Blair toilet

The Blair Toilet (aka Blair Latrine) is a pit toilet designed in the 1970s. It was a result of large-scale projects to improve rural sanitation in Rhodesia under UDI at the Blair Research Institute, and then deployed further during the 1980s after Zimbabwean Independence. There was mass deployment of the toilet design in the rural areas of the country. It was developed by Dr. Peter Morgan^[1] of Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe).^[2]

Its design makes use of air currents, a septic tank like pit, over which is built an upper structure with an open light-trap entrance and ventilation pipe from the bottom pit with a fine wire grate to keep out flies but more importantly to trap those entering the toilet hole from flying out towards the light. The result is hygienic, as flies can not escape from the fecal matter to spread disease, and the gases produced by the decomposing waste are redirected outside.^[3]

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Toilets

Equipment	Ballcock Brush Cistern Flushometer Hand dryer Paper-towel dispenser Roll holder Seat Seat cover Soap dispenser Toilet paper Trap (U-bend)

Types	Aircraft Accessible Arborloo Bidet Bidet shower Board Bucket Chemical Composting Dry Dual flush Electronic bidet Flush Freezing Head Hudo Incinerating Latrine Low-flush Outhouse Passenger train Pay Pit Portable Public Sanisette Space Squat Unisex public Urine-diverting dry (UDDT) Washlet

Cultural aspects	Anal cleansing Bathroom privileges Defecation postures Feminine hygiene "Flying toilet" Islamic toilet etiquette Istinja Latrinalia Manual scavenging Open defecation Privatization of public toilets Rest area Toilet god Toilet paper orientation Toilet training Toilet-related injuries and deaths Toilets in Japan Washroom attendant

Urine related aspects	Female urination device Pollee Urination Urinal Urine diversion

Historical terms	Aphedron Chamber pot Garderobe Midden closet Pail closet

See also	Defecation Sanitation World Toilet Day

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