SZ/OEMU/2/6/8 - [Letter, SZ to the Snr. Technical Advisor, North Midland Region, M.H.S. Air Raid Precautions, 2/7/41]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/2/6/8

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, SZ to the Snr. Technical Advisor, North Midland Region, M.H.S. Air Raid Precautions, 2/7/41]

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Letters (typescript)

Corporate name

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

Subject

Pillboxes
Carbon monoxide -- Physiological effect

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Scope and content

SZ confirms that his investigations into sub-surface concrete shelters do not suggest that the occupants could be harmed unless the shelter was actually destroyed. Investigations into the deaths of men in pillboxes, where the pillbox was intact, suggested that carbon monoxide poisoning and not concussion was responsible for the deaths.

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/2/6/8 - [Letter, SZ to the Snr. Technical Advisor, North Midland Region, M.H.S. Air Raid Precautions, 2/7/41]

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