We all have come to know the big city and its noxious odors from vehicle exhausts. However some sanitary experts predicted that in the mid 1800s the street horse population in some of the largest cities reached 10,500+, producing on average 20+lbs of manure a day per horse, enough to build a yearly pile 150+’ high over an acre, breeding several billion flies. Health officials feared the worst as epidemics of cholera, smallpox, and yellow fever spread. Thank you for listening, hope you enjoyed.

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