Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 3,357 Show data context 339 Show data context 797 Show data context 71 Show data context 369 Show data context 865 Show data context 823 Show data context 28 Show data context 697 Show data context 7,346 Show data context
1881 5 Show data context 81 Show data context 765 Show data context 41 Show data context 280 Show data context 315 Show data context 511 Show data context 8 Show data context 599 Show data context 2,605 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 472 Show data context 202 Show data context 111 Show data context 589 Show data context 309 Show data context 637 Show data context 11 Show data context 734 Show data context 3,065 Show data context
1901 3 Show data context 622 Show data context 325 Show data context 200 Show data context 443 Show data context 298 Show data context 1,845 Show data context 39 Show data context 865 Show data context 4,640 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 588 Show data context 83 Show data context 224 Show data context 541 Show data context 174 Show data context 2,096 Show data context 958 Show data context 4,664 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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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, County Durham RegC through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 11th May 2024