本文主要目的在於探討日治時期教育所衛生教育的發展與內涵，對於原住民來說，「衛生」可能是全新的外來觀念，這跟傳統對「潔淨的身體」之看法然有別。此處所指涉之「衛生」，並非日本人所特有，為日本現代化過程的一部分，當然是向西方世界習得。本文發現在1941年《育所教育標準修改前，教育所儿童衛生屬於課程外的衛生訓練，以建立個人的衛生習慣。而在1941年育所教育標準》修改後，衛生則體科的一部分，衛生除了衛生的基礎訓練外，隨著程度的提升，也加上急救看護。

The main purpose of this article is to inquire the development and content of hygiene education in the indigenous educational institution in Japanese colonial period. For Taiwan indigenous peoples, ’’hygiene’’ may be a new concept from Japanese colonizers, which was quite different from the traditional view of ’’clean body’’. The ’’hygiene’’ referred to here was not unique to the Japanese. Japanese acquired ’’hygiene’’ from Western world in the modernization process. This article finds that the children’s hygiene of indigenous educational institution was part of the hygiene training outside the curriculum to establish personal hygiene habits before the revision of the ’’Education Standards for Educational Institution’’ in 1941. After the revision of the ’’Education Standards for Educational Institution’’ in 1941, hygiene was part of physical education. In addition to the basic training of hygiene, hygiene teaching should also be accompanied by first-aid and care.