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A Ministry of Information announcement from 1940 on the need for careful hygiene.
I want to remind you about how very important it is that all water should be boiled before being used in Coventry. No matter where you get that water from - whether it's out of a tap or anywhere else - will you please see that it is boiled before it is used. Now, secondly, another announcement from the Ministry of Health: will you please make quite certain that you don't use any WCs or drains that are not working. Please dig a hole in your garden and get rid of the refuse there…
Public health information
The destruction of housing caused by bombing presented urban communities with some basic health and hygiene challenges.
In this recording from November 1940 Ministry of Information loudspeaker vans advise the residents of Coventry after the raid on that city about the need to ensure drinking water is not contaminated…and other matters too!
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