Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 19 Show data context 5 Show data context 15 Show data context 4 Show data context 12 Show data context 51 Show data context 52 Show data context 3 Show data context 35 Show data context 196 Show data context
1876 4 Show data context 67 Show data context 101 Show data context 1 Show data context 19 Show data context 37 Show data context 52 Show data context 2 Show data context 40 Show data context 323 Show data context
1881 0 Show data context 15 Show data context 71 Show data context 5 Show data context 58 Show data context 19 Show data context 52 Show data context 2 Show data context 42 Show data context 264 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 146 Show data context 60 Show data context 10 Show data context 75 Show data context 28 Show data context 60 Show data context 0 Show data context 51 Show data context 430 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 20 Show data context 10 Show data context 23 Show data context 17 Show data context 23 Show data context 213 Show data context 0 Show data context 53 Show data context 359 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 30 Show data context 6 Show data context 23 Show data context 19 Show data context 24 Show data context 261 Show data context 80 Show data context 443 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, Leigh RegD/PLU through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 27th April 2024