Data may suggest so but let’s rid our analysis of social biases before we arrive at such a conclusion Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow is about 15km from my home in London.
In April, the hospital gained some notoriety because of the disproportionately large number of deaths due to the pandemic now known as covid-19.
Harrow is a sylvan, leafy suburb, where the wealthy live in quiet homes with manicured lawns along winding roads. Jawaharlal Nehru studied at a famous school in Harrow, whose playing fields are adjacent to the hospital.
Many London boroughs have extreme wealth and squalor, but Harrow is not the borough you’d name first if you were to list places of deprivation.