The Sanitary Privy

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"Among the worst conditions ever to be found about any home is a soil that has become polluted with excrement from the human body. A number of widely prevalent diseases have been spread by means of such polluted soil, simply because the facts have not been generally known. This bulletin treats of such soil pollution and certain simple plans for avoiding it." -- p. 3. These unsanitary conditions can be largely eliminated through the installation of different kinds of privies. In addition to a discussion of the different types of privies and methods for constructing them, this report also details … continued below

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32 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Stiles, Charles Wardell, 1867-1941 & Lumsden, L. L. (Leslie Leon), 1875-1946 1911.

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"Among the worst conditions ever to be found about any home is a soil that has become polluted with excrement from the human body. A number of widely prevalent diseases have been spread by means of such polluted soil, simply because the facts have not been generally known. This bulletin treats of such soil pollution and certain simple plans for avoiding it." -- p. 3. These unsanitary conditions can be largely eliminated through the installation of different kinds of privies. In addition to a discussion of the different types of privies and methods for constructing them, this report also details common diseases spread by human excrement.

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32 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"Issued August 22, 1911." -- title page

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Stiles, Charles Wardell, 1867-1941 & Lumsden, L. L. (Leslie Leon), 1875-1946. The Sanitary Privy, pamphlet, 1911; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc87545/: accessed May 18, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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