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Mosquitos Carrying Dengue Fever. As Dangerous As An Enemy Bomber

Mosquitos Carrying Dengue Fever. As Dangerous As An Enemy Bomber

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Mosquitos Carrying Dengue Fever. As Dangerous As An Enemy Bomber , c1943.
Colour and process lithograph, 49 x 37.2cm. Repaired minor tears and missing portions, slight foxing. Linen-backed.
Text includes "Can cripple an army, disorganise a community. This mosquito breeds in and around houses, therefore control measures are simple. It breeds in: rainwater tanks, discarded rubber tyres, old tins and bottles about the yard...Issued by the NSW Dept. of Public Health." This poster is mentioned in a local Cairns newspaper article titled "Dengue Menace." Ref: Cairns Post, 8.2.1943.
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