Rat catching is part of the routine activities of the port authorities
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Spooner, photographer
- Language(s):
- English French
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Health Personnel Public Health World Health Organization
- Abstract:
- A Medical Officer is holding an open weave bag containing "suspected rats." He is wearing coveralls and a heavy, thick leather glove on the hand holding the rats. Verso: WHO/10007. England-Public Health. Guardian angels of the citizen. World Health publishes a photo essay showing the work that goes on behind the scenes to protect the public's health. Many people do not even know of the exostence of the public health officer but benefit at every turn from his activites. This photo essay shows Professor Andrew Semple, Medical officer of Health of Liverpool, the lender of a tam of physicians, inspectors and laboratory workers who, 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, watch over the health of Liverpool's 750,000 inhabitants. Plague may disembark with rates carrying infected fleas. Rat catching is part of the routine activites of the port authorities.
- Copyright:
- WHO must be mentioned in accompanying text and/or given credit. This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
- Copyright Holder:
- World Health Organization; Source: Record; Research date: 20151214
- Extent:
- 1 photoprint.
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101437265 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A013984
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437265