health department meaning

• [Medicine]
  n : a division of a local or larger government responsible for the oversight and care of matters relating to public health
  

• department of health and human services:    Noun: Department o ...
• department of health education and welfare:    Noun: Department o ...
• united states department of health:    [Medicine]A depart ...

Examples

1. attention, please . a message from the health department
2. san francisco public health department, hiv aids advocates begin
3. what about notices being put up by the health department
4. director of health department of health
5. the program will be studied by the state health department