Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s

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	36	26	9	17	15
Measles	86	205	109	39	18
Scarlatina	52	130	137	139	121
Diphtheria	17	23	18	12	12
Whooping-cough	166	105	51	31	12
Typhus	28	35	49	36	27
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	657	182	40	8	6
Cholera	1	5	0	0	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	76	83	61	73	35
Cancer	0	0	0	1	1
Scrofula & Tabes	112	68	20	5	5
Phthisis	56	34	18	10	12
Hydrocephalus	52	44	17	8	7
Diseases of Brain	931	160	59	33	13
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	12	19	13	6	7
Diseases of Lungs	976	468	180	66	50
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	135	24	14	2	5
Diseases of Kidneys	4	6	0	4	0
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	1	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	3	0	0	1	0
Diseases of Skin	12	7	0	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	34	24	30	29	33
Other Causes	1,755	267	63	15	12

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	32	21	17	11	8
Measles	69	158	117	61	26
Scarlatina	45	103	150	165	107
Diphtheria	7	20	15	15	15
Whooping-cough	183	142	66	37	17
Typhus	20	38	37	37	42
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	503	206	54	9	5
Cholera	4	0	1	0	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	64	76	71	51	29
Cancer	0	0	1	1	0
Scrofula & Tabes	76	60	21	9	2
Phthisis	44	30	16	11	10
Hydrocephalus	30	24	6	8	6
Diseases of Brain	743	119	77	33	23
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	15	15	10	3	3
Diseases of Lungs	760	452	184	87	39
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	74	23	8	4	5
Diseases of Kidneys	1	2	1	0	2
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	1	0	0
Diseases of Joints	2	1	1	1	0
Diseases of Skin	14	5	0	1	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	29	16	19	28	13
Other Causes	1,466	316	79	19	9

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

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1861 - 1870	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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