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	39	22	17	10	13
Measles	192	353	198	110	46
Scarlatina	114	302	335	320	309
Diphtheria	30	46	26	20	14
Whooping-cough	415	353	186	82	48
Typhus	46	78	79	74	80
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,986	708	124	39	16
Cholera	13	1	3	2	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	135	171	102	73	69
Cancer	0	0	0	0	1
Scrofula & Tabes	270	186	77	33	23
Phthisis	68	65	30	26	21
Hydrocephalus	285	196	84	46	41
Diseases of Brain	2,058	344	160	77	51
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	14	16	18	12	16
Diseases of Lungs	1,639	925	331	175	89
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	141	27	19	10	7
Diseases of Kidneys	5	9	14	10	15
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	4	3	2	2	4
Diseases of Skin	30	7	0	1	2
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	106	73	73	57	75
Other Causes	3,138	573	137	54	27

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	48	22	16	11	5
Measles	182	355	227	98	41
Scarlatina	111	288	321	326	253
Diphtheria	19	54	40	21	23
Whooping-cough	464	486	220	147	73
Typhus	29	64	90	80	81
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,748	770	157	52	14
Cholera	5	4	0	2	2
Other Zymotic Diseases	97	144	124	81	51
Cancer	0	0	1	1	0
Scrofula & Tabes	205	171	74	28	16
Phthisis	50	53	32	17	23
Hydrocephalus	180	173	73	35	29
Diseases of Brain	1,602	303	103	89	54
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	19	15	12	18	9
Diseases of Lungs	1,268	866	331	186	117
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	117	36	23	16	12
Diseases of Kidneys	0	4	4	4	8
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	1	1	0	0
Diseases of Joints	2	5	1	1	3
Diseases of Skin	25	10	3	1	2
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	85	76	43	35	36
Other Causes	2,599	540	140	60	26

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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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