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	63	20	19	16	9
Measles	75	110	47	24	10
Scarlatina	52	147	166	158	123
Diphtheria	24	30	24	31	19
Whooping-cough	189	91	19	17	4
Typhus	15	11	21	16	18
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	503	64	11	6	7
Cholera	8	0	1	2	1
Other Zymotic Diseases	95	48	40	38	30
Cancer	0	0	1	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	146	66	24	14	7
Phthisis	28	14	15	5	8
Hydrocephalus	155	94	32	23	12
Diseases of Brain	1,713	137	76	46	31
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	15	1	2	4	7
Diseases of Lungs	811	266	96	55	21
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	154	24	15	8	6
Diseases of Kidneys	5	1	5	4	3
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	4	3	4	0	2
Diseases of Skin	20	1	1	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	61	27	25	16	26
Other Causes	1,853	132	28	16	4

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	62	16	15	8	4
Measles	57	83	40	21	16
Scarlatina	56	121	141	134	104
Diphtheria	13	17	33	25	23
Whooping-cough	198	118	46	30	16
Typhus	9	25	22	28	26
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	439	72	24	7	8
Cholera	6	1	1	1	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	76	36	32	33	30
Cancer	0	0	0	3	1
Scrofula & Tabes	156	65	33	15	12
Phthisis	13	22	5	4	4
Hydrocephalus	82	71	29	27	16
Diseases of Brain	1,347	143	57	26	12
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	8	5	5	2	3
Diseases of Lungs	555	259	110	47	23
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	90	21	12	8	6
Diseases of Kidneys	2	3	2	3	4
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	7	3	2	0	3
Diseases of Skin	13	3	1	1	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	45	20	23	22	15
Other Causes	1,417	147	40	17	10

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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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