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	37	14	9	8	6
Measles	85	183	85	41	18
Scarlatina	61	142	147	159	134
Diphtheria	26	37	53	63	63
Whooping-cough	340	243	84	43	18
Typhus	24	20	33	39	35
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	798	165	31	20	17
Cholera	8	7	3	3	2
Other Zymotic Diseases	111	83	75	84	52
Cancer	1	3	2	4	0
Scrofula & Tabes	277	139	65	27	18
Phthisis	80	72	40	20	13
Hydrocephalus	306	216	97	75	48
Diseases of Brain	1,328	247	101	54	50
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	38	12	6	6	7
Diseases of Lungs	1,247	500	168	99	59
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	226	39	25	16	11
Diseases of Kidneys	6	8	3	5	4
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	1	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	2	1	1	3	2
Diseases of Skin	38	5	3	4	2
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	107	53	42	32	32
Other Causes	3,033	289	74	31	14

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	37	13	10	7	8
Measles	72	146	91	46	37
Scarlatina	49	124	143	138	121
Diphtheria	24	48	51	57	61
Whooping-cough	365	253	111	45	27
Typhus	16	29	44	41	34
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	699	153	32	12	5
Cholera	6	2	2	5	1
Other Zymotic Diseases	86	57	60	76	48
Cancer	0	0	2	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	219	139	61	14	17
Phthisis	66	56	39	27	6
Hydrocephalus	224	155	75	60	31
Diseases of Brain	901	199	112	54	43
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	32	13	8	7	8
Diseases of Lungs	892	397	170	70	48
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	141	24	14	19	13
Diseases of Kidneys	2	3	2	1	3
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	1	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	3	5	3	0	3
Diseases of Skin	36	4	4	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	94	30	39	27	20
Other Causes	2,429	282	74	30	15

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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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