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	45	26	20	16	9
Measles	57	135	91	52	21
Scarlatina	52	114	145	108	102
Diphtheria	4	4	4	2	0
Whooping-cough	181	158	100	48	22
Typhus	24	31	39	27	20
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	423	118	43	17	17
Other Zymotic Dis.	171	65	49	35	23
Cancer	0	1	0	2	1
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	142	63	37	13	6
Phthisis	37	34	21	12	11
Hydrocephalus	177	136	67	30	25
Diseases of Brain	509	100	51	31	26
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	8	8	9	4	5
Dis. of Lungs	675	369	185	70	38
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	72	7	9	5	8
Dis. of Kidneys	1	0	1	1	1
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	2	2	0	3
Dis. of the Skin	12	2	0	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	72	15	7	12	14
Other Causes	986	166	30	18	8

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	35	22	15	8	11
Measles	61	127	85	45	19
Scarlatina	30	104	125	106	71
Diphtheria	3	8	6	4	5
Whooping-cough	216	218	111	61	23
Typhus	23	22	27	26	24
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	333	122	27	10	11
Other Zymotic Dis.	177	42	45	26	26
Cancer	2	0	0	0	1
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	87	64	33	17	6
Phthisis	33	37	23	14	14
Hydrocephalus	119	107	53	25	17
Diseases of Brain	332	83	41	19	18
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	4	5	6	7	6
Dis. of Lungs	523	381	161	82	38
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	41	13	6	7	4
Dis. of Kidneys	2	1	0	0	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	1	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	4	1	1	1	0
Dis. of the Skin	20	1	3	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	72	11	10	9	4
Other Causes	877	139	37	14	3

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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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