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	15	3	3	3	1
Measles	64	84	48	26	13
Scarlatina	45	109	80	101	83
Diphtheria	16	10	17	14	18
Whooping-cough	170	93	40	16	3
Typhus	16	24	25	26	23
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	416	106	27	14	6
Cholera	9	1	3	0	2
Other Zymotic Diseases	70	53	56	36	29
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	116	60	27	13	11
Phthisis	87	49	31	11	11
Hydrocephalus	112	84	38	24	15
Diseases of Brain	626	113	55	37	19
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	24	6	5	3	2
Diseases of Lungs	867	337	110	59	48
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	140	9	10	4	9
Diseases of Kidneys	4	4	4	2	2
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	2	3	1	2	0
Diseases of Skin	30	7	2	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	66	28	43	29	21
Other Causes	1,885	205	43	16	16

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	15	6	2	2	4
Measles	40	108	61	30	17
Scarlatina	40	93	108	81	71
Diphtheria	9	15	13	21	24
Whooping-cough	155	105	68	18	15
Typhus	13	26	21	26	23
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	325	91	17	5	4
Cholera	8	2	2	0	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	47	36	29	35	28
Cancer	1	0	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	80	51	18	10	8
Phthisis	80	51	22	13	17
Hydrocephalus	87	54	28	20	17
Diseases of Brain	427	108	56	34	28
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	19	7	5	3	2
Diseases of Lungs	618	301	105	59	30
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	81	17	12	9	8
Diseases of Kidneys	2	6	1	4	2
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	2	0	1	2	0
Diseases of Skin	21	2	1	1	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	52	26	24	7	13
Other Causes	1,603	173	38	21	7

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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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