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Flies as carriers of disease

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  • A full dustbin with the lid lifted off; representing the danger of food poisoning through flies and bins. Colour lithograph, ca. 1964.
  • Diseases spread by the house fly. Colour lithograph by L.H. Wilder for the U.S. Public Health Service, 1912/1922.
  • A fly; representing the danger of food poisoning through flies. Colour lithograph, 196-.
  • A fly on a grid, representing the danger of food poisoning through flies. Colour lithograph, ca. 1964.
  • Unhygienic practices which lead to death from cholera. Colour lithograph by S. Pogorelskii, 192-.
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    A fleet of flies dropping bombs on the Chinese people, causing mayhem and confusion. Colour lithograph, 1952 (?).

    | Date: [1952?] | Reference: 766955i
    Part of: Guangdong people's government hygiene regulations.
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    Hygiene measures to be taken in China against fly-borne diseases. Colour photographs, ca. 1955.

    | Date: [1955?] | Reference: 656834i
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    A fly; representing the danger of food poisoning through flies. Colour lithograph, 196-.

    | Date: 1960-1969 | Reference: 576186i
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    The house fly Musca domestica, Linnæus : a study of its structure, development, bionomics and economy / by C. Gordon Hewitt.

    Hewitt, C. Gordon (Charles Gordon), 1885-1920. | Date: 1910
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    Diseases spread by the house fly. Colour lithograph by L.H. Wilder for the U.S. Public Health Service, 1912/1922.

    Wilder, L. H. | Date: [1912/1922] | Reference: 562398i
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