Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 966 Show data context 83 Show data context 178 Show data context 19 Show data context 186 Show data context 117 Show data context 229 Show data context 18 Show data context 101 Show data context 1,897 Show data context
1881 210 Show data context 122 Show data context 216 Show data context 37 Show data context 119 Show data context 132 Show data context 194 Show data context 5 Show data context 173 Show data context 1,208 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 129 Show data context 76 Show data context 126 Show data context 238 Show data context 48 Show data context 170 Show data context 1 Show data context 217 Show data context 1,005 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 125 Show data context 58 Show data context 65 Show data context 111 Show data context 32 Show data context 293 Show data context 1 Show data context 251 Show data context 936 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 154 Show data context 10 Show data context 61 Show data context 55 Show data context 12 Show data context 345 Show data context 151 Show data context 788 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, Lambeth RegD/PLPar through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 14th May 2024