Disease Control and Prevention

Disease Control and Prevention | Third Floor | 841 North Broadway | Milwaukee WI 53202 
Telephone (414) 286-3606 | Fax (414) 286-5164

Welcome to Disease Control and Prevention (DCP)! 

The DCP Division includes programs that address environmental health needs in the City of Milwaukee as well as programs that focus on prevention of communicable disease and control of disease spread in Milwaukee. DCP helps to assure healthy indoor and outdoor air, safe drinking water, responds with the Fire Department to Hazmat and other emergency incidents, and works to provide care and control the spread of diseases like tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases. DCP monitors disease (such as influenza) occurrence world-wide and plans appropriately in order to help prevent diseases on a local level.

Topics of interest are listed A-Z. Please click on topic of interest for more information.

Air Quality 

Animals

Avian influenza

Bats and Rabies

Beaches

Bioterrorism

Chemicals, hazardous or toxic 

Chemical terrorism

Communicable Disease Surveillance (SurvNet)

Drinking Water

E. coli

Emergency Preparedness

Flood Information

Flu Shots

Hazardous Materials Emergencies

Heat and hot weather health and safety advice

Influenza and other respiratory illnesses, Information about Flu Season: Information and links about respiratory illnesses like SARS and influenza, and how to stay healthy

Influenza Vaccinations

Meningitis

Mercury/Thimerosal in Vaccines

Mumps

Needles ("Sharps")

Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism

Pandemic Influenza

Pertussis: MHD is working with the health care community to limit the spread of Pertussis in the community.

Pets and Animal Diseases

Rabies

Sexually-Transmitted Diseases

Sharps (Needles)

Smallpox

SurvNet

Swimming and Recreational Water (Pools, hot tubs, Lake Michigan): Learn about how to safely use recreational water 

Tuberculosis "TB"

Vaccine Clearinghouse (for Health Care Providers, during flu season)

West Nile Virus