Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - gas proofing of County Control...

Agenda papers including, amongst other things:

- gas proofing of County Control Room;

- communications from Ministry of Home Security regarding: further equipment for Rescue Parties; methods of providing shelter in emergency; invasion; greyhound race meetings; Air Raid Precautions Equipment Bulletin No.8;

- communications from Senior Regional Officer regarding: distinguishing signs to be used for air raid incidents and rendezvous; External Messenger Service; national appeal for volunteers; speech by General Sir Hugh Elles regarding invasion; equipment for purposes of recreation and physical training; removal of Air Raid Precautions direction/location signs; national air raid precautions for animals; respirators for babies and young children; disposal of unexploded bombs; refreshments for volunteer personnel; Messenger Pigeon Service; Kempston Cleansing Station; maps for mutual assistance; First Aid Party organisation in Bedford Borough;

- communications from Ministry of Health regarding: provision of nurses in emergency hospitals; Government Evacuation Scheme; instructions to householders living near aerodromes;

Pertenhall Sick Bay; emergency maternity home at Battlesden House;

- employment of roadmen in agriculture;

- public basement shelters in Dunstable;

- sickness and disablement benefits for Air Raid Precautions personnel;

- provision of air raid shelters in Cranfield;

- employment of aliens in agriculture;

- transfer of inmates from Rochford Institution [Essex] to Biggleswade and Ampthill Public Institutions [workhouses];

- communal shelters in Stanbridge Road area of Leighton Buzzard;

- evacuation of children;

- ambulance service in East Bedfordshire Area;

- Local Volunteer Defence Corps in East Bedfordshire Area;

- salary of Bedford Borough Air Raid Precautions Officer;

- construction of open trenches at Cardington, Henlow, Cranfield and Leighton Buzzard.

[ex W/ARPP 20]

acc. 6510