Excerpt from Municipal Housecleaning: The Methods and Experiences of American Cities in Collecting and Disposing of Their Municipal Wastes, Ashes, Rubbish, Garbage, Manure, Sewage, and Street RefuseIN a home free from nuisances Which offend the esthetic tastes, and either directly or indirectly cause disease, more contentment and thrift Will be found than in the one per meated With odors and befouled With dirt and domestic wastes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.