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 |
23
|
13
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
| Measles |
61
|
123
|
53
|
30
|
8
|
| Scarlatina |
44
|
111
|
96
|
79
|
68
|
| Diphtheria |
5
|
8
|
3
|
9
|
6
|
| Whooping-cough |
96
|
47
|
23
|
11
|
5
|
| Typhus |
24
|
44
|
29
|
40
|
22
|
| Diarrhoea & Dysentery |
462
|
149
|
36
|
10
|
5
|
| Cholera |
9
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
| Other Zymotic Diseases |
61
|
58
|
56
|
31
|
21
|
| Cancer |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Scrofula & Tabes |
117
|
81
|
30
|
12
|
5
|
| Phthisis |
32
|
27
|
9
|
9
|
4
|
| Hydrocephalus |
103
|
61
|
16
|
9
|
3
|
| Diseases of Brain |
559
|
99
|
34
|
21
|
10
|
| Diseases of Heart & Dropsy |
8
|
11
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
| Diseases of Lungs |
693
|
325
|
95
|
59
|
18
|
| Diseases of Stomach & Liver |
77
|
28
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
| Diseases of Kidneys |
0
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
| Diseases of Generative Organs |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Diseases of Joints |
0
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
| Diseases of Skin |
9
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Childbirth & Metria |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Suicide |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Other Violent Deaths |
40
|
25
|
31
|
26
|
21
|
| Other Causes |
1,529
|
183
|
44
|
14
|
12
|
| Sex = Female | Age in single years between birth & 5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Small-pox |
18
|
9
|
12
|
5
|
7
|
| Measles |
50
|
114
|
61
|
32
|
11
|
| Scarlatina |
40
|
89
|
117
|
91
|
70
|
| Diphtheria |
5
|
12
|
13
|
11
|
10
|
| Whooping-cough |
85
|
74
|
37
|
18
|
9
|
| Typhus |
19
|
39
|
32
|
26
|
24
|
| Diarrhoea & Dysentery |
342
|
157
|
28
|
14
|
6
|
| Cholera |
6
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| Other Zymotic Diseases |
40
|
53
|
50
|
35
|
25
|
| Cancer |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Scrofula & Tabes |
107
|
71
|
17
|
7
|
3
|
| Phthisis |
20
|
29
|
20
|
8
|
4
|
| Hydrocephalus |
49
|
33
|
13
|
9
|
5
|
| Diseases of Brain |
445
|
101
|
50
|
27
|
20
|
| Diseases of Heart & Dropsy |
12
|
14
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
| Diseases of Lungs |
490
|
299
|
117
|
58
|
25
|
| Diseases of Stomach & Liver |
32
|
12
|
8
|
4
|
2
|
| Diseases of Kidneys |
1
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
| Diseases of Generative Organs |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Diseases of Joints |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
| Diseases of Skin |
6
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
| Childbirth & Metria |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Suicide |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Other Violent Deaths |
36
|
18
|
24
|
15
|
4
|
| Other Causes |
1,250
|
171
|
54
|
13
|
8
|
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| Date: | Source: |
|---|---|
| 1861 - 1870 | Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) , |
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Cause of Death as reported by the Registrar General's Decennial Supplement, 1861-70, cross-tabulated by sex and by single year of age for children under 5.