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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    IMMEDIATELY ON HEARING THE WARNING AS HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD YOU SHOULD... Personally supervise the following precautions— I Send every member of the household immediately to the refuge-room, making certain that each person has a respirator. Pets should, if possible, have been sent away into the country at the first sign of danger. But if they are still in the house they should be taken into the refuge- room, otherwise they may come into contact with gas, or get splashed by it, and contaminate you. But it should be remembered that animals will help to use up the supply of air in the room, To be on the safe side, count two dogs or cats as one person in choosing the size of your refuge-room. 2 Make some other member of the family, previously appointed for the purpose, responsible for checking that all the articles needed for the refuge-room are properly in place (see lists on pages 10, 18 and 32), and that the rocm is properly sealed up against gas, the fire put out, and the chimney blocked up. The blanket over the door should be made damp. 3 Go all round the house, closing all doors and all windows, to reduce the amount of gas which can get into any part of the house. 4 After dark, see that no lights are left burning that — may be visible from outside.