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Civil Defence in 1952.
While awaiting information on any recent research relating to
decontamination and salvage of food, cleansing of contaminated persons
and health and medical services in public shelters, the principal activity
of the department was, perforce, the training of numbers of the Council's
staff' in the administrative work of war-time mortuaries. Three courses
of lectures and demonstrations were presented and some thirty-six members
of the staff attended. The search for more and better premises has
continued but very special requirements have to be satisfied and it has
become increasingly difficult to find really appropriate premises that have
not already been earmarked for some other potential war-time purpose.
In the meantime a comprehensive scheme based on the experience of
civil defence requirements in the late war as regards decontamination
and salvage of food has been drawn up. Such a scheme is capable of
ready adaptation and expansion in the light of topical knowledge and
demands. A site for a treatment centre has been earmarked and the
City Council's Public Analysts have agreed to serve in the same capacity
in relation to the examination of contaminated foods.