On yet another trawl through data websites I found one which includes various health statistics for different local authorities. Whilst a the datasets are a few years old (2007/2008), I thought they looked like they might have some interesting nuggets in them.
In this post, I look at the link between levels of child poverty and obesity and tooth decay in 5 year old children. As you may be aware, Tower Hamlets has very high levels of child poverty, which in part is due to the general level of poverty in the borough, but possibly exacerbated by more prosperous families leaving Tower Hamlets.
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