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	41	22	24	17	12
Measles	46	85	53	36	13
Scarlatina	37	68	92	80	68
Diphtheria	7	8	4	4	3
Whooping-cough	111	86	44	23	8
Typhus	19	22	22	19	20
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	371	99	31	17	10
Other Zymotic Dis.	171	46	38	35	18
Cancer	1	0	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	57	42	21	7	4
Phthisis	57	34	21	13	10
Hydrocephalus	122	105	39	20	17
Diseases of Brain	540	95	51	24	15
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	18	10	4	4	4
Dis. of Lungs	592	246	107	45	20
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	66	14	9	5	3
Dis. of Kidneys	2	0	3	1	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	1	2	1	0
Dis. of the Skin	13	2	0	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	44	25	15	10	8
Other Causes	771	121	37	9	8

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	32	19	12	14	13
Measles	39	79	69	26	21
Scarlatina	14	66	83	81	61
Diphtheria	7	9	9	8	3
Whooping-cough	104	103	58	33	23
Typhus	12	17	22	24	15
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	262	112	28	16	6
Other Zymotic Dis.	168	38	36	30	21
Cancer	1	2	2	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	63	50	16	5	5
Phthisis	36	36	18	10	13
Hydrocephalus	99	73	33	24	15
Diseases of Brain	400	88	38	27	12
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	20	1	4	6	4
Dis. of Lungs	445	249	92	59	24
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	47	15	3	3	2
Dis. of Kidneys	0	0	0	0	1
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	1	1	0	1	0
Dis. of the Skin	8	0	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	36	9	1	7	7
Other Causes	621	142	28	12	5

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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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