Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 40 Show data context 7 Show data context 10 Show data context 2 Show data context 6 Show data context 4 Show data context 16 Show data context 2 Show data context 81 Show data context 168 Show data context
1881 1 Show data context 20 Show data context 14 Show data context 4 Show data context 10 Show data context 0 Show data context 12 Show data context 1 Show data context 31 Show data context 93 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 13 Show data context 1 Show data context 21 Show data context 0 Show data context 44 Show data context 85 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 11 Show data context 0 Show data context 8 Show data context 11 Show data context 4 Show data context 22 Show data context 0 Show data context 55 Show data context 111 Show data context
Date: Source:
1871 - 1901 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, Camden Town SubD through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 03rd October 2024