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THE Minister of Health has forwarded to all local authorities concerned in the Government's Evacuation Scheme in England and Wales a communication asking them to work out in detail their plans for the evacuation of school children and others who are to receive priority under the scheme (Ministry of Health Circular 1800. H.M. Stationery Office, Id.). Enclosed with this communication is a memorandum (Memo. Evacuation No. 4, 3d.) indicating the general lines of the procedure that would be necessary in an emergency and the problems likely to arise, and discussing transport arrangements, arrangements at detraining stations and details of reception, and giving practical advice for householders and others. Authorities are recommended to make full use of all voluntary agencies that might be useful, and it is stated that the Government does not intend that the operation of the scheme should result in any additional burden on the local rates. Another circular has been issued by the Ministry detailing the progress in organization and recruitment of first-aid posts in London. These schemes provide for 131 fixed aid posts, five cleansing stationsand thirty-four mobile units. The estimated total of fixed posts required for the County of London is approximately two hundred.
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Emergency Preparations in the Event of War. Nature 143, 814 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143814b0
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