Since we're talking about ways of dying in the C19th, here's what I'm reading at the moment, in the Aberdeen Journal of Nov 1858 (my bolding):
Births, Deaths, and Marriages.
—During the month of October there were registered in the eight principal towns of Scotland the births of 2500 children, of whom 1331 were males, and 1169 females. Of that number 2256 were legitimate, and 244 illegitimate, which gives the proportion of one illegitimate birth in every 10.2 births, or 9.7 per cent, of the births as illegitimate. The proportions of illegitimate births in the several towns (considering Edinburgh and Leith as one town) were the following ; —ln Greenock 2.6 per cent only of the births were illegitimate; in Paisley, 7.8 per cent.; in Dundee 9.2; in Edinburgh and Leith, 9.7; in Glasgow, 10.2; in Aberdeen, 13.0 and in Perth, 14.0 per cent.
497 marriages were registered in the eight towns during the month, being 58 fewer than were registered during the corresponding month of last year; and fewer than were registered during any month of October since the Registration Act came into operation. 1812 deaths were registered in the eight towns during the month, being four fewer than during the corresponding month of last year. Of the above number 911 were males, and 901 females. Of the 1812 persons who died during the month, 982, or 54 per cent., were under 5 years of age.
The proportion of deaths under 5 years of age in the several towns was, in Aberdeen, 26 per cent, of the deaths; in Leith, 46 per cent.; in Edinburgh and Paisley, 47 ; in Perth 48, in Greenock, 50 ; in Dundee, 59; and in Glasgow, 60 per cent. Scarlet fever now rages as a severe epidemic in Glasgow and Paisley. In Aberdeen, diphtherite threatens to become epidemic, and six fatal cases were registered there during October. The lowering of the temperature during October has caused a considerable increase in the deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs.