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(ii) Non-Notifiable Diseases.

5.—SUPPLEMENTARY.
Air Raid Precautions.
Although not specifically asked for by the Ministry of Health
for the Annual Report, except in so far as the general health services
are affected, it will not be out of place to comment very briefly on the
A.R.P. Casualty Services for the Borough, as the organisation of
these services has taken up a considerable part of the time of the staff
of the Health Department.
Ever since the crisis of September, 1938, and even before that,
we have been perfecting a scheme, enrolling volunteers, and training
these volunteers in First Aid, and Anti-Gas masures.
At the beginning of September, 1939, we mobilised our personnel,
and adapted premises in the District for the reception of casualties.
Since then, further training, both individual, and collective,
has been carried out by the Post Personnel, the Stretcher Parties,
Ambulance Drivers, Ambulance Attendants, etc. and although, at the
end of 1939, the services of the Personnel had not been required, the
training they have had has not been wasted, as it is based on the
peace-time training, which for many years has been taught by the
various Ambulance Organisations, and which is applicable to peacetime
measures, as well as warfare.
In conclusion, I find it opportune, by this brief comment on Air
Raid Precautions, to refer to the untiring efforts of my staff, who
have given up a considerable portion of their leisure time to this work
both in the evenings and during week-ends. For this, I am indeed
grateful.