Women are playing their part the ARP. services, acting as wardens, serving. in the Auxiliary Fire. Service, driving ambulances, manning communications and serving ming auiiaes 200 [Of the nursing auxiliaries 28.490 have been rained. Of the. total of those Feerulted about 7,000 have been cal-
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Scotland (Starch, 1940)
Trained nurses enrolled port centres, In Great Britain there ave 1%4 mile lion persons engaged in this work, of whom 264,000 are paid. Very rough: ly, one-fifth of those in the wardens' service may be women, All these ARP. workers are enrolled and] trained by the local authorities and ald out of national funds.
(a) Wardens Women acting as wardens, and working in services other than the APS, and the Ambulance, receive por week, if they are paid, and many local authorities provide a uniform. They also get allowances towards the cost of their food. Their hours are a minimum of 48 per wee! but a great deal of this is "stand by" duty.
(b) Ambulance Drivers The total number of whole. ambulance drivers in Great Britain 20280, of whom many may be women. Pay Is £2 a week and uniform is provided, There are also 64000 part-time ambulance drivers, of whom 37,000 are women.
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