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 11 Show data context 12 Show data context 12 Show data context
Other TB 66 Show data context 53 Show data context 45 Show data context
Typhus & Typhoid 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 19 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 15 Show data context 29 Show data context 124 Show data context
Gastro-intestinal 154 Show data context 64 Show data context 58 Show data context
Smallpox 24 Show data context 12 Show data context 23 Show data context
Whooping Cough 53 Show data context 51 Show data context 54 Show data context
Measles 18 Show data context 46 Show data context 55 Show data context
Diptheria 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context
Lungs 217 Show data context 116 Show data context 95 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 31 Show data context 11 Show data context 10 Show data context
Other 594 Show data context 115 Show data context 101 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, Rotherhithe 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/10005530/cube/CoD_grouped_U5

Date accessed: 02nd November 2024