Not Defective Plumbing.
It many times so happens that plumbing is found a ready excuse for filthy people to place the blame upon “defective plumbing,” while in reality it is other defects that are the real cause. There are many things to take into consideration besides faulty plumbing. You should ask yourself: Is your cellar pure? How many germs of disease are lurking there because you have failed to properly drain and ventilate it, and remove the decayed vegetation and other impurities? And the well or spring; how much filth, unseen or unrealized though it be, is permitted to enter there, until at last it enters your life blood and becomes a part of your being, bringing you to an untimely grave?—Plumbers’ Trade Journal.