Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1880s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	3	0	1	0	2
Measles	133	259	93	52	33
Scarlet Fever	28	77	98	90	67
Diphtheria	14	38	31	29	27
Whooping-cough	325	187	75	32	21
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	4	5	8	10	15
Simple Continued Fever	3	0	4	2	4
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	902	201	25	8	7
Cholera	11	4	2	0	2
Cancer	2	0	0	3	0
Tabes Mesenterica	329	122	38	11	9
Phthisis	29	19	6	7	10
Other Tuberculosis	152	78	45	26	20
Diseases of Nervous System	1,406	212	66	47	23
Diseases of Circulatory System	9	4	3	1	2
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,596	675	225	129	87
Diseases of Digestive System	621	181	31	19	6
Diseases of Urinary System	10	14	8	6	6
Diseases of Generative System	0	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	70	37	22	29	22
Other Causes	2,876	153	42	32	21

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1880s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	1	0	1	0	0
Measles	180	299	130	74	42
Scarlet Fever	21	77	78	84	65
Diphtheria	14	22	23	27	38
Whooping-cough	303	211	67	38	12
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	6	8	13	9
Simple Continued Fever	1	0	2	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	996	128	18	4	6
Cholera	50	8	0	1	0
Cancer	3	0	1	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	219	91	24	9	6
Phthisis	23	14	10	15	12
Other Tuberculosis	170	102	52	33	17
Diseases of Nervous System	1,238	153	55	30	15
Diseases of Circulatory System	21	6	4	0	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,743	736	225	111	80
Diseases of Digestive System	1,164	220	23	9	14
Diseases of Urinary System	13	5	6	5	7
Diseases of Generative System	2	0	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	82	33	29	33	23
Other Causes	3,167	142	35	23	17

Date:	Source:
1881 - 1900	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1881 - 1900	Robert Woods (Department of Geography, University of Liverpool). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

 

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