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Public warning. Be it known to all men that, according to medical opinion, a further outbreak of the influenza epidemic may occur in the next few months ... the public is hereby warned not to jeopardise their individual lives by acquiescing in the demands of the Prohibitionists to prevent the use of alcoholic stimulants, either in health or disease. NZ Times Print [1919]
- Date
- 1919
- By
- New Zealand Times Company Ltd
- Reference
- Eph-C-ALCOHOL-Continuance-1919-01
- Description
Poster argues that alcoholic stimulants are the most useful remedy in the primary stages of the influenza outbreak, and warns the public about the efforts of Prohibitionists to ban alcohol. Quotes Dr T H A Valentine [Valintine], Chief Health officer and Inspector-General of Hospitals, who stated, in the Epidemic Commission evidence, 11 March 1919, that: "From what I have seen during the epidemic, I am convinced that it is necessary that alcohol should be available for the people".
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) on poster..
Physical Description: Letterpress, 313 x 507 mm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Scanned from original
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Ephemera of around A3 size relating the Continuance campaigns to ensure the continuation of alcohol and liquor sales in New Zealand1900-1939]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s) on poster., Ephemera, Letterpress works, Posters, Letterpress, 313 x 507 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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New Zealand Times Company Ltd. Public warning. Be it known to all men that, according to medical opinion, a further outbreak of the influenza epidemic may occur in the next few months ... the public is hereby warned not to jeopardise their individual lives by acquiescing in the demands of the Prohibitionists to prevent the use of alcoholic stimulants, either in health or disease. NZ Times Print [1919]. [Ephemera of around A3 size relating the Continuance campaigns to ensure the continuation of alcohol and liquor sales in New Zealand1900-1939]. Ref: Eph-C-ALCOHOL-Continuance-1919-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23128362More information can be found in our terms of use.