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

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[between 1900 and 1999]
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24437i
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Lettering urging the use of the handkerchief to prevent the spread of coughs and colds. Colour lithograph. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[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.)

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

Lettering

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

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Wellcome Collection 24437i

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