Hand-book of Sanitary Information for Householders

There is no evidence to show that the emanations from fresh house-slops, or the excreta of healthy animals, are injurious to health, but it has been proved that when these matters decompose they become dangerous. The bubbles of gas which rise to the surface of such decomposing matters, when they burst, throw up solid particles of organic matter in the air, which float about for some time before falling to the ground. It is, therefore, essential to health that all such matters shall be removed from the vicinity of human beings promptly, before decomposition sets in, or else so manipulated as to prevent decomposition, or promote rapid oxidation.