Title
Health and Cleanliness [Revised Edition]
Year/Period
1924
Region
Singapore and New York, USA
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 19.0 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm
Accession No.
2024-00957
Collection of
In the early twentieth century, colonial administrators encouraged the teaching of domestic science, with subjects including hygiene, cooking, nutrition and infant care. At the time, this was intended to prepare a girl for her role as a woman, which was largely confined to marriage and motherhood. Hygiene was seen as particulalry important to reduce high infant mortality. This book was sold in a stationers shop on Loke Yew Street, and details ways to make a home clean and healthful. While the book is written for an audience in a Western country and climate, it was also distributed in sold in Singapore.
