A Leading Cause Of Child Deaths In The Early 20th Century Is Once Again Sweeping Through Britain

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Symptoms of scarlet fever include a high temperature, a swollen tongue and a rash on the chest and stomach. Suzanne Tucker/Shutterstock

One of the leading causes of child deaths in Victorian times is currently back on the rise in the U.K., and while the condition is now treatable and therefore no longer fatal, medics are completely stumped as to what has caused this sudden outbreak.