Lettering urging the use of the handkerchief to prevent the spread of coughs and colds. Colour lithograph.

[London] (Issued by the Ministry of Health) : Issued by the Ministry of Health : Printed for H.M. Stationery Office : Central Council for Health Education, [between 1900 and 1999] (London E.C.3 : Wm. Brown & Co., Ltd.)

1 print : lithograph, printed in two shades of brown ; sheet 37.7 x 25.2 cm

How much does a cold cost? Last year the common cold and 'flu cost the country 40 million days' work. Don't be careless - keep the cold to yourself. Coughs and sneezes spread diseases. Trap the germs in your handkerchief. Bears number (after printer's name) : 51-4254 Bears device of the Ministry of Health, the Central Council for Health Education

Wellcome Collection 24437i