Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 748 Show data context 313 Show data context 235 Show data context 36 Show data context 238 Show data context 549 Show data context 611 Show data context 4 Show data context 465 Show data context 3,199 Show data context
1876 70 Show data context 370 Show data context 85 Show data context 13 Show data context 279 Show data context 269 Show data context 331 Show data context 2 Show data context 429 Show data context 1,848 Show data context
1881 0 Show data context 362 Show data context 196 Show data context 15 Show data context 139 Show data context 164 Show data context 267 Show data context 0 Show data context 409 Show data context 1,552 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 100 Show data context 12 Show data context 13 Show data context 148 Show data context 18 Show data context 124 Show data context 0 Show data context 353 Show data context 768 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 159 Show data context 13 Show data context 19 Show data context 41 Show data context 45 Show data context 323 Show data context 7 Show data context 251 Show data context 858 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 62 Show data context 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 31 Show data context 14 Show data context 442 Show data context 261 Show data context 814 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, Liverpool RegD/PLPar through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 17th May 2024