Jane2,

I think that your asthma is probably caused by pollution. I don't claim expertise in this area, but I suspect that most pollution is from vehicles. I have noticed that more schoolchildren suffer from asthma in schools adjoining busy main roads. The best way to deal with this would be to reduce or eliminate the sources of the pollution. Years ago we scrapped electric trolley buses and trams and replaced them with diesel powered buses. I suggest that we need to go full circle and use electric powered vehicles.

From the top of the building I work in I can see the whole of London. I cannot count the tress, but there are a lot of them!

I think that Lewisham's approach to trees is dictated by budget constraints and is not demand-led. I also think that if there is a demonstrable correlation between trees and health, Local Government would be seriously demanding funding from Central Government. It would assist the NHS to improve our health.