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	47	35	20	18	16
Measles	39	64	30	19	12
Scarlatina	15	44	37	28	17
Diphtheria	3	9	4	0	3
Whooping-cough	74	45	16	5	9
Typhus	17	11	14	14	8
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	119	37	7	7	5
Other Zymotic Dis.	61	42	23	13	18
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	26	18	8	6	4
Phthisis	21	9	20	6	2
Hydrocephalus	49	41	12	6	4
Diseases of Brain	666	73	37	29	7
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	3	4	2	2	2
Dis. of Lungs	302	144	63	34	16
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	20	8	2	3	1
Dis. of Kidneys	1	1	0	1	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	0	1	1	0
Dis. of the Skin	3	1	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	13	10	13	17	9
Other Causes	563	84	26	11	6

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	50	38	37	16	15
Measles	20	43	25	19	11
Scarlatina	17	34	39	35	28
Diphtheria	3	4	6	6	2
Whooping-cough	74	56	15	15	17
Typhus	11	11	18	19	15
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	94	30	11	6	5
Other Zymotic Dis.	52	35	34	17	13
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	24	18	8	6	3
Phthisis	8	7	8	7	6
Hydrocephalus	29	18	9	8	1
Diseases of Brain	529	95	33	18	14
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	4	2	2	1	2
Dis. of Lungs	220	115	51	25	20
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	25	11	8	5	4
Dis. of Kidneys	0	2	0	0	1
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	0	1	0	0
Dis. of the Skin	4	0	1	0	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	11	8	7	6	15
Other Causes	475	83	33	13	7

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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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