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

Date:
1938
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    : . air raids ever came to this country, every home should have a refuge specially prepared in which the whole household | could take cover. Every shop and office, or other place of work or } business, would require a place similarly prepared for those ; engaged on the premises. Every householder, or head of a family or business, should learn now how to protect, in war-time, his own people and home from | the effects of explosive bombs, incendiary bombs, and poison gas. | This applies chiefly to those who live in large centres of popula « tion. In more remote districts the dangers would no doubt be less, | though the need for protection and precautions would still exist. All the precautions recommended in this book are useful. Most / of them can be adopted to some extent by everyone. The } essential things cost little to do, and some of the more elaborate | ones you will find you can do quite easily, either yourself or by | combining with a neighbour, if you decide to begin NOW, and take your time. Do not hesitate to ask for advice if you need it. A local air raid precautions organisation has been established in your district and | air raid wardens have been appointed to help you. For any help / - you need, apply to your warden or to your local Council Offices. WHAT FO DO NOW The whole of this book is concerned with how to counter the | danger of air attack. It is divided into sections so that you can / turn quickly to any part and find out exactly what to do in any | emergency. So please keep it carefully. But first read it | .. through. Then come back to this page and think over these / things. | Decide, according to the instructions given on page 8, | what place would make the best refuge-room for your | household at home, and begin to plan now how you would get it ready. |