Individual cholera deaths in London in summer and autumn 1866

Table ID:

CHOL_1866     (28169)

Contents:

Individual cholera deaths in London in summer and autumn 1866

Approx. number of rows:

2,236

Table type:

Raw Data

Documentation Author:

Humphrey Southall

Geography:

Reporting units are identified by:
   Registration District
   Registration sub-District

Chronology:

The data are for the single year 1866.
Dates and times are identified by:
   Day
   Month

Sources:

1. The data come from daily reports of deaths in London, listed by sub-district, in which cholera was cited as a cause. Each death is recorded as a separate record. [Further source information is needed from Graham Mooney]

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Notes:

1. The data include all deaths in London in which Cholera was cited as a cause on the death certificate, during the nine weeks between the 19th of July and the 6th of October 1866.
2. A few records have no exact date. For these the day and month values are set to 99.

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Checking:

1. The data are individual-level, and are as supplied by Graham Mooney.

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Acknowledgments:

We are extremely grateful to the following:

1. Graham Mooney: These data were transcribed as part of the Centre for Metropolitan History's 'Mortality in the Metropolis 1860-1920' project, and supplied to the database by Graham Mooney. There are no limitations on their use.

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Indices:

Index	Type	Column(s) indexed
chol_1866_idx		reg_dist, sub_dist

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Columns within table:

Column	Type	Contents
reg_dist	Text string (max.len.=44).	Registration District in which the death occurred.
sub_dist	Text string (max.len.=64).	Registration sub-District in which the death occurred.
day	Integer number.	Day on which the death occurred.
month	Integer number.	Month in which the death occurred.
cause_1	Text string (max.len.=44).	The primary cause of death.
cause_2	Text string (max.len.=44).	The secondary cause of death, if recorded.
cause_3	Text string (max.len.=44).	A third cause of death, if recorded.