A London Health Commission report issued last week paints a bleakpicture of the health of the capital's children and says chronicovercrowding is a key factor.
The commission, set up by the Mayor of London to develop a strategy toimprove the city population's health, advises children's health servicesnot to ignore investing in areas such as housing and unemployment infavour of narrow "lifestyle" approaches.
The report found almost a third of all dependent children in London wereliving in overcrowded conditions, more than twice the average forEngland and Wales.
More than half of all 15- to 18-year-olds live in households withoutenough rooms in inner London, where overcrowding is three times thenational average.
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