The first public health system in our history was very successful, it provided clean water, places to clean and a sewage system. The romans recognised that in order to build a sustainable army it needed to be healthy, and so they built this incredible system that benefitted civilisation also. Architects designed structures like the aqueducts.
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SEWERS: carried away waste from houses, latrines and baths, but the problem was that the sewage was emptied into rivers, which people washed clothes in and drank out of.

PIPES: made out of lead which gave many people lead poisoning.

FOUNTAINS: provided washing and drinking water.

AQUEDUCTS: transported fresh water.

BATH-HOUSES: a place for washing, exercising, talking and business, the issue was that the water was only changed once a week after 5000 people had bathed in it. Sick people were encouraged to use to baths which meant that germs could be easily spread.

LATRINES: waste from here was organised and then drained into the sewers, they could seat 20 people in one room, the downfall of this facility was that people shared sponges to clean themselves.

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