Show Civil Service e Hits Lack of Health Exams Laxity o of the police and fire departments departments de de- de- de in requiring policemen and to submit to periodical phy physical ical i- i cal examinations on was revealed Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day in the annual report of the civil service commission commissi The report signed by C. C C. C Richards Richards Richards Rich Rich- ards chairman Joseph H. H Rayburn Leon Sweet and Earl B. B secretary sec see was presented to the city commission I During recent oral examinations conducted b by the commission for policemen po- po and firemen the report showed many men were found who had been civil service for foras foras foras as long as 40 years ears but who ho had never submitted to a physical examina exam- exam ina nation tion O Of firemen questioned the re report report report re- re port said it ft was found necessary to refer reter 72 to a medical examiner While examinations of policemen n have not progressed as far 20 men in that department department de de- dc- dc have t been examined to date according to the report Listing operating expenses for lor the year ear at 1380 the commission reported report report- ed that 1931 1031 was v the busiest year jear ear in history Many changes in the civil service code were effected which inaugurated ed classes for instruction of poli poll men and firemen and the annual oral examinations for men of or both departments departments depart depart- ments and which makes it mandatory manda- manda lor tory ory for a chief chic of either cither department to o discharge a man who indulges in intoxicating liquor |