[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough.

  • Halifax (England). County Borough Council. nb2008024085.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The above table shows the decline which has taken place in the phthisis deathrate during the past 12 years, in fact, this deathrate has fallen 25 per cent, within the past 10 years. The following table gives the average phthisis deathrate in decennial periods since 1881, and compares it with the average of England and Wales. Average Deathrate from Phthisis Halifax England & Wales Ten Years 1881-1890 ... 2-00 T72 Ten Years - 1891-1900 ... 1 *50 1-39 Ten Years 1901-1910 ... 1-22 IT 6 Two YYars 1911-1912 ... •97 T03 One Year 1913 TOO ... From the above table it will be observed that the phthisis deathrate of Halifax 33 years ago, was consider- ably above that of Engtand an 1 Wales, that there has been a marked fall in this deathrate, and that now it is slightly below the average of the country generally. There were 50 deaths from other forms of tubercu- lar disease, which, added to the above, make a total of 152 deaths for the year due to the various forms of tuberculosis. This gives a total deathrate from all tubercular diseases of 1*4 per 1000, the same as that of the pre- vious year. The causes of death from tubercular disease, other than phthisis, were as follows. Tubercular Meningitis 12 Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica 11 Other Tubercular Diseases 27