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	16	22	25
Other TB	114	130	96
Typhus & Typhoid	8	10	38
Scarlet Fever	12	44	131
Gastro-intestinal	133	47	18
Smallpox	20	9	23
Whooping Cough	101	125	124
Measles	35	53	89
Diptheria	0	3	10
Lungs	317	208	152
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	31	8	14
Other	794	261	222

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	5	19	6
Other TB	81	74	56
Typhus & Typhoid	4	9	40
Scarlet Fever	23	37	121
Gastro-intestinal	124	15	12
Smallpox	10	5	13
Whooping Cough	85	83	64
Measles	33	51	49
Diptheria	13	12	12
Lungs	203	131	95
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	38	1	6
Other	576	149	123

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	24	24	30
Other TB	182	123	119
Typhus & Typhoid	4	9	32
Scarlet Fever	16	45	150
Gastro-intestinal	240	69	13
Smallpox	23	5	18
Whooping Cough	105	125	108
Measles	46	96	80
Diptheria	4	16	39
Lungs	485	317	221
Cancer	0	0	2
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	96	39	119
Other	1,239	278	256

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	12	12	14
Other TB	85	78	117
Typhus & Typhoid	1	0	5
Scarlet Fever	4	14	38
Gastro-intestinal	123	37	9
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	60	56	72
Measles	25	55	60
Diptheria	24	74	214
Lungs	286	254	188
Cancer	0	1	3
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	83	34	96
Other	783	174	141

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	7	15	25
Other TB	74	78	119
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	4
Scarlet Fever	2	5	8
Gastro-intestinal	76	24	5
Smallpox	1	1	0
Whooping Cough	32	41	38
Measles	17	53	37
Diptheria	25	98	142
Lungs	248	158	136
Cancer	0	2	4
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	66	34	94
Other	664	126	150

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	19	24
Other TB	69	71	124
Typhus & Typhoid	0	0	0
Scarlet Fever	0	0	0
Gastro-intestinal	105	29	10
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	24	22	13
Measles	11	37	23
Diptheria	24	36	52
Lungs	229	156	96
Cancer	2	2	6
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	55	26	72
Other	571	95	90

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

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