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    Emptying the toilet

    During winter, residents had to break up frozen excrement to remove it (toilets were not connected to sewerage systems).

    1966, National Sanatorium Matsuoka Hoyoen, Aomori, Japan. More details
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    Title Emptying the toilet
    Title(Original language) くみ取り
    Year 1966
    Country Japan
    Location National Sanatorium Matsuoka Hoyoen, Aomori
    Genre Photography
    Owner National Hansen’s Disease Museum, Tokyo, Japan
    Copyright Kimiko Saito (wife)
    Note 冬の間は凍った糞尿を砕いて取り出さなければならなかった。