Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 51 Show data context 38 Show data context 332 Show data context 22 Show data context 161 Show data context 183 Show data context 303 Show data context 1 Show data context 203 Show data context 1,294 Show data context
1881 3 Show data context 15 Show data context 73 Show data context 35 Show data context 111 Show data context 68 Show data context 123 Show data context 1 Show data context 177 Show data context 606 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 59 Show data context 19 Show data context 89 Show data context 109 Show data context 42 Show data context 86 Show data context 0 Show data context 194 Show data context 598 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 31 Show data context 12 Show data context 65 Show data context 143 Show data context 25 Show data context 136 Show data context 1 Show data context 185 Show data context 598 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 7 Show data context 4 Show data context 41 Show data context 93 Show data context 7 Show data context 175 Show data context 195 Show data context 522 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, Suffolk RegC through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 24th April 2024