Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 71 Show data context 25 Show data context 39 Show data context 14 Show data context 44 Show data context 51 Show data context 160 Show data context 3 Show data context 82 Show data context 489 Show data context
1881 719 Show data context 132 Show data context 113 Show data context 21 Show data context 49 Show data context 42 Show data context 122 Show data context 7 Show data context 113 Show data context 1,318 Show data context
1891 1 Show data context 47 Show data context 75 Show data context 91 Show data context 110 Show data context 70 Show data context 73 Show data context 0 Show data context 118 Show data context 585 Show data context
1901 1 Show data context 102 Show data context 50 Show data context 104 Show data context 78 Show data context 26 Show data context 168 Show data context 1 Show data context 135 Show data context 665 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 154 Show data context 23 Show data context 44 Show data context 71 Show data context 11 Show data context 293 Show data context 107 Show data context 703 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, Greenwich RegD/PLU through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 02nd June 2024