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	107	76	84
Other TB	132	96	103
Typhus & Typhoid	24	34	100
Scarlet Fever	53	90	312
Gastro-intestinal	389	101	30
Smallpox	92	92	131
Whooping Cough	110	106	91
Measles	60	141	181
Diptheria	3	4	11
Lungs	573	263	176
Cancer	0	1	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	14	9	26
Other	1,641	295	234

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	103	91	76
Other TB	151	115	94
Typhus & Typhoid	23	26	100
Scarlet Fever	40	63	168
Gastro-intestinal	604	112	30
Smallpox	35	28	51
Whooping Cough	222	152	131
Measles	86	198	194
Diptheria	4	8	19
Lungs	638	262	159
Cancer	0	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	31	12	36
Other	1,807	330	228

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	50	49	50
Other TB	264	180	125
Typhus & Typhoid	9	11	43
Scarlet Fever	13	37	79
Gastro-intestinal	553	67	10
Smallpox	39	9	39
Whooping Cough	183	163	131
Measles	160	299	299
Diptheria	9	20	68
Lungs	810	380	191
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	49	12	29
Other	1,459	260	231

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	45	44	39
Other TB	300	153	131
Typhus & Typhoid	3	3	15
Scarlet Fever	22	46	150
Gastro-intestinal	392	47	21
Smallpox	2	0	1
Whooping Cough	180	105	105
Measles	83	166	129
Diptheria	11	27	60
Lungs	884	488	311
Cancer	3	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	53	15	36
Other	1,873	330	175

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	45	32	32
Other TB	293	74	71
Typhus & Typhoid	5	5	6
Scarlet Fever	13	18	47
Gastro-intestinal	634	64	8
Smallpox	1	2	2
Whooping Cough	179	121	85
Measles	123	227	156
Diptheria	7	11	62
Lungs	900	504	247
Cancer	0	1	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	57	8	48
Other	2,422	324	174

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	13	14	18
Other TB	129	63	79
Typhus & Typhoid	0	2	3
Scarlet Fever	4	8	52
Gastro-intestinal	571	58	9
Smallpox	1	0	1
Whooping Cough	129	87	57
Measles	77	130	116
Diptheria	2	12	89
Lungs	717	393	205
Cancer	0	1	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	71	18	40
Other	2,258	214	210

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

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