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	50	17	15	9	8
Measles	115	200	105	61	37
Scarlatina	89	200	225	227	184
Diphtheria	26	45	58	49	43
Whooping-cough	440	250	102	43	25
Typhus	23	47	56	50	53
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,024	243	45	25	11
Cholera	44	23	17	11	8
Other Zymotic Diseases	104	101	102	94	77
Cancer	1	0	0	1	1
Scrofula & Tabes	369	152	57	23	22
Phthisis	109	63	30	23	18
Hydrocephalus	295	201	68	45	29
Diseases of Brain	1,394	316	144	89	47
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	44	21	18	9	16
Diseases of Lungs	1,546	697	222	124	75
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	219	32	26	14	11
Diseases of Kidneys	7	3	7	4	3
Diseases of Generative Organs	1	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	4	4	5	2	2
Diseases of Skin	40	7	1	3	1
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	92	68	40	44	23
Other Causes	3,854	369	98	37	21

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	57	17	10	6	3
Measles	64	173	114	56	49
Scarlatina	80	159	203	213	165
Diphtheria	20	37	59	65	50
Whooping-cough	453	318	124	66	41
Typhus	24	39	56	49	57
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	793	225	52	29	17
Cholera	48	19	17	9	13
Other Zymotic Diseases	100	103	95	69	59
Cancer	0	2	0	1	0
Scrofula & Tabes	296	147	78	43	13
Phthisis	118	69	35	17	16
Hydrocephalus	202	113	77	35	29
Diseases of Brain	949	274	160	73	38
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	52	18	16	11	11
Diseases of Lungs	1,207	601	219	114	82
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	116	24	18	9	17
Diseases of Kidneys	0	0	4	5	1
Diseases of Generative Organs	1	1	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	3	2	0	0	3
Diseases of Skin	32	8	5	1	2
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	75	60	32	18	14
Other Causes	3,064	332	97	34	22

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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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