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Gallery: Hygiene and Sanitation

睡眠: 睡要侧身勿仰勿伏, 寒不蒙頭熱不露腹 (Properly cover yourself with bedding during sleep), ca. 1935

睡眠: 睡要侧身勿仰勿伏, 寒不蒙頭熱不露腹 (Properly cover yourself with bedding during sleep), Ministry of Education, ca. 1935

This poster, teaching the importance of covering one’s body during sleep, shows a young boy covering his abdomen in hot weather and covering his whole body in cold weather.


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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.