Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860:

Sex = Male	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	43	27	11	10	9
Measles	76	148	78	39	11
Scarlatina	45	79	80	103	65
Diphtheria	4	7	4	7	2
Whooping-cough	142	101	49	21	13
Typhus	5	14	19	21	22
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	724	192	34	20	12
Other Zymotic Dis.	139	46	36	26	9
Cancer	1	0	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	80	71	20	17	13
Phthisis	18	22	12	11	9
Hydrocephalus	190	162	60	22	24
Diseases of Brain	1,261	211	84	34	33
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	31	12	7	8	7
Dis. of Lungs	639	387	144	70	33
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	65	8	7	3	2
Dis. of Kidneys	0	2	0	0	3
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	2	1	2	2
Dis. of the Skin	13	2	0	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	35	13	19	24	28
Other Causes	1,018	154	47	18	10

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	36	26	15	9	6
Measles	56	134	86	38	30
Scarlatina	26	78	100	101	64
Diphtheria	5	5	5	3	0
Whooping-cough	140	151	75	42	19
Typhus	6	9	18	23	29
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	580	233	39	14	11
Other Zymotic Dis.	125	46	27	25	11
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	93	77	37	14	11
Phthisis	21	16	14	5	7
Hydrocephalus	146	119	41	39	27
Diseases of Brain	1,025	153	71	39	31
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	33	13	11	7	5
Dis. of Lungs	548	359	152	85	45
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	35	12	4	4	5
Dis. of Kidneys	1	3	1	3	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	2	0	1	0	1
Dis. of the Skin	1	0	3	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	43	21	20	10	20
Other Causes	842	158	36	11	11

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Date:	Source:
1851 - 1860	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1851 - 1860	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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