The last recorded instance of anyone getting chillblains was in 1929. Chillblains' popularity had began to plummet with the start if the new century in 1900, as large numbers of people sought to confirm their sense of "modernity" by distancing themselves from outmoded Nineteenth Century ailments. The last manufacturer of chillblains, United Chillblains Inc. of Newark, NJ, was an immediate casualty of the onset of The Great Depression. The entire board of directors committed mass suicide by leaping from open third-story windows into huge vats of icy slush.