This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...of water-closets would be a great boon to the European community, for as the prosperity of the community increased there would be more and more difficulty in having hand-removal properly carried out. If water-closets were largely introduced in European houses their use might spread to the Chinese also. If such a tendency did show itself it should not be resisted. The remedy proposed for the principal inconveniences experienced in connection with sewers consisted mainly in good house-drains, properly made and properly used. The Government might assist the householder in obtaining good house-drains, but the people themselves had the prevention of nuisances mainly in their own hands. If they would take care of their house-drains, the sewers 1 "The Sewerage of the High-level...