2 OCTOBER 1926, Page 15

GAS AND HEALTH

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Lady Simon can put out of her mind any fear as to baking meat—or any other food—by gas being unwholesome. The question was investigated carefully and answered in the negative by the Lancet as far back as 1907. When meat is put into the gas oven, which is always pre-heated, the heat closes the pores. No absorption of surrounding vapour takes place. Housewives and their servants can save themselves the dirt and inconvenience of a range burning raw coal—and defiling the atmosphere of the neighbourhood—while feeling certain that the food they send to table has been cooked in a thoroughly wholesome way.—I am, Sir, arc.,

J. C. WALKER, Secretary. B.C.S.A., 28 Grosvenor Gardens, Victoria, S.W. 1.