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	12	14	9
Other TB	121	68	39
Typhus & Typhoid	9	24	38
Scarlet Fever	10	37	83
Gastro-intestinal	185	32	12
Smallpox	22	11	13
Whooping Cough	49	26	24
Measles	28	33	56
Diptheria	6	10	19
Lungs	376	128	92
Cancer	0	1	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	21	16	22
Other	906	135	144

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	20	12	10
Other TB	118	58	54
Typhus & Typhoid	12	17	45
Scarlet Fever	30	73	215
Gastro-intestinal	362	74	17
Smallpox	22	2	11
Whooping Cough	95	67	54
Measles	33	68	67
Diptheria	10	18	40
Lungs	478	199	122
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	41	13	37
Other	1,290	235	150

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	13	11	14
Other TB	152	83	75
Typhus & Typhoid	3	5	37
Scarlet Fever	35	92	277
Gastro-intestinal	440	105	30
Smallpox	9	1	7
Whooping Cough	139	121	72
Measles	38	52	45
Diptheria	13	12	54
Lungs	730	284	175
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	48	12	30
Other	1,915	286	200

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	9	10	10
Other TB	256	135	86
Typhus & Typhoid	1	1	9
Scarlet Fever	16	32	97
Gastro-intestinal	391	72	14
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	156	93	62
Measles	56	137	116
Diptheria	4	11	48
Lungs	806	368	278
Cancer	1	1	5
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	79	19	22
Other	2,343	316	212

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	13	5	17
Other TB	428	167	98
Typhus & Typhoid	1	1	4
Scarlet Fever	4	13	38
Gastro-intestinal	719	100	20
Smallpox	2	0	2
Whooping Cough	194	108	96
Measles	74	148	112
Diptheria	11	30	147
Lungs	1,024	452	289
Cancer	0	2	6
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	120	16	35
Other	3,708	373	235

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	8	4	14
Other TB	293	115	115
Typhus & Typhoid	0	1	3
Scarlet Fever	8	22	106
Gastro-intestinal	565	92	20
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	253	150	96
Measles	81	151	123
Diptheria	11	21	81
Lungs	959	396	253
Cancer	0	2	5
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	115	19	32
Other	3,784	358	249

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

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