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How might you have died in 18C London, you ask? Well now you can find out:

From the London General Bill of Christenings and Burials, Dec 10 1771 - Dec 15, 1772"

# Christened: Males 9172, Females 8744 # Buried: males 13185, Females 12868

Died under 2 years of age: 9112
Between 2 and 5: 2894
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Cause of death (highlights):

Convulsions: 6605
Consumption: 5179
Grief: 3
Evil: 32
Fever: 3207
Headache: 2
Rising of the lights: 1
Small pox: 3992
St. Anthony's fire: 2
Teeth: 725
Bit by mad dogs: 1
Starved: 6
Lethargy: 5
Murdered: 2
Drowned: 147
Excessive Drinking: 8
Killed thmselves: 47
Childbed: 194
Executed: 15
Cancer: 6
Bleeding: 6
Scurvy: 5
Sore throat: 13

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