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手的卫生 (Hand hygiene - wash hands clean, wash before meals and after W.C., and cut fingernails regularly), ca. 1935

手的卫生 (Hand hygiene - wash hands clean, wash before meals and after W.C., and cut fingernails regularly), Ministry of Education, ca. 1935

This poster, teaching the importance of hand hygiene, shows a clean hand, an adult inspecting children's hands, a boy washing his hands, and a woman trimming a girl's fingernails.


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Poster with title on top, panel of images illustrating hand hygiene, and text in the middle

To help prevent the spread of disease, Chinese public health posters targeted children and taught the basics of personal hygiene and other healthy habits. This poster series produced by the Chinese Ministry of Education, ca. 1935, illustrates the importance of oral hygiene, hand hygiene, cleaning the home, among other healthy habits.


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