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Re: Privies
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Ron May <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:30:50 -0500
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In a message dated 2/27/01 9:52:48 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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<< contamination by Scarlet Fever, change of household, desire for
 new items (most of this stuff dated to the >>
Did anyone think to check wiht the Health Department to see if Scarlet Fever
might still lurk in the privie? California State Parks dug a privie in Old
Sacramento in the early 1970s and the State Health Department took soil
samples, only to find Chinese Liver Flukes alive and well in an 1850s trash
deposit. Sobering though, isn't it?

Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.

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