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Name First Two-Pail Night Soil System
Category Government & Society - Public Services
Data Info In 1913, the government introduced a two-pail system of night soil-removal in Tanjong Katong. Before this, refuse used to be disposed off by dumping or through private arrangements with farmers. The bucket system was completely abolished in the 1970s.
 
 
     
 
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