[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough.

  • Halifax (England). County Borough Council. nb2008024085.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The deathrate of England and Wales during 1908 was 14*7 per 1000, and the average for the 76 great towns was 15*8 per 1000, thirty-three of which had a lower deathrate than Halifax, but 17 of these have a much smaller population. The deathrates of the other Yorkshire great towns were as follows: —Leeds, 15*3; Sheffield, 15*8; Bradford, 15*5 ; Hull, 16*2 ; Huddersfield, 17*1 ; York, 12*6 ; and Rotherham 16*0 per 1000 respectively. Thus the death- rate of Halifax for 1908, with the exception of York, was lower than anv of the above towns. ti The following table gives the average deathrates for the undermentioned periods, compared with that of England and Wales. . Period Deathrates Halifax England and Wales 1876-80 23-5 20-9 1881-5 211 19-4 1886-90 2P2 18-9 1891-5 17-9 18-7 ] 896-00 17-5 17-7 1901-5 15-3 16-0 1906-8 14-7 150 S* The following table serves to compare the death- rates of the various Wards of the Borough.