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	128	72	50	34	30
Measles	240	486	218	141	75
Scarlatina	186	368	362	343	200
Diphtheria	12	13	4	8	5
Whooping-cough	440	383	201	134	62
Typhus	58	82	82	76	65
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	1,597	771	231	92	51
Other Zymotic Dis.	446	192	133	88	44
Cancer	1	0	0	1	1
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	187	181	92	32	35
Phthisis	111	126	82	35	39
Hydrocephalus	451	432	190	86	62
Diseases of Brain	2,362	384	176	94	59
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	14	29	15	14	14
Dis. of Lungs	2,224	1,271	487	268	135
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	229	64	25	23	15
Dis. of Kidneys	3	8	3	3	4
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	3	4	6	2	4
Dis. of the Skin	18	7	1	0	3
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	337	66	77	69	65
Other Causes	2,682	713	260	108	59

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	116	59	58	41	26
Measles	220	447	255	154	72
Scarlatina	142	381	368	302	213
Diphtheria	8	14	11	8	5
Whooping-cough	502	496	255	151	80
Typhus	56	83	96	68	51
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	1,463	797	208	88	56
Other Zymotic Dis.	443	182	131	74	58
Cancer	0	2	1	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	182	169	85	33	22
Phthisis	89	128	91	53	34
Hydrocephalus	305	277	130	76	49
Diseases of Brain	1,882	342	166	102	62
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	10	17	7	17	15
Dis. of Lungs	1,742	1,184	472	241	153
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	172	58	27	19	11
Dis. of Kidneys	1	5	0	3	3
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	1	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	7	2	3	8	1
Dis. of the Skin	20	10	8	1	2
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	333	58	55	39	36
Other Causes	2,265	750	269	103	67

nCube definition

Click on the triangles for all about a particular number

Date:	Source:
1851 - 1860	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

We are grateful to the following contributors. If you make use of the data in your own work, please follow any instructions given here on acknowledgment and re-use.

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.

 

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition