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	75	11	12	12	15
Measles	216	426	198	88	77
Scarlet Fever	66	188	262	228	210
Diphtheria	9	17	16	17	20
Whooping-cough	425	355	176	78	37
Typhus	0	0	0	2	0
Enteric Fever	0	9	8	11	17
Simple Continued Fever	1	4	5	4	4
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,587	446	64	16	4
Cholera	31	12	3	1	0
Cancer	1	1	0	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	470	239	71	28	14
Phthisis	44	61	19	12	11
Other Tuberculosis	322	219	78	66	38
Diseases of Nervous System	2,845	571	184	112	73
Diseases of Circulatory System	13	4	2	1	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,537	1,520	585	303	171
Diseases of Digestive System	547	267	39	17	12
Diseases of Urinary System	11	18	12	9	8
Diseases of Generative System	1	0	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	136	49	64	63	40
Other Causes	3,415	271	74	38	27

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	303	584	242	105	80
Scarlet Fever	23	62	98	89	64
Diphtheria	46	126	155	158	135
Whooping-cough	473	396	156	110	47
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	4	6	10	13	10
Simple Continued Fever	1	1	2	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	2,481	562	73	19	7
Cholera	63	14	1	0	0
Cancer	0	3	2	1	4
Tabes Mesenterica	435	213	60	21	14
Phthisis	27	33	23	14	19
Other Tuberculosis	395	222	89	71	51
Diseases of Nervous System	2,924	432	181	87	57
Diseases of Circulatory System	23	6	1	5	5
Diseases of Respiratory System	2,699	1,466	550	252	156
Diseases of Digestive System	1,339	351	59	26	27
Diseases of Urinary System	16	23	9	7	10
Diseases of Generative System	5	4	0	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	162	62	83	61	57
Other Causes	3,909	241	68	33	22

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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