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This section gives you an archive of the stories which made it into the national press during 1948.
The World Health Organisation is established in Geneva in order to promote the highest possible level of health for all people.
A new report on the control of petrol rationing is published. It recommends that petrol be divided into two types, commercial and private, the former coloured with a red dye in order to discourage the black market trade in fuel.
