Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

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Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860 Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified) 0 1 2 to 4
Respiratory TB 49 Show data context 39 Show data context 70 Show data context
Other TB 275 Show data context 226 Show data context 173 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 16 Show data context 23 Show data context 85 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 45 Show data context 96 Show data context 324 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 441 Show data context 120 Show data context 127 Show data context
Smallpox 42 Show data context 18 Show data context 57 Show data context
Whooping Cough 224 Show data context 216 Show data context 184 Show data context
Measles 45 Show data context 112 Show data context 112 Show data context
Diptheria 13 Show data context 23 Show data context 23 Show data context
Lungs 680 Show data context 374 Show data context 254 Show data context
Cancer 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 66 Show data context 14 Show data context 20 Show data context
Other 2,000 Show data context 435 Show data context 349 Show data context
Date: Source:
1851 - 1860 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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nCube definition


The Registrar General's Decennial Supplements provided extremely detailed information on causes of death between 1851-60 and 1901-10, but unfortunately used five different classifications of cause of death to cover those six decades. Graham Mooney, of Johns Hopkins University, has therefore defined a simplified cause of death classification to which we have converted the original data. Inevitably, many causes have had to be grouped into an enlarged 'other' category, but we are still able to consistently...


identify the main epidemic diseases. This nCube presents the more detailed information for children under 5, although in order to include all decades we have had to ignore gender and combine ages 2 to 4 into a single category.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Newington St Mary RegD/PLPar through time | Life & Death Statistics | Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10111900/cube/CoD_grouped_U5

Date accessed: 10th May 2024