Illnesses like rickets and scurvy were rife, with children struggling to get the nutrition they needed to survive. Nearly 160 years later and sadly, the situation is looking increasingly similar.

Rickets, once synonymous with poverty and poor diets in Victorian Britain, affects bone development in children, causing bone pain, stunted growth and soft, weak bones that can lead to deformities ...

In the first half of the 19th century, between 40% and 50% of children in the U.S. didn't live past the age of 5. While ...

The ACT Children and Young People Commissioner says including the ACT's continuous monitoring system in nationally consistent ...

The Horrifying Mortality Rate Of Victorian Children Is Cautionary Tale That’s More Relevant By The Day. Modern medicine has saved the lives of countless children.

Health experts have issued a warning that “too many” children are not protected against a potentially deadly disease dating back to the Victorian era. It comes amid a surge in cases throughout ...

Victorian novels chronicle the terrible grief of losing children. Depicting the cruelty of diseases largely unfamiliar today, ...

As a result of these sanitary, regulatory and medical advances, child mortality rates have sat below 1% in the U.S. and U.K. for the last 30 years. Victorian novels chronicle the terrible grief of ...