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 ...

There has been a 380 per cent increase in cases of Rickets - a Victorian-era disease in a few areas of the ... as some parts of Thanet - among the poorest in England. More than 20 per cent of the ...

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 ...

Nationally, NHS England figures point to a sharp ... Agency - in 2019 - to address reports that Dickensian or Victorian illnesses like rickets, whooping cough and Scarlet Fever were again on ...

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 ...

LBC’s findings, which have been described as “shocking” by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, represent a dramatic increase in the incidence of Victorian ... for rickets. In 2010-11, only 3,500 cases of ...

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 ...

THE Victorian disease rickets has made an alarming comeback among adults in Scotland, it was revealed last month. Amid the cost of living crisis, cases are now 700 per cent higher than in England ...

Cases of so-called ‘Victorian’ diseases also remain high. Scurvy has nearly tripled since 2007-08, with 171 admissions last financial year, though this is down from a 2018-19 peak of 215. The number ...

“I did learn that Scotland has slower economic growth than England. “I was shocked to learn that Victorian diseases have actually returned to certain cities in Scotland such as rickets.

A total of 442 cases were recorded in Scotland last year, compared to 482 across the whole of England. The majority ... Picture: Getty Images. Rickets affects bone development in children.