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Typhoid sufferers escape immigration officials

Title
Typhoid sufferers escape immigration officials
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
27 Sep 1991
Year of production
1991
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Duration
00:03:55
Description
Report on the escape of three Bangladeshi men with typhoid from North London hospitals to evade the clutches of immigration officials. Comment from Pat Nair, consultant in communicable disease at Luton and Dunstable Hospital; Vera Burns from Northwick Park Hospital; and Secretary of the Conservative Home Affairs Committee Teddy Taylor. Mark Phillips reports.
Contributors
Teddy Taylor; Mark Phillips; Vera Burns; Pat Nair
Keywords
London; Infectious diseases; Immigration; Immigrants; Disease control; Bangladesh; Typhoid fever; Northwick Park Hospital

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