Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 375 Show data context 47 Show data context 48 Show data context 3 Show data context 81 Show data context 72 Show data context 161 Show data context 11 Show data context 100 Show data context 898 Show data context
1881 57 Show data context 200 Show data context 82 Show data context 11 Show data context 104 Show data context 46 Show data context 113 Show data context 3 Show data context 90 Show data context 706 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 98 Show data context 14 Show data context 30 Show data context 126 Show data context 14 Show data context 81 Show data context 3 Show data context 87 Show data context 453 Show data context
1901 1 Show data context 79 Show data context 8 Show data context 20 Show data context 38 Show data context 9 Show data context 109 Show data context 0 Show data context 111 Show data context 375 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 98 Show data context 0 Show data context 8 Show data context 42 Show data context 3 Show data context 258 Show data context 80 Show data context 489 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, Bethnal Green RegD/PLPar through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 23rd April 2024