insanitation

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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)

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.

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 Ellis, Havelock

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)

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