2 ms·
Dog and cat feces too. Ever seen that on the ground? Also, San Francisco :) Edit: Also, no, outhouses were the norm in the American south. That doesn't mean th
by thesmallestcat 9y ago
Dog and cat feces too. Ever seen that on the ground? Also, San Francisco :)
Edit: Also, no, outhouses were the norm in the American south. That doesn't mean their environs were sanitary though, and this was indeed where people picked up hookworm. As far as I know, the only times Americans would/will defecate in the open was on the frontier/in the wilderness, that is, when no other options exist. In spite of the meme that Americans are not so different from some people in rural India who defecate in their own water supply, one of the first things built in a given American frontier settlement was an outhouse, because poop is gross and toxic.
- sooheon 9y agoLet's just be clear, Americans as a people really are "not so different" from people in rural India. It's the environments that differ. The American West always had more than enough acres of land that people could spare a pit + outhouse on top of it, and rural India is... well, crowded. It's not as if rural Indians are innately unsanitary people who will seek out water sources to shit in.
- maxerickson 9y agoIt'd be pretty interesting to see the present day incidence in animals, looked after and stray. I wouldn't be surprised if it were rather low in both groups.