Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870:

Sex = Male	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	63	27	23	29	23
Measles	176	328	162	101	72
Scarlatina	147	295	346	315	300
Diphtheria	32	34	35	35	28
Whooping-cough	361	253	99	60	37
Typhus	40	47	54	79	62
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,171	195	60	16	16
Cholera	15	5	1	3	1
Other Zymotic Diseases	127	102	102	74	60
Cancer	0	0	1	1	3
Scrofula & Tabes	340	152	70	26	19
Phthisis	91	71	34	26	19
Hydrocephalus	268	183	70	39	33
Diseases of Brain	1,724	321	165	95	61
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	50	18	16	9	10
Diseases of Lungs	2,091	861	335	152	87
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	263	34	26	18	15
Diseases of Kidneys	3	4	11	2	5
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	5	6	4	6	4
Diseases of Skin	56	5	3	0	4
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	105	89	86	63	45
Other Causes	4,509	424	117	42	24

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	64	28	35	28	16
Measles	127	288	220	93	41
Scarlatina	118	280	351	318	253
Diphtheria	26	41	31	42	34
Whooping-cough	389	329	143	82	46
Typhus	48	45	65	80	59
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	861	194	71	24	10
Cholera	17	2	1	0	1
Other Zymotic Diseases	126	111	85	75	39
Cancer	0	1	1	0	2
Scrofula & Tabes	306	126	59	23	15
Phthisis	64	74	28	24	14
Hydrocephalus	175	124	62	35	24
Diseases of Brain	1,395	301	120	83	54
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	41	15	13	10	6
Diseases of Lungs	1,470	852	347	165	80
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	182	42	19	17	15
Diseases of Kidneys	4	1	0	4	3
Diseases of Generative Organs	1	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	7	2	6	2	3
Diseases of Skin	32	6	2	2	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	87	78	49	39	31
Other Causes	3,708	423	129	51	33

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Date:	Source:
1861 - 1870	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1861 - 1870	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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