V.D. - This is Your Business

whole: the main image is positioned in the left quarter, with several other smaller images placed over the remainder. The title is integrated and located in the upper left, in white and in black. The text occupies the remainder, also in black and in white. All set against a white background. image: a full-length depiction of a male civilian who leans backwards, away from an oversized hand that points at his face. The other images are depictions of civilians, including illustrations of the symptoms of syphilis. text: V.D. THIS IS YOUR BUSINESS Because Illness today costs Canada tens of millions of working days and more than a hundred million dollars in income a year. Two of the greatest menaces to workers' health are the venereal diseases - GONORRHEA and SYPHILIS. VENEREAL DISEASE [24½ symbols] CANCER [11 symbols] TUBERCULOSIS [5 symbols] SCARLET FEVER [3 symbols] MENINGITIS [1 symbol] TYPHOID FEVER [half a symbol] DIPHTHERIA [quarter of a symbol] [symbol] Each symbol represents 60 cases VD IN A REPRESENTATIVE CANADIAN CITY NEW CASES REPORTED IN 1941 YOU'LL KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE GONORRHEA Because it strikes painfully BUT ... It can be cured IF YOU SEE A DOCTOR AT ONCE FOLLOW THE PRESCRIBED TREATMENT AVOID FAKERS AND 'CURE-ALLS' MORE THAN 300,000 MEN AND WOMEN IN CANADA HAVE SYPHILIS TODAY And TWO OUT OF THREE DON'T KNOW IT! BUT YOU WON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE SYPHILIS It may pose as... HEADACHE... RASH... FLU... SORES... SORE THROAT... But most often there are NO OUTWARD SIGNS HOW CAN I TELL IF I HAVE IT?? THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY... HAVE A BLOOD TEST IMMEDIATELY Where? ALL PROVINCES GIVE FREE TESTS IN CLINICS. MANY PLANTS GIVE TESTS, OR ... SEE YOUR OWN DOCTOR TO EMPLOYERS Emphasize the importance of blood tests and regular treatment. Arrange lectures and film showings. Don't fire a worker because you think he has VD. The disease can't be transmitted by casual contact. Distribute VD literature in your plant. TO WORKERS Don't believe gossip and rumour about VD 'VD CAN'T BE CURED.' YOU CAN TELL IF A PERSON HAS IT.' 'VD CAN BE CURED IN A DAY.' 'GONORRHEA IS NO WORSE THAN A COLD.' You can keep right on working at your job - if you take treatment. The tests are absolutely confidential Don't take chances PAR Remember this! VD CAN BE CURED - IF YOU TAKE THE TREATMENTS REGULARLY OTHERWISE YOU ARE SERIOUSLY ENDANGERING THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF YOUR FAMILY. TREATMENT MAY SEEM LONG - BUT NOT NEARLY AS LONG AS THE ILLNESS YOU'LL SUFFER OTHERWISE. Issued by Wartime Information Board. ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUNCIL UNION LABEL MONTREAL F.O. 57 Designed by National Film Board, Ottawa.

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