article_snippet.sent: The disease, a scourge of Victorian Britain, was virtually eradicated after the Second World War but is returning as more and more youngsters are used to staying indoors playing video games than going outside.
article_snippet.sent: Figures from the NHS show there were 833 hospital admissions for children suffering from the condition  in the financial year 2012-13.
article_snippet.sent: Professor Davies said the UK’s record on children’s health used to be ‘one of the best
article_snippet.sent: but we are now the worst’.
article_snippet.sent: Possible causes include lifestyle behaviours in pregnancy such as smoking, and poor care in infancy.
article_snippet.sent: However, UK cases have been rising in the past 15 years, from 183 in 1996 to 762 in 2011.
article_snippet.sent: Experts believe this is partly because children are eating less fish and eggs than in the past.
article_snippet.sent: Experts also blame extensive use of sunscreen, and children spending more time indoors.
highlights_snippet.sent: Increase is being put down to fact children spend less time outside playing .
  