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	54	17	16	6	9
Measles	132	237	120	76	27
Scarlatina	75	169	188	171	135
Diphtheria	38	32	35	32	33
Whooping-cough	279	189	106	46	22
Typhus	26	24	37	31	23
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	997	122	20	12	5
Cholera	45	10	10	3	3
Other Zymotic Diseases	92	85	57	47	29
Cancer	0	0	0	1	0
Scrofula & Tabes	197	90	47	16	10
Phthisis	78	54	28	22	10
Hydrocephalus	241	186	73	34	22
Diseases of Brain	762	179	61	46	22
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	42	10	7	3	3
Diseases of Lungs	1,153	579	172	100	50
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	172	11	14	7	7
Diseases of Kidneys	2	4	7	3	2
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	1	4	2	0	1
Diseases of Skin	27	3	2	1	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	191	34	31	31	22
Other Causes	2,006	222	35	15	8

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	33	11	8	11	5
Measles	104	246	131	58	24
Scarlatina	55	143	194	154	128
Diphtheria	23	31	28	40	23
Whooping-cough	280	214	138	67	22
Typhus	17	31	31	40	29
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	804	119	23	12	6
Cholera	34	9	2	2	2
Other Zymotic Diseases	86	61	65	45	33
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	180	95	27	18	13
Phthisis	89	60	35	14	15
Hydrocephalus	196	138	46	30	27
Diseases of Brain	553	142	67	42	25
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	39	12	11	4	7
Diseases of Lungs	826	530	188	107	48
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	111	14	5	3	8
Diseases of Kidneys	2	2	3	2	5
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	2	0	1	2	0
Diseases of Skin	18	5	1	0	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	142	24	16	17	15
Other Causes	1,543	200	39	9	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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