WW2 Baby & Infant Gas Mask

6/18/2019

The gas mask made especially for babies and infants up to the age of two was developed in 1938. It covered the majority of the child and required someone to use the manual pump on the side to activate the filter. Sometimes called a 'baby helmet', the lower canvas section that tied around the child was rubberised to prevent poison gas seeping into the interior. Various bodies demonstrated the use of this gas mask to ensure parents knew exactly how to use the gas mask in an emergency. Also manufactured was a gas-proof pram.

British Pathé also made a short film about the gas masks.

Nurses in gas-masks carry children inside the baby/toddler gas-mask

2 Comments

STUART MARTIN NAGLER

8/31/2020 16:03:18

Was there asbestos in the anti-gas protection for babies and young children-leaflet LBY CD 332 July 1939 ?

Dr Iain Maoileoin link

11/5/2022 09:57:33

Almost all of the gas masks had an asbestos content. When kids were required to wear them in school - they were breathing in asbestos. Some writers claim that there was a significant long-term effects from the asbestos. Check out https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1009064/
and
https://allium.uk.net/wwii-gas-mask-with-asbestos-filter-in-schools/

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