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STAFF—alterations during the year.
On the outbreak of war Dr. Trott, Assistant Medical Officer
of Health and Assistant Tuberculosis Officer, was seconded as
First Aid Commandant and Dr. Dodd was appointed to perform
Dr. Trott's duties under the Tuberculosis Scheme, on a sessional
basis.
Mr. E. J. Newton took up duty as a Sanitary Inspector in
August following the resignation of Mr. H. F. Leacock.
In order to cope with the additional duties devolving on the
Department, mainly in connection with Civil Defence, it has
been necessary to appoint additional temporary staff. At the
end of the year the temporary staff consisted of 21 clerks, one
Assistant to the Food Inspectors and an Assistant Store-keeper.
Messrs. Rees, Hollis and Webb, Grade "A" Clerks, and
Mr. Coomber, the Assistant to the Food Inspectors, have joined
the Forces.
The Training of Civil Defence Personnel.
The duty of training all Civil Defence volunteers had been
carried out by the Department for over a year before the outbreak
of war and has been continued since.
The personnel engaged in training duties were nine officers
of the Council who have qualified as Government Instructors,
and 18 locally trained Instructors.
A large number of volunteers have undergone training and
up to the end of the year 437 courses of lectures in Anti-gas and
144 courses of instruction in First Aid had been given.