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Percentage increase in cases of tuberculosis in London since 1999. More than 9,000 TB cases are diagnosed each year in the U.K., with 40% of them in London. Experts say poor ventilation in inadequate housing and overcrowding among migrant groups is contributing to the rise, similar to Victorian times, when cases of TB also surged. [via The Lancet]
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