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Victorian plague alert as scurvy, scabies and rickets hit UK

28 October 2024

“The idea we are starting to suffer the same diseases that in Victorian times people on long ocean voyages suffered because of the shortage of citrus fruits is simply horrendous,” said Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Institute of Health Equity) on the rising rates of scurvy.

Read: Express