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Today, in developing countries, diphtheria has largely been eradicated due to intensive vaccination programmes.
Nicknamed "The Strangling Angel", it caused death by suffocation particularly among children. It was once
a major killer in the United Kingdom. In the 1930's, before the advent of immunisation, there was an average of 58,000 cases
and approximately 3,000 deaths each year.
The heavy industrial areas of Staffordshire and Worcestershire, known as the Black Country, experienced frequent
outbreaks. This book examines its impact upon the communities in this area and the efforts to control and treat it from the
19th century onwards.
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