Identity area
Reference code
CPC/1/H/12
Title
This man is suffering from cholera
Date(s)
- nd [1947] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 piece
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
AC 207
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Diagram of how a person catches cholera. First another cholera patients excrement gets eaten by flies, used as nightsoil or comes into contact with another person. This can then infect further individuals through unboiled water, uncooked vegetables, shellfish, or unhygenic ice cream. Handwritten inscription on poster by John S Willis, in Hong Kong, April 1947. Willis has translated the Chinese into English.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access is subject to signing the Regulations for Access form, unless the records are restricted under the Data Protection Act 2018 or under exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- Chinese
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
455mm x605mm