During the 18th and 19th centuries, night soil men discreetly carted away human excreta from households.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...608#post159136
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...478#post139224
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...393#post135340
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...271#post184969
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...665#post170599
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...844#post137168