Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - refusal of local Sub-Controller...

Agenda papers including, amongst other things:

- refusal of local Sub-Controller to recognise any First Aid Post set up in Houghton Regis;

- communications from Ministry of Home Security regarding: further equipment for Rescue Parties; paid leave for volunteers sick or injured; cost of Living Bonus for Local Authority Staffs; rates of pay for whole time volunteers; regulations under Civil Defence Act 1939; Air Raid Precautions Training Bulletin No.1; air raid shelters in specified and unspecified areas; Air Raid Precautions Equipment Bulletin No.9; medical treatment for volunteers injured on duty; supply of petrol for units of American Ambulance (Great Britain) Fleet;

- communications from Senior Regional Officer regarding: co-operation with military authorities; urgent defensive works; use of school shelters by public out of school hours; Local Defence Volunteer Force; sounding of air raid sirens; unauthorised enquiries regarding air raid incidents; deterrents against enemy aircraft landings; spectacles for wear with respirators; rescue, demolition and repair services; exclusion of vehicles from certain roads; protection of Wardens' Posts in Bedford and South Bedfordshire Area; use of Old Drill Hall, Ampthill, as underground shelter; Shefford Boys' Club use of Air Raid Precautions services; shelters for persons travelling by rail; difficulties of obtaining whole time personnel in Rescue Party Service; shelter provision in unspecified areas; provision of public shelters in Sandy;

- communications from Ministry of Health regarding: permits for making plans and sketches; employment of aliens in Emergency Hospitals; rates of pay of Nursing Auxiliaries; rates of pay for whole time Civil Defence volunteers; equipment for evacuation purposes; artificial limbs and other surgical appliances; protection at Dunstable First Aid Post;

- use of schools for emergency hospitals and civil defence;

- performance of duties of Mortuary Superintendents by Air Raid Wardens;

- rendering possible landing grounds unusable;

- urgent defensive works;

- gas proofing of Biggleswade and Sandy Control Posts;

- provision of air raid shelters in Sandy.

[ex W/ARPP 21]

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