Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 448 Show data context 105 Show data context 95 Show data context 37 Show data context 158 Show data context 103 Show data context 230 Show data context 17 Show data context 279 Show data context 1,472 Show data context
1881 26 Show data context 167 Show data context 145 Show data context 76 Show data context 123 Show data context 63 Show data context 203 Show data context 3 Show data context 200 Show data context 1,006 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 69 Show data context 7 Show data context 60 Show data context 164 Show data context 33 Show data context 152 Show data context 9 Show data context 257 Show data context 751 Show data context
1901 3 Show data context 66 Show data context 0 Show data context 46 Show data context 80 Show data context 43 Show data context 167 Show data context 15 Show data context 223 Show data context 643 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 86 Show data context 0 Show data context 12 Show data context 32 Show data context 4 Show data context 199 Show data context 161 Show data context 494 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, St Pancras RegD/PLPar through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 23rd April 2024