Editing London Borough of Brent (section)

=== Health ===
According to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] survey of [[Female genital mutilation in the United Kingdom|female genital mutilation]], in the year to 31 March 2016, Brent represented the highest number of attendees, by current residence or visiting location, to medical services, at 1,250, 545 more than the next-highest local authority, [[Bristol]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmhaff/390/39004.htm#_idTextAnchor010|title=House of Commons - Female genital mutilation: abuse unchecked - Home Affairs Committee|website=publications.parliament.uk|access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref>

In 2015, the BBC reported that some wards of Brent and four other London boroughs had rates of [[tuberculosis]] over ten times the national average, and higher than rates seen in [[Iraq]] and [[Rwanda]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-34637968|title=London areas have higher TB than Iraq|date=27 October 2015|access-date=15 January 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref>