200 Years of lice in Glasgow: an index of social deprivation.
Who gets lice? Using detailed health records of the citizens of Glasgow over the past couple of centuries, Steve Lindsay shows that lice have in the past been associated with deprivation. This conclusion may be controversial but, with the demise of the nit nurses and their detailed records, we are no longer in a position to say whether or not the same is true today.
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Department of Zoology, The University, Glasgow, UK G12 8QQ.