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stallation a number of L. R. S. privies will function as efficiently, as far as 

 the sanitary disposal of the excreta is concerned, as a flush toilet and water 

 carriage system of disposal. 



The barrel-sawdust privy (Plate 326). To construct a barrel-sawdust 

 privy the head is removed from a water-tight hogshead such as a molasses 

 hogshead. The head and the bottom are then removed from a water-tight 

 barrel of such size as to easily fit within the hogshead. Four cleats are 

 nailed on the outside of the 

 barrel seventeen inches from the 

 top and the barrel set inside the 

 hogshead so that it is supported 

 by the cleats resting upon the 

 upper edge of the hogshead. The 

 latter is then filled with sawdust 

 to a little above the lower end 

 of the barrel. The sawdust is 

 also packed around the barrel 

 between it and the hogshead to 

 the level of the cleats. The bar- 

 rel constitutes the privy box and 

 the vault, and is equipped with 

 a fly-proof seat and automati- 

 cally closing lid. The urine and 

 thefluidsinthefeces are absorbed 

 by the sawdust, while the feces 

 and paper remain within the 

 barrel. 



The barrel-sawdust privy, if 

 properly constructed, is fly-proof 

 and sanitary. One such privy 

 will care for the excreta from five 

 persons for about three months 



without emptying. When full it can be hauled to some suitable place and 

 dumped, the sawdust being used to cover the contents. While sawdust is 

 the best material for the separation of the feces and urine, satisfactory results 

 can be obtained by the use of such substances as shavings, excelsior, leaves, 

 chopped straw or sand. The barrel-sawdust privy is housed in an ordinary 

 fly-proof privy building. Two or more barrels can be placed in one building 

 if required. 



The pit privy (latrine}. The pit privy is the least desirable method of 

 disposing of human excrement, but it is one that is quite often found in 



PLATE No. 326 



SAWDUST BARREL PRIVY 

 (Public Health Bulletin No. in, 1921, Stiles.) 



