What Was a Central Component of the Improvements in Sanitation

question 22

Multiple Choice

What was a central component of the improvements in sanitation in the nineteenth century?

• A)Horses carried many of the diseases that afflicted humans.
• B)Communal baths would reduce the spread of dangerous bacteria.
• C)Excrement from outhouses could be carried off by water through sewers at low cost.
• D)Most diseases were carried into cities by rural laborers who came into the cities for work.

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