31 December 1831
Spread of the cholera from Sunderland – a far more alarming character than at any former period.
19 November 1853
Death’s dirty tricks – should we have a severe winter, many a hundred old and feeble persons will be cut down.
19 August 1854
The best prescription for cholera - remedies for the disease suggested by newspapers should be ignored.
19 December 1874
Unhealthy dwellings and intemperance – Human beings, like animals, are greatly influenced by the conditions amidst which they exist.
6 September 1900
The outbreak of plague in Glasgow and Govan – one of the most remarkable events of recent years.
22 June 1918
New epidemic. Is it Spanish influenza? Reports from places as wide apart as the West of Ireland and London.
18 May 1929
The work of the Salford venereal diseases clinic – in pre-war times the question of VD was something of a national taboo.
8 December 1952
A ‘tonic for the jaded’ at the public baths - a therapeutic jacuzzi at Victoria Baths, Manchester.
16 May 1957
The fight against polio continues – Minister of health announces increased vaccine production and that registration for vaccination to be extended.
28 June 1976
Battle orders for defeating an invasion of rabies from Europe have been set out by the Ministry of Agriculture. The virus has been found in wildlife only a few miles from the Channel coast.
9 January 1987
TV and cinema Aids campaign launches. Which? puts condoms to the test.
30 August 2018
Why modern medicine is a major threat to public health – most patients will derive no health improvement from medication.
