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It might not be one for the tourist leaflet s - but it turns out North Tyneside is the diarrhoea capital of the England.

Our data unit has - for reasons best known to themselves - been analysis millions of prescriptions written by GPs across the country is 2015.

And doctors in north east were the most likely of all to prescribe medicines to tackle acute diarrhoea.

Some 11,783 such items were prescribed in the North Tyneside CCG area during those 12 months - one prescription for every 18.4 people.

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To put that in perspective, the average for the entire country was one prescription for every 31.4 people.

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Second on the list was Wirral, in Merseyside, with one anti-diarrhoea prescription for every 18.8 people.

North Durham (one per 19.0 people) and Northumberland (one per 19.1) were next, with both Sunderland (one per 20.4) and Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield (one per 20.2) featuring in the top 10.

Or perhaps, in the circumstances, that should be bottom ten...

People in London were the least likely to receive prescriptions for acute diarrhoea.

In the City and Hackney CCG area, there was one prescription for every 78.5 people. In Lambeth it was one per 75.1 and in West London, one per 74.8.

Clinical Commissioning Group / Anti-diarrhoea items prescribed / People per prescription

North Tyneside / 11,783 / 18.4

Wirral / 17,773 / 18.8

North Durham / 13,398 / 19.0

Northumberland / 16,911 / 19.1

Lincolnshire East / 12,399 / 19.8

North, East, West Devon / 45,513 / 20.0

Durham Dales, Eastington and Sedgefield / 14,367 / 20.2

Sunderland / 13,914 / 20.4

Fylde and Wyre / 7,316 / 20.6

South Tees / 14,255 / 20.6