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	27	23	10	11	6
Measles	78	127	67	32	22
Scarlatina	54	112	114	121	75
Diphtheria	4	5	4	2	2
Whooping-cough	130	75	34	12	6
Typhus	98	65	38	40	31
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	393	114	17	2	5
Other Zymotic Dis.	138	86	64	43	23
Cancer	1	1	0	1	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	135	86	29	11	2
Phthisis	81	33	24	15	10
Hydrocephalus	141	79	19	7	10
Diseases of Brain	1,045	137	64	33	25
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	17	8	7	8	7
Dis. of Lungs	674	307	113	53	32
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	76	18	5	8	2
Dis. of Kidneys	1	1	3	1	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	0	1	1	0
Dis. of the Skin	8	1	1	0	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	22	21	28	13	18
Other Causes	1,477	246	27	13	5

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	24	21	9	16	7
Measles	93	148	80	32	28
Scarlatina	49	105	109	95	92
Diphtheria	1	3	4	3	7
Whooping-cough	159	91	31	27	10
Typhus	70	54	51	32	31
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	341	102	22	7	5
Other Zymotic Dis.	109	87	79	46	27
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	115	79	30	10	4
Phthisis	83	42	23	12	12
Hydrocephalus	64	44	6	13	7
Diseases of Brain	677	126	63	27	25
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	16	14	6	2	6
Dis. of Lungs	488	337	112	74	37
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	38	10	8	2	2
Dis. of Kidneys	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	1	1	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	1	0	0	0
Dis. of the Skin	9	5	1	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	21	17	20	18	8
Other Causes	1,220	231	43	11	10

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

 

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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.

 

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