Story: Public health

District nursing work, 1951

District nurses are mainly concerned with the prevention of disease. This National Film Unit clip shows a district nurse explaining the benefits of immunisation to a father who was reluctant to immunise his children.

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Reference: City District Health Nurse. National Film Unit, 1950

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Kerryn Pollock, Public health – Healthy bodies, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/31370/district-nursing-work-1951 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 31 May 2011, reviewed and revised 7 July 2019 with assistance from Richard Edwards.