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History Forum / General / British History / December 2003This Is A Health-Care/Social Services System We Should Envy?
"UK cold snap kills 2,500 in a week" This Is A Health-Care/Social Services System We Should Envy? Ludicrous! DSH ------------ "This is LONDON" 23/12/03 - News and city section "UK cold snap kills 2,500 in a week" By Alexa Baracaia, Evening Standard "The cold spell has killed more than 2,500 people across England and Wales in the past week, experts today revealed. New research shows that a higher proportion of the British population dies as a direct result of winter weather than in Russia or Finland. How about those apples? ---- DSH Between 15 and 22 December there are estimated to have been more than 540 deaths in London and the South-East alone and it is predicted that the number of people dying " unnecessarily" from the cold could rise to 50,000 this season. "The UK remains one of the worst countries in the world at coping with unseasonal temperatures," said Professor Sian Griffiths, President of the Faculty of Public Health which carried out the study along with the Met Office. Read, Mark, Learn And Inwardly Digest... Vide supra ---- DSH The findings come after it was revealed that an elderly couple in Tooting were found dead in their flat 13 weeks after their gas supply was cut off. The bodies of George Bates, 89, and his wife Gertrude, 86, were found huddled in the living room of the home they had shared for 64 years. British Gas, which was owed 140.62 pounds by the couple, said the Data Protection Act had prevented them from passing information to social services. Bureaucratic And Parliamentary Idiocy.... ---- DSH But David Hinchcliffe, chairman of the Government's health select committee, said: "I don't think there are any excuses." The new research, which calculates the number of deaths caused by the cold in England and Wales over the past week, claims that the victims will have died from treatable ailments. Professor Griffiths warned: "All of us must be vigilant to look out for family, friends and neighbours who may be suffering. Often illnesses develop after a cold snap has finished." ------------------------------------------------------ Veni, Vidi, Calcitravi Asinum D. Spencer Hines Lux et Veritas et Libertas Vires et Honor Yes indeed! Do you know the NHS costs> > "UK cold snap kills 2,500 in a week" > [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > > Vires et Honor > "UK cold snap kills 2,500 in a week" > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > How about those apples? ---- DSH The people in Russia and Finland know they live in a cold climate. Britons don't think they do. The standard response to anyone saying they are cold is usually a suggestion to put another woolly on. However, to make that comparison of any value, it would also be necessary to know how the three countries compare for the incidence of heart disease and strokes. Those are major killers in Britain and cold weather thickens the blood, making those already vulnerable more likely to die in winter than in summer. This is not so much a news item as one of the reminders, such as encouraging the vulnerable to have a flu jab, that come around each year about this time. Colin Bignell > > "UK cold snap kills 2,500 in a week" > > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > don't think they do. The standard response to anyone saying they are cold is > usually a suggestion to put another woolly on. Right. How many British houses has for example triple-glassed windows like in Finland? These are normal in houses built since 50´s or 60´s perhaps. And the older ones have those installed later on. In Russia I'm afraid things are not that good. > However, to make that comparison of any value, it would also be necessary to > know how the three countries compare for the incidence of heart disease and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > encouraging the vulnerable to have a flu jab, that come around each year > about this time. There are many factors, food, alcohol consumption and so on which causes heart diseases so just knowing the dying rates of heart disease would not be enough. mika finland snip > Right. How many British houses has for example triple-glassed windows like > in Finland? These are normal in houses built since 50´s or 60´s perhaps. And > the older ones have those installed later on. In Russia I'm afraid things > are not that good. Single glaze real lead lights on mine which I built in 80, very draughty in a winter northerly blow. I don't know if I could build like this now, possibly with secondary glazing I could. The rule now is double glazing with K glass, also the cavity insulation has been increased from 50mm to 65mm and loft insulation from 100mm to 200mm. We have just had a dispute with building control who were insisting on double glaze K glass dividing doors to a single glaze conservatory, they eventually allowed 250mm loft insulation instead. The latest buzz word is "no cold spots", for example, bricks for lintel or joist bearings are out, but they seem to have backed down on joist hangers rather than building the joist in the walls. (I think the standard light weight blocks for the internal skin are 4 newton, a LBC fletton brick is 21 newton). Apparently they can order a pressure test on a new house if they think it doesn't meet the new thermal regs, but I haven't seen one yet. Jamie |
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