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Dealing with the dead after a nuclear attack

Cold War-era predictions of death on a vast scale became routine. But the British authorities were less prepared to dispose of the bodies.

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Eugenics and the welfare state

Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.

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Do good mothers make good democracy?

To be psychologically fit for democracy, one distinguished paediatrician argued that you need a ‘good enough mother’ – and that we must acknowledge the bad side of our feelings.

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Two health centres, two ideologies

Two futuristic, light-filled buildings aimed to bring forward-looking healthcare to city dwellers. But the principles behind each were very different.

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  • Cancer : [bookmark] / issued by the Central Council for Health Education.
  • In work or play fitness wins : use your swimming baths, playing fields and recreation grounds / National Fitness Council.
  • In work or play fitness wins : what do you do to keep fit? : Use your swimming baths, playing fields and recreation grounds ... / National Fitness Council.
  • In work or play fitness wins : what do you do to keep fit? : Use your swimming baths, playing fields and recreation grounds ... / National Fitness Council.
  • A woman coughing or sneezing without a handkerchief in an office with three other office workers. Lithograph after H.M. Bateman.
  • A boy casting the shadow of an adult, referring to the danger of inherited venereal disease. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount.
  • Photograph of a man sneezing and lettering urging the use of the handkerchief to prevent the spread of coughs and colds. Colour lithograph.
  • A man coughing in a cinema. Lithograph after H.M. Bateman.
  • A man in a canteen queue, coughing or sneezing over food to the disapproval of those around him. Lithograph after H.M. Bateman.
  • Healthy practices for those using air-raid shelters. Colour lithograph.
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