Rickets rises among Asians - The Times 30th October 2007

Health officials have been so alarmed by increasing cases of rickets among the Asian population of Blackburn that children and mothers will be offered vitamin supplements next year. Rickets, a softening of bone tissue often characterised by bowed legs, is caused by a vitamin D deficiency and was associated with Victorian slums. But a study found that there were 56 suspected cases between 2003 and 2005 in the catchment area of two primary care trusts that cover Blackburn with Darwen and Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale, in Lancashire. A large proportion of the cases came from the Asian community of Blackburn with Darwen.

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