West London RegD/PLU — Current theme: Life & Death

This theme covers births, marriages and deaths, including changing causes of death. Unlike most of our themes, it is based not on the Census but on the closely related system for registering births, marriages and deaths, established in 1837.

In this first version of the system, the main emphasis is on infant mortality, the number of children dying before their first birthday as a proportion of all births.



We hold these detailed statistics for London, which we graph and tabulate here:

Available datasets Period covered Variables
(number of categories)
Births by legitimacy 1850 to 1869 Legitimacy (2)
Births by legitimacy & sex 1850 to 1869 Legitimacy (2)
Sex (2)
Births by sex 1850 to 1869 Sex (2)
Deaths by sex 1850 to 1869 Sex (2)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age 1851 to 1870 Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75 (11)
Cause of Death (Simplified) (14)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s 1851 to 1870 Age between birth & 5 in three bands (3)
Cause of Death (Simplified) (14)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex 1861 to 1870 Sex (2)
Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 85 (12)
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition) (25)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex 1851 to 1860 Sex (2)
Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 85 (12)
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition) (23)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s 1861 to 1870 Sex (2)
Age in single years between birth & 5 (5)
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition) (25)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s 1851 to 1860 Sex (2)
Age in single years between birth & 5 (5)
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition) (23)
Total Births 1850 to 1869 Total Live Births (1)
Total Deaths 1850 to 1869 Total Deaths (3)

Read more about how we hold statistics here.