Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910:

Sex = Male	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	1	1	0
Measles	98	214	150
Scarlet fever	7	23	82
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	5	2	4
Whooping cough	161	118	65
Diphtheria	16	37	98
Pyrexia	0	0	0
Enteric fever	0	1	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	715	137	22
Pulmonary tuberculosis	11	22	21
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	5	5	6
Tuberculous meningitis	60	74	89
Tuberculous peritonitis	51	29	29
Tabes mesenterica	100	23	4
Other tuberculous diseases	43	35	38
Cancer	4	1	5
Septic diseases	22	4	3
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	0	0	2
Pneumonia	561	363	246
Bronchitis	465	154	55
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	87	32	141
Other Causes	3,321	354	239

Sex = Female	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	2	0	2
Measles	116	186	162
Scarlet fever	5	15	101
Typhus	0	0	0
Influenza	2	3	5
Whooping cough	169	139	102
Diphtheria	15	39	133
Pyrexia	1	0	0
Enteric fever	0	2	5
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	672	108	14
Pulmonary tuberculosis	13	25	18
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	0	3	12
Tuberculous meningitis	43	51	74
Tuberculous peritonitis	43	23	34
Tabes mesenterica	95	24	8
Other tuberculous diseases	47	35	34
Cancer	2	3	3
Septic diseases	18	2	2
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	0	0	1
Pneumonia	417	295	234
Bronchitis	418	159	65
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	77	24	83
Other Causes	2,582	337	196

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1901 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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