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In spite of this, the section has continued vigorous training and during the year
the Ambulance Section members have obtained:—
10 Standard Training Certificates.
19 Advanced Training Certificates.
2 Ambulance and First Aid Instructors' Qualifications.
In addition, 35 members have qualified in Extended First Aid. This course
deals with the classification of casualties into order of priority.
The present strength of the Section is as follows —
Class 'A' (Officers and Instructors and those who have passed the
necessary Home Office Tests) 62
Class 'B' (limited number of training hours per year) 2
Recruits 7
Reserves 21
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Of these, 81 hold the First Aid Certificates of the voluntary aid societies, either
standard or advanced.
Civil Defence Peacetime Emergency Scheme
Sixty-three members of the Ambulance and First Aid Section have agreed to
participate in the Civil Defence Peacetime Emergency Scheme.
Civil Defence (Training in Nursing) Regulations, 1963
The Ministry of Health has authorised short courses in Basic First Aid and
Home Nursing to be held for members of local groups and associations who are
not volunteers of the Civil Defence Corps in order that as many as possible of the
public have some knowledge of these subjects in an emergency.
Courses have been held for members of two organisations and talks have been
given by the Civil Defence staff to three organisations in an endeavour to interest
them in such courses.
The Council has agreed that members of the staff be granted leave to take part
in these short courses, or full first aid courses, and it is proposed to commence such
courses in 1966.
Emergency Planning
Responsibility for the siting of forward medical aid units and the earmarking
of auxiliary ambulance depots which would be needed in an emergency is vested
in the Ambulance Service of the Greater London Council.
BURIAL AND CREMATION
Under Section 50 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, it is the duty of this
authority to cause to be buried or cremated the body of any person who has died
or been found dead in the Borough, in any case where it appears to the Council
that no suitable arrangements for the disposal of the body have been or are being
made otherwise than by the Council.
Two bodies were dealt with under this section during the year.
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