Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 191 Show data context 299 Show data context 532 Show data context 74 Show data context 230 Show data context 279 Show data context 470 Show data context 7 Show data context 435 Show data context 2,517 Show data context
1876 34 Show data context 284 Show data context 584 Show data context 95 Show data context 198 Show data context 248 Show data context 554 Show data context 4 Show data context 419 Show data context 2,420 Show data context
1881 1 Show data context 106 Show data context 200 Show data context 74 Show data context 278 Show data context 150 Show data context 225 Show data context 10 Show data context 404 Show data context 1,448 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 306 Show data context 59 Show data context 86 Show data context 278 Show data context 178 Show data context 305 Show data context 4 Show data context 485 Show data context 1,701 Show data context
1901 1 Show data context 213 Show data context 94 Show data context 182 Show data context 242 Show data context 133 Show data context 704 Show data context 13 Show data context 455 Show data context 2,037 Show data context
1911 2 Show data context 148 Show data context 49 Show data context 107 Show data context 210 Show data context 56 Show data context 996 Show data context 471 Show data context 2,039 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, Cheshire RegC through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 26th April 2024