Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 57 Show data context 2 Show data context 28 Show data context 1 Show data context 20 Show data context 25 Show data context 99 Show data context 0 Show data context 26 Show data context 258 Show data context
1881 0 Show data context 120 Show data context 47 Show data context 8 Show data context 42 Show data context 14 Show data context 43 Show data context 0 Show data context 36 Show data context 310 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 54 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 33 Show data context 8 Show data context 45 Show data context 1 Show data context 28 Show data context 174 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 1 Show data context 11 Show data context 40 Show data context 8 Show data context 85 Show data context 2 Show data context 39 Show data context 190 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 12 Show data context 8 Show data context 8 Show data context 97 Show data context 47 Show data context 173 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, Northampton RegD/PLU through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 31st October 2024