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	80	15	10	20	8
Measles	157	292	102	59	26
Scarlatina	88	182	206	208	141
Diphtheria	29	30	18	15	11
Whooping-cough	271	155	65	25	11
Typhus	38	67	54	50	52
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	975	256	50	9	8
Cholera	24	7	4	1	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	109	91	65	75	37
Cancer	1	0	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	164	119	36	17	15
Phthisis	53	55	29	11	15
Hydrocephalus	278	217	64	32	51
Diseases of Brain	2,653	426	114	54	55
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	36	22	14	8	14
Diseases of Lungs	1,386	645	162	60	49
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	249	34	9	13	8
Diseases of Kidneys	1	1	4	3	2
Diseases of Generative Organs	1	0	0	0	1
Diseases of Joints	9	6	3	2	1
Diseases of Skin	20	3	0	0	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	69	43	42	36	31
Other Causes	2,647	417	57	22	19

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	64	39	17	11	13
Measles	143	287	104	74	38
Scarlatina	75	166	187	181	144
Diphtheria	24	17	22	18	15
Whooping-cough	342	228	98	38	19
Typhus	30	54	63	46	52
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	833	268	45	8	7
Cholera	23	6	5	0	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	104	87	57	55	41
Cancer	0	1	0	1	1
Scrofula & Tabes	127	112	32	25	8
Phthisis	40	55	29	21	13
Hydrocephalus	208	161	70	34	29
Diseases of Brain	1,973	350	116	70	37
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	35	23	11	6	5
Diseases of Lungs	1,070	606	200	101	41
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	154	37	16	8	10
Diseases of Kidneys	2	1	4	2	4
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	1	5	1	3	3
Diseases of Skin	19	4	2	1	2
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	48	30	30	25	15
Other Causes	2,160	349	60	13	9

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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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