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	0	0	0	0	0
Measles	140	324	134	61	33
Scarlet Fever	25	76	54	66	60
Diphtheria	7	16	19	14	13
Whooping-cough	204	126	63	31	13
Typhus	0	0	0	1	0
Enteric Fever	0	1	0	3	5
Simple Continued Fever	0	2	3	3	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	393	103	16	9	1
Cholera	33	12	2	1	1
Cancer	1	0	1	0	1
Tabes Mesenterica	147	75	23	8	8
Phthisis	16	11	8	6	6
Other Tuberculosis	146	89	33	24	10
Diseases of Nervous System	842	177	66	41	32
Diseases of Circulatory System	2	3	3	1	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	778	384	159	88	56
Diseases of Digestive System	278	131	18	9	7
Diseases of Urinary System	2	9	6	3	7
Diseases of Generative System	1	0	1	1	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	33	33	20	13	10
Other Causes	1,238	80	28	15	14

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	9	1	0	1	1
Measles	136	283	122	61	30
Scarlet Fever	13	46	62	45	40
Diphtheria	19	29	25	26	22
Whooping-cough	188	146	44	24	10
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	0	1	4	4	0
Simple Continued Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	867	234	37	12	5
Cholera	34	11	0	1	1
Cancer	1	0	1	1	0
Tabes Mesenterica	165	68	29	11	11
Phthisis	18	17	14	2	8
Other Tuberculosis	114	66	27	16	13
Diseases of Nervous System	1,048	205	76	42	26
Diseases of Circulatory System	4	3	2	0	1
Diseases of Respiratory System	947	479	167	74	47
Diseases of Digestive System	491	146	29	8	11
Diseases of Urinary System	7	11	6	2	4
Diseases of Generative System	1	3	1	0	1
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	22	20	24	21	19
Other Causes	1,448	74	23	17	8

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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