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Deficient diets to blame for rise in childhood scurvy
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The Scotsman
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November 08, 2009
SCURVY, once the scourge of the sailors in the age of sail, is increasing among British schoolchildren. In 2004-5, 61 children were admitted to hospital with scurvy in England. But by 2007-8 the figure had risen to 94, a rise of more than 50 per cent in the past three years. The condition results fr...
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