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RefNoKCC2/D/CD/2/23
AltRefNoFile no. E17/0/1
TitleSpare copies of forms E.M.S.I.
DescriptionThis file deals with Ministry of Health emergency medical service circulars relating to: Accommodation for army and RAF patients suffering from TB, directives regarding Australian, New Zealand and Canadian forces, also Belgian prisoners of war in hospital, areas of military command, leave arrangements. Circular EMS 1259 - Patients unsuitable for admission to army convalescent department. EMS 262 and 263 - Accommodation for military mental patients. Prisoner Of War hospitals. Treatment of gassed casualties. Foreign nationals. Ministry of Health handbook - National war formulary 1941 (for hospitals and pharmacists) - a handbook giving available drugs and prescriptions for use in wartime. Note: contains circulars dealing with the wartime emergency medical service which greatly expanded the existing (1939) national health service to cope with a vast range of requirements.
DateAugust 1940-December 1941
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire County Council
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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