AIR RAID MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION IN ENGLAND

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Air raid medical administration in England is merely one part of the general ARP services, Air Raid Precautions services, under the Ministry of Home Security or the Home Office; but the medical services are split between two ministries, the other half being the Emergency Medical Services which are under the Ministry of Health at Whitehall, just next door to the Home Office. The three major subdivisions of blitz medical administration are the first aid services, the ambulance services and the hospital services. I would have you picture these as integrated most closely in the field or at the site of what the British call the "incident." This is a carefully selected word because of its minimum of panic producing power. At the site of a bombing the medical services are closely tied with all the other civil defense services: those of the air raid wardens, fire and police workers and

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