1941 | United Kingdom | Documentary

Defeat diphtheria, Pt. 2 of 2

  • English 4 mins
  • Director | Bladon Peake
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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An expert lectures to a room of students about a successful immunisation programme in Canada. Both cases and deaths decreased dramatically as a result of the programme, with no deaths at all since 1930. The narrator says that a similar programme has begun in Britain. A laboratory produces the toxoid, packages it and sends it to local health authorities. A doctor is shown giving the injection in his surgery. A large group of children is shown waiting for their vaccine at a school. A young girl is injected and smiles. The narrator stresses that the parents need to help and cooperate to protect their child. A mother talks to a GP and looks at a consent form. Children are seen eating together at school, and the narrator says that diphtheria can be stamped out by prompt action.

Immunisation Health Children Education Medical
Film Organizations
Wellcome Trust
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