The latter could be concluded from the high prevalence of trichiuriasis and hookworm infections, which is an indirect indicator of unhygienic human waste disposal.
It is easy to ascribe this to unhygienic foods and feeding utensils, for spoons were commonly used to administer substances in the first few days.
Barnes in a small report gave a detailed description of the unhygienic and overcrowded conditions in which poor urban women gave birth.
Originally sheep and goats would be taken to the stable through the hall but this is nowadays regarded as being unhygienic.
Experts argued that reuse and utilization of rubbish were ineffective and unhygienic methods of waste disposal.
Because they breast-feed their children fully under unhygienic conditions, their children tend to enjoy the benefits of full breast-feeding more.
The persistence of dirt marked the city as unequal, as well as unhygienic.
The suspicion of unhygienic swimming-pool water was confirmed by the total coliform count, although faecal contamination was not specifically demonstrated.
