Prevention Collection

WW2 - Home Front - Woman in her Gas Mask. Date: circa 1941

Worshipping the God of Smallpox, India
Under the Hindu faith, if you want protection against getting smallpox, pray to Shitala, the Goddess of Smallpox

Fire Safety Hop Pickers
Notice to Hop-pickers giving advice as to fire prevention and what to do in case of a fire. Issued by Fire Offices Committee Fire Protection Association

National Fire Prevention Campaign, Brixton, London
National Fire Prevention Campaign, London -- Station Officer Albert Benjamin of Clapham Fire Station talking to children in Sommerleyton Road, Brixton, South London. Date: circa 1960s

Cartoon - Swallowing a yarn
A little blackbird fails to consume a length of twine: " I can t swallow that yarn." Date: circa 1915

Road Safety Week poster
No accident, please - a bold and jolly poster promoting National Road Safety Week. Date: c.1960

Straw Jack Labour Socialist Socialism Politics
straw, jack, labour, socialist, socialism, politics, political, british, john, whitaker, 1946, party, mp, member, parliament, government, cabinet, minister, politician, thames, barrier, london

Cartoon, Vulcans Best Customer (Peace)
Cartoon, Vulcans Best Customer -- the angel of Peace asks the blacksmith Vulcan if hes very busy. A list of weapons to be produced is written up on the wall on the right

Advert for Milton against influenza 1918
Advertisement for Milton sterilising fluid, recommended for preventing and relieving influenza at a time when Spanish flu was rapidly spreading across the world. 1918

Scenes of destruction in London after Hyde Park riots
Scene of destruction at Marble Arch (left)

Seeking to arrest the dread disease: ridding the infected district of creatures likely to carry plague-microbes

WW2 Poster -- Typhus, How Is It Spread?
Information poster on typhus and how it is spread. Colour lithograph, British Army anti-typhus medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper

Poster, Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases, WW2
Ministry of Health poster, Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases -- trap the germs in your handkerchief. Help to keep the nation fighting fit. Date: 1940s

Bridge across the River Indus at Attock, Pakistan
Fortified Northwestern Railway Bridge across the River Indus built in 1880 at Attock (formerly Campbellpur), a city located in the northern border of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Date: circa 1910s

Cholera Poster, prevention of Cholera, remedies recommended by Government from the anti-Cholera tincture depot

Marshalls Petal Dust Moth Preventer -- keep your furs and clothes free from ravage. circa 1910s

Hint to the Ministry of Health by Heath Robinson
A new fresh air bedroom for the prevention of flu

Met Police Commissioner, Operation Bumblebee
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Condon (now Baron Condon, b 1947), giving a talk about Operation Bumblebee, a campaign for burglary prevention launched in 1993. Date: circa 1993

Pinewood Sanatorium, Wokingham, Berkshire
Aerial view of the Pinewood Sanatorium at Bagshot Sands, near Wokingham, Berkshire

A Four-man British Shooting Party - note the specialist jackets worn by the two gentleman at the front, both with padded shoulder protection to prevent injury from the rifle recoil. Date: 1930s

The Safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways
Automatic devices for preventing accidents: the safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways. How the element of danger from human error or illness is eliminated by mechanical means

Dental advert, Pure Vegetable Cement
Dental advert, James Penneys Pure Vegetable Cement, for stopping tender teeth. 1874

Advertisement, The General Dual 8 Tire
Advertisement, The General Dual 8 Blowout-Proof Tire (Tyre), the biggest advance in skid prevention in 25 years - let the smile of safety replace the frown of fear when it rains. 1935

The Empire Cookery Book - Advert for Holophane Lampshades. Date: 1920s

WW1 - Belgians destroy railways to hamper German advance
WW1 - Belgians destroy the railway between Landen and St. Trond to hamper German advance Date: 1914

Plimsoll line stops coffin ships, 1873
Comment in Punch magazine on the lifesaving introduction of the Plimsoll line. Overcrowded coffin ships are portrayed literally in the background as floating coffins with masts and rigging. Date: 1873

Fire safety in the kitchen -- a burning frying pan

Fire safety at bedtime -- a staged photograph for a Safe at Night fire prevention scheme, 28 February 1969. This family have been woken by a smell of smoke

German prisoners line up to be vaccinated, WW1
Captured German soldiers during the Battle of Menin Road wait by a tent to be vaccinated Date: 1917

Display of exhibits about the London Fire Brigade, March 1955, with photographs, helmets and a model firefighting appliance. Date: 1955

Fire prevention officer checking safety curtain
A fire prevention officer checking the time it takes for a safety curtain to come down on a theatre stage. It should not take longer than 30 seconds

Fire prevention officer checking skylight release
A fire prevention officer checking the quick release mechanism for opening a stage skylight

Fire prevention training for student nurses
Fire prevention training for a class of student nurses. A sub-officer of the fire prevention branch demonstrates the operation of a carbon dioxide extinguisher

Student nurses practising three handed lift
Student nurses practising a three handed lift, supervised by a sub-officer of the fire prevention branch

Two firefighters, Fire Prevention Hints
Two firefighters on the front cover of a booklet entitled, Fire Prevention Hints, published by London County Council and the London Fire Brigade

Suit to prevent pilot blackout by G. H. Davis
Beating the fighter pilots problem: a suit to prevent blackout. Details of the American Berger G2 suit, designed to keep pilots conscious in high-speed air battles during the Second World War

Fire fighting on the Home Front by G. H. Davis
Fire fighting on the Home Front during the Second World War. Fighting the incendiary bomb menace in office buildings (left) and in residential districts (right). Date: 1941

Measures for foiling troop carriers by G. H. Davis
Meeting the threat of airborne invasion in Britain during the Second World War: suggested measures for foiling German troop carriers

RAF fire-fighting equipment by G. H. Davis
Fire-fighting in aircraft: the RAFs new automatic equipment. An aviation danger overcome: the Graviner system of preventing fire when an aircraft crashes. Date: 1939

Landing aircraft in fog by G. H. Davis
The dot and dash radio beam system of landing aircraft in fog: a method which prevented many accidents during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Plan of 18th centurary Mons, Belgium
A detailed engraving of 18th centurary Mons in Belgium, indicating how it used its system of locks to keep the city from flooding. Date: 1780

Eastern Russia - Transbaikalia - Tsam ceremony
Eastern Russia - Transbaikalia - Buddhist Tsam ceremony amongst the Buryat People to exorcise evil which consisted of a series of masked dances and often had a narrative content

Crime Prevention / 1930
" Defending the home" : a rather elegant woman with a gun, prepared for any eventuality.. Date: 1930

LCC-LFB - Safety in the home, fire prevention campaign
A photograph from the Brigades fire prevention campaign. The hazards of drying cloths and teatowels over a lit gas cooker are highlighted, showing how this could lead to fires

LCC-LFB - A lowered theatre safety curtain
A safety curtain is a fire safety precaution used in large proscenium arch theatres. It is usually a heavy fibreglass or iron curtain located immediately behind the proscenium arch

LCC-LFB Fire investigation, prevention after a fire
An electrical board was the primary cause of a fire in a branch of Barclays Bank in Gracechurch Street, City of London

Protect her from tuberculosis Consultation of your doctor or clinic means prevention. Poster promoting regular medical checkups for prevention of tuberculosis, showing woman holding a flower

Strikers obstructing transport during London Dock Strike

Poster: Fight the Moth. Its the moth grub that does the damage. Advice on how to protect your clothes from moth damage. 20th century

Metropolitan Police crime prevention photograph
A Metropolitan Police crime prevention photograph, showing a man who has just succeeded in stealing a womans handbag or purse. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1950s

Metropolitan Police group photograph at exhibition
Group photograph of Metropolitan Police officers, male and female, posing with a police car on an exhibition stand. A banner bears the words: Beat crime -- join us. Date: circa 1970s

Stolen property display, Operation Bumblebee
A display of stolen property, forming part of Operation Bumblebee, a campaign for burglary prevention launched in 1993

Woman on telephone reporting something suspicious
A woman seen through the front window of her house, speaking on the telephone to report something suspicious, possibly an attempted burglary

Kettle holder maker - West End, London
Lady who makes kettle holders in the West End. These holders were small round pieces of thick cloth used to hold over a metal kettle handle to prevent burning ones fingers! Date: 1908

Group photo, Dr Berrys Serbian Mission
A group photograph of Austrian prisoners and their nurses at Dr James Berrys Serbian Mission, a Red Cross Unit in Serbia during the First World War

German poster, accident prevention at work
German poster about accident prevention at work, showing a smiling workman in blue overalls, holding a hammer. 20th century

RSPCA prize-giving by Princess Louise
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll

Poster, Green Vegetables Keep You Well
Wartime poster, Green Vegetables Keep You Well. Prevention is better than cure. 1940s

Main entrance, Pinewood Sanatorium, Wokingham
View of the main entrance of Pinewood Sanatorium at Bagshot Sands, near Wokingham, Berkshire

Training a police dog
A Police Dog and handler at Twickenham Rugby Stadium. The dog is being trained to sniff out suspicious packages that could have been planted under the seats in the South Stand (now re-developed)

Hancocks Acquatic Dress - a basin-type device for walking across deep rivers

River Thames Flood Prevention Scheme, 1926
Illustration showing a flood prevention scheme for the River Thames, from Oxford to Teddington, proposed by the Thames Conservancy c.1926

Prevention of Scurvy
Serving lime juice to prevent scurvy during Alert Artic expedition

Hodge Steam Fire-Engine
The Hodge Steam fire-engine. The first recorded attempt at fire prevention in New York City was in 1659, and this locomotive-style engine is the first native-built engine

Sickness / Laying of Straw
Straw is laid outside a sick persons house

Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist. Best known for his scientific breakthroughs in the causes and prevention of diseases

Vaccination party in Philadelphia, USA
Fashionable Philadelphians are vaccinated at a party

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