Were personal hygiene and cleanliness methods used effective?
Not enough. Infectious diseases were much more common than they are today. The location of drinking water wells and outhouses and farm animal buildings did not always protect the safety of drinking water and contributed to bacterial infections and diseases. How was the environment affected? Certainly the use of water was limited. Soap for washing was biodegradable. Few chemicals were used. Probably the most environmental detriment might be from an outhouse if it were located where it might contaminate water in a drinking water well. Properly located and maintained an outhouse would present no longtime detrimental effect.
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