A woman with a venereal disease walks in sunshine past a sequence of markers of the passing months, referring to the danger of delayed treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph after M. Bennett.

  • Bennett, Maurice V., active 1943.
Date:
[1943/1944?]
Reference:
2863738i
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Publication/Creation

[London] : Issued by the Ministry of Health and the Central Council for Health Education : Printed for H.M. Stationery Office, [1943/1944?] ([Place of manufacture not identified] : W.S.C. Ltd.)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in black, red, yellow and blue ; sheet 37.4 x 25.2 cm

Lettering

VD. Venereal diseases. Delay is dangerous! Free advice is available. Venereal diseases can be cured. Early treatment is essential. Confidential information and advice about venereal diseases and their treatment can be obtained free from the local Health Department or from the Medical Adviser, Central Council for Health Education, Tavistock House, Tavistock Sq., London W.C.1. Treatment is free and confidential. Maurice V. Bennett Bears number (after printer's name): 51-3190

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2863738i

Notes

Similar to, and presumably part of the same campaign, as posters by Reginald Mount such as Wellcome Library no. 22647i

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