How to keep well in wartime
1943 1943 1940s 28 pages : illustrations Foreword by the Minister of Health DURING three years of total war the nation's stubborn good health has been invaluable to our war effort. Even so, as a nation we are still losing about 22 million weeks' work each year through common and of...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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London : His Majesty's Stationery Office
1943
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/1FA5A380-F7CA-4648-93F0-480BE167D923 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/1169F096-D9FF-4BA2-BF77-E6C15920D981 |
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1943
1940s
28 pages : illustrations
Foreword by the Minister of Health DURING three years of total war the nation's stubborn good health has been invaluable to our war effort. Even so, as a nation we are still losing about 22 million weeks' work each year through common and often preventable illnesses such as colds and influenza, dyspepsia, biliousness, neurasthenia, rheumatism, boils and other septic conditions. This is calculated to be equivalent to the loss of 24,000 tanks, 6,750 bombers, and 6,750,000 rifles a year, not to mention the pain and inconvenience we suffer as individuals. We cannot expect, whatever we do, to wipe out this loss completely, but we can all do something to reduce it. And now that we are at the turning point of the war it is more than ever important that we should do everything we can to keep fit — fit to hasten victory and to tackle the tasks that lie beyond. But to maintain vigorous health calls for conscious effort from each one of us. In this little book Dr. Clegg has set out the simple safeguards, the common sense rules, and the good habits which we can make part and parcel of our daily lives. By doing so we shall both help ourselves to health and help to keep the nation fighting fit. Ernest Brown
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