SZ/OEMU/2/6/7 - [Letter, Snr. Technical Adviser, North Midland Region, MHS Air raid Precautions, to SZ, 30/6/41]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/2/6/7

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, Snr. Technical Adviser, North Midland Region, MHS Air raid Precautions, to SZ, 30/6/41]

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Letters (typescript)

Subject

Brain -- Concussion
Pillboxes

Creator

Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security. Air Raid Precautions Department.

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

SZ is asked to provide any information on the injuries which personnel have received while in sub-surface reinforced concrete shelters. Enquiries seem to show that death may occur purely from concussion. A reference is made to an incident in a pillbox during World War I.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/2 - [OEMU. Research queries and correspondence, 1940-1962]
    - SZ/OEMU/2/6 - [Shelters, 1940-1942]
      - SZ/OEMU/2/6/7 - [Letter, Snr. Technical Adviser, North Midland Region, MHS Air raid Precautions, to SZ, 30/6/41]

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