Sanitation, Public Health, and Hygiene in Elizabethan England

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Across
  1. 2. Powdered _____ were wrapped in cloth and used to scrub teeth
  2. 5. ________ was used to cover the stench of unwashed bodies
  3. 6. Some nobility had underground _______ where waste was collected via chutes
  4. 7. Method of covering floors with rushes
  5. 8. Queen Elizabeth was thought to bathe every ____ weeks
  6. 9. London had many open ______ that often overflowed into the streets
  7. 10. Largest city in England with poor sanitation
  8. 11. Sir John Harrington invented the first _____ toilet
  9. 12. Bowl that the working class used as a toilet (2 words)
Down
  1. 1. River in London where sewage was often emptied
  2. 3. Name for the stationary toilet that connected to a cesspit (3 words)
  3. 4. It was considered good manners to wash ones _____ before meals
  4. 6. Chamber pot covered with a seat used by the upper class
  5. 13. Poor often bathed in ______ since they couldn't afford bathtubs