Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 31 Show data context 75 Show data context 270 Show data context 18 Show data context 64 Show data context 221 Show data context 423 Show data context 6 Show data context 163 Show data context 1,271 Show data context
1881 2 Show data context 25 Show data context 308 Show data context 20 Show data context 238 Show data context 90 Show data context 286 Show data context 2 Show data context 202 Show data context 1,173 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 155 Show data context 45 Show data context 44 Show data context 275 Show data context 109 Show data context 311 Show data context 4 Show data context 217 Show data context 1,160 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 50 Show data context 24 Show data context 210 Show data context 140 Show data context 38 Show data context 394 Show data context 5 Show data context 257 Show data context 1,118 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 110 Show data context 30 Show data context 44 Show data context 74 Show data context 21 Show data context 406 Show data context 228 Show data context 913 Show data context
Date: Source:
1871 - 1911 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) ,

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Cause of Death as reported by the Registrar General's Quarterly Returns, 1871-1911. These reports used a greatly simplified cause of death classification, mainly focused on epidemic diseases of childhood, and provided no breakdown of causes of death by gender or age. Note that the detailed classification changed between 1901 and 1911: in 1911, Cholera was not listed, 'Fever' was replaced by the more specific 'Enteric or Typhoid Fever', and 'Diarrhoea' was replaced by 'Diarrhoea and Enteritis', specifical...


ly for deaths under 2 years.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Leicestershire RegC through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 23rd April 2024