Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 2 Show data context 47 Show data context 166 Show data context 10 Show data context 56 Show data context 44 Show data context 77 Show data context 2 Show data context 51 Show data context 455 Show data context
1876 2 Show data context 36 Show data context 92 Show data context 23 Show data context 15 Show data context 32 Show data context 73 Show data context 4 Show data context 42 Show data context 319 Show data context
1881 0 Show data context 15 Show data context 24 Show data context 8 Show data context 74 Show data context 23 Show data context 55 Show data context 0 Show data context 50 Show data context 249 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 54 Show data context 23 Show data context 10 Show data context 30 Show data context 24 Show data context 42 Show data context 8 Show data context 54 Show data context 245 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 24 Show data context 19 Show data context 34 Show data context 9 Show data context 18 Show data context 72 Show data context 4 Show data context 60 Show data context 240 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 17 Show data context 7 Show data context 17 Show data context 40 Show data context 12 Show data context 93 Show data context 64 Show data context 250 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, Haslingden 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