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Rickets making a comeback in London

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It may be considered an illness of yesteryear but now it seems rickets is back and doctors say it is down to increasing numbers of Londoners suffering from a lack of Vitamin D.

Some studies report that up to 50% of ethnic minority communities have the deficiency.

While our main source of Vitamin D is through exposure to sunlight, supplies of the medicine to treat acute cases of the condition are running dangerously low.

BBC London's Special Correspondent Kurt Barling reports.

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