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	1	0	1	0
Measles	290	464	208	102	58
Scarlet Fever	77	194	232	244	156
Diphtheria	12	40	43	37	53
Whooping-cough	627	384	128	72	42
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	9	15	18	19
Simple Continued Fever	1	3	1	2	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	2,984	363	41	19	3
Cholera	7	2	2	1	0
Cancer	1	3	2	4	4
Tabes Mesenterica	460	159	37	27	11
Phthisis	85	42	24	13	19
Other Tuberculosis	443	259	109	60	46
Diseases of Nervous System	3,583	619	177	135	79
Diseases of Circulatory System	40	6	0	6	6
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,110	1,498	488	281	170
Diseases of Digestive System	770	229	41	25	22
Diseases of Urinary System	37	23	16	11	15
Diseases of Generative System	1	4	2	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	272	65	67	65	50
Other Causes	6,787	376	68	38	30

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	5	2	1	2	4
Measles	339	593	235	168	75
Scarlet Fever	34	82	113	122	96
Diphtheria	65	185	222	253	192
Whooping-cough	686	423	134	81	29
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	8	13	9	15
Simple Continued Fever	0	1	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	3,365	368	35	9	4
Cholera	14	3	1	0	2
Cancer	2	3	9	7	9
Tabes Mesenterica	427	101	30	16	8
Phthisis	78	37	20	10	17
Other Tuberculosis	436	221	109	60	60
Diseases of Nervous System	2,934	464	160	96	67
Diseases of Circulatory System	70	4	6	9	4
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,191	1,436	475	287	167
Diseases of Digestive System	1,577	345	48	47	27
Diseases of Urinary System	46	23	13	9	11
Diseases of Generative System	3	3	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	360	72	83	63	47
Other Causes	7,090	285	66	24	29

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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