Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	85	73	93
Other TB	313	208	200
Typhus & Typhoid	29	58	141
Scarlet Fever	105	153	472
Gastro-intestinal	207	50	55
Smallpox	46	18	43
Whooping Cough	249	146	107
Measles	93	143	187
Diptheria	27	19	89
Lungs	1,104	477	362
Cancer	1	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	93	65	127
Other	4,592	713	689

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	50	59	48
Other TB	384	235	162
Typhus & Typhoid	19	33	144
Scarlet Fever	63	170	485
Gastro-intestinal	308	50	38
Smallpox	10	1	5
Whooping Cough	232	162	109
Measles	93	160	181
Diptheria	18	36	107
Lungs	1,255	582	346
Cancer	0	0	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	77	39	92
Other	4,222	742	601

Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	52	44	28
Other TB	281	201	152
Typhus & Typhoid	8	8	59
Scarlet Fever	20	91	251
Gastro-intestinal	307	55	45
Smallpox	10	2	24
Whooping Cough	268	145	107
Measles	80	114	126
Diptheria	6	8	65
Lungs	1,321	570	346
Cancer	1	0	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	58	35	89
Other	3,523	525	514

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	35	36	30
Other TB	183	140	117
Typhus & Typhoid	1	2	11
Scarlet Fever	12	28	70
Gastro-intestinal	227	49	18
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	187	147	75
Measles	88	155	151
Diptheria	4	21	86
Lungs	1,163	592	361
Cancer	0	0	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	70	35	68
Other	3,107	466	294

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	28	19	19
Other TB	182	104	82
Typhus & Typhoid	2	1	3
Scarlet Fever	9	12	61
Gastro-intestinal	323	63	18
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	194	88	62
Measles	63	139	91
Diptheria	12	21	110
Lungs	1,009	443	293
Cancer	1	1	5
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	66	27	57
Other	3,109	376	231

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	15	13	20
Other TB	109	70	95
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	1
Scarlet Fever	3	7	42
Gastro-intestinal	154	32	12
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	185	87	42
Measles	50	66	67
Diptheria	4	15	111
Lungs	683	264	176
Cancer	0	1	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	59	14	39
Other	2,709	253	193

Date:	Source:
1851 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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