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	24	9	6	7	5
Measles	32	46	31	12	11
Scarlatina	35	51	50	55	46
Diphtheria	2	3	1	2	0
Whooping-cough	39	32	6	7	6
Typhus	8	8	8	11	10
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	124	69	28	12	6
Other Zymotic Dis.	47	35	23	20	12
Cancer	0	0	0	0	1
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	121	98	39	13	5
Phthisis	3	9	3	4	1
Hydrocephalus	87	53	23	13	5
Diseases of Brain	396	74	11	14	10
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	10	7	2	4	6
Dis. of Lungs	257	127	58	18	12
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	68	18	16	5	1
Dis. of Kidneys	0	1	0	0	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	1	0	0	0	1
Dis. of the Skin	1	1	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	16	13	10	8	9
Other Causes	730	74	18	5	1

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	25	14	8	10	8
Measles	29	48	32	13	7
Scarlatina	16	56	71	69	57
Diphtheria	4	2	3	4	1
Whooping-cough	49	37	20	15	3
Typhus	4	12	14	23	11
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	115	67	31	18	7
Other Zymotic Dis.	39	24	23	21	16
Cancer	1	1	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	100	83	29	19	7
Phthisis	5	6	0	2	4
Hydrocephalus	66	53	17	8	6
Diseases of Brain	276	60	26	13	11
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	11	3	3	4	3
Dis. of Lungs	218	105	57	20	14
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	55	22	8	8	5
Dis. of Kidneys	1	1	0	1	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	0	1	0	0
Dis. of the Skin	1	1	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	10	7	3	5	3
Other Causes	505	85	28	2	4

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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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