NHS England figures show a sharp increase ... cost of living is likely to be behind the surge in rickets and scurvy - another Victorian era disease - as parents struggle to afford fruit and ...

It is a disease often associated with Victorian slums ... But figures show rickets is on the rise in Scotland, with its prevalence outstripping that in England. Cases have rocketed by 25 per ...

A host of "forgotten" diseases that plagued Victorian Britain more than 150 years ago is making a shocking comeback in modern life, medics have revealed. Cases of scurvy, rickets, scabies and ...

Victorian-era illnesses such as scurvy and rickets are rebounding because of ... Nearly 11,000 people in England — including hundreds of kids — were hospitalised with malnutrition last year.

Rickets is a deficiency disease caused by a lack of calcium or vitamin D. Like scurvy, it was widespread in the Victorian slums ... confirmed measles cases in England - compared with 54 in the ...

There has been a more than 300 per cent rise in the recent cases of Rickets – a Victorian-era disease ... parts of Thanet - among the poorest in England. More than 20 per cent of the population ...

This has led to the reappearance of Victorian-era ailments such as scurvy and rickets with The Times has reported a surge in cases. According to the report, nearly 11,000 individuals in England ...

Cases of a disease that was prevalent in the slums of Victorian-era ... 482 across the whole of England and most (356) were in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area. Rickets is caused by a ...

Health experts have warned that several Victorian-era illnesses are making ... with vitamin supplements and foods like oranges. Rickets is also making a comeback. It’s caused by a vitamin ...

Cases of rickets, commonly associated with the slums of Victorian Britain, are now 700 per cent higher in Scotland than in England. And the majority of cases live in the Glasgow and wider ...