Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 44 Show data context 289 Show data context 95 Show data context 50 Show data context 226 Show data context 139 Show data context 491 Show data context 1 Show data context 387 Show data context 1,722 Show data context
1881 6 Show data context 78 Show data context 113 Show data context 46 Show data context 229 Show data context 40 Show data context 208 Show data context 1 Show data context 307 Show data context 1,028 Show data context
1891 6 Show data context 43 Show data context 83 Show data context 20 Show data context 152 Show data context 52 Show data context 194 Show data context 3 Show data context 297 Show data context 850 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 181 Show data context 142 Show data context 59 Show data context 134 Show data context 50 Show data context 357 Show data context 1 Show data context 277 Show data context 1,201 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 164 Show data context 21 Show data context 54 Show data context 46 Show data context 21 Show data context 479 Show data context 267 Show data context 1,052 Show data context
Date: Source:
1871 - 1911 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) ,

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Cause of Death as reported by the Registrar General's Quarterly Returns, 1871-1911. These reports used a greatly simplified cause of death classification, mainly focused on epidemic diseases of childhood, and provided no breakdown of causes of death by gender or age. Note that the detailed classification changed between 1901 and 1911: in 1911, Cholera was not listed, 'Fever' was replaced by the more specific 'Enteric or Typhoid Fever', and 'Diarrhoea' was replaced by 'Diarrhoea and Enteritis', specifical...


ly for deaths under 2 years.


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Date accessed: 25th April 2024