More than one hundred children under the age of 18 from Hillingdon have been admitted to hospital for alcohol-related illnesses in the last three years.
These are the findings of an investigation by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) into the problems of under-age drinking.
The outer London boroughs were found to have the most cases, with Hillingdon's 101 putting it in fourth place behind leaders Bromley, with 126.
However, it would have only taken four more cases to push the borough ahead of Barnet (103) and Bexley (104) and thus claim the dubious honour of being second worst in London.
To put the worrying statistic in perspective, the neighbouring borough of Harrow had only 25 cases over the three years from 2004-2007.
At the same time the education watchdog Ofsted has released the results of a survey which quizzed 11-14-year-olds about their experiences with alcohol.
In Hillingdon only 37 per cent of children said they had never touched alcohol, with 12 per cent admitting they had been drunk at least once.
Councillor David Simmonds, cabinet member for education and children's services, said: "We do have a strategy in place in Hillingdon to deal with young people and alcohol abuse.
"However, this is a pointer which shows there is much more to be done to tackle the problem."
