Sanitary – Are you Ready for Cholera? Privy Vaults The following information has been transcribedand/or edited by Michael R. Reilly to document early sanitary conditions inWaukesha County and its’ local municipalities. For further reading by Mike Reilly on this subject, click on: The World & Milwaukee Early Sanitation History – Outhouses, Privies, Scavengers & Sewers, or Privileged Privy Prattle First Added December… Read more »
Cholera and Its Prevention Transcribed and edited by Michael R. Reilly December 19, 2005 Updated 12/20/2005 Waukesha Freeman, Thursday, August 21, 1884 Prevention of Cholera Mr. Editor: Please give the annexed circular issued by theWisconsin State board of Health, a space in your valuable paper. The specific directions for the prevention of cholera (orany other filth disease) are… Read more »
The World & Milwaukee Early Sanitation History – Outhouses, Privies, Scavengers & Sewers or Privileged Privy Prattle by Mike Reilly, copyright 2/19/97 Last Revised 12/18/2005 Back in 1996 the Iowa Antique Bottleers published anarticle in their newsletter describing the duties of a “scavenger”. Ioften wondered if Milwaukee had similar ordinances and names for people whocleaned outhouses or privy vaults… Read more »
Sanitary Are You Ready for Cholera ? Cholera last year [1884] ravaged portions of the OldWorld. Judging from former visitations of the epidemic, it is probable that itwill appear in this country during the coming summer. Large cities are alreadytheir sanitary conditions, and Congress has established a National Board ofHealth to aid the States in repelling an… Read more »
The building of a silo next to the barnnear Westfield, Wisconsin. The silo is started, tools and building itemsare in place, and supplies off to the right. But this is obviously aSunday photo… because everyone is dressed in their best. Left to Right:Two men in suits, Three little girls sitting on a barrel, two men, a boyon his horse,… Read more »
The World & Milwaukee Early SanitationHistory – Outhouses, Privies, Scavengers & Sewers or Privileged Privy Prattle by Mike Reilly, copyright 2/19/97 Last Revised 04/20/2010 Back in 1996 the Iowa Antique Bottleers published anarticle in their newsletter describing the duties of a “scavenger”. Ioften wondered if Milwaukee had similar ordinances and names for people whocleaned outhouses or privy vaults… Read more »
