Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) rickets and (b) scurvy there were in each year since 2010.
The following table shows a total count of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of rickets and scurvy in England since 2010.
Finished Admission Episodes | ||
Year | Scurvy | Rickets |
2009-10 | 6 | 66 |
2010-11 | 8 | 66 |
2011-12 | 8 | 74 |
2012-13 | 18 | 65 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre
Note: This is not a count of patients as a person may be admitted more than once in a financial year.