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	35	11	9	11	6
Measles	62	124	68	43	37
Scarlatina	36	81	81	81	58
Diphtheria	6	7	8	10	6
Whooping-cough	168	119	64	38	25
Typhus	14	14	28	23	20
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	527	104	38	16	17
Other Zymotic Dis.	239	49	34	26	18
Cancer	0	2	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	103	69	32	13	11
Phthisis	36	25	16	12	7
Hydrocephalus	159	118	43	35	15
Diseases of Brain	476	110	55	31	20
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	38	5	4	6	3
Dis. of Lungs	664	295	121	58	32
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	112	12	7	3	7
Dis. of Kidneys	3	1	0	5	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	1	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	1	2	1	1	0
Dis. of the Skin	13	1	1	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	83	15	16	13	12
Other Causes	959	98	26	12	3

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	28	14	9	9	3
Measles	40	126	63	39	18
Scarlatina	22	72	64	83	66
Diphtheria	6	7	10	5	10
Whooping-cough	180	191	74	48	25
Typhus	14	26	26	27	25
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	504	96	22	23	10
Other Zymotic Dis.	178	43	29	26	18
Cancer	0	2	0	1	2
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	86	57	28	27	11
Phthisis	28	34	9	20	7
Hydrocephalus	125	88	23	21	20
Diseases of Brain	357	78	50	38	13
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	28	6	3	6	6
Dis. of Lungs	544	289	125	62	29
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	62	8	7	4	5
Dis. of Kidneys	0	1	0	1	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	2	1	2	0	1
Dis. of the Skin	15	2	3	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	75	11	12	8	10
Other Causes	761	115	27	5	7

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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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