Roman public health

Question	Answer
+ Aqueducts	Carried fresh water for miles in towns
+ Resevoirs	Held the water supply and distributed it to water supplies
+ Public fountains	Provided water for drinking and washing, most people got water here
+ Forts	Had their own bath house and latrine and many even had hospitals for soldiers
+ Public latrines	Often flushed by water from public baths and drained into sewers
- Water pipes	Made from lead or timber, many developed lead poisoning but they didnt know what was causing it due to lack of understanding
- Sewers	Carried away waste from houses, latrines and baths, built from stones and depended on enough water to flush them out. If not disease spread
- Bath houses	Public places for leisure, charging only a quadran, 5000 people used them a week but the water was only changed once every week

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