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 F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
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 Mahatma Gandhi
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 Edwin John Dingle
Filth and insanitation, immorality and crime, were fostered by overcrowding in ill-built urban areas.
From Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene by Havelock Ellis
The god of dirt and insanitation carried away the unneeded residue left by famine.
From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by John P. (John Peter) Jones
