How many people died from poor hygiene in World War 1?

Answer 1

It is estimated about 15 percent of wounded soldiers died from infection. However, this number is argued as a lack of modern knowledge made it difficult to determine if death was caused from the wound itself, subsequent infection, or from diseases that ran rampant among soldiers. The Death Rate from infection and disease vs outright combat death is estimated to between 4:1 and 9:1.

Answer 2

During World War 1 the hygiene conditions were the best of any war so far. Soldiers were deloused and their hair kept short and latrines were kept away from water supplies. Soldiers still died from infection, flu and blood poisoning. There is no exact number of how many of the 16,500,000 dead actually died of poor hygiene during the war.

Answer 3

No!!! [ I'm glad about that!!! ]

Answer 4

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