Carbolic Soap from The Scullery
In Victorian times a block of carbolic soap was an essential item in every household, rich or poor. This rough soap containing the disinfectant phenol or carbolic acid was bought at the ‘oil shop’ – rather like today’s hardware store. It was bought in chunks cut off a huge green or orange block and wrapped in newspaper
.Carbolic soap was used for everything from personal hygiene to household uses. It was used for the weekly full body wash in the tin bathtub, for hair washing and, along with a damp cloth, just to wash face and hands in a basin in the bedroom on a daily basis. It was also used for such household chores as washing clothes and cleaning out the chamber pots in the morning.
In Victorian times a block of carbolic soap was an essential item in every household, rich or poor. This rough soap containing the disinfectant phenol or carbolic acid was bought at the ‘oil shop’ – rather like today’s hardware store. It was bought in chunks cut off a huge green or orange block and wrapped in newspaper
.Carbolic soap was used for everything from personal hygiene to household uses. It was used for the weekly full body wash in the tin bathtub, for hair washing and, along with a damp cloth, just to wash face and hands in a basin in the bedroom on a daily basis. It was also used for such household chores as washing clothes and cleaning out the chamber pots in the morning.
In Victorian times a block of carbolic soap was an essential item in every household, rich or poor. This rough soap containing the disinfectant phenol or carbolic acid was bought at the ‘oil shop’ – rather like today’s hardware store. It was bought in chunks cut off a huge green or orange block and wrapped in newspaper
.Carbolic soap was used for everything from personal hygiene to household uses. It was used for the weekly full body wash in the tin bathtub, for hair washing and, along with a damp cloth, just to wash face and hands in a basin in the bedroom on a daily basis. It was also used for such household chores as washing clothes and cleaning out the chamber pots in the morning.
