ABSTRACT
This chapter explains that both Rome and London provides different types of facilities spread throughout the city. Some, such as latrines and cesspits, were specifically designed to collect waste, while others, such as the outdoors, were just convenient facilities. After the examination of the sanitation systems employed by Imperial Rome and medieval London it suggests that whether they have satisfied or not on the five criteria established at the outset over ancient and medieval urban societies. Although Rome provided an additional sanitation system for its citizens, the open sewer London employed was suitably adequate. Overall, therefore, both Imperial Rome and medieval London sufficiently satisfied the first criterion. A society's methods of dealing with sanitation is inextricably linked with public health. Human waste that was removed and subsequently used as fertiliser was a practical solution to dealing with sanitation.
