Cold Comfort The Social and Environmental Determinants of Excess Winter Deaths in England, 1986-96

Britain has a very large winter excess of mortality, which is greater than in most other countries in continental Europe. The UK government has recently introduced a new home energy efficiency scheme (known as Warm Front) to improve the energy efficiency of dwellings of those on low income . The aim of this scheme is partly to tackle the adverse h ealth consequences (including winter death) of inadequate home heating.