How to Get Free Immunisation
A type-only poster headed 'How to get free immunisation' tells parents to ask the District Nurse, Health Visitor or Medical Officer of Health, or to tell the school teacher, and says the service is free of charge. It is mainly practical information; the only persuasive element is the emphasised word 'free' (glittering generalities, a weak fit).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- H.M. Stationery Office (printer: Multi Machine Plates Ltd, London); issuing department not stated on the poster
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Health, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
UK government poster printed for H.M. Stationery Office; H.M. Stationery Office (printer: Multi Machine Plates Ltd, London); issuing department not stated on the poster. Via US National Archives (NAID 44266648, 44-PF-224).
Text on the object
HOW TO GET FREE IMMUNISATION If your child is under school age ask the District Nurse, Health Visitor or local Medical Officer of Health to tell you about arrangements in your district. You can also find out through the Welfare Centre. If your child goes to school tell the school teacher you would like your child protected, and the necessary arrangements will be made for this to be done, free of any charge to you. PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY MULTI MACHINE PLATES LTD. LONDON E.C.4. 51-2575
