raid protection during the war.               
 
                                                            
 
 
2) Anti-malarial work. There were 26 anti-malarial stations in   
southern Italy and 3 mobile malarial control units working in   
cooperation and under the orders of the Health Department, Ministry of   
                         Interior.                          
 
                                                            
 
 
3) The Red Cross operates a visiting nurses' organizations in the   
larger cities throughout Italy.  The city is divided into zones with a   
volunteer committee being responsible for a zone.  For example, there   
are 22 zones in Rome with voluntary operating committees using 200   
                 volunteer visiting nurses.                 
 
                                                            
 
 
4) Nursing Service. There are 610 graduated volunteer nurses in   
liberated Italy.  THe nurses are graduates of Red Cross operated   
nursing schools approved  by the Department of Health , Ministry of   
Interior.  261 nurses are operating in preventoria , sanitoriums and   
         public hospitals and 394 in refugee camps.         
 
                                                            
 
 
5) Warehousing and Transport.  IRC has operated:  
(a) Bulk warehouses and has a system of warehousing with some   
experienced employees.  Although a major portion of their warehouses   
have been requisitioned for military use they will become available   
shortly.  
(b) Transport services are serveraly interrupted but the basic   
organization and garage services remain in a reduced state.  
(c) Ambulance service. Although there were 760 ambulances in service   
in southern Italy, at the present time there are only 82 ambulances in   
operating condition and 100 additional unusable because of lack of   
                tires and repalcemant parts.                
 
                                                            
 
 
6) Refugee service.  The entire health program of the refugee camps is   
the responsibility of the Italian Red Cross.  Operated in conjunction   
              with the government "Commission