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	3	1	0	0	0
Measles	5	12	3	7	3
Scarlatina	7	9	18	14	8
Diphtheria	4	6	2	1	0
Whooping-cough	42	17	3	1	3
Typhus	6	6	7	2	9
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	112	25	7	3	2
Other Zymotic Dis.	20	4	10	5	4
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	51	20	7	1	1
Phthisis	7	2	3	1	1
Hydrocephalus	21	7	1	0	0
Diseases of Brain	142	9	6	1	3
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	0	2	0	2	0
Dis. of Lungs	131	43	14	10	8
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	18	2	3	4	1
Dis. of Kidneys	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Skin	1	0	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	8	5	2	2	4
Other Causes	319	16	5	2	1

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	1	0	1	1	0
Measles	9	13	11	5	0
Scarlatina	5	9	10	15	7
Diphtheria	0	0	2	1	3
Whooping-cough	27	17	11	6	2
Typhus	4	3	12	5	8
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	76	31	6	2	0
Other Zymotic Dis.	22	6	5	7	4
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	31	18	3	1	1
Phthisis	9	6	2	1	2
Hydrocephalus	10	6	3	1	0
Diseases of Brain	106	8	3	1	1
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	3	3	1	1	0
Dis. of Lungs	102	46	17	7	5
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	13	2	1	2	2
Dis. of Kidneys	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	1	0	0	0
Dis. of the Skin	1	0	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	9	1	0	2	2
Other Causes	285	22	6	0	2

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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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