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Accident prevention ephemera. Box 4.

Accident prevention ephemera. Box 5.

Disability : equipment ephemera. Box 4.

Accident prevention ephemera. Box 3.

Accident prevention ephemera. Box 2.

A finger-wound being attacked by germs represented by German soldiers in World War II. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1940.

A finger marked with a "lost property" sign, as a warning of the danger of looms to textile workers. Gouache painting attributed to John Bonella Third, 1949.

A boy walking with crutches, held in the palm of a hand, representing the responsibility of the motorist to avoid hitting pedestrians. Gouache painting by John Bonella Third, 1949.

An infected hand being raised in salute to a skull, representing the fatal effect of septicaemia. Lithograph after Pat Keely, 1943.

German soldiers in World War II representing germs invading a wound, British soldiers representing white corpuscles resisting and capturing them. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1943.

Eyes cannot be replaced / issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents ; [designed by G.R. Morris].

So you think you're safe at home? / Produced by the Consumer Safety Unit of the DTI with ... the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

Hands off! : how to stop children getting burns from cookers and heaters / written by the Gas and Electricity Consumers' Councils and RoSPA.

Stop accidents : the highway code is every road user's code : that means YOU : honour your code / RoSPA.

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So you think you're safe at home? / Produced by the Consumer Safety Unit of the DTI with ... the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

Hands off! : how to stop children getting burns from cookers and heaters / written by the Gas and Electricity Consumers' Councils and RoSPA.

Stop accidents : the highway code is every road user's code : that means YOU : honour your code / RoSPA.

A finger-wound being attacked by germs represented by German soldiers in World War II. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1940.

An infected hand being raised in salute to a skull, representing the fatal effect of septicaemia. Lithograph after Pat Keely, 1943.