sanitation

New York now employs fewer cops, firefighters, and sanitation workers than it did in 2002.
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“This will affect the provision of water and sanitation services,” she said.
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The outspoken rapper, however, will not be working for the Los Angeles sanitation department.
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They no longer have ancient ruins to protect or sanitation to maintain.
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Some sanitation blocks, like the “bio-centers” constructed by Umande Trust, even generate biogas from the waste.
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In short, ideas on sanitation in London were much like those in Havana before the summer of 1898.
Milton's England|Lucia Ames Mead
The shelters for the gun detachments must be bomb-proof and fitted with some arrangements for comfort and sanitation.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various
A text on physiology, hygiene, and sanitation for upper grammar or junior high schools.
College Teaching|Paul Klapper
It is no cause for surprise, therefore, that progress in sanitation moved slowly.
Household Administration|Various
Sanitation is ever the last thing thought of by French authorities.
In the Heart of Vosges|Matilda Betham-Edwards

British Dictionary definitions for sanitation

sanitation

/ (ˌsænɪˈteɪʃən) /

noun

the study and use of practical measures for the preservation of public health

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Medical definitions for sanitation

sanitation

[ săn′ĭ-tā′shən ]

n.

Formulation and application of measures designed to protect public health.

Disposal of sewage.

sanitation

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