A north-west London borough has the highest rate of active tuberculosis (TB) in the capital, according to new data.
The National TB Surveillance System said 44 in every 100,000 residents had active TB in Harrow, and cases “still seem to be rising”, the council said.
Laurence Gibson, Harrow’s director of public health, said the current cohort of residents with TB were “likely to have been infected before they travelled to the UK”, adding that it was an issue across north-west London.
Harrow’s Department of Public Health is in the process of developing a TB action plan which it expects will be brought forward in the early part of next year, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
TB is an infection that normally affects the lungs, but can also affect the brain, spine and kidneys.