Kendal Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) : Cause of Death

Cause of Death

Data cube chart.

Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 1 Show data context 12 Show data context 11 Show data context 15 Show data context 1 Show data context 32 Show data context 79 Show data context
1876 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 6 Show data context 9 Show data context 7 Show data context 15 Show data context 0 Show data context 28 Show data context 76 Show data context
1881 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 16 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 9 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 30 Show data context 68 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 5 Show data context 3 Show data context 6 Show data context 5 Show data context 5 Show data context 15 Show data context 0 Show data context 22 Show data context 61 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 8 Show data context 0 Show data context 10 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 13 Show data context 0 Show data context 29 Show data context 60 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 7 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 8 Show data context 32 Show data context 57 Show data context
Date Source
1871 - 1911 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) ,

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The exact meaning of 'able-bodied', as used in the Poor Law system, is controversial, but is generally understood to exclude the aged and infirm, and 'lunatics', but to include large numbers who were temporarily ill. The reports consistently divide the able-bodied into those receiving indoor relief, those on outdoor relief and, in earlier years, those receiving both.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Kendal Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) through time | Historical Statistics on Life & Death | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 03rd June 2026