Dampness in Bedrooms
Dear Aunt Daisy, When listening to your session I heard you talking about a woman who was very worried about her new mattresses being damp and mildewed badly. Three of our bedrooms are on the wrong side of the house, and do not get any sun; and I, too, found the mattresses were very damp. So I put a cake of camphor in each mattress-case, also a cake of camphor in the corner of the room (on the floor), Now the mattresses are never damp. The camphor will not
temove the mildew, but it will keep the mattress dry I hope this hint will be
useful.
H.
N.
’ Balmoral.
Here is another idea, from Birkdale: Yesterday you spoke of a listener who had-a damp bedroom; this may be of somé help to her A friend of ours, who lives on the West Coast, has an electric light globe. which heats the room. She buys these in Christchurch, just where I don’t know, but any large electrical firm should have them. They cost about £1 each, and use a fair amount of electricity, but my friend only has hers on for about an hour at a time.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 795, 15 October 1954, Page 22
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199Dampness in Bedrooms New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 795, 15 October 1954, Page 22
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