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Public Records

The Health Division makes available for review and/or copying records of all food establishments, housing, community sanitation and environmental investigations. Please make an appointment for file review. Medical records are not public record.

Please click here to begin a public records request.

Clinical Services

Blood Pressure Clinics

  • Offered weekly in the Public Health Nurse's Office at Town Hall. 
  • Tuesdays from 4:00PM-5:00PM

Additional routinely scheduled clinics are held at the Council on Aging and senior housing complexes. Please call the Public Health Nurse for schedules at 781-794-8092.

Flu Shots
The Town of Braintree Public Health Nurse is offering flu vaccinations on Tuesdays from 4 PM-5 PM, for individuals age 18 years and older, while supply lasts. Location: Public Health Nurse’s Office-Basement level of Town Hall-1 JFK Memorial Drive.

Individuals are requested to bring their medical insurance cards. Any questions, please call (781) 794-8092.

Services

  • Animal Bite Reporting 
  • Communicable Disease Surveillance 
  • Community Health Promotion/Disease Prevention 
  • Health Fairs 
  • Home Visits
  • Influenza Clinics
  • School Health
  • TB Testing for contacts only
  • Vitamin B-12 Injections

Inspection Services

  • Animal Inspections
  • Bakeries
  • Beach Water Quality Surveillance
  • Caterers
  • Environmental Surveillance
  • Hotel / Motels
  • Housing
  • Mobile Food Units
  • Mosquito Control
  • Nursing Home / Hospital Kitchens


  • Public and Semi-Public Swimming Pools
  • Public Health Nuisances
  • Recreational Camps for Children
  • Restaurants
  • Retail Food Establishments
  • School/Day Care Kitchens
  • Septage / Offal Trucks
  • Tanning
  • Title V Sewage Treatment and Disposal
  • Tobacco Control
  • Well Installation

Informational Advisory on Water Safety

As more and more people are using bodies of water for cooling or recreation this summer, there comes with that an increase in the risk of drowning. Warning signs of drowning are often silent or go noticed and even the most skilled swimmers are susceptible to drowning, so be careful!

For more information on keeping safe in and around bodies of water, visit Massachusetts's Department of Public Health Water Safety webpage and learn about other water safety tips.