[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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    It will be observed from the above table that there was an increased number of cases notified daring 1908 compared with the previous year, but with the exception of that year a much smaller number was reported than during any year since 1896. This increase in the number of reported cases was chiefly due to the greater prevalence of Scarlet Fever, as the number of cases of Typhoid reported were less, and the number of cases of Diphtheria considerably less, while a few more cases of Erysipelas were notified. The following table is interesting, inasmuch as it shows the average number of notifications of the chief notifiable infectious diseases in each Ward of the Borough, during the past 10 years. Wards Averages, 10 years—1893 to 1908 Small- pox Notification m i. ■ ] j Scarlet lyphotd , Feyei. 1 3 Puerperal Pever Diph- theria Total Average of Notifi- cations Average Popu- lation Average attack rate per 1000 population per annum Ovenden ... 1'5 36 502 1 65 61*9 7270 *8 Akroydon ... '6 3*4 229 3 4*5 31*7 6560 *4 North 1*6 50 26-9 11 5*2 39*8 8310 *4 Central 44 5*3 22'3 *5 53 37*8 7835 *4 West 2*5 5’5 291 •2 61 43*7 9285 *4 South •9 3T 203 5-9 30*2 7690 *3 East 7h 4-4 151 •5 3-2 30*8 7010 *4 Southowram •7 7*2 309 •4 4*2 434 7525 *5 Skircoat 2T 71 366 1 9-8 560 9505 *5 Copley *4 1*5 109 *2 40 17*0 2945 *5 Pellon TO 41 365 •5 8h 50*7 9350 *5 Kingston ... •6 4-3 449 •3 54) 551 10415 *5 Illingworth IT 3-6 281 •2 40 37*0 7180 *5 Northowram 2-2 13 5 1'8 17*5 3270 *5 W arley T7 17 8-6 3*2 14*2 2850 *4 On referring to the above table, it will be noticed that the attack rate of the diseases, referred to therein, was much greater in Ovenden Ward, and was more than