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Hand washing

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  • The importance of washing hands before cooking and sterilising water in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A child washing his hands with soap and water: preventing diarrhoea in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A girl holds a chicken on a plate as a man washes his hands: protecting against avian flu in Kenya. Colour lithograph by UNICEF and Longman, ca. 2000.
  • Washing hands: global handwashing day October 15th in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2008.
  • Prevention of food poisoning by covering hand infections with a plaster, avoiding touching food, and keeping hands clean. Colour lithograph, ca. 1963.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Hygiene in food handling: types of food and ways of transmitting microbes. Colour lithograph, 2000.

    Státní zdravotní ústav v Praze. | Date: 2000 | Reference: 660239i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A girl holds a chicken on a plate as a man washes his hands: protecting against avian flu in Kenya. Colour lithograph by UNICEF and Longman, ca. 2000.

    | Date: [2000?] | Reference: 755918i
    • Ephemera

    The missing word (copyright) : can be found by holding the picture up to the light / Vinolia Company Limited.

    | Date: [between 1901 and 1919]
    • Ephemera

    Plantol soap : manufactured from the products of fruit and flowers, and guaranteed free from animal fats / Lever Brothers Limited.

    | Date: [between 1890 and 1909]
    • Pictures

    World War One: the entrance to a shelter in war ravaged country with a man outside washing his hands. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.

    | Date: 1914 | Reference: 24591i
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