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	75	37	29	29	22
Measles	111	194	118	69	36
Scarlatina	61	118	180	142	123
Diphtheria	42	20	25	29	24
Whooping-cough	216	128	55	28	16
Typhus	46	44	62	50	38
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	887	170	33	22	23
Other Zymotic Dis.	354	81	86	44	37
Cancer	0	0	2	0	1
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	232	89	30	18	8
Phthisis	48	26	22	13	10
Hydrocephalus	187	125	62	41	31
Diseases of Brain	2,920	214	82	53	34
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	33	13	11	7	11
Dis. of Lungs	767	320	154	67	38
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	148	29	7	5	5
Dis. of Kidneys	2	3	1	0	1
Dis. of Gener. Organs	1	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	1	3	0	2	2
Dis. of the Skin	19	6	2	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	74	40	38	29	26
Other Causes	2,439	324	70	18	13

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	80	37	26	25	17
Measles	100	199	133	70	25
Scarlatina	74	131	151	147	111
Diphtheria	24	28	26	32	32
Whooping-cough	235	179	80	39	27
Typhus	42	60	50	52	62
Cholera, Diarrh., Dysenty	721	186	41	25	14
Other Zymotic Dis.	301	70	67	46	34
Cancer	2	1	0	0	1
Scrofula, Tabes Mesent.	149	63	21	15	11
Phthisis	39	26	11	26	11
Hydrocephalus	114	107	60	30	22
Diseases of Brain	2,294	194	81	50	34
Heart Dis. & Dropsy	29	9	10	12	7
Dis. of Lungs	531	286	139	76	56
Dis. of Stom. & Liver	108	20	17	9	6
Dis. of Kidneys	1	1	1	0	0
Dis. of Gener. Organs	0	0	0	0	0
Dis. of the Joints	2	2	2	1	3
Dis. of the Skin	15	3	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Violent Deaths	62	27	24	23	34
Other Causes	2,010	291	46	14	17

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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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