Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 217 Show data context 24 Show data context 38 Show data context 6 Show data context 52 Show data context 34 Show data context 153 Show data context 3 Show data context 59 Show data context 586 Show data context
1881 114 Show data context 88 Show data context 129 Show data context 57 Show data context 79 Show data context 48 Show data context 179 Show data context 3 Show data context 84 Show data context 781 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 120 Show data context 33 Show data context 150 Show data context 217 Show data context 67 Show data context 152 Show data context 2 Show data context 158 Show data context 899 Show data context
1901 16 Show data context 270 Show data context 61 Show data context 285 Show data context 219 Show data context 183 Show data context 868 Show data context 9 Show data context 326 Show data context 2,237 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 404 Show data context 16 Show data context 81 Show data context 118 Show data context 43 Show data context 896 Show data context 289 Show data context 1,847 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, West Ham RegD/PLU through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 30th April 2024