Later Developments
From the early 17th century onwards the larger towns and cities began to employ scavengers as they became known, to remove waste and ordure from the streets, much of which came from over-full privies and dunghills, or the contents of chamber pots thrown into the streets from upstairs windows. By 1615 the town of Manchester was employing nineteen under-scavengers or rakers, managed by two scavengers.
Raconteur and demolition expert Blaster Bates included a humorous account of using explosives to clear out a cesspit on a Cheshire farm on his 1967 recording Laughter With a Bang, entitled "The Shower of Shit Over Cheshire". More usually though the job is now carried out mechanically using suction, by specialised tankers.
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