The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

THE HEALTH BULLETIN. 267CITY PRIVIESA Practical Design for Sanitary Privies for Urban UseWarrex H. Booker, C.E.Elsewhere in this bulletin we discussedthe question of privies in thecountrj'. The privy question in thecountry is quite different from that intowns. In the country, in manyplaces, there are no privies at all, andthose that are (or are not) affect, aslar education must be depended uponto encourage the best privy possibleunder the circumstances. It is unreasonableto expect regular, careful attentionto privies in rural districts,while in cities regular scavengers canbe required to look after such things.HOOKWORM .A.LLEY.What an elegant chance for chickens, children, flies, and domestic animals to spread infection fromthese old open-back privies. Such communities are almost sure to have high death rates.a rule, only one family.In cities thereis always some form of privy a ailablewhere water and sewer connectionsare not to be had, and, in general,flies and drainage from insanitarycity privies affect the communityrather than the single family. Again,in cities, ordinances can be passed requiringcertain standards for privies.Not so in the country. There, popu-Of course, where water and sewerconnections are available, no priviesof any kind should be tolerated. Eventhe best privy is a poor substitute forsewers. We must admit at the outset,however, the stern fact that in smalltowns and in the suburbs and outskirtsof cities it is even more impracticableto think of serving every householderwith water and sewer connections