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

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870:

Sex = Male	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	35	11	9	9	2
Measles	95	179	98	39	22
Scarlatina	49	102	114	133	92
Diphtheria	25	28	13	15	10
Whooping-cough	219	211	91	39	21
Typhus	16	24	18	15	19
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	708	107	17	4	1
Cholera	22	8	1	1	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	64	57	42	32	23
Cancer	0	0	1	2	0
Scrofula & Tabes	217	102	53	27	14
Phthisis	45	32	27	17	12
Hydrocephalus	225	159	68	33	22
Diseases of Brain	643	156	70	45	28
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	20	4	1	4	1
Diseases of Lungs	968	505	194	94	38
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	96	8	6	7	5
Diseases of Kidneys	2	1	3	3	4
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	6	0	4	1	5
Diseases of Skin	11	2	0	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	148	21	14	20	9
Other Causes	1,539	164	39	6	5

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	18	18	18	9	10
Measles	77	166	82	50	21
Scarlatina	34	85	123	103	84
Diphtheria	15	24	34	17	14
Whooping-cough	235	198	104	69	30
Typhus	11	13	24	21	29
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	653	83	16	6	2
Cholera	17	6	0	1	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	57	40	32	34	26
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	164	82	34	14	12
Phthisis	45	38	21	14	17
Hydrocephalus	158	118	52	31	20
Diseases of Brain	429	135	58	43	22
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	11	6	4	1	2
Diseases of Lungs	672	457	174	90	47
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	58	13	5	8	3
Diseases of Kidneys	1	4	2	2	1
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	1	0	0
Diseases of Joints	2	0	1	1	4
Diseases of Skin	11	1	2	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	164	22	17	16	8
Other Causes	1,298	155	27	15	3

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Date:	Source:
1861 - 1870	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1861 - 1870	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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