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	39	13	14	16	8
Measles	31	70	25	12	7
Scarlatina	37	67	79	75	70
Diphtheria	11	19	14	15	6
Whooping-cough	76	45	21	11	7
Typhus	9	14	19	21	14
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	333	80	8	6	3
Cholera	8	5	0	0	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	26	29	24	17	8
Cancer	1	0	0	1	0
Scrofula & Tabes	92	34	8	7	4
Phthisis	37	32	9	6	9
Hydrocephalus	65	39	26	6	5
Diseases of Brain	571	98	53	22	19
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	13	5	6	5	2
Diseases of Lungs	472	227	80	32	19
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	56	11	5	1	5
Diseases of Kidneys	0	1	1	1	1
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	0	1	4	1	0
Diseases of Skin	11	2	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	31	9	9	6	5
Other Causes	683	79	16	3	4

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	30	22	18	16	11
Measles	31	50	33	8	6
Scarlatina	26	77	86	77	66
Diphtheria	9	14	6	9	4
Whooping-cough	106	74	37	20	16
Typhus	10	19	23	16	19
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	298	82	12	3	4
Cholera	10	6	0	1	1
Other Zymotic Diseases	23	34	27	17	12
Cancer	0	0	0	1	0
Scrofula & Tabes	63	42	9	11	3
Phthisis	34	29	12	5	7
Hydrocephalus	48	39	10	9	7
Diseases of Brain	416	80	46	18	12
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	7	6	4	7	2
Diseases of Lungs	355	183	73	32	15
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	40	12	8	3	3
Diseases of Kidneys	1	2	2	0	1
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	1	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	4	0	0	1	1
Diseases of Skin	8	1	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	23	12	6	5	10
Other Causes	552	70	14	8	0

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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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