A HEALTH report revealed that two areas in Blackburn were the most deprived in the country.
Brookhouse and Cathedral were identified as the two most deprived council wards out of more than 9,200 in England and Wales.
Professor Brian Jarman who drew up the report used the factors of the number of elderly, unskilled workers, ethnic minority workers, unemployed, one-parent families as the evidence for his report.
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