VD Treatment Must Be Continued.... Accession Number: ARTV02876

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British Second World War poster advertsing to women on the treatment of veneral disease. The poster was issued by the Ministry of Health and Central Council for Health Education in London. The first body which could be called a department of the British government was the Ministry of Health, created in 1919 through the Ministry of Health Act, consolidating under a single authority the medical and public health functions of central government. The co-ordination of local medical services was expanded in connection with emergency and wartime services, from 1935 to 1945, and these developments culminated in the establishment of the NHS (National Health Service) in 1948. The artist M.V.Bennett worked in the Poster and Design Group of the General Division, Ministry of Information, in England during the Second World War.

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Accession Number
ARTV02876
Artist
Maurice V Bennett
Printer
J Weiner Ltd
Publisher
Ministry of Health and the Central Council for Health Education
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: lithograph on paper
Measurement
Sheet: 37 cm x 24.8 cm
Medium
lithograph on paper
Date Made
1943
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated 1946
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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