BLACK-OUT HEADACHES
ILLS OF WAR MEASURE. LONDON, April 12. One of the worst effects of the black-out, bad ventilation, with its attendant ills, has been studied by Government experts, who have now succeeded in' combining blackness .outside .with fresh air inside. To 'bad ventilation may be attributed headaches and other minor ailments, while infections like influenza and septic throat tend to spread in a stuffy atmosphere. Within the next few -weeks expert advice will be published in two pamphlets, one for householders and another for factory owners. Hints on household ventilation are being prepared by the A.R.P. department of the Ministry of Home Security. Factory ventilation has been studied by the factory department of the Home Office. The pamphlet for householders will show with sketches and diagrams how to bring fresh air into stuffy sitting rooms and bedrooms without arousing the ire of the local warden.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 May 1940, Page 6
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