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A Ministry of Information announcement from 1940 on the need for careful hygiene.

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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