A man in traditional Chinese dress carries pails of faeces, supported by a pole across his back, with which he will fertilise a vegetable garden, Kuching Sarawak, Borneo. Photograph by A.R. Wellington, 1908.
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- 1908
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- 562900i
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1908
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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 13.9 x 9.4 cm
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Kuching Sarawak, 1908. Chinese coolie carrying faeces from the hospital to his garden. He is about to pour the contents into an earth well or pit - there to "ripen". Photo by A.R. Wellington.
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Wellcome Collection 562900i
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