Extend package to search for Local Authority codes

[Lextuga007]

Examples are

# Define code for Nottingham City LA
la_code_nott_city <- c("E06000018")

# Define codes for Nottinghamshire County Council LA districts (further details
# can be found here
# https://cdu-data-science-team.github.io/team-blog/posts/2021-05-14-index-of-multiple-deprivation/#imd-in-sql)
la_code_notts_county <- c(
  "E06000018", "E07000170", "E07000171", "E07000172",
  "E07000173", "E07000174", "E07000175", "E07000176"
)

# Combine all districts into one object
la_code_nott_city_notts_county <- c(la_code_nott_city, la_code_notts_county)

From the {NHSRpopulation} vignette. These codes appear under column lau2_code

[francisbarton]

I don't quite get the intention here. Is it to return all postcodes in the county?

[Lextuga007]

Yes, for counties based on the constituent district/local authority codes.

I was trying to recode the original vignette that used the Excel data that was downloaded but that uses Local Authority codes to get the IMD scores for counties but those codes aren't in this API.