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	188	45	155
Measles	11,940	21,073	14,598
Scarlet fever	732	1,890	7,677
Typhus	0	0	6
Influenza	1,852	621	681
Whooping cough	19,874	11,506	6,812
Diphtheria	1,438	3,395	11,761
Pyrexia	45	18	25
Enteric fever	39	61	432
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	73,745	13,444	2,643
Pulmonary tuberculosis	1,243	1,374	1,589
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	601	550	738
Tuberculous meningitis	7,359	5,895	7,058
Tuberculous peritonitis	5,708	2,809	2,301
Tabes mesenterica	5,306	1,594	812
Other tuberculous diseases	5,217	2,964	2,748
Cancer	129	122	388
Septic diseases	2,400	273	305
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	62	29	265
Pneumonia	53,909	30,467	17,830
Bronchitis	50,154	13,034	5,087
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	11,175	3,104	7,688
Other Causes	360,635	34,386	23,303

Sex = Female	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (RG 1900s DS definition)	0	1	2 to 4
Small-pox	229	67	147
Measles	10,065	19,081	15,172
Scarlet fever	596	1,761	7,318
Typhus	0	1	3
Influenza	1,317	472	656
Whooping cough	21,941	14,950	10,199
Diphtheria	1,151	3,308	11,824
Pyrexia	38	17	47
Enteric fever	31	60	426
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	61,164	12,462	2,698
Pulmonary tuberculosis	1,051	1,171	1,392
Phthisis (not otherwise defined)	491	458	745
Tuberculous meningitis	5,772	5,143	6,827
Tuberculous peritonitis	4,383	2,324	1,990
Tabes mesenterica	3,985	1,380	727
Other tuberculous diseases	4,121	2,582	2,507
Cancer	90	98	327
Septic diseases	2,319	288	336
Rheumatic fever & Rheumatism of heart	48	24	237
Pneumonia	40,337	27,173	17,162
Bronchitis	38,796	12,669	5,152
Childbirth & Puerperal fever	0	0	0
Violence	10,387	2,513	6,016
Other Causes	273,437	29,966	21,189

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

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