Individual cholera deaths in London in summer and autumn 1866

Table ID:

CHOLERA_1866     (1246844)

Contents:

Individual cholera deaths in London in summer and autumn 1866

Approx. number of rows:

2,236

Table type:

Raw Data

Documentation Author:

Humphrey Southall

Geography:

Reporting units are identified by:
   Registration District
   Registration sub-District

Chronology:

The data are for the single year 1866.
Dates and times are identified by:
   Day
   Month

Sources:

1. The data come from daily reports of deaths in London, listed by sub-district, in which cholera was cited as a cause. Each death is recorded as a separate record. [Further source information is needed from Graham Mooney]

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Notes:

1. The data include all deaths in London in which Cholera was cited as a cause on the death certificate, during the nine weeks between the 19th of July and the 6th of October 1866.
2. All rows have been matched to the AUO. As the rows are for individual deaths, most sub-Districts in London have no data for any particular day, while some sub-districts will have more than one death on a particular day.
3. A few records have no exact date. For these the day and month values are set to 99.

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Checking:

1. The data are individual-level, and are as supplied by Graham Mooney.
2. All Registration District and Sub District units are matched to the AUO.

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Acknowledgments:

We are extremely grateful to the following:

1. Graham Mooney: These data were transcribed as part of the Centre for Metropolitan History's 'Mortality in the Metropolis 1860-1920' project, and supplied to the database by Graham Mooney. There are no limitations on their use.

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Indices:

Index	Type	Column(s) indexed
cholera_1866_idx		reg_dist, sub_dist

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Columns within table:

Column	Type	Contents
reg_dist	Text string (max.len.=44).	Registration District in which the death occurred.
sub_dist	Text string (max.len.=64).	Registration sub-District in which the death occurred.
day	Integer number.	Day on which the death occurred.
month	Integer number.	Month in which the death occurred.
cause_1	Text string (max.len.=44).	The primary cause of death.
cause_2	Text string (max.len.=44).	The secondary cause of death, if recorded.
cause_3	Text string (max.len.=44).	A third cause of death, if recorded.
reg_dist_unit	Integer number.	ID number of the Registration District, as defined in the GBHGIS AUO.
sub_dist_unit	Integer number.	ID number of the Registration sub-District, as defined in the GBHGIS AUO.
rec_num	Integer number.	Unique serial number keeping data in order.