> the poor man has no toilet Around 1900, rich men might not have toilets either. What they did have was servants to take out the chamberpots. Said chamberpots

> the poor man has no toilet Around 1900, rich men might not have toilets either. What they did have was servants to take out the chamberpots. Said chamberpots might reside in a wooden arm-chair, where the bottom part was enclosed (with a front door, a mini-cupboard, if you will), and the seat would have a manhole-like cover, of the same wood. In the country (and perhaps not only), chamberpot contents would go into the manure pile. Which might be under an outhouse with a similar seat arrangement.