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	98	44	20	34	21
Measles	153	245	150	61	49
Scarlatina	96	212	213	200	143
Diphtheria	31	32	23	25	27
Whooping-cough	288	157	85	37	19
Typhus	48	93	68	46	55
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	969	156	34	23	12
Other Zymotic Dis.	284	101	88	77	55
Cancer	1	0	6	0	1
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	173	69	32	19	10
Phthisis	178	76	34	13	12
Hydrocephalus	215	139	63	46	28
Diseases of Brain	3,232	239	83	67	51
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	25	12	10	7	14
Dis. of Lungs	1,428	605	214	108	70
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	208	26	18	14	8
Dis. of Kidneys	1	1	2	3	2
Dis. of Gener. Organs	1	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	4	1	5	1	2
Dis. of the Skin	17	4	1	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	86	69	53	48	42
Other Causes	2,998	317	80	24	21

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	93	35	37	24	22
Measles	113	280	148	94	41
Scarlatina	87	198	219	236	160
Diphtheria	13	33	23	31	29
Whooping-cough	300	196	111	40	30
Typhus	45	69	70	76	56
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	842	147	39	12	8
Other Zymotic Dis.	286	112	81	61	45
Cancer	1	0	1	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	152	65	34	20	9
Phthisis	162	71	39	23	21
Hydrocephalus	145	93	64	32	33
Diseases of Brain	2,346	194	96	58	38
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	16	10	4	4	1
Dis. of Lungs	1,044	547	207	121	60
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	122	37	22	16	9
Dis. of Kidneys	2	1	1	1	2
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	1	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	6	6	2	3	0
Dis. of the Skin	17	3	2	2	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	105	44	29	22	16
Other Causes	2,274	343	74	29	19

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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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