1) Health data between the High Road and Elizabeth line require further investigation 2) Email to the Redbridge Director of Public Health asking for action
Paul Scott and I used an AI tool to produce the graphic and statistics below, using official data that anyone can check. Low birth weight along the High Road: what the official figures show We have been looking at whether children’s health along the High Road, between the road and the Elizabeth line where the Tesco towers would be built, is different from elsewhere. As a first step we looked at low birth weight, using official government figures that anyone can check. What we found Between 2020 and 2024, between 8.7% and 10.7% of babies born in the neighbourhoods along the High Road from Ilford to Chadwell Heath weighed less than 2.5 kg at birth. The England average is 6.8% and the Redbridge average is 8.3%. Further east, from Rush Green through Romford to Harold Wood, the figures are lower, between 4.6% and 7.3%. The Tesco site itself is in Goodmayes North, where the figure is 10.0%. What this does and does not show This does not prove that air pollution from the High Road causes low ...
