THE YUCK FACTOR What a difference a century makes!
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THE YUCK FACTOR
What a difference a century makes!
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The Bathroom
People still had to use the bathroom
No plumbing What did they do?
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Chamber Pots
Porcelain pots in wealthy homes
Matched china set Kept in your
chambers Under your bed
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Fancy folks hid them too…
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But… you can’t flush a pot…
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The Gallier Bathroom
Looked like furniture Still a beautiful pot Flushed out into
courtyard with gravity dropping it down into a ditch.
Cesspool collected waste
Honeydippers cleaned it out.
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What did enslaved / poor people use?
Privies / outhouses Located outside Like a port-o-potty
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You can’t flush an outhouse… Honey Dippers or
Night Soil Men visited homes
Came with wagons at about 4 in the morning
Through carriageway Removed waste Brought it to a pier Dumped it in river
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Bathing
Once a week Maybe more in
summer Father in water first Then mother Then oldest… down
to the youngest
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Sitz Bathtub
Thought it would help digestion
Sit in tub Let belly etc soak
in water
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The streets…
Bath water Chamber pots Animal bones Trash from
household meals And… Horse poop!
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Trash! Trash was
everywhere! Rain made it wet
but didn’t wash it away.
Swampy, smelly Ditches along street
were full- could fall into them!
Corners had bridges between sidewalks
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The Worst Stench The levees that keep the
water out also kept the waste in.
Because the city is so low, the waste can’t drain away like in other places.
New Orleans is also a very wet city.
There were deep puddles of pee and pooh on the streets at all times!
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Dealing with the Smell People did not know
how to get rid of the bad smell back then.
So, instead of removing the bad smell, they covered it up with a good smell.
Courtyards were filled with citrus fruits and roses.
Flavored bath salts and flower bouquets helped!