insanitation

Example Sentences

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Thus, the hospital at Scutari, never noted for cleanliness, became a hovel of filth and insanitation, to which the alarming death-rate gave ample, if painful, evidence.

From A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)

One could understand an entire stoppage of passenger traffic in a crisis like this, but never a continuation or accentuation of insanitation and conditions that must undermine health and morality.

From Third class in Indian railways by Gandhi, Mahatma

To walk across China, over roads acknowledgedly worse than are met with in any civilized country in the two hemispheres, and having accommodation unequalled for crudeness and insanitation, is not easy.

From Across China on Foot by Dingle, Edwin John

Streets knee-deep in mire, mud-floored houses, through which pigs wander at will, shiftlessness, dirt, insanitation are the register of the wet season in interior Panama.

From Prowling about Panama by Miller, George A.

The god of dirt and insanitation carried away the unneeded residue left by famine.

From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by Jones, John P. (John Peter)