Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 14 Show data context 153 Show data context 49 Show data context 38 Show data context 129 Show data context 58 Show data context 254 Show data context 5 Show data context 76 Show data context 776 Show data context
1881 0 Show data context 49 Show data context 85 Show data context 22 Show data context 180 Show data context 23 Show data context 183 Show data context 1 Show data context 110 Show data context 653 Show data context
1891 1 Show data context 106 Show data context 42 Show data context 23 Show data context 177 Show data context 33 Show data context 215 Show data context 5 Show data context 118 Show data context 720 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 146 Show data context 24 Show data context 33 Show data context 97 Show data context 70 Show data context 542 Show data context 3 Show data context 135 Show data context 1,050 Show data context
1911 1 Show data context 167 Show data context 45 Show data context 19 Show data context 58 Show data context 11 Show data context 550 Show data context 126 Show data context 977 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, Aston PLU/RegD through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 26th April 2024