BABY GAS HELMETS
British Government Orders 1,400,000 (British Official Wireless.) (Received March 14, 7.5 p.m.) RUGBY, March 13. After prolonged research the Government has approved of a respirator, known as a baby helmet, for the protection of infants in the event of a gas attack. Publie demonstrations of the new device were made today in the presence of parents of infants under two years of age who were fitted with the helmets. Helmets numbering 1,400,000 have been ordered and will be distributed .within a few' months. In addition "'1,300,000 special respirators for children under the age of four are in production.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 145, 15 March 1939, Page 9
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101BABY GAS HELMETS Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 145, 15 March 1939, Page 9
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