HC Deb 20 May 1966 vol 728 c318W
Mr. Russell Johnston

asked the Minister of Health what is the incidence of scurvy in persons of 65 years of age and over in England and Wales.

Mr. K. Robinson

Complete information is not available; but the hospital in-patient enquiry suggests that in the two years 1962 and 1963 about 110 inpatients aged 65 or over had scurvy.