Summary
Just because the mortality rate among the elderly always rises in winter does not make it acceptable. And the figures published today by the Western Morning News show- ing the true scale at which death rates among older people increase in colder weather demonstrate that at least some of those deaths can be attributed to the high cost of heating.
Pressure groups working on behalf of the elderly know that many hard-up individuals turn down their heating in an effort to save money.See the full content of this document
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Scandal of the Winter Deaths
With heating costs making up well over half the cost of energy it is the one aspect of their spending over which they have any real control. But the results are often catast...
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