Chard Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) : Decennial Cause of Death by Age

Decennial Cause of Death by Age

Data cube chart.

Data cube chart.

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890 Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
Cause of Death (RG 1880s DS definition) Under 5 years 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 & up
Small-pox 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Measles 60 Show data context 16 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 32 Show data context 15 Show data context 5 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diphtheria 20 Show data context 14 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping-cough 74 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Enteric Fever 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 8 Show data context 6 Show data context 5 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context
Simple Continued Fever 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
Diarrhoea & Dysentery 35 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 6 Show data context
Cholera 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Cancer 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 11 Show data context 27 Show data context 47 Show data context 38 Show data context 15 Show data context
Tabes Mesenterica 26 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Phthisis 17 Show data context 5 Show data context 17 Show data context 41 Show data context 36 Show data context 83 Show data context 58 Show data context 44 Show data context 26 Show data context 12 Show data context 2 Show data context
Other Tuberculosis 72 Show data context 10 Show data context 10 Show data context 7 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diseases of Nervous System 174 Show data context 11 Show data context 6 Show data context 8 Show data context 5 Show data context 15 Show data context 25 Show data context 45 Show data context 76 Show data context 79 Show data context 86 Show data context
Diseases of Circulatory System 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 6 Show data context 6 Show data context 13 Show data context 24 Show data context 64 Show data context 97 Show data context 168 Show data context 93 Show data context
Diseases of Respiratory System 352 Show data context 27 Show data context 5 Show data context 7 Show data context 8 Show data context 20 Show data context 23 Show data context 44 Show data context 76 Show data context 110 Show data context 95 Show data context
Diseases of Digestive System 57 Show data context 8 Show data context 3 Show data context 8 Show data context 3 Show data context 7 Show data context 10 Show data context 26 Show data context 42 Show data context 47 Show data context 17 Show data context
Diseases of Urinary System 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 7 Show data context 14 Show data context 8 Show data context 13 Show data context 20 Show data context 6 Show data context
Diseases of Generative System 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 5 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context
Puerperal Fever 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 8 Show data context 5 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 29 Show data context 4 Show data context 7 Show data context 5 Show data context 6 Show data context 7 Show data context 17 Show data context 12 Show data context 13 Show data context 11 Show data context 7 Show data context
Other Causes 405 Show data context 8 Show data context 11 Show data context 13 Show data context 9 Show data context 9 Show data context 20 Show data context 23 Show data context 30 Show data context 187 Show data context 420 Show data context
Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900 Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75
Cause of Death (RG 1880s DS definition) Under 5 years 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 & up
Small-pox 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Measles 68 Show data context 9 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Scarlet Fever 10 Show data context 9 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diphtheria 13 Show data context 15 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Whooping-cough 66 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Typhus 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Enteric Fever 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 7 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Simple Continued Fever 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diarrhoea & Dysentery 48 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 4 Show data context 13 Show data context
Cholera 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context
Cancer 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 10 Show data context 32 Show data context 66 Show data context 58 Show data context 26 Show data context
Tabes Mesenterica 22 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 3 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Phthisis 2 Show data context 6 Show data context 6 Show data context 25 Show data context 35 Show data context 60 Show data context 45 Show data context 51 Show data context 25 Show data context 8 Show data context 1 Show data context
Other Tuberculosis 46 Show data context 12 Show data context 9 Show data context 11 Show data context 5 Show data context 8 Show data context 2 Show data context 4 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Diseases of Nervous System 112 Show data context 4 Show data context 5 Show data context 2 Show data context 3 Show data context 9 Show data context 15 Show data context 24 Show data context 66 Show data context 94 Show data context 78 Show data context
Diseases of Circulatory System 1 Show data context 3 Show data context 11 Show data context 11 Show data context 7 Show data context 12 Show data context 25 Show data context 48 Show data context 123 Show data context 186 Show data context 119 Show data context
Diseases of Respiratory System 252 Show data context 11 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 18 Show data context 26 Show data context 38 Show data context 68 Show data context 94 Show data context 118 Show data context
Diseases of Digestive System 89 Show data context 8 Show data context 6 Show data context 8 Show data context 6 Show data context 16 Show data context 14 Show data context 26 Show data context 41 Show data context 24 Show data context 20 Show data context
Diseases of Urinary System 2 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 1 Show data context 6 Show data context 7 Show data context 11 Show data context 12 Show data context 27 Show data context 14 Show data context
Diseases of Generative System 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context
Puerperal Fever 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 3 Show data context 4 Show data context 7 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Childbirth 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 5 Show data context 6 Show data context 1 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context 0 Show data context
Violence 25 Show data context 7 Show data context 4 Show data context 4 Show data context 3 Show data context 11 Show data context 6 Show data context 18 Show data context 14 Show data context 12 Show data context 9 Show data context
Other Causes 323 Show data context 3 Show data context 11 Show data context 9 Show data context 6 Show data context 15 Show data context 21 Show data context 33 Show data context 34 Show data context 136 Show data context 414 Show data context
Date Source
1881 - 1900 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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nCube definition


The 1801 crop returns list differing crops for different parishes, so these data need to be treated with some care; a total of 63 crops or combinations of crops are listed, but many are very similar. Note that a great many parishes were missing from the data, and some additional parish names could not be identified, matched more than one parish within the named county, or lacked information on the county they were in. Nottinghamshire is completely missing. County totals include data for parishes that could not ...


be identified. The national total for England includes parishes with missing county information. The national total for England is also used as the total for England and Wales, to permit the web site to present comparisons with national totals, even though the returns contain no data on Wales.


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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10030249/cube/CoD_DS_1880s

Date accessed: 06th June 2026