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Public toilets in Delaware
Two holes in wooden sit level board
Reproduction flush toilets inside privy at Fort Delaware
Language of toilets
Local wordswashroom
Men's toiletsMen
Women's toiletsWomen
Public toilet statistics
Toilets per 100,000 people3 (2021)
Total toilets??
Public toilet use
TypeWestern style sit toilet
Locationspublic accomodations
hotels
stores
restaurants
coffee shops
Average cost???
Often equipped with???
Percent accessible???
Date first modern public toilets???
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Public toilets in Delaware, commonly called washrooms, are found at a rate of around three public toilets per 100,000 people.

Public toilets

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A map of US states showing which mandate all single-person restrooms to be all-gender.

washroom is one of the most commonly used words for public toilet in the United States.[1] Euphemisms are often used to avoid discussing the purpose of toilets.  Words used include toilet, restroom, bathroom, lavatory and john.[2]

A 2021 study found there were three public toilets per 100,000 people.[3] The cleanest public toilets at a gas station in Delaware, according to the GasBuddy, in 2019 were found at Wawa.[4]

Public toilets are often located in semi-private public accommodations like hotels, stores, restaurants and coffee shops instead of being street level municipal maintained facilities.[5]

History

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Because Prohibition saw an increase in the construction of public toilets to address the new found demand, many municipalities located outside the South built sex-segregated public toilets that were essentially the same construction inside, with the same number of stalls and layout for each.[5]

Delaware River Waterfront Corporation examined the idea of introducing public pay toilets by JC Decaux whose upkeep was done through advertising fees to central Delaware in 2011 because a lack of them was hurting local tourist activities along the river.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Hess, Nico (2019-08-04). Introducing Global Englishes. Scientific e-Resources. ISBN 978-1-83947-299-2.
  2. ^ Farb, Peter (2015-08-19). Word Play: What Happens When People Talk. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-101-97129-1.
  3. ^ QS Supplies (11 October 2021). "Which Cities Have The Most and Fewest Public Toilets?". QS Supplies. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  4. ^ Adams, Kirby. "Hitting the road? Here's a list of the nicest gas station bathrooms in each state". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  5. ^ a b Baldwin, P. C. (2014-12-01). "Public Privacy: Restrooms in American Cities, 1869-1932". Journal of Social History. 48 (2): 264–288. doi:10.1093/jsh/shu073. ISSN 0022-4529.
  6. ^ "UPDATED: DRWC says a very basic amenity would help bring more people to the waterfront". WHYY. Retrieved 2022-11-01.