Gotta love survey news stories.  Yesterday, Female First reported a Fark.com-worthy piece of research that suggests some Brits don’t do a great job cleaning themselves or changing their undergarments. The story says that based on a survey of 3,000 people in Britain, about 600,000 (1%) of folks bathe on a monthly basis, and the same percentage also change their socks and underwear once a month:

Regionally, people in London and Scotland are the cleanest with 68% bathing daily, compared to just 23% of Irish and 58% of Welsh. However, while the majority of Londoners are keeping clean, the capital also had the highest percentage of people only bathing once a month. In the UK, people in the South West of England have the best hand hygiene with 95% washing hands after going to the toilet, closely followed by the North West 93% and Wales 91%. Worst for hand washing were the Northern Irish with over a third not washing hands after going to the toilet, followed by Scotland 15% and the Midlands 13%.

Milton Pharmaceutical (who also happened to sponsor the research) provided some predictable tips on hygiene:
 
While you might maintain excellent standards of personal hygiene, can the same be said for the person sitting next to you on the bus? It’s very easy to pick up germs and viruses from public surfaces left there by dirty hands. Keep Milton Antibacterial Hand Gel in your bag to keep hands clean while on the go and kill any germs you might pick up.