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	39	21	21	16	11
Measles	65	133	72	48	19
Scarlatina	60	112	155	123	93
Diphtheria	11	8	9	8	6
Whooping-cough	231	207	79	50	21
Typhus	20	29	31	25	17
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	521	135	52	31	18
Other Zymotic Dis.	331	64	39	38	20
Cancer	0	0	0	0	2
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	110	74	51	16	11
Phthisis	34	29	15	8	9
Hydrocephalus	164	133	53	33	15
Diseases of Brain	624	130	64	34	24
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	12	10	1	1	2
Dis. of Lungs	740	353	136	75	27
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	118	20	14	1	6
Dis. of Kidneys	2	5	2	1	4
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	1	1	1	0	0
Dis. of the Skin	28	2	1	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	49	18	18	10	10
Other Causes	1,123	183	45	11	6

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	47	21	16	17	11
Measles	53	139	96	60	22
Scarlatina	39	114	102	119	98
Diphtheria	6	8	8	10	11
Whooping-cough	223	259	134	71	38
Typhus	22	28	34	29	37
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	456	137	43	24	12
Other Zymotic Dis.	300	61	37	38	19
Cancer	3	1	2	2	1
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	123	68	30	16	5
Phthisis	27	26	33	10	17
Hydrocephalus	111	107	46	18	20
Diseases of Brain	490	139	67	38	23
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	9	5	1	5	3
Dis. of Lungs	604	332	137	70	23
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	81	14	10	7	7
Dis. of Kidneys	2	1	3	2	1
Dis. of Gener. Organs	1	0	1	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	1	1	1	1	2
Dis. of the Skin	19	6	0	2	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	60	13	9	9	4
Other Causes	987	153	42	15	11

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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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