Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1851 to 31 Dec 1860	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	74	70	98
Other TB	407	299	178
Typhus & Typhoid	35	51	156
Scarlet Fever	62	171	447
Gastro-intestinal	611	224	114
Smallpox	97	59	113
Whooping Cough	281	314	320
Measles	96	231	284
Diptheria	5	12	29
Lungs	1,020	628	449
Cancer	0	1	3
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	138	31	51
Other	2,816	618	522

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	51	58	65
Other TB	454	316	182
Typhus & Typhoid	28	44	179
Scarlet Fever	100	265	772
Gastro-intestinal	789	381	168
Smallpox	159	90	164
Whooping Cough	393	428	395
Measles	117	314	334
Diptheria	15	24	46
Lungs	1,360	852	592
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	325	48	59
Other	3,731	933	777

Data for 01 Jan 1871 to 31 Dec 1880	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	49	63	54
Other TB	621	374	204
Typhus & Typhoid	8	27	91
Scarlet Fever	72	154	439
Gastro-intestinal	856	281	69
Smallpox	131	90	135
Whooping Cough	457	472	380
Measles	190	326	262
Diptheria	9	12	42
Lungs	1,534	932	603
Cancer	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	499	36	56
Other	3,832	749	652

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	73	45	45
Other TB	661	310	172
Typhus & Typhoid	3	3	19
Scarlet Fever	46	127	345
Gastro-intestinal	712	195	49
Smallpox	23	7	13
Whooping Cough	426	409	339
Measles	203	439	434
Diptheria	18	51	115
Lungs	1,581	1,060	886
Cancer	1	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	423	40	47
Other	3,870	568	418

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	25	26	30
Other TB	549	225	151
Typhus & Typhoid	2	1	7
Scarlet Fever	11	20	54
Gastro-intestinal	819	185	37
Smallpox	0	0	0
Whooping Cough	341	278	233
Measles	217	452	389
Diptheria	32	101	235
Lungs	1,396	863	541
Cancer	0	0	1
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	444	26	70
Other	3,868	433	247

Data for 01 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 1910	Age between birth & 5 in three bands
Cause of Death (Simplified)	0	1	2 to 4
Respiratory TB	41	39	27
Other TB	372	229	223
Typhus & Typhoid	1	1	3
Scarlet Fever	4	6	3
Gastro-intestinal	835	165	30
Smallpox	1	0	0
Whooping Cough	218	165	111
Measles	158	324	215
Diptheria	15	26	40
Lungs	1,242	619	317
Cancer	1	3	8
Childbirth	0	0	0
Violence	407	56	93
Other	3,216	343	218

Date:	Source:
1851 - 1910	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

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