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Public health education in China lecture slides

Consists of 44 lantern slides that may have been used as part of a health campaign in China under the direction of a missionary association, most likely the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) or China Medical Missionary Association (CMMA), the Joint Council or the Council on Health Education. Martha Edna Breithaupt worked in the public health field in China during the 1920s. She likely collected these lantern slides during this period in her life.

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Public lecture at theatre in Kaifeng Diqu, China [Transparent]
Title based on content of the image., Caption on slide frame: Council on Public Health C.M.M.A. Kaifeng. Lecture set up in theatre 365
Swasey Hall at Sun Yat-sen University in Canton [Guangzhou], China [Transparent]
Title based on content of the image., Caption on slide frame: 507 Canton, Swasey Hall, in which the C.M.M.A. and N.M.A. met on January 27th to discuss public health education in China
Temple for the worship of imperial ancestors in China [Transparent]
Title based on content of the image., Young Men's Christian Assocation building in Canton [Guangzhou], China. [Transparent]
Tuberculosis bell [Transparent]
Title based on content of the image., This lantern slide has large, vertical cracks on the left side of the glass plate., The sign in the image states, "Each toll of this bell announces one death from consumption in China. 852348 every year. 2335 every day. 97 every hour. 1 every 37 seconds.", Caption on slide frame: Council on Public Health C.M.M.A. Tuberculosis Bell 338
Woman washing vegetables in a pond near a night soil pit in China [Transparent]
Title based on content of the image., Night soil is a euphemism for human feces collected at night from cesspools, privies, etc. and sometimes used as a fertilizer., Caption on slide frame: 549 Water Pollution. Night soil pit at edge of water and woman washing vegetables in pond.
Women walking home in Changsha, China [Transparent]
Title based on content of the image., Caption on slide frame: 353. Changsha - Women going home sedan chairs in big drill ground.
Young Men's Christian Association building in Canton [Guangzhou], China [Transparent]
Title based on content of the image., Caption on slide frame: 585 New Y.M.C.A. Building, Canton where P.H. Camp. was held
Young Men's Christian Association secretaries conference in Hangchow [Hangzhou], China [Transparent]
Title based on content of the image., Caption on slide frame: 335. Y.M.C.A. Secretaries at Hangchow, 1915. / YMCA secretaries conf. Hangchow 1915

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