J. Sebastian’s Reviews > How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life > Status Update

I regularly use one of these early models of Victorian WC when I am working in Haddon Hall in Derbyshire. Even with an S-bend to prevent the smell of the drain wafting back up, the WC still retains an odour, no matter how carefully you try to keep it clean. Victorians experienced the same problem, as was pointed out by S.S. Hellyer in 1877… There was no way of cleaning the underside of the pan. (p. 103)