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| 200 BC – 450 CE || || Several Hindu texts, such as the {{w|Manusmriti}} and the {{w|Vishnu Purana}}, describe elaborate codes of hygiene. Bathing is one of the five {{w|Nitya karma}}s (daily duties) in Hinduism, and not performing it leads to sin, according to some scriptures.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aryan Code of Toilets (2nd Century AD)|url=http://www.sulabhtoiletmuseum.org/history-of-toilets/aryan-code-of-toilets-2nd-century-ad/|publisher=Sulabh International Museum of Toilets}}</ref> || {{w|India}}
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| 753 BC–476 AD || || Regular bathing is a distinctive feature of the [[w:Ancient Rome|Roman civilization]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Roman bath houses |url=http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/snapshot_rom_bath.html |website=Time Team |publisher=Channel Four Television Corporation |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204115107/http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/snapshot_rom_bath.html |archivedate=4 February 2007 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> || {{w|Italy}}
 
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| 1975 – 1980 || || {{w|Sleep hygiene}} is developed as a recommended behavioral and environmental practice intended to promote better quality sleep. This recommendation is thought as a method to help people with mild to moderate {{w|insomnia}}. However, as of 2014, the evidence for effectiveness of individual recommendations is "limited and inconclusive".<ref name='SH2014'>{{cite journal|last1=Irish|first1=Leah A.|last2=Kline|first2=Christopher E|last3=Gunn|first3=Heather E|last4=Buysse|first4=Daniel J|last5=Hall|first5=Martica H|title=The role of sleep hygiene in promoting public health: A review of empirical evidence|journal=Sleep Medicine Reviews|date=October 2014|doi=10.1016/j.smrv.2014.10.001|pmid= 25454674|pmc=4400203|volume=22|pages=23–36}}</ref> ||
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| 200 BC–450 CE || || Several Hindu texts, such as the {{w|Manusmriti}} and the {{w|Vishnu Purana}}, describe elaborate codes of hygiene. Bathing is one of the five {{w|Nitya karma}}s (daily duties) in Hinduism, and not performing it leads to sin, according to some scriptures.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aryan Code of Toilets (2nd Century AD)|url=http://www.sulabhtoiletmuseum.org/history-of-toilets/aryan-code-of-toilets-2nd-century-ad/|publisher=Sulabh International Museum of Toilets}}</ref> || {{w|India}}
 
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| 1989 || || British epidemiologiist {{w|David P. Strachan}} develops the {{w|hygiene hypothesis}}, which states that there is an inverse relationship between family size and development of atopic allergic disorders – the more children in a family, the less likely they are to develop these {{w|allergies}}.
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| 1975–1980 || || {{w|Sleep hygiene}} is developed as a recommended behavioral and environmental practice intended to promote better quality sleep. This recommendation is thought as a method to help people with mild to moderate {{w|insomnia}}. However, as of 2014, the evidence for effectiveness of individual recommendations is "limited and inconclusive".<ref name='SH2014'>{{cite journal|last1=Irish|first1=Leah A.|last2=Kline|first2=Christopher E|last3=Gunn|first3=Heather E|last4=Buysse|first4=Daniel J|last5=Hall|first5=Martica H|title=The role of sleep hygiene in promoting public health: A review of empirical evidence|journal=Sleep Medicine Reviews|date=October 2014|doi=10.1016/j.smrv.2014.10.001|pmid= 25454674|pmc=4400203|volume=22|pages=23–36}}</ref> ||
<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bloomfield et al|first1=SF|title=Too clean, or not too clean: the Hygiene Hypothesis and home hygiene|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448690/|accessdate=9 August 2017|pmc=1448690}}</ref><ref name="Strachan2000">{{cite journal|last1=Strachan|first1=DP|title=Family size, infection and atopy: the first decade of the 'hygiene hypothesis'|journal=Thorax|date=August 2000|volume=55|issue=1|pages=S2–S10|pmc=1765943}}</ref> ||
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| 1989 || || British epidemiologiist {{w|David P. Strachan}} develops the {{w|hygiene hypothesis}}, which states that there is an inverse relationship between family size and development of atopic allergic disorders – the more children in a family, the less likely they are to develop these {{w|allergies}}.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bloomfield et al|first1=SF|title=Too clean, or not too clean: the Hygiene Hypothesis and home hygiene|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448690/|accessdate=9 August 2017|pmc=1448690}}</ref><ref name="Strachan2000">{{cite journal|last1=Strachan|first1=DP|title=Family size, infection and atopy: the first decade of the 'hygiene hypothesis'|journal=Thorax|date=August 2000|volume=55|issue=1|pages=S2–S10|pmc=1765943}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1990 || || "The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring  Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation  and Hygiene (JMP) has produced regular  estimates of national, regional and global  progress on drinking water, sanitation and  hygiene (WASH) since 1990. "<ref name="Progress on  Drinking Water,  Sanitation and Hygiene 2017">{{cite web|title=Progress on  Drinking Water,  Sanitation and Hygiene 2017|url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/258617/1/9789241512893-eng.pdf?ua=1|website=who.int|accessdate=8 August 2017}}</ref> ||
 
| 1990 || || "The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring  Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation  and Hygiene (JMP) has produced regular  estimates of national, regional and global  progress on drinking water, sanitation and  hygiene (WASH) since 1990. "<ref name="Progress on  Drinking Water,  Sanitation and Hygiene 2017">{{cite web|title=Progress on  Drinking Water,  Sanitation and Hygiene 2017|url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/258617/1/9789241512893-eng.pdf?ua=1|website=who.int|accessdate=8 August 2017}}</ref> ||

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This is a timeline of hygiene,

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Year Event type Details Present time country/location
753 BC–476 AD Regular bathing is a distinctive feature of the Roman civilization.[1] Italy
200 BC–450 CE Several Hindu texts, such as the Manusmriti and the Vishnu Purana, describe elaborate codes of hygiene. Bathing is one of the five Nitya karmas (daily duties) in Hinduism, and not performing it leads to sin, according to some scriptures.[2] India
1975–1980 Sleep hygiene is developed as a recommended behavioral and environmental practice intended to promote better quality sleep. This recommendation is thought as a method to help people with mild to moderate insomnia. However, as of 2014, the evidence for effectiveness of individual recommendations is "limited and inconclusive".[3]
1989 British epidemiologiist David P. Strachan develops the hygiene hypothesis, which states that there is an inverse relationship between family size and development of atopic allergic disorders – the more children in a family, the less likely they are to develop these allergies.[4][5]
1990 "The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) has produced regular estimates of national, regional and global progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) since 1990. "[6]
2000 1229 million people worldwide practice open defecation.[6]
2015 OriFuji is introduced as an automatic toilet paper dispenser. The device automatically cuts the toilet papers and folds them into a neat triangle shape, making it easier for the next person to pull and roll out the paper.[7] Japan
2015 892 million people practice open defecation[6]

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References

  1. "Roman bath houses". Time Team. Channel Four Television Corporation. Archived from the original on 4 February 2007. 
  2. "Aryan Code of Toilets (2nd Century AD)". Sulabh International Museum of Toilets. 
  3. Irish, Leah A.; Kline, Christopher E; Gunn, Heather E; Buysse, Daniel J; Hall, Martica H (October 2014). "The role of sleep hygiene in promoting public health: A review of empirical evidence". Sleep Medicine Reviews. 22: 23–36. PMC 4400203Freely accessible. PMID 25454674. doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2014.10.001. 
  4. Bloomfield, SF; et al. "Too clean, or not too clean: the Hygiene Hypothesis and home hygiene". PMC 1448690Freely accessible. Retrieved 9 August 2017. 
  5. Strachan, DP (August 2000). "Family size, infection and atopy: the first decade of the 'hygiene hypothesis'". Thorax. 55 (1): S2–S10. PMC 1765943Freely accessible. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 2017" (PDF). who.int. Retrieved 8 August 2017. 
  7. "The OriFuji Toilet Paper Dispenser Automatically Folds the End of the Paper Into a Triangle With Each Pull".