Title

Public Health Poster on Flies

Caption

When a fly wipes his feet on your food, he’s spreading disease!War Department, U.S. Government Printing Office, United States, 1944 During the war, anti-fly health campaigns linked the insects to outbreaks of dysentery and other infectious diseases. The caption below reads: ìNever give a germ a break

Date

1944

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP18A29_297

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,0Mb (1,8Mb) / 12,9in x 18,1in / 3861 x 5431 (300dpi)

Keywords

Colour Poster fly flies disease Food Contamination War Department U.S. Government Printing Office United States war World War Two Second World War World War II WWII anti-fly health campaign Health dysentery Infectious diseases germ germs 20th Century