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  1. "There has been a surge in cases of #scabies and #measles – both highly contagious – as well as #rickets and #scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated"
    "...the surge...reflects the cost of living crisis and decade-long cuts to social services and public health, which have left Britain with one of the poorest and most vulnerable populations in Europe"
    theguardian.com/society/2024/f
    🔸Consequences of electing a dysfunctional govt?🤔
    #UK #PublicHealth

  2. ‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the #UK alarms health experts - theguardian.com/society/2024/f "There has been a surge in cases of #scabies and #measles – both highly contagious – as well as #rickets and #scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?" rhetorical question, methinks...

  3. ‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the #UK alarms health experts - theguardian.com/society/2024/f "There has been a surge in cases of #scabies and #measles – both highly contagious – as well as #rickets and #scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?" rhetorical question, methinks...

  4. theguardian.com/politics/2023/

    What percentage of the electorate even hits the threshold for inheritance tax?

    When 29% of #children in the UK are living in #poverty, children are arriving at school too hungry to learn, and in East Anglia, #rickets is back with a vengeance, what kind of government prioritises #tax breaks for the already #wealthy?

    #ToriesCriminalsUnfitToGovern

  5. Almost 11,000 people in England were hospitalised with #malnutrition last year - doctors warn the cost of living crisis has led to a rise in illnesses such as #scurvy and #rickets

    Yr to April 2023, 10,896 #NHS patients — including 312 children — hospitalised with the condition in England

    Cases of malnutrition more than doubled in a decade, quadrupled since 2007/8

    #toriesOut #labour

    thetimes.co.uk/article/times-h:~

  6. @CrazyMyra @Bullix @RickiTarr Yes, Scots origin. Also, yes, bow legs. #rickets ? Lack of sunshine -> lack of Vit D-> rickets?

  7. @CrazyMyra @Bullix @RickiTarr Yes, Scots origin. Also, yes, bow legs. #rickets ? Lack of sunshine -> lack of Vit D-> rickets?

  8. Uppland, Sweden, 1918. The parents are pulling their daughter through a hole in a tree, to cure her from rickets. In Sweden these trees are called Smörjträd, which literally mean Lubrication Tree - but maybe it’s more proper with Salve Tree? Anyways, another name is Troll Tree. #folkmagic #folklore #rickets

  9. Uppland, Sweden, 1918. The parents are pulling their daughter through a hole in a tree, to cure her from rickets. In Sweden these trees are called Smörjträd, which literally mean Lubrication Tree - but maybe it’s more proper with Salve Tree? Anyways, another name is Troll Tree. #folkmagic #folklore #rickets