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2002/101/4 Poster, 'Keep your home clean', health, paper, printed by V C N Blight, Government Printer, produced by the New South Wales Department of Public Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1955. Click to enlarge.
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'Keep your home clean' public health poster

For more than a century posters have given visual expression to the reach of public health. Appropriating the techniques of consumer culture, their messages have advertised everything from hand-washing to hair-nets, from vaccination to X-rays. Produced by government departments and community organisations, posters have had a role in combating infectious disease, drugs, and poor nutrition, and in promoting healthy habits, workplace safety, and sexual health.

The 'Keep your home clean' poster …

Summary

Object No.

2002/101/4

Object Statement

Poster, 'Keep your home clean', health, paper, printed by V C N Blight, Government Printer, produced by the New South Wales Department of Public Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1955

Physical Description

Poster, 'Keep your home clean', health, paper, [printed by V C N Blight, Government Printer, Sydney], produced by the New South Wales Department of Public Health, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1955

Rectangular, colour poster in landscape format, titled 'Keep your home clean', promoting disease prevention through the elimination of rats from the domestic environment. The poster features a large black and white photographic image of a rat and a list of diseases carried by rats, fleas and flies. Production details printed bottom left.

Marks

Title inscribed across top, printed in red text "KEEP YOUR HOME CLEAN".
Text inscribed down right side, printed in yellow abd black text "DIRTY / BACKYARDS / bring / RATS, / FLEAS, / FLIES / Vermin help to spread - / DIARRHOEA, CHOLERA, / PLAGUE (BUBONIC), TYPHUS / WELL'S DISEASE (EPIDEMIC / JAUNDICE) / RAT BITE FEVER, FOOD POISONING".
Production details inscribed lower left corner printed in black "ISSUED BY THE N.S.W. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH".

Short URL

https://ma.as/11002

Dimensions

Height

362 mm

Width

495 mm

Source

Credit Line

Purchased 2002

Acquisition Date

5 September 2002

Cite this Object

Harvard

'Keep your home clean' public health poster 2022, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 29 March 2023, <https://ma.as/11002>

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/11002 |title='Keep your home clean' public health poster |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=29 March 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

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