Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860:

Sex = Male	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	553	332	218	169	118
Measles	391	596	358	214	117
Scarlatina	516	772	829	694	548
Diphtheria	76	77	55	55	59
Whooping-cough	985	573	272	159	103
Typhus	265	345	286	246	213
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	877	405	137	74	40
Other Zymotic Dis.	1,004	613	506	404	324
Cancer	3	4	4	2	2
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	360	358	166	82	50
Phthisis	300	333	224	124	110
Hydrocephalus	378	343	131	86	59
Diseases of Brain	13,240	1,749	668	354	215
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	58	39	37	24	17
Dis. of Lungs	2,745	1,504	615	343	184
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	409	109	76	49	49
Dis. of Kidneys	7	9	6	9	10
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	2	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	4	2	7	9	4
Dis. of the Skin	76	18	4	1	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	158	194	261	239	189
Other Causes	8,233	1,405	518	230	156

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	487	307	229	186	129
Measles	290	601	326	239	154
Scarlatina	384	690	821	726	577
Diphtheria	42	50	48	53	66
Whooping-cough	953	739	376	224	163
Typhus	206	289	286	272	224
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	676	362	127	47	39
Other Zymotic Dis.	783	556	525	413	297
Cancer	4	1	1	1	2
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	329	319	170	69	29
Phthisis	286	341	204	128	112
Hydrocephalus	244	202	103	75	52
Diseases of Brain	10,231	1,662	650	320	236
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	56	33	26	20	20
Dis. of Lungs	2,036	1,320	587	279	204
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	263	88	62	45	39
Dis. of Kidneys	2	3	5	5	4
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	1	1	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	9	4	6	1	2
Dis. of the Skin	76	10	7	1	2
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	120	159	203	196	174
Other Causes	6,545	1,356	519	248	159

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Date:	Source:
1851 - 1860	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1851 - 1860	Robert Woods (Department of Geography, University of Liverpool). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

 

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