Industry Helps To Fight The Flu: Factory Workers Cooperate In Large-Scale Test Of New Vaccines: 15,000 volunteers are now taking part in "Influenza Trials" organized in factories all over the country by the Medical Research Council and the Ministry of Health A proportion of the "guinea-pigs" are from hospitals and universities. Two vaccines are being used a longside each other - one developed from trials last Winter, and the other similar to that available for several years. Comparative records of the two vaccines will be kept by factory medical officers for a period of three months. Industry rates very highly 11 attempts to overcome the losses it always has with bouts of influenza. If a positive vaccine could be produce, it would be worth millions of pounds in soved time and increased production. This picture, one of an exclusive series, shows the vaccine being tried at a well-known form of biscuit manufacturers. The biscuit factory's Medical Officer injects a volunteer with the new vaccine while his nurse films the hypodermie ready for the next "guinea-pig".
Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.
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