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

Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860:

Sex = Male	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	17	5	4	5	4
Measles	32	71	36	23	14
Scarlatina	22	42	60	43	52
Diphtheria	3	5	3	2	4
Whooping-cough	83	82	40	18	7
Typhus	3	11	10	14	9
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	171	59	17	7	7
Other Zymotic Dis.	68	29	23	16	6
Cancer	0	0	0	1	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	82	55	22	10	5
Phthisis	19	11	17	9	8
Hydrocephalus	93	71	32	7	3
Diseases of Brain	280	43	20	11	14
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	3	4	4	1	1
Dis. of Lungs	338	204	77	48	24
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	32	1	5	1	0
Dis. of Kidneys	3	0	0	0	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	2	0	2	0	1
Dis. of the Skin	7	0	1	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	35	16	7	2	1
Other Causes	419	61	18	6	0

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	17	4	4	3	2
Measles	30	87	43	28	13
Scarlatina	15	59	50	41	41
Diphtheria	4	2	2	4	2
Whooping-cough	97	98	59	27	11
Typhus	4	10	16	12	11
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	165	58	15	4	5
Other Zymotic Dis.	68	26	13	11	6
Cancer	0	0	1	1	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	60	40	20	3	7
Phthisis	13	18	10	7	3
Hydrocephalus	68	57	21	11	5
Diseases of Brain	200	36	17	21	10
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	4	4	2	1	0
Dis. of Lungs	279	189	83	37	18
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	26	5	2	2	2
Dis. of Kidneys	0	0	1	1	1
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	2	0	0	0
Dis. of the Skin	11	1	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	31	14	3	4	2
Other Causes	365	90	24	7	3

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Date:	Source:
1851 - 1860	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1851 - 1860	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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