RubberDuck@lemmy.world to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 1 year agoDoctors urge government to fight poverty after rise in patients with Victorian diseaseswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldunitedkingdom@feddit.ukpublichealth@mander.xyz
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkDoctors urge government to fight poverty after rise in patients with Victorian diseaseswww.theguardian.comRubberDuck@lemmy.world to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 1 year agomessage-square7linkfedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldunitedkingdom@feddit.ukpublichealth@mander.xyz
minus-squareᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year ago One doctor said that they had seen patients with two Victorian skin diseases, erysipelas and scabies, over the past three months. My brother had scabies three decades ago.
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThat was during the other Victorian era, in the 1990s, named after “Posh Spice” Victoria Adams/Beckham from the Spice Girls.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSo in the 90’s, after Thatcher made the UK great again with conservatism?
minus-squareᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s the one - although I think the rot set in when she snatched our milk.
My brother had scabies three decades ago.
That was during the other Victorian era, in the 1990s, named after “Posh Spice” Victoria Adams/Beckham from the Spice Girls.
Ah, Queen Victoria the Second.
So in the 90’s, after Thatcher made the UK great again with conservatism?
That’s the one - although I think the rot set in when she snatched our milk.