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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Matt Atherton

Victorian diseases surging in UK - signs and symptoms of three most worrying infections

Victorian diseases - including diphtheria, tuberculosis, and scabies - have started to make a roaring comeback, it's been revealed.

These diseases were responsible for almost 10,000 hospitalisations last year, largely linked to a drop in vaccine uptake.

Teenagers were seven per cent less likely to get vaccinated against Victorian diseases in 2022, according to NHS Digital data.

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