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	4,101	1,657	1,351	1,110	844
Measles	9,134	17,597	8,845	4,477	2,444
Scarlatina	6,570	14,372	16,165	15,203	12,179
Diphtheria	2,011	2,483	2,040	2,084	1,680
Whooping-cough	21,339	14,554	6,234	3,002	1,536
Typhus	2,696	3,552	3,821	3,546	3,028
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	65,298	16,313	3,225	1,128	631
Cholera	2,003	783	448	298	260
Other Zymotic Diseases	7,983	7,416	5,815	4,598	3,129
Cancer	18	22	42	54	41
Scrofula & Tabes	18,313	9,514	3,464	1,522	994
Phthisis	5,293	4,074	2,052	1,192	985
Hydrocephalus	15,739	11,328	4,614	2,569	1,794
Diseases of Brain	114,195	18,396	7,574	4,368	2,979
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	2,474	1,079	767	617	608
Diseases of Lungs	96,832	43,183	15,238	7,277	4,143
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	14,353	2,157	1,238	738	649
Diseases of Kidneys	323	333	344	338	285
Diseases of Generative Organs	37	11	8	7	5
Diseases of Joints	261	226	189	178	159
Diseases of Skin	2,104	378	142	73	68
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	8,214	3,685	3,343	2,803	2,324
Other Causes	210,760	25,212	5,536	1,892	1,189

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	3,691	1,745	1,406	1,146	826
Measles	7,652	16,432	9,000	4,716	2,564
Scarlatina	5,514	13,211	15,845	14,536	11,774
Diphtheria	1,520	2,401	2,303	2,258	2,073
Whooping-cough	22,749	18,322	8,751	4,478	2,311
Typhus	2,227	3,598	4,063	3,703	3,511
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	54,727	16,137	3,232	1,099	563
Cholera	1,655	712	345	262	241
Other Zymotic Diseases	6,600	6,411	5,514	4,368	2,894
Cancer	16	27	40	57	40
Scrofula & Tabes	14,911	8,711	3,224	1,433	906
Phthisis	4,565	3,879	2,087	1,272	1,089
Hydrocephalus	10,620	7,946	3,612	2,118	1,484
Diseases of Brain	83,866	16,241	7,321	4,322	2,682
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	2,106	1,026	657	553	491
Diseases of Lungs	72,092	39,726	15,318	7,598	4,408
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	9,454	1,965	1,014	759	673
Diseases of Kidneys	211	274	224	212	161
Diseases of Generative Organs	12	26	13	7	2
Diseases of Joints	218	199	154	146	152
Diseases of Skin	1,735	362	171	82	66
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	7,413	2,837	2,366	1,838	1,394
Other Causes	171,597	24,453	5,748	2,128	1,235

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1861 - 1870	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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