History of sanitation

Okay, imagine you're playing in the park and you need to go to the washroom. You can't just go anywhere outside, right? You need to find a bathroom or a toilet because we learned that poo and pee can make us sick.

Long, long ago, people didn't know that poo and pee were bad for them. They would just do their business wherever they wanted, like on the street or in the river. This was not good because it made people sick and spread diseases like cholera and typhus.

As people learned more about germs and how they can make us sick, they started to find ways to keep their poop and pee separate from their food and water. They built special places for toilets and sewers to carry waste away.

In ancient societies like the Indus Valley Civilization and Ancient Rome, people built elaborate sewer systems to keep their cities clean. They knew that having clean water and clean streets was important for staying healthy.

But in some parts of the world, people didn't have access to toilets or running water. They had to use outhouses or even just a hole in the ground. This was not always safe or sanitary, and many people got sick from the dirty conditions.

Thankfully, over time, people invented new ways to keep things clean, like indoor plumbing and water treatment plants. Today, we have toilets in our homes and clean water to drink. This helps keep us healthy and safe from germs and diseases that come from dirty conditions.