Spons' Household Manual by E. & F. N. Spon
3. As a means for the prevention of accidents, especially where there
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are women and children, the provision of a fire-guard is urgently
recommended. These are now made at such a reasonable price that it is
incumbent upon even the poorest to obtain them.
It may be added that Merryweather’s system of periodical visitation
by a staff of fire inspectors is now extensively adopted by the
nobility and gentry.
For the various methods of rendering wood, clothes, &c., fire-proof,
the reader is referred to ‘Workshop Receipts,’ Second Series, pp.
289-300.
SUPPLEMENTARY LITERATURE.
Ernest Turner: ‘Hints to Househunters and Householders.’ London,
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