General Scientific Adviser:
Sir Henry Dale, O.M., G.B.E., F.R.S.
4-Hiddep Death:
A Study of a Typhoid Outbreak
The investigation of a typhoid outbreak has much the same detective interest as the investigation of a murder, and even greater urgency since typhoid may number its victims in hundreds. This programme treats an actual outbreak on the lines of a detective story, without any sacrifice of scientific accuracy
Scientific advice given by Professor G. S. Wilson. Director of the Public Health Laboratory Service. who speaks at the end of the programme
Written by Josephine Bell
Material supplied by George Chesney
Produced by Nesta Pain