Biomaterial Database

British anti-vaccination propaganda. 1974

V D Vandervelde

In April 1972, "Postal History International" published an article of mine concerning anti-vaccination caricature envelopes, which has led to some correspondence with readers and the discovery of several related items. It seems appropriate, therefore, to summarise the information in these pages, in the hope that this may bring forth knowledgeable comment from others. Details of any foreign propaganda of this sort would be particularly welcome. Meanwhile, this articles summarises what is known of the Society responsible for at least some of the British envelopes, and fills in a little of the historical background. The assistance of Mr. Ritchie Bodily is gratefully acknowledged, while the historical information was culled from the Newspaper Library of the British Museum at Colindale. Certain errors in the initial article can now be corrected, notably as to the name and location of the "persecuted man of Truth".

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011177	Postal Service	The functions and activities carried out by the U.S. Postal Service, foreign postal services, and private postal services such as Federal Express.	Mail,Mail Distribution,Mail-Order,Service, Postal,Distribution, Mail,Distributions, Mail,Mail Distributions,Mail Order,Mail-Orders,Mails,Postal Services,Services, Postal
D011406	Propaganda	The deliberate attempt to influence attitudes and beliefs for furthering one's cause or damaging an opponent's cause.
D011634	Public Health	Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.	Community Health,Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health,Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health,Health, Community,Health, Public
D011639	Public Opinion	The attitude of a significant portion of a population toward any given proposition, based upon a measurable amount of factual evidence, and involving some degree of reflection, analysis, and reasoning.	Interest Groups,Pro-Choice Groups,Public Opinion Polls,Group, Interest,Group, Pro-Choice,Groups, Interest,Groups, Pro-Choice,Interest Group,Opinion Poll, Public,Opinion Polls, Public,Opinion, Public,Poll, Public Opinion,Polls, Public Opinion,Pro Choice Groups,Pro-Choice Group,Public Opinion Poll
D011640	Public Policy	A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions.	Social Policy,Affirmative Action,Migration Policy,Population Policy,Social Protection,Action, Affirmative,Migration Policies,Policies, Migration,Policies, Population,Policies, Public,Policies, Social,Policy, Migration,Policy, Population,Policy, Public,Policy, Social,Population Policies,Protection, Social,Public Policies,Social Policies
D002325	Caricatures as Topic	Works about portraying in a critical or facetious way a real individual or group, or a figure representing a social, political, ethnic, or racial type. (Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing, 2d ed)	Caricature as Topic,Caricature as Topics,Caricatures as Topics
D002359	Cartoons as Topic	Works about images used to comment on such things as contemporary events, social habits, or political trends; usually executed in a broad or abbreviated manner.	Cartoon as Topic,Cartoon as Topics,Cartoons as Topics
D006078	Government Programs	Programs and activities sponsored or administered by local, state, or national governments.	Government-Sponsored Programs,Government Sponsored Programs,Government Program,Government Sponsored Program,Government-Sponsored Program,Program, Government,Program, Government Sponsored,Program, Government-Sponsored,Programs, Government,Programs, Government Sponsored,Programs, Government-Sponsored
D006113	United Kingdom	Country in northwestern Europe including Great Britain and the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland, located between the North Sea and north Atlantic Ocean. The capital is London.	Great Britain,Isle of Man
D014611	Vaccination	Administration of vaccines to stimulate the host's immune response. This includes any preparation intended for active immunological prophylaxis.	Immunization, Active,Active Immunization,Active Immunizations,Immunizations, Active,Vaccinations