Fund To Fight Epidemics In U.K.
[Per Press Association. Copyright .] WELLINGTON, This Day.
The joint council of the Order of St. John and the Red Cross Society has received a letter from the New Zealand Red Cross Commissioner in England (Dr. Gillies) in which he says the casualties from air raids in London are being dealt with very satisfactorily 'under a comprehensive and, so far as he has been able to . investigate, efficient emergency medical service scheme. But a larger problem has yet to be faced.
“The epidemic'season is now upon us,” he says, “and conditions of living are so appalling for so many that before long the British Red Cross and Order of St. John war organisation will have an immense task undertake.
“The organisation has been asked to provide 20,000 beds to deal with military and civilian casualties and the sick.”
Air Raid Distress.
Dr. Gillies mentioned that the joint council has voted £250,000 as the nucleus of a Red Cross and St. John air raid distress fund for the United Kingdom. This amount has been transferred from the Lord Mayor’s original Red Cross Fund, which is entirely separate from the Lord Mayor’s fund for air raid victims in London, and is in use throughout the United Kingdom. Some of the £25,000 sent to England by the joint council in New Zealand may be included in the £250,000 mentioned as the nucleus of the United Kingdom fund.
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Northern Advocate, 9 December 1940, Page 8
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