REFUGE ROOMS ADVISED
ALL HOMES IN BRITAIN AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS STANDARD EQUIPMENT (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) LONDON, Oct. f>. The News-Chronicle says that the Home Office will shortly distribute millions of copies of a booklet intended to standardise air raid precautions in private homes. It contains advice on the subject of choosing a refuge room from which gases may be excluded. It states that a room 10ft. square will accommodate five people without ventilation for 12 hours. It instructs householders to equip refuges with candles, matches, hammer, nail’s, string, rags, scissors, an electric torch, brown paper, airtight foocl containers, tables, chairs, disinfectant, washstaiul, screen for privacy, sanithry conveniences, drinking water, tinned foods, .plates, . cups, books, writing materials, a heavy dark curtain, blankets, mattresses, eiderdowns, a wireless set, a gramophone, and a fire extinguisher, or sand with a shovel; .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19138, 6 October 1936, Page 5
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139REFUGE ROOMS ADVISED Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19138, 6 October 1936, Page 5
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