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Advert for Wrights Coal Tar soap 1915Advertisement for Wrights Coal Tar soap, the ideal Christmas present to send to a soldier at the front, along with a stick of Coal tar shaving soap
Sanitary Department on parade, WW1The newly formed Sanitary Department on parade at the start of the First World War. Date: August 1914
Advert for Sanitas - family antiseptic for wounds 1937Just a small wound but.... I never run the risk of blood poisoning. As soon as any member of my family gets a scratch or cut, let alone a more serious wound, I instantly apply Sanitas
A food hygiene courseTwo chefs prepare food infront of a predominantly female audience who take notes and listen keenly to the two experts. The blackboard behind the cooks has details of todays dishes which include beef
Adolphe TrebuchetADOLPHE TREBUCHET French medical active in public hygiene, lighting etc. Date: 1801 - ?
Genoa, Italy - International ExhibitionThe International Exhibition of Marine and Maritime Hygiene - Italian Colonial Show (Esposizione Internazionale d Igiene Marinara e Mostra Coloniale) was held in Genoa in 1914
Amoreta SoapAmoreta soap made from Parisian sweet beef suet, not six month old rancid Australian mutton tallow. 1899 1899
Hygiene de guerre. Mother serving food at the dinner table. Rules of a healthy diet written below. Date 1918. Hygiene de guerre. Mother serving food at the dinner table
Stamp out syphilis Every baby is entitled to be born healthy : Blood test & examination should be made before marriage by your doctor or Bureau of Social Hygiene Clinic, 51 Stuyvesant Place
Sesam soap advertPoster for the Sesam soap, Danish 1885, Date: 1885
Testing Milk
Poster, Clean and Fit and Happy Too! Showing people in different countries attending to personal hygiene. Issued by the (British) Health and Cleanliness Council. 1939
Poster, The Castle of Cleanliness in the Land of Good Health, defended by the soap and water brigade. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century
Pigeon hygiene -- the only parts requiring human intervention are the claws, which are washed in Quassia chips to kill insects. circa 1940s
Toilet / Cleaning NostrilsA German lady cleans her nostrils with the aid of a water spray. Date: 1905
Wet-Nurse with StrawHygiene in the nursery : a French child imbibes its wet-nurses milk through a straw... Date: 1907
Sanitas - destroys all disease germsAn advertisement for Sanitas brand disinfectant fluid, as recommended by medical journal The Lancet. Hygiea, Greek goddess of health
German hospitalGerman hygiene measures at a field hospital in a factory during World War I on the Western Front
Surgeons operating at Hayle Hospital, CornwallThree surgeons operating at Hayle Hospital, Cornwall
Queen Annes Bath, Holborn, LondonThis natural spring in Endell Street, Holborn, was much favoured by Queen Anne, so it was named after her
Soldiers washing 1917Soldiers washing in a shell hole in Blangy on the British Front in France during World War I on 5th June 1917
Washing in a shell hole 1917A British soldier washing in a shell hole in France on the British front during World War I on 21st April 1917
Egypt - River Nile - Water carriers fill their water skinsSlightly before Mr Evian, Mr Volvic and Mr Malvern took a firm grip on the market, this is how visitors to Egypt were supplied with fresh drinking water
Hiking Sanitary TowelsAdvert for Southalls compressed sanitary towels, each one packed with two safety pins and made especially for hikers! Talk about cashing in!
Using Williams TalcWilliams Talc Powder
Woman Brushing TeethA woman poses with a toothbrush, displaying her white teeth and immaculate lipstick
Cleaning False TeethShe cleans her false teeth
Toilet / Teeth / Ricole 19CCleaning teeth with Ricoles dentifrice, containing menthe for freshness
Two Old Drunks (Bobbin)Heavy drinking has taken its toll on a pair of elderly drunkards with gnarled features and poor personal hygiene
Children Clean TeethChildren at the National Adoption Societys home in Harlesden brush their teeth standing at a wooden table using bowls
Sickness / Laying of StrawStraw is laid outside a sick persons house
Max Von PettenkoferMAX VON PETTENKOFER German professor of hygiene
Fashionable DuelTodays fashionable duels are fought in a public location, wth all the benefits of hygiene and progress
About to Clean TeethThis lady is about to clean her teeth with Dubarrys Tooth Paste which is supplied in a Collapsible Tube