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Sewage and sewerage of farm homes [1928]

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Sewage and sewerage of farm homes [1928]

George M. Warren

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Six years on, Warren updated his farm sanitation guide with the pit privy and improved sanitary designs. It defines sewage, tracks how it decomposes, and shows how to build systems that protect the well and the family from disease. The 1928 revision of a trusted rural handbook, still practical wherever plumbing has not reached. Build it clean.

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21 chapters

  1. 1SEWAGE AND SEWERAGE OF FARM HOMES
  2. 2CONTENTS
  3. 3INTRODUCTION
  4. 4SEWAGE, SEWERS, AND SEWERAGE DEFINED
  5. 5NATURE AND QUANTITY OF SEWAGE
  6. 6SEWAGE-BORNE DISEASES AND THEIR AVOIDANCE
  7. 7HOW SEWAGE DECOMPOSES
  8. 8IMPORTANCE OF AIR IN TREATMENT OF SEWAGE
  9. 9PRACTICAL UTILITIES
  10. 10PIT PRIVY
  11. 11SANITARY PRIVY
  12. 12DRY-EARTH PRIVY
  13. 13CHEMICAL CLOSET
  14. 14DISINFECTANTS AND DEODORANTS
  15. 15PREVENTION OF PRIVY NUISANCE
  16. 16OBJECTION TO PRIVIES
  17. 17KITCHEN-SINK DRAINAGE
  18. 18CESSPOOLS

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