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CIVIL DEFENCE SERVICES.
The Civil Defence Services for the administration and control
of which the Department is responsible are as follows:—
1. The Casualty Service, comprising five Stretcher
Party Stations, eight First Aid Posts and five Mobile Units,
with a personnel of about 1,000 men and women and over
80 vehicles.
2. The Medical and Nursing Service in shelters, comprising
16 Medical Aid Posts situated in the large shelters
or serving groups of shelters. Each post has one or more
nurses on duty throughout the night and is visited nightly
by a doctor. Arrangements have also been made for doctors
to visit those shelters not served by the Medical Aid Posts
should their services be required.
3. The Cleansing Service for the decontamination of
persons who may become gas casualties and their clothing.
There are cleansing centres for casualties at each of the eight
First Aid Posts and further centres are being established
for the cleansing of casualties and their clothing.
4. The Gas Identification Service.
5. The collection and transportation of Civilian War
Dead from incidents to one of the three mortuaries which
have been provided.
6. The Operational Control of the above Services
organised on a rota basis. For this purpose a Medical Officer
and two Clerical Officers of the Department are available
for duty in the Control Room at any hour of the day or
night.
7. The supervision of the Food Supplies under war
conditions by the Food Inspectors.
8. The local arrangements, in co-operation with the
Ministry of Health and the London County Council, for
the evacuation of children, expectant mothers, aged and
infirm persons,