The protection of your home against air raids / Home Office.

Date:
1938
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The protection of your home against air raids / Home Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Get these additional things into your refuge-room, as soon as the Government warns you of a threat of war, as well as the things listed on pages 10 and 32. A roll-call list of all who should be present. This applies particularly to business premises, or if the refuge-room is to be shared by neighbours Tables and chairs ; plates, cups, knives, forks, etc. Plenty of water for drinking, washing and fire fighting Tinned food, with a tin-opener _ A food chest of some kind (airtight tins or jars will do) to protect other food against contact with gas Washhand-stand, or basin ; washing things, soap, towels Chamber pots, toilet-paper ; disinfectant ; a screen for privacy Books, writing materials, cards ; toys for the children A simple hand-pump, and sand with a long-handled shovel Spare blankets or rugs for resealing the window if it should be blown in . Gummed paper, or pots of paste or gum, for pasting paper ~ over cracks and window panes. Paste can be made from flour and water boiled with a few cloves to keep it fresh Pickaxe and shovel, to use if there is a fall of debris You may also like to have the following things which, if you are using them in other parts of the house, you should take into your refuge-room when you hear the air raid warning. A mattress, or mattresses, to lie on Overcoats, blankets, eiderdowns, rugs and warm coverings The wireless set, gramophone with records a Mackintoshes, goloshes, gum boots | An electric kettle is useful if you have one, but don’t burn a gas fire or gas ring, as it uses up air. If the weather is reaily cold, you may use an electric fire in your. refuge-room for a while if you wish. But the air will remain much fresher if you can avoid artificial heating of any kind. It is better to rely on coats and blankets for warmth.