Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 1 Show data context 58 Show data context 20 Show data context 3 Show data context 17 Show data context 63 Show data context 55 Show data context 1 Show data context 34 Show data context 252 Show data context
1881 0 Show data context 5 Show data context 22 Show data context 1 Show data context 30 Show data context 5 Show data context 44 Show data context 1 Show data context 43 Show data context 151 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 21 Show data context 2 Show data context 45 Show data context 0 Show data context 28 Show data context 102 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 24 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 29 Show data context 18 Show data context 44 Show data context 0 Show data context 55 Show data context 176 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 40 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 69 Show data context 45 Show data context 165 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, Dudley SubD through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 31st October 2024