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	0	1	2	1
Measles	133	230	111	66	62
Scarlet Fever	17	58	46	50	55
Diphtheria	12	35	56	71	71
Whooping-cough	366	208	79	49	24
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	3	7	6	9
Simple Continued Fever	2	1	1	2	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	609	110	26	11	13
Cholera	5	1	1	0	0
Cancer	5	2	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	163	68	25	14	11
Phthisis	102	72	25	13	9
Other Tuberculosis	251	161	63	53	42
Diseases of Nervous System	1,129	271	116	45	44
Diseases of Circulatory System	29	3	6	2	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,553	777	269	188	141
Diseases of Digestive System	456	145	23	15	21
Diseases of Urinary System	8	5	6	8	5
Diseases of Generative System	2	2	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	84	37	44	38	21
Other Causes	3,100	191	57	51	24

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	1	0	0	0	0
Measles	136	212	96	61	42
Scarlet Fever	6	17	17	16	18
Diphtheria	9	35	46	72	70
Whooping-cough	356	202	75	38	31
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	1	3	1	1	2
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	1	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	698	98	12	3	10
Cholera	9	2	0	0	0
Cancer	0	1	2	4	1
Tabes Mesenterica	131	43	11	15	6
Phthisis	48	30	17	11	11
Other Tuberculosis	199	130	67	33	40
Diseases of Nervous System	1,036	165	72	41	26
Diseases of Circulatory System	27	8	3	7	5
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,433	642	193	100	94
Diseases of Digestive System	803	159	37	20	15
Diseases of Urinary System	13	4	4	3	5
Diseases of Generative System	4	1	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	132	42	44	32	13
Other Causes	3,081	157	66	32	26

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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