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All requests for assistance are channelled through the police, who have been
told where to apply for expert advice and assistance. Instructions have also been
given to the police to notify the Medical Officer of Health. It is his duty to
appraise the extent of the hazard to the public. In the event of contamination
of food supplies, he should take appropriate steps to ensure that it does not reach
the consumer.
No such incidents were reported during the year.
CIVIL DEFENCE
I am indebted to the Civil Defence Officer for his co-operation during the
year and for supplying the detailed information included in this report.
Ambulance and First Aid Section
The responsibility for the training of the Ambulance and First Aid Section
of the Civil Defence Corps continued to be delegated to this Authority by the
Greater London Council pending the publication of the section of the Home
Defence Review dealing with Civil Defence.
Because of this forthcoming re-organisation there was no national or local
recruiting campaign during the year and the Ambulance Section in this Division
has accordingly decreased in numbers since normal wastage is not being replaced.
However, the Section has continued active training during this period and
Ambulance Section members have obtained:
1 Standard Training Certificate.
5 Advanced Training Certificates.
2 Home Office Ambulance and First Aid Instructors' Certificates (one a
“Credit” pass).
Five members have qualified in Extended First Aid (this course deals with
the sorting and classification of casualties).
Two large-scale week-end exercises arranged by the Greater London Council,
in which Ambulance Section members from this Division participated, were held
during the year. A local Sunday exercise was held in Theobalds Park in which
Ambulance and Rescue Section members practised life-saving techniques.