[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough.
- Halifax (England). County Borough Council. nb2008024085.
- Date:
- 1908
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![It will be observed from the foregoing table that the average age at death of males and females during 1908 was less than the previous year, more especially in the case of females. This is accounted for by the fact that a larger number of females died during the year under review under 65 years of age, and a smaller number above that age. In the case of the age at death of males, while a larger number died under 65, a larger number died over 65, hence the reason of the lessened fall in the average age at death of males compared with females. The average age at death of females is still about four years greater than that of males. Zymotic Deathrate. The principal Zymotic diseases accounted for 108 deaths during the year, against 69 during 1907. This gives a deathrate of 1 per 1000 against ‘63 during the previous year. There was thus a slight increase in this deathrate compared with the previous year, but it was considerably below that of 1906. This increase wras due to a larger number of deaths from Measles, compared with the previous year. Of the 33 great towns of England and Wales, only four had a lower Zymotic deathrate than Halifax, viz.:— Brighton, *64 ; Portsmouth, '97 ; Plymouth, '91 ; Derby, '95. The Zymotic deathrate of 1908 for the other Yorkshire‘great towns was as follows Leeds, 1*49 ; Sheffield, P85 ; Bradford, P36 ; Hull, 219 ; Hudders- field, 1*61 ; York, 11] ; and Rotherham, 2*8 per 1000 respectively.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29406092_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
