ID#: 8627
Caption:
This historic diagram, which had been digitally enhanced, depicted a cut-away view of the interior of a sanitary privy, revealing the correct design for the seat, and the pit. This was one of a series of instructional drawings, used by the Minnesota Board of Health to train its state public health workers. The purpose of this, and other like images, and the training, was focused on protecting potable water supplies from bacterial contamination. The descriptive information accompanying this drawing referred to a governmental publication with instructions describing the correct placement and construction of a detached home privy. The specific citation was, “Minnesota State Board of Health, The Sanitary Privy, May, 1916, p. 12”.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Minnesota Department of Health, R.N. Barr Library; Librarians Melissa Rethlefsen and Marie Jones
Creation Date: 1916
Photo Credit:
Links: Minnesota Health Department
Minnesota Health Department; R.N. Barr Library
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.