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	14	11	7	8	2
Measles	20	40	32	20	10
Scarlatina	8	28	36	33	25
Diphtheria	0	2	1	1	0
Whooping-cough	57	63	35	16	10
Typhus	1	6	13	10	9
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	124	37	12	2	4
Other Zymotic Dis.	75	18	7	15	5
Cancer	0	0	1	1	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	40	23	16	9	4
Phthisis	9	12	4	2	5
Hydrocephalus	59	51	25	12	7
Diseases of Brain	155	40	28	10	13
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	6	5	1	2	2
Dis. of Lungs	239	148	46	29	18
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	31	7	4	4	0
Dis. of Kidneys	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	1	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	1	0	0	1	1
Dis. of the Skin	2	0	0	0	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	29	16	5	7	4
Other Causes	264	72	12	6	0

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	16	11	6	6	5
Measles	22	41	24	14	5
Scarlatina	5	26	27	28	29
Diphtheria	1	1	2	0	1
Whooping-cough	69	68	36	27	15
Typhus	6	13	12	16	7
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	98	31	9	8	5
Other Zymotic Dis.	65	15	13	6	4
Cancer	0	0	0	0	1
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	28	18	15	6	1
Phthisis	9	4	6	5	4
Hydrocephalus	36	41	30	9	7
Diseases of Brain	134	49	25	8	5
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	4	2	1	0	1
Dis. of Lungs	158	129	56	27	14
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	19	1	1	1	2
Dis. of Kidneys	1	0	0	0	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	0	0	1	1
Dis. of the Skin	2	4	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	26	7	11	7	5
Other Causes	214	57	5	1	0

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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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