[Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough.

  • Halifax (England). County Borough Council. nb2008024085.
Date:
1915
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Credit: [Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Halifax death-rate is higher than that of any of the other Yorkshire great towns, all of which, however, show a slight increase upon the previous year. The death-rates of these towns were as follows- Leeds, 16*4; Sheffield, 16*9 ; Bradford, 15*9 ; Hull, 15*3 ; Hudders- field, 15’9 ; York, 15*5 ; and Rotherham, 16*6 per 1000 respectively. The following table compares the death-rates of England and Wales, the great towns, etc., with that of Halifax. DEATH-RATES Crude Standardised England and Wales ... 151 14-8 96 Great Towns 15 6 159 148 Smaller Towns 140 142 England and Wales, less the 244 Towns ... 14 8 13 6 London 161 16*1 HALIFAX 17T 17*4 Zymotic Death-rate. The deaths from the principal zymotic diseases numbered 81, against 83 during the previous year, giving a death rate of *81 per 1000, the same as that for the previous year.