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	106	35	33	17	16
Measles	130	240	134	59	51
Scarlatina	198	374	414	365	304
Diphtheria	56	77	42	50	22
Whooping-cough	333	278	114	51	27
Typhus	53	65	71	60	65
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	972	332	54	20	12
Cholera	43	18	9	5	3
Other Zymotic Diseases	145	138	100	76	44
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	643	405	124	51	29
Phthisis	69	61	25	23	26
Hydrocephalus	343	231	78	40	34
Diseases of Brain	2,003	344	144	74	49
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	27	29	20	12	18
Diseases of Lungs	1,586	622	244	125	72
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	516	94	31	21	13
Diseases of Kidneys	9	12	6	4	3
Diseases of Generative Organs	3	1	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	5	3	4	9	7
Diseases of Skin	41	8	2	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	89	72	44	32	46
Other Causes	4,150	398	81	42	19

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	80	49	26	29	20
Measles	90	258	123	68	44
Scarlatina	153	371	421	414	271
Diphtheria	33	54	45	55	32
Whooping-cough	385	313	157	83	49
Typhus	29	72	88	80	66
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	889	353	74	15	11
Cholera	23	14	4	6	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	115	133	127	84	55
Cancer	0	1	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	483	401	143	54	24
Phthisis	56	54	38	16	21
Hydrocephalus	251	171	82	43	35
Diseases of Brain	1,483	337	98	61	55
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	40	21	18	17	7
Diseases of Lungs	1,201	625	241	131	70
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	347	73	19	13	9
Diseases of Kidneys	7	11	7	7	2
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	1	0
Diseases of Joints	5	7	2	2	3
Diseases of Skin	37	6	4	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	66	48	39	31	24
Other Causes	3,224	431	91	34	25

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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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