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Toilets through time | 4. Victorian lavatories

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Dietary Influences on Toilet Habits in the Victorian Era

This chapter explores how 18th and 19th-century dietary choices influenced sanitation practices, highlighting the class differences in these habits. It discusses the consequences of food contamination and beverage consumption on gastrointestinal health and infant mortality rates.

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