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9 results found for '"Disease control"' in Keywords.
Smallpox outbreak in Birmingham (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on an outbreak of smallpox at a medical laboratory in Birmingham where anatomical photographer Janet Parker has caught the disease. The WHO’s Dr Ian Carter is flying in to investigate and some...
Smallpox in Birmingham (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male speaker (poss. James McGee of the World Health Organisation (WHO)) on the control of an outbreak of smallpox from a laboratory in Birmingham and the WHO’s role in the...
Smallpox quarantine for would-be bride (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Kathy Hyde tells of how she will be spending today in quarantine rather than getting married after being in contact with smallpox. There has been an outbreak from a laboratory in Birmingham. Male interviewer...
Birmingham smallpox outbreak (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with (Chief Medical Officer Sir Henry Yellowlees?) on the outbreak of smallpox from a laboratory in Birmingham which was due to close soon and on reducing stocks of the virus held in light of the...
Smallpox and typhoid outbreaks (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Interviews on risks of contracting infectious disease following the outbreak of smallpox in Birmingham from a laboratory, Lassa fever (from West Africa) and typhoid aboard Russian cruise ship Litva. With...
Cruise ship Litva typhoid outbreak (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Spokesman for CTC liners Michael Paul on an outbreak of typhoid on the Russian-run cruise ship Litva. The ship will return to Tilbury shortly with thirty passengers choosing to fly home. Male interviewer not...
Hayes on Sunday (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Talk show
Brian Hayes revisits the week’s shows and interviews with guests: Dr Bernard Dixon from the New Scientist on the lessons to be learned from the Birmingham smallpox outbreak. William Maxwell, new boss of...
Outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a doctor on the outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Staffordshire. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
Typhoid sufferers escape immigration officials (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the escape of three Bangladeshi men with typhoid from North London hospitals to evade the clutches of immigration officials. Comment from Pat Nair, consultant in communicable disease at Luton and...