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	53	31	24	18	16
Measles	91	202	112	41	26
Scarlatina	80	169	211	168	134
Diphtheria	27	20	22	15	11
Whooping-cough	310	267	140	92	38
Typhus	17	31	45	36	26
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	624	130	32	7	0
Cholera	31	12	4	3	3
Other Zymotic Diseases	86	65	64	44	27
Cancer	0	0	0	1	2
Scrofula & Tabes	216	99	43	16	11
Phthisis	92	60	43	33	18
Hydrocephalus	179	121	55	33	20
Diseases of Brain	1,046	241	100	48	32
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	12	4	3	7	4
Diseases of Lungs	1,065	537	212	88	47
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	101	9	10	6	5
Diseases of Kidneys	2	5	4	3	6
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	3	0	1	2	2
Diseases of Skin	15	1	4	2	2
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	141	41	35	30	24
Other Causes	1,798	282	67	19	10

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	48	29	27	20	11
Measles	79	178	114	53	27
Scarlatina	59	141	178	156	106
Diphtheria	12	26	31	11	13
Whooping-cough	309	321	195	101	42
Typhus	13	30	45	30	41
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	535	147	25	6	4
Cholera	20	12	1	4	3
Other Zymotic Diseases	81	60	71	40	34
Cancer	1	0	0	1	0
Scrofula & Tabes	139	90	31	14	7
Phthisis	78	80	40	23	18
Hydrocephalus	125	105	38	24	11
Diseases of Brain	776	185	94	56	30
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	16	11	9	2	2
Diseases of Lungs	831	538	240	91	60
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	66	8	10	7	7
Diseases of Kidneys	2	1	2	1	1
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	2	0	0
Diseases of Joints	3	1	2	4	1
Diseases of Skin	20	4	0	1	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	155	36	34	16	13
Other Causes	1,568	245	60	19	7

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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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