Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870:

Sex = Male	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	13	1	1	2	0
Measles	55	81	43	26	18
Scarlatina	39	67	75	72	45
Diphtheria	11	13	16	12	17
Whooping-cough	136	57	40	11	5
Typhus	14	24	26	14	26
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	359	103	22	8	2
Cholera	2	2	0	1	1
Other Zymotic Diseases	62	35	32	37	21
Cancer	1	0	0	0	1
Scrofula & Tabes	140	62	22	16	8
Phthisis	38	31	9	7	1
Hydrocephalus	76	64	24	19	7
Diseases of Brain	503	112	42	32	19
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	15	7	1	4	2
Diseases of Lungs	683	289	94	44	26
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	109	9	8	6	10
Diseases of Kidneys	3	2	4	3	1
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	4	2	1	2	0
Diseases of Skin	18	3	1	0	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	37	21	27	22	13
Other Causes	1,937	161	32	15	11

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	11	2	2	2	0
Measles	47	71	51	22	18
Scarlatina	34	60	67	52	63
Diphtheria	5	11	16	21	10
Whooping-cough	110	101	41	22	16
Typhus	14	20	23	19	23
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	264	70	26	8	3
Cholera	1	2	3	0	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	38	33	35	32	27
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	118	57	26	24	10
Phthisis	30	33	20	8	10
Hydrocephalus	54	43	22	10	14
Diseases of Brain	328	92	41	36	26
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	22	8	10	3	2
Diseases of Lungs	550	261	102	46	33
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	63	16	11	5	3
Diseases of Kidneys	4	2	1	4	0
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	4	1	2	2	2
Diseases of Skin	13	6	2	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	33	22	12	21	12
Other Causes	1,555	170	42	17	13

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Date:	Source:
1861 - 1870	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1861 - 1870	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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