Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 208 Show data context 52 Show data context 80 Show data context 21 Show data context 125 Show data context 83 Show data context 174 Show data context 4 Show data context 88 Show data context 835 Show data context
1881 14 Show data context 116 Show data context 87 Show data context 31 Show data context 104 Show data context 47 Show data context 149 Show data context 4 Show data context 100 Show data context 652 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 206 Show data context 8 Show data context 41 Show data context 121 Show data context 16 Show data context 92 Show data context 1 Show data context 94 Show data context 579 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 60 Show data context 2 Show data context 28 Show data context 74 Show data context 8 Show data context 160 Show data context 0 Show data context 74 Show data context 406 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 42 Show data context 0 Show data context 13 Show data context 41 Show data context 1 Show data context 171 Show data context 60 Show data context 328 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, Holborn RegD/PLU through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 02nd May 2024