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Sanitation Practice

A practice organized around waste disposal and environmental sanitation infrastructure, distinct from the personal hand and body hygiene covered under hygiene practices. Belongs here: a sanitation infrastructure or waste management practice. Does not belong here: personal hygiene behavior, grouped under hygiene practices.

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1859 1
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1. Wikipedia: Great Stink
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Work on high-, mid- and low-level systems for the new Northern and Southern Outfall Sewers started at the beginning of 1859 and lasted until 1875.
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