Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 37 Show data context 33 Show data context 74 Show data context 11 Show data context 113 Show data context 242 Show data context 421 Show data context 0 Show data context 132 Show data context 1,063 Show data context
1881 2 Show data context 49 Show data context 49 Show data context 7 Show data context 171 Show data context 54 Show data context 199 Show data context 7 Show data context 177 Show data context 715 Show data context
1891 1 Show data context 218 Show data context 35 Show data context 9 Show data context 78 Show data context 48 Show data context 222 Show data context 2 Show data context 186 Show data context 799 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 148 Show data context 64 Show data context 106 Show data context 99 Show data context 60 Show data context 332 Show data context 2 Show data context 197 Show data context 1,008 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 52 Show data context 45 Show data context 132 Show data context 93 Show data context 20 Show data context 325 Show data context 202 Show data context 869 Show data context
Date: Source:
1871 - 1911 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) ,

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Cause of Death as reported by the Registrar General's Quarterly Returns, 1871-1911. These reports used a greatly simplified cause of death classification, mainly focused on epidemic diseases of childhood, and provided no breakdown of causes of death by gender or age. Note that the detailed classification changed between 1901 and 1911: in 1911, Cholera was not listed, 'Fever' was replaced by the more specific 'Enteric or Typhoid Fever', and 'Diarrhoea' was replaced by 'Diarrhoea and Enteritis', specifical...


ly for deaths under 2 years.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Leeds RegD/PLU/PLPar/PLPar through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 11th May 2024