| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Reference Number | HALDANE/4/20/1/9 |
| Title | Letter from M Thorpe to the Editor of the <i>Daily Worker</i> |
| Date | [Dec] 1942 |
| Description | Letter from M Thorpe to the Editor of the <i>Daily Worker</i> arguing against diptheria immunisation for children in response to an article by Mrs Ella Jones. The letter encloses an article on the same subject, with a handwritten note to use the letter if the article is too long. Also includes two pamphlets published by the National Anti-Vaccination League, titled <i>Immunisation Against Diptheria: What Eminent Doctors Think About Inoculation</i>, and <i>Diptheria Immunisation: Reply to Statements in Circular, dated 11 June, 1932, issued from the Health Department, Town Hall, Leeds, by Dr J M Johnson, Medical Officer of Health</i>; and an offprint of an article titled "Immunisation Against Diptheria. Claims from America and Canada Demolished" first published in the <i>Anti-Vivisection Journal</i>, October 1939. |
| Extent | 1 letter plus enclosure, 1 offprint, 2 pamphlets |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| AccessConditions | The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. |
| Copyright | M Thorpe; National Anti-Vaccination League; Anti-Vivisection Journal |
| Related Material | See HALDANE/4/20/1/8 for other correspondence on diptheria. |
| PublnNote | <i>Immunisation Against Diptheria: What Eminent Doctors Think About Inoculation</i> published by the National Anti-Vaccination League, London, n.d.;</p><p>
<i>Diptheria Immunisation: Reply to Statements in Circular, dated 11 June, 1932, issued from the Health Department, Town Hall, Leeds, by Dr J M Johnson, Medical Officer of Health</i> published by the National Anti-Vaccination League, London, n.d.;</p><p>
"Immunisation Against Diptheria. Claims from America and Canada Demolished" first published in the <i>Anti-Vivisection Journal</i>, October 1939. |