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	16	15	7	2	9
Measles	48	88	50	42	26
Scarlatina	24	65	92	95	73
Diphtheria	11	18	9	14	15
Whooping-cough	190	113	48	30	29
Typhus	18	18	35	26	26
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	409	111	42	26	15
Other Zymotic Dis.	209	51	52	63	51
Cancer	2	0	1	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	108	43	27	18	19
Phthisis	44	27	16	6	6
Hydrocephalus	140	90	35	23	24
Diseases of Brain	807	138	75	30	16
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	39	13	5	3	7
Dis. of Lungs	773	315	101	65	42
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	126	22	20	10	4
Dis. of Kidneys	6	1	0	0	2
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	2	1	2	2	1
Dis. of the Skin	13	2	6	0	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	53	29	31	25	23
Other Causes	1,531	168	36	12	11

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	26	6	13	10	7
Measles	35	83	63	30	19
Scarlatina	19	62	70	77	51
Diphtheria	2	13	19	24	13
Whooping-cough	198	150	58	38	22
Typhus	14	37	32	24	31
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	324	106	46	18	16
Other Zymotic Dis.	200	74	60	51	23
Cancer	0	1	2	0	0
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	108	56	33	20	11
Phthisis	36	25	9	7	8
Hydrocephalus	98	67	30	16	22
Diseases of Brain	665	108	61	41	29
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	34	8	6	4	3
Dis. of Lungs	568	245	121	53	32
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	92	18	14	8	11
Dis. of Kidneys	2	1	0	1	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	1	1	2	1	2
Dis. of the Skin	16	3	3	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	48	25	19	17	22
Other Causes	1,209	149	34	8	12

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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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