night soil
Collected latrine contents
Night soil is human feces collected from cesspools, outhouses, and chamber pots, historically used as fertilizer.
Before modern sewage systems, workers called night soil men collected waste after dark and transported it to farms.
The term is now mainly historical, though the practice continues in some parts of the world.
The fields were fertilized with night soil.
Basic outdoor toilet
- outhouseDetached backyard toilet
- privyOutdoor toilet; informed
- cesspitUnderground sewage container
- nightmanWorker on overnight shift
waste collection · disposal · public health · hygiene · sewage system · waste management · composting toilet · septic system
- fecesSolid digestive waste
- excrementSolid bodily waste
- sewageLiquid refuse in drains
- blackwaterToilet waste or tannin-stained swamp
ordure · excreta · nightman · cesspool · chamber pot · honey bucket · cesspit · slops
Worker on overnight shift
- honey wagonWaste-pumping vehicle
- cesspoolUnderground waste receptacle
- privyOutdoor toilet; informed
- chamber potPortable indoor toilet vessel
urban waste · pre-modern · traditional agriculture · honey bucket · 19th century
Animal waste as fertilizer
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- humusDecayed organic soil matter
- soil amendmentSubstance improving dirt quality
- nutrientsVital dietary substances
organic fertilizer · biosolids · soil conditioner · nitrogen · phosphorus · potassium · field dressing · traditional farming
latrine
Basic outdoor toilet
nightman · waste collection · disposal · public health · hygiene · sewage system · waste management · composting toilet · septic system · pit toilet
human waste
blackwater · ordure · excreta · nightman · cesspool · chamber pot · honey bucket · cesspit · slops · biosolids
nightman
Worker on overnight shift
- honey wagonWaste-pumping vehicle
- cesspoolUnderground waste receptacle
- privyOutdoor toilet; informed
chamber pot · urban waste · pre-modern · traditional agriculture · honey bucket · 19th century
manure
Animal waste as fertilizer
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- humusDecayed organic soil matter
- soil amendmentSubstance improving dirt quality
nutrients · organic fertilizer · biosolids · soil conditioner · nitrogen · phosphorus · potassium · field dressing · traditional farming
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- bodily wastefeces, excrement, urine, poop, pee
- Fecesfeces, poop, dung, droppings, excrement
- historical sanitationcesspit, cesspool, chamber pot, latrine, outhouse
- manurecow manure, horse manure, chicken manure, pig manure, sheep manure
- sanitation historycesspools, cesspits, privies, outhouses, latrines
night soilcow dung
Cattle feces
horse manure · green manure · guano · pig manure · compost
night soilchemical fertilizer
Manufactured nutrient for plants
synthetic fertilizer · ammonium nitrate · superphosphate · urea