Tuberculosis
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Cures for TB in Wales.
Memories and archive showing measures employed early in the twentieth century to both cure and prevent the spread of TB in Wales. Includes mention of the use of isolation hospitals. TB was a big killer in Wales until the middle part of the twentieth century.
From:
People's History of Wales Kill or Cure
First broadcast
:
07 March 1996
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 11-14,14-16
Subject : History
Topic : Modern Wales and Britain
Keywords : Health and medicine, Tuberculosis, TB, Disease,
Notes : Can use clip to compare treatments for various common diseases before 1947 with after 1947 - look at TB, whooping cough and other illnesses. What difference did the NHS make?
