Stories
- Article
Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
- In pictures
A brief history of contraception
From douches to diaphragms, and condoms to caps, discover the wide range of contraception methods people have used over the centuries.
- Article
Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability
By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.
- Book extract
The science of why things spread
From deadly pandemics to viral tweets, Adam Kucharski explores what makes something contagious.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
'Prevention of disease', Presidential address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Date: 1924Reference: WTI/RST/G/44/2Part of: Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene- Archives and manuscripts
`Prevention of disease in industry', British Medical Journal, 3 April 1937
Date: Apr-1937Reference: PP/HUN/E/3/8Part of: Hunter, Donald (1898-1977)
- Books
- Online
Prevention of disease and inefficiency, with special reference to Indian frontier warfare / by Patrick Hehir.
Hehir, Patrick, Sir, 1859-1937.Date: 1911- Books
Prevention of disease and inefficiency : with special reference to Indian frontier war / by Patrick Hehir.
Hehir, Patrick.Date: 1911- Archives and manuscripts
`Prevention of disease in industry', Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, vol 15, 1937
Date: 1937Reference: PP/HUN/E/3/7Part of: Hunter, Donald (1898-1977)