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	31	8	6	3	3
Measles	366	655	368	182	124
Scarlet Fever	47	101	122	117	99
Diphtheria	44	92	95	119	101
Whooping-cough	819	606	295	167	98
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	8	11	9	9	13
Simple Continued Fever	5	6	3	2	4
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,647	263	25	7	9
Cholera	37	10	5	2	0
Cancer	1	2	0	1	2
Tabes Mesenterica	618	187	71	26	14
Phthisis	93	63	34	10	17
Other Tuberculosis	662	372	152	81	62
Diseases of Nervous System	1,759	501	194	105	82
Diseases of Circulatory System	37	10	7	7	7
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,564	1,435	539	290	197
Diseases of Digestive System	661	224	53	28	18
Diseases of Urinary System	15	11	6	3	9
Diseases of Generative System	1	2	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	460	61	37	34	25
Other Causes	4,195	247	60	30	21

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	402	784	324	191	124
Scarlet Fever	14	33	31	32	27
Diphtheria	52	134	144	131	111
Whooping-cough	717	561	237	131	66
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	5	3	3	3	6
Simple Continued Fever	1	0	1	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,583	242	26	8	3
Cholera	53	13	1	1	1
Cancer	2	1	3	2	1
Tabes Mesenterica	624	149	41	25	11
Phthisis	72	59	19	22	10
Other Tuberculosis	491	270	144	80	59
Diseases of Nervous System	1,394	266	105	75	43
Diseases of Circulatory System	93	5	3	3	7
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,636	1,364	442	215	121
Diseases of Digestive System	1,115	191	54	24	21
Diseases of Urinary System	15	4	9	7	6
Diseases of Generative System	5	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	586	59	40	29	23
Other Causes	4,458	215	74	34	30

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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