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I think contextually it depends. If you compare rural living to urban living, then maybe you could say latrines and baths contributed to increase in parasites.
by practicemaths 2y ago
I think contextually it depends.
If you compare rural living to urban living, then maybe you could say latrines and baths contributed to increase in parasites.
However that's a bad comparison.
What would be better is compare similar levels of urbanization (population density) with and without latrines & baths. I imagine the latter may be more sanitary.
- prerok 2y agoExactly. I wonder/think that reports from medieval and early modern age London were much worse.
- LtWorf 2y agoNot that london in 1850s was much better (see "the great stink")
- agumonkey 2y agoI wonder how bad was the early onset of cities compared to small groups near clean natural resources. Did bathing in a river prove healthier ? the amount of flow would carry away toxic waste rapidly I guess.