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Gallery: Hygiene and Sanitation

水和疾病 (Water and diseases), 1952

水和疾病 (Water and diseases), Propaganda Office of the Central Ministry of Health, 1952

This poster explains how water is polluted and how it transmits diseases. Polluted water contains bacteria that make people sick. Proper water management, especially drinking water, is important in preventing the spread of diseases.


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Poster with 3 horizontal panels of images and text showing ways of preventing infectious diseases by keeping one’s environment clean, title on top

This poster series produced by the Propaganda Office of the Central Ministry of Health in 1952 uses panels of images to educate citizens on the various ways of preventing disease from keeping their environment, water, and food clean to getting vaccinations and eradicating vectors of disease like lice, mosquitoes, and flies


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