True, but “tossing your excrement out the window” has always been a no-no.
Sometimes frowned upon, but extremely common practice anyway. Without robust and accessible sewer systems, it’s just what happens in urban environments.
There are regions without sewerage who still do that shit (ha) today. As late as the 1940s it was noted that some lower-class Londoners were in the habit of defecating in the corners of rooms.
Sometimes frowned upon, but extremely common practice anyway. Without robust and accessible sewer systems, it’s just what happens in urban environments.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/did-people-in-the-middle-ages-throw-excrement-out-windows.html
Most certainly not in the 1800s.
Woodcut from 1489.
There are regions without sewerage who still do that shit (ha) today. As late as the 1940s it was noted that some lower-class Londoners were in the habit of defecating in the corners of rooms.
I don’t think a single woodcut depicting it can really be generalized for a wider or comnon practises.