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264 the iikalth bulletin. can not afford to take chances with hookworms, typhoid and diarrheal diseases. Various types of so-called sanitary privies have been advocated from time to time. Most of them represent sanitation gone mad and common sense conspicuous by its absence. Theoretically, they will all accomplish the one end sought. We must admit, nevertheless, that most of them have been flat failures. Why? Primarily because none of them were ever built. OLD OPEN BACK TRIYY REMODELED. By closing up the back and digging a pit under the privy the fecal matter cannot be scattered or exposed to flies or domestic animals. A good type of rural privy. And why were they never built? Because, in the first place, it usually costs from $20 to $50 to build them; and, in the second place, they require daily or weekly, or at least frequent attention. Either feature is too much of an innovation for the rural dweller who has no privy at all, or only his customary bent sapling. We are fast learning that with such people sanitary science must make a ''horse trade.'' With such people it is folly to talk of $20 to $50 concrete arrange- ments, or to tell them that they must bury a can of fecal matter once or twice a week, or add a bucketful of water daily. In other words, we are fast coming to the point where we would be glad to ^ee a six-tenths or eight-tenths efficient privy to no privy at all. At the risk of making ourselves unpopular with enthusiasts over high grade sanitary privies, we venture to describe briefly an inexpensive form of privy for rural use which requires the minimum of care and attention and which costs but a few dollars to build complete, or only a trifle for two or three boards and a few nails if an old open-back privy is remodeled. The cut on the preceding page illustrates a form of privy which we believe will meet nearly all the requirements in rural districts where there is sentiment for improvement along this line. All that is necessary is to dig a hole in the ground three or four feet square and from four to six feet deep and set the privy over this hole so that flies can not have access to the fecal matter. That is practically all there is to it. Should this hole fill up in a year or two, all that is necessary is to remove the privy, dig a new pit nearby, place the privy over the new pit, and cover the contents of the old pit with the excavated earth. If the sides of the pit cave in readily, they may be walled up with loose stones, brick, or boards, or one or two empty barrels may be used. One of the principal advantages of such a form of privy is that almost any old privy vith an open back can readily be made over by weatherboard-ing this opening down to the ground. There is little danger from flies in the case of such a privy, as flies will not go down into the dark pit. There will be some odors, but they are not dangerous to health. Where odors are objectionable, a trap door may be placed over the hole in the seat, so the
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1913-1914 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-028 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 28 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Fixed Title * | Page 264 (image) |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1913-1914 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-028-0172 |
Form General | Periodicals |
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Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 28 |
Issue Number | 12 |
Page Number | 264 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 264 the iikalth bulletin. can not afford to take chances with hookworms, typhoid and diarrheal diseases. Various types of so-called sanitary privies have been advocated from time to time. Most of them represent sanitation gone mad and common sense conspicuous by its absence. Theoretically, they will all accomplish the one end sought. We must admit, nevertheless, that most of them have been flat failures. Why? Primarily because none of them were ever built. OLD OPEN BACK TRIYY REMODELED. By closing up the back and digging a pit under the privy the fecal matter cannot be scattered or exposed to flies or domestic animals. A good type of rural privy. And why were they never built? Because, in the first place, it usually costs from $20 to $50 to build them; and, in the second place, they require daily or weekly, or at least frequent attention. Either feature is too much of an innovation for the rural dweller who has no privy at all, or only his customary bent sapling. We are fast learning that with such people sanitary science must make a ''horse trade.'' With such people it is folly to talk of $20 to $50 concrete arrange- ments, or to tell them that they must bury a can of fecal matter once or twice a week, or add a bucketful of water daily. In other words, we are fast coming to the point where we would be glad to ^ee a six-tenths or eight-tenths efficient privy to no privy at all. At the risk of making ourselves unpopular with enthusiasts over high grade sanitary privies, we venture to describe briefly an inexpensive form of privy for rural use which requires the minimum of care and attention and which costs but a few dollars to build complete, or only a trifle for two or three boards and a few nails if an old open-back privy is remodeled. The cut on the preceding page illustrates a form of privy which we believe will meet nearly all the requirements in rural districts where there is sentiment for improvement along this line. All that is necessary is to dig a hole in the ground three or four feet square and from four to six feet deep and set the privy over this hole so that flies can not have access to the fecal matter. That is practically all there is to it. Should this hole fill up in a year or two, all that is necessary is to remove the privy, dig a new pit nearby, place the privy over the new pit, and cover the contents of the old pit with the excavated earth. If the sides of the pit cave in readily, they may be walled up with loose stones, brick, or boards, or one or two empty barrels may be used. One of the principal advantages of such a form of privy is that almost any old privy vith an open back can readily be made over by weatherboard-ing this opening down to the ground. There is little danger from flies in the case of such a privy, as flies will not go down into the dark pit. There will be some odors, but they are not dangerous to health. Where odors are objectionable, a trap door may be placed over the hole in the seat, so the |
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Article Title | The Practical Rural Privy |
Article Author | Booker, Warren H. |
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