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breathe. In Virginia, 1,421 people died of penumonLa. This one widely fatal killer responds well to pencillin and other drugs. Death from penumonia strikes hardest at the 15 to 40 year old group. It is the forth leading cause of death in young children. Over 200,000 Virginians are estimated to have asthma and hay fever. And over 53,000 are estimated to have chronic bronchitis. Bronchitis is a disease of neglect. It is an inflamation of the lining of bronchial tubes causing chronic coughing and spitting. Beginning usually at middle age, it grows progressively worse unless treated. Major contributing factors ace,; cigarette smoking and alt pollution. • No estimates are given on prevalence of emphysema. But for every emphysema death three are hundreds of Virginians disabled by this disease in their earning years.lt has increased 400% in the last ten years. Emphysema brings illness, job loss and disability to more and more men over 40 and over. Early chrnoic cough and shortness of breath must be headed if headway is to be made against this disease. Exact causes of emphysema are not known but there is a significant link between
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