Hints for the busy housewife
1939-05 1939 1930s 50 pages : illustrations HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE within the reach of the average housewife. An electric fan, placed in the larder and set to work, also assists in keeping the air cooler, besides helping to keep away the flies. HOUSEHOLD PESTS The Health and Cleanliness Counci...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : Health & Cleanliness Council
May 1939
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| Summary: | 1939-05
1939
1930s
50 pages : illustrations
HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE within the reach of the average housewife. An electric fan, placed in the larder and set to work, also assists in keeping the air cooler, besides helping to keep away the flies. HOUSEHOLD PESTS The Health and Cleanliness Council issue special leaflets dealing with the extermination of vermin. Copies will be forwarded on application. SECTION II WASHING AT HOME FIGHT Dirt to Fight Disease. — Of equal importance with thorough cleansing of the home, is the provision of clean clothing and clean household linen. The regular weekly washing of clothes is, therefore, a feature of household routine that must not be neglected. Clothes are always picking up germs and impurities, which must be removed by plenty of hot water and soap. Some housewives prefer to send their clothes to the laundry, others to wash them at home. Whichever plan is followed, it is necessary to see that they are carefully washed, so that all impurities are removed from them. Orderly methods in home laundry will make the work easier. Much labour and energy can be saved by carefully planned arrangement of laundry equipment so that the various processes are carried out side by side. By devoting a little thought and care to this matter, the housewife can do much to meet the limitations which circumstances may impose upon her. For it is recognized, in this section on method in home laundry, that in the majority of homes the equip- Page Seventeen
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