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	17	5	2	1	2
Measles	24	38	17	12	7
Scarlatina	34	64	70	69	61
Diphtheria	16	20	21	18	19
Whooping-cough	78	45	18	13	10
Typhus	12	7	12	18	10
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	57	20	7	1	2
Cholera	0	1	0	0	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	23	25	21	21	8
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	48	20	13	4	4
Phthisis	18	20	16	4	6
Hydrocephalus	27	26	14	12	7
Diseases of Brain	1,644	186	82	40	30
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	7	8	5	3	3
Diseases of Lungs	240	126	45	24	19
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	32	7	7	3	4
Diseases of Kidneys	3	4	0	1	0
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	0	1	1	1	1
Diseases of Skin	3	1	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	3	13	14	18	15
Other Causes	565	98	35	15	10

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	11	4	2	1	2
Measles	26	45	28	22	6
Scarlatina	30	70	68	70	61
Diphtheria	11	21	18	29	22
Whooping-cough	70	59	28	21	11
Typhus	9	15	17	13	15
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	44	20	2	4	1
Cholera	0	0	1	1	2
Other Zymotic Diseases	26	26	19	15	18
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	30	16	9	3	5
Phthisis	18	20	11	6	6
Hydrocephalus	24	22	12	4	4
Diseases of Brain	1,223	218	73	34	21
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	3	7	4	3	5
Diseases of Lungs	145	118	63	43	30
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	27	11	6	3	8
Diseases of Kidneys	0	0	0	1	1
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	1	1	0	0	0
Diseases of Skin	1	1	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	10	13	11	7	8
Other Causes	474	114	36	19	4

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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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