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	26	24	10	10	8
Measles	40	89	36	27	13
Scarlatina	35	55	44	67	45
Diphtheria	6	5	5	2	1
Whooping-cough	106	102	52	25	11
Typhus	7	21	18	21	14
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	268	66	26	15	7
Other Zymotic Dis.	141	21	18	14	4
Cancer	1	0	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	55	37	13	12	8
Phthisis	21	15	24	10	4
Hydrocephalus	88	98	36	29	13
Diseases of Brain	347	40	18	25	16
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	7	4	3	3	2
Dis. of Lungs	411	190	67	44	19
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	46	9	7	4	5
Dis. of Kidneys	0	1	3	4	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	0	0	3	0	0
Dis. of the Skin	7	1	0	0	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	51	10	14	4	6
Other Causes	554	100	22	20	11

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	29	24	14	9	5
Measles	33	76	42	12	8
Scarlatina	23	63	68	56	40
Diphtheria	4	2	6	1	2
Whooping-cough	99	127	69	44	11
Typhus	10	12	12	14	10
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	218	61	29	15	11
Other Zymotic Dis.	144	18	18	10	9
Cancer	2	0	0	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	47	38	12	8	4
Phthisis	21	25	16	12	12
Hydrocephalus	59	45	30	13	10
Diseases of Brain	235	62	19	19	14
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	9	2	1	3	1
Dis. of Lungs	299	193	92	33	30
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	26	9	3	4	2
Dis. of Kidneys	1	1	0	0	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	1	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	1	0	0	0	3
Dis. of the Skin	7	1	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	38	10	10	9	7
Other Causes	451	100	24	8	3

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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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