Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 226 Show data context 167 Show data context 61 Show data context 9 Show data context 118 Show data context 89 Show data context 360 Show data context 6 Show data context 92 Show data context 1,128 Show data context
1876 350 Show data context 148 Show data context 212 Show data context 10 Show data context 160 Show data context 77 Show data context 265 Show data context 4 Show data context 122 Show data context 1,348 Show data context
1881 7 Show data context 45 Show data context 91 Show data context 23 Show data context 167 Show data context 63 Show data context 155 Show data context 4 Show data context 108 Show data context 663 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 137 Show data context 60 Show data context 89 Show data context 194 Show data context 85 Show data context 186 Show data context 2 Show data context 178 Show data context 931 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 117 Show data context 130 Show data context 185 Show data context 99 Show data context 97 Show data context 421 Show data context 7 Show data context 181 Show data context 1,237 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 105 Show data context 23 Show data context 65 Show data context 40 Show data context 29 Show data context 376 Show data context 149 Show data context 787 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, Salford RegD/PLU through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st May 2024