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Ten people at a swimming pool, one of whom will be infected with syphilis before the age of fifty. Lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1940.

Safe activities in which the AIDS virus is not transmitted including top left shaking hands to blood donation bottom right with subtitles to diagrams in French; advertisement by CRAM, [La Caisse Régionale d'assurance Maladie de Bourgogne Franche-Comté]. Colour lithograph.

No catch : you won't get AIDS from swimming pools. You can get AIDS from sexual intercourse. So the more partners, the greater the risk. Protect yourself. Use a condom / TVS, Health Education Council.

Kalk, Fett, Rost, Grünspan, Algen : Calmic cleaning compounds, wir helfen ihnen / Calmic GmbH.

A healthy boy, protected from tuberculosis by fresh air and exercise. Colour lithograph by André Wilquin, 1942.

An outdoor swimming pool in Gstaad, Switzerland. Photographic postcard, ca. 1950.

Young men bathing and relaxing at a swimming school. Coloured aquatint, 1822.

Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a swimming school. Lithograph by Tirpenne & Faivre after A. Thierry.

Highbury pool price list : swimming ... patio ... gym/swim.

Take on a challenge : swim for Sport Relief 21-23 March 2014.

Small pool timetable : during school term / Highbury Pool.

Dive into the new year : 7.30pm Wednesday 15 and 29 January and 5 February.

18-24 March 2002: swimathon.org : entry form : Greater London / Swimathon ; Macmillan Cancer Relief ; Unisys ; Institute of Sport and Recreation Management and Guild of London Sport and Recreation Managers.

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Highbury pool price list : swimming ... patio ... gym/swim.

Take on a challenge : swim for Sport Relief 21-23 March 2014.

Small pool timetable : during school term / Highbury Pool.

Dive into the new year : 7.30pm Wednesday 15 and 29 January and 5 February.

18-24 March 2002: swimathon.org : entry form : Greater London / Swimathon ; Macmillan Cancer Relief ; Unisys ; Institute of Sport and Recreation Management and Guild of London Sport and Recreation Managers.