Florence Nightingale in this article writes about Hygiene in rural areas. She says that many homes have been deemed "unfit for human habitation" due to bad sanitation, but people still lived there. Slopwater was also often dumped right outside of houses and left to stagnate and there would be large piles of refuse right under the windows.
Water supplies in small villages often were shallow wells, which were uncovered. These were often located near privy pits, pigsty's and large piles of house refuse. Therefore whenever there were heavy rains all this waste flowed into the water supply and people often complained of their water being "thick". Furthermore many cesspit privies were located near wells so all the fitlh would leak into the wells. These cesspit privies were emptied once or twice a year and sometimes emptying was not necessary! (the excrements drained away into the ground or water supply).
Ashpits and rubbish piles were also located near water supplies (Into these piles was also dumped the excrements from the privies). Waste from these piles would often get inot the water supply and also children would play around or even in them. These piles were removed about 2 to 3 times a year though this was often not true.
In the end Florence Nightingale gives a brief guide on how to keep your water supply safe. This is to be done by not dumping any waste near the house or water supply. Also no water is to be left to stagnate in pools anywhere and waste is to be removed to allotments often since this will not only help sanitation but will also provide manure for crops which will help them grow.
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why were people still living in the many homes which had been deemed - Alessio
How many people died because of the poor hygine in rural areas? - Alessio
#1 they had nowhere else to live and it was normal for them
#2 probably thousands to millions and in some nations they still are.
Daniel, your article was quite interesting, but I must say that there were parts that sounded as though you just copied the ideas/words of ole Florence. You need to make sure that when you write a summary, the words and ideas are purely yours. If you refer to the questions that I had you answer, before you were suppose to write your summary, you can use them as a good building block for your article. Learning this skill is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT as the professors at your future university will not be so gracious.
Also, make sure the answers to your questions are not general assumptions ("thousands to millions in some nations"). You must validate all of your answers.
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