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A full dustbin with the lid lifted off; representing the danger of food poisoning through flies and bins. Colour lithograph, ca. 1964.

Diseases spread by the house fly. Colour lithograph by L.H. Wilder for the U.S. Public Health Service, 1912/1922.

A fly; representing the danger of food poisoning through flies. Colour lithograph, 196-.

A fly on a grid, representing the danger of food poisoning through flies. Colour lithograph, ca. 1964.

Unhygienic practices which lead to death from cholera. Colour lithograph by S. Pogorelskii, 192-.

A baby sleeping with a fly on the teat of its milk bottle; a man setting up an Aeroxon trap to catch flies. Colour lithograph, 19--.

A fleet of flies dropping bombs on the Chinese people, causing mayhem and confusion. Colour lithograph, 1952 (?).

Hygiene measures to be taken in China against fly-borne diseases. Colour photographs, ca. 1955.

The house fly Musca domestica, Linnæus : a study of its structure, development, bionomics and economy / by C. Gordon Hewitt.

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A fleet of flies dropping bombs on the Chinese people, causing mayhem and confusion. Colour lithograph, 1952 (?).

Hygiene measures to be taken in China against fly-borne diseases. Colour photographs, ca. 1955.

A fly; representing the danger of food poisoning through flies. Colour lithograph, 196-.

The house fly Musca domestica, Linnæus : a study of its structure, development, bionomics and economy / by C. Gordon Hewitt.

Diseases spread by the house fly. Colour lithograph by L.H. Wilder for the U.S. Public Health Service, 1912/1922.