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	5	2	0	1	0
Measles	310	657	265	194	111
Scarlet Fever	37	91	95	99	65
Diphtheria	36	121	173	194	196
Whooping-cough	925	594	227	105	72
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	15	26	47	38	35
Simple Continued Fever	6	8	13	12	15
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,688	320	70	13	19
Cholera	19	4	1	0	0
Cancer	3	5	7	1	2
Tabes Mesenterica	745	259	85	29	16
Phthisis	147	90	41	38	27
Other Tuberculosis	564	388	175	122	107
Diseases of Nervous System	3,155	797	268	155	116
Diseases of Circulatory System	53	14	5	10	12
Diseases of Respiratory System	4,166	1,967	753	451	312
Diseases of Digestive System	1,106	403	92	39	48
Diseases of Urinary System	30	13	16	13	11
Diseases of Generative System	4	2	0	2	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	357	109	100	81	51
Other Causes	7,238	390	115	71	70

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	1	1
Measles	407	788	312	200	131
Scarlet Fever	21	44	76	67	79
Diphtheria	37	114	168	204	204
Whooping-cough	975	553	207	95	63
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	5	12	17	30	30
Simple Continued Fever	4	1	4	1	3
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	2,835	414	62	23	9
Cholera	125	14	2	1	1
Cancer	3	3	10	2	2
Tabes Mesenterica	745	201	52	31	16
Phthisis	93	61	33	26	26
Other Tuberculosis	619	336	174	119	99
Diseases of Nervous System	3,003	519	233	133	107
Diseases of Circulatory System	103	22	9	14	19
Diseases of Respiratory System	3,888	1,828	577	367	264
Diseases of Digestive System	1,939	382	86	57	48
Diseases of Urinary System	25	17	8	9	10
Diseases of Generative System	8	3	1	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	507	122	95	89	69
Other Causes	8,507	381	119	78	63

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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