commission is the health department for Midland Park. Our organization serves 10 towns in northern Bergen County. Midland Park is one of the original towns of the Commission, which was formed over 50 years ago. The goal of the Commission is to offer better and more complete health services to its towns than each town could provide for its residents independently. Full time personnel including a New Jersey State Licensed Health Officer, Environmental Health specialist/sanitary Inspector, Office Manager/Registrar, and a Principal Clerk/Deputy Registrar currently staff the Commission office.

The most visible job of the Health Department is to inspect restaurants and food establishments for cleanliness and proper food handling and storage. The Health Officer gives a course to food industry personnel on safe food handling procedures. If you have questions about food safety and sanitation in your own kitchen check out the following websites: Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov and Food and Safety Inspection Services of the USDA www.fsis.usda.gov. Current recalls are also listed on the Food and Safety Inspection Services website.

Property maintenance as it pertains to health and sanitation is also our responsibility. For the past few years West Nile virus has been a major concern in Bergen County. Stagnant water often found in unclean swimming pools and ponds offers a breeding ground for mosquitoes, the carriers of the virus. The state has an informative website for the disease and easy steps for residents to take to protect themselves from this disease. The New Jersey State Department of Health and Senior Services website is www.state.nj.us/health. 

Overgrowth and weeds are not only unsightly but provide harborage for rodents and other animals. They are a contributing factor to West Nile Virus too. Debris and garbage also contribute to these problems. 

Lyme disease is on the rise and we have information in our office on ticks and Lyme disease. Many informative websites exist for Lyme disease. The American Lyme Disease Foundation www.aldf.com and Lymenet www.lymenet.org, a New Jersey organization, offer information, resources and support.

Rabies exists in New Jersey and the health department works to keep it out of the area. The borough requires licenses for its dogs and cats. Midland Park hosts an annual rabies clinic at the old firehouse garage adjacent to Borough Hall every May. A borough representative is on site to renew the annual license. A current rabies inoculation is necessary for licensure. And your pet needs a rabies inoculation every three years.

Midland Park Board of Health provides free adult walk-in clinics the 1st Wednesday of each month from 12:30 to 3:00 at the Senior Citizen Center on Center Street and the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 1:00-3:00 PM at the Christian Reformed Church on Godwin Avenue, where blood pressures are screened, health consultation, educational and medical referrals are given by Bergen community Health Care nurse.

The Board of Health also has an annual flu immunization program in October of each year at the Senior Center on Center Street. Borough residents call also get the flu shot at the flu clinics held by the Commission at any of the other nine Commission-served municipalities.

Residents should keep in mind, that there is a Health Educator from Northwest Bergen Regional Health Commission available to speak to local groups on a variety of health topics. Programming is available for all ages. To speak with the Health Educator, Sabrina Moon, Call 201-445-7217.