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ironically, i just moved into a new place and saw one of these for the first time when i was re-finishing the medicine cabinet (i live in texas, and believe it or not, a lot of our older architecture has fallen victim to unplanned development and hyper-urbanization). being an avid recycler, the idea that people disposed on things in their wall was absolutely mystifying. so much so, i actually removed the cabinet (i had to repaint it anyway) and checked with a flashlight in the crawl space. it was too deep so see anything, but i wonder if the principle of "in-house" disposal had anything to do with ideas of public health at the time (?). that is to say, much in the same way it was illegal to spit on the side walks (god, i wish it still was), maybe it was considered to "unhygienic" to have people's personal hygiene products mingling in an open dump. or maybe, as mentioned, people were simply more wasteful and individualistic back then :) it's fun to think about though. then again, we still have stinky garbage disposals in our sinks... maybe its not all that strange after all...