Wigan 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 73 Show data context 81 Show data context 36 Show data context 2 Show data context 72 Show data context 99 Show data context 246 Show data context 0 Show data context 144 Show data context 753 Show data context
1876 6 Show data context 139 Show data context 30 Show data context 3 Show data context 36 Show data context 87 Show data context 245 Show data context 3 Show data context 159 Show data context 708 Show data context
1881 6 Show data context 51 Show data context 125 Show data context 5 Show data context 76 Show data context 68 Show data context 121 Show data context 1 Show data context 143 Show data context 596 Show data context
1891 0 Show data context 132 Show data context 85 Show data context 13 Show data context 125 Show data context 66 Show data context 159 Show data context 1 Show data context 170 Show data context 751 Show data context
1901 0 Show data context 94 Show data context 45 Show data context 91 Show data context 60 Show data context 57 Show data context 443 Show data context 11 Show data context 170 Show data context 971 Show data context
1911 0 Show data context 138 Show data context 25 Show data context 30 Show data context 72 Show data context 69 Show data context 426 Show data context 147 Show data context 907 Show data context
Date Source
1871 - 1911 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) ,

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The full National Statistics Socio-cconomic Classification includes classes for persons of working age who were outside the workforce, i.e. those who have never worked, the long-term unemployed and full-time students, who are included here as a separate sub-total and should be excluded in the calculation of rates.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wigan 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: 05th June 2026