GAS-PROOF HOUSES
• Sir John Simon,- Home Secretary, 1» a written.reply to Mr. NeiTMacLeaf (Soci; Govan); recently stated that; th« cost of making-' rooms -in-an^ average* sized dwelling-house: gas-proof against air raids'will vary according: to th# size and construction, of each roon> the number of windows and doors and the state of repair. "It is no! contemplated that "in "an ordinary hous^e more than one-room should b« made fully.- gas-proof," -he - states, "bu« in addition a double gas-proof door or air-lock should be provided at the" outer door-of the-house.- • I-anvad-vised that the cost of materials' needed to construct this air-lock, and to protect one room that was in reasonably good .repair ought to. be less, than. .£l, exclusive'of blankets and' rags, which, might be assumed to-be available :in the house. I am: having special investigation made of the- simplest methods of providing the necessary protection, so that the cost of materials may be' kept to :a minimum, and that the ordinary householder may, if he wishes, do the work him» self.- - \ r.
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Evening Post, Issue 51, 28 August 1935, Page 12
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171GAS-PROOF HOUSES Evening Post, Issue 51, 28 August 1935, Page 12
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