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	107	59	41	32	30
Measles	70	136	82	32	20
Scarlatina	55	102	147	118	83
Diphtheria	11	20	20	13	12
Whooping-cough	133	134	62	32	7
Typhus	42	74	59	61	43
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	637	237	62	28	15
Other Zymotic Dis.	135	56	44	28	22
Cancer	1	1	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	78	70	25	11	8
Phthisis	79	58	30	16	7
Hydrocephalus	189	128	53	27	20
Diseases of Brain	1,349	175	94	43	29
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	7	9	8	7	4
Dis. of Lungs	780	428	113	67	45
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	79	18	22	6	5
Dis. of Kidneys	1	3	4	0	2
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	0	2	2	1
Dis. of the Skin	14	0	1	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	37	20	26	14	19
Other Causes	1,349	204	27	20	2

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	88	82	55	38	28
Measles	64	161	72	44	18
Scarlatina	50	107	127	146	91
Diphtheria	12	18	17	21	16
Whooping-cough	154	178	78	42	23
Typhus	34	56	36	58	35
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	586	277	72	22	15
Other Zymotic Dis.	142	49	51	36	18
Cancer	1	0	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	64	54	28	12	9
Phthisis	71	59	33	24	15
Hydrocephalus	113	96	39	25	14
Diseases of Brain	957	178	79	38	33
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	10	7	7	3	3
Dis. of Lungs	585	378	150	93	47
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	59	24	9	8	6
Dis. of Kidneys	2	1	1	0	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	1	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	1	1	2	2	2
Dis. of the Skin	6	1	4	0	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	32	15	15	19	8
Other Causes	1,069	192	44	19	9

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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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