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	18	13	8	11	4
Measles	63	144	78	28	18
Scarlatina	43	80	107	61	69
Diphtheria	9	16	5	4	3
Whooping-cough	104	69	31	7	1
Typhus	16	18	23	16	22
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	442	164	25	12	5
Other Zymotic Dis.	115	36	20	23	15
Cancer	0	1	0	0	1
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	61	31	13	7	5
Phthisis	28	36	17	14	2
Hydrocephalus	182	121	31	18	20
Diseases of Brain	1,119	130	52	37	27
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	8	9	8	4	2
Dis. of Lungs	599	261	87	39	24
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	66	19	11	5	6
Dis. of Kidneys	0	0	2	2	1
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	0	2	2	0
Dis. of the Skin	4	2	2	1	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	27	16	14	12	17
Other Causes	987	142	20	15	8

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	20	10	11	10	7
Measles	64	145	50	23	28
Scarlatina	34	77	97	82	80
Diphtheria	3	8	3	9	6
Whooping-cough	136	83	51	29	14
Typhus	15	16	20	21	18
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	349	159	31	10	5
Other Zymotic Dis.	119	38	29	28	12
Cancer	0	0	2	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	40	43	4	2	3
Phthisis	41	37	22	11	9
Hydrocephalus	116	105	53	24	16
Diseases of Brain	819	134	55	26	16
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	8	10	3	4	3
Dis. of Lungs	405	253	99	55	24
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	51	28	7	6	6
Dis. of Kidneys	0	3	0	0	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	1	1	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	2	3	0	0	0
Dis. of the Skin	10	2	2	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	30	12	12	7	11
Other Causes	775	117	27	13	6

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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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