LTC3 Hygenic Roman Baths

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by Phil Masters

There was a documentary about Pompeii on the BBC a few weeks back in which the presenter got to say something along the lines of "This is one of those famous Roman bath-houses. Very nice, isn't it? Now notice one odd absence. No drain in the bath."

That seems... I mean, it doesn't matter if you don't have a clue about disease theory, but wouldn't the water start to be mostly stewed sweat and assorted gunge, rather than water, after a while? Humans don't LIKE that smell, as a group. So how would they change the water when it started smelling like old socks?