indoor toilets became common in america in 1890s.
indoor toilets became common in america in 1890s.
when did indoor toilets become common in america?
1890s
indoor toilets were at first a luxury of the rich and only gradually spread to the lower classes. as late as the 1890s, building regulations in london did not require working-class housing to have indoor toilets; into the early 20th century, some english homes were built with an upstairs toilet for use by the owners and an outhouse for use by the servants. in some cases, there was a transitional stage where toilets were built into the house but accessible only from the outside. after world war i, all new housing in london and its suburbs had indoor toilets.
toilet (room)
the housing, town planning, &c. act 1919 (also known as the addison act after minister of health, dr christopher addison, the-then minister for housing), and the resulting wave of mass council housing in the early 1920s was among the first generation of houses in the country to feature electricity, running water, bathrooms, indoor toilets and front/rear gardens. however, some council houses were still being built with outdoor toilets, attached to the house, until well into the 1930s. some of the earliest council houses did not feature an actual bathroom; the bath could often be found in the kitchen with a design that allowed it to double as a work surface. these new houses had two, three, four or five bedrooms, and generously sized back gardens intended for vegetable growing. at the best they were built at a density of houses of . however, later in the 20th century these houses were modernised to feature modern bathrooms and indoor toilets.
public housing in the united kingdom