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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1974

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BEWARE OF UNVENTILATED HEATED BATHROOMS

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE VENTILATION IN BATHROOMS WHERE GAS WATER HEATERS ARE USED.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WARNED IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO BATHE IN UNVENTILATED BATHROOMS HEATED BY GAS, AND POINTED OUT THAT THREE PEOPLE HAD DIED AND TE OTHERS INJURED EARLIER THIS YEAR AS A RESULT OF DATHING IN POORLY OR UNVENTILATED BATHROOMS.

+WHETHER THE CASUALTIES WERE OVERCOME BY GAS LEAKING FROM A DEFECTIVE APPLIANCE OR THROUGH LACK OF OXYGEN, THE DEATHS AND INJURIES WOULD MOST PROBABLY NOT HAVE OCCURRED HAD THERE BEEN PROPER VENTILATION, HE SAID.

WITH THE ADVENT OF COOLER WEATHER, THE PUBLIC WOULD BE WELL ADVISED TO TAKE EVERY PRECAUTION, HE STRESSED,

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THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT SIMILAR WARNINGS HAD BEEN ISSUED IN THE PAST BUT DEATHS AND INJURIES STILL OCCURRED, OFTEN IN CUBLICLES WHERE HOT WATER INSTALLATIONS HAD BEEN INSTALLED. SOME CASES, HE ADDED, NO PROVISION HAD DEEN MADE FOR VENTILATION SUCH AS DOOR LOUVERS OR OPEN AIR VENTILATION WHEN THE HEATERS WERE

INSTALLED.

THE SPOKESMAN, ADVISED MEMBERS OF THE PUCLIC TO AVOID USING SUCH PLACES AS THEY WERE RISKY. +PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY WEED PRIVACY WHILE BATHING, BUT VENTILATION WHICH IN NO WAY AFFECTS PRIVACY CAN EASILY BE PROVIDED,+ HE SAID.

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