The population of London is about five times that of Kent. By those figures, the call out rate in the first six hours of 2003 was about seven times that of Kent. So, the per-capita call out rate was higher in London, yes, but not ten times. London has so many more people than any other area you can't even begin to compare figures without taking into acount relative population. And I guess by the lack of such stories from Scotland that calling off all the outdoor celebrations helped keep the numbers down somewhat...