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	95	48	44	28	21
Measles	105	193	110	62	40
Scarlatina	94	178	179	185	165
Diphtheria	22	18	23	16	16
Whooping-cough	303	173	72	33	21
Typhus	62	72	71	88	60
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	610	100	27	20	6
Other Zymotic Dis.	418	162	129	96	56
Cancer	4	1	1	0	1
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	261	110	54	33	30
Phthisis	145	67	40	17	16
Hydrocephalus	222	161	83	39	29
Diseases of Brain	1,534	225	101	70	44
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	49	14	14	18	14
Dis. of Lungs	1,641	597	250	123	75
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	307	44	24	15	20
Dis. of Kidneys	1	3	1	4	1
Dis. of Gener. Organs	2	1	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	3	3	2	1	1
Dis. of the Skin	34	7	2	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	170	83	88	71	63
Other Causes	3,927	415	130	48	38

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	82	31	26	33	22
Measles	100	182	121	74	47
Scarlatina	80	169	195	168	138
Diphtheria	11	19	19	15	16
Whooping-cough	323	213	134	51	32
Typhus	47	71	108	86	84
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	471	113	39	11	11
Other Zymotic Dis.	323	140	111	104	56
Cancer	3	0	2	1	1
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	196	83	52	26	26
Phthisis	113	67	40	21	23
Hydrocephalus	142	126	58	36	29
Diseases of Brain	1,060	196	93	69	52
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	37	15	13	11	6
Dis. of Lungs	1,168	604	302	147	83
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	177	36	22	22	21
Dis. of Kidneys	1	1	0	3	1
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	5	5	1	6	0
Dis. of the Skin	30	4	1	2	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	142	81	66	58	50
Other Causes	3,185	403	130	60	31

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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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