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A couple demonstrating the use of a Morrison shelter. Used in the UK during WWII, half a million had been distributed by the end of 1941. In an examination of 44 severely damaged homes 120 out of 136 occupants escaped without serious injury. The Morrison shelter, officially termed Table (Morrison) Indoor Shelter, had a cage-like construction beneath it.  It was designed by John Baker and named after Herbert Morrison, the Minister of Home Security at the time. It was the result of the realisation that due to the lack of house cellars it was necessary to develop an effective type of indoor shelter. The shelters came in assembly kits, to be bolted together inside the home. They were approximately 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) long, 4 feet (1.2 m) wide and 2 feet 6 inches (0.76 m) high, had a solid 1⁄8 inch (3.2 mm) steel plate "table" top, welded wire mesh sides, and a metal lath "mattress"-type floor. Altogether it had 359 parts and had three tools supplied with the pack.