Prescot 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 131 Show data context 175 Show data context 108 Show data context 16 Show data context 64 Show data context 62 Show data context 126 Show data context 1 Show data context 77 Show data context 760 Show data context
1876 3 Show data context 128 Show data context 61 Show data context 24 Show data context 16 Show data context 86 Show data context 143 Show data context 2 Show data context 125 Show data context 588 Show data context
1881 0 Show data context 25 Show data context 91 Show data context 14 Show data context 12 Show data context 78 Show data context 90 Show data context 1 Show data context 105 Show data context 416 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 110 Show data context 39 Show data context 10 Show data context 72 Show data context 51 Show data context 106 Show data context 1 Show data context 108 Show data context 497 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 23 Show data context 35 Show data context 53 Show data context 38 Show data context 63 Show data context 172 Show data context 8 Show data context 101 Show data context 493 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 81 Show data context 23 Show data context 13 Show data context 50 Show data context 42 Show data context 364 Show data context 115 Show data context 688 Show data context
Date Source
1871 - 1911 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) ,

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nCube definition


Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Prescot 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: 06th June 2026